Free Web NovelChapter 310: Mo Yunhe’s Wealth
Inside a hidden cliff crevice, the Formation light screen swirled, isolating the inner and outer auras. The silver light shuttle sat quietly in the corner, and Fang Hao sat cross-legged on a relatively flat bluestone. Although his face was still a bit pale, his eyes had regained their usual sharpness and clarity.
He calmed his mind and took out the black Storage Ring he had obtained from Mo Yunhe. The ring felt slightly cool in his hand; its texture was neither gold nor jade, and it was engraved with ancient cloud patterns. Faint spatial fluctuations rippled from it, clearly indicating an extremely high quality.
His Divine Sense cautiously probed inside. As soon as he entered, Fang Hao couldn’t help but gasp.
"This... this space..."
What came into view was not the typical space of a few to a dozen zhang square found in ordinary storage pouches or Storage Rings, but an extremely vast area! A rough estimate suggested it was over a hundred zhang in length, width, and height—it was practically comparable to a small Immortal Cave! This was the first time Fang Hao had seen such a massive storage space; it was likely a highly precious, High Grade storage Magic Treasure refined specifically for Cultivators above the Nascent Soul Stage.
The interior of the space was not chaotic; instead, everything was categorized and arranged in an orderly fashion. Clearly, Mo Yunhe was wealthy and had good organizational habits.
The first thing that caught his Divine Sense was a mountain-like pile of Spirit Stones. They were not Low-Grade Spirit Stones, but radiant, aura-filled Mid-Grade Spirit Stones! The quantity was so vast that, with a rough sweep, there must have been millions of them! Beside the pile of Spirit Stones were dozens of jade boxes, neatly stacked with even more precious and aura-rich High-Grade Spirit Stones. A quick glance revealed there were tens of thousands of them! This was a massive fortune that would make even an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator green with envy!
Next to it were dozens of tall wooden shelves, holding thousands of jade bottles and jade boxes. Inside the jade bottles were various Medicinal Pills, ranging from those for healing, recovery, Cultivate, and breaking through Bottlenecks, to antidotes, anti-toxins, and even some obscure, rare poison pills—everything one could need. Although most were Medicinal Pills commonly used by Cultivators at the Golden Core Stage and Early Nascent Soul Stage, there were also quite a few labeled "Xuan Yin Pill," "Nascent Soul Condensing Pill (assists in breaking through Bottlenecks, not a nascent soul forming pill)," and "Spirit Nourishing Pill," which were precious items highly beneficial even to Middle Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators. Their quality was all extraordinary.
The jade boxes held various rare Spirit Medicine, aged and filled with abundant Spiritual Qi. With a rough sweep, Fang Hao saw several stalks of "Xuan Yin Ganoderma" that were at least five thousand years old, several "Nine-Leaf Ice Lotus" flowers emitting a crisp, cold aura, and many Spirit Medicine he had only seen in ancient texts that had miraculous effects for Body Refining or cultivating specific attribute Cultivation Techniques. There were even a few pieces of flesh and blood sealed in black ice, emitting astonishing Spiritual Qi—seemingly the precious blood essence of some powerful ice-attribute Demon Beast, which had miraculous effects for cultivating ice-attribute Cultivation Techniques or Body Refining. The value of these Spirit Medicine was likely even higher than that of the Spirit Stones.
On the other side of the space was a mountain of Artifact Refining Materials. Most of them were Ores and metal ingots of various grades, such as "Cold Iron Essence," "Star-Patterned Steel," "Black Jade Gold," and so on, many of which were Tier 4 or even a small number of Tier 5 Materials. What made Fang Hao’s heart race even faster was that in a corner of the material pile, he found a separately stored area containing several fist-sized Ores that shimmered with silver light, with stars seemingly flickering and vanishing within them—void stone! And the quality was even better than the piece he had obtained before! Besides these, there were several rare auxiliary Materials whose diagrams he had only seen in "the hundred solutions of heavenly craftsmanship" but had never actually seen, clearly collected by Mo Yunhe for refining his own Lifebound Treasure or preparing for a Breakthrough.
There was also a staggering amount of Formation Materials. Various attribute Formation Flags, Formation Plates, Formation bases, (special) Spirit Stones, as well as the spirit liquid and spirit sand needed to carve Formation patterns, were all dazzlingly presented. Among them were core Materials needed to set up powerful Formations capable of trapping and killing Golden Core Cultivators, or even threatening Nascent Soul Cultivators.
There were also several Spiritual Artifacts and Magic Treasures stored separately in a few jade caskets. Among them were a pitch-black Flying Sword emitting a bone-chilling cold aura, a bone banner covered in ghost faces and emitting sinister Yin Qi, and the cracked "Xuan Yin Soul-Slaying Bead" that Mo Yunhe had almost activated. These Magic Treasures all possessed powerful auras, at least Tier 4 Medium Grade or higher; the black Flying Sword even faintly reached Tier 4 High Grade, clearly Mo Yunhe’s go-to weapon for offense. However, their attributes did not perfectly match Fang Hao’s, and they might still hold Mo Yunhe’s Divine Soul imprint or tracking methods, so they were not suitable for use for the time being, but their value was immeasurable.
Besides these, there were some miscellaneous items, such as Jade Slips recording Mo Yunhe’s Cultivation insights, Artifact Refining realizations, and even some secret information, a few tokens representing his status as an Elder of the Tiangong Alliance, several sets of spare clothing, and some strange objects Fang Hao could not currently identify.
Even with Fang Hao’s firm will, he couldn’t help but feel his heart stir when faced with such enormous wealth, and it took him a long while to calm down. This Storage Ring was practically a mobile treasure vault! Most of Mo Yunhe’s hundreds of years of accumulation were likely in here! With these resources, he wouldn’t have to worry about Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, or Artifact Refining Materials for a long time to come, and he could even attempt to refine some High Grade Medicinal Pills and Magic Treasures he hadn’t dared to imagine before.
"Truly, one cannot get rich without a windfall..." Fang Hao sighed inwardly, while also becoming more vigilant. Mo Yunhe’s legacy was so rich that once the news leaked, it would surely invite endless disaster. The Tiangong Alliance would never let it go, and it might even alarm the forces behind them. He had to be even more cautious.
He suppressed the urge to immediately count and organize these treasures and focused his attention on the Jade Slips that recorded information. One of the Jade Slips had an ancient texture and was engraved with a simple topographical map, with dense annotations on the side; it seemed to be something Mo Yunhe frequently consulted.
Fang Hao’s Divine Sense probed inside.
What was recorded in the Jade Slip was not a Cultivation Technique or secret art, but a highly detailed map covering a vast area. With Tiangong City as the center, the map radiated out over hundreds of thousands of miles, marking the territories of major forces, Cultivator gathering places, markets, dangerous areas, rumors of ancient Immortal Caves, as well as the locations of some special resource points and teleportation Formations.
"Xuanfeng Mountain Range... Ice Wind Canyon... Flowing Fire Desert... and here, Heaven’s End Valley..." Fang Hao’s gaze swept quickly over the map. Most of these places were marked as dangerous or occupied by powerful Demon Beasts; they were clearly areas Mo Yunhe had explored or planned to explore.
His gaze finally landed on the northeast of the map, on a mountain area specifically circled with dark red lines and marked with an eye-catching sign. That mountain range was labeled on the map as—Xuanfeng Mountain Range.
"Xuanfeng Mountain Range..." Fang Hao’s heart stirred. He felt he had seen this name somewhere. He recalled carefully and suddenly remembered that when he was previously reviewing Materials about the Great Yan Empire and the surrounding regions, he had seen sporadic records of the "Xuanfeng Mountain Range" in an ancient travelogue introducing strange tales.
According to that travelogue, the Xuanfeng Mountain Range was located outside the northeastern border of the Great Yan Empire, bordering a savage land called the "Falling Star Wasteland." Deep within the mountain range grew a peculiar type of "Xuan Blood Maple," whose leaves were as bright red as blood and did not fall for a thousand years. The heartwood of a Xuan Blood Maple over ten thousand years old contained a trace of a strange "Xuan Yang Blood Sha Qi," which was a rare main material for refining certain extremely Yang and rigid, or Yin-Yang balancing, High Grade Medicinal Pills. But at the same time, the travelogue also mentioned that deep within the Xuanfeng Mountain Range, space seemed somewhat unstable, and strange phenomena occasionally appeared. There were even rumors that ancient Immortal Caves or Secret Realms might be hidden deep in the mountain range, but it was too dangerous, and few people could explore it deeply.
Mo Yunhe had specifically circled this area and marked it; had he discovered something in this Xuanfeng Mountain Range? Was it related to the "Xuan Blood Maple," or to the rumored ancient Immortal Cave? Or, did this map hide other secrets?
Fang Hao carefully observed the annotations about the Xuanfeng Mountain Range on the map and found that Mo Yunhe had made notes in smaller text at a few specific locations:
"Autumn of the Jiazi year, three hundred miles outside Xuanfeng Valley, encountered spatial ripples, suspected to be ancient teleportation Formation fluctuations, unfortunately unable to pinpoint."
"Suspected leakage of ’Xuan Yang Blood Sha’ aura, consistent with the characteristics of ’Xuan Yang Sha Vein’ recorded in ancient books, perhaps the Seal of an ancient Immortal Cave has loosened?"
"Need three or more ’Forbidden-Breaking Talismans,’ or find a’Space-Fixing Stone’..."
The handwriting was sloppy, clearly recorded in passing. But the information within made Fang Hao’s heart beat slightly faster.
"Ancient teleportation Formation fluctuations? Xuan Yang Sha Vein? Ancient Immortal Cave?" A bright light flashed in Fang Hao’s eyes. Mo Yunhe was clearly plotting something regarding the Xuanfeng Mountain Range, and his goal was very likely related to an ancient ruin. The "void stone" he had collected, and the Materials for setting up Formations and breaking prohibitions in the Storage Ring, were perhaps prepared for exploring this place.
"This Xuanfeng Mountain Range doesn’t seem simple." Fang Hao muttered to himself, firmly imprinting the contents of this map in his mind. The places Mo Yunhe went to such trouble to investigate must have their value, especially when it involved ancient ruins; it likely contained a great Opportunity, but also a great danger. Now that Mo Yunhe was dead, this Opportunity might...
He suppressed his fantasies and put away the Jade Slip. The immediate priority was not to explore unknown dangerous areas, but to thoroughly heal his injuries, digest the gains from this battle, and improve his strength. At the same time, he also had to properly handle Mo Yunhe’s legacy, especially the items that might carry tracking marks or identity markers; they needed to be handled carefully so as not to leave any hidden dangers.
He checked the position of the silver light shuttle again and compared it with the map, discovering that the Black Stone Mountain Range where he was currently located was actually not too far from the Xuanfeng Mountain Range, only about tens of thousands of miles away. At the speed of the silver light shuttle, flying at full power, he could reach it in a month or so. It was just that he would need to cross a dangerous area called the "Yin Sha Swamp" in between, as well as the edge of the Falling Star Wasteland, which were equally fraught with danger.
"First, fully heal my injuries here, repair and stabilize the golden puppet, and then make plans." Fang Hao made his decision. Since the Xuanfeng Mountain Range was valued by Mo Yunhe, it might be worth exploring, but he had to be fully prepared. Moreover, he also needed a place far away from the sphere of influence of Tiangong City, one that was sufficiently hidden, to digest Mo Yunhe’s legacy and attempt to break through to a higher Realm.
He took a few more healing Medicinal Pills, closed his eyes, operated the Chaos Derivation Art, and began to heal with all his might, while splitting a wisp of his mind to remain vigilant of outside movements. With the massive resources left behind by Mo Yunhe, he would no longer have any worries for his healing and subsequent Cultivation this time.
It was just unclear what the secret in the depths of that mysterious Xuanfeng Mountain Range, which Mo Yunhe had failed to explore, actually was.
