Free Web NovelChapter 539: Chapter 493: Sorting the "Trash
Ao Juan returned to the Dragon Transformation Lake to sleep; it needed time to heal its internal injuries and to ponder over what Jiang Yuebai had just said.
The other dragons in the lake, after nodding to Jiang Yuebai, also sank to the bottom.
Suddenly, only Jiang Yuebai and a pile of ’junk’ were left in the Dragon Pearl Cave Heaven, along with Jixiang gnawing on the Dragon Prison Nail.
Jiang Yuebai stood with her hands on her hips in front of the ’junk pile’ taller than herself, took a deep breath, and released the little demons to sort and organize.
These items clearly looked like the belongings of cultivators killed or eaten by Ao Juan; a significant portion was damaged.
"There are quite a few Spirit Stones."
The little demons spent most of the day sorting; there were about fifty to sixty thousand Top-Grade Spiritual Stones, and nearly ten thousand Top-Grade ones.
Jiang Yuebai picked out some usable items and piled the rest, which she confirmed to be useless to her, together.
"Jixiang!"
Jiang Yuebai called Jixiang over and released the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron and Bai Jiuyou.
"Jixiang, these are to be equally divided between you and the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron—here, Jixiang’s, the cauldron’s, Jixiang’s, Jixiang’s, the cauldron’s, Jixiang’s again, Jixiang’s, the cauldron’s—these three all go to Jixiang, this one too, the cauldron’s..."
Bai Jiuyou watched Jiang Yuebai’s ’fair’ distribution, his eyelids drooping.
"Is this discrimination?"
Jiang Yuebai piled an assortment of decent metal magic treasures in front of Jixiang and said without lifting her head, "When Jixiang eats, I can visibly see its improvement, while this broken cauldron just takes things in and never gives anything out, like a bottomless pit; it feels like a waste to give it anything."
"Moreover, before I had this cauldron, I used to have the trash decomposed and absorbed by the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, which helped me comprehend the composition of various things. But now it’s no good; my Lotus Platform is constantly starving."
Bai Jiuyou rubbed his forehead, "So are you planning not to continue cultivating the Second Layer of ’Chaos Nirvana Skill’?"
"I will, but there’s no rush for now. I’ll wait until after I’ve achieved Nascent Soul, then first cultivate ’Dragon God Transformation’ to change my physique; otherwise, my body won’t be able to withstand more Chaos Qi. So... here, Jixiang, these are all yours, take your time eating."
Jiang Yuebai waved her hand, pushing all the remaining items in front of Jixiang.
Jixiang was overwhelmed, its small black eyes wet with emotion, spinning in circles on the spot, unsure of what to do.
Bai Jiuyou: ...
If the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron could speak, Bai Jiuyou felt it might just dive into her arms and wail.
"All right, it’s all sorted, everyone get moving, Hongye, you come out too, go soak in the Dragon Transformation Lake over there."
"Ow~"
Jiang Yuebai released the Tree Dragon Hongye, who looked at the Dragon Transformation Lake with some trepidation, not daring to approach.
"Don’t be afraid; Ao Juan is very kind."
The water in the Dragon Transformation Lake is more abundant than in the other place, and its effects must be better, so Hongye hesitated for a moment before slowly flying over.
Like a thief, it stealthily dipped a tail in first, and seeing no response from the lake, it gradually submerged itself, not daring to move to the center but rather staying at the edge, letting the water barely cover its body.
If Hongye continues cultivating like this, reaching Nascent Soul is just around the corner; Jixiang too, after consuming this pile of stuff, should almost reach the Golden Core Peak, cultivation closely following hers.
Jiang Yuebai collected the Dragon Prison Nail that Jixiang had been gnawing on; its materials were special, and Jiang Yuebai didn’t yet know what it was made from.
Even Ao Juan could only leave tooth marks on it, and it could directly pierce through Ao Juan’s sturdy dragon scales. She decided to keep it for now and investigate what it was later.
"Bai Jiuyou, how’s your refining of the Candle Dragon Essence Blood going?"
Having assigned some tasks to Bai Jiuyou, Jiang Yuebai felt a lot more relieved, and since Bai Jiuyou possessed the Chaos Sacred Body, there were things that she could do more adeptly than Jiang Yuebai.
Bai Jiuyou scratched his head, "Uh... this can’t be rushed; I recently found that using a lower-grade essence blood as a primer increases the success rate of refining a higher-grade one. I’ve just managed to refine the Qiu Dragon Essence Blood, and next is the Azure Dragon’s."
Bai Jiuyou glanced at the Dragon Transformation Lake, "Why don’t you ask Ao Juan for a drop of Winged Dragon Essence Blood? I could then refine the Candle Dragon and Green Dragon Essence Blood for you in one go."
Jiang Yuebai decisively refused, "Ao Juan’s severely injured, so don’t even think about it."
Bai Jiuyou nodded; she was just suggesting, knowing that Ao Juan’s recovery was the priority.
"Alright then, I’ll try harder. Next time you dig up some Soul Infant Fruit, prepare a few for me as well; I can also create several Outer Body Incarnations, making work more efficient. Right now... I’m not getting the hang of it!"
Jiang Yuebai chuckled, Bai Jiuyou truly was her Outer Body Incarnation, exactly like her.
"Help me take these jade scrolls and books to the study."
Bai Jiuyou took away the books and jade scrolls Jiang Yuebai had sorted, returning to the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.
The books and jade scrolls were varied, containing cultivation techniques, elixir formulas, artifact manuals, travel notes, and miscellaneous skills. Jiang Yuebai had no time to look at them now, so she stored them away for later.
Finally, there were just two things she had picked out in front of her.
The so-called ’junk’ stored within Ao Juan’s body would gradually be absorbed and refined by it. Naturally, good items would be prioritized. Jiang Yuebai was already quite satisfied to have picked out two items from it.
One of them was a token, the Azure Dragon Order that was originally on the Big Dog Thief. Jiang Yuebai recognized it at a glance.
There was also a very fine trace of Green Dragon Essence Blood within it, likely obtained from an important figure of Biyou Palace. With the Azure Dragon Order, the box from the Big Dog Thief’s house could be opened.
The other item was a lamp shaped like a hand bone, exuding intense Yin Qi.
Jiang Yuebai couldn’t determine the grade of this item. It felt like the Condensing Light Mirror and the Green Jade Bamboo Flute, those ancient treasures of great age.
When she picked it up, she tried to light the wick, but neither the Earth Evil Fire nor the Phoenix Fire could ignite it. This indicated it required a specific method, thus she judged it might be an ancient treasure.
On the middle finger of the bone lamp, there was a gray stone ring, bearing a strong seal that Jiang Yuebai couldn’t break with her abilities, needing Ao Juan’s help.
Perhaps the corresponding method is inside the ring, or the ring itself is the ’key’ to activate the lamp.
Jiang Yuebai speculated that the lamp’s ignition might produce some kind of Yin Fire that might enhance her own Earth Evil Fire’s intensity. Even if it didn’t work, she could pass it to Little Green.
Little Green was special and could absorb any Yin Fire.
"Let’s see what treasure Ning Zhiyuan hid in this box."
Jiang Yuebai picked up the Azure Dragon Order and the box, her Divine Sense entering the Azure Dragon Order, breaking the already tattered Divine Sense Mark, and carefully extracting the hair-thin trace of Green Dragon Essence Blood.
Once the Green Dragon Essence Blood touched the box, a layer of magnificent rune-filled golden light immediately surfaced on it.
Click!
The lock opened, and the lid of the box popped open by itself.
Inside was a red Coiled Dragon Jade, a long-necked medicine bottle, and a silver bracelet.
The Coiled Dragon Jade was a jade scroll. Jiang Yuebai divided her Divine Thought to scan it, then picked up the long-necked medicine bottle and opened it, her pupils trembled slightly.
"Is all this Fire Dragon Essence Blood? So much!"
The medicine bottle was very full, roughly estimated to contain fifty to sixty drops of Fire Dragon Essence Blood. Its aura was not particularly pure, probably refined from the blood of the Fire Dragon Clan.
To extract so much would require killing at least a hundred dragons.
"Too brutal!"
Jiang Yuebai then picked up the silver bracelet, with three strands of silver thread twisted into a braid, very simple in style, a fourth-grade high-level magic treasure, just shy of possessing spiritual properties to become a Spiritual Artifact.
Jiang Yuebai inspected the bracelet and saw a small, elegant character inside it.
"Shu? Could it be a relic of Ning Zhiyuan’s elder sister?"
The more Jiang Yuebai thought about it, the more likely it seemed, as this bracelet also looked quite old. After a slight sacrificial refining, she sensed the usage instructions left inside the bracelet.
With a slight activation, the bracelet immediately stretched out, transforming into a silver whip, which then split into three strands, winding into rings.
The silver bracelet bore very distinctive runes, causing bone-scraping, flesh-tearing damage as if inducing paralysis when struck, drastically slowing an opponent’s movement technique.
With repeated hits, stacking up to nine layers, by the ninth layer, a person would essentially be immobilized.
The runes on the three silver rings could restrain Qi, spirit, and body, with strength tied to the user’s cultivation.
Jiang Yuebai surmised that this item was specifically used for dragon hunting, fitting the methods of the Fulong Sect.
Jiang Yuebai didn’t have many scruples and erased the character inside the bracelet, wearing it on her own hand.
Finally, the Coiled Dragon Jade remained. After browsing it, Jiang Yuebai found it was a Fire Talisman Cultivation Technique called ’Ning’s Talisman Technique.’
The name was ordinary, but the content was not.
It appeared to be family inheritance from Ning Zhiyuan, yet during her time in Sea Suppression City, Jiang Yuebai had inquired about Ning Zhiyuan but never heard of a cultivation family with the surname Ning in the Green Dragon Realm.
"How come this looks more and more like True Monarch Cang Huo’s ’Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture’? Both refine runes with a unique technique into the body to activate them instantly during battles through a mere thought."
Jiang Yuebai studied it carefully for a moment and found ’Ning’s Talisman Technique’ had a more advanced rune crafting method; the runes on the silver bracelet came from this technique.
’Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture’ had a drawback in that it’s difficult to improve Fire Talismans subsequently. So, after reaching Core Formation due to being busy with various matters, Jiang Yuebai hadn’t continued with ’Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture’.
But this technique’s advantage lay in its growth potential. By painting talismans with Fire Dragon Essence Blood, the talisman could grow along with one’s cultivation, thereby continuously nurturing and enhancing its talismanic properties, advancing from Spirit Talisman to Treasure Talisman, and finally developing into an Immortal Talisman.
"One has to be at the Golden Core Stage to start refining? No wonder so much Fire Dragon Essence Blood was saved up."
Jiang Yuebai temporarily put away ’Ning’s Talisman Technique’ and the Fire Dragon Essence Blood. For now, the most important thing for her was to quickly form a Nascent Soul; she could hardly wait any longer.
However, there were too many experts in the West Sea, so to form the Nascent Soul, she had to find a way to restrain them first.
Regarding this, Jiang Yuebai needed to plan carefully. Perhaps, escaping from the West Sea and forming the Nascent Soul could be done simultaneously.
