NOVPUBChapter 898: Chapter 479: Searching for Treasure (Part 1)_2 Chapter 898: Chapter 479: Searching for Treasure (Part 1)_2 Soon, Lu Xingfeng found a token in Song Hanchun’s storage bag.
After studying the token, he determined that it should be the Control Token for some of the core institutions of the Golden Sword Sect.
With this item, their subsequent treasure hunt would be much faster, and it would save them a lot of unnecessary trouble.
As the Control Token was found, Zhou Yunxiao looked at Luo Xing and his companion, and his expression softened considerably.
Seeing this, Luo Xing and his companion also secretly sighed in relief, feeling somewhat reassured.
Then, Luo Xing continued, “To return to the seniors, I can lead the way to the Sect’s main institutions, such as the Scripture Pavilion, Hall of Merit, Spiritual Medicine Garden, Spirit Beast Garden, and other important places!”
“However, the location of the Sect Treasury is a top secret of the Sect!”
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“Us two are merely Inner Sect Disciples, not even personal disciples of the high-ranking Golden Core Cultivators, so naturally, we do not have knowledge of the exact location of the Treasury.”
“Therefore, I fear that the seniors will have to find the most important Treasury themselves.”
Having said this, Luo Xing and his companion were nervously bowing their heads, afraid that Zhou Yunxiao might get angry with them over this matter.
Fortunately, upon hearing their explanation, Zhou Yunxiao simply nodded indifferently, waving them to stand by and showing no sign of anger.
At this sight, the two men breathed another sigh of relief.
At this time, Zhou Yunxiao looked at Lu Xingfeng and the others and said, “Fellow Daoists, why not let these two lead the way and first loot those institutions they’re aware of?”
“As for the most important Sect Treasury, shall we leave it as the last to explore?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Xingfeng nodded, and Lin Tianming had no objection, so the matter was scheduled.
Then, lead by Luo Xing and his companion, they began to explore the inner areas along the main path.
During this time, with the help of the Control Token, the formations on numerous pavilions were easily unlocked and the disciples inside were killed off.
Several formations were unlocked in succession, including those of the Sect’s dojo and the Enforcement Hall among other institutions.
Although these places were also core institutions of the Sect, they didn’t leave anything valuable behind.
The group only conducted a brief investigation before directly moving on.
Half a quarter of an hour passed.
As Zhou Yunxiao unlocked a barrier, revealing a grand palace with the prominent characters “Hall of Merit” on the signboard.
At this, Lin Tianming and the others were excited, thinking they had finally found an important target, and perhaps a main institution where treasures might be stored.
After all, the Hall of Merit was a Sect’s trading institution, with large numbers of Cultivators coming and going daily to exchange merits or treasures.
Therefore, the Hall of Merit saw a significant amount of traffic of Cultivators, and likewise a large quantity of treasures.
According to the customs of major forces, the Hall of Merit would usually have a Treasure Vault for temporary storage of these circulating items.
Now that they had found the Hall of Merit, they could expect to obtain a considerable amount of resources, should all go as expected.
With such anticipation, the four entered the Hall of Merit in search.
They soon found the existence of the Treasure Vault and discovered many treasures within it.
However, since the Hall of Merit mainly catered to the Sect’s disciples, Golden Core Cultivators rarely came to exchange items. Normally, if they needed any treasure, they would directly take it from the Treasure Vault.
As such, it was unlikely that this Treasure Vault would contain any extremely valuable treasures.
Indeed, after checking and exploring, they found that 99% of the items were First and Second Order, and even Third Order items were quite limited.
According to their rough estimates, this Treasure Vault contained only a few million worth of low-grade resources.
These items were attractive to Foundation Establishment Cultivators, but of minimal use to them as Golden Core Cultivators.
With waning interest, the group recorded the treasures, then left the Hall of Merit and continued exploring.
Time quickly passed, and two days went by.
After two days of searching, they had explored many pavilions and important institutions of the Golden Sword Sect.
By now, ninety percent of the core area’s institutions had been investigated.
As for the gains, they left several people somewhat dissatisfied.
After all, the Golden Sword Sect had been inheriting for so long and was on par with the renowned Myriad Medicine Valley and the Zhenyang Sect in terms of being a great sect, yet they acquired only resources worth slightly over twenty million spirit stones.
In addition, the Golden Sword Sect’s Spirit Beast Garden also housed quite a few First and Second Order Demonic Beasts.
These Demonic Beasts were all tamed spirit beasts, which usually made it extremely difficult to tame them again.
Even if they were forcefully tamed successfully, the probability of the spirit beasts dying was over ninety percent. Moreover, with no Third Order Demon Beasts present, the value of the Spirit Beast Garden wasn’t high either.
Rather, it was those yet to hatch mystical beast eggs, some of which contained bloodlines of not low talents, rare mystical eggs, whose value was not far behind the spirit beasts themselves.
Yet these things still failed to pique their interest.
It wasn’t until today when they arrived in front of a loft that they discovered it was the Golden Sword Sect’s Scripture Pavilion.
The value of this place goes without saying. It forms, quite frankly, the very foundation of the Golden Sword Sect’s existence in the cultivation world.
Seeing the Scripture Pavilion, several people also caught the guardians, then immediately entered inside to start exploring.
On the first floor, what first caught their eye was a large number of jade shelves, and looking along them, they were neatly filled with a vast array of jade slips and booklets.
These items were numerous, most likely containing cultivation techniques and various manuals, as well as diverse perspectives and insights, even including autobiographies of cultivators.
They casually picked up a few, looked over them, then placed them back where they found them.
In their eyes, while the quantity of jade slips and booklets was plentiful and comprehensive, encompassing all the heritages commonly seen in the Wei Kingdom’s Cultivation World,
it included cultivation techniques of various properties and understandings of the Four Arts of Cultivation that were quite complete. Many were familiar-looking manuals, with quite a few also overlapping with those of Zhenyang Sect and Myriad Medicine Valley.
Besides, these items were of too low a grade. Things like Yellow Grade Techniques and First Order insights of the Four Arts of Cultivation were not lacking in the major powers.
Therefore, even if they had gotten these lower-grade items, they wouldn’t have made much of a difference for them.
Only for families like the Lin Family and Chen Clan would these items be of no small importance.
Having completed a preliminary exploration, Zhou Yunxiao then asked the cultivator in charge of guarding the Scripture Pavilion to provide a detailed list.
Following that, he led the group to continue towards the higher floors.
On the second floor, not only was the space significantly smaller, but the variety of jade slips and booklets had also diminished considerably.
After their investigation, along with the details provided by Golden Sword Sect’s disciples, they discovered that most of these treasures were Mysterious Grade Techniques or Second Order inheritances of the Four Arts of Cultivation.
According to the recorded details, there were nearly a hundred Mysterious Grade Techniques, encompassing a full array of techniques for various attributes, truly a complete collection.
Besides, there were also plenty of cultivation manuals and traditions of the Four Arts, totaling in the hundreds. Even traditions such as formations, which were less common, had more than thirty manuals.
Such an abundance of inheritance materials finally showcased the depth and foundation that a Great Sect like the Golden Sword Sect, with its ancient lineage, should possess.
With these treasures, ignoring the overlapping manuals, even sects like Zhenyang Sect and Myriad Medicine Valley could enhance their foundations a bit.
Not to mention the Lin Family and Chen Clan, who were Golden Core families.
Should they obtain these items, the overall foundation of these two great families could be significantly elevated.
Under normal circumstances, these inheritance items would mostly be within the rights of the Lin Family and even the Chen Clan to imprint and acquire, at least a majority of the inheritances should not be difficult to obtain.
Lin Tianming was also beyond excited about these items.
In his opinion, what the Lin Family was currently lacking were foundational depth and time.
Now that their foundation was largely addressed, given a hundred years for development, the Lin Family could undoubtedly present a completely new visage.
By then, the Lin Family would have the capital to contend comprehensively with the other Golden Core forces. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
Thinking of this, Lin Tianming was thrilled for quite a long time, taking quite some effort to calm down eventually.
And speaking of which, the value of these inheritances was incalculable; it even amounted to the most significant gain from their days of exploration so far.
So much so that now, the looks on their faces were much improved.
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