Chapter 220: Chapter 151: Millennium Prophecy
Translator: 549690339
The next day, in the county town of Linwu.
In a nondescript residence in the Xing’an District of the West City.
A large group of soldiers surrounded the area, and the surrounding residents were driven out, turning this area into a forbidden zone.
“General, when the founder of the Seven Star Sect first started the sect, he took in three disciples. Then these three disciples each took apprentices, passing down their lineage, resulting in three direct lines within the sect.
These three direct lines each have the highest mental technique inheritance in the sect, as well as the annual quota of Pure Water Profound Pills.”
Feng Zhijie, the old man who kneeled for mercy last night, stood in front of the residence and said to Lu Yuan with a flattering face: “After hundreds of years of inheritance, each of the three lines has set up a treasure hiding place.
So, there are a total of three treasure hiding places within our sect.
In each of these places, there are stored martial arts techniques inherited within the sect, large sums of money, and some Divine Blood Elixirs to be used for the revival of the sect in case of destruction.
I’m an elder from the first generation of Three Ancestors lineage, and my lineage’s treasure hiding place is located in this courtyard.”
After listening to his explanation, Lu Yuan nodded slightly, and then signaled to one of his disciples at the side.
The latter understood immediately and selected two soldiers to head for the backyard.
The rest of the people waited at the doorway of the courtyard.
After a short while, the disciple who had left earlier came back quickly.
“Master, there really is a dry well in the backyard. I went down into the well and found a hidden room. Inside there are two chests of gold and silver, worth about 30,000 silver tales.”
“Besides that, I found this martial arts secret book and some elixirs.” The disciple held up a book and a box of elixir with both hands, presenting them.
Lu Yuan took them, flipped through the book, and indeed it contained the techniques and moves of the Seven Star Fist, but at a lower level, only able to practice up to the third of the bizarre meridians.
As a result, he only looked at it for a moment before putting it away in his arms.
Next, he opened the box of elixirs. Inside, a soft layer of silk cloth was laid out, with three jade bottles on top. Through the pure white bottles, one could see the cyan elixirs inside.
Feng Zhijie eagerly explained on the side, “General, there are three bottles of elixirs in this jade box, each bottle holding three Pure Water Profound Pills. Each Profound Pill can help a martial artist to open up a single meridian.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan could not help but ask, “Why only nine?”
With the effect of one meridian per Pure Water Profound Pill, even if all nine pills were consumed, it would only help a martial artist open up nine meridians.
What can opening nine meridians accomplish?
In Jianghu, martial artists who have opened up nine meridians are at best considered to be of medium-level among second-rate practitioners.
This level of strength, although not bad, is still far from the realm of first-rate masters.
Feng Zhijie replied with a bitter smile, “In reply to the General, our Seven Star Sect in Dongting is indeed a top-notch sect, but it only has more than 700 years of history. Our accumulation of heritage is far from comparable to other sects with a history of thousands of years in Jianghu.
Moreover, our sect only has one Pure Water Xuan Niu, and the spiritual blood it produces each year is limited. This limited share has to be distributed among our three lines.”
“The fact that there are these Profound Pills here is already the result of my lineage’s frugality and accumulation.”
Hearing this explanation, Lu Yuan was slightly disappointed.
It was because he had set his expectations for the Seven Star Sect’s treasure too high.
After all, it is a sect from a poor area, and it cannot compare to those top-notch sects famous in the world. For them to have accumulated so much over a few hundred years is already quite good.”
Alright, since we’ve found the treasure this time, I’ll give you credit for it.” Lu Yuan put away the elixirs and looked at Feng Zhijie, showing a slightly more relaxed smile on his face.
No matter how small the Seven Star Sect’s foundation was, this time, obtaining the nine Pure Water Profound Pills and a first-rate martial art was a huge harvest.
At the very least, with these nine Pure Water Profound Pills, he no longer had any obstacles regarding the cultivation of the remaining three meridians of the Chi Yang Divine Skill.
The peak of top-notch strength was within reach.
“Well… General…”
Seeing that Lu Yuan was in a good mood, Feng Zhijie also breathed a sigh of relief and hesitated, “My family…”
“Rest assured, I will order your tamily to be released soon. The properties that were originally confiscated from you have also been returned.” Lu Yuan waved his hand and didn’t continue to make things difficult for the other party.
He still had a bottom line when it came to keeping promises.
As long as the other party fulfilled his requirements, he would naturally honor the promise.
“Thank you, General. Thank you, General.” Hearing that his whole family had escaped a catastrophe, Feng Zhijie was so moved that he almost cried, kneeling on the ground and sobbing.
“Alright, no need to thank me.”
Lu Yuan glanced at Feng Zhijie and stopped his crying with a word before asking, ‘You said that there was only one Still Water Profound Ox in your sect. Where is it now?”
The Pure Water Profound Pills were just some superficial gains, and they would be gone once consumed.
The real treasure of the Seven Star Sect was the Pure Water Profound Ox that could continuously produce Pure Water Profound Pills.
Feng Zhijie stopped crying and showed a troubled expression when he heard the question, “In reply to the General, I am not aware of the whereabouts of the Pure Water Profound Ox. This ox was originally raised in the forbidden area of the sect, and it was always taken care of by the Sect Leader’s lineage. I was only allowed to approach and supervise when it was time to extract the spiritual blood.
However, ever since the Sect Leader started the rebellion, the Profound Ox disappeared from the sect. When asked about it, the Sect Leader only said it was hidden in a safe place and refused to reveal its exact location..”