100: Three magical treasures, the Celestial Master

"The principle of this method is actually quite simple: use your own comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Dao as a guide to allow the Dao Rhyme that matches the attributes of your Spiritual Root to cleanse it, causing it to gradually sublimate."

"Your current comprehension of the Five Elements intent has already reached the level where you can raise your Spiritual Root to a high-grade spiritual root."

After sitting cross-legged in the quiet room to adjust your breath for three days and three nights, you finally adjusted your state to the Peak.

As the Five Elements Dao Rhyme circulated through your Meridians, wisps of pure Dao intent seeped into the depths of your Spiritual Root like a trickling stream.

Nourished by this Dao Rhyme, your Spiritual Root began to undergo a miraculous transformation; the originally slightly murky Spiritual Root gradually became crystal clear, and profound Dao patterns emerged on its surface.

Although the entire process was slow, it was exceptionally smooth. In the end, your mid-grade spiritual root successfully transformed into a high-grade spiritual root, emitting a lustrous glow.

After the Spiritual Root sublimated into a high-grade spiritual root, your speed of absorbing and refining Spiritual Qi became even faster with the enhancement of your abilities.

After reaching a high-grade spiritual root, your foundation was insufficient to sublimate the Spiritual Root into a Top-Grade Spiritual Root.

Next came the slow and steady work; you decided to set aside one hour every day to use the Dao Rhyme to cleanse your Spiritual Root.

After sublimating your Spiritual Root, you sat cross-legged in the quiet room deep within the True Inheritance Peak, with a faint halo of Spiritual Qi lingering around your body.

With your Dharma Power circulating within your body, you began to refine the three Medium Grade Magic Treasures bestowed upon you by Ancestor Qingyun after you became a secret Disciple.

The three Magic Treasures were a defensive Magic Treasure, an offensive Magic Treasure, and a flight-type Magic Treasure, respectively.

The defensive Magic Treasure was named the Hunyuan Armor, a suit of armor with a bronze luster throughout. Its surface was engraved with complex defensive Formation patterns, and under the candlelight, it shimmered with water-like spiritual light.

The offensive Magic Treasure was named the Heavy Mountain Seal, a treasure seal the size of a palm. The seal, crafted from black jade, was coiled with nine golden Dragon patterns; a light grip was enough to feel the immense power contained within.

The third item was a miniature flying boat named the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat. The body of the boat was snow-white, with smooth lines like flowing clouds and streaming water. Thirty-six azure stones were embedded on both sides, spontaneously flickering with starlike brilliance in the dark.

Magic Treasures all possess the ability to change size freely. Among these three Magic Treasures, the most precious is undoubtedly the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat; in terms of value, it even exceeds some High Grade Magic Treasures.

You quickly finished refining the three Magic Treasures. However, Medium Grade Magic Treasures can only be easily used by Cultivators at the Middle Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm; with your current cultivation level, you could only barely manage to use them.

However, the Hunyuan Armor contained Spiritual Qi infused by Ancestor Qingyun that could automatically protect its master, while the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat could be driven by Spirit Stones.

Only after refining the Magic Treasure did you realize that you had underestimated the value of the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat.

When filled with Spirit Stones, the limit flight speed of the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat is comparable to a Cultivator at the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm, capable of traveling a hundred miles in an instant. Moreover, powerful defensive Formation patterns are engraved on the boat; once activated, it would take even a Late Stage Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator some time to break through.

You controlled the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat to return to its original size. You saw the flying boat expand rapidly amidst flickering spiritual light, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into an existence akin to a floating palace.

The Flowing Cloud Flying Boat, having returned to its original size, was indeed a behemoth, about three hundred zhang long and eighty zhang wide, with a deck spacious enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people without appearing crowded.

This was dozens of times larger than the flying boat used to transport new Disciples previously. The hull was crafted entirely from ten-thousand-year black iron wood, and a lifelike Azure Phoenix with wings spread as if about to take flight was carved onto the prow.

The interior of the cabin was even more remarkable, equipped with facilities such as quiet rooms for cultivation, a Pill Refining Room, and a Spirit Medicine garden, making it a veritable mobile blessed land.

Of course, since the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat is so powerful, the number of Spirit Stones required to drive it is not small; ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones are needed for the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat to run at full capacity for one hour.

In this world, Spirit Stones are divided into Low-Grade Spirit Stone, Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, High-Grade Spirit Stone, and Top-Grade Spirit Stone based on the quantity and quality of the Spiritual Qi they contain.

Among them, most of those used for cultivation in the Dao Foundation Realm and Purple Mansion Realm are Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, while High-Grade Spirit Stones are mostly used for Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivation.

As for Top-Grade Spirit Stones, the Spiritual Qi contained within them is exceptionally pure and is mostly used for the cultivation of Spirit Transformation Divine Monarchs.

The general exchange ratio between Spirit Stones is that one Top-Grade Spirit Stone can roughly be exchanged for ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, one High-Grade Spirit Stone can roughly be exchanged for one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone can roughly be exchanged for one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

This exchange ratio often fluctuates. In remote areas, due to the scarcity of High-Grade Spirit Stones, they can often be exchanged for more Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. Meanwhile, at large auctions, in the competition for rare treasures, the exchange ratio for Top-Grade Spirit Stones sometimes soars to an astonishing level.

Ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones are equivalent to ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, which is worth nearly a million Azure Cloud Sect contribution points. It is truly the case that without money, one cannot even afford to operate a flying boat.

However, you probably won't be using the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat anytime soon, because before reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, you do not intend to leave the Azure Cloud Sect.

Thirty-seven years old. This year is the twentieth year since you entered the Azure Cloud Sect, and it is also the day for the Azure Cloud Sect to recruit Disciples once again; compared to when you first entered, there is no change at all.

Thirty-eight years old. The jade platform in your Sea of Consciousness has increased by one layer; you have reached the second level of the Dao Foundation Realm.

In your spare time from cultivation, you have not forgotten to practice secondary professions. After all, Alchemy and Artifact Refining are also of great help to your cultivation in the Dao Foundation Realm. Your Heavenly Heart Dao Foundation refuses no one; as long as it is knowledge, it can strengthen the Dao Foundation.

Besides this, you have chosen another secondary profession. This secondary profession can only be practiced after reaching the Dao Foundation Realm, and it is called Heavenly Secret Master!

The Heavenly Secret Master focuses on peeking into the Heavenly Secret, exploring fate, and avoiding Karma. It is a profession that relies heavily on talent.

The Rank of a Heavenly Secret Master, from low to high, is divided into Low-Level, Intermediate, Advanced, Top-Level, and Heavenly Secret Venerable.

A Low-Level Heavenly Secret Master must be able to calculate good and bad fortune and be able to influence the Karma of Cultivators in the Qi Refining and Dao Foundation Realm. The minimum cultivation requirement is the Dao Foundation Realm.

An Intermediate Heavenly Secret Master can peek into fate and predict events related to themselves in the short term, and can slightly peek into the future of others. They have the qualification to be backlashed by the Heavenly Dao. The minimum cultivation requirement is the Golden Core True Lord.

An Advanced Heavenly Secret Master can pay a price to help others rewrite their fate and can implement grafting techniques to transplant fate. The minimum cultivation requirement is the Spirit Transformation Divine Monarch.

Upon reaching an Advanced Heavenly Secret Master, one gains the qualification to practice the Luck-seizing Method, which can usurp the Luck of great clans and races.

As for what abilities Top-Level Heavenly Secret Masters and Heavenly Secret Venerables possess, there is no detailed explanation in the Azure Cloud Sect; perhaps one must go to the Qingxuan Sacred Land to know.

In this world, every Cultivator above the Golden Core Realm is at least a Low-Level Heavenly Secret Master.

After all, if you don't act as a schemer, you must at least have the means to guard against schemers. If you don't understand some calculation arts, you might not even know how you died.