216: The Grandmaster bestowed a treasure upon the Evan Starfield

Facing his Grandmaster's teasing, Su Ling could only reveal an awkward yet polite smile.

After he sat down, Dao Venerable Yun Miao said with a serious expression, "Come to think of it, Grandmaster hasn't had the chance to give you a welcoming gift yet..."

After a moment of contemplation, she casually produced three treasures overflowing with spiritual light.

"Your Magic Treasure and Spiritual Artifacts were all destroyed under the Lightning Tribulation; take these as a welcoming gift from your Grandmaster."

Su Ling's eyes lit up, and he unconsciously activated the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal.

In an instant, information about the three treasures appeared in his mind.

Without exception, they were all Spiritual Artifacts!

Moreover, they were High Grade Spiritual Artifacts!

【purple lightning sky-splitting sword, High Grade Spiritual Artifact. Forged primarily with Purple Cloud Thunder-Resonating Gold, supplemented with Sky-Splitting Crystal. It contains the power of thunder and possesses "purple lightning sword Qi". The blade can briefly tear through space, allowing for short-distance teleportation up to a maximum of one hundred li. Its power increases when driven by thunder-type or masculine mana.】

【Glazed Pure Light Pagoda, High Grade Spiritual Artifact. Forged from Glazed Jade, with a "Pure Spirit Bead" embedded in the top. When activated, it releases glazed pure light, which can dispel sinister Qi and purify the enemy's Divine Soul attacks. Inside the pagoda is a "Pure Spirit Space"; upon entering, cultivation speed increases by thirty percent, and it can isolate external spiritual power interference and Divine Sense probing.】

【mysterious heaven evil-cleansing bell, High Grade Spiritual Artifact. Forged from starfall profound gold mixed with Dragon-Resonating Stone. The bell body can transform into a defensive barrier whose size can be freely controlled; the smaller the range, the stronger the defense. When activated, it can form sound wave attacks to shake the enemy's Physical Body and Divine Soul.】

High Grade Spiritual Artifacts are, to a large extent, priceless and unavailable on the market!

They simply cannot be estimated by mere Spirit Stones.

Setting aside the two Spirit Treasures and the ten thousand souls banner,

In an instant, Su Ling transformed from being penniless back into a wealthy second generation.

From attack and defense to soul suppression, everything was covered.

The Glazed Pure Light Pagoda even came with auxiliary cultivation and anti-probing effects.

Clearly, these were protective Spiritual Artifacts carefully selected, and perhaps even personally crafted, by his Grandmaster for him.

For a moment, Su Ling really didn't know what to say.

He could only bow deeply under the encouraging gaze of his Revered Master, Clear Ripple, "Disciple... thanks Grandmaster for bestowing these treasures. I will definitely Cultivate diligently in the future and not tarnish the reputation of the Sect!"

"That is very good."

Dao Venerable Yun Miao nodded with satisfaction and infused the three Spiritual Artifacts into Su Ling's body one by one.

Su Ling straightened up with a grateful face, but before he could catch his breath, he saw Immortal Venerable Rong Huo, who was sitting nearby, toss a Storage Ring directly at him.

"Nephew Su Ling, your Grandmaster has already given you protective Spiritual Artifacts, so it would be improper for me to do something superfluous..."

Immortal Venerable Rong Huo showed a faint smile and said calmly, "However, I observe that you have reached the Peak Nascent Soul realm, and what the Star Refining Dao Sect lacks the least is Medicinal Pills and Magical Artifacts. This ring contains just a few Medicinal Pills; you should be able to use them."

"This..."

Su Ling looked at his Revered Master, Clear Ripple, in embarrassment. Seeing her smile and nod, he bowed to Immortal Venerable Rong Huo, "Since an elder bestows, I dare not refuse... Disciple thanks Senior Martial Uncle."

Immortal Venerable Rong Huo nodded slightly and said no more.

Next, Yuxia, Huandie, and Kuiwu all successively gifted Su Ling some resources for cultivation and protecting the Dao.

Formation Plates, Talismans, Body Tempering Spirit Medicine, and the like, too numerous to mention.

Faced with this situation, Su Ling was truly flattered.

Fortunately, his Revered Master, Clear Ripple, timely transmitted a voice message to him, explaining that this was the consistent tradition of the Sect elders towards new Disciples.

Su Ling then set his heart at ease and contentedly put away the several Storage Rings.

However, the moment he left the main hall and his Divine Sense swept over the Storage Ring gifted by his Senior Martial Uncle, he couldn't help but gasp!

How is this just 'a few' Medicinal Pills?!

It is simply a Medicinal Pill warehouse!

Just the fifth-grade Medicinal Pills alone numbered over ten thousand.

From cultivation, healing, Body Tempering, to breaking through realms, everything was covered.

Besides that, there were also over a thousand sixth-grade Medicinal Pills inside.

The value of these Medicinal Pills alone was almost comparable to those three High Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

"Senior Martial Uncle is truly generous!"

Su Ling grinned, feeling that his wallet, which had been drained by the Immortal Eye of Treasure Appraisal, had become even more bloated than before.

Not only that, although the items gifted by the other three Senior Martial Uncles were not as valuable as these Medicinal Pills.

Every single one was an extremely rare treasure.

For a moment, Su Ling felt that his decision to take Immortal Venerable Clear Ripple as his Revered Master was immensely, immensely correct.

Backed by a great Dao Sect, with a Dao Venerable of alchemy and artifacts as his Grandmaster...

It was simply too wealthy!

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Inside the main hall, Dao Venerable Yun Miao looked at her five Disciples and said seriously, "For this Plane Battlefield, our Star Refining Dao Sect is responsible for the Evan Star Field."

"Evan Star Field..."

Immortal Venerable Rong Huo frowned slightly and asked tentatively, "Revered Master, is the Immortal Court preparing to make a move against the Naiya Civilization?"

The Evan Star Field belongs to the buffer zone between the Immortal Domain Civilization and the Naiya Civilization.

This Star Domain is mostly inhabited by barbarian races, with planets clustered with Demonic Beasts and demon plants.

Of course, the Evan Star Field is still in the edge area of the buffer zone, at least ten or more Star Domains away from the Naiya Civilization.

"It's not that far yet."

Dao Venerable Yun Miao shook her head slightly and explained, "However, over the last ten thousand years, the Naiya Civilization has shown signs of restlessness. This operation's main purpose is for deterrence, and also for training troops."

The five Immortal Courts of the Immortal Realm have not organized an external conquest war for millions of years.

It is basically left to the major Dao Sects, and even the Sect forces of various Plane planets, to launch small-scale wars on their own.

The scope of influence is basically limited to a certain star system or a star cluster.

For example, the Plane Battlefield launched by the Seven Sects of the Canglang Plane against the Jinhun Realm belonged to a war between star systems.

And the largest one the Star Refining Dao Sect has ever launched was against a star cluster composed of more than ten star systems.

As for the exploration launched by the Xuanming Sect, where Su Ling was previously, against the Cuiye Plane.

That was merely a broken star; it couldn't be called a Plane Battlefield at all.

The Evan Star Field is a small Star Domain composed of more than thirty star clusters.

With the power of the Star Refining Dao Sect alone, wanting to completely occupy it would take at least tens of thousands of years.

Of course, if one counts the Sect forces under its command, the time limit of this Plane Battlefield can be shortened to about a thousand years.

"I heard earlier that the Immortal Court would take action, but I didn't expect them to prepare for so long."

Immortal Venerable Yuxia chuckled, "Fortunately, the Sect where this Disciple is located has developed well over the years. In this battle, we can at least bring out seventy thousand Nascent Souls, five thousand Soul Transformations, and five hundred thousand War Slaves to participate."

"I don't have that many troops on my side..."

Immortal Venerable Huandie contemplated for a moment and said softly, "However, I can bring out a million War Slaves from the subordinate Planes to participate."

War Slaves: by planting a Soul Seal on the creatures of a defeated Plane, they can become War Slaves.

They are mainly third-grade Demonic Beasts to sixth-grade Beast Kings.

Below third grade, they don't even have the qualifications to be cannon fodder.

Yao Beasts and Demonic Beasts are different from human Cultivators. In a 1v1 situation, Yao Beasts and Demonic Beasts have stronger Physical Bodies and innate Spells, giving them an advantage.

But the Plane Battlefield is not a duel; it is basically cluster combat.

In this situation, human Cultivators can form Formations to exert greater combat power.

Generally speaking, in such large-scale Plane Battlefields, War Slaves are allowed to charge in the front, while human Cultivators bombard from the rear with Formations.

Yao Beasts and Demonic Beasts are somewhat different.

Sixth-grade Yao Beasts can undergo the human-form Lightning Tribulation, gradually transforming their bodies into human-shaped Dao bodies.

Only after promoting to seventh-grade Yao Immortal can they occupy a place in the cultivation world.

Cultivators use great magic power to detect Plane coordinates and cross the starry sky through Star Gates to launch conquests.

For the Planes that are conquered, the surviving creatures will basically become War Slaves.

Demonic Beasts are the most numerous type of War Slave among them.