novelraw Chapter 319 : Opening Treasure Chests
Chapter 319 : Opening Treasure Chests
Chapter 319: Opening Treasure Chests
The Top 16 advancing to Top 8 of the Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition concluded within a single day.
However, among them, the 【Dao Gate】 alone occupied half the spots!
Aside from Chu Huaixu’s “family of three,” Ji Sikong had also advanced into the Top 8.
This disciple, who had once been known alongside Chang Le as the 【Outer Sect Twin Prodigies】, had originally been the top seed in the First Realm Eastern Continent Grand Competition before Chu Huaixu and the others rose to prominence, and was a popular candidate for the championship within the 【Dao Gate】.
His luck with the draw was decent—he did not encounter the most terrifying opponents, and thus fought his way through the encirclement.
As a result, when Dao Gate disciples moved about within the Imperial Capital of Moon Country, each of them held their heads high and chests out.
Kui Muquan of Spring and Autumn Mountain, however, had poor luck and drew Qin Xuanxiao early on.
Moreover, the Emperor-level Divine Sense had just awakened from its slumber before this round of matches, meaning that His Highness the Heir entered the arena with his “cheat” in hand.
Clearly, after Chu Huaixu displayed overwhelming might on the platform, Qin Xuanxiao also harbored some intent to reclaim his honor.
As such, he did not hold back much—Kui Muquan did not last long before being defeated.
As for Zhao Xinghan of Luo Heaven Valley, he drew another World Protagonist of Moon Country—Lin Zixuan.
Although this young girl was known for her support abilities and had always played a supporting role within the World Protagonists’ small group, her individual combat strength was not to be underestimated, and she fought Zhao Xinghan evenly.
Additionally, being a disciple of Ming Xuanji, her divine abilities were rather strange and unpredictable, seemingly allowing her to foresee her opponent’s next move.
Zhao Xinghan, meanwhile, happened to be the flashy, “trick-heavy” type of fighter, and thus was faintly countered.
In the end, she narrowly secured victory with a slight advantage.
Geng Tianhe of the Sword Sect, on the other hand, made it into the Top 8.
This kid’s strength had recently advanced by leaps and bounds. Clearly, after receiving guidance from the Sword Sovereign, he had gained a great deal.
It couldn’t be helped—he was the type who relied on imagination and overinterpretation, a classic “overthinking monster.”
Back then, even when Chu Huaixu was merely showing off in public, he could still derive insights from it. Now that he had a renowned master guiding him, he was constantly achieving sudden enlightenment.
Speaking of which, several of the Top 16 to Top 8 matches had been quite exciting.
Yet the course of events had unfolded exactly as Chu Huaixu had predicted.
The entire city was now discussing him—the Xuanhuang Champion.
One could say that quite a few people of Moon Country were furious to the extreme.
Whenever the topic came up, many would not be able to resist saying:
“Really hope His Highness the Heir beats him until he’s rolling on the ground!”
“Exactly! So arrogant—he needs to have his edge dulled!”
“Does he really think our Moon Country has no one capable!”
Although Qin Xuanxiao had lost to Chu Huaixu in the First Realm Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition, the people of Moon Country still had full confidence in their Heir this time.
With four strands of Emperor-level Divine Sense to himself, carrying the fate of the nation, and fighting on home ground—his innate advantages were simply far too great.
Moreover, there was another reason for their anger.
No matter how heaven-defying Chu Huaixu’s talent was, he was ultimately only in the Third Realm—merely invincible among his peers.
At the end of the day, he was still a lower-level cultivator.
Not only were his words arrogant, but he also struck with lethal intent in matches.
For a Third Realm cultivator to act so brazenly naturally displeased many.
Before long, these matters would spread throughout the entire Moon Country, and might even be exaggerated along the way.
By the time it spread further, what version it would turn into was anyone’s guess.
A nation’s outrage was no joke.
And at least within the Imperial Capital, this fire had already begun to burn.
Night fell.
Chu Huaixu, who had just stirred up a massive storm, appeared completely unconcerned.
He sat on a Meditation Cushion, examining his Character Panel.
Recently, he had already claimed all the follow-up rewards from the main quest 【Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition】.
Before entering the Imperial Pool, he had only claimed the first phase reward.
Half a month ago, he claimed the second phase.
And now, he had claimed all the way up to the reward for entering the Top 8.
This added another 4,000,000 points of free Experience Points to his Character Panel.
Of course, that wasn’t the main point.
The main point was what was inside the 【Backpack】.
“Six Yellow-rank Treasure Chests, three Mystic-rank Treasure Chests, and a bunch of miscellaneous functional items.”
Chu Huaixu had just opened all six Yellow-rank Treasure Chests, yielding a pile of “junk.”
If it were back when he was playing 《Borrowed Sword》, he would have considered these items quite good.
But now, his standing was too high, and his overall strength far surpassed the current version!
As a result, some special items could no longer keep up with his current state.
“But the items in Mystic-rank Treasure Chests are definitely useful.”
He rubbed his hands together and began opening them.
From the first chest, he obtained three Mystic-rank Technique Upgrade Vouchers.
“Not bad—at least the quantity is decent.”
“If I gather a few more, I can fuse them together later and see if I can create an Earth-grade Technique Upgrade Voucher.”
Although Chu Huaixu’s 【Six Formations of the Broken Array】 had already reached perfection, he would definitely need to learn new Earth-grade techniques in the future.
For example, movement techniques and defensive techniques.
Even the 【Flying Profound】, formerly known as 【Crane Form】, was starting to feel somewhat insufficient.
As for defensive techniques, he had already decided what to learn.
Once he returned to the 【Dao Gate】, he would head to the Scripture Pavilion to exchange for them.
If this competition went smoothly, the sect would also grant generous rewards—exchanging for several Earth-grade techniques would be no problem at all!
In that case, Earth-grade Technique Upgrade Vouchers would become extremely valuable!
From the second Mystic-rank Treasure Chest, he obtained a high-tier Clear Mind Talisman.
“If I had gotten this earlier, it would’ve at least helped a bit during the possession attempt in the Imperial Pool,” Chu Huaixu complained inwardly.
Low-tier Clear Mind Talismans were useless against Emperor-level Divine Sense, but high-tier ones could still provide some assistance.
However, he quickly thought of something else:
“Then could this thing also help my Fifth Martial Uncle Zhong Ming?”
He guessed it might.
That said, the Clear Mind Talisman was not an especially high-end item—even the high-tier version did not possess overly heaven-defying effects.
Zhong Ming’s condition stemmed from his Nascent Soul, so if the talisman could slightly accelerate recovery, that would already be good.
“My luck isn’t great today,” he sighed.
“But it’s fine—the upcoming quest rewards are very generous.”
“Winning the next round will grant an Earth-grade Treasure Chest and 1 point of Random Special Attribute.”
“The following round—the Top 4—will grant an Earth-grade Treasure Chest and 1 point of Assigned Special Attribute.”
“As for the championship finals, there’s directly a Heaven-grade Treasure Chest, plus 1 point of Spirit Embryo Attribute!”
That was extremely tempting.
As for the Random Special Attribute Point, Chu Huaixu felt that, given the System’s nature, it would most likely be added to 【Spirit Gathering】.
As for the Assigned Special Attribute Point, he would prioritize 【Physique】 and 【Comprehension】.
These two were currently leading, both at 7 points.
Chu Huaixu’s current plan was to choose one of them and stack all future usable assigned points into it, aiming to max one attribute to 10 first.
“I personally lean more toward 【Physique】,” he thought.
His comprehension was already sufficient for now.
Moreover, within their “family of three,” wasn’t there someone with Comprehension 10?
But Physique 10—that, they truly did not have.
Although it had now been confirmed that the 【Revival Coin】 worked and he could indeed resurrect after death, the feeling of dying was still quite unpleasant.
Raising his Physique would make him more durable!
And he truly had no idea what Physique 10 would be like.
After all, among the four World Protagonists, none possessed Physique 10.
Big Ice Block had Spirit Embryo Attribute 10, Little Xu had Comprehension 10, and Lin Zixuan likely had Spirit Gathering 10.
As for Qin Xuanxiao—players jokingly called him “Background 10.”
But his attributes all seemed well-balanced, likely all at 9.
As for the finals reward—【Spirit Embryo Attribute】—there was no need to even mention it. Chu Huaixu had coveted it for a long time.
“If it increases further, I’ll be able to reach a Top-grade Spirit Embryo.”