dkrc Chapter 834 - 684: True Monarch’s Treasury, Explosive Power Surge
Chapter 834 - 684: True Monarch’s Treasury, Explosive Power Surge
A mysterious and harmless aura suddenly enveloped Lou Yi.
The scene before his eyes gradually changed.
The palace was magnificent, filled with colorful mystic mists and auspicious energies. Gourmet dishes and spirit wine were everywhere, with graceful fairies and highly cultivated daoists, along with hurried young attendants carrying trays.
Everyone gathered closely around a handsome young man with an extraordinary presence.
His face radiated with a brilliance, akin to the rising morning sun.
"Congratulations to Daoist Xuan Ji on reaching the rank of Master..."
"Daoist Xuan Ji ascended to Master before reaching fifty, a promising future as a True Monarch awaits!"
"Junior Brother Xuan Ji, here’s my gift, a mechanism dwelling refined by the Tiangong Sect, adjustable in size with a powerful defensive array..."
A long-bearded male cultivator in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and a righteous air, gifted him a precious dwelling treasure artifact, making the young man known as ’Xuan Ji’ overjoyed.
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
The control for entering and exiting the dwelling treasure artifact was a bright red pebble, easily refined by Master Xuan Ji, allowing him convenient access.
"It’s... the key to Xuan Ji True Monarch’s dwelling!" Lou Yi was overjoyed.
This was truly unexpected luck.
The recent attack by Breaking Army had cost him three years of lifespan, causing great pain.
But now, this key might compensate for all his losses.
A True Monarch’s dwelling would contain how many treasures?
Lou Yi, sensing the dwelling key, transformed his shape and rushed towards the northeast area.
Soon, he arrived at a secluded space filled with blood, toxins, grievances, and ominous energies, hidden a thousand feet underground.
’Snap!’
Lou Yi casually flicked away a heedless Bat Demon flying towards him, frowning as he held the dwelling key and infused spiritual power.
The black-red pebble immediately generated a massive suction, absorbing all of Lou Yi’s ninth-level Qi Cultivation spiritual power. He consumed five or six bottles of Qi Absorption Pills just to stop its sucking.
’Boom!’
Attracted by the key, a golden corner of a building suddenly appeared from the rock wall ahead.
Simultaneously, Lou Yi’s figure vanished from the spot.
Upon regaining his senses, he found himself in a clean room.
On the wall hung a black and white landscape painting, a plain meditation cushion placed on the bed, a redwood square table ahead with a pot of tea, two white jade cups, and an ancient memoir with several pages flipped open, filled with tiny, lively yet neat characters.
Lou Yi casually picked up the ancient memoir, the cover in deep blue embossed with big characters: ’Xuan Ji Experiences’.
After skimming through, Lou Yi realized it was akin to a diary, documenting Xuan Ji True Monarch’s experiences from cultivation to reaching the Heavenly Abyss.
’Today, I went outing with Fairy Su Zhen and stumbled upon a transforming thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, extracting two strands of its stem and consuming them instantly. I felt my cultivation bottleneck slightly ease, indeed a treasure among heavenly materials and earthly treasures...’
’An anomaly fell from beyond the sky on Da Wu Mountain, its light illuminating hundreds of miles, attracting humans and demons alike, fighting fiercely for it. I nearly succeeded but missed by a margin, alas! Alas!’
Through Xuan Ji True Monarch’s descriptions, Lou Yi seemed to glimpse a cultivation realm rich in heavenly materials and earthly treasures thousands of years ago, clearly more prosperous than now.
In the latter part, Xuan Ji True Monarch’s thoughts became paranoid and radical.
’...The Heavenly Abyss wears down my Dao, allowing vile figures to exploit, creating hatred in my heart, hard to suppress... Once my cultivation reaches perfection, I’ll return to the vast sea realm to settle scores with all of them...’
Opening the door, stepping out led to a small courtyard full of peach trees, blooming unseasonably pink flowers, truly beautiful.
Crossing the courtyard, Lou Yi quickly reached the secret chamber location within the dwelling.
The secret chamber exterior appeared as a slightly larger room, with no defensive arrays or locks outside.
Reasonably so, as this dwelling, controlled by Xuan Ji True Monarch, need not worry about theft.
Lou Yi, now at an advantage.
Entering the secret chamber, two rows of redwood shelves came into view, mostly empty with sporadic placement of storage bags, rings, and belts.
Lou Yi picked up a storage ring, infusing spiritual power, revealing a pile of items on the ground, emitting dazzling gold and silver lights.
"Damn!" Even with Lou Yi’s vision, he couldn’t help but be stunned.
Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Taiyi Geng Gold, Secret Silver, Kunwu Stone, Mystic Iron Essence...
All were metals and minerals, piled in heaps, causing Foundation Establishment cultivators to fight desperately, even Golden Core Masters to battle fiercely.
"Oh, there’s Taiyin Jade?" In Lou Yi’s palm, a square moon-white jade stone appeared abruptly.
Cold to the touch, even with his current powerful physique, he felt a sharp chill.
Taiyin Jade, precisely the key resource needed for the cultivation technique ’Profound Yin Technique’ advancement, sought but never found, surprisingly discovered in the True Monarch’s treasure chamber.
With this realization, Lou Yi didn’t hesitate.
Profound Yin Technique (Mastery 0/3000 +1 Taiyin Jade) → Profound Yin Technique (Minor Achievement 0/10000 +1 Cold Star Essence)
Effortlessly, the Profound Yin Technique advanced to the Minor Achievement Realm.
His current Qi Cultivation proficiency reached five points per day, meaning in a hundred days he would succeed in Foundation Establishment.
Even during the Foundation Establishment Stage, his cultivation speed wouldn’t fall behind the grand sect prodigies.