Chapter Eleven: Heaven-Defying Treasures

  A few days ago, Wang Ke would pick up the box every day and take a look, but each time he felt a little disappointed. Today was already the tenth day, holding the box in his hand, gently lifting the lid, Wang Ke was petrified instantly.

  "Heavens, could this box also be a magical artifact?" Wang Ke couldn't quite believe it. At this moment, inside the box was quietly lying a spirit stone, from which faint spiritual energy fluctuations were emanating.

  He took out the Ling Stone from the box and carefully examined it several times, confirming that it was a lower-grade Ling Stone. Lin Qi's expression changed, and he jumped up from the bamboo bed, rushed to the wooden cabinet, opened it, and took out a black package, hastily coming to the wooden table.

  Only to see the package open, a pile of spirit stones appeared in Lin Qi's eyes, and a faint spiritual energy fluctuation was emitted from these spirit stones.

  "There are still ten, none missing!" The bundle suddenly revealed ten lower-grade spirit stones, and Lin Qi was still holding one lower-grade spirit stone in his hand. In an instant, Wang Ke understood.

  "What a treasure this box is, it can actually replicate the things put inside, my god, such a treasure has fallen into my hands" Holding the treasure box, Wang Ke's heart was racing with excitement, and he could no longer find words to describe his emotions at this moment. The function of this treasure box could only be described as defying heaven.

  "Grandpa, I will definitely attain the Tao of Immortality and seek eternal life. You must be watching me from heaven." Wang Ke let out a silent cry in her heart, and the expression on her grandfather's face when he was dying appeared before her eyes, making her determination extraordinary strong.

  "Where should this treasure be hidden?" Afterwards, Wang Ke held the treasure box and became anxious. As the saying goes, "A poor man is not guilty of a crime, but he will be punished for possessing jade." With such a heavy treasure in his possession, Wang Ke knew that once it was exposed, he would likely face endless disputes. Not to mention Golden Elixir stage experts, even Nascent Soul stage or higher-level strong practitioners would not hesitate to take action and seize the treasure if they found out. Therefore, this treasure must not be exposed.

  "Alright, let's do it this way!" Suddenly, Wang Ke's heart moved and a glint flashed in his eyes. He took out all the lower-grade spirit stones from the black package and put them into the box. Then, he casually tossed the box onto the bamboo bed.

  "It's actually empty, but it looks full; even if someone finds out, the worst that can happen is that they'll take away the spirit stone inside. I doubt anyone will notice the true purpose of this box." Wang Ke's mouth curved slightly upwards as he felt a bit more at ease.

  "Now that I have this treasure, what am I waiting for? I don't need to worry about the spiritual stone anymore!" Wang Ke's heart was filled with joy, and he sat down cross-legged on the bamboo bed. His right hand grasped the spiritual stone that had just transformed, and his breathing technique began to circulate. Suddenly, a suction force emitted from his right hand, and a surge of pure spiritual energy burst out from the spiritual stone in his palm, rushing up his arm and into his body. After circulating inside for a moment, it sank into his dantian.

  "No wonder everyone wants to seize the spiritual stone for cultivation, it turns out to be like this" Wang Ke only felt that the spiritual energy surging into his body from the spiritual stone was hundreds of times thicker and more pure than what he absorbed from the air. Moreover, these spiritual energies circulated in his body at a very fast speed, almost without refinement, they could be stored in the dantian.

  Looking at the surge of spiritual energy in his dantian, Wang Ke was somewhat excited. His eyes glanced at the wooden box beside the bed, and after a moment, he withdrew his gaze, calmed down, closed his eyes, and continued to focus on his cultivation.

  Although it was only a lower-grade spirit stone, the spiritual energy contained within was enormous for Wang Ke, and despite his full effort to absorb it, he still used two days' time to fully absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stone.

  "Crack!" A crisp sound, Wang Ke slowly opened his eyes, a flash of light at the bottom of his eyes, the Ling Stone in his right hand had shattered, turning into white powder that slid from his fingertips, completely losing its spiritual energy.

  Standing up, Wang stretched his muscles and bones, and a burst of crackling sounds came from all over his body. He couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh, feeling that his whole body was relaxed, as if he had just soaked in a hot spring.

  The divine consciousness shifted to the dantian, and at this time, the spiritual energy in the dantian suddenly increased several times. In the dantian, it was wandering and uncertain, and Wang Ke could feel a direct connection with this spiritual energy. As soon as his divine consciousness moved, the spiritual energy changed along with Wang Ke's thoughts, which was very interesting.

  "Heh, if we want to fill this entire dantian with spiritual energy, I have no idea how many spirit stones it would take or how long it would take. Luckily there's the treasure box, otherwise getting spirit stones in the future will be a huge problem. Indeed, wanting to cultivate and break through requires a lot of resources." Wang Ke thought to himself as he looked at the massive dantian space.

  "Never mind, let's take it one step at a time." Wang Ke shook his head, picked up the box beside the bed, took out an Ling Stone and held it in his hand, continuing to cultivate.

  When cultivating, time seems to pass very quickly, and before she knew it, nearly twenty days had passed. Wang Ke absorbed a spiritual stone every two days, watching as the number of spiritual stones in the box decreased one by one. She wasn't worried at all, and sure enough, ten days later, the spiritual stones that had been used up reappeared inside the box.

  Wang Ke had already figured it out. As long as he took away the things inside the box, ten days later, the things that were taken away would be replicated by the treasure box and reappear in the box. Wang Ke continued to cultivate without stopping, but he didn't lack spirit stones. Most of the disciples of Qingmu Sect couldn't afford such luxury like Wang Ke, who could always rely on absorbing the spiritual energy of the spirit stones to cultivate.

  Xuanwu Peak was still shrouded in mist, and the Xuanwu True Person, dressed in a black robe, sat cross-legged on a high stone platform in a secluded courtyard deep within the temple. The platform had an intricate array pattern carved into it, surrounded by several spirit stones that emitted spiritual energy fluctuations a hundred times stronger than those from Wang Ke's spirit stone, and to his surprise, they were all mid-grade spirit stones.

  Originally, the top of Xuanwu Peak was already full of spiritual energy. The sky's spiritual vortex converged into a green snake under the array's attraction and rushed down from the air, drilling into the body of the master of Xuanwu Peak. The massive spiritual vortex blew up the master's long gown.

  The array method under his body was also rapidly rotating, and the hazy green light flickered. The spiritual energy that gushed out from the Ling Stone converged together and merged into Xuanwu True Person's body, stirring up circles of spiritual power ripples in the surrounding air.

  Outside the courtyard, a nimble figure was rushing in, "Hehe, if this matter is handled well, Master Feng will surely reward us. Who knows, he might even pass on some secret techniques. With what Gongde Temple sent over, this time we're really reaping a huge harvest!"

  Ling Mu walked quickly, his mind racing with thoughts, a look of excitement flashing across his face from time to time. He thought of Wang Ke and a sly smile spread across his lips. He had already investigated thoroughly and found that Wang Ke didn't have any powerful backing. Even if he were to find out that Ling Mu was behind the scenes manipulating things, he wouldn't be afraid - after all, this plan had been personally approved by the master of Xuanwu Peak.

  "Little one, don't blame me, okay?" Lingmu had already walked to a deeper part of the other courtyard, feeling the waves of spiritual energy fluctuations coming from ahead, and quickly adjusted his mood, his expression also becoming calm.

  Quickening his pace, he walked deeper and stood outside the open-air stone platform where the master of Xuanwu Peak was mainly cultivating. He felt the surging spiritual energy surrounding him, and Lingmu couldn't help but want to sit down and cultivate here immediately. However, he knew this was impossible. The master of Xuanwu Peak didn't like others disturbing his cultivation, and Lingmu wouldn't be foolish enough to provoke the master's anger.

  The master of Xuanwu Peak, who was cultivating on the stone platform, suddenly opened his eyes, and two sword-like gazes shot into Lingmu's eye sockets. Lingmu trembled all over, hastily lowered his head, and a thread of cold sweat emerged from his forehead.

  "Lingmu, didn't I tell you not to disturb me when I'm cultivating?" The voice of the master of Xuanwu Peak was not loud, but it was filled with an unyielding majesty that made Lingmu's whole body tremble.

  "Report to Master Feng, the arrangements at Gongde Hall have been made. The disciple that Master Feng brought back last time can be sent over." Lin Mu's voice trembled slightly before calming down as he hastily spoke up.

  "Alright, I'll leave this matter to you to handle, and there will be a reward if it's done well."

  "Thank you, Master Feng! Thank you, Master Feng!" Lingmu was overjoyed and hastily knocked his head to the ground in gratitude.

  "Alright, you can go now. There's nothing important to discuss, don't disturb me again in the future." With a gentle wave of his right hand, the master of Xuanwu Peak sent out a burst of energy that pushed Lingmu away, then closed his eyes and continued to cultivate.

  "Haha, great! Master Feng has entrusted this matter to me, which is also a sign of his trust in me. From now on, my future prospects are bright and I may even be taken as a personal disciple one day." Lingmu thought to himself with joy, his face flushed with excitement as he walked out.

  "It's been a month since I started cultivating, and my progress is really fast!" Unbeknownst to him, Wang Ke had already been cultivating for a month. In this one month, Wang Ke's cultivation speed was extremely fast, even surpassing some of the most talented disciples. All of this was thanks to the inexhaustible supply of spirit stones.

  "Huh, someone's here!" Suddenly, Wang Ke's expression changed as he stood up from the bamboo bed and quickly walked to the door. He pushed open the wooden door and saw a familiar young man flying towards him on his sword, with a flash of light illuminating the air. In an instant, the young man landed in front of him, his flying sword retracting as he jumped down from mid-air.

  Her gaze swept across Wang Ke, sensing the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from him. Ling Mu was taken aback at first, then curled her lips and revealed a hint of cold smile on her face. She spoke in a light tone, "Wang Ke, I suppose? The Sect Master has specifically instructed me to come and make arrangements for you. Here's your waist token."

  Ling Mu said, and then waved his hand, a white light shot out from his hand, Wang Ke stretched out his hand to receive it, it was a jade plaque two fingers wide and three fingers long, one end had a small hole, tied with a red silk thread, the front of the jade plaque was engraved with Wang Ke's two ancient seals, the back was painted with a vivid turtle spirit pattern.

  After Wang Ke took the jade token and tied it around his waist, he heard Ling Mu say, "With the jade token, you can directly go to the Merit Hall to find the person in charge. They will arrange a task for you, and from then on, your arrangement is to execute that task. In the future, you can receive your spirit stone at the Merit Hall, got it?"

  "Alright, nothing else to do, I'll take my leave first. You gather your things and set off immediately." As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Mu soared into the air, a sword light shooting out from his body, instantly lifting him up. The sword light flashed, shooting straight into the distance.

  "Isn't it that inner disciples don't have to do tasks?" Wang Ke's heart flashed with a hint of doubt, remembering what was written in the "Qingmu Zongjian", but since it was the arrangement of the Xuanyu Peak Master, Wang Ke didn't pursue it further. He turned around and entered the wooden house, tidied up for a bit, and soon after walked out, carrying a bundle on his back, without looking back, he headed down along the slope. At this time, he was only at the initial stage of Nascent Soul, and he wouldn't be able to fly with his sword yet.

  This time, Wang Ke brought everything with him except for the three hidden elixirs, including that mysterious wooden box.