tkworld Chapter 150 Family Background
Chapter 150 Family Background
Chapter 150: Family Fortune
Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace main altar.
In a certain secret realm within the Grotto-Heaven, brilliant treasures radiated light, and clouds and mist filled the air. Countless pearl-sized orbs floated in mid-air, illuminating every corner of the vast space.
Rows of jade platforms, several zhang wide and over ten zhang long, were neatly arranged, shimmering with a soft and lustrous glow. Each platform was adorned with varying amounts of objects, numbering in the thousands and extending as far as the eye could see.
Without a doubt, the resources preserved here were extremely rare and precious treasures, any one of which would be invaluable outside. This was one of the most important strategic treasure vaults of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, and its resources would not be easily utilized unless it was a matter of life or death for the sect.
On the pathway between the jade platforms, the figure of the Sect Master Mu Yinghua calmly walked by, dressed in a magnificent and graceful crimson palace gown. Her figure was enveloped in resplendent light, surrounded by auspicious qi, and her face was indistinct.
Yu Lingzhou and Yueyi Tianjun followed behind, their cherry lips tightly pursed, not uttering a word.
"...Perhaps before long, these most important family fortunes of the sect will have to be spent like flowing water!" Mu Yinghua's somewhat melancholic voice echoed in the space.
Yu Lingzhou shrugged, indifferent. "If it needs to be spent, then let it be spent. Out with the old, in with the new! As long as it can revive the sect and continue the lineage of the Dao, what kind of good things won't we have in the future? Being a miser doesn't lead to a good ending!"
"Should we keep the family fortune without using it, only to leave it as compensation or give it all to the enemy?"
"Indeed, that's the logic. I was just speaking my mind!"
Mu Yinghua smiled and stopped in front of a jade platform, on which dozens of semi-transparent jade boxes, each three chi long and varying in height and width, were neatly stacked.
She reached out and took one of the boxes, opening it to reveal fist-sized crystals shaped like golden lotus flowers. They were pure and transparent, with faint golden-purple clouds swirling around them, converging into a faint cloud-shaped pattern.
When gazing directly at the crystals, an indescribable sense of desolation and loneliness, yet also a lively and vibrant aura, rushed forth. It carried a lofty and solemn Dao rhyme, making people involuntarily feel awe and reverence, with the impulse to pay homage and worship.
This is the merit of heaven and earth.
As the name suggests, it must be a great contribution to the entire heaven and earth for the heavens to bestow a corresponding amount of merit. It cannot be obtained through ordinary means.
The heavenly and earthly merits stored in the secret vault are accumulated by the past powerful beings of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace. They are sealed in these crystals using secret methods and stored here as strategic reserves. They will not be used unless there are very special reasons.
There are many uses for heavenly and earthly merits, the most important of which is to enhance cultivation. They can also be used for healing injuries, refining the body through the Book of Changes, improving innate talent, alchemy, refining tools, and deducing celestial secrets.
For cultivators, there are basically no troubles that a large amount of heavenly and earthly merits cannot solve. If there are any, it is simply because there is not enough merit.
"The quantity is still too small, it is simply not enough to use!" Mu Yinghua sighed and said softly, "If you want that person to recover to a state where they can take action, you can forget about it without a billion merits. If you want them to fully recover to their peak strength, this number needs to be increased tenfold!"
Yu Lingzhou and Yueyi Tianjun remained silent. A billion heavenly and earthly merits was already a terrifying number. Even if all the current stock of the sect was added up, it would not be one-tenth of this number. Even for the Supreme Daoist tradition during its heyday, it would be difficult to come up with such a large amount of resources.
As for a hundred billion merits, it was simply unthinkable. Perhaps only the highest Daoist court and the descendants of those ancient divine beasts could possess such a substantial foundation.
Yueyi Tianjun asked, "Can we send someone to purchase them outside? If we include all the top hundred large trading firms, merchant families, and market alliances in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, how much can we collect? Can we gather enough to reach this number?"
Although the market value of heavenly and earthly merits was quite exaggerated, the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace had recently obtained a large amount of rare resources from the Illusory Mist Secret Realm. They could easily take out a portion of them secretly or exchange them for other items.
Mu Yinghua shook her head slightly, "Although this method is feasible, the amount we can obtain will not be too much. After all, this thing is extremely scarce. All major sects and traditions are in great need of it, and the supply is quite limited, so..."
In the special strategic resource list of the Extreme Void Starry Sky, heavenly and earthly merits were definitely among the top few valuable items. In theory, as long as there were enough heavenly and earthly merits as a backing, a cultivator could be forcefully pushed to the position of a Quasi-Saint Emperor or even the legendary Hongmeng Saint Supreme. The prerequisite was having enough merits!
Yu Lingzhou said, "Let's give it a try and collect as much as we can. In addition, since the descendants of the Demon Race have reappeared in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, if we mobilize our disciples to kill those anomalies, we should be able to collect some. Of course, this will require enough time and it may not be urgent."
Mu Yinghua nodded, "Alright, these methods can all be used. Unfortunately, the high-level members of the Daoist court are still unwilling to lend us a sum of merits to help us in this emergency. Recently, Emperor Qing Huan's attitude has softened a bit, but the additional conditions she proposed were too harsh, so I directly refused!"
"What conditions?"
"She wants us to let go of Qin Muling. How could we agree to that?"
"This is simply too much!" Yu Lingzhou was furious. Wasn't this completely cutting off the hope of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace's rise? Not to mention a billion merits, even if they were to offer the entire sect in exchange, it would be impossible to accept!
Yu Yitianjun sneered, "Since she wants to act like this, then there's no need to discuss it! We just need to concentrate our resources and quickly cultivate Qin Muling. We can solve this problem in the future. Why bother with the charity of the sect?"
Mu Yinghua nodded and said helplessly, "Unfortunately, our Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace is a female cultivation sect. The majority of the high-end resources are prepared specifically for female disciples. They are not suitable for male cultivators. Otherwise, Qin Muling would at least be in the Destiny Realm by now."
"Ah, sometimes I also wish that he was a girl. It wouldn't be so troublesome!" Yu Lingzhou laughed.
"If he were a girl, our sect would simply have gained another saintess with boundless potential. How could we benefit those little girls?" Yu Yitianjun said.
"That's right!" Yu Lingzhou agreed. "Qin Muling being able to enter the sect as a male is undoubtedly your credit, Sect Master. It can also be considered as the will of the heavens. With him, we just need to wait a little longer. The sect can bear this price."
Mu Yinghua smiled and said, "Fortunately, our secret operation was successful. We have obtained some resources suitable for male cultivators. Luo Huan has already brought them to him. I believe he will bring us more surprises in the future."
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After seven days and nights, Qin Muling finally walked out of the secret hall hand in hand with Luo Huan. Of course, Luo Huan looked radiant and beautiful like a blooming flower.
As for Qin Muling himself, despite taking several pills to restore his vitality, he still appeared somewhat exhausted.
The two of them entered the inner study room, and Luo Huan handed him a spatial storage bracelet, saying softly, "These are the resources prepared for you by the Sect Master. They should be enough for you for a while."
Qin Muling took a look and saw that it contained bottles of pills with different effects, spirit wines, various high-grade ingredients, and the inner cores of high-level savage beasts. Many of them were obtained at a high price from the market or purchased through friendly sects.
"You've gone through so much trouble, Master." Qin Muling sighed slightly and took out a delicate jade bottle from the bracelet. He opened it and swallowed a Phoenix Glow Heaven Mending Pill on the spot.
"These pills are good, but you shouldn't take them too frequently. With your current cultivation level, two pills a month should be enough," Luo Huan said.
"Yes, I understand," Qin Muling replied. He knew that although he could continue to take these pills, their effects would inevitably weaken, and the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed would also absorb some of the essence of the pills.
Moreover, even with sufficient resources, it was still impossible to completely transform and assimilate them into his own cultivation in one go. It would take time to digest and adapt. Of course, compared to relying solely on his own cultivation and refining his body through arduous practice, the speed would be at least ten times faster.
For cultivators, besides cultivation techniques and scriptures, the most important resources for advancing from the Profound Comprehension Realm to the Destiny Realm were pills with various effects. By using the abundant spiritual energy contained in these pills, they could refine and strengthen their bodies and enhance their spiritual origins, thus gradually improving their cultivation level.
Once they reached the Origin Immortal realm in the future, their reliance on ordinary pill resources would significantly decrease. Unless it was a pill with special effects or extremely high grade, most of the time, they could rely on their powerful mana to absorb the essence of immortal energy from the vast void to replenish their consumption and improve their cultivation.
Luo Huan came over and pulled Qin Muling's arm, twisting her body and sitting in his embrace, her jade arms encircling his neck, filling the air with a fragrant scent.
After probing the state of his meridians, Luo Huan asked, "You have already reached the seventh level of the Perfected Being Realm. It shouldn't be too far from the True Self Realm, right? Do you have hope of breaking through within half a year?"
Qin Muling pondered for a moment and said, "It's about right. After all, I have abundant resources and can cultivate with you regularly. If it weren't for the need to stabilize my foundation and accumulate more profound energy, I could progress even faster."
"That's good to hear!" Luo Huan smiled, her eyes crescent-shaped. With Qin Muling by her side, her future path was full of brightness. It wouldn't be a fantasy to catch up to Yu Yitianjun's realm given enough time.
Qin Muling added, "Since your cultivation has already reached perfection, let's find a suitable place to help you overcome the Heavenly Tribulation first."
"Okay, let's do that," Luo Huan happily agreed. After the Senior Sister, she would finally become the second outstanding female disciple in the new generation of the sect to achieve the Origin Immortal Dao Fruit.
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