Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 487

Chapter 487 Crimson Bodhi Seed, Accumulated Over Two and a Half Years (Seeking Further Subscriptions)

“Absolutely impossible?”

Li Chang’an didn’t take it seriously.

There’s no absolute in this world; there’s always a way.

He wasn’t in a hurry. His fourth-grade high-level divination skills were sufficient for now, and there was no need to rush to pursue higher-grade inheritances.

Besides

, other Nascent Soul sects also had fifth-grade divination masters, just not as many as the Heavenly Mystery Sect.

This proved that the Heavenly Mystery Sect wasn’t the only one with fifth-grade divination inheritances.

“Take it slow, and make more contact with other sects.”

Li Chang’an collected his thoughts and temporarily put the matter aside.

He returned to the previous topic.

“Changqing, what is your sect’s mission?”

“To find the inheritance of a senior uncle.”

Xu Changqing informed him that after the return of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, they were almost all collecting inheritances.

The reason for this

was that the Great Calamity was too chaotic, causing many inheritances to be lost.

However, his senior uncle had left the sect before the Great Calamity due to ideological differences.

In the years leading up to the Great Calamity,

the internal conflicts within the Nine Great Immortal Sects were already quite intense.

Many cultivators have betrayed their sects due to ideological differences, such as the Beast Taming Sect elder who used his small world as his grave, and Xu Changqing’s uncle.

“Master has deduced the location of the legacy left by my uncle and ordered me to retrieve it.”

“But my uncle was already a fourth-tier low-grade diviner before leaving the sect. I’m worried he might have left arrangements using divination before his death.”

“Uncle Li, my divination skills have only recently advanced to the third-tier high-grade, and are not yet sufficient to deal with fourth-tier methods…”

Xu Changqing explained that he had already performed one divination but hadn’t obtained a definitive result.

However, he had a vague feeling that this journey wouldn’t be smooth sailing.

Therefore, he earnestly requested Li Chang’an’s assistance.

He suspected that Li Chang’an’s divination skills far surpassed his own; otherwise, he wouldn’t have repeatedly sought good fortune and avoided misfortune.

Li Chang’an pondered briefly and asked him, “Changqing, this is your sect’s mission. If I help you, will your master be displeased?”

“No, Master only needs the result,”

Xu Changqing immediately reassured Li Chang’an.

He also mentioned that he wasn’t the only one accepting this task;

a senior sister who had joined the sect even earlier was also seeking help.

She had a wider network within the sect than Xu Changqing and should be able to find some good allies.

Xu Changqing, however, lacked her connections and couldn’t find anyone to assist him, so he had to trouble Li Chang’an.

In this task, he and his senior sister were in competition; whoever obtained the inheritance first would gain the master’s favor and reward.

“Uncle Li, Master said I only need to take the inheritance back; as for the other treasures, I can keep them myself,”

Xu Changqing promised.

He only wanted the inheritance; all other treasures would be given to Li Chang’an.

“Uncle Li, what do you think?”

“Don’t rush, let me think about it,”

Li Chang’an pondered silently.

He had already intended to befriend disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Sect.

Xu Changqing had just joined the sect, and he could gradually expand his network through him.

If Xu Changqing performs poorly within the Heavenly Mystery Sect and isn’t valued, Li Chang’an won’t be able to use him to make connections with other Heavenly Mystery Sect disciples.

“This sect mission is quite important to him. I’ll help if I can, and I can’t let him perform too poorly within the sect. But let’s see what the divination says first. I can’t risk it all for a few connections.”

Li Chang’an remained silent, seemingly pondering, but actually waiting for the divination to appear.

A short while later, midnight arrived.

A golden light appeared before his eyes.

[Divination Updated]

[Today’s Divination: Auspicious]

[You helped Xu Changqing retrieve his inheritance, obtaining the treasure “Five Aperture Bodhi Seed” to enhance comprehension.]

“Five Aperture Bodhi Seed?”

Li Chang’an’s spirits lifted.

This item was similar to the Three Aperture Bodhi Seed, temporarily enhancing comprehension, but with a much better effect.

He was worried about his insufficient comprehension and needed this treasure.

“This kid has given me a great gift!”

Li Chang’an was secretly pleased.

Xu Changqing had given him a fourth-tier high-grade divination inheritance, and now he had brought him a treasure for enhancing comprehension; he was truly his lucky star.

Perhaps he could gain more benefits from this guy in the future.

Thinking this way,

it wouldn’t hurt to let him bask in some of his good fortune.

Li Chang’an said, “Changqing, tell me the location of the inheritance.”

“Uncle Li, please look…”

Xu Changqing immediately sent out a beam of spiritual light, which transformed into a map in front of Li Chang’an.

He pointed to one of the locations and said, “Uncle Li, the location deduced by my master is in our Myriad Array Domain, not far from Changqing Mountain. If we use Golden Core magic to perform escape techniques, we can arrive in five hours.”

“Alright, let’s go now.”

A moment later,

Li Chang’an piloted a near-fourth-tier flying boat, carrying Xu Changqing to their destination.

The journey took less time than Xu Changqing had anticipated.

Only three hours later,

the two approached the location of the inheritance.

It was a continuous sea of bamboo, with emerald bamboo covering the towering mountains, a verdant expanse as far as the eye could see.

“We’re almost there.”

Li Chang’an stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep, gazing into the depths of the bamboo sea.

Just then…

Two unfamiliar figures suddenly appeared on the horizon.

A man and a woman, like two meteors streaking across the sky, headed straight for the depths of the bamboo forest, their destination seemingly the same as Li Chang’an’s.

“Eh?”

One of them suddenly let out a soft exclamation, turning to look at the flying boat.

“Junior Brother Xu?”

The man stopped, changed direction, and headed straight for the flying boat.

The other did the same.

Not long after.

The two arrived at the outside of the flying boat one after the other.

The female cultivator, dressed in an ice-blue robe, had a slender figure and fair skin. She chuckled, “Junior Brother Xu, you’ve arrived quite quickly.”

“Senior Sister Du,”

Xu Changqing greeted her with a cupped-hand salute, his expression unchanged.

He then introduced them.

This female cultivator was his rival on this trip.

Du Binglan was a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator with a third-tier mid-grade divination skill.

The other person was her helper, their lineage’s second senior brother, “Lu Hong.”

He possessed peak Golden Core cultivation and exceptional talent in divination, already a fourth-tier low-grade diviner.

“Senior Sister Du, Senior Brother Lu, this is the master of Changqing Mountain, Li Chang’an.”

“So it’s Fellow Daoist Li.”

Both women smiled, appearing very approachable.

Du Binglan asked with a smile, “Fellow Daoist Li, could you please open the flying boat’s formation? We share the same goal on this trip, so it would be good for us to keep each other company.”

Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an immediately opened the formation and invited the two into the flying boat.

These two were only Golden Core cultivators, posing no threat to him.

If a conflict broke out, he could kill them with a single thought.

After a while,

a six-story bamboo building appeared in the bamboo forest.

“We’ve arrived.”

Li Chang’an slowed down, maneuvering the flying boat to a stop outside the bamboo building.

This bamboo building was their destination, the place where Uncle Xu Changqing left his legacy.

The four of them left the flying boat together, landing in front of the bamboo building to observe it carefully.

The building looked unremarkable.

There were no protective formations.

There were no puppets or traps around.

However,

they all sensed a mysterious divination power enveloping the entire bamboo building.

“Just as I suspected, I guessed right.”

A deeper smile appeared on Du Binglan’s pretty face.

Clearly,

only a high-ranking diviner could retrieve the legacy within.

The person with the highest divination skills present was Lu Hong, whom Du Binglan had invited.

“Senior Brother Lu, I’ll have to trouble you this time.” “

Don’t worry, Junior Sister, I will definitely retrieve the legacy for you!”

Lu Hong also smiled, his words full of confidence.

Xu Changqing secretly transmitted his voice, “Uncle Li, are you confident?”

“Not bad, I should be able to obtain the inheritance.”

Li Chang’an smiled.

At this moment,

Du Binglan suddenly transmitted her voice to Xu Changqing, “Junior Brother Xu, does your Uncle Li know divination? If something unexpected happens later, Senior Brother Lu might not be able to save him in time.”

She smiled broadly, looking confident, clearly believing that Li Chang’an didn’t know divination.

Divination is extremely difficult; even among the disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, few are proficient, let alone a cultivator from an ordinary Golden Core sect like Li Chang’an.

Xu Changqing calmly replied, “Uncle Li is quite skilled and has many methods; Senior Sister, there’s no need for you to worry.”

After saying this, he took out a puppet and used it to test the waters.

Du Binglan and Lu Hong also used their own methods.

After a series of tests,

they were all certain that apart from the power of divination, there was no great danger.

“This senior uncle was kind-hearted and never did anything evil in his life. He shouldn’t have set up any schemes to harm his descendants in his final resting place.”

“If there were truly danger, Master would have been able to deduce it; he wouldn’t have entrusted this task to us.”

After the probing, the four of them stepped into the building together.

The divination power enveloping the first floor was not of a high grade, only third-tier, low-grade, so none of them were greatly affected.

The interior was simply furnished, with only a bamboo chair.

Several third-tier treasures were placed on the bamboo chair.

Lu Hong spoke up: “Junior brothers and sisters, Fellow Daoist Li, how about we divide these treasures equally?”

“Alright.”

None of the three objected, and each took a treasure.

After confirming there were no more treasures on the first floor, they went up to the second floor together.

The layout of the second floor was the same as the first floor, with several treasures on the bamboo chairs as well.

“The divination power on the second floor has reached the middle grade of the third rank.”

Li Chang’an silently sensed.

The higher the floor, the higher the grade of the divination power.

“The divination power on the third floor has reached the upper grade of the third rank. Du Binglan probably

won’t be able to go up.” Sure enough.

After reaching the third floor,

Li Chang’an, Xu Changqing, and Lu Hong were all there.

Du Binglan’s aura reappeared on the first floor.

Lu Hong hurriedly asked, “Junior sister, are you alright?”

“I’m fine.”

Du Binglan returned to the second floor, stood at the top of the stairs, and looked at them, her pretty face showing some complicated emotions.

She knew very well that the reason she couldn’t go up was because her divination skills were insufficient and she was affected by the Heaven-Shifting Earth Technique.

Xu Changqing, however, was able to go up.

This meant that

Xu Changqing’s divination skills were superior to hers.

Furthermore, Li Chang’an, this rogue cultivator, was also more skilled in divination than she was!

“My skills are insufficient; I must stop here,”

she sighed softly, cupping her hands in a respectful gesture.

“Senior Brother Lu, it’s up to you now.”

With that, she retreated to the first floor, quietly awaiting the matter’s conclusion.

Li Chang’an and the other two divided the treasures equally and proceeded to the fourth floor.

This time,

Xu Changqing did not appear.

The divination technique enveloping the fourth floor reached the lower rank of the fourth level.

Xu Changqing’s skills were insufficient, and he was also sent back to the first floor.

Now,

only Li Chang’an and Lu Hong remained.

Lu Hong was somewhat surprised and subconsciously glanced at Li Chang’an.

“Fellow Daoist Li, are you also a fourth-rank diviner?”

“I have a slight talent in divination, barely crossing the fourth-rank threshold,”

Li Chang’an said with a smile, his tone humble.

As he spoke, he looked at the bamboo chair on the fourth floor.

The treasures on the bamboo chair were all of the fourth rank, and none of them were ordinary fourth-rank treasures; each was quite valuable.

He and Lu Hong split the treasures, then looked towards the staircase leading to the fifth floor.

Lu Hong’s expression was somewhat solemn, no longer displaying his previous confidence.

He vaguely sensed that the fourth floor was his limit, and he couldn’t ascend any further.

“Before leaving the sect, although my martial uncle’s cultivation was higher than mine, his divination skills were the same as mine, only at the lower fourth rank. Could it be that he improved after leaving the sect?”

He slowly stepped forward, ascending the stairs, activating his divination skills to their fullest extent, attempting to reach the fifth floor.

But in the blink of an eye, he found himself on the first floor.

He sighed, “Junior sister, martial uncle’s divination skills are stronger than mine. I can’t reach the top; I can only rely on Fellow Daoist Li.”

“This…”

Du Binglan was somewhat surprised.

She had thought Li Chang’an would be the first to fail, but the reality was quite the opposite.

Could it be that Li Chang’an’s divination skills were even stronger than Lu Hong’s?

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but ask, “Junior brother Xu, what is Fellow Daoist Li’s divination rank?”

“I don’t know either.”

Xu Changqing didn’t hide anything; he truly didn’t know.

Li Chang’an had kept all his methods well hidden; even his close brothers like Xu Fugui and Chu Daniu were unaware of them, let alone a junior like himself.

During their conversation,

Li Chang’an had already successfully reached the fifth floor.

“This is…”

His gaze sharpened as he looked at the bamboo chair.

On the chair lay

only one treasure:

a Bodhi seed, entirely blood-red, unlike ordinary Bodhi seeds.

“Could this be the Five-Aperture Bodhi Seed mentioned in the divination?”

Li Chang’an stepped forward, picked up the Bodhi seed, and examined it closely.

“No, this Bodhi seed has no apertures at all; it’s not a Five-Aperture Bodhi Seed, but a Blood Bodhi!”

His eyes lit up, a surge of joy rising within him.

The Blood Bodhi was an extremely rare body-refining treasure.

Its sole function was to accelerate the body-refining process.

Li Chang’an was currently attempting to break through to the fourth level of body refinement; consuming this item might allow him to successfully cross the threshold of the fourth level.

“After this trip, when I return to Changqing Mountain, I will consume this item.”

A slight smile played on his lips as he stored the Blood Bodhi in his storage bag.

His original purpose for this trip was to obtain the Five-Aperture Bodhi Seed, and this Blood Bodhi Seed was an unexpected delight, greatly improving his mood.

Afterwards,

he left the fifth floor and ascended to the sixth.

Inside the sixth floor, there was no divination power.

A skeleton sitting cross-legged appeared before Li Chang’an.

Two objects lay before the skeleton:

a jade slip and a Bodhi seed.

“A Five-Aperture Bodhi Seed!”

Li Chang’an’s gaze immediately fell upon the Bodhi seed.

It was similar to the Three-Aperture Bodhi Seed, except it had two more apertures.

“Thank you for leaving behind this legacy, senior!”

He bowed to the skeleton as usual, took the Bodhi seed, briefly sensed it, and his smile deepened.

Like the Three-Aperture Bodhi Seed, the Five-Aperture Bodhi Seed could enhance comprehension because it would accumulate a spiritual substance on its own.

The spiritual substance accumulated each year could be used by a cultivator for a quarter of an hour.

This Five-Aperture Bodhi Seed had not been used for ninety thousand years.

Its accumulated usage time had exceeded two and a half years!

In other words…

For the next two and a half years, Li Chang’an could maintain a state of continuous improvement in his comprehension.

It should be noted that after obtaining the Three Aperture Bodhi Seed, he only spent a few hours modifying spells like the Blood Seed Technique and the Substitute Death Technique to suit his own needs.

The time it took to accumulate that Three Aperture Bodhi Seed was too short; every moment was incredibly precious.

But now,

he could squander it to his heart’s content!

“Two and a half years, truly extravagant.”

Li Chang’an was overjoyed, holding the Bodhi Seed in his hand, various insights flowing through his mind.

This Bodhi Seed enhanced his comprehension even more, helping him quickly conceive of a method to improve the Mind-Questioning Technique.

“No rush, this place isn’t suitable. I’ll return to Changqing Mountain first.”

He took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing the various insights in his mind, and stored the Bodhi Seed in his storage bag.

After that,

he picked up the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.

Inside the jade slip was a fourth-tier mid-grade divination inheritance, its grade lower than his existing inheritance, offering little help.

At the end of the jade slip were a few words left by this senior.

The meaning of these words was simple:

it was nothing more than a demand for the nine great immortal sects to reform, change their cultivation philosophy, and cease their demonic practices.

“The current Nine Immortal Sects should be what this senior wanted to see.”

“Except for the Netherworld Sect.”

Li Chang’an put the jade slip and the remains into a separate storage bag, then returned to the first floor.

He handed the storage bag to Xu Changqing and told him, “Changqing, your uncle’s inheritance and remains are in this storage bag. The mission is complete, right?”

“Yes, thank you, Uncle Li!”

Xu Changqing looked happy and accepted the storage bag.

Du Binglan and Lu Hong could only watch from the side, their hearts filled with mixed feelings.

They had never expected that, as disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, they would be defeated by an ordinary Golden Core cultivator in divination.

“Fellow Daoist Li’s skills are remarkable. I admire you.”

Lu Hong stepped forward and said sincerely.

Li Chang’an smiled and said, “Just a little skill for making a living, nothing to mention.”

“Fellow Daoist Li, don’t be modest. Your divination skills are rare even within the Heavenly Mystery Sect.”

After a conversation,

the two became much more familiar with each other than before.

They exchanged communication items and agreed to discuss divination when they had time.

Afterwards, Du Binglan, with a complex expression, approached and spoke with Li Chang’an, exchanging communication items as well.

Thus,

Li Chang’an gained two more acquaintances at the Tianji Sect.

Not long after, Xu Changqing bid farewell to Li Chang’an and, along with Du Binglan, headed to the Tianji Sect.

Li Chang’an returned to Changqing Mountain alone.

…

That evening.

He sealed the cave entrance, entered the medicinal bath, and took out the Blood Bodhi.

“Many ancient texts describe this item as accelerating body refining, and it’s also recorded in the fourth-tier spiritual medicine inheritance I obtained…”

Li Chang’an held the spiritual medicine inheritance, his expression focused, carefully reading the description of the Blood Bodhi.

This item was extremely rare. He wouldn’t feel comfortable swallowing it without thoroughly investigating.

Finally,

he confirmed that this was indeed a high-quality Blood Bodhi.

However, he didn’t swallow it directly but instead calculated with his fingers, obtaining a neutral divination result.

According to the divination, even if there was something wrong with the Blood Bodhi, he wouldn’t die from it.

“There shouldn’t be any surprises.”

Li Chang’an waited quietly, and the divination result for that evening quickly appeared, also a “neutral” hexagram.

Seeing the meaning of the hexagram, he was completely relieved.

A moment later,

he opened his mouth and swallowed the Blood Bodhi.

(End of Chapter)