170: Chapter 170 Opening Blind Boxes

Inside the side hall.

Rows of boxes were stacked neatly.

Those boxes varied in size and material.

There were wooden boxes, iron boxes, copper boxes, silver boxes, gold boxes, jade boxes, and even a few crystal boxes.

Each box was pasted with Talismans of different colors, emitting faint fluctuations of spiritual power.

The runes on those Talismans were complex and profound, clearly some kind of powerful Restriction.

Time was pressing, and Chu Feng had no intention of opening them one by one.

With a wave of his hand, the jade blood sword flew out, slashing down repeatedly at those Talismans!

"Crackling!!!"

Sword light flickered, and the runes shattered.

Although those Talismans were profound, after all, they had gone through endless years, and their spiritual power had long since mostly dissipated.

Coupled with the lack of maintenance, the Restrictions had long since loosened.

When the jade blood sword's Sword Qi slashed upon them, it was like a sharp blade cutting paper, easily slicing through them.

However, there were a few individual boxes that the jade blood sword's Sword Qi actually couldn't cut open!

The Materials of those boxes were special and the Restrictions powerful; when the Sword Qi slashed them, it only sparked slightly, leaving not even a trace.

Chu Feng tried several times but was unable to break the Restrictions on those boxes.

Seeing this situation, Chu Feng did not get angry; instead, he became even more excited.

Such hard-to-crack boxes must surely hide more important things inside!

Ordinary boxes had ordinary Restrictions and could be opened easily.

The harder a box was to open, the more powerful the Restriction, and the more precious the items stored within.

These naturally required Chu Feng to handle them personally.

He put away the jade blood sword, walked up to those hard-to-open boxes, and began to observe them carefully.

The Restriction on each box was different; trying to break them through brute force was by no means an easy task.

However, they had met Chu Feng.

Compared to his combat power, his Comprehension Ability was truly Heaven-Defying.

Therefore, Chu Feng didn't spend too much time before he had opened all the boxes in the hall.

The first mystery box was opened.

Inside were jade bottles packed to the brim, stacked neatly; a rough count suggested there were over a hundred bottles.

Those jade bottles were snow-white and translucent, emitting a faint halo.

Every jade bottle was perfectly sealed with a Talisman on the mouth to ensure the Medicinal Pill wouldn't lose its medicinal potency.

"Holy crap!!!"

Opening a jade bottle and looking at the Medicinal Pill inside whose efficacy had already weakened, Chu Feng couldn't help but curse in exasperation.

Those Medicinal Pills were dim in color; what should have been translucent pills had now become dusty gray, as if covered in a layer of dust.

The medicinal fragrance was thin; what should have been a rich and fragrant pill scent was now faint and fleeting, almost undetectable.

Clearly, the vast majority of the medicinal potency had been lost over the long years!

"Damn!"

Tang An also blurted out a curse.

They've gone bad and still have Earth Rank quality; what level of Medicinal Pill must they have been back then?

Heaven Rank?

Or even higher?

Who wouldn't be heartbroken seeing this?

This was like watching a mountain of gold turn into flowing water right before one's eyes; the heartache was beyond words.

If these Medicinal Pills were intact, their value would be immeasurable.

But now, with most of the medicinal potency gone and the value greatly discounted, how could one not be heartbroken?

"What a pity!"

Chu Feng opened the jade bottles one by one, taking out the Medicinal Pills to carefully test their properties.

He held a pill to his nose to sniff it, feeling the residual medicinal fragrance.

He licked it lightly with the tip of his tongue to taste the remaining medicinal power.

He used Qi to probe, sensing the degree of loss.

He couldn't name a single one of these Medicinal Pills!

Clearly, they were all high-level Medicinal Pills, good things that he simply couldn't have accessed before.

The refinement techniques, Materials used, and the effects of these pills all exceeded his range of knowledge.

Those capable of refining these pills were at least figures of the Heaven Alchemist level.

Every time he checked the properties of a pill, his face couldn't help but twitch.

Heartache!

Extreme heartache!

Heartache to the point of wanting to die!

This feeling was practically like having flesh carved off Chu Feng's body while alive!

He could almost see those Medicinal Pills losing their potency bit by bit over the long years, losing their luster bit by bit, and heading toward decay bit by bit.

And he could only watch helplessly.

"Old Tang, take this pill, it's for replenishing mana! This one's for you too, it's for nourishing blood! And this one, this one is for strengthening Yang..."

As Chu Feng experimented, he took Medicinal Pills from the jade bottles and casually tossed them to Tang An.

Based on the residual medicinal properties, he roughly judged the effects of these pills, then categorized them, selecting those with less loss and remaining efficacy to hand to Tang An.

As for the remaining majority, he put them into his Storage Ring, and they disappeared instantly.

"We're rich! We're rich!"

At this moment, Tang An felt extremely happy.

He held those Medicinal Pills, his eyes full of excitement.

Never mind that these pills had lost most of their efficacy, they were still Earth Rank Medicinal Pills!

With his current cultivation, if he could consume them, his cultivation would surely advance greatly!

Of course, he couldn't just take them recklessly.

The medicinal power of these pills was immense; even if most had been lost, they still weren't something he could easily refine.

He had to be fully prepared and go all out to slowly refine one of them, thoroughly absorbing the medicinal power.

Otherwise, with the slightest carelessness, he might be blown apart by the medicinal power, his Meridians bursting, leaving no corpse intact.

A full seven or eight boxes were filled with Medicinal Pills!

Chu Feng roughly estimated that there were probably thousands of bottles of these pills, with more than ten pills in each bottle.

In other words, at least tens of thousands of Medicinal Pills were stored here!

This quantity was simply appalling.

Even in those large Sects, there might not be so much stock.

The distribution was complete.

Chu Feng continued opening mystery boxes.

This time, he opened a bronze mirror.

This was clearly a true ancient Magic Treasure!

The mirror emitted powerful fluctuations of spiritual power, and on the back of the mirror was a Taiji diagram.

Upon it were carved many patterns of farming, herding, fishing, and tilling—men plowing and women weaving, spring planting and autumn harvesting—as if recording a long history of civilization.

Those patterns were lifelike: there were farmers holding plows to till the fields, farmwives picking mulberry leaves to raise silkworms, fishermen casting nets to catch fish, and hunters bending bows to shoot arrows.

Every scene was vivid and lifelike, as if one could hear those distant songs and see the curling cooking smoke.

Chu Feng had seen many good things, so he could naturally tell that this Bronze Taiji Mirror was definitely a Spiritual Artifact.

Those patterns weren't just decorations; they contained some kind of universal truth; if one could comprehend them, there would surely be great gains.

Without another word, he pocketed it directly.

Such a treasure was something one could only encounter by chance; since he had found it, he absolutely could not miss it.

With such a great harvest, Chu Feng's heart was burning as he continued to open the remaining boxes.

However, in the following boxes, many Magic Treasures appeared.

Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, and forks—there was everything.

For sabers, there were single sabers, double sabers, long sabers, and short sabers; for spears, there were long spears, short spears, double spears, and single spears; for swords, there were long swords, short swords, double swords, and single swords; for halberds, there were fangtian painted halberds, Azure Dragon Halberds, Crescent Halberds... all sorts, a dazzling array.

Unfortunately, under the erosion of time, these Magic Treasures had all decayed, turning to dross at a light touch.

Soon, more than half of the boxes were opened.

At this point, the new box in front of Chu Feng was one whose Restriction he had personally broken earlier.

This box was different; it was cast entirely from some kind of black metal, emitting a faint, cold light.

The box was covered with complex runes, layered and intertwined, forming an extremely powerful Restriction.

Chu Feng spent quite a bit of effort before finding the weak point of the Restriction and cracking it.

He had high expectations for this box, believing there must be something good inside.

"Click!"

The box opened, and inside lay a Jade Ruler quietly.

That Jade Ruler was snow-white, about one foot three inches long, covered with profound runes and emitting a warm, soft light.

The material of the Jade Ruler was excellent—top-quality mutton-fat white jade, warm as grease and flawlessly white.

Those runes were carved very shallowly yet were clearly visible, each containing some kind of mysterious power.

Chu Feng examined it carefully.

Another ancient Magic Treasure!

This Jade Ruler was also a Spiritual Artifact, and its runes were quite complex, containing an even more profound power; it seemed to be more than just a simple Magic Treasure.

He was delighted and continued to open all the remaining boxes.

He opened more.

A piece of armor, a copper bell, a fangtian painted halberd, a copper gong, a long saber, a large drum, a string of crystal beads, and a jade pendant.

A full ten treasures!

Each piece had restrained spiritual light and a long-lasting aura; clearly, they were all ancient treasures!!!

"Old Tang, what do you want? Pick one!"

Chu Feng was greatly pleased and said, pointing at these treasures.

He had always been a man of loyalty and wouldn't keep good things to himself.

Tang An was his best brother, so he naturally had to share a portion.

"This... I haven't contributed anything, so maybe I shouldn't?"

Tang An was stunned, a wave of warmth rising in his heart.

He did want one, but he thought about how he had relied entirely on Chu Feng along the way and hadn't achieved anything himself.

Taking a bit of advantage with the Medicinal Pills earlier was one thing, but these were clearly ancient Magic Treasures, good things ranked as Spiritual Artifacts.

Even Nascent Soul Cultivators would go crazy for them; what right did he, Tang An, have to take one for nothing?

"Bullshit!!!"

Chu Feng laughed and scolded: "Between us brothers, why put on an act? You think everything I say is just hot air? Hurry up and take one!"

"Uh... are you really giving it to me?"

Tang An was moved, yet still a bit embarrassed.

He looked at those treasures, his gaze lingering longest on that fangtian painted halberd.

That fangtian painted halberd was too cool—the pitch-black shaft, the snow-bright blade, paired with that bright red tassel—it was practically a show-off Sharp Weapon tailor-made for him!

"Really! Hurry up! A grown man shouldn't be so wishy-washy!"

Chu Feng rolled his eyes at Tang An and said crossly.

What he hated most was this kind of hesitance; between brothers, was there any need for such formality?