214: Treasure Exchange (II)

Xiao Shi thought of Wu Muzhen!

He pondered that if he could put the items he exchanged into a Storage Pouch and then give the Storage Pouch to Wu Muzhen to take out...

Perhaps it was feasible!

It was just that this method carried a certain level of risk.

If Wu Muzhen harbored any greed...

These items would definitely be gone.

Secondly, even if Wu Muzhen managed to take the items out, handing them over to his main body would expose him to the risk of identity disclosure.

Although among these members of the Tianji Hall, Wu Muzhen was someone Xiao Shi trusted relatively more.

But even with trust, his identity must absolutely not be exposed.

This was Xiao Shi's way of survival in this world.

However.

Aside from this method, he had no other way to bring these items out.

"If I really want to implement this plan, I definitely cannot let my main body handle the handover of the items."

"Furthermore, I cannot just put the items into a Storage Pouch; it would be best to put them into some kind of vessel that no one else can open except me."

"Only then can I ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

Even if Wu Muzhen did not have any greed, if he became curious on the way and opened the Storage Pouch to check the items inside...

Through these items, he might make some guesses and associations regarding his identity.

This was something Xiao Shi did not want to see.

His identity was of paramount importance.

Under no circumstances could it be exposed.

Even if it was just a hint of speculation, he had to avoid it as much as possible.

"Then the key to implementing this plan now lies in that special kind of vessel that only I can open."

In fact, on this layer of the Blood Martial Realm, Xiao Shi had already seen similar vessels.

It was just that this vessel was limited to the Blood Martial Realm.

Other people in the Blood Martial Realm or those with cultivation below the Blood Martial Realm might not be able to open this vessel.

But if it were an existence with cultivation above the Blood Martial Realm, they would be able to force it open.

This did not quite meet Xiao Shi's requirements.

What he wanted was a vessel that even someone with a higher cultivation than himself could not open.

"Perhaps I can go to the higher floors to take a look."

By now.

Xiao Shi already knew that every floor of the Myriad Treasure Pagoda represented a Realm.

The first floor contained treasures of the Entering Martial Realm.

The second floor contained treasures of the Qi Martial Realm.

The third floor was for treasures of the Blood Martial Realm.

And so on.

But he also knew that there were only nine major Realms in martial arts.

Yet this Myriad Treasure Pagoda had twelve floors...

Clearly, the upper floors were not divided according to Realms.

Moreover, this Myriad Treasure Pagoda itself was a container-type supreme treasure.

It could contain treasures of a lower level than itself.

But it definitely could not contain treasures of the same Rank or higher than itself.

"Assuming this Myriad Treasure Pagoda is a supreme treasure of the second Realm of the Upper Three Realms..."

"Then the treasures in this Myriad Treasure Pagoda will at most reach the first Realm of the Upper Three Realms; it is impossible for there to be treasures of the second Realm!"

"In terms of floors, it will at most reach the seventh floor."

"Floors above the seventh will no longer be divided by Realm."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

Even if this Myriad Treasure Pagoda had already reached the highest Realm of the Upper Three Realms.

In terms of floors for Realms, there would at most be eight floors.

There were still four mysterious, unknown floors.

Xiao Shi pondered that he could go up and explore first.

He could take the Opportunity to see treasures of higher Realms.

Anyway, as long as he didn't step onto the eleventh floor, it would be fine.

Afterwards, he would come back down to perform the exchange for the Blood Martial Realm items.

He needed to first determine whether his idea of having Wu Muzhen take the items out was feasible, and then decide which items to exchange.

If he could take the items out.

Then he would need to exchange for some key items that could form a Bloodline.

If it was not possible.

Then he could only go and exchange for techniques and movement skills related to Body Refining.

With an idea in mind.

Xiao Shi immediately continued along the corridor toward the fourth floor.

The fourth floor was the layer for the Martial Soul Realm.

Xiao Shi could actually consider exchanging for treasures on this layer as well.

After all, he was not far from the Martial Soul Realm now.

As long as he waited until he formed his third Natal Martial Blood.

He could consider attempting to break through to the Martial Soul Realm.

If there were suitable treasures, he could fully acquire them in advance.

However, when he stepped onto the fourth floor, he discovered that the situation here was not quite what he had imagined!

Although it was still a long corridor, and there were still counters of various sizes on both sides of the corridor.

The items placed on the counters were shrouded in a cloud of mist.

He could not see the items inside at all.

Xiao Shi frowned.

He approached and focused his gaze to examine them.

But no information related to the items appeared in his line of sight.

"Could it be because my Realm is not high enough?"

"Can I only see treasures of the same Realm or lower here, and I cannot view treasures higher than my own Realm like this?"

Xiao Shi was thoughtful.

He looked at the treasures on the adjacent counters.

He discovered that the treasures next to him were also all shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

As he moved forward.

All the treasures on this layer were like this.

Xiao Shi's brows furrowed deeply at this.

If he could not see treasures with a higher Realm than his own...

Then why could he see the fragment of the celestial compass?

Given the level of the fragment of the celestial compass, there could not be many people who could see it.

But judging from the situation Xiao Shi currently understood.

Every person who stepped onto the eleventh floor could clearly see the fragment of the celestial compass.

With doubts in his heart.

He went directly to the fifth floor and found that the treasures on the fifth floor were the same as the fourth floor, also shrouded in mist.

This made him gradually confirm the conjecture in his heart.

On these floors divided by Realm, he could only see treasures of the same Realm or lower.

Once he came to a floor of a higher Realm, he could not see these treasures.

However.

If it were on the higher floors, the situation would be different.

After all, he already knew that the upper floors were not divided by Realm.

And since he could see the fragment of the celestial compass there, it meant that the treasures on the upper floors could be seen.

After realizing this point.

Xiao Shi did not linger.

He went directly to the upper floors.

The sixth floor, the seventh floor.

Xiao Shi passed through quickly.

Until the moment he stepped onto the eighth floor.

This floor suddenly became different from before!

The previous seven floors were all long corridors, and those treasures were located on both sides of the corridor.

However, this floor was no longer a corridor, but a vast and open exhibition hall.

"This place... is different!"

Xiao Shi looked at this vast exhibition hall.

He realized that from this floor onwards, perhaps it was no longer divided by Realm.

"That is to say, this Myriad Treasure Pagoda has a total of seven floors divided by Realm."

"It corresponds exactly to the seventh Realm of martial arts!"

He deduced from this.

This Myriad Treasure Pagoda likely belonged to the eighth Realm of martial arts!

This was a supreme treasure of the second Realm of the Upper Three Realms!

"The bottom seven floors are divided according to Realm."

"Then what are the top five floors divided by?"

Xiao Shi was very curious in his heart.

He knew that to solve this doubt, he had to start with the treasures on this floor.

In this vast exhibition hall, there were exhibition stands placed one after another.

Inside the exhibition stands were the treasures of this layer.

But compared to the treasures on the bottom seven floors.

The number of treasures here was much smaller.

He estimated there were less than a hundred.

Xiao Shi walked toward the exhibition stand directly in front.

He clearly saw that there was no mist covering the treasure inside the exhibition stand.

It was a black robe that looked tattered.

In terms of appearance, it really did not look like much.

But when the information related to this black robe appeared in Xiao Shi's line of sight, his entire mind was shaken.

[Name: Concealment Spirit Robe]

[Type: Robe]

[Rank: Entering Martial Rank]

[Introduction: A special item from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.]

[Note 1: After putting it on, you will enter a concealment state. In this state, people around you will automatically ignore your existence; even if you stand in front of them, they will not be able to see you or sense your existence.]

[Note 2: In the concealment state, your own speed will be significantly reduced, and it can only be maintained for five minutes.]

[Note 3: The concealment effect only works on Martial Artists of the Lower Three Realms.]

[Note 4: Each time it is used, the spirit robe will suffer some damage until it is completely broken.]

[Note 5: It can currently be used two more times.]

Exchange condition: 500 Entering Martial Realm kill count.

...

Xiao Shi looked at this [Concealment Spirit Robe].

He was directly shocked by the Rank of this [Concealment Spirit Robe]!

It was actually an...

Entering Martial Rank item!!

You must know.

With the function of this [Concealment Spirit Robe], even if it were classified as Blood Martial Rank, it would not be an exaggeration!

It could be said that this was a weakened version of the [Blood Sky Separation Pill]!

And the [Blood Sky Separation Pill] was a Blood Martial Rank item.

But this [Concealment Spirit Robe] was only an Entering Martial Rank item!

If he had this [Concealment Spirit Robe] when he was in the Entering Martial Realm...

Even if he faced the Blood Martial Realm, he could escape calmly!

It is no exaggeration to say that this item was definitely a Divine Artifact-like existence among the many Entering Martial Rank items!

And it was not just useful in the Entering Martial Realm.

Even after reaching the Blood Martial Realm, it could still exert its powerful effect.

Furthermore.

Xiao Shi paid attention to the exchange condition for this item.

Kill count!

It was very obvious.

This item could no longer be exchanged with a [white treasure token], but could only be exchanged with a [Green Treasure Token].

Previously, Xiao Shi was very curious.

He had strolled around the layer of the Blood Martial Realm and basically finished looking at all the items on that layer, but he had not seen a single item that required a [Green Treasure Token] to exchange.

Now he realized.

So the items that could be exchanged with a [Green Treasure Token] were here!

It was very likely that the items on this layer all required the kill count from a [Green Treasure Token] to be exchanged.

The [white treasure token] was already useless here!

Although he was surprised by the specialty of this item.

However, Xiao Shi did not have the idea of exchanging for this item.

After all, the concealment effect of this item only worked on Martial Artists of the Lower Three Realms.

For a Martial Artist in the Entering Martial Realm, this was undoubtedly a Divine Artifact.

But for the current Xiao Shi, it did not have much significance.

Now, with his strength, even if he was not the strongest in the Blood Martial Realm, he was already close.

He believed he could easily kill ordinary Three-Blood Blood Martial Realm Martial Artists.

Even for those powerful Three-Blood Blood Martial Realm Martial Artists, he could escape calmly if he was not their match.

It could be said without exaggeration.

In the Blood Martial Realm, no one could kill him anymore.

Naturally, there was no need to perform this kind of concealment.

However, he was very curious, if he wanted to exchange for this item, could he use the kill count of the Blood Martial Realm to exchange for it in the situation where he did not have the kill count of the Entering Martial Realm?

Thinking of this.

Xiao Shi immediately took out the [Green Treasure Token].

Now no one could see anyone here.

He did not have to worry about exposing the fact that he possessed a [Green Treasure Token].

Hum!

The moment he took out the [Green Treasure Token].

A shining light suddenly burst out from the entire treasure token.

It shone onto the exhibition stand in front of him.

The exchange condition on it changed immediately.

Exchange condition: 450 Entering Martial Realm kill count, or 80 Blood Martial Realm kill count.

Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

He discovered a reduction of 50 in the kill count. This also reminded him of his previous speculation.

The number of 【Green Treasure Token】s he possessed could reduce the exchange requirements to a certain extent.

Currently, he had a total of ten 【Green Treasure Token】s, so he successfully reduced the required kill count for exchange by ten percent from the original baseline!

At the same time, this item could also be exchanged using Blood Martial Realm kill counts.

However, the Blood Martial Realm kill count and the Entering Martial Realm kill count were not equivalent.

There was no conversion ratio between the two.

It was entirely calculated based on the specific value of the item to determine the Blood Martial Realm kill count.

One Blood Martial Realm kill did not simply equal dozens of Entering Martial Realm kills.

Xiao Shi walked toward another display stand.

These display stands were spaced quite far apart.

It was no longer like the seven floors below, where one was right next to another.

Soon, he reached the second display stand and looked at the item inside.

At a single glance, his pupils constricted violently.

He was very familiar with the item in this display stand!

【Name: locked tianji box】

【Type: Box】

【Rank: Martial Soul Grade】

【Description: A special item originating from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.】

【Note 1: A special kind of box. No one knows its origin, no one knows how it was formed, and even less does anyone know what exists inside the box.】

【Note 2: This is entirely a luck-based box. Perhaps you could obtain a peerless Secret Manual from the box, or perhaps you could obtain a peerless Medicinal Pill, or it is also possible that there is nothing inside. As the saying goes, heavenly secrets are unfathomable; before opening it, no one can know what exactly exists inside the box.】

【Note 3: Different heavenly secret boxes will contain different items. The type of this heavenly secret box is locked, so to open this heavenly secret box, one must unlock the key on it.】

【Note 4: Opening the heavenly secret box will incur a cost, but this cost is not fixed and will appear randomly.】

Exchange Condition: 100 Martial Soul Realm kill count.

...

Xiao Shi did not expect to see a heavenly secret box here again!

But this heavenly secret box was different from the one he obtained last time.

The heavenly secret box he obtained last time was a 【Lost heavenly secret box】, which belonged to the lost type.

However, the heavenly secret box in front of him was a 【locked tianji box】, which was different in type.

Looking at the exchange conditions, if one possessed a 【Green Treasure Token】, it was actually not difficult to exchange.

As the 【Green Treasure Token】 in his hand emitted a glow, the entire exchange condition changed immediately.

Exchange Condition: 90 Martial Soul Realm kill count, or 240 Blood Martial Realm kill count.

"It really isn't difficult to exchange..."

Xiao Shi felt very strange.

Given the value of the heavenly secret box, how could no one come to exchange for it?

Although there were not many people in this Realm who possessed a 【Green Treasure Token】, it was not like there were none!

How could they see this 【locked tianji box】 and not rush to exchange for it?

He thought about it carefully.

It seemed normal.

The heavenly secret box had shocking value outside, but in this Realm, it did not have the same reputation as it did outside.

After all, the great name of the Tianji Hall, while resounding throughout the entire Tianwu Continent, clearly had not reached these Realms.

Furthermore, this heavenly secret box was locked. It required solving the key to open it.

For the people here, it was even less worthwhile.

"I feel like I could consider exchanging for this heavenly secret box."

Xiao Shi felt a bit restless.

Currently, the Tianji Hall had not yet opened the relevant areas for heavenly secret boxes, so they could not be produced.

The ones currently circulating were all heavenly secret boxes that had drifted out from the Tianji Hall in the past.

The quantity was already very small.

This was also one of the reasons why the heavenly secret box had such shocking value in the Tianwu Continent.

Rare things are valuable.

Although this heavenly secret box required cracking the key on it to open, which posed a significant difficulty for others, it was not difficult for Xiao Shi, the Hall Master of Tianji Hall.

At the same time, the 240 Blood Martial Realm kill count was completely within an acceptable range.

After all, he currently possessed a total of 613 Blood Martial Realm kill count, so even if he exchanged for this heavenly secret box, he would still have plenty left to exchange for other items.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi no longer hesitated. He decisively chose to exchange!

Hiss...

The 【Green Treasure Token】 in his hand instantly vanished into thin air.

"Exchanging using kill count also consumes the 【Green Treasure Token】?"

Xiao Shi was stunned for a moment.

He quickly took out another 【Green Treasure Token】 and discovered that the recorded kill count had already been transferred to this 【Green Treasure Token】.

"So, when exchanging using the kill count of a 【Green Treasure Token】, it will also consume one 【Green Treasure Token】 at the same time."

"If one only had a single 【Green Treasure Token】, one would need to be even more cautious when exchanging for these treasures."

"No wonder no one came to exchange for this heavenly secret box."

Xiao Shi realized in his heart.

Meanwhile, following his exchange, this 【locked tianji box】 quickly solidified in front of him.

He successfully took it down from the display stand.

The others near this display stand saw the heavenly secret box inside suddenly disappear from the display stand into thin air.

This left many people stunned.

They instantly realized that someone had exchanged for this 【locked tianji box】.

However, they had no way of seeing who had exchanged for this 【locked tianji box】.

After successfully exchanging, Xiao Shi did not rush to open it immediately.

After all, the items inside the heavenly secret box possessed great uncertainty. It depended heavily on luck.

He decided to wait until he used the 【Blood Luck Pill】 to open it.

He believed that with his strong luck at that time, he would definitely be able to open some valuable treasures.

He continued to view the treasures on the other display stands.

He already had a clear conclusion about this floor in the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.

The treasures on this floor did not have a specific Realm classification.

One could see Entering Martial Realm treasures here, and one could also see Qi Martial Realm treasures.

These treasures all shared one characteristic: they all belonged to the extremely powerful items within their respective Realms.

According to Xiao Shi's classification of item quality, they basically all belonged to top-quality treasures!

Although there were exceptions like the 【locked tianji box】, the 【locked tianji box】 could, to a certain extent, also be considered a top-quality item.

Of course, this floor was mainly focused on Entering Martial Realm and Qi Martial Realm items.

Items above the Qi Martial Realm were all special items like the heavenly secret box.

There were no items above the Qi Martial Realm similar to the 【Hidden Spirit Clothing】.

"Presumably, top-quality items of the Blood Martial Realm are mostly on the ninth floor above!"

A strong sense of anticipation rose in Xiao Shi's eyes.

What he truly needed right now were mainly Blood Martial Realm, or even Martial Soul Realm items.

Even if these Entering Martial Realm and Qi Martial Realm items were extraordinary, they were somewhat useless to him now.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi went directly to the ninth floor.

The entire ninth floor was also a huge exhibition hall.

However, there were significantly fewer treasures here than on the eighth floor before.

There were only fifty or so treasures.

Xiao Shi walked toward one of the display stands.

Inside, a set of armor was placed.

【Name: Martial Guard Battle Armor】

【Type: Battle Armor】

【Rank: Blood Martial Grade】

【Description: A special item originating from the Myriad Treasure Pagoda.】

【Note 1: It is the standard-issue battle armor for the Martial Guards of the Great Wu Dynasty. Putting it on allows one to become a new Martial Guard of the Great Wu Dynasty. Even in this present day when the Great Wu Dynasty's imperial power has collapsed, one can still become a Martial Guard of the Great Wu Dynasty.】

【Note 2: To wear the Martial Guard Battle Armor, one must meet certain conditions. In addition to possessing a powerful Physical Body of the Blood Martial Realm, one must also have three sufficiently powerful strands of Natal Martial Blood.】

【Note 3: The Martial Guard Battle Armor possesses astonishing protection, capable of immunizing against the vast majority of Blood Martial Realm attacks, while also possessing the effect of protecting the Soul, capable of withstanding one strike from a Martial Soul Realm powerhouse.】

【Note 4: The Martial Guard Battle Armor can obtain more additional boosts through the Great Wu Dynasty's Qi. The stronger the Great Wu Dynasty's Qi, the greater the boost.】

Exchange Condition: 9999 Blood Martial Realm kill count.

...

Xiao Shi looked at the 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】 in front of him, his gaze suddenly becoming deep.

Although the 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】 presented before him now was not substantial, but rather a projection.

It would only become substantial after being exchanged.

Yet, even as an illusory projection, he felt a strong sense of resonance from this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】.

This resonance... acted directly on his main body outside the Realm!

It made Xiao Shi instantly realize that the source of the resonance was his own Martial Emperor Regalia!

In the description of the Martial Emperor Regalia, there was such a passage: 【It is the iconic Emperors Armor of the past Martial Emperors. It is said that collecting the full set of Emperors Armor grants the qualification to ascend the throne and become the new Martial Emperor.】

Previously, Xiao Shi did not know what Martial God meant.

But as the level he was exposed to became higher and higher, he had vaguely guessed that perhaps the person in charge of the Great Wu Dynasty was the Martial God!

Now, under this strange resonance, he had a strong intuition.

That was, if someone could wear this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】, he seemed to be able to make this person obey him through the Martial Emperor Regalia!

And he could also, according to his own will, perform additional enhancements on the 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】, causing it to inherit part of the Martial Emperor Regalia's capabilities.

This was an extremely powerful form of control!

It was as if this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】 was itself derived from the Martial Emperor Regalia!

Unfortunately, the exchange condition for this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】 was extremely exaggerated.

With Xiao Shi's current Blood Martial Realm kill count, he could not exchange for it at all.

Furthermore, even if he could exchange for it, among the people he knew, no one met the wearing conditions.

After all, to wear this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】, one had to simultaneously Cultivate the Physical Body and Natal Martial Blood to the peak of the Blood Martial Realm.

Even Xiao Shi's current main body did not meet the wearing conditions.

However, the significance of this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】 to Xiao Shi was not here.

Instead, he felt... this 【Martial Guard Battle Armor】 might allow him to understand more about the Martial Emperor Regalia!

The current information on the Martial Emperor Regalia was clearly not comprehensive enough.

It was very likely that he would only obtain the relevant complete information after collecting the entire set of Martial Emperor Regalia.

But this process would be very long.

Xiao Shi needed to constantly learn during the collection process.

Although the Martial Emperor Regalia had brought him great enhancements, as the level he was exposed to continued to rise, Xiao Shi began to realize a problem.

That was, after collecting the full set of Emperors Armor and ascending the throne to become the new Martial Emperor, it might not necessarily be an Opportunity; it might be a catastrophe that would shatter his body and bones!