Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 370

Chapter 370 Good Deeds Are Rewarded: The Awakening of an Ancient Being (Seeking Subscriptions)

Deep within the Lingyun Mountains.

Clouds and mist swirled, a vast expanse of white.

Li Chang’an descended from the sky, landing in a desolate and ancient ruin.

This was the ancient ruins of the Hundred Weapons Sect.

Looking around,

collapsed palaces and pavilions were everywhere, the sense of decay and vicissitudes of time overwhelming.

Many cultivators were searching for treasures in this newly appeared ruin, and every now and then an excited voice would ring out.

“Haha, it’s an inheritance, a weapon-refining inheritance! I can finally learn a skill!”

A Foundation Establishment cultivator was full of excitement, tightly clutching a jade slip in his hand.

Beside him

, several others looked on with envy and congratulated him.

Li Chang’an instantly appeared beside this person and asked, “Young friend, what level of inheritance did you obtain?”

“Greetings, senior!”

The others hurriedly bowed, a hint of unease flashing in their expressions.

Although the Foundation Establishment cultivator was reluctant, he had no choice but to present the jade slip.

“Reporting to Senior, this junior has obtained a third-tier low-grade weapon-refining inheritance.”

“Let me see.”

Li Chang’an took the jade slip, probed it with his divine sense, and glanced at it briefly.

It was indeed a third-tier low-grade weapon-refining inheritance.

This person had found it in a storage bag, which belonged to the decaying corpse of a member of the Hundred Weapons Sect.

Li Chang’an returned the jade slip and vanished in an instant, heading deeper into the ruins.

The group breathed a sigh of relief.

“That was close! I thought this senior was a Tribulation Cultivator trying to steal our treasures.”

They all looked relieved and left the area.

Li Chang’an continued to venture deeper into the ruins.

Along the way,

he discovered more than ten corpses of Hundred Weapons Sect disciples.

He obtained weapon-refining inheritances from three of them, but the grades were not high.

The highest grade was only third-tier mid-grade.

Not long after,

Li Chang’an approached the core area of the ruins.

In front of him was a massive array, like an inverted giant bowl, firmly protecting the entire core of the ruins.

Through the array, the core area could be vaguely seen, a desolate and dilapidated scene.

“If the Hundred Weapons Sect was destroyed in the Great Calamity, why does this array still exist? Could someone in later generations have repaired it?”

Li Chang’an stood before the array, pondering.

Ordinary arrays in other areas might survive, but the sect’s core was undoubtedly a key target area; the array shouldn’t still exist.

Just as the information indicated.

The array’s grade was far higher than fourth-tier low-grade.

He was currently powerless to break it.

“I can only understand a small part of the arrangement; this array is at least fourth-tier high-grade, perhaps even near-fifth-tier.”

Li Chang’an’s figure flickered, observing his surroundings, gradually forming a judgment.

Near-fifth-tier was highly probable.

Over the long years of ravages, the array was already severely damaged, yet it still possessed near-fifth-tier power.

In the ancient times, when it was intact, it was most likely a true fifth-tier grand array!

“The array spirit should still be there; perhaps it repaired the array.”

Thinking of this…

Li Chang’an looked at the core disciple token in his hand.

Entering a large array that still had a spirit was somewhat risky for him.

He stood outside, quietly waiting for the divination to appear.

Soon,

midnight arrived.

A golden light appeared before his eyes.

[Divination updated]

[Today’s Divination – Auspicious]

[You entered the core area of the Ancient Hundred Weapons Sect to search for treasure, unexpectedly saving a disciple of a fourth-tier weapon-refining master. You received the master’s gratitude and obtained a fourth-tier weapon-refining inheritance from him.]

“Huh, it’s actually saving someone and getting treasure.”

Li Chang’an was somewhat surprised.

He had originally planned to find the Hundred Weapons Sect’s library, as well as the cultivation grounds and secluded retreats of important figures, trying to find the fourth-tier weapon-refining inheritance. He

hadn’t expected

that the inheritance would be obtained in this way.

“This must be a case of good deeds being rewarded.”

Li Chang’an smiled, in high spirits.

This trip was worthwhile.

Although the process was different from what he had expected, the result was the same—as long as he obtained the fourth-tier weapon-refining inheritance, that was all that mattered!

“The plan remains unchanged. Exploring slowly according to the previous idea might yield more results.”

Holding the token, Li Chang’an stepped into the grand formation.

In that instant,

a detached voice rang in his ears.

“Core disciple, permission granted to enter.”

The next moment, he was already within the formation.

Li Chang’an glanced at the grand formation covering the entire core area, then cautiously ventured deeper, spreading his divine sense to carefully explore.

Not long after,

he saw the corpse of a Hundred Weapons Sect disciple.

“This person had quite a few third-tier weapon-refining treasures in his storage bag; he must have been a third-tier weapon refiner in life.”

Li Chang’an rummaged through the storage bag beside the corpse, finding a high-grade third-tier weapon-refining inheritance.

He glanced at it briefly, tossed it into a corner of the storage bag, and continued searching for other treasures.

About half an hour later,

Li Chang’an entered a third-tier cultivation field and opened his cave dwelling.

Inside the cave dwelling,

he found some ordinary weapon-refining materials and cultivation insights.

“This insight into weapon crafting is quite good; I can borrow some of its clever ideas.”

Li Chang’an held a jade slip in his hand and nodded slightly.

A moment later,

he left to continue searching for other cultivation caves.

During this time, he kept an eye out for places that might be treasure vaults or libraries.

Over the next half hour,

Li Chang’an opened more than ten cave dwellings, almost all of which had been used by Golden Core cultivators.

Although he didn’t find any fourth-tier weapon-refining inheritances or fourth-tier treasures, the insights he gained from weapon-refining made the trip worthwhile.

After a while,

he entered another cave dwelling and picked up a jade slip left inside, initially thinking it contained some kind of insight.

But the next moment, he heard a voice.

“My master told me that a great calamity is approaching. He found me a coffin for seclusion, hoping I would awaken in the next life and rebuild the Hundred Weapons Sect.”

“But all my senior brothers and sisters must perish with the sect; how can I live alone? The opportunity for seclusion should be given to Junior Brother Liang.”

“No one will know me in the next life; I only wish to live this one…”

After listening to the message,

Li Chang’an put down the jade slip, lost in thought.

“Another Hidden World Coffin. Who made this coffin and what materials? Why does it produce such miraculous effects?”

Although he possessed two Hidden World Coffins, he still couldn’t understand their workings, nor could he even identify the materials.

The wood of the Hidden World Coffin

seemed to be some kind of extremely high-grade spiritual wood.

This type of coffin existed even before the Nine Great Immortal Sects. Although

the Nine Great Immortal Sects of ancient times possessed formidable overall strength, they lacked the ability to forge Hidden World Coffins.

The Hidden World Coffins in Li Chang’an’s two previous lives in ancient times were given to him by his Nascent Soul master and by a senior who had helped him escape pursuit.

“Such wondrous objects as Hidden World Coffins cannot even be forged by Nascent Soul experts and fifth-tier weapon refiners. Why would they appear in this realm? According to legend, the strongest being in this realm is a Nascent Soul cultivator.”

Li Chang’an subconsciously thought of the mad Great Jin Emperor he had seen in the Great Jin Ruins.

He vaguely felt that

the Emperor’s strength was likely beyond Nascent Soul. The

fact that his physical body could tear through the void was truly astonishing; he had never seen any related records in any ancient texts.

“Forget it, thinking too much is useless. I’ll get the fourth-tier weapon-refining inheritance first.”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly, suppressing his distracting thoughts, and continued exploring this vast ruin.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

He had explored dozens of caves, but still hadn’t found a treasure vault or library.

At this moment, several intense fluctuations of magical power appeared in his senses.

“Someone is fighting.”

Li Chang’an followed his senses and headed towards the place of the fight.

Not long after,

he saw a Golden Core early-stage cultivator wearing the robes of the Purple Cloud Sect fleeing at high speed.

Behind him,

several other Golden Core early-stage cultivators were chasing after him.

“Demonic cultivators?”

Li Chang’an noticed that the aura of those people was somewhat strange, not that of righteous cultivators.

They were extremely fast in their escape techniques, their bodies filled with killing intent, and they unleashed demonic spells in unison.

“Boom!”

The Purple Cloud Sect cultivator was shaken, barely managing to block the attack.

But his protective treasures were shattered, and his magical power was almost exhausted; he was about to die.

The demonic cultivators, on the other hand, were in much better condition.

In the blink of an eye,

their spells struck again.

“My life is over!”

the man lamented, about to self-destruct his golden core.

Just then,

Li Chang’an appeared before him, casually waving his hand to dispel the spells of the demonic cultivators.

“Who are you?”

the demonic cultivators asked, their expressions hostile, staring at him with ill intent.

Li Chang’an did not respond.

He looked at the cultivator he had saved and asked, “Are you a member of the Zixia Sect?” “

Yes, I am Xiang Heng, an elder of the Zixia Sect’s Weapon Refining Peak, and a disciple of Liang Xuan, a fourth-tier Weapon Refining Master. Thank you for your rescue, fellow Daoist!”

Xiang Heng expressed his gratitude sincerely.

He was indeed the disciple of the Weapon Refining Master mentioned in the divination!

Li Chang’an knew he had saved the right person and asked him again, “Are you here seeking an opportunity?”

“Yes, but I truly didn’t expect to encounter demonic cultivators from the White Bone Sect in this Lingyun Mountain Range!”

“The White Bone Sect?”

Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an looked at the demonic cultivators.

All of them had cold expressions, icy auras, and murderous intent in their voices.

“Indeed, we are guest elders of the White Bone Sect’s Holy Son Yan Luan!”

“Holy Son Yan Luan is right here.”

“I know your strength is considerable, you should be a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, but before the Holy Son, you are no different from an ant. If you know what’s good for you, hand this person over to us!”

They all knew that Li Chang’an’s cultivation was higher than theirs, but they showed no fear, even daring to threaten him.

All because of that so-called White Bone Holy Son, Yan Luan.

“If you don’t know what’s good for you, once the Holy Son arrives, you will surely die!”

“Oh?”

Li Chang’an’s expression was calm as he raised his hand.

The next instant,

a figure flew backward from afar and landed in his hand.

“Is this the Holy Son you spoke of?”

Upon seeing the person’s appearance,

the demonic cultivators were struck dumb, frozen in place.

The person Li Chang’an had casually grabbed was none other than the White Bone Holy Son, Yan Luan!

At this moment,

Yan Luan was still somewhat bewildered.

One moment he was searching for treasure in the ruins of a palace, the next he felt an irresistible force, sending him flying uncontrollably through the ruins.

The powerful force sealed his entire body, rendering him unable to use any of his treasures.

“A Nascent Soul! It’s a Nascent Soul True Monarch!”

he finally realized, cursing the demonic cultivators.

“You fools! How could you possibly provoke a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the righteous path?!”

“I…we…”

The demonic cultivators trembled, cold sweat pouring down their faces, their previous arrogance gone, replaced by boundless fear.

They never imagined that the seemingly ordinary Li Chang’an would actually be a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Before

they could even beg for mercy,

several loud explosions rang out, and they were all reduced to dust.

As for Yan Luan,

Li Chang’an didn’t kill him, but simply tossed him into his spirit beast pouch, intending to give him as a gift when visiting the Zixia Sect.

Then, he opened Yan Luan’s storage pouch and looked inside.

“Quite a few treasures, befitting the status of a Holy Son.”

Yan Luan’s storage bag contained many high-level treasures and a large number of fourth-tier trump cards.

All of these items bore the imprints left by the Nascent Soul True Monarch of the White Bone Sect.

In the past,

Li Chang’an wouldn’t have dared to touch them and would have simply discarded them.

But now, he had no such scruples and casually erased all the imprints.

After doing so, he asked Xiang Heng,

“How are your injuries?”

“Senior, I…I’m not seriously injured, just that my mana was greatly depleted.”

Xiang Heng answered nervously, stammering.

He felt uneasy thinking about how he had previously addressed Li Chang’an as a fellow Daoist, fearing Li Chang’an’s wrath.

But Li Chang’an didn’t have such thoughts.

He casually bestowed a few pills to help Xiang Heng recover.

“Recover here, I will protect you.”

“Yes, thank you, Senior!”

Xiang Heng immediately sat cross-legged, swallowed the pills, and circulated his cultivation technique to recover his mana.

Not long after…

A strange, pseudo-Nascent Soul aura appeared in Li Chang’an’s perception and rapidly approached his location.

“It must be that fourth-tier weapon-refining master,”

Li Chang’an thought, his eyes deep as he looked towards the horizon.

A moment later,

a middle-aged man in a Dharma robe arrived and landed before Li Chang’an.

Upon seeing this man, Xiang Heng’s face lit up with excitement, and he immediately rose and bowed.

“Master!”

“Hmm, it’s good that you’re alright.”

This man had come because of Xiang Heng’s plea for help.

Without needing further explanation, he immediately understood what had happened.

He cupped his hands in thanks to Li Chang’an.

“Thank you for saving my disciple, fellow Daoist.”

“It was just a small favor,”

Li Chang’an replied with a smile.

The man continued, “I am Liang Xuan, a guest elder of the Zixia Sect. Are you Lin Fan, the rogue cultivator who has reached the Nascent Soul stage?”

“That’s right.”

“I heard that Fellow Daoist Lin desires a fourth-tier weapon-refining inheritance. I happen to have one; please accept it as repayment for saving my disciple’s life.”

With that, Liang Xuan presented a jade slip.

Li Chang’an did not refuse.

He reached out and took it, probing it with his divine sense and quickly flipping through it.

“A low-grade fourth-order weapon-refining inheritance.”

This inheritance perfectly met his needs.

Li Chang’an was in high spirits, putting the jade slip into his storage bag, intending to study it slowly after returning home.

He had been stuck at the near-fourth-order level for a long time.

Now that he had the inheritance,

he should be able to become a true fourth-order weapon-refining master in less than twenty years.

“This inheritance will be of great use to me, thank you Fellow Daoist Liang,”

Li Chang’an said solemnly.

A human life can be light or heavy, but most of the time it is not worth a fourth-order inheritance.

Liang Xuan said, “Fellow Daoist Lin came here to seek a weapon-refining inheritance, but the core inheritance of the Hundred Weapons Sect was sent to the Profound Weapon Sect, one of the nine major sects, before the sect was destroyed.”

“So that’s how it is. No wonder I couldn’t find the treasure vault and library. Thank you for informing me, Fellow Daoist Liang.”

Li Chang’an suddenly understood.

In other words,

if he hadn’t saved Xiang Heng today, his trip would have been in vain, and he would never have obtained the fourth-order weapon-refining inheritance.

However, why did Liang Xuan know about these ancient matters?

Li Chang’an was puzzled.

He noticed that

when Liang Xuan looked at the surrounding ruins, a look of sadness would inadvertently appear in his eyes.

“Could he be the ‘Junior Brother Liang’ who obtained the Hidden World Coffin?”

Li Chang’an pondered to himself.

He felt that this should be the case.

This person was only at the Nascent Soul stage, so naturally he couldn’t rebuild the Hundred Weapons Sect, otherwise he would likely attract the attention of various parties, and could only live quietly in the world as a guest elder of the Purple Cloud Sect.

At this moment, Liang Xuan invited, “Fellow Daoist Lin, would you like to come to my Daoist temple and have a few cups of tea?”

“I happen to have some doubts about fourth-order weapon refining, so I’ll trouble you.”

Li Chang’an naturally wouldn’t refuse.

In the art of weapon crafting, Liang Xuan had progressed further than him, so he could take this opportunity to ask more questions.

As for the Hundred Weapons Sect ruins,

since there were no fourth-tier weapon crafting inheritances or fourth-tier treasures inside, there was no need to waste time exploring them further.

Soon,

they left the Lingyun Mountains and entered the Zixia Sect.

Li Chang’an’s arrival alarmed the other two True Monarchs of the Zixia Sect.

One was True Monarch Zixia.

The other was True Monarch Zixia’s master, the oldest Nascent Soul expert in the Zixia Sect, True Monarch Mingxia.

She wore a light yellow robe, and although she was already eight hundred years old, she showed no signs of aging. Her face was as beautiful as a flower, her skin as smooth as jade, her figure full, and she exuded a unique mature charm.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, now that the demonic path is rampant, you are all alone and cannot stand alone. Why not become a guest elder of my Zixia Sect?”

True Monarch Mingxia smiled charmingly and spoke softly, extending an invitation.

Li Chang’an politely declined, saying, “Fellow Daoist Mingxia, I appreciate your kindness, but I am accustomed to working alone and am unable to shoulder the responsibilities of the sect.”

Hearing this, True Monarch Mingxia did not press the matter, but exchanged communication items with him for future contact.

After some conversation,

Li Chang’an presented Yan Luan, whom he had previously captured, as a gift for this visit.

For the next few days,

he remained at the Zixia Sect, discussing cultivation insights at the Nascent Soul stage.

Furthermore, Liang Xuan shared a wealth of insights on advancing to the fourth-order weapon crafting, from which Li Chang’an gained much.

“This discussion will at least save me two years of detours.”

That evening,

Li Chang’an, filled with valuable gains, bid farewell to Zixia and the others and returned to Changqing Mountain.

In the days that followed, he simultaneously cultivated the fourth-order weapon crafting inheritance and collected materials to refine the Three Treasures of Nascent Soul Extinction.

These three treasures possessed astonishing power, and the materials required were mostly extraordinary—

either extremely precious or exceptionally rare.

…

Five years later.

Deep within Changqing Mountain, in the weapon crafting room.

The ground blazed fiercely, the intense heat turning the entire forging room a fiery red.

Li Chang’an sat cross-legged, his expression focused, using his forging techniques to continuously refine a rope amidst the flames.

After a moment,

a fourth-tier aura slowly emanated from the rope.

“This Immortal-Binding Rope, its main material is fourth-tier dragon tendon. Back then, due to the limitations of my forging skills, its grade was only near fourth tier. Now, it has finally advanced to a lower-grade fourth tier!”

Li Chang’an smiled, extremely satisfied.

The advancement of the Immortal-Binding Rope’s grade signified that his forging skills had officially broken through to the lower-grade fourth tier.

Now, he could be considered a fourth-tier forging master!

(End of Chapter)