Chapter 15: The Divine Beast's Intent Crystal Seal (Part 1)

  Early in the morning, Zhou Weiqing woke up from his cultivation.

  He took a deep breath and felt refreshed all over his body. The heavenly energy inside him was surging, and the total amount of heavenly energy seemed to have increased slightly.

  This was still his first time using cultivation in place of sleep, although it wasn't as comfortable as sleeping, the feeling of being full of energy was even better than a good night's rest.

  Pushing open the door, the fresh air in the yard rushes to meet me. Taking a deep breath, I expel the stale air from my body and suddenly feel refreshed and rejuvenated.

  Suddenly, he recalled a sentence his first master said to him two years ago when they parted ways: "You're at most a little rascal now, far from the true realm of being a rascal. The highest state of being a rascal is that you're clearly acting like one, but others still think you're a gentleman. When facing a rascal, you must be more rascally than him, while when facing a gentleman, you must be more gentlemanly than him. Only then can you become a true rascal, a true rogue."

  At that time, Zhou Weiqing was only twelve years old and didn't fully understand the sentence. However, for some reason, when he finished his cultivation this morning and pushed open the door, a kind of inexplicable enlightenment made him seem to understand the sentence a little better.

  A flash of insight, and Zhou Weiqing muttered to himself: "Ah! I'm not the same good-for-nothing as before. I don't need those lowly rascal methods to cover up anything. I am a Heavenly Jewel Master, what is a Heavenly Jewel Master? Isn't it just a rogue who can truly be a rascal?" At this moment, he seemed to have really grown up a bit, further away from his actual age of thirteen.

  While he was muttering to himself, the door beside him opened and Shangguan Fei'er walked out from next door, raising her hands and stretching her body vigorously. Under the warm sunlight, her beautiful figure was revealed without a doubt in front of Zhou Weiqing.

  "Really beautiful." Zhou Weiqing couldn't help but praise.

  Shangguan Bing'er turned her head to look at him, coldly staring at him. Zhou Weiqing responded with a big smile, "Captain, let's go eat."

  After finishing speaking, he walked out of the room first and headed towards the dining hall in the small courtyard.

  Shangguan Bing'er was stunned, just now, she even thought she had mistaken the person. Zhou Weiqing's smile was full of sunshine, was this that sly and cunning Zhou Xiaopang?

  Throughout the entire meal, Zhou Weiqing didn't say a single word to Shangguan Xue'er. After quickly finishing his breakfast, he went over to Huyan Aobo and told him that he was going out with Shangguan Xue'er for a bit.

  As they exited the small courtyard, the Ta Xue Palace was not far in front of them. Just before entering the palace, Yu Rou finally couldn't help but ask, "Zhou Little Fatty, are you okay?" to Zhou Weiqing who was three steps away from her.

  "Curiously, Zhou Wei Qing said: 'What could be wrong with me? I'm fine!'"

  Shangguan Bing'er couldn't go ask him: Why don't you talk nonsense to me anymore? With a puzzled heart, the two walked into Taoyin Palace once again.

  The Tianzhu Master's long gown and the badge they had just received yesterday were the best passes, and the two of them entered the Taoyin Palace Hall smoothly.

  "Captain, how are we going to start the expansion of the prints later?" Zhou Weiqing asked Dugu Bo.

  Shangguan Bing'er said, "The rules of the Taoyin Palace are very simple. Apart from the side we registered at yesterday, the remaining nine entrances lead to different areas for raising Heavenly Beasts. In order, they correspond to the eight major attributes: water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, space, and life. The last door leads to some special or variant attribute Heavenly Beasts."

  "In each attribute area, the Heavenly Beast is divided into three levels, just like our Jade Masters, which are Master Level, Venerable Level, and Sect Level. Entering the Master Level area for a trial costs 500 gold coins, the Venerable Level area costs 2,000 gold coins, and the Sect Level area costs 10,000 gold coins."

  Wu Tong nodded and said: "Will there be any danger when expanding the seal?"

  " Danger won't arise, you know why four attributes among the eight major attributes are called superior attributes?" said Shangguan Bing'er.

  Zhou Weiqing shook his head dazedly.

  "That's because these four major attributes all have a special ability. For example, as you already know, the spatial attribute can be cultivated into a Condensation Master. As for the other three major upper-level attributes, the characteristics of the Light and Darkness attributes lie in sealing, while the special ability of the Life attribute is revival. Therefore, these four attributes are collectively known as the Four Major Upper-Level Attributes."

  "Seal? Revival?"

  Shangguan Bing'er said, "The heavenly beasts raised in the Taoyin Palace are all sealed by either bright or dark Tianzhu masters with powerful abilities, so there is no danger during the Taoyin process. As for the revival ability of the Life Intention Pearl, it's even harder to refine than the Condensed Form Scroll, and it has a revival rate."

  "Then that means I can go choose a Zong-level Heaven Beast to imprint, right? It's the same Imprinting skill, what's the difference between different levels of Heaven Beasts?"

  Shangguan Bing'er said: "Generally speaking, it's all about doing the same level of imprinting. If you go to imprint a revered-level Heavenly Beast, then the success rate will be one percent of that of an Imprinting Master-level Heavenly Beast, which is one ten-thousandth of the overall rate. If it's a sacred-level beast, then it'll be another one percent."

  "In fact, the skills imprinted on our intent beads from any level of heavenly beast are all primary. These skills will evolve automatically as the number of our intent beads increases. It's just that the higher the level of the heavenly beast, the rarer the skills imprinted will be. For example, the revival skill that life attribute intent bead masters want to get requires at least a high-ranking heavenly beast to imprint."

  Zhou Weiqing suddenly said: "I understand. Camp Chief, are you coming with me?"

  Shangguan Bing'er shook her head, "I haven't planned to make a rubbing yet, I don't have enough money. You go try the method you mentioned yesterday. The rules here are very simple, as long as you enter, you have to pay, and you can't stay inside for more than four hours at a time. Because everyone can only make a rubbing once a day, so entering once is called one share of money. If you enter again the next day, you'll have to pay again."

  Zhou Weiqing pondered for a moment before saying, "Battalion Commander, then lend me 10,000 gold coins first. I will definitely return them to you later."

  Shangguan Bing'er exclaimed in surprise: "You want..."

  Zhou Weiqing smiled and said, "Let's just go take a look at what a divine-level Heavenly Beast looks like. I'll definitely return it to you."

  Shangguan Bing'er remained silent for a moment before pulling out a red card from her bosom and handing it to Zhou Weiqing, "There's 50,000 gold coins here. You can go now. Regardless of success or failure, this card will be enough for you to try five times. When you return my things later, just return the 50,000 gold coins directly. Do I need to wait for you?"

  "Never mind, let's just go back and continue to condense." Zhou Weiqing knew that this was a gold coin storage value card, the red limit being 50,000 gold coins. He didn't say anything else, took the card, and walked towards the wind attribute passageway.

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  The update is a bit late, please forgive me, but it's two chapters in one go. Seeking collection and recommendation votes.