Treasure Hunt in Kunlun Mountains

Seeing that Xuanbao was comprehending the Shangqing Immortal Technique, the Three Pure Ones did not disturb him. The three of them began to verify each other's understanding on their own. There were no ten thousand golden lotuses as they had imagined; everything was quite ordinary.

However, Xuanbao didn't listen. He joked that with so many tools around, why would he need to do anything himself? He only needed to think about how to increase the number of tools.

During the more than one hundred years of the Three Pure Ones' research, Xuanbao was not idle either. He refined all the innate spiritual treasures he had just obtained, and successfully increased the number of his tools from 21 to 24.

Moreover, among them are a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and a high-grade innate spiritual treasure, which will greatly accelerate the cultivation speed. The cultivation speed of one top-grade spiritual treasure is comparable to that of ten low-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Xuanbao felt that he was already at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm and could break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm at any time.

Suddenly one day, a powerful wave came from the place where the Three Pure Ones were discussing the Dao. Well, it must have been that the Three Pure Ones had finished verifying each other's views. Suddenly, Xuanbao heard his master's voice in his ear.

The three of them need to go into seclusion to consolidate the results of the century-long verification, and prevent Xuanbao from going too far. He will take them to Zixiao Palace 400 years later.

After the Three Pure Ones went into seclusion, Xuanbao had nothing to do, so he sorted out the changes that the 24 "tools" had brought to him over the past hundred years, except that his cultivation level remained at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.

He could break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm at any time. With the support of several sword-shaped innate spiritual treasures, he also successfully comprehended two layers of sword dao laws. That's right, these are laws that only Daluo Golden Immortals can comprehend.

He successfully comprehended the laws at the Xuanbao Golden Immortal Realm, and not just one law. In addition to comprehending 20% ​​of the Sword Dao, he also comprehended one level of the Array Dao, one level of the Pill Dao, and one level of the Weapon Dao. All four of the laws that the Three Pure Ones were most proficient in were successfully comprehended by Xuanbao.

The reason why he was able to comprehend 20% of the Sword Dao Law is that he has three sword-shaped spiritual treasures. Each sword-shaped spiritual treasure is like an innate Sword Dao Saint Body, so the Sword Dao Law can break through two levels in such a short time.

The remaining laws were simply comprehended through sheer quantity. There were still too few "tools" (human assistants); if he had a thousand or eight hundred, comprehending anything would be a piece of cake. Xuanbao was still somewhat dissatisfied with his performance this time.

Looking at the place where the Three Pure Ones were in seclusion, it was clear that he wouldn't be able to come out anytime soon. It seemed he would have to go back to his old ways.

He took out the Yuan-Breaking Shovel and slung it over his shoulder, striding towards the dozens of locations of treasures radiating precious energy within his perception. He didn't even dare to dream of the dozen or so spiritual treasures radiating innate precious energy within the Three Pure Ones Hall.

They either belonged to his teacher or to his two senior uncles; they were simply beyond his reach, though he was quite envious.

Xuanbao flew out of the Sanqing Hall and headed south. After flying for half a day to the nearest place radiating precious energy, Xuanbao successfully landed in a secluded canyon.

Looking around, it was indeed very remote. Yes, this was the place. However, it didn't seem like a safe place. Using his divine sense, he discovered that there was an innate formation in this small valley.

If it weren't for the fact that I could sense the treasure's aura, I might not have been able to detect this innate formation even if I went inside; it was extremely well hidden.

Taking out the Yuan-breaking shovel, it was time for my old friend to get to work. Xuanbao started digging around on the ground, and after playing for who knows how long, there was finally a snap.

It seemed as if a layer of air wall had been successfully dug open by the Yuan-breaking shovel. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xuanbao transformed into a golden light and squeezed through the gap. In a flash, Xuanbao found himself in another world, though it was not very large, only about 10,000 miles in circumference, a small blessed land.

It can't compare to one's own treasure-gathering grotto. Each grotto-heaven and blessed land has its own independent space. The smaller ones are only a few thousand miles in circumference, while the larger ones are a small thousand worlds. Of course, the larger the grotto-heaven and blessed land, the more and more precious the treasures it contains.

This small grotto-heaven, spanning tens of thousands of miles, allowed one to find the location of treasures with just a sense. A quick flight of speed brought them to the core of this blessed land in just over ten minutes. In front of a cave, they found the words "Golden Cloud Cave" and three Heavenly Dao runes inscribed on its surface.

Isn't this the cave of Yu Ding Zhenren, one of the twelve Golden Immortals under my master Yuanshi? How did I find it first?

Xuanbao was still somewhat surprised, as he had directly intercepted Yu Ding Zhenren. However, since he had already come all this way, it was impossible for him to go back empty-handed.

Since I arrived here first, this place is mine. Xuanbao will not leave this opportunity to Yuding Zhenren. Jiejiao and Chanjiao are definitely not on the same path because of their different doctrines. If he intercepts Yuding Zhenren, he will weaken his opponent in a roundabout way.

Upon entering Jinxia Cave, the scene inside came into view. At the highest point of the cave was a stone platform with a sword stuck on top. Xuanbao walked forward and pulled out the swords one by one, sensing them. They were mid-grade innate spiritual treasures, demon-slaying swords.

That makes sense! This is the treasure that guards the Golden Cloud Cave in later generations. It was also bestowed upon the Jade Cauldron Immortal by the Primordial Emperor. It seems that the Primordial Emperor obtained the Demon-Slaying Sword first and then bestowed it upon the Jade Cauldron Immortal as the treasure guarding the Golden Cloud Cave.

Thinking that all twelve Golden Immortals under his master Yuanshi had treasures for guarding their caves, although some of these treasures were not originally from the blessed lands, he was sure he would find something if he searched around. There were dozens of places like this in the Kunlun Mountains that exuded such treasure energy.

Even if Xuanbao doesn't capture everything, he'll definitely try his best to obtain as many treasures as possible. There's no way he can survive without tools. He can't cultivate, and he doesn't know anything else. He can only rely on tools to support himself. Xuanbao is having a hard time too, okay? O_o.

They're really poor. This blessed land only nurtured one mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, "Hat." Before leaving, Xuanbao even spat out some saliva.

He picked up his shovel and flew off to another treasure land. 100 years passed like this. Xuanbao successfully dug up 21 treasure lands. On the way, he even got into a fight with a wolf demon because he dug up the wolf demon's home. Of course, the wolf also repented and went to reincarnate. Xuanbao couldn't stop it.

Xuanbao sensed that all 21 treasure lands in the East Kunlun area had been dug up by him, and there were also more than a dozen in the West Kunlun area, but Xuanbao did not go to the West Kunlun area to dig.

The main concern was that he was just a lowly Golden Immortal. If he were seen digging for treasure, what would he do if others saw him? The risk was too high; he wouldn't make a treasure without being 98% certain.

He took out the spiritual treasures and spiritual roots he had collected over the past century. There weren't many spiritual roots, only three in total. One of them was a mid-grade innate spiritual root, while the other two were low-grade innate spiritual roots, and the other was a mid-grade innate spiritual fruit.

Ahem: ...

Xuanbao coughed. The name didn't sound very proper, and once you knew it, it really wasn't. Those who knew about the effects of the Yang-Boosting Fruit knew, and those who didn't shouldn't ask around.

Of the remaining two low-grade innate spiritual roots, one caught Xuanbao's attention. It shouldn't be described as a whole innate spiritual root or a bamboo forest. A low-grade innate spiritual root in the Purple Bamboo Forest takes a thousand years to grow, and its texture is hard, making it very suitable for refining magic weapons.

Xuanbao knew very well that this should be the current Cihang Daoist, the future Guanyin Bodhisattva's purple bamboo forest, which was guarded day and night by a black bear spirit. There were not many other acquired spiritual roots, only 48 in total, all of which Xuanbao dug up from the ground within several kilometers of the spiritual roots using the Yuan-Breaking Shovel.

They were transplanted into the Chaos Gourd together. This was discovered when Xuanbao was refining the Chaos Gourd. Inside the Chaos Gourd is a chaotic space with a very large area and two small worlds above and below. The chaotic spiritual energy in it is very abundant, making it very suitable for planting spiritual roots.

Xuanbao transplanted all his spiritual roots into the Chaos Space. After a series of observations, he found that the spiritual roots adapted very well inside the Chaos Gourd. Xuanbao then decided that the Chaos Gourd would become his spiritual plant cultivation base.

Next came the inventory. There were 35 spiritual treasures, and all of them were of very high quality. They truly lived up to their reputation as a large, blessed land like Kunlun Mountain.

Of the 35 innate spiritual treasures, only 20 are of low grade, and the remaining 15 include 11 of mid-grade innate spiritual treasures, four of which are of high grade. The vast majority of these are also the cave-guarding treasures of the 12 Golden Immortals imagined by Xuanbao.

Seeing these magical treasures that would later become famous in later generations, Xuanbao was both amused and exasperated. He had practically stripped the Twelve Golden Immortals bare.

For example, the later Taiyi Zhenren of Qianyuan Mountain's Jinguang Cave Xuanbao obtained the Qiankun Ring, Hun Tian Ling, Huojian Spear, Jinzhuan, Yin Yang Sword, and Feng Huo Lun, six innate spiritual treasures. Among them, the Qiankun Ring was a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, while the other five were low-grade innate spiritual treasures. He directly took away Nezha's entire set of equipment in one fell swoop. It's a pity that he didn't have the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover.

Xuanbao was still feeling annoyed that he had left a spiritual treasure for Taiyi Zhenren, but when he saw the other high-grade innate spiritual treasures in his hand, he instantly felt relieved: the high-grade innate spiritual treasure Yin-Yang Mirror, the high-grade innate spiritual treasure Immortal Binding Rope, the high-grade innate spiritual treasure Soul-Falling Bell, and the high-grade innate spiritual treasure Glazed Jade Purification Bottle.

He didn't pay much attention to the other mid-grade innate spiritual treasures and mystical treasures. He only knew that the Chan Sect would probably have several more Daoists without any special skills in the future, and that Daoist Huanglong would probably thank him if he found out.

Suddenly, Xuan Yuanbao remembered that some of Yuanshi's magical treasures came from the Treasure Distribution Rock after Hongjun's three sermons. He would also be attending the third sermon this time. At that time, the treasures on the Treasure Distribution Rock would be at his disposal. With just a little bit of magical energy, what magical treasure could resist him? Thinking of this, Xuan Bao couldn't help but grin crookedly.

Let's not think about those things for now. The most important task right now is to take stock of our gains, add up the number of our "tools," and break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. Xuanbao feels that his realm is about to break through at any moment.

Once these thirty-odd innate spiritual treasures become tools, I'll have 59 tools. My advancement will be phenomenal! Then I'll see if I still have time to continue my treasure-hunting spree in West Kunlun.