Mortal: Starting by looting Han Laomo's entire herb garden

It was a small golden sword, no more than three inches long, with a golden light flowing around it and a sharp, menacing aura.

Immediately afterwards, a second, a third, a fourth... a total of nine small golden swords flew out, lined up in the secret chamber, their tips all pointing at Lu Yan, flashing with spiritual light and buzzing.

The sword hidden in the gourd.

Lu Yan reached out and grasped a sword; the blade trembled slightly and emitted a clear, melodious sword cry.

He could sense that the flying swords were not yet fully refined; only about 70-80% of the runes within them were complete, and the last few key runes had not yet been inscribed, so their power was far from reaching its peak.

No problem, we can refine it slowly in the future.

He recalled the ending of this flying sword set in the original story: Han Li obtained the sword in the gourd and refined it, but he did not use it himself. Instead, he gave it to his disciple Hai Yuetian.

Hai Yuetian's physique is exactly the same as his: lightning spirit root, molten metal body.

"What a coincidence." Lu Yan carefully put away the sword in the gourd.

Yin Yue clicked her tongue in her mind and said, "Although being trapped in the cauldron was a bit embarrassing, the gains were considerable."

Lu Yan's lips twitched: "Again."

The third stop.

The place they settled in was a warehouse. It wasn't large, only a few dozen feet in circumference, and it was surrounded by thick, blue stone walls, which were covered with densely packed restriction patterns.

Several jade boxes were displayed on the shelf. They were pure white and exuded a restrained spiritual energy, clearly not ordinary items.

Before Lu Yan could even get a good look at his surroundings, a red light suddenly appeared on the ground beneath his feet.

The red light spread extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the stone walls, ceiling, and floor of the entire warehouse.

The restrictive patterns lit up one after another, like fuses being lit, and a scorching aura surged in from all directions.

"Not good!" Tianfu Zhenren's voice boomed in his mind: "This is an ancient restriction, run!"

Before he finished speaking, countless flames appeared out of thin air. Crimson flames surged from the restriction patterns, transforming into fire snakes, fire birds, and fire dragons, overwhelming Lu Yan.

The temperature inside the warehouse soared to a suffocating level in an instant, and the air itself was distorted and warped by the heat.

Lu Yan felt a chill run down his spine. These flames were of extremely high quality; any one of them could easily burn a Nascent Soul cultivator to death.

Without a second thought, he sprang up, his hands flashing out like lightning, and grabbed the jade box closest to him.

The flames were already upon them.

"Teleport." Lu Yan shouted in a low voice.

Flames swept across the spot where he had just stood, causing the space to slightly collapse.

The next moment, he crashed heavily onto the floor of the secret chamber of the Sea Ape Island cave.

Lu Yan lay on the ground, panting heavily. A large section of his clothes on the back was burned through, revealing his charred skin.

The physical body of the seventh level of the Vajra Technique helped him withstand the intense heat of that moment, but a large area of ​​his skin was still burned, causing him to grimace in pain.

"That was close..." Silver Moon said, still shaken. "If you had been a moment slower, you would have turned to ashes."

Master Tianfu was still shaken: "The restrictions in that warehouse were at least set up by a Void Refinement cultivator. You only survived because you ran fast."

Lu Yan rolled over and lay on his back on the ground, still clutching the jade box tightly in his hand.

He took a few breaths, sat up, and placed the jade box in front of his lap.

"Look what this thing is, it almost cost me my life."

Upon opening the jade box, one finds a small blue dagger-axe. Its head is crescent-shaped, and its entire body is ice-blue, with a cold light swirling at the blade, radiating a chilling aura.

The small sword was only half a foot long, yet it gave people a sharp feeling that it could split mountains and seas.

Lu Yan tried to inject a trace of spiritual power, and Xiao Ge trembled slightly as a surge of information entered his sea of ​​consciousness: the Tongbao Technique.

The Heavenly Treasure, the Sea-Suppressing Spear.

When activated, it can transform into a gigantic halberd hundreds of feet long, capable of causing tsunamis and landslides with a single strike.

It provides an extra boost to water-based martial arts techniques, and its power is doubled when used on the sea.

"A Heaven-Reaching Treasure," Lu Yan murmured, his eyes gleaming.

Silver Moon asked curiously, "A Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure? On par with the Void Heaven Cauldron? Does that mean we're invincible?"

Lu Yan glanced at her and smiled, "This Pinghai Ge is a famous spiritual treasure on the Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking. Although it is only ranked last, it is still not comparable to the likes of the Void Heaven Cauldron and the Eight Spirits Ruler."

"The Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking?" A hint of confusion flashed in Silver Moon's eyes as she tapped her head. "Strange, I feel like I've heard this name before, but I just can't remember it."

Master Tianfu also became interested: "The Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking? I'm also a little curious, young Lu, stop keeping me in suspense."

Lu Yan explained, "The Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking is a celestial artifact created by Ancestor Chen Tuan of the Heaven-Mending Sect in the Immortal Realm and placed in various realms to collect information on spiritual treasures from each realm. Every time a Xuan Tian Treasure is born, it will appear on the ranking."

Silver Moon's eyes widened: "Refined by a powerful being from the Immortal Realm? Then what is the cultivation level of this Patriarch of the Heaven-Mending Sect?"

"The Dao Ancestor".

"Hiss!" Yin Yue and Tian Fu both gasped, having made a small contribution to warming the human world.

Silver Moon then asked, "Are the Void Heaven Cauldron and the Eight Spirit Ruler ranked after Ping Hai Ge?"

Lu Yan shook his head: "No, those two weren't even on the list; they can only be considered ordinary spiritual treasures."

"Wow..." Yin Yue's mouth dropped open: "As expected of Brother Lu, he can get his hands on such a treasure so easily."

Master Tianfu smacked his lips, "This is truly..."

Yin Yue became excited again: "Then Brother Lu, shall we refine it now? By then, we should be invincible in the human realm, right? Let's rob all the spirit stones in the entire human realm!"

Lu Yan was speechless: "What are you thinking? At least wait until you reach the Nascent Soul stage before trying to steal it. Besides, with my current cultivation level, I can't possibly control such a powerful weapon. I'll have to wait until I reach the late Nascent Soul stage at least."

He can't use Ping Haige for the time being, but if he can refine the Brahma Saint Dharma Image, he can barely activate it in the early stages.

In the original work, when Han Li was refining his Void Realm, he used the Brahma Saint Dharma Image to forcibly activate the Xuan Tian Spirit Slaying Sword, at the cost of the Dharma Image weakening by 30%.

Ping Haige is far inferior to the Xuan Tian Zhan Ling Sword. With his Nascent Soul stage condensed into a Dharma form, he should be able to activate it as well.

He put away the Pinghai Ge, then took out the fragments, and a thought struck him.

The fourth stop.

This time, their destination was a small stone chamber. In the center of the chamber was a stone platform, on which sat a bluish-gray conch shell, about the size of a palm, with fine spirals on its surface, faintly shimmering with spiritual light.

There were no restrictions, no traps. Lu Yan picked up the conch shell, infused it with spiritual power, and a surge of information flooded into his mind.

The Thousand Beasts Snail.

This is a rare treasure, not a celestial artifact. Blowing this conch shell can emit special sound waves that can briefly control the minds of demonic beasts below the transformation stage within a certain range.

It almost always hits for levels below 6, and also has a fairly high success rate for level 7. It is ineffective for levels 8 and above.

The item that was supposed to be the highlight of the Yuncheng auction in the original story was unexpectedly obtained by him ahead of time.

Silver Moon asked curiously, "What is this? A Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure?"

Lu Yan shook his head: "It's a rare treasure, a level below a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure. But it's practical, and with my current cultivation level, I can barely use it."

He carefully put away the Myriad Beast Conch, in a good mood. A supreme spiritual treasure and a rare gem—it was worth it.