Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Lin Mu did not wear a ceremonial sword at his waist, not because he did not want to, but because he did not have a suitable one. He did have a Heaven-rank ceremonial sword, but it would not be of much help to him, and it would be petty to use it to make a show of things, so it was better not to wear it.

However, after years of cultivation and accumulation, the Great Wilderness Territory is now thriving and has the foundation to establish a dynasty. It just lacks external conditions and a few treasures to protect the country. If the Chengtian Sword can be successfully forged, it will be the most suitable sword to protect the country and protect the emperor!

That is, the ceremonial sword he will wear in the future!

The Emperor's Sword is not merely a symbol of status and identity; it must also be capable of combat and used as a trump card. Otherwise, what use would it be if it were forged with such great difficulty?

Lin Mu's fingers traced the yellowed blueprints, his fingertips able to feel the weight and antiquity emanating from the paper. The patterns on the blueprints faintly shimmered with golden light, and even though the secrets of heaven were blocked by the Sealed Spirit Heavenly Divination Box, its supreme aura was still undeniable.

He picked this up immediately, partly out of a peculiar feeling.

His heart pounded wildly, and his blood seemed to boil at that moment. This was the blueprint for the Emperor's Sword, and it was the only one!
Emperors of the Han Dynasty, including Liu Hong, failed to successfully forge the Chengtian Sword, likely due to a lack of materials.

Lin Mu was somewhat bewildered when he saw the list of materials. He had seen most of them before, but only three of them were in the Great Wilderness Territory's treasury.

Even so, Lin Mu could not hide his excitement. He carefully folded the blueprint and put it back into the Sealed Spirit Heavenly Divination Box. He then raised his hand and put the box into the Liangzhou Cauldron, fearing that such a treasure might be lost in the slightest.

"The first of the eighteen Sealed Spirit Heavenly Divination Boxes contained the blueprint for the Heavenly Sword. What treasures will the remaining seventeen hold?" Lin Mu's eyes flashed with excitement, his anticipation instantly rising. Without the slightest hesitation, he turned around and picked up the second box.

This [Sealed Spirit Heavenly Divination Box] was similar to the previous one. Upon opening it, a catalog and a bulging little bag appeared inside. Looking at the catalog's attributes, Lin Mu was slightly disappointed:
Title: [Sealed Spirit Heavenly Divination Box Crafting Guide]

Rank: Celestial Rank

Features: Encyclopedia
Attribute: This guide can be learned by Grandmaster-level Inscription Masters. It teaches them to use the ninth-tier special wood, [Spirit Sealing Wood], as the main material to craft the [Spirit Sealing Heavenly Divination Box].

Description: The 【Sealed Spirit Heavenly Divination Box】is quite mystical and can serve as a container for treasures. Treasures stored within this box will be protected from human divination of celestial secrets.

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That's right, it was actually a crafting guide for boxes, which disappointed him somewhat.

It's just a box; whether there are more or fewer, their value isn't very high...

Lin Mu opened the small bag and found it contained seeds of the [Spirit Sealing Wood], at least a hundred seeds...

He didn't linger on the other boxes. Just like when he collected the pills, he picked up the boxes on the long table one by one, then bent down to pick up the fallen boxes and quickly threw them into the Liangzhou Cauldron.

It wasn't that he wasn't curious about whether there were any illustrations inside, but rather that he already knew their value and would open them when he got back.

He had a lot of things to do next, so he put the things away first and would experience the surprise later.

After finishing this area, Lin Mu went to the second to last area.

Lin Mu stared intently and discovered that this area and the two areas below it were filled with funnel-shaped objects, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, half a zhang high and with a maximum diameter of half a zhang.

Lin Mu unleashed a Tai Long Qi Observation Technique:

Name: [Spirit-Locking Rice Container]

Rank: Celestial Rank

Features: props
Attributes: No special attributes. As long as you put rice and other knowledge into it, it can be properly preserved. Its internal space capacity is 100 zhang * 100 zhang * 100 zhang.

Introduction: This [Spirit-Locking Rice Container] is a special product of a certain dynasty in ancient times. It can store high-level spiritual items, preventing their energy from weakening and dissipating. Its internal space can be expanded, and the capacity of different grades of [Spirit-Locking Rice Containers] varies.

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Lin Mu was shocked when he saw this attribute.

Good heavens, this is a grain transport marvel!
A hundred zhang * a hundred zhang * a hundred zhang—that's a terrifying size. It's comparable to nine large granaries!
"This isn't something from the Great Han Dynasty's treasury!" Lin Mu's eyes narrowed slightly as he read the information at the end of the description, and he murmured to himself.

This discovery reignited Lin Mu's sense of anticipation!

Lin Mu arrived at a [Spirit-Locking Rice Container], examined it, opened the simple physical locks, and then lifted its lid.

At that moment, an extremely rich aroma of rice wafted over.

Lin Mu took a look and found that there were indeed things inside, and they were golden grains of rice the size of a thumb.

"Could it really be ancient grain?!" Lin Mu was overjoyed.

He then quickly checked its properties:
Name: [Joyoung Dragon Tooth Rice]

Level: Strange Item

Characteristics: Spirit Rice (seed)
Attributes: Primal [Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice], which can be cultivated into [Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice Tree]. When cooked and consumed directly, each [Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice] grain increases 1 point of Primal Free Attribute, with the maximum increase depending on one's own physical condition.

Introduction: 【Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice】is an ancient and exotic species, containing the most yang and powerful blood energy. The grains are plump and golden in color. Consuming it can strengthen the body, enhance physical strength, boost blood energy, and increase fundamental attribute points. Legend has it that this rice was cultivated from the essence of a high-level divine dragon captured by a spiritual plant master. It requires a significant amount of scorching sun energy and the essence of the earth's dragon veins to mature. Its growing conditions are extremely demanding; in areas rich in the spiritual energy of the earth's dragon veins, it can ripen once every three years, or even twice every three years, or even more, and even after several such cycles, its yield remains scarce. The 【Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice Tree】can harvest rice at each maturity period, eliminating the need for replanting, making it a rare and precious spiritual rice. Note that this is the original, first-generation 【Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice】. While the rice grown from this can also be used as seeds, it is the second generation, called 【Eight Yang Dragon Tooth Rice】, and its effects will be greatly reduced. Following this pattern, once it becomes "Six Yang Dragon Tooth Rice," its output can no longer be used as seeds, and it has a total of four generations.

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"Truly an ancient wonder!"

"Each [Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice] can increase 1 point of original attribute... That's amazing!!"

Lin Mu looked down at the overflowing [Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice] in the [Spirit Locking Rice Container] and gasped!
You have to understand, this [Spirit-Locking Rice Bucket] is hundreds of feet long! Imagine how many grains of rice, each the size of a thumb, would be if it were filled with that!

The quantity is definitely over 100 million!!!

Over 100 million original free attribute points, that's terrifying!!
Lin Mu looked up and saw that there were fifty [Spirit Locking Rice Containers] neatly arranged in each of the three areas.

If all 150 [Spirit-Locking Rice Buckets] were filled, how many grains of [Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice], how many Origin Free Attribute Points would that require?!
Lin Mu locked the [Spirit-Locking Rice Container] and put it into the Liangzhou Cauldron.

After that, instead of checking whether they were all truly overflowing like the first [Spirit-Locking Rice Container], he quickly collected them all.

Unlike other areas, after the [Spirit-Locking Rice Container] was put away, there were some old marks on the ground, which clearly indicated that they were indeed the stored materials in the ancient kingdom's treasury!
Next, the next area.

"So these are some items dropped by the Taiping Dao sect, and some items from other different branches of Taoism... Never mind, let's not delve into it and quickly collect them." Lin Mu murmured after checking the items in the next area.

Before long, he had finished exploring all five areas on this side. After that, Lin Mu quickly looted until he had finished exploring the first area on this side. He no longer encountered any more treasures from the ancient national treasury; they were all items from the Han Dynasty's national treasury.

This section also has its highlights, such as the twelve-faced divine shield and five sets of divine armor sets called the "Cloud Platform Divine Firmament Set".

The [Yuntai Shenxiao Set] is not a brand new set; instead, it has mottled marks and has been passed down from ancient times.

Lin Mu suspected that it was an exclusive set for the [Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai].

After finishing on this side, the entire hall was empty.

The supplies he looted actually occupied a very small area of ​​the main hall; they were mostly piled up near the symmetrical central axis.

After collecting all the supplies, Lin Mu quickly walked towards the high platform.

He originally intended to leap lightly across the jade steps to the high platform, but the next moment he felt his whole body sink and he sank directly down to the first step!

"There's a no-fly zone rule?!" Lin Mu was slightly surprised.

"Why set this rule? It's strange..." After thinking about it for a moment, he felt that it was very unreasonable.

This high platform, logically speaking, should be the most central and important area of ​​the entire national treasury, usually housing the most prized possessions or items crucial to the nation's fate. The no-fly zone—is it to prevent anyone from flying directly up there and disturbing something? But what's the point of a no-fly zone…?

Lin Mu frowned, suppressed his doubts, and stopped trying to fly. Instead, he started walking up the wide jade steps.

Each step on the cool, smooth white jade steps evokes a strange heaviness, as if one is treading not on stones, but on some medium imbued with immense power.

The higher he went, the more pronounced this feeling became, even causing his internal energy and blood to stagnate slightly, requiring him to circulate his internal energy cultivation techniques to barely counteract it.

He was secretly on guard; this platform was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, and there must be a deeper secret hidden within it.

Sure enough, as the number of jade steps increased, the strangeness he felt became stronger and stronger.

But after reaching the thirtieth step, he couldn't go any further!
Yes, he wanted to step onto the thirty-first step, but his feet felt as heavy as a thousand pounds...

Good heavens, so the no-fly zone was actually a staircase that weaker people couldn't climb!

Lin Mu took a deep breath, and the Heavenly Gang Dragon Yuan Power within his body surged forth. The boundless Qi and blood flowed through his meridians, emitting a faint bone-ringing sound.

As the dragon's energy surged forth, he found his feet felt a little lighter.

Then, with one step, I reached the thirty-first step.

At this moment, he actually felt that the circulation of his cultivation technique was becoming somewhat difficult...

Gritting his teeth, he continued climbing the steps.

He could clearly feel that with each step he took upward, the pressure he felt increased exponentially, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on his shoulders and feet, trying to sink him down.

As the altitude increased, not only did the body feel the weight, but a strange sensation also arose in the space between the eyebrows and the center of the forehead.

This is not just a physical burden, but also a kind of suppression from the depths of the soul, as if testing the will and foundation of the climber.

As he confronted the enemy, Lin Mu gradually made new discoveries.

He seemed to have gained a clearer understanding... His control over power, his use of elemental energy, the speed of his cultivation techniques... all had changed!

"What kind of setup is this? This jade platform seems to not only prevent outsiders from climbing it, but it also... benefits those who climb it!!"

Lin Mu raised an eyebrow slightly, his sharp gaze sweeping over the jade steps above.

Good heavens, there are still nearly fifty more steps!!
Those fifty steps were now shrouded in mist, making them difficult to see clearly, yet they exuded a majestic aura that made his heart tremble.

Not only that, but those jade steps seemed to have become higher and wider... at a glance, it was as if one were about to climb a hundred feet high.

He was certain that this was no ordinary jade staircase; it was more like a test of inheritance, and only those who truly possessed sufficient strength and fortune were qualified to ascend to the top.

He tried to channel more power, and the white jade steps beneath his feet seemed to sense his resistance, the pressure suddenly increasing, and even strange energy runes faintly lit up, exuding an ancient and chilling aura.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lin Mu's forehead, his muscles were tense, and his bones made a slight "creaking" sound, which was a sign of extreme stress.

"If it's this difficult even with only forty or so steps, the next fifty steps must be even harder..." Lin Mu's heart was filled with a mixture of curiosity and bitterness.

He could sense that the pressure wasn't malicious, but rather a screening process, a threshold. He thought of the Nine Yang Dragon Tooth Rice; these precious opportunities had all appeared in this ancient treasury, so the value of what was on this high platform was probably unimaginable.

He gritted his teeth and stopped trying to resist. Instead, he began to frantically circulate the "Tai Long Creation Scripture," making the energy in his body more powerful, pure, and enduring.

In fact, he had a premonition that as long as he could get the Liangzhou Cauldron, he could easily climb up there.

But he didn't.

He took each step with a measured pace, each step seemingly grounded in his own heartbeat, steady and resolute. He could feel some changes occurring in his body as he climbed.

“Willpower…strength…luck…” Lin Mu murmured to himself, as if he had grasped something key.

He used the Tai Long Zi Zai Technique to quietly release the dragon luck of his two dragons, and the dragon luck shadows surrounding him actually reduced the pressure under his feet a little.

"Just as I thought!" Lin Mu thought to himself.

However, Lin Mu did not use more dragons; instead, he withdrew the dragon fortune of the two dragons he had released earlier.

He already knew how to climb the high platform, but he wanted to try the most difficult way!

And so, Lin Mu, like an ascetic, struggled upwards under immense pressure. Each step required his full effort, and each step upwards was an extreme test of his physical body, will, and energy control.

The runes on the jade steps grew brighter and brighter, and the aura they emitted became increasingly ancient and powerful, as if telling a story of a long-forgotten history.

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