Chapter Ten: The Great Surprise of Obtaining the Divine Treasure

  Zhang Xue stared at the innate spiritual treasure in front of her in shock, speechless.

  This spiritual treasure can be said to have far exceeded Zhang Xue's imagination. Although it is still a congenital spiritual treasure, most living beings are still very simple now that the sky has just opened, and desires are extremely rare. They are basically some instinctual desires such as eating, strengthening oneself, and reproducing.

  But when the time comes, the thoughts of the living spirits become complicated, and desires will be endless. Arrogance, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony, and lust, all kinds of desires will fill the entire world, and these will all be food for the innate spiritual treasure in front of us, providing a constant stream of power for its advancement.

  If this world were to develop into an era like Zhang Xue's, I really wouldn't dare imagine it. You have to know that the living beings of the Honghuang world and those of ancient times are much simpler, but also much stronger. And the living beings of ancient times compared to modern ones are even simpler, but also much stronger than modern humans.

  It's imaginable that in modern times, this spiritual treasure is absorbing all kinds of desires and powers, making it impossible to exhaust. This might be one of the reasons why people's powers are getting weaker and weaker, and by the time of the previous life, they had all become ordinary people.

  Although there are also reasons for the decrease of spiritual energy, the increase and strengthening of various desires in the living beings is also a very important reason. When one's mind is stirred up by all sorts of desires, how can one calm down to cultivate and comprehend the Great Way? Each and every one of them thinks about how to enjoy pleasure, so how can they succeed?

  But this spiritual treasure is absorbing all kinds of desires to strengthen itself, that is to say, as the years go by, this spiritual treasure will become stronger and stronger, I'm afraid that by the time it reaches that era, this spiritual treasure has already become terrifyingly powerful.

  Looking at the spiritual treasure in front of her, Zhang Xue's heart was very conflicted. Originally, when she saw that it was a piano-like spiritual treasure, she had planned to give it to her maid, Ling Qin.

  But now, unexpectedly, it's actually a legendary innate spiritual treasure that can grow on its own. This makes me a bit reluctant to part with it, you know, such an innate spiritual treasure that can grow on its own is even more precious than those innate supreme treasures.

  Those innate treasures that are destined to remain at this level for their entire lives, whereas the growth-type innate spiritual treasures can potentially grow to the Chaos grade given enough time. Don't look down on a single-grade difference; it's like the difference between heaven and earth.

  It really takes a lot of courage to give away such a congenital spiritual treasure. In the end, gritting her teeth, she decided to give it to her maid, Lingqin. She comforted herself by thinking "Anyway, in the future, Lingqin will definitely enter my own small world and be branded with a soul mark. After a period of time, she will be eternally loyal to me. It's just as well to strengthen one's own subordinates."

  The reason why Zhang Xue was asked to send the Lingbao away is actually because he himself and the Lingbao didn't get along. Although he could refine the Lingbao and obtain its ability to absorb desires, the problem lies in his own body being filled with merits. Absorbing desires would be like asking for punishment, and even before it enters his body, it would be eliminated by his merits. It would also consume his own merits. Although he has a lot of merits, he can't afford to waste them like this.

  She immediately ignored the desires visible around the guqin, grabbed it with one hand, and saw that the guqin was constantly struggling in her hand, as if it was very reluctant to be recovered like this, and wanted to escape Zhang Xue's control.

  "Good, it's indeed a congenital spiritual treasure with growth potential. It really has spirituality. But now, even a mere spiritual treasure is not enough to look at." Looking at the spiritual treasure with such spirituality, Zhang Xue was overjoyed and liked this treasure even more in her heart. "Unfortunately, it doesn't match me." She said, suddenly using force and increasing her magical output.

  All that was heard was a crisp "ding" sound, and the spiritual treasure in his hand was subdued by Zhang Xue's brute force and magical power, lying quietly in his hand, just like a sleeping child, not showing any of its previous ferocity.

  "Alright, now that's all done, it's time to call it a day." With that, he left, carrying his guqin and walking away.

  Just a few steps away, the stone pedestal where the guqin was originally placed suddenly burst open, with large and small stones dancing wildly in all directions. From the shattered stone pedestal, a bead emitting a clear light slowly floated up, stopping at a distance of one meter above the ground, illuminating the entire cave in a pale green color. At the same time, a faint fragrance wafted through the cave, calming the mind and focusing the spirit.

  At this time, the ancient zither, which had been quiet for a long time, seemed to have received a provocative stimulus and began to vibrate with a humming sound. At the same time, waves of desire transformed into visible black smoke, opposing the clear light emitted by the pearl.

  The black light with considerable attacking power kept launching a fierce offensive, nibbling away at the clear light bit by bit. It fully displayed its ferocity. However, the clear light was like an enlightened monk, not counterattacking in the slightest despite being nibbled away by the black light. Instead, it slowly defended itself, adopting an attitude of "he can be strong if he wants to be strong; I'll just calmly defend myself," much like a gentle breeze blowing across a mountain ridge or a bright moon shining over a great river.

  No matter how fiercely the dark light attacks, it can only swallow the clear light in the cave, and it cannot advance even a little bit.

  Watching the struggling Lingbao, Zhang Xue was stunned, "Ah, I didn't expect that there would be a Lingbao in front of me, and I didn't even notice it myself. It wasn't until the Lingbao came out on its own that I discovered it. Alas, I'm so embarrassed, I've lost face all the way to my ancestors' home. Speechless."

  Zhang Xue held the guqin and walked towards the bead floating in mid-air. As she got closer, she felt her hands shaking more violently, as if the guqin was about to fly towards the bead. The feeling grew stronger with each step.

  The bead seemed to be shaking too, and the surrounding clear light was also fluctuating restlessly. As long as Zhang Xue took another step forward, the bead would definitely attack.

  He involuntarily furrowed his brow, touched his forehead with his hand and muttered to himself: "It's really a pair of troublesome spirit treasures, just approaching each other is almost enough to start a fight, this is indeed troublesome. In the future, how can these two spirit treasures be put together? For now, it's better to put the guqin in my own space, otherwise it will be troublesome to collect."

  As soon as the words were spoken, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and the guqin disappeared. The original black desire gas was gone without the support of the guqin, and it was quickly driven away by the clear light emitted by the beads. The entire cave became green again. The shock also stopped with the disappearance of the black light, floating quietly.

  When she arrived in front of Pearl, Zhang Xue's entire face turned green.

  Looking at the bead in front of her, she reached out and took it. What was surprising was that this congenital spiritual treasure did not resist at all, and quietly lay in Zhang Xue's hand. Originally thought it would be like Guqin's intense resistance, but didn't expect it to be so obedient.

  With a sweep of his mind, the bead in his hand had already entered his own space. The information transmitted from the space also made him understand what these two congenital spiritual treasures were all about.

  Originally, these two spiritual treasures were born together, with attributes that complement and counter each other. The guqin was born a little earlier, so it had always suppressed the pearl under the stone pedestal. This is also why Zhang Xue couldn't feel the existence of the pearl until he took away the guqin. Without the suppression of the guqin, the pearl finally emerged and was obtained by Zhang Xue.

  The Guqin is also known as the Desire琴, and is also called the Seven Emotions Six Desires琴. It grows by absorbing various desires from heaven and earth. The seven strings of the qin have incredible power. They are best at stirring up heart demons, creating illusions to destroy enemies without a trace, and also have excellent sound wave attack capabilities. At the same time, under the master's control, it is also a good thing for cultivating one's mental state. It can be said that its functions are many.

  But that bead is just the opposite of Guqin, also known as Zhengqi Pearl. If Guqin represents evil and evil, representing the negative side of the world, then the bead is good and positive, representing the positive side between heaven and earth. Just like the yin and yang of Taiji.

  The Guqin absorbs the negative emotions between heaven and earth as its power, while the Jing Shen Zhu absorbs the positive emotions between heaven and earth as its power. For example, kinship, friendship, love, etc. are all sources of the pearl's power.

  It is precisely because of this that the pearl's ability is diametrically opposed to the guqin. It can make people feel refreshed and focused, unafraid of heart demons, and it is also the nemesis of all illusions in the world.

  This is also the reason why Zhang Xue didn't resist when she was collecting pearls, but Guqin was so intense. Would Zhang Xue's merits not resist?

  When Zhang Xue learned of the pearl's function, he couldn't wait to refine it and obtain all its abilities. Not to mention its ability to suppress all illusions in the world, just its ability to absorb all positive energy in the world made his eyes turn red with excitement. Although he didn't know what use it had now, it was definitely a good thing and should be a kind of mysterious power like the power of faith.

  Originally, the power of desire had already made me envious, but it didn't suit me. It could only be given away, and now another spiritual treasure similar to the guqin has arrived. What a wonderful coincidence!

  Thinking of the happy scene, I involuntarily hummed a little tune from my previous life: "We ordinary people are really happy today, on New Year's Eve we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, with seven plates and eight bowls surrounding a hot pot..."

  Singing a discordant tune, he walked away with an awkward gait.