I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

Chapter 17: Chapter 15: The Mysterious Jade Pillar

”Boom!”

The heavy stone gate, after fifteen years, opened once again.

Due to lack of an owner for too long, the Spirit Stone in the Cave Mansion’s dust-removing array hub was already dimmed, with dust rising like a mist.

The mana within Gu Yuan’s body automatically circulated, transforming into a shield that isolated all dust, and he then stepped in, taking out a Spirit Stone from his Storage Bag and placing it into the Cave Mansion’s array.

”Buzz buzz!”

After many years, the array began to operate again, and the dust within the Cave Mansion seemed to be swept away by invisible giant hands, disappearing in the blink of an eye, making the entire Cave Mansion spotless once more.

Moreover, bands of array patterns as thick as a wrist lit up throughout the Cave Mansion, releasing a shimmering white light, instantly illuminating the entire Cave Mansion as if it were broad daylight.

Within the white light, strands of heat rose, as if the Great Sun was shining down.

”If I return to Earth now, just with this dust-removing, Celestial Bright Array, I could earn a fortune.”

Looking at the bright and warm, peaceful Cave Mansion, Gu Yuan suddenly thought of his past life.

In the previous life, civilization was advanced, but in terms of cleaning and artificial sunlight, it was far less sophisticated than this world.

The wonders of cultivation are precisely here.

With a shake of his head, Gu Yuan brushed away these random thoughts and started to inspect the Cave Mansion before him.

The Cave Mansion was large.

In this world, land was vast and boundless, not valuable at all; three Cave Mansions had been built on a single large mountaintop, so one could imagine the size.

The frontmost part of the Cave Mansion seemed to be a place for guests, and behind a Shadow Wall were complete tables and chairs, deep and spacious without any mountainous confinement.

Next was a small herb field.

The presence of a herb field inside the Cave Mansion surprised Gu Yuan.

Though not large, it seemed to be Spiritual Soil excavated and laid out barely amid the Cave Mansion, cooperating with the Spirit Meridian, growing the most basic ”Candlelight Grass” and ”Muscle-Regenerating Grass.”

These are shade-loving Spirit Grass, capable of surviving without sunlight, therefore growing vigorously over the years with quite good appearance.

Just this small herb field alone is worth five or six Spirit Stones, indeed an unexpected fortune.

Gu Yuan felt a bit of joy in his heart, more excited about the ”opportunity” within the Cave Mansion.

He had, after all, not hesitated to offend a Foundation Establishment Clan and even slightly rebuked Qiu Mingshan for this opportunity.

Whichever of these two parties, their power was far stronger than his own.

Recalling the changes in Lan Tianlu’s expression during the final selection of a Cave Mansion, Gu Yuan felt a little helpless.

He purposely chose incorrectly, probing a bit, only to find out. Lan Tianlu must have known there was something unusual in this Cave Mansion or his expression wouldn’t have changed like that.

But with things as they were, Gu Yuan had no way back, only forward.

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The layout of this Cave Mansion was spacious and orderly, almost emptying out one-third of the mountaintop, equipped with facilities for guests, herb field, alchemy, artifact refining, small spirit pool, bedroom, and kitchen.

Cultivators, though they practice relentlessly, aren’t stingy when it comes to their cultivation place.

This also reflects, indirectly, the wealth of the Cyan Peak Daoist School.

Such a vast Cave Mansion just for a mere Qi Refining Disciple.

Frankly, it’s because of the abundant Spirit Meridian that it’s so lavish.

Gu Yuan simply glanced over these arrangements, his steps were uninterrupted as he briskly walked to the deepest part of the Cave Mansion.

This was the smallest stone chamber of the Cave Mansion, yet the place with the densest Spiritual Qi.

Practice Room, the core area of the Cave Mansion.

Intricate array patterns crisscrossed on the floor and ultimately converged on a central cushion.

Dense Spiritual Qi condensed into strands of mist, floating within the Cave Mansion.

For fifteen years no one had cultivated here, accumulating plentiful Spiritual Qi in the Cave Mansion.

But Gu Yuan’s gaze bypassed the cushion and Spiritual Qi, directly looking at a jade pillar to the side of the Quiet Chamber.

The jade pillar was three feet tall, entirely emerald green, and on the east side facing the Quiet Chamber, it depicted vivid, lifelike patterns of a flying Cyan Crane.

The crane’s silhouette was nimble yet carried a trace of evil Qi; the Cyan Crane’s beak was carved extremely sharp, as if about to pick a person to devour.

Atop the jade pillar was a small jade lamp, the lamp cup was crystal clear, thin as a cicada wing.

The bottom of the lamp was connected to the jade pillar, with a slowly flowing green liquid inside.

”Cyan Crane Spirit Water!”

”It’s really Cyan Crane Spirit Water?!”

After cautious examination to ensure no danger, Gu Yuan stepped forward to the jade pillar, discovering that the lamp indeed contained the ”Cyan Crane Spirit Water” Lan Tianlu mentioned.

Regarding the Cyan Crane Spirit Water and the origin of the Cave Mansion, Gu Yuan had already received an ”explanation” from Qiu Mingshan.

Yet when the Cyan Crane Spirit Water truly appeared before him, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but be surprised.

”Stone Liquid reveals that the depths of the Cave Mansion hold nearly wholly silver opportunity!”

”Though Cyan Crane Spirit Water is precious, it’s merely Spirit Water at the Spiritual Sense Pass during the Qi Refining Stage, how could it be nearly wholly silver, its maximum should be a single silver thread amidst green!”

Gu Yuan was deeply puzzled.

He already had some understanding of the opportunity revealed by the Stone Liquid.

Items worth a few Spirit Stones, altering no major conditions, appeared as white light dots.

Valuables worth hundreds of Spirit Stones that can solve certain crises, slightly change a fate line, generally appeared as green light dots.

Only those precious relics capable of significantly altering life fortunes appeared as silver light dots.

Golden light dots were capable of changing fate itself.

For instance, Gu Yuan’s complete escape from the Demon Cave and entrance into the Cyan Peak Daoist School was a major life trajectory change, which would have gold amidst silver.

However, Stone Liquid showed this Cave Mansion as a nearly wholly silver opportunity, profoundly impacting Gu Yuan’s cultivation road, how could it simply be ”Cyan Crane Spirit Water”?

Despite its value, Cyan Crane Spirit Water isn’t the top-grade Spirit Water within the Cyan Peak Daoist School, available at the market for a few hundred Spirit Stones given some time, how could it be nearly wholly silver opportunity?

Generally, cultivation items are divided into four grades: Top-Grade, Upper-class, Middle-grade, and Lower-class.

Spirit Water during the Spiritual Sense Pass also follows suit.

True Disciples of the Cyan Peak Daoist School in the Golden Core stage all possess a school-secret Top-Grade Spirit Water named Golden Roar Spiritual Water.

After consuming this Spirit Water, the Spiritual Sense born is like a Gold Sword, sharp yet without edge, reverberating everywhere, full of destructive aura, easily destroying an ordinary cultivator’s Sea of Consciousness.

Exclusive to True Inheritance.

Apart from this, there are varying upper-class Spirit Waters such as Cyan Crane Spirit Water and Mystic Marsh Spirit Water.

The ”Little Celestial Spirit Water” used by Qiu Mingshan is inferior to Cyan Crane Spirit Water, categorized as a middle-grade Spirit Water.

This is the common grade of Spirit Water used by most disciples within the Cyan Peak Daoist School.

It’s not that Gu Yuan is dissatisfied with Cyan Crane Spirit Water; it’s already a significant resource, enough for him to surpass ordinary disciples in the path of Spiritual Sense.

But at best, this merely contains threads of silver amid green, how could it be nearly wholly silver?

There must have been something overlooked.

Gu Yuan lowered his head in thought, surveying the Quiet Chamber’s vicinity.

Stone Liquid indicates this is the location.

Yet besides this lamp of Spirit Water, there appeared to be nothing else here.

Wait, could it be that the most precious item isn’t the Spirit Water, but the jade lamp or jade pillar?