Chapter 837 - 779: Selecting Rewards

Chapter 837: Chapter 779: Selecting Rewards

Just the collection of books on the third floor of the Observatory left Jiang Yuebai amazed. With just a rough glance, she felt it far surpassed the one million volumes in the Immortal Palace of Immortal Monarch Chongmin.

Moreover, the space here was very peculiar. Clearly, she could see the window at the end in one glance, but as she walked over, she found the space extending, the bookshelves multiplying.

Lu Nanzhi had already found a bookshelf dedicated to storing various sword techniques, seriously selecting and reviewing. Each book or jade scroll could only reveal the general outline and introduction; the subsequent content required the lifting of a seal to continue reading.

Jiang Yuebai, having learned a wide array of things, was momentarily at a loss amid such abundance of books.

She spent a moment thinking. The Qingyun Conference had ended, and the most important thing for her next was naturally preparing for the Divinity Transformation.

Before that, she needed to resolve this ’Heart Demon’ Lu Xingyun, to discuss clearly with Wuwei Mountain Man why exactly Lu Xingyun had chosen her.

If she couldn’t confirm her situation, Jiang Yuebai was very worried about being attacked by a Heart Demon halfway through her Divinity Transformation, and seeing Lu Xingyun might cause her to fall into demon deviation on the spot.

Secondly, she needed to find a safe place suited for Divinity Transformation and a protector. The last time she formed a Nascent Soul at the West Sea in the Green Dragon Realm, she ended up poking a hole in the West Sea.

This time, she definitely couldn’t undergo Divinity Transformation within the Nine Rivers Realm!

Jiang Yuebai even thought it might be good to undergo Divinity Transformation behind the Demon Clan battlefield, as she could swallow Demonic Qi, and the low-level Demon Clan was numerous and weak. She could just eat and absorb energy endlessly with Jixiang, never needing to worry about insufficient energy for the Divinity Transformation.

If a Heavenly Tribulation struck, let it strike! After all, it’s the Demon Clan that would die, and she felt no moral burden, even hoping for more deaths.

Thinking about it, Jiang Yuebai felt her blood boiling with excitement, unable to help but press her rapidly beating heart, feeling her reaction was somewhat strange.

Surely, Immortal Monarch Fatian wiping her memory messed her up entirely.

Going behind the Demon Clan for Divinity Transformation did have its benefits, but the risks were immense. Without a foolproof method, she could only think about it.

It might be more prudent to return to the Heavenly Interence Sect and discuss with Uncle Fuyi to help her find an uninhabited small world at the periphery of the Upper Realm and set up a Great Array for a stable Divinity Transformation.

Oh, she also needed to ask Moh Baichun about the matter of Tai Sui appearing in the Earth Spiritual Realm those years ago. If there was a chance, she could help Luling and the others find Tai Sui, and send it back to the Demon Clan early.

Also, Anan, Xie Jingshan, and Shen Huaxi seemed to want to train on the front lines to enhance their cultivation through battle. She could accompany them for a while, then travel on her own until the opportunity for Divinity Transformation arose.

So, everything now was in preparation for Divinity Transformation. Returning to the main topic, before undergoing Divinity Transformation, she should stay focused and avoid learning new things to burden herself.

Her current cultivation techniques, spells, and secret techniques were all top tier in the Cultivation Realm and most suited for her. Many have not yet reached their peak, like "Dragon God Transformation," "Observing Yin Yang Method," and "Water Strike Three Thousand," which she hasn’t mastered yet.

Maybe she truly grew in this aspect, beginning to understand satisfaction and restraining her greed for wanting everything.

Looking from another angle, Jiang Yuebai thought it was because she possessed the best that she felt satisfied, losing interest in things not matching her knowledge.

Having made up her mind, Jiang Yuebai directly released two clones, along with her main body, roaming among the bookshelves to quickly review various books, looking for things she was interested in.

Within half an hour of selecting books, she truly managed to find a highly cost-effective book among the Six Arts of Cultivation category by following the principle of thickness, largeness, and richness in content.

"Three Realms Ancient Artifact Theory"

This book was the thickest and most worn-out book in the entire section, piled at the bottom of a shelf, with the height reaching halfway up Jiang Yuebai’s calf like a large brick.

Additionally, this book was very peculiar: each page was different, including beast skin, bamboo scrolls, yellow paper, and palm leaves, like various artifact refining diagrams haphazardly bound together.

The main point was, Jiang Yuebai found several ancient treasure diagrams she’s very familiar with inside this book.

Condensing Light Mirror and Green Jade Bamboo Flute!

Even her Taiyin Fan and Shen Huaxi’s Blood Demon Pearl were recorded!

These were all ancient treasures from the Earth Spiritual Realm. Who would’ve thought the artifact refining diagrams were right here, and there were even methods to enhance Condensing Light Mirror and Taiyin Fan to become an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

Hmm... the required materials are somewhat rare; she hadn’t even heard of them. Better take a look!

The Green Jade Bamboo Flute she’d chewed up and devoured had the original artifact refining blueprint; if matching materials could be found, it could be re-refined.

Besides, Jiang Yuebai also discovered a diagram of a skin drum, and the drawing looked just like the broken skin drum she had scooped up from a mountain crevice while being chased by a Thunder Spirit under Thunder Marsh Lake in the Earth Spiritual Realm.

This drum was called the ’Kui Ox Drum,’ made from Kui Ox hide. It could resonate for five hundred miles at first beat and affectfully three thousand eight hundred miles, serving to boost the morale of one’s own side and suppress the enemy’s momentum on the battlefield. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

When sounded, it could shake mountains and cause the enemy’s Divine Soul to turn mad, leading to the collapse of their armies like a landslide.

The drum skin of Jiang Yuebai’s hand-held drum was damaged. To repair it, Kui Ox hide was a must, and the beast skin used on this particular page of the book felt quite peculiar to her, though she wasn’t sure if it was Kui Ox skin.

Time being tight, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t scrutinize it in detail, so she could only carry the heavy "Three Realms Ancient Artifact Theory" to find the Observatory envoy near the staircase.

Among the rewards, she would choose this. The issue of hard-to-find artifact refining materials could be solved over time.

Seeing the book she carried, the Observatory’s envoy’s mouth twitched, but they didn’t stop her from exchanging it. They simply lifted the book’s seal for her and reminded her to return the book to the Observatory if it was no longer needed.

Lu Nanzhi also selected a demon cultivator’s sword technique, beneficial for his upcoming Divinity Transformation. After lifting the seal, the two of them proceeded to another side of the stairs to continue selecting.

Meanwhile, Shen Huaxi was standing in front of an antiquities rack, deliberating over two ghostly items.

Xie Jingshan seemed to have finished selecting and was meandering casually between shelves, occasionally picking up and then setting down items, appearing quite leisurely.

The magic treasures here were all of First Grade Spiritual Artifact level. The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were rare spiritual objects.

The classification of magic treasures, whether in the Earth Spiritual Realm or the Upper Realm, named the Ninth, Eighth, and Seventh Grades as Magical Artifacts, the Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Grades as Magic Treasures, and the Third, Second, and First Grades as Spiritual Artifacts.

A Third Grade Spiritual Artifact could not birth any Artifact Spirit. It simply had greater spiritual nature than the top-tier Magic Treasures, with its hardness and lethality increased.

Second Grade Spiritual Artifacts had a fifty percent chance of nurturing an Artifact Spirit through a spirit injection array and immense beast souls, but these Artifact Spirits were usually impure, lacking the strength of those naturally nurtured by First Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

Reaching a First Grade Spiritual Artifact meant that spirit injection was completed during the refining process, like Jiang Yuebai’s Taihe Umbrella which contained a Water Spirit of One Yuan Heavy Water, or a Thunder Spirit within the Primordial Magnetic Ruler.

Having an Artifact Spirit means it’s like a companion spiritually linked to oneself, requiring no Divine Sense control in battle for perfect coordination.

Although First Grade Spiritual Artifacts were strong, they had their downsides. The Artifact Spirit could have its own will and lean towards greater strength. If its wielder wasn’t strong enough, the Artifact Spirit could become a demanding master.

Jiang Yuebai found her Artifact Spirits noisy, so she never let them play around like Xie Jingshan’s Sword Spirit. Anyway, her Artifact Spirits were all very obedient, so she never worried.

Most Nascent Soul Cultivators find it extremely difficult to refine their Lifebound Magic Treasure step by step up to a Third Grade Spiritual Artifact. Only the most elite and favored disciples of Major Sect Families might have the chance to carry a First Grade Spiritual Artifact.

People like Pei Shengyue and Ye Tianlang, who have Mahayana Immortal Monarchs as masters to rely on, naturally could wield First Grade Spiritual Artifacts at will and even have Acquired Spiritual Treasures for self-defense.

The reason they didn’t care if an Acquired Spiritual Treasure got destroyed was that with a Mahayana Immortal Monarch around, the only lack in crafting a new Acquired Spiritual Treasure was materials and time.

While browsing various Spiritual Artifacts and materials on the shelves, Jiang Yuebai counted her belongings. She had two Acquired Spiritual Treasures, the Candle Dragon Spear and Flower Basket, and the rest like the Taihe Umbrella and Primordial Magnetic Ruler were mostly First Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

Though low on Spirit Stones, she did have quite a good haul.

But she felt these items never too many. If unused, they could just be kept away, pulled out when needed.

A few First Grade Spiritual Artifacts on this level’s shelves were newly refined, yet to fully develop their Artifact Spirits, but mostly were seasoned, with Artifact Spirits already capable of carrying Spiritual Artifacts around on their own.

As Jiang Yuebai was uncertain what to choose, her garment hem seemed to move. Looking down, she saw a writing brush dancing in the air, and to her shock, it painted a big tortoise on her snow-white garment!

Jiang Yuebai’s eyelid drooped, and before the writing brush could escape, she grabbed it into her palm.