r18novel Chapter 31 The Heavenly Mirror Treasure
Chapter 31 The Heavenly Mirror Treasure
After reading the contents of the jade slip, Wen Tianren remained silent for a long time, deeply moved.
"This Heavenly Mirror Hermit is really fierce. He has been on the run since the Great Jin Dynasty, and his cultivation has reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage. He even killed two well-known late-stage cultivators. If it weren't for the Star Palace Master having the Heavenly Star Sword, the Heavenly Mirror Hermit might not have perished."
Wen Tianren was amazed by the legend of Tianjing Sanren, but also saddened by his untimely demise just as he entered the later stage of cultivation.
Wen Tianren never expected that the entanglement between Tianjing Sanren and Xinggong would be like this, stemming from the teleportation array leading to the Great Jin Dynasty.
He knew that there was a teleportation array in the Star Palace that led to the Great Jin Dynasty.
According to the original novel, the place was extremely dangerous, so it's likely that the Heavenly Mirror Hermit was teleported here from that teleportation array.
Of course, the Star Palace would not allow anyone else to know about that place, especially since the Heavenly Mirror Hermit had forcibly entered their Star Palace branch while still in the Great Jin Dynasty, and that's how the feud began.
With this thought in mind, Wen Tianren clenched his fist, and the jade slip turned into dust with a "crack" and scattered in the wind.
Then, Wen Tianren's gaze fell on the dantian of the golden skeleton—a golden bead the size of an eyeball floated quietly.
Its entire body is as warm and smooth as jade, and its surface is covered with fine and indistinct ancient runes. Although it does not have an astonishing aura, it has its own calm and profound charm.
"So this is the Vajra Relic. It's a treasure passed down by the Pure Fire Sect, one of the four great Buddhist sects of the Great Jin Dynasty. It must be at least a replica of a Heavenly Treasure." Wen Tianren murmured as he held the treasure in his hand.
Examining the golden skeleton of Tianjing Sanren and combining it with the Vajra Relic in his hand, Wen Tianren secretly wondered, "Tianjing Sanren recorded that he also cultivated the Mingwang Jue, a Buddhist protective technique, and at a very high level. Could it be related to this Vajra Relic?"
It's no wonder Wen Tianren was so worried. As a body-refining technique, the Mingwang Jue requires a massive amount of cultivation resources and time to reach an extremely high level.
According to the jade slip, this Vajra Relic is a secret treasure passed down from ancient times. It was made by the Pure Fire Sect using the relics left behind by Buddhist Nascent Soul cultivators after their death as the main material, supplemented by countless rare and precious materials.
The fact that Tianjing Sanren was able to break through to the middle and late stages of the Nascent Soul stage over several hundred years after entering the Nascent Soul stage, and even cultivate the Mingwang Jue to an extremely high level, must be largely due to the role of the Vajra Relic.
Thinking of this, Wen Tianren felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
Previously, he had not been in a hurry to cultivate the Little Big Dipper Yuan Technique, which was rewarded by the system, because its entry requirements were too high and it had extremely high requirements for the cultivator's physical body. Wen Tianren planned to find a body-refining technique to cultivate first.
Now that he has the Vidyaraja Mantra, Wen Tianren plans to cultivate this technique, and it seems that the Vajra Relic will have an unexpected effect on the cultivation of the Vidyaraja Mantra.
Wen Tianren, with a look of delight, put the treasure into his storage bag.
He then took the several storage bags next to the Heavenly Mirror skeleton into his hands and probed them with his divine sense to examine them carefully.
"My God... these aren't storage bags, they're three mobile treasure troves! I wonder if the Twin Saints of the Heavenly Stars are as wealthy as I am."
At this moment, Wen Tianren's face was beaming with joy as he counted the dazzling array of treasures in the three storage bags.
"Rare spiritual materials unique to the Great Jin Dynasty, the cultivation techniques of the Heavenly Mirror Hermit, including the Golden Light Technique and the Bright King Technique, a replica of the Heavenly Star Sword, a Star Palace cultivation technique, the Heavenly Star Technique, the complete Six Extremes True Demon Technique, the Great Teleportation Token, a large number of cultivation techniques, pills, pill formulas, magic treasures, ancient treasures, evil demonic artifacts, and a massive amount of spirit stones..."
These items dazzled Wen Tianren, making him feel as if he were floating on a cloud.
This acquisition of the entire fortune of three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators ensures that Wen Tianren will never lack resources for his future Nascent Soul cultivation.
He even felt that even without the system, with his foundation alone, his talent was enough to steadily reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Wen Tianren took out the Six Extremes True Demon Art from it and examined it. After a thorough inspection, a cold smile appeared on his lips.
"As expected, that old demon not only did not pass on the complete Six Extremes True Demon Technique to me, but also left behind many hidden techniques. Now that I have obtained the complete Six Extremes True Demon Technique, I am not afraid that I will not be able to use this technique if I encounter that old demon in the future."
In high spirits, he tied the storage bag to his waist and casually fired a few fireballs, intending to incinerate the two skeletons.
Ordinary flames burned for a moment, turning the grayish-white skeleton into ashes, but the golden skeleton remained completely still, without even a trace of scorch.
Wen Tianren had to activate the karmic fire to burn the golden skeleton.
After doing all that, he began to ransack the entire cave.
Unfortunately, the other rooms were extremely simple, with nothing but some meditation cushions and tattered scriptures. This showed that Tianjing Sanren was a hermit cultivator, which explained why he was able to reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm so quickly.
Upon entering another room, a small medicinal herb garden came into view.
Dozens of medicinal herbs grew scattered about, their fragrance so rich it almost formed mist. Even more astonishingly, each one was thousands of years old.
Wen Tianren was surprised. This must be the medicinal garden where Tianjing Sanren grows spiritual herbs.
However, if this medicinal garden is left unattended, the medicinal herbs will be at risk of withering within a few years. Yet, the medicinal herbs here are thousands of years old and are left unattended, which surprised Wen Tianren.
Just as he was wondering, he caught a glimpse of a yellow and black shadow flashing past in the bushes out of the corner of his eye, and finally understood the reason.
"The Void Heaven Demon Bee!"
That shadow was the un-advanced Void Heaven Heart Demon Bee that the Jin-surnamed cultivator had mentioned earlier.
These Void Heaven Demon Bees feed on the nectar of spiritual herbs and flowers, so everything in this herb garden must be their creation.
Wen Tianren stepped forward and startled the wasps, which quickly fled towards a corner.
In a corner of the herb garden, beneath a sturdy flowering tree, hung a huge, dark sphere.
The wasp flew to the base of the flowering tree and burrowed into the sphere.
Clearly, this is the nest of those Void Heaven Demon Bees.
In Wen Tianren's divine sense, there were hundreds of Void Heaven Heart Demon Bees in the nest, most of which were the yellow and black wasps he had just encountered in the herb garden.
Only five of them were the purple bees that had already undergone metamorphosis and were encountered outside the cave.
Wen Tianren knew how powerful these purple bees were, even though their attacks couldn't harm him.
However, these purple bees have already developed spatial abilities and can directly pass through the range of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. If one is not careful, these few purple bees in front of us could escape.
He reached into his storage bag and a green jade slip appeared in his hand. This jade slip contained the insect breeding experience of the Pure Fire Sect, from which Tianjing Sanren originated.
Once he focused his mind, Wen Tianren immediately found the relevant information at the eighth position on the list of strange insects.
"The Void Heaven Demon Bee, an ancient swarming ferocious insect, ranks eighth on the list of extraordinary insects. It feeds on the essence of herbs and spiritual medicines, adept at finding medicinal herbs and gathering nectar to cultivate plants. Its stinger is extremely poisonous, and its ethereal wings allow it to fly at incredible speeds, making it difficult to catch. When the swarm flaps its wings, it triggers its inner demons, transforming into a layer of purplish-black crystalline armor that is impervious to water and fire. It prefers to swarm among spiritual flowers and herbs. Its unique spatial abilities are difficult to trap it; only special lightning-attribute abilities can bind it..."
After reading these introductions several times, Wen Tianren was both surprised and delighted.
According to the jade slip, the Void Heaven Heart Demon Bee is an ancient rare insect ranked at the top of the Great Jin Dynasty's list of rare insects.
Although it feeds on the essence of spiritual herbs and flowers, it does not over-absorb them. It is a natural cultivator of spiritual herbs. With this insect, one only needs to drip green liquid into one's own herb garden every now and then, without having to take special care of it.
Only special lightning-attribute divine abilities can be used to trap them. Wen Tianren possesses the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, which should be able to limit the spatial abilities of those purple bees.
Wen Tianren raised his hands, a flash of light appeared in front of him, and hundreds of Zhou Tian Xing Chen needles appeared. At the same time, electric arcs crackled and instantly intertwined into a huge golden lightning net, which descended head-on towards the Heart Demon Hive.
"Buzz—!"
Startled, the swarm poured out, quickly forming an arrow formation. Five purple bees charged at the forefront, their stingers gleaming coldly, and simultaneously pierced the lightning net!
"Sizzle!"
The lightning net remained motionless, while the purple bees convulsed from the shocks, their formation thrown into disarray, and they stumbled around the net in a daze.
For some reason, the usually invincible stingers of these demon bees were now useless, and the purple bees no longer cared about their un-molted companions.
It rapidly vibrated its wings, creating tiny ripples in the air around it, but after vibrating for a while, it remained stationary.
Wen Tianren smiled slightly: "Looks like you still haven't grasped the situation."
Then, the lightning net emitted streaks of golden lightning, striking the demon bees.
After stunning them, the lightning net instantly contracted, enveloping all the demon bees and their nests within it in the blink of an eye, forming a huge golden sphere that hovered in front of Wen Tianren.
Only now did Wen Tianren clearly see the true form of the Void Heaven Heart Demon Bee.
These purple Void Heaven Demon Bees are about an inch long, with a pair of large compound eyes on their heads that take up half of their faces.
The eye was not a typical bee's grid structure, but a swirling vortex of inner demons, with blood-red lines faintly visible in the deep purple mist. According to the list of strange insects, staring into it would make one feel disoriented, as if falling into a bottomless abyss.
Its mandibles are sharp as serrations, capable of easily tearing apart opponents. Its antennae are long and thin like antennas, with shimmering silver tips, sensing spatial fluctuations. Its two pairs of wing membranes are translucent with blurred edges.
Its body was covered with a layer of purplish-black crystal armor, the texture of which was like glass and metal. Golden magic patterns floated on the purplish-black crystal armor, shaped like intertwined chains, and reflected a dark phosphorescence under the light, like a poisoned dagger.
Its six legs are as thin as steel needles, covered with barbs, with pale purple evil energy attached to the tips of its feet, and the tail needles at the ends are longer than half its body, with a cold and sharp light.
In short, it looked terrifying. In comparison, the unmutated Heart Demon Bee looked much more normal, only slightly more ferocious than the ordinary Hu Feng.
Wen Tianren took out a specially made jade box, forcefully stuffed the golden ball inside, quickly closed the lid, and put it into his spirit beast bag.
"I'll subdue you all slowly once we return to our sacred mountain cave."
After Wen Tianren put the Void Heaven Demon Bee into his spirit beast bag, he unceremoniously picked all the spiritual herbs in the entire herb garden.
He had never seen many of these varieties before; they were clearly rare spiritual species brought from the Great Jin Dynasty by the Heavenly Mirror Hermit.
He had originally planned to collect and cultivate them slowly, but now these medicinal herbs are at least several thousand years old, which saves him the trouble of cultivation. He can directly input them into the medicinal herb template and use spirit stones to materialize a continuous stream of medicinal herbs in the future.