NOVPUBChapter 900: Chapter 480: Searching for Treasure (Part 2)_2 Chapter 900: Chapter 480: Searching for Treasure (Part 2)_2 The Cultivation World was vast, with the Nine Provinces resembling the boundless starry sky!
Even within Qingzhou, the Wei Kingdom was but a speck in comparison.
Under such clueless circumstances, whether one could find the remnants of this defensive Spirit Art depended on fate and luck.
With good luck, success might come in ten or even a hundred years.
With bad luck, there might be no hope of finding it even if Myriad Medicine Valley declined or the Wei Kingdom was erased from the Cultivation World.
In such a situation, this incomplete Spirit Art was somewhat of limited utility!
Still, everyone maintained some hope.
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What if it was found? Wouldn’t that be a huge windfall?
Thus, the group was excited, having thoroughly searched the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion.
Following that, they made their final assessment.
Based on the information they had, the Golden Sword Sect’s Cultivation Techniques were very comprehensive and of high grade, fitting the Sect’s expected heritage.
Overall, the sheer quantity of these techniques, coupled with treasures like Spirit Arts, made their total value incalculable.
If all went as expected, once the dust settled, if print copies could be made, the major powers would find ways to acquire them. For those that couldn’t be replicated, they would still vie for them.
This matter was not urgent for now; they would consider it at least a year and a half later.
As for the present, they had more pressing matters, namely exploring the Spiritual Medicine Garden and locating the Golden Sword Sect’s Treasure Vault.
Only once these tasks were concluded could they hope to rest for a while.
Understanding this, they didn’t waste any time. Under Zhou Yunxiao’s arrangement, both Zhenyang Sect and Myriad Medicine Valley stationed over a dozen Disciples each to guard the place.
As for the detailed list of techniques, everyone present had copied them down, so there was no fear of any party tampering.
When all important matters were settled, they would distribute them face to face.
Thus, led by Luo Xing, the group arrived at a valley within the Golden Sword Sect.
Looking out, the valley was vast, with lofty peaks on either side and a huge plain in the middle, almost beyond the limit of sight.
Upon arrival, even before opening the prohibited entrance, they could already smell an intense fragrance of herbs.
According to Luo Xing, this was the location of the Golden Sword Sect’s only Spiritual Medicine Garden, spanning an extremely wide area and representing countless years of Sect inheritance.
Upon learning this, Lin Tianming and his companions became eager.
After all, every power’s Spiritual Medicine Garden was one of their most important assets.
Typically, a Spiritual Medicine Garden contained a vast amount of Spiritual Medicine.
With nearly ten thousand years of inheritance, the variety and scale of the Spiritual Medicine that the Golden Sword Sect had accumulated would surely be astonishing.
First and Second Order items aside, Third Order and above Spiritual Medicines were something they as Cultivators could utilize.
At their level, each step forward in cultivation was extremely challenging.
The primary reason for this difficulty lay in the scarcity of treasures that could aid in advancing one’s cultivation.
In the beginning, there were far fewer Cultivators than now, and treasures between heaven and earth were relatively abundant.
As the number of Cultivators grew, High Order Cultivators became more numerous. Overharvesting led to many Spiritual Medicines nearly facing extinction.
Over time, Third and Fourth Rank treasures became increasingly rare.
Nowadays, treasures that could enhance one’s cultivation were among the most needed items for numerous Golden Core Cultivators.
Therefore, they placed great hopes on the Golden Sword Sect’s Spiritual Medicine Garden, hoping to find a bounty of precious herbs to refine elixirs and enhance their cultivation and strength.
With such expectations, they promptly opened the prohibited entrance and entered into the Spiritual Medicine Garden.
Once inside, they were immediately enveloped by an incredibly dense aroma of spiritual energy, far richer than even the region outside the restriction.
Inside, a large number of neatly arranged Spirit Fields were distributed, with First and Second Order Spirit Fields clearly laid out and all planted with commonly seen Spiritual Medicines, which were growing lushly and vigorously.
It was obvious that the scale of the Golden Sword Sect’s Spiritual Medicine Garden was vast, with comprehensive cultivation and an extremely rich variety of collected Spiritual Medicines—almost every low-grade Spiritual Medicine within their knowledge had been gathered.
Besides, the Spiritual Energy here was extraordinarily rich, seemingly due to the effective functioning of a rather good Spirit Gathering Array.
At this moment, Lin Tianming, feeling such rich Spiritual Energy and observing the neatly arranged First and Second Order Spirit Fields around the periphery of the Spiritual Medicine Garden, also felt a sincere sense of amazement from the bottom of his heart.
“The Golden Sword Sect truly lives up to its reputation as a Sect with a lineage of nearly ten thousand years; such a scale of Spirit Fields truly reflects the stature a Great Sect should possess!”
Regaining his composure, Lin Tianming was also extremely excited.
After all, there were many Spiritual Medicines here, and even if they were distributed among the four major Golden Elixir Forces, the Lin Family had made significant contributions in this war and should be able to obtain a large batch of Spiritual Medicines.
As an Alchemist, with the assistance of the Eye of Five Colors, becoming a Third Order Alchemy Master was just a matter of time.
Once he reached the status of a Third Order Alchemy Master, he could make use of these Spiritual Medicines. With his terrifying success rate in concocting elixirs, along with the refined premium elixirs, he would be able to help the Golden Core Clan Members of the Lin Family rapidly improve their cultivation levels.
It was foreseeable that within perhaps less than ten years, the cultivation levels of the clan members of the Lin Family could take another step upwards.
By then, the overall strength of the Lin Family would advance further, and the gap with the other two Great Sects would narrow significantly.
Thinking of this, Lin Tianming, who had only just managed to calm down, became restless once more.
It wasn’t until Zhou Yunxiao returned with a few Golden Sword Sect Disciples in tow that Lin Tianming regained his focus.
Following that, Luo Xing, who had been following them, spoke up and persuaded these fellow Sect Cultivators to submit to them.
Influenced by Luo Xing’s persuasive speech, these Disciples responsible for the Spiritual Medicine Garden showed understanding, especially considering that the Golden Sword Sect had been annihilated and their High Order Cultivators had nearly all perished.
Given the difficulty of their cultivation journey and how hard-won their current realms were, facing a choice between life and death, they were likely to make a decision easily.
Moreover, as Disciples tasked with guarding the Spiritual Medicine Garden of a Sect, they also possessed a special ability not found in ordinary people—that was to become qualified Spiritual Plant Masters.
Though this skill was different from Pill Concoction and Artifact Refining, and did not require the stringent innate talent necessary for the Four Arts of Cultivation,
a Spiritual Plant Master was still considered a special talent, an indispensable existence for any major power.
Additionally, given their current usefulness to Zhou Yunxiao, if they could perform the tasks assigned to them well, they could at least preserve their lives.
Under these conditions, several Spiritual Plant Masters swiftly made their decisions.
Hence, they hurriedly promised to lead the inventory of all Spiritual Medicines in the Spiritual Medicine Garden and to properly keep records for them.
Seeing that these people were so sensible and still useful to him, Zhou Yunxiao did not bother to increase the killing.
After all, while the innate talent for Spiritual Plant cultivation in these people wasn’t bad, they were not young, and their cultivation talent was not extraordinarily strong.
Such Disciples were very different from those brilliant and exceptional Genius Disciples.
As for these Genius Disciples, no major power would let them slip through their fingers easily,
The reason for this was to prevent them from reaching the Golden Core Stage, or even higher realms in the future, with thoughts of avenging the Golden Sword Sect.
After all, the threat posed by Genius Cultivators was not insignificant. Even if they could not create upheaval at present, no one could predict what fortunes they might encounter in the future.
If there were truly a few enemy Genius Cultivators who advanced to the Nascent Soul and still harbored thoughts of revenge, it would spell disaster for these powers.
However, it was clear that the Cultivators now submitting to them lacked such potential.
Despite the fact that the innate talent of these Foundation Establishment Late-Stage Cultivators like Luo Xing was not too shabby, and they had personally promised not to kill them,
even with such a promise made, they would still keep a tight grip on them afterward, granting them no freedom at all.
Under such circumstances, it was very fortunate for Luo Xing and his peers that they remained alive—how could they possibly have a chance for a Golden Core opportunity?
With this in mind, these people posed no real threat, and there was no need to worry overly about them.
Aware of this, Zhou Yunxiao did not trouble them, but simply instructed them to follow the orders carefully.
Once the task was successfully completed, he could guarantee them their lives.
With this promise in mind, these people indeed performed efficiently, much faster than if they had to fumble through the process on their own.
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