Chapter Eighty-Seven: Taking Stock of Treasures

  After immersing his mind in the Cauldron of Aggregation, Xia Chen felt as if his soul had left his body, unable to feel his physical form, unable to sense anything, as if he didn't exist at all, yet somehow still retaining consciousness.

  The聚宝盆 emitted waves of warmth that protected his mind, not only was it unharmed, but it became even stronger and clearer.

  Xia Chen could clearly feel everything in the space of the聚宝盆, he entered the storage space, those piled up like mountains of Dan Wan, Ling Yao, Tian Cai Di Bao, Gong Fa, Fa Bao and a large number of daily necessities, were quietly placed inside the space.

  However, Xia Chen had no physical body and did not know how to move or touch anything. He could only watch through the transparent glass-like partition as Lie Yunzi struggled desperately in the creation space.

  In the space of creation, a thin mist is constantly rising, but this mist is not replicating, it's actually decomposing Lie Yunzi into the most primitive and pure energy.

  No matter what magical powers Lieyunzi used to struggle, it was all in vain.

  Xia Chen looked at him coldly, and although he felt a sense of satisfaction, his heart was also stirred.

  The Jibao Pan creation space can replicate objects, but he has never tried whether it can replicate living beings. Now it seems that not only can't be replicated, but also decomposed. It's just unknown whether this Lieyunzi divine thought is like this, or other lives are also the same.

  Xia Chen didn't want to control Lie Yunzi and make him a slave either. Who knows if this divine cultivator would hide his trump card or just kill him off once and for all.

  "You beast, I won't let you off, you killed me, and you'll come to no good end!" Lie Yunzi knew he was out of luck, and desperately let out a miserable cry.

  After being absorbed into the artifact space, he was retransformed into a red light ball. After being eroded by the mist, it kept flashing, and every flash reduced his divine body by one point.

  Lie Yunzi cursed frantically, although he knew it was futile, but still struggled desperately.

  He was like an ant on a hot stove, suffering in extreme despair. The taste of watching himself perish with his eyes open was unbearably painful. He had just said he wanted to know what Xia Chen's mood was when waiting for death, and now he not only knew it but also felt it doubly.

  A moment later, Lie Yunzi's divine sense disappeared without a trace, and the mournful cries also subsided into silence.

  Has he finally perished? Xia Chen let out a slight sigh of relief. If he hadn't seen the terrifying Lie Yunzi die with his own eyes, he really couldn't have put his mind at ease.

  Suddenly, the聚宝盆 burst forth with a cyan light, emitting a powerful jet of energy that suddenly blasted Xia Chen's spirit out.

  Xia Chen only felt a daze, and his physical sensation recovered instantly, just like he had just woken up from a dream, with an inexplicable sense of strangeness. Moreover, his spirit was not only unharmed but also refreshed and invigorated, as if he had received a great nourishment.

  He gazed inwardly at the聚宝盆, secretly thinking that if it weren't for the聚宝盆 spitting out his heart and spirit, he might never have been able to recover. From now on, he would become a vegetable, waiting for death in this desolate forest with no one around.

  Suddenly, the聚宝盆 shook again, like a mountain flood bursting forth, spewing out incredibly powerful energy, which was precisely the energy released after the decomposition of Lie Yunzi's divine thought.

  Xia Chen's whole body shook violently, and even his breathing became stifled.

  This energy is enormous, Xia Chen was like an ant under a huge waterfall, he could only look up to it, if he wanted to absorb it, he would instantly explode and die, even the Diamond Body wouldn't be of any use.

  However, this divine thought force did not let him absorb it, but instead slowly accumulated in his body, entering every blood and flesh particle to hide, as if sleeping, yet seemingly waiting for something.

  Xia Chen was both shocked and delighted, knowing that this was a great gift from the聚宝盆, with such enormous energy reserves, it was as if his future path of cultivation had already been paved with an unshakeably solid foundation, making it a hundred times easier for him than other cultivators.

  Suddenly, Xia Chen had a strange and unusual feeling. In the world of consciousness, there were many fragmented pieces that suddenly appeared. Among these fragments, countless dynamic images could be seen, chaotic and without a system.

  Xia Chen suddenly realized that these fragments were Lie Yunzi's memories.

  As Shen Nian's consciousness dissipated, most of Lie Yunzi's memories also disappeared with him, but a small part of the memories remained and entered Xia Chen's mind, becoming a part of Xia Chen's own memories.

  After flipping through these memory fragments for half a day, Xia Chen finally withdrew his mind. Although it was fragmented and unbearable, he could also see the path of Lie Yunzi's cultivation in this life, how difficult it was.

  Even if Lie Yunzi cultivates to the extremely high and profound realm of divine ability, possesses countless strange encounters, countless divine abilities, and countless magical treasures, he still cannot escape the Three Realms, jump out of the Five Elements, or attain eternal life. After hundreds of years of trials and tribulations, he will ultimately turn into a pile of white bones.

  The great way is indeed difficult; it is as hard as ascending to the heavens!

  Xia Chen let out a sigh, and suddenly his heart became as calm as if it had been purified.

  Seeing Lie Yunzi's difficult cultivation, Xia Chen didn't become disheartened, but instead his determination to follow the Tao became even more solidified!

  Lie Yunzi's memory display was like a rare spiritual baptism for him, his Daoist intention became even more pure, and his understanding of higher realms also deepened.

  At first as a miscellaneous servant, Xia Chen already had an unyielding will, now his heart has become even stronger.

  Xia Chen sat cross-legged, quietly sensing the peak power of the Seventh Refining Heaven's boundary.

  The Seventh Layer of the Acquired Realm was after all broken through by Lie Yunzi, although he had already consolidated his cultivation at the Sixth Layer of the Acquired Realm beforehand. His cultivation hadn't increased in vain, but he still needed to comprehend for a period longer than usual.

  After a long time, Xia Chen opened his eyes. He didn't get up, but instead took out the yin-yang disk from the storage space and examined it carefully.

  Lie Yunzi's cave mansion had countless treasures, and even the puppet that Lie Yunzi was proud of. However, the only thing that the Aggregation Basin hinted at was this Yin Yang Law Disk, but it was unknown what kind of important treasure it was.

  Something that can make the聚宝盆 prompt is no ordinary thing, let alone the heavenly book's mysterious technique. It plays a crucial role at critical moments and even saved Xia Chen's life.

  Xia Chen looked at the Yin-Yang Spell Disk, and he could sense that it contained an extremely terrifying pressure, as if a powerful array was hidden within, but he just didn't know how to activate it.

  After embracing his heart and spirit, Xia Chen's senses suddenly became much stronger, and he could feel things that he couldn't sense before.

  This yin-yang method plate should be the source of the prohibition of Lie Yunzi's cave mansion... Xia Chen secretly guessed. Unfortunately, he is still in the post-heavenly realm and doesn't understand prohibitions, so he can't ponder the yin-yang method plate.

  He put away the Yin-Yang technique plate and took out the treasures obtained from the ancient storage one by one for inspection.

  As expected, these treasures were basically useless to him, not that they had no use, but rather his cultivation was insufficient to utilize them.

  Xia Chen was not disappointed, with Lie Yunzi's cultivation, it was impossible to collect low-grade treasures for later use. These treasures were extremely precious and might be useful someday.

  Moreover, Xia Chen was not completely empty-handed. After checking for half a day, he found that there were still several refining equipment materials that could be used.

  There was a piece of soft cloth made of unknown material, extremely tough and resilient. Even the power of the Seventh Heaven's peak could not damage it in the slightest, which greatly satisfied Xia Chen. His bear skin inner garment had been cut into pieces by the sword symbol in the ancient storage, but he could consider refining a new, even stronger protective inner garment.

  What surprised Xia Chen even more was that when he tried to use the magic treasure, there was a long, curved magic treasure about the size of a ruler that could actually release thunderbolt power with his true energy, and it looked very similar to the Thunder Seal.

  Although using true energy, it can only stimulate the extremely small power of this Ruyi Treasure, but Xia Chen is very excited. At least this is his first time truly using a treasure. If he assists with the Lei Ting Yin, and adds to his current acquired Seventh Peak cultivation, perhaps even an acquired Tenth Peak cultivator could directly confront him.

  Xia Chen's delighted heart thought. Waving the Thunderbolt Willingly, flashes of lightning flickered from time to time.

  As for Lie Yunzi's magical powers and techniques, Xia Chen had only roughly glanced over them.

  He already has the complete set of magical skills passed down by the mysterious woman, among which Lei Ting Yin and Da Jin Gang Shen are only initially refined. Now he also has Lie Tian Feng Mo, and if he cultivates more, it will be counterproductive.

  Greed will lead to trouble, this principle Xia Chen naturally understands.

  However, these magical skills are not all useless. Among them, a skill that allows one to become light as a feather has piqued Xia Chen's interest.

  He now has the divine art of attacking and defending, and possesses the heavenly book's strange techniques. Various rare and bizarre skills are not lacking either, the only thing missing is his physical technique.

  Although the body method cannot attack, at critical moments, it can be used to escape with one's life.

  This set of light body skills is called Flying Feather Guarding Body!

  According to the method, when the practice is successful, not only will the body move like lightning, instantly traveling thousands of miles, but it can even achieve the extremely powerful effect of shrinking the earth to an inch and treading through the void, leaving Xia Chen greatly astonished.

  Of course, this is only for the Tian Tong cultivators. For the postnatal cultivators, it is impossible to cultivate the Tian Gong method, and they can only imitate a hint of the Tian Gong state to gain great benefits.

  After carefully reading it through, Xia Chen committed the key points of Fei Yu's defensive technique to memory, planning to continue practicing on the road.

  As for other treasures, there were many precious pills, but Xia Chen just glanced at them briefly and didn't look again.

  Recall the puppet and put it into storage space as well. Xia Chen left the forest, heading in the direction of Zhengxuan Sect.

  He has been away from the sect for nearly two months, and if he doesn't return now, it will likely arouse suspicion in the sect that he is going to betray them.

  Any sect's punishment for a runaway disciple is very severe, and even if they are pursued to the ends of the earth, they will not be let off. Moreover, Xia Chen has mortal enemies in the sect, and it's possible that someone will take advantage of the situation to make trouble.

  The worst thing is that if the school master traces him to Fenglin City and finds out that he went to Lieyunzi's mansion to fight for the treasure, it would be extremely bad.

  The return journey was very calm, and more than half a month later, Xia Chen returned to the foot of Zhengxuan Sect Mountain. Looking at the mountain gate that he had been away from for more than two months, Xia Chen suddenly felt a sense of detachment from the world.

  Two months may not be a long time, but the experiences are extremely unforgettable.

  Xia Chen calmed down and slowly stepped up to the mountain gate.