Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 708: Dajin Secret Treasury, the next plan!

Hearing this, the steward was startled, and then said:

"The treasures that you asked about are all extremely valuable fourth-tier treasures. I have no right to ask about them."

"Please follow me to the elegant room and wait for a while. After I report to the steward, he will personally entertain you!"

"Okay, then lead the way!" Zhou Xun nodded.

Then, under the guidance of the middle-aged steward, they walked through a long corridor and finally arrived in front of a room numbered A-21.
"Senior please!"

Zhou Xun raised his foot and stepped in.

The room was not big, only about 60 to 70 meters in size, and the decoration was indeed very elegant, like the study of a great scholar in the mortal world.

A plate of fragrant incense was also lit inside, which was refreshing!
After Zhou Xun entered the room, the steward bowed slightly, then turned around and left quickly to report to the deacon.

Zhou Xun paced in the room, his eyes casually scanning the surroundings. There were several antique paintings and calligraphy hanging on the walls.
They all depict some fairyland landscapes, spiritual plants and exotic beasts. Judging from the lively brushstrokes and the faint fluctuations of spiritual power emanating from them, they are definitely not ordinary works, but should have been created by a great calligrapher and painter in the world of cultivation.

Some classics are neatly placed on the bookshelf nearby. When you open them, you will find that they record some anecdotes from the world of cultivation or experiences in cultivation.

At this moment, two graceful maids came over with two cups of spiritual tea and placed them on the table next to Zhou Xun.
After bowing, he slowly retreated.

Zhou Xun then sat down, picked up the spiritual tea, and slowly tasted it.
After waiting for about half a cup of tea, I heard a steady sound of footsteps.
Then the door was gently pushed open, and a deacon dressed in gorgeous brocade robes walked in.

He has a fair face and no beard, but his eyes reveal shrewdness and wisdom. A powerful spiritual energy faintly emanates from his body, and he has reached the early Nascent Soul stage!
"I am Zhao Xuan, the steward of the Secret Treasury Department. Nice to meet Lord Zhou!" Steward Zhao Xuan bowed slightly.

"Deacon recognized me?" Zhou Xun asked in surprise.

Deacon Zhao Xuan smiled slightly and said:

"Palace Master Zhou defeated the Black Bone King in the Jiangling Palace competition with his Nascent Soul early stage body. Now, the news has spread among the Nascent Soul cultivators in Jinyang Immortal City!"

"I have long heard of your great name. It is my great honor to meet you today!"

"You're too polite, sir!" Zhou Xun waved his hand and then got down to business.
"I came here today to look for some materials, namely 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng' and 'Heavenly Spirit Wood Marrow Fluid'. I wonder if they are in the secret library?"

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan smiled slightly and clapped his hands on his waist.
He took out a golden book and placed it in front of him.
"This is the treasure list of my secret treasury. It shows the inventory, corresponding quantity and exchange requirements of all treasures!"

"As long as I probe with my spiritual sense, I can see everything clearly!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded repeatedly. The art of refining in the Great Jin Dynasty was indeed advanced, and even this kind of treasure could be refined. So he exclaimed,
"It's really strange!"

Zhao Xuan smiled slightly, and probed into it with his spiritual sense.

After a while, he raised his head and said:

"My Secret Treasury does have some of the two treasures that Palace Master Zhou needs!"

Zhou Xun's eyes flashed with joy: "That's great, I wonder what the conditions for the exchange are? I hope the deacon will let me know."

Zhao Xuan tapped the golden book lightly and said slowly:
"If it's this 'Heavenly Spirit Wood Marrow Fluid', it's not that bad. It's just an ordinary fourth-level spiritual object, but the number is a little rare. But in my royal spiritual garden, I still planted a lot of them."

"So a batch will be produced every few years. As long as Palace Master Zhou can come up with enough spirit stones, he can exchange them!"

"And this 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng' has a very special growth environment and cannot be cultivated artificially. Each one grows by chance!"

“In addition, this item is one of the very few spiritual medicines that can directly enhance spiritual consciousness. It is extremely precious. Even if a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage encounters it, he will regard it as a treasure!”

"For spiritual objects like this, it is no longer possible to exchange them with spiritual stones. They can only be exchanged with contribution points!"

"Contribution points?" Zhou Xun was obviously puzzled. It was the first time he heard this term.

"Please give me some advice, Deacon!"

"These contribution points are necessary to exchange for treasures above the treasures of my secret treasury. For example, the Infant Forming Pill that assists Jindan cultivators to advance to Yuanying can only be exchanged with contribution points!"

"And the 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng' that the Palace Master needs is right among them!"

Zhao Xuan replied.

"I see. How can I obtain these contribution points?" Zhou Xun asked.

"Generally speaking, there are three ways to obtain contribution points. The first is to hold a position, which will give out contribution points every year."

"For example, Lord Zhou, you have a contribution point every year during your tenure as Lord!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun frowned slightly.
In other words, if he became the Lord of the Mansion, he could only get a hundred contribution points at most!

Then came another Soul Seizing Conference.
He just didn't know the value of these contribution points, so he continued listening.

"The second way is to make contributions, such as investigating major cases, discovering spiritual mines, hunting down criminals, etc., all of which can earn contribution points, but they need to be reported to His Majesty the Emperor Jin for approval!"

Zhou Xun nodded slightly. This was a very good way. His East Wasteland Cultivation Alliance could learn a thing or two from it. This would also increase the enthusiasm of the cultivators under his command!
"The third way is military merit, but this method cannot be obtained on a normal day. Our Great Jin has been established for ten thousand years, and there are very few opportunities to mobilize the army of monks!"

"However, the ghost world invasion is a good way to gain contribution points. His Majesty the Emperor of Jin has issued a decree."

"Killing a third-level low-grade ghost king will earn you one contribution point, a third-level middle-grade ghost king will earn you three contributions, and a third-level high-grade ghost king will earn you ten contributions!"

"If you kill a fourth-level ghost king, you will get 50 points for low-level, 150 points for medium-level, and 500 points for high-level!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded and continued to ask:

"I wonder how much contribution is needed to exchange for the 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng'?"

"Four hundred and ninety-nine points!" Zhao Xuan replied!

"What!" Zhou Xun couldn't help but take a breath.

Four hundred and ninety-nine, that is to say, killing a fourth-rank upper-quality ghost king can only be exchanged for one 'Nine-bend Fantasy Ginseng'.

This is equivalent to the existence of a great monk.

His current strength is already very strong, but he is only about the same as a great monk. If he faces a weaker one, he may still have a chance to defeat him.
But it is impossible to kill him!
And if it is a fourth-order low-grade ghost king, there must be exactly ten of them!

It seems that this "Nine-bend Fantasy Ginseng" is not so easy to get.

"You also know that this 'Nine-bend Fantasy Ginseng' is a rare treasure that can increase spiritual awareness. The stronger the spiritual awareness, the greater the possibility of breaking through the bottleneck, so it is naturally more expensive!" Zhao Xuan explained.

"Alas, it seems that I have no chance to exchange for this item!" Zhou Xun sighed, and then continued to ask:
"I wonder how much of that 'Heavenly Spirit Wood Marrow Fluid' will be needed in exchange?"

"As long as five top-grade spirit stones are exchanged for one drop!" Zhao Xuan blurted out.
"Five pieces!" Zhou Xun couldn't help but feel a little toothache. The stuff from the Secret Treasury was good, but the price was really outrageous!
You know, he also exchanged two drops at the previous Palace Master Trade Fair.
The price is just the method of setting up a short-distance teleportation array, which is six top-grade spirit stones.

Each drop is only three top-grade spirit stones.
When I arrived at the Secret Treasury, the price increased by more than 60%!
But considering that he needed a lot of this thing, if he had to search for it by himself, it would take who knows how long.

After much thought, he decided to exchange the remaining three drops!
After all, he had a lot of spirit stones in his hand. If he didn't exchange them for resources, they would just be dead things. So he said, "I want three drops of this 'Heavenly Spirit Wood Marrow Fluid'!"

Zhao Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this.

He also received additional commissions and contributions from exchanging these treasures. Although the proportion was small, it was worth the 15 top-grade spirit stones.

It’s also a considerable number!
As a result, his attitude towards Zhou Xun became more enthusiastic.

"I wonder if Lord Zhou needs any other treasures. My Great Jin encompasses the four seas, and all the treasures and spiritual objects in the pavilion are stored in my secret treasury!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun was also very interested and began to think about other treasures he needed.
"I don't know what the Du'e Pill is."

"As for the treasures that can help one break through the Nascent Soul stage, they can only be exchanged for contribution points!" Zhao Xuan shook his head.

"Then I wonder if there is a fourth-level puppet inheritance?" Zhou Xun continued to ask.

"Of course there are. Whether it's puppets, alchemy, formations, talismans or weapon refining, my Secret Treasury has a fourth-level upper-grade inheritance."

"Including the various attributes of the skills, it is also extremely rich!"

“But anything above the fourth-grade lower level can only be exchanged with contribution points!” Zhao Xuan replied.

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Hearing this, Zhou Xun's originally excited mood subsided again. If he could really exchange it for a few fourth-grade top-grade cultivation skills, it would be worth spending all the spirit stones!

At the moment, only the fourth-level puppet inheritance can be exchanged, so he asked the price.
"Ten top-grade spirit stones will do!" Zhao Xuan said with a slight smile, perhaps because he saw that Zhou Xun was a little unhappy.
So he added,
"The inheritance of a puppet master is extremely rare, so the exchange price is a bit higher. If it is a common inheritance of a talisman master or a weapon refiner, it only costs eight spirit stones!"

"I want this fourth-level puppeteer inheritance!"

Zhao Xuan was even happier when he heard this. He had never expected that Zhou Xun, who was only in the early stage of Yuanying, would have such a rich fortune.

But when I think of how he defeated King Xuan Gu, it becomes clear again.

'It is quite normal for a great monk to have such a powerful fighting force and such wealth!'

Then he asked again:

"Does the mansion master need any other treasures?"

Hearing this, Zhou Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"A total of twenty-five top-grade spirit stones have swept away Zhou!"

Zhao Xuan nodded upon hearing this and said:

"In that case, please wait here, Lord. I will fetch the two treasures and then hand them over to you!"

As he spoke, he bowed and then walked quickly towards the door, his steps appearing extremely light.

This time, he waited for a full half hour before Zhao Xuan returned.

"I am sorry for keeping you waiting for so long!"

"It's true that the rules of my Secret Treasury are strict, and there are many obstacles in retrieving spiritual objects!" Zhao Xuan apologized as soon as he saw Zhou Xun.

"It's okay. There are a lot of spiritual objects in the Secret Treasury, so it's normal to be a little strict!"

"Oh, right, these are the twenty-five spirit stones. Deacon, please count them!" Zhou Xun waved his hand nonchalantly.

Then he slapped his hand towards the storage bag.
Twenty-five top-grade spirit stones came out one after another and landed on the table in front of the two people, forming a small hill.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuan took out the two treasures that Zhou Xun had exchanged. After he checked that they were correct, he put the spirit stone into his pocket.

After the payment and goods were settled, Zhou Xun said goodbye.
Zhao Xuan then stood up and personally escorted him to the door of the Secret Treasury.
When bidding farewell, Zhou Xun remembered something, so he stopped and asked:

"By the way, Deacon Zhao works in the Secret Treasury Department and is very knowledgeable. I wonder if you have ever heard of the 'Soul Stone'?"

"Of course I know. Fellow Daoist Zhou may have seen this thing before!"

"After killing a ghost king above level 4, a crystal will be left in its body. That crystal is the soul stone!"

Zhou Xun suddenly realized what was going on.

He couldn't help but recall that when he was blocking the ghost fog crack in the East Wasteland, he had encountered two fourth-level ghost kings.

It's a pity that the green ape ate all of them.
Otherwise, after I go back, I can start practicing the second level of "Spiritual Blue Light Pupil".

"Thank you, Brother Zhao. When you're done with your duties, don't forget to come to my cave to chat. I brought a lot of spiritual tea from my hometown. It tastes amazing!"

"Okay, okay, as long as Brother Zhou doesn't mind me bothering him!" Zhao Xuan readily agreed. A powerful cultivator of the same level was certainly worthy of his friendship.
And for Zhou Xun, making friends with a deacon of the Secret Treasury would be of great convenience to him in the future!

After a brief greeting, Zhou Xun said goodbye and walked straight towards the cave.

"Brother, how is it?"

As soon as he saw Zhou Xun returning, Wang Erniu asked curiously. Upon hearing this, Tianci Zhenjun also walked over curiously.

"The Secret Treasury is indeed known as the place where all the spiritual objects in the world are gathered. Even the 'Nine-bend Magical Ginseng' is stored in the treasury!"

"It's a pity that the exchange conditions are too harsh!" Zhou Xun sighed.

Zhou Xun then told everything he had seen and heard today and about the contribution points.

Hearing that the "Nine-bend Magic Ginseng" required a full 499 contribution points, and the "Heavenly Spirit Wood Marrow Fluid" that Zhou Xun exchanged for consumed a full 15 top-grade spirit stones,

Wang Erniu and Tianci Zhenjun couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"This is too expensive!"

"Fortunately, I didn't go today. Otherwise, it would be so painful to see the treasure I wanted but not be able to exchange it for it!" Wang Erniu shook his head.
He had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage not long ago and was quite short of money. He had less than five top-grade spirit stones, and that was before taking into account the dozen or so he owed Zhou Xun.

"So what are you going to do, brother? Are you going to go to the Western Desert to kill the ghosts?" asked Tianci Zhenjun.

The fastest place to obtain contribution points nowadays is naturally the passage to the ghost world in the Western Desert.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xun nodded, then shook his head.

"Yes and no,"

"I plan to go to Danyang Prefecture in Xuzhou first and try to get the blood of the heart of the 'Golden Winged Cloud-Stepping Eagle'."

"Then we will go to the Western Desert and hunt down the fourth-level ghost king to obtain contribution points and soul stones!"

(End of this chapter)