Chapter 79: Chapter 80: Smashing the Bottle
The fog ahead had thinned considerably, and everyone could see clearly the various colored buildings, evidently marking their arrival in the heart of the Dead Land, where the Ancient Sect was located.
Looking at the many buildings ahead, everyone was a bit baffled, unsure where to start.
“Although the fog has dissipated a lot and there are no dead trees, we should still not split up for now,” said Lin Qian as he retracted his Thunder Soul Power, gesturing towards the nearest courtyard, “Let’s take a look there first.”
Lin Qian’s words made everyone nod in agreement, one after the other following him towards that courtyard.
For some reason, the courtyard’s wall had collapsed for the most part, fully revealing the buildings inside.
After crossing the ruined walls and walking through the dilapidated courtyard, Lin Qian, who was at the forefront, reached out to push the door in front of him.
However, before Lin Qian could exert any force, merely touching the door caused it to shatter abruptly.
Seeing this, Lin Qian couldn’t help but lament the ruthlessness of time.
Even though this door was made from top-quality Spirit Wood, designed to stay uncorrupted and intact for a thousand years, it still couldn’t withstand the even longer passage of time.
After crossing the threshold, Lin Qian and the others looked around the house curiously.
After all, this building was once the residence of a disciple from the Ancient Sect; it might still contain some forgotten items.
Once they entered the room, Lin Qian and the others dispersed, curiously examining everything to see if they could find something useful.
“It has to be said, the quality of the houses where the disciples of the Ancient Sect lived is really quite good, having survived this long stretch of time without collapsing,” Ye Xin remarked, scanning the surroundings.
Lin Qian also nodded, looking at the still-sturdy building: “I wonder what material was used to build this. It’s truly remarkable.”
The building wasn’t very large, and before long, everyone who had finished exploring regrouped around Lin Qian.
“We didn’t find any particularly good items,” Lei Qian said helplessly, showing Lin Qian an old, slightly damaged meditation mat in his hand, “Look, the only useful thing we found is this, and it’s even a bit damaged.”
The meditation mat in Lei Qian’s hands wasn’t a rare item; in fact, it was exceedingly common.
Most Soul Martial Artists would place such a mat beneath them when cultivating.
These cultivation mats, whose main purpose was to stabilize the mind and increase the speed of cultivation, generally had a similar effect.
Such mats for cultivation were commonplace outside; moreover, the one in Lei Qian’s hands was worn out and tattered.
The others also shook their heads, indicating they had not found anything special.
Only Wang Lanxin had found some codices, which recorded various cultivation techniques and soul skills for Soul Martial Artists.
Because these codices were recorded by Soul Martial Artists, they were made from Soul Beast hide as a base, using Artifact Refining techniques to create special paper that was branded with Artifact Refining marks so they wouldn’t be damaged by time.
However, the techniques and skills recorded in these codices were very basic, inferior to the techniques and skills any of them were cultivating.
“Wang Lanxin, if you don’t need these codices, please give them to me,” Lin Qian said, looking at Wang Lanxin, “They might be useless to you, but they still have some use to me.”
Once Lin Qian spoke, Wang Lanxin suddenly remembered: “Right, I almost forgot.”
After finishing her words, Wang Lanxin handed over the discovered codices to Lin Qian, who then stored them inside Sky Trace.
“It’s strange, the techniques and skills in these codices are all very basic, Lin Qian, what use could you possibly have for them, as you surely won’t need them?” Zhu Xiaojia from Divine Sword Sect expressed her confusion.
Li Letian saw Zhu Xiaojia’s curiosity and boasted, “Our Young Emperor of the Wanxiang Sect is extremely talented, and the cultivation technique he cultivates is self-created. Therefore, he explores every cultivation technique and soul skill to see if he can draw parallels and find inspiration.”
Upon hearing Li Letian’s words, Liu Yueqian and Zhu Xiaojia both showed surprised expressions, staring incredulously at Lin Qian.
Ye Xin, who was beside Lin Qian, looked at him admiringly, “Little Qian, I didn’t know you were so exceptional!”
Self-created cultivation techniques were unheard of throughout the Coastal State until now.
“Haha, it’s alright,” Lin Qian replied with an embarrassed smile when faced with Ye Xin’s gaze.
Given Lin Qian’s current realm, creating his own cultivation technique was an impractical idea.
What he relied on were the vast scholars led by Zhuge Ming within the empire, the intellectual powerhouse — the Heavenly Art Department of the Huaxia Empire.
The classics were also requested by Lin Qian for the Heavenly Art Department.
According to Zhuge Ming, the more information about the world one could gather, the better.
Of course, Lin Qian couldn’t possibly tell them that he had such a huge think tank supporting him; he had to use this as an excuse.
“Since we haven’t found anything, let’s check out other rooms,” Lin Qian suggested after looking around this building once more, “Perhaps we might stumble upon a surprise in the next one.”
Staying in a dilapidated building was fruitless, and Lin Qian’s comment made sense.
Everyone nodded in agreement and followed Lin Qian out of the building toward the one directly opposite.
However, surprisingly, Lin Qian’s prediction came true; they actually made a discovery in this room.
In total, they found seven classics that recorded higher-level cultivation techniques and soul skills. Even if they couldn’t use them, they could be taken back to the sect and exchanged for numerous sect contributions.
Not only classics, but they also discovered ten jade bottles containing a considerable amount of pills.
The jade bottles preserved the medicinal properties of the pills well, and the grade of these pills was even Upper C!
Whether it be pills, primordial weapons, soul devices, arrays, or other usable items, their grades are divided into Saint, A, B, C, and D grades.
Among them, Saint grade is the highest, exceedingly rare, and impossible to find in a small place like Coastal State.
The categories A, B, C, and D are further divided into three levels each: upper, middle, and lower.
For elite inner sect disciples like them in the Nirvana Realm, the usual pills they could consume were mostly Upper D grade.
Occasionally, performing exceptionally well and receiving a sect reward of Upper C grade pills was a matter of great happiness.
And now, with these ten bottles of Upper C grade pills, whether used personally or exchanged for sect contributions, it was a very good deal.
Originally gathered together to discuss how to distribute these finds, Zhu Xiaojia’s pupils constricted, and she screamed pointing towards the door, “It’s that kid!”
“Huh?” Hearing Zhu Xiaojia’s words, Lin Qian and everyone else looked towards the door in astonishment.
Just at that moment, Zhu Xiaojia revealed a sly smile, suddenly producing a jade bottle and fiercely smashing it to the ground!
Sorry for the headache these past two days.