Anyway, Lu Changsheng wanted to acquire as many unique and peculiar treasures as possible, to bestow upon his disciples, never knowing if one might turn out to be a life-saving treasure at a critical moment.
“I’ll take this treasure, and later I’ll use a batch of other treasures to trade for the Three Lights Divine Water,”
Lu Changsheng was not short of other treasures, and directly traded items for items.
“Holy Son has good taste,”
The Elder of the Treasure Pavilion chuckled and rubbed his hands together. As Lu Changsheng was a Holy Son, he could exchange treasures at half price, but the Treasure Pavilion was purchasing Lu Changsheng’s treasures at a third of the price, earning the pavilion a twenty percent profit.
This was necessary.
If the Treasure Pavilion didn’t have some income, the treasures inside would have been emptied by the Elders and disciples long ago.
“I’ll also take this Marrow-Eating Bug,”
Lu Changsheng tried to arm himself with as many methods as possible. In critical moments, a toxic creature like the Marrow-Eating Bug could play a significant role.
If used for a sneak attack, the Marrow-Eating Bug could pose a small threat even to an Immortal Emperor.
Lu Changsheng did not object to demonic creatures and Demonic Cultivation Skills as long as they were used on the righteous path.
A single Marrow-Eating Bug was valued at 80 billion contribution points.
Because Lu Changsheng was a Holy Son, the actual cost needed for the two treasures, the Three Lights Divine Water and the Marrow-Eating Bug, was 900 billion contribution points.
Lu Changsheng took out a pile of treasures ranging from fifteenth to sixteenth tier Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which were returned by the system, to trade for these two treasures.
There were many treasures on the seventeenth floor of the Treasure Pavilion that Lu Changsheng had not seen before.
However, the contribution points needed for the seventeenth tier Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures was too great, and Lu Changsheng would need to offer up a large amount of fifteenth and sixteenth tier Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to exchange for them. Unable to empty the seventeenth floor of treasures in a short time, Lu Changsheng had to take it slow.
Besides exchanging for seventeenth tier treasures, Lu Changsheng also exchanged a large number of treasures ranging from tenth to fourteenth tier to teach his disciples, allowing the system to return even higher-level treasures, which Lu Changsheng could then use to exchange for contribution points.
Afterward, Lu Changsheng went to the Scripture Pavilion.
As a Quasi-Emperor realm Holy Son, he could access up to the eighty-ninth floor of the Scripture Pavilion.
From the eightieth to the eighty-ninth floor of the Scripture Pavilion, every Cultivation Technique that was displayed was of Emperor Tier, and there were even rarer books that recorded some secrets.
These books were valued at at least 1 billion contribution points each.
As for mid-grade Emperor Tier Body Tempering Skills and high-grade Emperor Tier Body Tempering Skills, they required even more contribution points, starting at 100 billion each at the very least.
“A high-grade Emperor Tier Body Tempering Skill costs 2 trillion contribution points, but its value is not even as high as the ‘Qing Emperor Eternal Life Art’ I am cultivating,”
As Lu Changsheng reviewed the Emperor Tier Body Tempering Skills, he realized that among them, the ‘Qing Emperor Eternal Life Art’ returned by the system was the most valuable one, rendering the exchange for other Body Tempering Skills unnecessary.
Cultivation Techniques are different from treasures, and with Lu Changsheng’s monstrous talent, he couldn’t possibly learn dozens of Emperor Tier Cultivation Techniques at the same time; it would be pointless and greedy to do so.
“Something isn’t quite right. These Cultivation Techniques are very good, but they aren’t impressive enough to amaze me,”
Lu Changsheng browsed through the Cultivation Techniques displayed from the eightieth to the eighty-ninth floor of the Scripture Pavilion but still didn’t find any particularly enticing techniques.
Could it be that his standards were too high?
“Could it be that Tai Hua Holy Land has not placed the truly supreme skills in the Scripture Pavilion?”
Upon consideration, Lu Changsheng thought it wasn’t impossible.
Tai Hua Holy Land wouldn’t place all its invaluable treasures and Cultivation Techniques in the Treasure Pavilion and Scripture Pavilion; otherwise, if the two buildings were destroyed, Tai Hua Holy Land’s foundation would be ruined overnight.
For instance, the most important treasure of Tai Hua Holy Land—the Enlightenment Tea Tree—was located in the mountains behind Tai Hua Holy Land.
The mountains behind Tai Hua Holy Land were where Lin Xuantong and the Ancestors retreated for cultivation. Great Experts were always stationed there, and no one dared to invade and steal Tai Hua Holy Land’s Enlightenment Tea Tree.
“Based on this, the most valuable Cultivation Techniques in Tai Hua Holy Land should also be in the mountains behind,”
Lu Changsheng thought about Lin Xuantong intending to impart to him some supreme skills not passed beyond the Holy Land, which presumably are the most valuable ones and couldn’t be bought with money.
Lu Changsheng currently wasn’t lacking Cultivation Techniques for his cultivation, so he exchanged for several books relating to the Demon Realm, Demon Realm, Netherworld, and the Western Paradise.
Lu Changsheng already mastered a variety of treasures and knowledge of the sacred places in the Immortal Realm, but his understanding of special worlds like the Demon Realm, Demon Realm, and Netherworld was not detailed, and even the Holy Land seldom mentioned these places.
Only after Lu Changsheng gained access to the eightieth to eighty-ninth floors of the Scripture Pavilion did he find some rare books recording these domains.
“The Demon Realm is a vast world, slightly smaller than the Immortal Realm, but where Great Demons roam, it is extremely perilous. After the ancient war, the Demon Ancestor was defeated, leading countless Demon Gods into the Demon Realm…”
“Could it be that the Demon Ancestor recorded in the ancient texts is that ancient powerhouse who punched and shattered the Ancient Heavenly Court?”
Lu Changsheng, thinking of a forbidden area in the Immortal Realm known as the “Heavenly Court Relic,” and upon seeing the records of the Demon Realm in this ancient text, made a connection between the two.
From this perspective, the Demon Realm indeed seems extremely dangerous, with countless Demon Gods roaming. Even an Immortal Emperor would be torn apart.
No wonder the Holy Lands are so wary of the Demon Realm.
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Even a powerhouse from a Holy Land, entering the Demon Realm in full force, would find it difficult to escape unscathed.
Every time Lin Xuantong spoke of the Demon Realm, his face would turn solemn.
Even with his level of cultivation, he did not dare venture deep into the Demon Realm.
Lu Changsheng continued to peruse the ancient texts, “It is said that the Demon Ancestor, having been gravely injured in the ancient war, retreated to the Demon Realm. Shortly afterwards, due to the fracturing of the Dao’s traces, he perished. Subsequently, the Demon Ancestor’s trusted general—the Demon Marshal—took over, ruling over countless Demon Gods….”
“The Demon Marshal?”
Lu Changsheng possessed a sixteenth-grade Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure known as the ‘Demon Marshal’s Blood.’
This treasure was formed from a stone that had been imbued with the blood of the Demon Marshal in the Nine Nether Domain.
However, why would the blood of the Demon Marshal appear in the Nine Nether Domain?
“Wait a second….”
Lu Changsheng sensed that something was amiss.
Wasn’t his ninth disciple, Dugu Aotian, the one with the Demonic Ancestor Body?
“Could it be that this disciple of mine has come from the Demon Realm?”
The thought of Dugu Aotian’s possible origin made Lu Changsheng’s scalp tingle.
He had originally thought that Dugu Aotian might be the son of an Elder or the Sect Master of a powerful Demon Sect in the Immortal Realm.
However, according to the records of the Demon Realm found in the scriptures of the Tai Hua Holy Land, Lu Changsheng began to suspect that Dugu Aotian might well be the son of a Demon God from the Demon Realm.
The Ancient Demon Ancestor had perished in the Demon Realm, so Lu Changsheng had every reason to suspect that Dugu Aotian, who had the Demonic Ancestor Body, originated from the Demon Realm.
It seemed that when Dugu Aotian returned, Lu Changsheng would need to question him thoroughly about his origins.
Although Lu Changsheng had already reached the Quasi-Emperor level and was the Holy Son of the Tai Hua Holy Land, he still couldn’t afford to provoke those Great Demon Heads from the Demon Realm.
If the powerful beings of the Demon Realm were to attack, that would be dreadful.
“The Demon Realm, it is a vast world that was dominated by the Demon Race after the ancient war, where they were able to proliferate and thrive. Some of the Demon Race also stayed in the Immortal Realm, but their power is far lesser compared to the human race….”
“The Western Paradise, created by the collective wishes of sentient beings together with Ancient Buddhas in the Void. Less dangerous than the Demon Realm and Demon Realm, but not open to those outside the Buddhist Sect….”
“The Netherworld, with its cycle of reincarnation, where souls find their way, also homes a batch of unique cultivators, but it is incredibly mysterious….”
“It seems these places aren’t as simple as I imagined.”
Lu Changsheng had just skimmed over the texts, but he committed all of their records to memory, which might prove useful someday.
In these locations, powerhouses abound.
There are always stronger people beyond us, and higher heavens beyond our heaven.
The Tai Hua Holy Land is merely one of the holy lands within the Immortal Realm.
Even those peerless geniuses from the same era as Lu Changsheng are not few in number.
The top ten in the Qilin Ranking are all a bunch of monsters.
Thinking of the numerous mysteries and strong opponents, Lu Changsheng felt even more motivated to cultivate.
“My disciple, come to the back mountain. As your master, I will impart to you our Tai Hua Holy Land’s true supreme teachings,” Lin Xuantong’s voice suddenly resounded in Lu Changsheng’s mind while he was in the Scripture Pavilion.
The true supreme teachings of the Tai Hua Holy Land?
Lu Changsheng’s interest was piqued; he had guessed correctly that the really formidable techniques of the Tai Hua Holy Land were not in the Scripture Pavilion but rather in the back mountain, or perhaps, in the minds of peerless experts like Lin Xuantong.