213: Treasure Exchange (I)

The Myriad Treasure Pagoda is located at the center of this Realm.

Within this Realm, it is like a place of pilgrimage.

Regardless of their strength, any martial artist who possesses a treasure token will try their best to go to the Myriad Treasure Pagoda to exchange for treasures.

Legend has it that the treasures within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda are all-encompassing, with items for every Realm.

Even treasures from the Upper Three Realms can be found here.

For the indigenous people of these Realms,

most of the cultivation techniques, weapons, treasures, and combat skills they practice

originate from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

When Xiao Shi, led by the Tai Mu Clan, arrived at the Myriad Treasure Pagoda via a teleportation array,

he immediately saw the sacred land of this Realm!

The entire Myriad Treasure Pagoda was extremely vast, like a towering mountain piercing the clouds, with no end in sight, creating an incredibly shocking visual effect.

Its pagoda body was entirely golden, covered in profound and intricate runes.

"Indeed... this Myriad Treasure Pagoda itself is a supreme treasure of extremely high status!"

Xiao Shi was deeply moved.

At this time, besides Xiao Shi, there was another outsider who arrived with the Tai Mu Clan.

This person had only been brought to the clan's territory by members of the Tai Mu Clan a few days ago.

Unlike Xiao Shi, although this person was an outsider, his physical body was only comparable to the Entering Martial Realm.

Far from as powerful as Xiao Shi.

After all, for these martial artists of the Star Luo Territory,

body cultivators are ultimately a minority.

When they arrived at the area where the Myriad Treasure Pagoda was located,

everyone felt a rule existing in this area:

No fighting!

Everyone who came to this area, regardless of their strength, could not violate this rule.

Even though before coming,

Xiao Shi had already heard about this rule in the Myriad Treasure Pagoda's area from the Clan Leader of the Tai Mu Clan, he was still very shocked after truly experiencing it.

Because this rule... was formed by the Myriad Treasure Pagoda!

This was a high-status supreme treasure that had already formed its own rules!

Before this,

Xiao Shi had never seen such a supreme treasure.

He hadn't even heard of one.

It's estimated that the entire Star Luo Territory couldn't find such a supreme treasure.

After the group arrived, they marched grandly towards the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

At this time, not only people from the Tai Mu Clan had arrived here.

Many body-refining clans from this Realm had also come.

It also included many outsiders.

Xiao Shi paid particular attention to these outsiders.

Most of these outsiders were Martial Soul Realm experts, or even above the Martial Soul Realm, outside, but here they only had physical bodies comparable to the Entering Martial Realm.

However, Xiao Shi also saw a few people with powerful physical bodies among them.

Soon,

their group arrived at the base of the pagoda.

The numerous body-refining clans were only responsible for bringing the outsiders here; the subsequent actions of these outsiders had nothing to do with them.

Xiao Shi also parted ways with the members of the Tai Mu Clan here.

He did not intend to enter the Myriad Treasure Pagoda immediately.

Instead, he planned to observe first.

He had to guard against one situation:

that upon entering the Myriad Treasure Pagoda, the fragment of the celestial compass within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda would immediately identify him!

Regarding this,

Xiao Shi was very patient and not in a hurry.

He knew.

He was not the first batch of outsiders to arrive here.

After all, the time he entered this Realm was not early; many people had already entered here before him.

But it wasn't that entering the Myriad Treasure Pagoda earlier gave more advantages.

Even those who entered the Myriad Treasure Pagoda very early could not take away the fragment of the celestial compass inside.

Therefore,

Xiao Shi did not need to worry about the fragment of the celestial compass being taken away.

He watched as one excited outsider after another entered the pagoda, and then came out looking dejected... At most, these people could only see the fragment of the celestial compass inside.

But not a single person could take it away.

At the same time,

after these outsiders arrived here, they did not continue to other places.

They all gathered here.

Discussing how to obtain the fragment of the celestial compass.

This indeed formed a gathering place for these outsiders.

As an outsider, Xiao Shi easily blended in.

Through conversations with these people, he quickly gained an understanding of the situation inside the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

According to these people's accounts,

the entire Myriad Treasure Pagoda had twelve floors.

The fragment of the celestial compass was located on the eleventh floor.

However, this floor did not only contain the fragment of the celestial compass; there were other treasures there, but the fragment of the celestial compass was the most conspicuous among these treasures.

One could almost see the fragment of the celestial compass as soon as they stepped onto the eleventh floor.

Xiao Shi narrowed his eyes at this.

"It's as I thought..."

"However, it's not that the person stepping onto the eleventh floor will see the fragment of the celestial compass first, but rather the fragment of the celestial compass will see the person stepping onto the eleventh floor first!"

"If I'm not mistaken..."

"If I were to step onto the eleventh floor like a normal person, then the moment the fragment of the celestial compass sees me, it would instantly identify my identity!"

"At that time, the person behind it would immediately know that I am the Hall Master of Tianji Hall!"

Even before coming to the Myriad Treasure Pagoda,

Xiao Shi had already inquired about information regarding the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

He learned that this Myriad Treasure Pagoda had been ownerless from beginning to end!

Even the person behind the opening of this Realm, the deity in the mouths of these indigenous people, could not control the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

In other words,

under normal circumstances,

the person behind it would not be able to spy on the situation within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

But apparently, the person behind it had used some means.

Although they could not see the situation inside the Myriad Treasure Pagoda, they could see the perspective of the fragment of the celestial compass on the eleventh floor.

They could see the identity recognition performed by the fragment of the celestial compass.

"The eleventh floor must not be entered under any circumstances..."

"However, the other floors should be safe."

Xiao Shi analyzed in his mind.

After all, based on his current understanding,

the status of the Myriad Treasure Pagoda was clearly higher than that of the fragment of the celestial compass.

The fragment of the celestial compass was merely one of the many treasures inside.

At most, it could only identify the identity of those who stepped onto the eleventh floor.

It could not identify people on other floors.

"So..."

"As long as I don't go to the eleventh floor, my identity won't be exposed."

Xiao Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that as soon as he stepped into the Myriad Treasure Pagoda, his identity would be exposed.

Then he wouldn't be able to go in and exchange for treasures.

In this situation,

he could go and exchange for treasures within the Myriad Treasure Pagoda, and at the same time, gain a deeper understanding of the Myriad Treasure Pagoda, in order to figure out how to get his hands on the fragment of the celestial compass.

In short,

unless he was confident he could get his hands on it,

he would not easily go to the eleventh floor.

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi no longer hesitated.

He walked straight towards the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

Given the immense size of the Myriad Treasure Pagoda,

there were hundreds of entrances to it.

Xiao Shi casually chose an entrance and walked in.

Whoosh!

The moment he stepped into the pagoda,

he only felt his vision darken.

The next second,

he was already on a wide corridor.

This corridor was extremely wide, extending into the depths, with no end in sight.

And on both the left and right sides of the corridor, there were transparent counters, large and small.

Each counter displayed an item.

The entire corridor was filled with people.

However, all these people appeared in a blurred form.

Everyone's physique remained consistent, making it impossible to tell if they were male or female, or to see their faces and appearances, and at the same time, their voices could not be heard.

Furthermore, when touched, one would pass directly through their bodies.

"It seems that people who enter here, although they can see the actions of others, they don't know who these people are, and they can't touch or talk to each other..."

Xiao Shi understood in his heart.

This also prevented some people from being targeted by others after exchanging for powerful treasures.

At this time, after everyone entered here,

they were all attracted by the treasures on both sides of the corridor.

Xiao Shi also walked towards the nearest treasure.

This was a bronze longsword.

As he approached,

information about this bronze longsword immediately appeared before him.

Entering Martial Bronze Sword: An Entering Martial Realm weapon, it cuts iron like mud and is very sharp.

Exchange condition: 1 white treasure token.

Clearly,

this was a built-in feature of the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

Every item would have relevant information.

However, the information was very scarce.

This also posed a certain test to everyone's eyesight.

Some items obviously could not have their specific value identified based on such limited information alone.

"If these items could display information like the ones that drop after I kill something, that would be great..."

Xiao Shi was just thinking.

Suddenly,

the familiar information display he was accustomed to abruptly appeared in his vision.

【Name: Entering Martial Bronze Sword】

【Type: Weapon】

【Grade: Entering Martial Rank】

【Description: An Entering Martial Rank item from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.】

【Remarks: This weapon is more suitable for body cultivators. When wielded with powerful physical strength, it can not only unleash the weapon's sharp characteristics but also provide some stamina recovery.】

...Xiao Shi looked at the information in his vision, very surprised.

All this time,

only items that dropped after he killed something would display this type of information.

If it wasn't an item that dropped from his kills, this kind of information display usually wouldn't appear.

But now, these items in the Myriad Treasure Pagoda also displayed such information.

This is very strange!

“Could it be that there’s some connection between the items in the Myriad Treasure Pagoda and the items I obtain from killing?”

Xiao Shi pondered.

To understand the connection, he needed to know how these items in the Myriad Treasure Pagoda came to be.

This involved a very high level of complexity.

Xiao Shi certainly couldn’t access that information now.

He shook his head.

Although he didn't know the specific reason,

with this information display, it was basically impossible for him to misjudge anything.

Others could only see very little information.

But he could see the detailed information of these items.

For example, this [Entering Martial Bronze Sword], besides being sharp, clearly also hid the effect of restoring stamina.

This required keen eyesight to discern.

“The treasures on the first floor are all just Entering Martial Realm treasures, nothing worth looking at.”

Xiao Shi casually looked at a few items, mainly to understand the rules of this place first.

These items displayed on the counters could only be seen, not touched.

If one tried to touch them forcefully, their hand would pass directly through, unable to make contact.

“Could this be why the fragment of the celestial compass cannot be taken away?”

Xiao Shi pondered.

According to the information he had previously gathered,

the fragment of the celestial compass was different from these items; it was an item that could not be exchanged.

If it couldn't be exchanged, it would be like an illusory image, untouchable, and naturally impossible to take away.

Of course, this was just his current speculation.

The specific situation would only be known when he personally went to the eleventh floor.

Xiao Shi walked along the corridor.

There were many Entering Martial Realm treasures on this floor.

He walked for a long time.

He finally saw the stairs leading to the next floor.

He immediately walked up the stairs and arrived at the second floor.

The second floor contained Qi Martial Realm treasures.

These were also not of much interest to Xiao Shi.

He did not linger here for long.

He went directly to the third floor.

The third floor contained Blood Martial Grade treasures.

The treasures on this floor were exactly what suited him best at the moment, and it was also the floor he intended to focus on during this trip.

Xiao Shi walked towards a treasure not far away.

This was a secret manual placed on a counter.

Upon approaching,

information about this secret manual immediately appeared in his vision.

[Name: Blood Speed Incomplete Method (Yellow Tier)]

[Type: Movement Secret Manual]

[Grade: Blood Martial Grade]

[Description: A Blood Martial Grade item from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.]

[Remarks: This secret manual requires a Blood Martial Realm body refining physique to cultivate. This manual has a total of three layers, but unfortunately, it is an incomplete method, possessing only the first layer. After cultivation, it can bring a significant speed increase.]

Exchange condition: 3 white treasure tokens… Xiao Shi looked at the information before him.

Clearly,

this was a body refining movement secret manual.

And it was precisely what he was currently lacking.

He originally didn't have many body refining techniques or movement methods.

He hadn't even dropped a single one in the Blood Martial Realm.

This led to the fact that the only body refining technique he currently possessed was [Raging Bull Ram] from the Qi Martial Realm.

And this technique, when used in the Blood Martial Realm, had a mediocre effect.

It couldn't fully utilize the physical strength of this corpse.

If he had a powerful Blood Martial Realm body refining technique, he wouldn't have struggled so much when he killed that Blood Martial Realm Monkey King.

Although this movement method was what he lacked,

Xiao Shi was not in a hurry to exchange for it.

After all, there were many treasures here, and there would certainly be no shortage of such body refining movement methods; there was no need to exchange for such a poor one.

If he were to exchange, he would exchange for the powerful ones.

Anyway, he wasn't short of [white treasure tokens] now.

Judging from the current exchange conditions of these items, not many [white treasure tokens] were required.

Furthermore, Xiao Shi had not yet seen any items that required [Green Treasure Tokens] for exchange.

It seemed that the current items were all too low-end.

They weren't even qualified to be exchanged with [Green Treasure Tokens].

Xiao Shi looked at another item next to this movement secret manual.

This was a shattered golden battle axe.

[Name: Splitting Gold Battle Axe]

[Type: Weapon]

[Grade: Blood Martial Grade]

[Description: A Blood Martial Grade item from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.]

[Remarks: This is a body refining weapon. Only a body refining physique above the Blood Martial Realm can wield it. Through physical strength, the battle axe can unleash powerful shattering force. The shattering force mainly depends on physical strength; the stronger the physical body, the more astonishing the shattering force unleashed.]

Exchange condition: 4 white treasure tokens… Xiao Shi knew well.

Among weapons, there were also body refining weapons specifically for body refining martial artists.

However, in the Star Luo Territory, a territory not primarily focused on body refining, such weapons were clearly not easy to find.

At the same time, Xiao Shi had not dropped such weapons before.

This [Splitting Gold Battle Axe] now was quite good.

Not only could it unleash its shattering force, but it could also be used in conjunction with the Blood Axe Slash he had comprehended from the [enlightenment bead].

However, compared to the Blood Axe Slash,

the sword technique he later comprehended was stronger.

It was just that this corpse currently lacked Natal Martial Blood, so it couldn't enter the gray sword form, and its power would be greatly reduced.

Xiao Shi planned to look around more.

He wasn't in a hurry to exchange.

Just like that,

he meticulously examined each item.

Gradually, he discovered that all the treasures here were related to body refining.

There seemed to be no other types of treasures.

Xiao Shi didn't feel surprised by this.

After all, in this Realm, only physical strength could exist, so this Myriad Treasure Pagoda naturally couldn't have items related to Natal Martial Blood.

As he continued to examine,

Xiao Shi saw many body refining techniques, movement methods, weapons, rare treasures, and many miscellaneous items.

Among them was an important item capable of forming a bloodline!

Xiao Shi looked at the treasure before him.

[Name: mo chen blood]

[Type: Blood]

[Grade: Blood Martial Grade]

[Description: A Blood Martial Grade item from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.]

[Remarks: This is the body refining blood from the Mo Chen Clan, a body refining clan that has already gone extinct. Through this drop of mo chen blood, one can effectively improve their own body refining bloodline. If there is a suitable method, there might be a chance to form the Mo Chen bloodline of the Mo Chen Clan.]

Exchange condition: 60 white treasure tokens… Among the many items Xiao Shi had seen so far, there weren't many treasures that required 60 [white treasure tokens] to acquire.

Among the many Blood Martial Realm items, this was already considered a high-quality treasure.

For the indigenous people of this place, even if they wanted to exchange for such treasures, it would be quite difficult.

According to Xiao Shi's previous understanding,

ordinary members of the Tai Mu Clan could usually only harvest 4-6 [white treasure tokens] in a year.

In other words,

if they wanted to exchange for such a treasure,

it would take at least ten years!

And with Xiao Shi's current number of [white treasure tokens], exchanging for this [mo chen blood] was not difficult.

But he had to seriously consider one question.

That was, how to take this [mo chen blood] out?

If he couldn't take it out,

then exchanging for it wouldn't have much meaning.

“From the current situation, if I want to take it out,”

“I can only give up on the fragment of the celestial compass, exchange for enough items here, and then directly leave this Realm…”

Before this, he had thought about taking the exchanged items out, giving them to his main body, and then re-entering.

However, he learned from the members of the Tai Mu Clan that each person only had one chance to enter this Realm in their lifetime.

Once he left here,

he would never be able to come back in.

This method was clearly unfeasible.

“If I can’t take these items out, then I can only exchange for those body refining techniques and movement methods.”

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

These techniques and movement methods could not only enhance the strength of this corpse.

Most importantly, his main body would also inherit these techniques and movement methods.

After all, the soul he fused into this corpse was connected to his main body.

All the techniques and movement methods he mastered here,

his main body would also master synchronously.

But merely exchanging for these techniques and movement methods, and being unable to exchange for other things, made Xiao Shi feel somewhat unwilling.

After all, there were many treasures here.

Among them, quite a few treasures made his heart stir.

Just like this [mo chen blood].

It was basically impossible to obtain such a treasure in the Tianluo Territory outside.

Even if he obtained it through killing drops, he might not necessarily drop such a treasure.

At least, in his current Blood Martial Realm killings, he hadn't dropped a single item related to body refining.

It was rare that he now had enough [white treasure tokens]; not exchanging for it felt like too great a loss.

“Or… I still have one method!”