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Chapter 441: Celestial Thunder Jade and Ancient Bell
Chapter 441: Celestial Thunder Jade and Ancient Bell
Chu Ning arrived at the Jiu Xiao Peak with Cen Ziqin. He received a jade slip from Elder Yu Changge.
"This is a compilation of various treasures and resources from the Daluo Sect. I've omitted the mundane items.
These are some of the things that a Nascent Soul cultivator might find useful. Take a look, Junior Brother, and see if there's anything you need."
After Elder Yu Changge finished speaking, Chu Ning carefully browsed through the contents of the jade slip with his spiritual sense.
Soon, his gaze landed on one particular item.
Celestial Thunder Jade.
This was a type of jade used to create the Golden Thunder God Talisman, a feng shui charm.
Chu Ning immediately looked up and asked, "Elder, how much Celestial Thunder Jade is available?"
"There are three pieces of the Celestial Thunder Jade, and they are all sizable," replied Elder Liu Zhaolin of the Diancang Pavilion, who stood beside them.
Most of the items obtained by the Daluo Sect were stored in the Diancang Pavilion, so he was the most knowledgeable about them.
Cen Ziqin had also received a jade slip from him earlier and was currently perusing its contents.
A hint of joy flashed in Chu Ning's eyes when he heard that there were three sizeable pieces of Celestial Thunder Jade.
"That's good, I'll take all of the Celestial Thunder Jade. As for the other items..."
Chu Ning scanned through the list again with his spiritual sense and casually selected a few alchemy and artifact refining materials that might be useful in the future.
Once Chu Ning had made his selections, Elder Liu Zhaolin immediately sent out a sound transmission token to have someone retrieve the items.
Elder Yu Changge continued, "Chu Ning, ever since you mentioned that the Outer Realm Demon might be targeting us, I've been leading people to search through the sect's Diancang Pavilion repeatedly.
During this period, we've gone through the items you brought out from Wolong Valley numerous times.
We've even examined jade slips containing miscellaneous news and anecdotes, but we still haven't found any useful information."
A puzzled expression crossed Elder Yu Changge's face.
"However, we did discover a few suspicious items. Help me take a look and see if any of them might be what the Outer Realm Demon covets."
Upon hearing this, Chu Ning did not immediately look at the items Elder Yu Changge had taken out.
Instead, he said thoughtfully, "Actually, what the Outer Realm Demon covets may not necessarily be a specific item from our sect, but rather our cultivators themselves."
Elder Yu Changge was also a clever person. Upon hearing this, he immediately understood and blurted out, "Do you mean, Junior Brother, that the Outer Realm Demon wants to cultivate that demonic art that absorbs the essence blood of cultivators?"
Chu Ning nodded.
"Based on our previous encounters with the Outer Realm Demon in the Daluo Sect, it's clear that this demon intends to use a large number of cultivators' essence blood to break through its bottleneck.
To gather such a massive amount of essence blood, it must target a relatively large sect.
Perhaps their original plan was to target the Jiuhua Sect, but they made contingency plans, so they had already made preparations in the Daluo Sect as well.
When they saw that we had shown up, they must have known that Sang Pingnan of the Daluo Sect had failed, so they started cultivating in the Daluo Sect directly.
As for that old freak from the Blood Moon Cult, his words were probably just a desperate attempt to cling to life and buy himself some time."
"What you say makes sense, Junior Brother," Elder Yu Changge agreed. "Otherwise, if there really was something that attracted the attention of the Outer Realm Demon, our Jiuhua Sect wouldn't have remained safe for so long."
As he spoke, a look of relief spread across Elder Yu Changge's face.
After all, the thought of the Jiuhua Sect being targeted by the Outer Realm Demon had been weighing heavily on his mind for quite some time.
If it was truly because of the reason that Chu Ning had analyzed, and the Outer Realm Demon had already been slain by Chu Ning, then the Jiuhua Sect was naturally no longer in such grave danger.
However, despite this reassurance, Chu Ning still took a few items from Elder Yu Changge's hands.
One of them was a jade slip recorded by a Nascent Soul cultivator from the sect, containing some trivial matters.
It included some rumors he had heard about the Jiuhua Sect and the Outer Realm Demon.
It mentioned that back when the Yunxiao Alliance was still known as the Double Cloud Alliance, the cultivators of the Jiuhua Sect had once led various sects to join forces with other alliances to resist the Outer Realm Demons.
In the end, they managed to repel the demons at Youmo Mountain on the Western Alliance Continent.
But that had already happened tens of thousands of years ago.
As for the battle in Wolong Valley six thousand years ago, there was no record of any related events involving the Outer Realm Demon.
Chu Ning skimmed through the contents of the jade slip and then set it aside.
He then picked up another bell-like object from Elder Yu Changge's hands.
It was clearly a damaged treasure, with a large gap in the bell.
The bell had lost its spiritual essence and did not emit any power at all.
However, the talismans inscribed on it were exceptionally profound.
After carefully observing the talismans on the bell, Chu Ning's expression changed, and he looked up and asked, "Where did this bell come from?"
"This is an ancient treasure obtained by one of our sect's predecessors," Elder Liu Zhaolin replied.
"It was already in this state when it was brought out from Wolong Valley. I showed it to Elder Ge and Elder Tang back then, but they both thought that the bell was too severely damaged to be of much use, so I put it aside and didn't pay any further attention to it."
Elder Liu Zhaolin continued, his curiosity piqued as he asked Chu Ning, "Chu Zhuji, do you find something peculiar about this bell?"
"Not particularly," Chu Ning shook his head and then carefully examined the bell again.
They had witnessed the power of Chu Ning's Yellow Wind Banner before, and to think that this bell shared the same origin! It must have been extraordinary in its complete state.
Chu Ning continued, turning to Yu Changge, "Sect Master, I'm quite intrigued by this item. May I study it first?"
Yu Changge laughed upon hearing this, "Don't mention it, even if it were a complete ancient treasure, as long as Junior Brother Chu wants it, you can have it."
Chu Ning smiled and stored the bell away in his storage bag.
He had already comprehended the eighteen types of talismanic seals, but he was still researching how to combine them to create different effects.
While this bell couldn't be restored like the Yellow Wind Banner, studying the talismanic arrays on such ancient treasures might still yield unexpected benefits for Chu Ning.
He also wanted to use these talismanic arrays to further enhance the power of his Five Elements Spirit Sword.
Subsequently, Chu Ning took the other items from Yu Changge and examined them.
They were indeed a peculiar bunch, and among them were two obvious demonic magic treasures used by Demon Path cultivators.
However, in Chu Ning's opinion, these items were not powerful enough to attract the attention of the Outer Realm Demon.
After inspecting them, he didn't find any special clues.
Chu Ning and Yu Changge then deduced that the reason the Outer Realm Demon had targeted the Jiuhua Sect was most likely what Chu Ning had speculated earlier.
Thinking of this, Yu Changge couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.
If Chu Ning hadn't returned in time, the protective grand formation of the Jiuhua Sect would have been breached, and the fate of all the sect's cultivators would have been dire.
"Fortunately, the grand formation left behind by our ancestors is powerful and held until you returned, Junior Brother Chu." Yu Changge said with lingering fear.
"This time, we also managed to obtain several high-grade spirit stones from the Daluo Sect, which should be enough to compensate for the consumption of the protective grand formation." Chu Ning added, taking out the two high-grade spirit stones he obtained from Sang Pingnan and handing them to Yu Changge.
Yu Changge didn't stand on ceremony and accepted them directly.
Just then, a disciple from the Diancang Pavilion, who was in charge of the sect's collection, arrived with some items.
Liu Zhaolin immediately went out to receive the items and handed them over to Chu Ning.
After receiving the items, Chu Ning barely glanced at the alchemy and artifact refining materials before storing them away in his storage bag.
His gaze then fell upon the three pieces of Celestial Thunder Jade, and a look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
The quality of these three pieces was excellent, and with some additional processing, he should be able to create two to three hundred jade talismans without any issues.
This amount would be more than sufficient for Chu Ning's needs.
With his talisman-making abilities, even for top-tier jade talismans like these, achieving a seventy to eighty percent success rate wasn't difficult.
And with his True Talisman Spirit Body's innate ability, as long as he could create a hundred jade talismans, he could directly convert them into true talismanic spells.
With a casual wave of his hand, Chu Ning stored all the items away.
At this moment, Yu Changge spoke up again, "Oh right, Junior Brother Chu, I obtained some items from that Demon Path Alliance's blue-robed cultivator earlier, and you might find them interesting."
As he spoke, Yu Changge took out several items and handed them to Chu Ning.
"Origin Stones?"
Chu Ning was slightly surprised when he saw what Yu Changge was offering.
He did have quite a few Origin Stones, but most of them were obtained from the Northern Cold Land.
In the Western Alliance Continent, he rarely came across these stones.
He hadn't expected that a cultivator from the Demon Path Alliance would possess over ten pieces of this rare resource.
"These really are the Origin Stones you mentioned?"
Yu Changge was also curious as he examined the items in his hand.
"Previously, I noticed that these stones didn't contain any spiritual energy, but they looked rather peculiar. I wondered if they might be the Origin Stones you spoke of, and indeed they are."
Yu Changge continued, handing all ten-plus Origin Stones to Chu Ning.
"Junior Brother Chu, these stones are of no use to me, so you can have them all."
Chu Ning didn't decline and readily accepted them.
These Origin Stones would be beneficial to him as he cultivated both the Five Elements Chaos Technique and the Nine Transformations Body Refining Technique simultaneously.
They could aid him in cultivating the power of fusion.
While Chu Ning already had a substantial number of Origin Stones, his cultivation consumed a lot of resources.
Moreover, these stones were usually difficult to come by, so this sudden windfall was indeed a pleasant surprise.
As he stored the Origin Stones away, Chu Ning asked, "Sect Master, did that Demon cultivator leave any clues as to where he found these Origin Stones?"
"I did find a map in that Demon cultivator's storage bag, but I'm not sure if it's related." Yu Changge replied, taking out a jade slip and handing it to Chu Ning.
"Green Mountain Source!"
Chu Ning's eyes widened in surprise as he recognized the location on the jade slip.
(End of Chapter)
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