Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 282

He calculated the time.

Forty years was not enough to advance, but the improvement of the Idle Slot was constant. The more Heavenly Demon Malice he refined, the more perfect the Demonic Embryo became. It would become the key to dealing with Fu Xiao.

"Junior Brother Wang Yu, have you finished reading?"

At this moment, Zhuo Yuanshen reminded him. Only then did Wang Yu lower the divine sense jade slip from his forehead and place it into the Sea Heart Ring.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Yuanshen."

"No need. Shouqing's matters are my matters. Now that the message has been delivered, let me explain the benefits and obligations of an Inner Sect Elder."

"Understood."

A high position naturally came with more than just benefits. There were also corresponding duties. Yet even though Wang Yu's entanglement with the Blood Reversal Sect grew deeper and deeper, he still felt no sense of belonging. This was determined by the bizarre way he had arrived.

It was like a trauma from childhood. Just thinking about it made him feel a huge crack within.

Climbing upward was simply because this place suited him better."Some basic benefits should already have been mentioned by Elder Yushu. Let us start with the items you are to receive."

Zhuo Yuanshen picked up a ring from the tray.

Its surface was pitch black, carved with the motif of blood wings. A square blood jade was embedded in the center, engraved with the character "寒"- (Cold).

"This ring represents your identity as an Inner Sect Elder of Coldblood Peak. It can open many formations and restrictions within the mountain gate.

"For example, the third floor of the Scripture Hall and Impartation Hall, the catalog and internal prices of the third-rank treasure vault. In addition, this Coldblood Ring is a top-tier third-rank storage ring.

"It contains a storage space of twenty li. After imprinting it with your divine sense, it will belong to you. In emergencies, it can request aid from the nearest Exalted Sect outpost.

"Of course, if you are under divine sense attack, this function cannot be activated."

The Coldblood Ring was similar to the Sea Heart Ring, though more versatile. It was also a treasure worth more than a million spirit stones. The Exalted Sect was indeed generous to its true people.

Next, Zhuo Yuanshen took out a command token.

"This is the Cold Blood Cave Token. It allows you to select an uninhabited third-rank cave mansion on Cold Blood Peak and refine it. With this token, you may control the cave mansion's formations or remain unaffected by Cold Blood Peak’s grand formation.

"These are twelve sub-tokens. They are mainly for servants, maids, and spirit pets to wear. They allow them to move freely on Cold Blood Peak and avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

"When inviting guests, one token may bring three people. Junior Brother Wang Yu has just formed his core. If you are interested, you may hold a banquet."

"No interest. I do not know many people. More of the ones I knew are dead."

The Coldblood Ring, the cave mansion token, the twelve sub-tokens… and then the final item. When Zhuo Yuanshen took it out, his expression became somewhat solemn.

It was an ornate ice crown.

Its entire body was ice blue. Two willow-like streams of fragmented ice trailed downward. The crown was tall and hollow-carved with a blue lion design. Its eyes were set with blood jade, beautiful yet not lacking in majesty.

Zhuo Yuanshen explained:

"This is the crown worn by candidates for the Twelve Elders of Cold Blood Peak. It is itself a third-rank high-grade artifact with a unique function."

"Unique function?"

"Yes. It can control the four-rank high-grade grand formation of Coldblood Peak."

Wang Yu’s expression tightened, but Zhuo Yuanshen continued.

"Of course, you may only control one tenth of it. Unless the sect is facing a true crisis of survival, you must not activate it. If you accidentally trigger it…

"Junior Brother Wang Yu should consider how to explain it to the Cold Blood Peak Master. After all, activating a formation of that level consumes the Peak’s stored supreme-grade spirit stones."

"I understand."

After putting away the candidate’s ice crown into the Sea Heart Ring, all the material benefits had been received. Next came the obligations.

Zhuo Yuanshen took out four jade slips and a bone fragment.

"These are the complete translations of the Ancient Demonic Script: Blood Sigil Script, Bone Sigil Script, Demon Sigil Script, and Nether Sigil Script.

"By holding this bone fragment, you will not be affected by the innate power contained in these scripts and may master them completely."

Wang Yu narrowed his eyes, faintly guessing the duties of an Inner Sect Elder. After he followed the required procedure, four types of demonic script knowledge appeared in his mind.

"Junior Brother Wang Yu, according to the Blood Reversal Sect's regulations, every hundred years you must explore one ancient, archaic, or unknown type of ruin.

"If you encounter stone tablets inscribed with demonic script, bring them back if circumstances allow. If not, record their contents, then duplicate the memory and submit it to the sect."

"What is the reason for this?"

If he recalled correctly, back in the underground palace of Blackbone Mountain, he had discovered a black stone tablet inscribed with Blood Sigil Script. He had obtained the Taiyin Nether Eye there.

He had always planned to return after forming his core, but the priority of that matter was low and was far behind what he currently needed to do.

Seeing his confusion, Zhuo Yuanshen spoke in a calm, accustomed tone.

"Every elder who learns this task has the same question. You will understand when you truly encounter a demonic script stone tablet.

"This is classified information. I have signed a contract. I cannot tell you. You must discover it yourself."

"I understand. What if the ruin explored within a hundred years has no demonic script stone tablet?"

"That is fine."

Zhuo Yuanshen spread his hands.

"Actually, not many elders take this seriously. At most, they search for opportunities and look around along the way. In a hundred years they will explore many places anyway. This is only one more task."

"So that is how it is."

Saying it was an obligation was only half true. In reality, there was some choice involved.

To improve one’s cultivation, simply sitting in meditation was not enough. Various opportunities were required to accelerate progress. Exploring dangerous ruins had long been one of the most popular activities in the current cultivation world.

He went, but he did not find anything. That could not be blamed on him.

With this mindset, his efficiency was naturally mediocre.

He felt that the Blood Reversal Sect was not especially urgent either. The Demonic Script Stone Tablet likely concealed the secrets of this realm, but it was not important to a decisive degree.

After saying all this, the discussion finally ended.

After bidding farewell to Zhuo Yuanshen, Wang Yu headed toward the treasury. Upon reaching the elder level, the ways to obtain contribution points were no longer limited to completing assigned missions.

He could offer spirit stones to the sect in exchange for contribution points. This was a privilege that Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators did not have.

The main purpose was to regulate the value of contribution points and to give convenience to Core Formation elders. They were already among the upper ranks and were entitled to enjoy the fruits of the disciples’ labor.

There were three third rank treasuries. Aside from the one at the Many Halls Market area used by outer elders, both the Nine Peaks and the Blood Demon Hall had one each.

The treasury of Cold Blood Peak mainly held ice attributed spiritual materials, while the treasury of Heavenly Corpse Peak mainly stored corpse path materials.

Inner elders of the various peaks could visit any treasury as they pleased. If they needed something, they could go over and make inquiries. This was also the purpose of the three discounts and the priority rights they enjoyed.

As for the sources of these treasures.

Most came from the four prefectures and the output of various resource points. A smaller portion came from elders who offered items to the sect to exchange for contribution points.

High rank rare spiritual materials required exchanging for some indispensable resource, such as supreme grade spirit stones or certain special cultivation environments. In other words, bartering.

As long as one made a request to the sect, there was an eighty percent chance a solution could be found.

At that time, it would be your turn to contribute in order to meet the sect’s requirements. Naturally, you would then obtain what you desired.

In this process, the sect could be viewed as a platform that allocated the resources held by cultivators from all sides, achieving mutually beneficial exchanges.

If all else failed, the sect could publish a mission to find the item.

It was far better than the miserable lives of rogue cultivators who had to search for everything on their own.

Wang Yu happened to be at the All Halls Market.

Since he was already here, he decided to take a look at this third rank treasury used by outer elders. He still needed some auxiliary materials for refining the Glazed Iceheart Tower.

He already had Thousand-year Ice Marrow Jade, Frostmoon Pearl, Snow Mountain Xuan Heavy Iron, and Ice Soul Stone. These four were all ice attributed materials, and he also had two third rank yin attributed materials.

These were his entire stockpile, worth several million spirit stones.

Collecting them had taken him several decades, and he had used part of them along the way.

Refining a life-bound magic treasure did not require very specific materials. As long as they carried yin or ice attributes, they could be used. Likewise, it did not require the cultivator to possess artifact refinement skills.

As long as the materials matched the attribute of his cultivation method, it could be refined. It was a special type of magic treasure that could not fail.

The more materials he refined into it, the more solid the foundation of the Glazed Iceheart Tower would be. It would not require new materials for a very long time, and its strength would keep up with his growth.

At present, he still lacked a material with a mind related characteristic.

Glazed Azure Goldstone was the most suitable. If it was not available here, he would search the Nine Peaks treasury afterward.

"Please present identification."

"Mm."

He raised his hand and showed the Coldblood Ring to the two Foundation Establishment gatekeepers. They quickly bowed in salute.

"Greetings, Elder of Cold Blood Peak."

Yet inwardly, they were puzzled. Why would an inner elder visit an outer sect treasury? Could some rare opportunity be hidden inside?

To their surprise, Wang Yu had merely come with the attitude of since I am already here, I may as well take a look.

Just taking a glance was not excessive.

Within the treasury, numerous formations and restrictions guarded the interior. But by using the Coldblood Ring, as soon as he made contact with the barrier at the entrance, a list of items appeared within his divine sense.

"Let me take a look."

"Guiyuan Grass, a pair of Poison Fire Silkworm Cocoons, East Pearl Powder, Golden Core Fragments. A third rank early stage Armored Corpse? They actually sell this thing."

He muttered in his heart.

Wang Yu felt that the Nine Peaks outer elders were probably being exploited as well. The inner elders played with rare varieties, even controlling innate variant corpse puppets like he did.

This ordinary Armored Corpse could only be sold to outer Core Formation cultivators. And the price was outrageous: one hundred twenty thousand contribution points.

After browsing further, Wang Yu’s eyes lit up.

"Ink Copper."

It was the final spiritual material needed to refine the Fengshui Compass. This type of material was only useful to Earth Masters. To an ordinary cultivator, it was nothing more than a common spiritual item.

He looked toward the price column and relaxed.

"One hundred twenty thousand contribution points. Converted to spirit stones, it was merely equivalent to a low grade third rank spiritual item. I will take it."

The problem was that Wang Yu’s pockets were empty.

His remaining contribution points were only a dozen or so leftover from his days as an outer disciple. Practically a joke.

He pressed the Coldblood Ring against the formation’s light curtain. A dense stream of spirit stones formed a long dragon that poured into the treasury. One hundred twenty thousand low grade spirit stones, not one more or less.

The moment this was completed, he selected the Ink Copper It automatically flew out of the treasury and landed in his hand.

Privilege truly was delightful.