Chapter 1996: 965:
Chapter 1996: Chapter 965:
With these two materials in hand, Chen Mobai felt that his main goals for attending the Beidou Conference this time had been achieved, and he started thinking about returning to the Eastern Wilderness.
However, this time, he was not alone; the other disciples of the Five Elements Sect, including Qing Nu, were enjoying shopping so much that they were immersed in the joy of bargain hunting.
Especially Qing Nu, who in Qi Jiannu’s Dao and Virtue Sect Grass Hall, saw many legendary herbs that she had only seen in textbooks from Jumang Academy before, and quickly became good friends with Qi Jiannu.
Left with little other option, Chen Mobai also wandered the streets to pass the time.
It’s worth mentioning that Ye Qing, who originally planned to leave after browsing, stayed temporarily because of the Rank-5 Xuan Guang Sha.
This Xuan Guang Sha was needed for Ye Qing’s sword technique cultivation, and during the Beidou Conference, he bought a bottle from a Nascent Soul Loose Cultivator, who claimed to have more Xuan Guang Sha and could collect more bottles if Ye Qing agreed to purchase them at the same price.
Ye Qing initially didn’t want the hassle and hoped to buy out all the Xuan Guang Sha from the Loose Cultivator’s Earthly Fiend Yin Hole, but the latter seemed intent on making it a long-term business.
With no other options, Ye Qing told the Nascent Soul Loose Cultivator to sell as much as he had before the end of the Beidou Conference.
Now Ye Qing was waiting for this.
Thinking of this, Chen Mobai realized that Ye Qing had also mastered Condensing Sword into Thread, and if he had enough Xuan Guang Sha, he could reach Great Perfection and start attempting One Sword Breaks All Laws.
“I didn’t expect that despite my years of diligently cultivating the Sword Dao, I’m still half a step behind you!”
Chen Mobai sighed after hearing this.
“Oh, Brother Chen also mastered Condensing Sword into Thread, but with your talent, it’s not surprising.”
Ye Qing was only slightly surprised to learn Chen Mobai had mastered Condensing Sword into Thread, as he knew Chen Mobai’s swordsmanship talent was no less than his own.
“To forge your path is such a struggle, but being the Fire Spirit Body pursuing the path of Primordial Dao Fruit is even more difficult.”
Chen Mobai continued to lament, as the Primordial Dao Fruit of Yi Yuan Dao Palace had traditionally been refined by Earth Spiritual Bodies or those with Heavenly Earth Spiritual Roots for Divinity Transformation.
He found himself pushed into the position of Yi Yuan Taoist Child and tried every method to distance himself from it, to avoid being summoned to the Holy Land for the frontal battle against Demon Vibration Sect.
“With your talent, even without the Primordial Dao Fruit, you could become a Deity Transformation True Monarch and open a second path to Divinity Transformation for the Yi Yuan Dao Palace!”
Yet Ye Qing had great faith in Chen Mobai and said these words.
[Brother, you overestimate me; I myself have no such confidence…]
Chen Mobai smiled wryly inwardly but remained humble and shook his head.
After chatting with Ye Qing for a while in the Nine Heavens Morality Sect courtyard, Chen Mobai went out to stroll the streets.
He had already toured the Nascent Soul cultivators’ central street district entirely, and indeed there were many good items, with over dozens of types of Rank-5 spirit materials. Unfortunately, he was short of funds to afford them.
Thus, Chen Mobai now concealed his aura and wandered the outskirts districts.
These days, Mo Douguang and Zhou Ye were also here, the former purchasing metal attribute cultivation techniques or sword techniques, while the latter followed Chen Mobai’s list to collect materials for magic artifacts.
After trading some of Xiao Nanshan’s specialties for some Rank-4 spirit materials, Chen Mobai reached the cultivation technique section.
However, compared to the center’s Nascent Soul street district, this side was somewhat mixed.
Some books were intentionally aged, their yellowing pages even fake and leaving stains at the touch.
On a stone platform, there was a large pile of jade slip books carved from various colors of jade, watched over by a smiling and gentle Foundation Establishment female cultivator, with a sign saying “Selling family heirloom immortal book jade slips, each for one hundred superior grade spirit stones!”
To his astonishment, quite a few people were gathered around, picking and choosing.
Chen Mobai walked to a corner, where an old man with a face full of wrinkles held a pipe, puffing clouds and smoke. In front of him on a blanket lay a row of book volumes with their covers torn off.
“May I take a look at this one?”
With his divine sense, Chen Mobai scanned and picked up one of them, asking.
“Ten superior grade spirit stones to see a third of it.”
The old man said, Chen Mobai directly paid ten and started reading.
To his surprise, the book recorded a spell related to the void, named “Void Lock.” Once cultivated, it could utilize the power of void to form chains and bind opponents. At its highest realm, it could even directly lock a segment of space.
After reading a third, with his grounding in the Sutra of Void, Chen Mobai confirmed it was legitimate, but still asked.
“Did this originate from Taixu MiaoMiao Palace?”
Throughout the Tianhe Realm, anything related to the void originated from Taixu MiaoMiao Palace. However, due to the scarcity of cultivators with a void talent, Taixu MiaoMiao Palace intentionally let some techniques, like True Void Law Body, flow out to aid in selecting disciples.
These could be cultivated without issue, but if not, it could incur Taixu MiaoMiao Palace’s pursuit, akin to the teleportation array business.
“If you can cultivate it, then it is. If not, then it’s not.”
The old man replied with a smiling remark that made Chen Mobai frown slightly, considering asking Zhang Pankong, and without further ado, he paid the remaining twenty superior grade spirit stones and took this coverless Void Lock away.