From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 129 Choosing a Treasure

The autumn hunt was over, and the sky was clear and bright.

Above the sky, a magnificent palace floated, slowly emerging under the gaze of gods and numerous cultivators. On the palace was a stele with four ancient seal characters: 【镇山玄藏】.

Rays of light fell upon You Ming and the other ten people, and a rainbow bridge appeared beneath each of their feet.

You Ming took just one step forward, and it was as if he had stepped into a boundless ocean of treasures.

The surrounding void was vast and boundless, with countless treasures, like shadows, floating in the air—magical artifacts, magical seals, authority and divine authority, or elixirs and precious medicines.

Truly, divine treasures abound like mountains, and wondrous teachings are as numerous as forests.

The top ten finishers in this autumn hunt can use their merit points to exchange for various treasures in the treasure vault of the Mountain Guardian King.

You Ming glanced at himself; he now had a total of 1,826,000 merit points.

The little carp's gaze wandered among the myriad divine objects, its heart skipping a beat. There were so many treasures here, and of such high quality.

As expected of an ancient deity that has existed since the distant past, every single treasure he sees is beyond his wildest imagination; he wants every single one of them.

For example, the lush green vines can enhance the spiritual energy of the land, and over time, the people under its jurisdiction will be healthy, which can greatly enhance its conservation responsibilities.

And that fish scale, although not a dragon scale, contains an exaggerated amount of tidal power. If one could refine and absorb it, one's physical attributes would probably be greatly improved.

And that bronze cauldron hummed loudly, capable of automatically absorbing various spiritual energies from heaven and earth, harmonizing the five elements, and refining various elixirs without any toxic side effects. If one could obtain this cauldron, one would never lack resources for cultivation again.

……

You Ming looked at these treasures and couldn't stop drooling.

Fortunately, his willpower is now at 5 points, so he knows that many of the treasures here are not that useful to him, or rather, they are far from maximizing his benefits.

Finally, as he swept his gaze over an inconspicuous gray stone, his eyes lit up slightly.

The stone floated silently behind three layers of light curtains, vaguely resembling a curled-up infant, its entire body grayish-brown with indistinct textures.

But when viewed up close, one can see its internal veins intertwined, like the bones of a newly formed mountain, and it seems that with each breath, the faint sounds of the earth's veins vibrate gently from within.

It's as if... this isn't an inanimate object.

This is certainly not an inanimate object; it is a mountain embryo, the nascent stage before the formation of the earth's veins, the starting point of the sacred mountains of heaven and earth.

The Yuanling Mountain where You Ming is located is a small mountain.

Although it was once associated with Bixia Yuanjun, and now it also keeps a dragon, it almost embodies both the saying "a fairy is famous" and "a dragon is sacred".

But in essence, it is still a small hill that is only a few hundred meters high.

However, if a mountain seedling is planted, nourished by time and fed by incense, it will take root in ten days, grow a spine in a hundred days, and in a thousand days it can transform the mountain and reveal the earth's veins.

In other words, as long as the mountain embryo is planted, Yuanling Mountain can continue to grow, not only becoming taller but also having a richer spiritual energy.

This is good stuff.

Yuanling Mountain is Youming's lair, so it definitely needs to be managed well.

"It's so expensive! It costs 500,000 merit points, but... I'll buy it!"

You Ming had actually made preparations long ago. Merit points are just like virtual currency in a game; they become worthless in the later stages.

He continued to wander through the treasure vault.

Occasionally, he would come across some spiritual seeds and precious herbs, which he would buy on the spot. Once the spiritual energy of Yuanling Mountain becomes abundant, he could cultivate a region to grow some herbs. In any case, these seeds are not expensive, basically costing 10,000 merit points per seed, so he would buy them directly whenever he saw something suitable.

But after all that, it cost 300,000 in total.

"Huh? This is it?"

You Ming circled around a bronze cauldron that resembled a small mountain, but suddenly saw water ripples hanging upside down in the void, with a dark blue floating seal suspended in the center.

The seal is four-cornered with slightly curled edges, and a giant whale faintly appears on it.

Its mouth swallows the abyss, its tail slaps against the sea and mountains, and nine veins of water hang down from the bottom, like whiskers flowing against the current.

【Mysterious Whale Floating Seal】!
This is a spiritual object.

You Ming did not move his feet, but his mind trembled slightly.

The [Stabilizing Origin and Dividing Meridians Divine Book] within his body suddenly started operating on its own, causing ripples to spread through his mind.

The invisible whale shadow on the treasure seal suddenly manifested water vapor around its body, its tail swayed, and it lunged towards You Ming's sea of ​​consciousness.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the water surged, and an immense, indescribable mysterious shadow burst forth from the sea.

It has no eyes, no fins, and its entire body seems to be composed of thousands of water veins, spiritual veins, and the energy of rivers. As it swims, nine ripples hang like an inverted galaxy, and with each breath it stirs up the water, as if swallowing, as if the tide is rising and falling.

That was an ancient black whale.

You Ming knew that his [Fortune] attribute was as high as 6 points, which was already beyond the limit of ordinary people. Therefore, in this vast treasure trove, he was able to easily encounter this treasure that was so compatible with him.

As the Xuan Whale appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness, countless profound insights spontaneously arose in You Ming's mind.

However, his current comprehension level is only 1 point, so it is obvious that he cannot grasp these insights.

Without hesitation, he adjusted the compass and activated the [Equal Element Adjustment].

Appearance -2, Willpower -2, Spirituality -1, Luck -2, Comprehension +7.

In just a moment, You Ming's comprehension reached 8 points, instantly giving him a terrifyingly high level of talent, almost monstrous.

"The whale veins have returned, and the source sea flows on forever."

In the next instant, You Ming's body trembled violently, his bones rumbled, as if all his meridians had been moistened by the water, and the "source point" in his body gushed out magical power, which meandered out from his dantian.

But the quality of this newly generated magical power seemed to have increased several times over. When it circulated, it was like a surging thunder tide, or the roar of a black whale.

He did not exert any power, yet he felt his entire body surging with magical energy, as if the sea were pressing down on him, as if the roar of a whale were penetrating his body.

Behind him, a faint phantom of a whale pattern appeared, and the spring beneath his belly rippled. With each breath, even the spiritual water surrounding the Zhenshan Xuanzang resonated, transforming into waves of sound.

"Truly wondrous... It has actually added the concept of 'oceanic power' to the original 'Stabilizing Origin', and expanded the technique from the original eighteen Heavenly Script Insect Seals to twenty-two."

You Ming's previous method was something he had figured out himself from the "Tide Source Limitless Scripture," but there was still a lot of room for improvement.

Now, encountering this [Mysterious Whale Floating Seal] has actually spurred the evolution of the technique; it's truly an unparalleled stroke of luck.

From then on, his magical power not only became inexhaustible, but also possessed a grand and imposing aura, which had a profound impact on his future path of forging his own way.

However… when You Ming looked at the 400,000 merit points marked on the [Mysterious Whale Floating Seal], he felt a pang of heartache.

(End of this chapter)