Chapter 131: Advanced Lottery, Celestial Treasure!

Ten days later.

Hongye Valley Marketplace.

After converting Red Leaf Valley into a market, red leaf trees and spirit fields still covered the mountains.

The newly opened market was quite desolate.

Only the four major families and some other forces were present.

Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge strolled around theemarket, familiarizing themselves with the surroundings.

Although the red leaf trees still dominated the mountains, the layout was newly designed, completely different from the original Red Leaf Valley.

The design bore some resemblance to Jiulong Market.

It was divided into four zones: east, west, south, and north, for residential and commercial use.

The shops used by the major families were in the best areas of the commercial district.

The location of Lu Changsheng’s shop wasn’t great but not too bad either.

It was on the commercial street.

When purchasing the shop with Hong Yi, Lu Changsheng learned about its price.

It was worth about three thousand Spirit Stones.

In a few years or decades, if the market picks up, it might appreciate a lot.

As for the shop Hong Yi bought, the location was rather ordinary.

It was on a relatively remote street.

Most of the external sales only had this level of shops available.

Also, the Ruyi Marquis Manor’s financial strength was limited.

They could provide no more than eighteen hundred Spirit Stones.

While wandering with the Lu Family and Lu Miaoge, Lu Changsheng receeved a message from Gao He.

“Sister Miaoge, I have some matters to attend to and need to leave for a bit.”

Lu Changsheng said to Lu Miaoge..

“Alright, go ahead.”

Lu Miaoge wore white, exudingga gentle aura.

Soon after, Lu Changsheng went to meet Gao He at the market entrance and led him to his shop.

The shop was small, about two hundred square meters, with three floors.

“Brother Gao, I’ll rely on you for this store from now on.”

“Currently, I can provide three top-grade talismans and some high-grade talismans each month for stocks and merchandise.”

Lu Changsheng explained the shop’s basics to Gao He.

Having stayed at Jiulong Market for so many years, he was quite familiar with how a spirit talisman shop operated.

“Brother Lu, isn’t this shop owned by the Lu Family, but yours?”

After hearing Lu Changsheng, Gao He was surprised and asked.

Previously, he thought Lu Changsheng invited him to Hongye Valley Marketplace as a stationed Talisman Master on behalf of the Qingzhu Mountain Lu Family.

He didn’t expect it was a shop Lu Changsheng opened himself.

This surprised and made him envy Lu Changsheng.

Many traveling cultivators spend a lifetime in the cultivation world, unable to even buy a house in the market.

Most have to settle in the mundane world.

Even as a high-tier Talisman Master, buying a house in a larger market isn’t easy.

A shop like Lu Changsheng’s could sustain three generations if nothing goes wrong in Red Leaf Market.

“Heh, correct. The Lu Family also has shops here.”

“But this shop isn’t theirs; I opened it, so I can’t manage it often and invited you here.”

Lu Changsheng didn’t hide it and said with a smile.

He planned to train in Qingzhu Mountain, spend time with his family, complete the Lu Family’s talisman tasks each month, supply the talisman shop, and check the shop while meeting Lu Miaoge..

“Alright, the owner can rest assured.”

Gao He didn’t ask much and responded immediately, bowing.

He then looked around the shop and at Lu Changsheng, “But this shop needs a name. The owner should name it.”

“Since we’re selling talismans, let’s call it ‘Ping’an Talisman Hall.'”

Lu Changsheng thought for a moment and casually came up with a simple name.

Gao He twitched slightly at the corners of his mouth.

Such shop names are quite common.

But names are like this, except for some big families, they mostly are.

You can only slowly build a reputation to grow business.

Then, Gao He discussed the preliminary preparation work for the spirit talisman shop with Lu Changsheng.

Once Lu Changsheng mentioned it to him, he started preparing.

Lu Changsheng appreciated Gao He’s effort.

Earlier, he thought if it didn’t work out, he could seek Lu Family’s help.

After all, existing resources cannot be wasted.

Next, Lu Changsheng talked with Gao He about the second-floor Cave Dwelling.

This Cave Dwelling was small, just a hundred square meters.

But if rented, it could be worth eighty to ninety Spirit Stones a year.

Once traffic picks up, it might rent for a hundred Spirit Stones.

Lu Changsheng rented it to Gao He for eighty Spirit Stones a year.

“Thank you, owner.”

Gao He accepted the price gladly.

He said he would establish connections with Jiulong Market and bring his daughter Gao Xiaoya over in a while.

After chatting with Gao He, Lu Changsheng left and went to the Qingzhu Lu Clan’s Talisman Shop.

The Talisman Shop resembled the one in Jiulong Market but was larger.

“Changsheng, you’re done?”

Knowing Lu Changsheng arrived, Lu Miaoge came to greet..

Unless at home, she maintained a gentle and aloof demeanor in public.

“Yes, I’m done.”

Lu Changsheng nodded with a smile.

He explained Gao He’s matters to Lu Miaoge..

Such is the life of a couple.

New, interesting topics aren’t always available.

They mostly talk about small matters around them.

Night was falling.

Red Leaf Valley was silent and empty.

Apart from patrolling guards, most people were asleep.

On the third floor of the Qingzhu Lu Clan’s Talisman Shop.

In a simple bedroom, drapery hung down.

A woman closed her eyes tightly, enduring, as if wandering on clouds, showing astonishing beauty.

After a long time, a soft hum came from her nose, and her body trembled violently.

Lu Changsheng watched, tightly holding his warm, sweaty wife, completing the last step of the Love-binding Technique.

He blended the absorbed yin essence with his yang essence, creating a balance and returning it.

Both immersed in the lingering effects of completing their cultivation.

“Sister Miaoge, how long to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining?”

Lu Changsheng asked, holding his tender wife.

Due to previous attacks and pregnancy, Lu Miaoge broke through to thh eighth layer of Qi Refining three months ago.

“Probably five or six years.”

Lu Miaoge’s face flush brighttred, looking stunningly beautiful.

“Five or six years.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly, understanding that at her cultivation pace, reaching the perfection of Qi Refining and attempting Foundation Establishment would take more than a decade.

“In over a decade, I might obtain an authentic Foundation Establishment Pill.”

“Moreover, after I establish my foundation, I might consider passing on a split version of the Sword Art.”

Lu Changsheng thought.

Now that Lu Miaoge was his wife and thh mother of his child, he focused more on her cultivation to Foundation Establishment.

“It’s nothing; I just want to help you cultivate to reach Foundation Establishment early.”

Lu Changsheng whispered to her.

He then kissed her lips and continued cultivating.

Among his wives, only Lu Miaoge, who was also at thh eighth layer of Qi Refining, benefitted most from dual cultivation.

One session of dual cultivation was equivalent to over half a month’s training.

“Hmm~”

Lu Miaoge’s cheeks turned ross, brows curved, her eyes watery, and her teeth clenched her lips tightly.

After staying in Hongye Valley Marketplace with Lu Miaoyun for half a month, L Changsheng returned to Qingzhu Mountain.

The distance now between Red Leaf Valley and Qingzhu Mountain made traveling much easier.

On the third day back at Qingzhu Mountain, maid Jiang Louyue’s child was born.

The child had no spirit root, but as he was born, a system prompt sounded.

[Congratulations, host! You’ve reached one hundred offspring. You’ve gained one advanced lottery draw.]

“Advanced lottery!?”

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow.

At fifty offspring, he received a designated lottery draw.

He could specify a column for the draw.

Now, at one hundred offspring, an advanced lottery appeared.

“The regular lottery is already so rewarding; the advanced lottery must be incredible!”

Lu Changsheng felt excited and expectant.

He quickly went to the study to draw.

“System, I want to draw!”

Lu Changsheng thought silently.

A deep red virtual lottery wheel appeared.

Unlike before.

This wheel had only four areas: techniques, miraculous pills, natural treasures, and spirit pet treasures.

“The regular draw could yield authentic-tier techniques; do the advanced draws yield techniques above that?”

“And regular lottery pets are Heaven-tier bloodline pets. Advanced draws might grant true spirit juveniles!”

As he saw the advanced lottery wheel, Lu Changsheng’s anticipation grew.

His curious mind wondered what rewards he might draw.

“System, start the draw!”

Without hesitating, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

As his spirit moved, a brilliant golden light appeared on the advanced wheel, which began to spin.

After five seconds, the gold light gradually slowed down.

Finally, with a thud in his chest, the light stopped at the ‘Spirit Pet Treasure’ section.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for acquiring Celestial Treasure: Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi!]

[Reward has been issued to the system space. Host can view it anytime.]

A jade Ruyi with nine star-like inlays emerged from the lottery wheel, accompanied by a system prompt.

“Celestial Treasure!?”

“Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi?”

Lu Changsheng was surprised and delighted by the reward.

Unexpectedly, he won a Celestial Treasure.

In cultivation, Artifacts are graded from low to high as: Artifact, spirit tool, magical treasure, spirit treasure, celestial treasure.

A celestial treasure is for Divine Transformation cultivators.

Unexpectedly, his lottery yielded such a treasure.

“Getting such a Celestial Treasure is excellent. With the Hundred Refined Body Technique, I can use it.”

“If it’s a technique or irrelevant pills or materials, it’d go to waste.”

Lu Changsheng wasn’t disappointed by winning a treasure.

Instead, he thought it was quite good.

The current system rewards are too advanced for quick power conversion.

But with the Hundred Refined Body Technique, any treasure can enhance training, solidifying his technique.

With the Black Dragon Pearl’s help, his Hundred Refined Body Technique improved rapidly.

In about a year, he’d be breaking through to the third layer.

Condensing a celestial treasure into his body would accelerate his technique’s advancement.

Lu Changsheng looked at the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi in the system space.

[Spirit Treasure: Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi]

[Grade: Celestial Treasure]

[Description: Before the Nine Universe Divine Monarch perished, he condensed the essence of the stars into the Myriad Spirit Jade, refining it with his nine divine abilities. Innate with nine divine abilities, unfathomable and mighty. Only those with profound power can wield it.]

“The grade is simply Celestial Treasure, not subdivided?”

Lu Changsheng was surprised at the lack of detailed grading.

He recalled a text stating that celestial treasures are far beyond top-tier spirit treasures.

Thus, they aren’t divided into lower, middle, upper, or top tiers.

“Regardless of its division, it’s a celestial treasure!”

“Possibly even the Hundred Forge Mountain of the Hundred Refined Body Technique hasn’t condensed a celestial treasure at the Qi Refining period!”

Lu Changsheng didn’t consider tier details or the claim that only great power could wield it.

For celestial treasures, its power was irrelevant to him.

Even if his strength were two tiers higher, he couldn’t wield it as a Golden Core True Person.

Without further thought, he summoned the treasure from the system space.

Immediately, a delicate Ruyi, about the size of an infant’s forearm, appeared.

Its luminescent jade seemed divine, with star rivers flowing through it, elegant and breathtaking.

Embedded with stars of scarlet, crimson, gold, azure, deep blue, purple, black, deep black, and white.

Watching felt otherworldly.

“Wow, this is a celestial treasure! It’s simply…”

Upon summoning the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi, he understood its effects.

The Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi held nine divine abilities, named as the Nine Treasures:

The first treasure augments physical strength.

The second amplifies spiritual power.

The third enhances divine sense.

The fourth increases speed.

The fifth heals the body and mind.

The sixth provides a protective divine light.

The seventh seals others’ power or one’s breath.

The eighth can break restrictions and formations.

The ninth, Nine-Colored Calamity Light, destroys all.

“Wow! This Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi is a comprehensive treasure for enhancement, attack, defense, speed, and healing.”

“Sadly, I can only look, not use!”

Lu Changsheng admired the celestial treasure with envy.

According to the system, the four enhancements could increase tenfold.

The fifth treasure, while not reviving the dead, could save lives with a single breath.

It could instantly heal all injuries at the cost of source and essence.

The effects alone made it an unrivaled treasure.

“No, I can use it.”

Suddenly, Lu Changsheng pondered.

“The ultimate success of the Hundred Refined Body Technique is turning the body into a celestial treasure.”

“During this process, parts like the skull, ribs, spine, and limbs can be treated as Artifacts.”

“I can use the ‘Treasure Bone Technique’ and ‘Fusion Bone Method’ to completely fuse a part with the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi.”

“This will make the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi my natal treasure bone!”

“Once it’s my natal treasure bone, the nine effects become my divine techniques.”

“However, after consecrating it as my natal treasure bone, its power will be greatly reduced, and that bone can’t host other treasures, requiring self-nurture.”

Lu Changsheng was well-versed in the Hundred Refined Body Technique.

He immediately thought of a way to use the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi.

By merging it with his bone, it would become his natal treasure bone.

“However, my technique is only at the second layer, to fuse bones I need to reach the fifth layer, comparable to a spirit tool.”

“But having the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi means faster technique advancement to the fifth layer.”

Lu Changsheng thought.

He took a deep breath.

With no further thought, he sat cross-legged.

“Hah!”

Staring at the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi, he used his technique, burning his spiritual power into flames to consecrate it.

Zhou Mountain Prefecture.

Qu Changge walked in the city.

He wore a black robe, with white hair turned black, styled with a hairpin.

His stern face seemed silent and reticent, yet ordinary.

Behind him followed a towering, muscular, bald man in black armor.

The man’s presence seemed daunting and intimidating.

“Huh?”

Qu Changge stopped, looking at the splendid Qu Mansion, surprised.

He remembered the last time he returned; it was desolate and overgrown.

Now it’s restored to his memory.

“Was what I saw an illusion?”

“Were my parents never dead?”

Qu Changge’s heart trembled.

A previously numb heart stirred with emotion, nearly tearing.

Yet, he didn’t knock.

With his Foundation Establishment cultivation, he sensed only an old person inside.

No other presence.

His previous sight of the mansion’s ruin wasn’t an illusion.

The restored mansion must be due to some reason.

Inside, the old person saw Qu Changge outside and inquired, “Young master, what brings you here?”

“Wasn’t the Qu Mansion attacked by bandits?”

Qu Changge paused, speaking hoarsely.

“Yes, the Qu Family seemed cursed, attacked by bandits ten years ago.”

The old person remarked.

The aged person’s ramblings gave Qu Changge a rough idea.

He learned a man and woman came, erected tombs for his parents, and restored the mansion.

“Zhenzhen is alive!”

Qu Changge knew the woman mentioned was his sister Qu Zhenzhen.

He trembled, knowing his sister was alive.

But he soon calmed down, nodded, and left with the bald man.

Shortly after, they became light beams, concealing themselves entering the mansion courtyard.

Walking through the familiar but lifeless courtyard, Qu Changge felt dazed.

He found the tombstones and memorial hall in the backyard.

“Father Qu Qingsong, Mother Qu Zhao’s Tomb. Son-in-law Lu Changsheng, daughter Qu Zhenzhen erected.”

“Zhenzhen is married?”

Qu Changge gazed at the tombstone.

Memories of his sister emerged.

His sister’s survival and marriage brought joy and mixed feelings.

“Time flies.”

“It’s good she’s married. Zhenzhen’s nature would struggle alone.”

“I wonder how she’s doing.”

Gazing at the tombstone, Qu Changge was dazed, his heart silent, his expression complex.

“Young master, if you wish to see kin, I know a secret technique.”

The bald man spoke flattering.

His demeanor destroyed by his glee.

“Forget it; I won’t disturb her life like this.”

Qu Changge shook his head.

He knew he walked a perilous path, unlike ordinary lives.

Seeing his sister might disrupt her life.

And he couldn’t stay long.

Soon, Qu Changge bowed to the tombstone, offered incense in the memorial hall.

“Perhaps I should see her without disturbing her.”

Afterward, intending to investigate the truth of the Qu family, Qu Changge sighed and pondered.

He couldn’t let go of his sister.

Ultimately, he wanted to see how she was living.

“What should I do?”

Qu Changge asked the bald man.

“Young master, a drop of your blood can lead us with a secret technique.”

The bald man suggested.

Without hesitation, Qu Changge produced a drop of crystalline crimson blood.

Though the demonic path had secret arts using others’ blood.

He held no such concerns.

He knew his Master had motives for him.

His life was no longer his to control.

The bald man received the blood, chanting secret hand seals, creating a dark red mini snake.

“Young master, the Blood-Guiding Snake will seek kin related by blood.”

The bald man explained.

“Let’s go.”

Qu Changge nodded, his expression indifferent, leaving with the bald man.

Seven days later.

“Qingzhu Mountain.”

“Zhenzhen took the path of cultivation too?”

Qu Changge, with the bald man, arrived at Qingzhu Mountain.

He recognized it as a cultivation family’s territory.

His sister walked this path of immortality.

“Young master, I’ve sensed it’s a small family with only one Foundation Establishment cultivator.”

“Would you want to enter or sneak in?”

The bald man asked flatteringly.

PS: Explain about this celestial treasure.

Firstly, this treasure accelerates the Hundred Refined Body Technique, adding techniques to the protagonist.

The consecration links the technique with this celestial treasure, not traditional consecration.

Furthermore, it doesn’t take days; the Black Dragon Pearl took three months.

Secondly, about Artifact spirits and spirituality.

Most setups are taken from Mortal, where Void Heaven Cauldron and many celestial treasures lack Artifact spirits.

So, the Ruyi having no spirits or spirituality is reasonable, right?