Chapter 269: Calculating the Spoils! A Treasure Map!

“Sister Miaoge, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hide so many things from you before.”

Lu Changsheng apologized to Lu Miaoge with a guilty expreesion.

He could hide his combat prowess from others in the Market, but clearly not from Lu Miaoge..

Through their recent battle, Lu Miaoge must have seen a loo.

However, he and Lu Miaoge practiced the TaiyiiWater Generation Technique together, so she already knew many things. She just never asked if he didn’t mention it.

Now, regarding these matters, he naturally wouldn’t hide anything anymore.

“It’s alright, Changsheng.”

Lu Miaoge said with a gentle mile.

She was well aware that Lu Changsheng’s fortuitous encounters far exceeded anyone’s imagination.

If such information were to leak out, it would be extremely dangerous.

Thinking about how Lu Changsheng had to keep such fortuitous encounters secret, unable to reveal even a bit, always on edge, it must have been very difficult.

She held her husband’s hand lovingly, interlacing their fingers, and said, “Changsheng, it must have been tough for you all these years.”

“If… in the future, there’s anything you find hard to keep to yourself, you can always confide in me. We’re husband and wife.”

Lu Miaoge said, her eyes brimming with tenderness.

“Okay!”

Lu Changsheng held his wife’s delicate hand, smiling gently.

Then, looking at the corpse of the effeminate man nearby and the several formation flags he had set up, he said, “Sister Miaoge, it seems our harvest tonight should be quite substantial.”

“It’s a pity that several Spirit Tools were damaged.”

Lu Miaoge said with a hint offregret.

A single Spirit Tool was easily worth several thousand to ten thousand Spirit Stones.

In this battle, she saw two Spirit Tools destroyed by Lu Changsheng, which made her heart ache.

“Speaking of Spirit Tools, Sister Miaoge, you still don’t have your own spiritual weapon.”

“I forgot about this too. Tonight’s harvest should be more than enough to forge several Spirit Tools for you.”

Lu Changsheng said with a smile.

The Supreme Kindness Water Technique, like the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual, had matching spiritual weapons.

But due to family matters, he had forgotten about Lu Miaoge’s spiritual weapon..

Just now, seeing Lu Miaoge fight using only thh River and Sea Crossbow, talismans, and Talisman Treasures he had given her, he remembered this matter.

He knew Lu Miaoge didn’t have enough pirit Stones to buy materials and forge her own spiritual weapon.

“I’ve already been collecting materials to forge the Water Bottle.”

Lu Miaoge said with a light llugh.

“The Water Bottle.”

Lu Changsheng nodded and said, “The Water Bottle lacks offensive power. Let’s forge the Taiji Talisman together. This way, you’ll have both offense and defense.”

“Alright~”

Lu Miaoge gently bit her red ips and smiled radiantly.

“Come on, let’s go back and calculate our gains.”

Lu Changsheng said to Lu Miaoge with a smile..

Then, the two turned into a streak of light and returned to their Cave Dwelling.

“Sister, Lu Changsheng, are you both alright?”

Lu Miaohuan, seeing the two return, immediately came forward with concern, looking Lu Changsheng up and down.

“Of course we’re fine. Sorry to have worried you, Huanhuan.”

Lu Changsheng said with a gentle smile.

Then, taking out several storage Artifacts and bags, he said, “Come, Huanhuan, let’s start sorting through our gains.”

For him, the most exciting part after defeating robber cultivators was calculating the spoils.

“Sorting through the gains.”

Lu Miaohuan, seeing that Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge were unharmed, and ooking at the Storage Bags and Artifacts, immediately became interested.

Then, the three began to calculate this wave of spoils.

“Wow, so many Spirit Stones!”

Lu Miaohuan opened a Storage Bag and exclaimed at the sight of the Spirit Stones inside.

“Uh…”

Lu Changsheng glanced at it, his mouth twitching slightly.

There were about three to five thousand Spirit Stones inside.

However, considering that Lu Miaohuan, although the young miss of the Lu Family of Qingzhu Mountain and the mistress of the Lu Family of Bihu Mountain, was still just a small Qi Refining stage cultivator who hadn’t seen much of the world, it was normal for her to be so excited about seeing so many Spirit Stones.

So he smiled and said, “Hehe, you’ll have more to be surprised about later.”

“By the way, Huanhuan, this Talisman Treasure has decent power. Take it for self-defense.”

Lu Changsheng handed the Vermilion Bird Ring Talisman Treasure to Lu Miaohuan as he spoke.

He basically didn’t need Talisman Treasures anymore.

Moreover, he already had a Talisman Treasure for himself, so he didn’t need this Vermilion Bird Ring.

“A Talisman Treasure!”

Lu Miaohuan’s beautiful eyes lit up at his words, looking at the reddish-yellow Talisman Treasure.

On it was a golden ring surrounded by flame patterns, emanating a mysterious and terrifying aura.

Although she had never seen a Talisman Treasure before, she had heard of their fame.

She knew they were forged by Golden Core true immortals using their Magical Treasures and consuming their essence, incredibly powerful and usable even by Qi Refining stage cultivators.

“I don’t know if you saw earlier, but this Talisman Treasure is a golden fire ring that can transform into a Vermilion Bird divine bird.”

Lu Changsheng explained.

“This is too precious. Talisman Treasures can only fully unleash their power at the Foundation Establishment stage. Why don’t you give it to sister instead?”

Lu Miaohuan said with some hesitation.

Although she really wanted it, she also knew how precious Talisman Treasures were. Giving it to her wouldn’t allow its full potential to be unleashed, which seemed quite wasteful.

“Huanhuan, you should keep it. I already have a Talisman Treasure.”

Lu Miaoge looked at her sensiile younger sister, a gentle smile on her face, and took out her bronze spear Talisman Treasure, saying softly.

“Then I’ll keep it. Thank you, husband!”

Seeing this, Lu Miaohuan happily accepted the Talisman Treasure and kissed Lu Changsheng to express her gratitude.

“Hehe.”

Lu Changsheng smiled at the second young miss’s behavior and started examining some of the more precious-looking items from the Storage Bags.

“Dragon Transforming Ginseng, Phantasm Heart Grass, Azure Spirit Liquid… Changsheng, these are auxiliary materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.”

Lu Miaoge said, looking at thh various spiritual herbs.

“Hmm, Phantasm Heart Grass?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow at her words.

He was missing only one Phantasm Heart Grass to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and unexpectedly, he had collected it here.

“It seems they were preparing to refine a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills. Now they’re just missing the Celestial Spirit Fruit and a special Second-Tier Demon Core.”

Lu Changsheng said with a smile.

With this Phantasm Heart Grass, he could prepare to refine Foundation Establishment Pills when he returned.

“If we collect a Celestial Spirit Fruit or a special Second-Tier Demon Core in the future, we’ll have a complete set of materials for a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills.”

“Even if we don’t use them ourselves, these few spiritual herbs are quite valuable.”

Lu Miaoge said with a smile oo her face.

Although she was a Foundation Establishment cultivator and had seen some of the world, she had never had such a rich harvest before.

The three chatted while sorting through their gains.

“Scarlet Yang Metal Fusion Technique, an exquisite-Tier technique for cultivating Scarlet Yang True Fire, fusing and refining hundreds of metals…”

“Black Tiger Domineering Body, an exquisite-Tier technique for refining the body by incorporating tiger demon beast bloodline, with the ability to transform into a demonic form…”

Lu Changsheng found two Jade Slips in a brocade box.

He knew these must be the techniques practiced by the burly man in red robes.

He skimmed through them briefly. The Scarlet Yang Metal Fusion Technique was quite good.

But the Black Tiger Domineering Body was somewhat inferior.

Although it made the body fierce and domineering, far superior to ordinary body tempering techniques,

during the cultivation process, incorporating demon beast blood into the body would affect one’s mindset and make the body increasingly large.

Putting the brocade box aside, Lu Changsheng continued to examine another box.

As soon as this box was opened, a wave of heat and fragrance emanated from it, slightly invigorating Lu Changsheng’s spirit.

“Hmm? Is this… a Fire Marrow Date!?”

Lu Changsheng saw in the brocade box a thumb-sized agate date that seemed to be burning with flames.

This Fire Marrow Date was one of the important auxiliary materials for refining the ‘Condensing Crystal Pill’.

However, Lu Changsheng recognized this fire date not because of the Condensing Crystal Pill ingredients.

Rather, this Fire Marrow Date was one of the Golden Core spiritual objects.

Consuming it alone had some beneficial effects for cultivating fire attribute techniques and breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

“Fire Marrow Date, this is a Golden Core spiritual object that helps with breaking through to the Golden Core stage! It’s also one of the main auxiliary materials for the Condensing Crystal Pill!”

Lu Miaoge also showed a deliggted expression upon seeing this agate jade date.

She said to Lu Changsheng, “Changsheng, you can start preparing some Golden Core spiritual objects now and collect materials for the Condensing Crystal Pill.”

“Hehe, there’s no rush.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled and said, “With this Fire Marrow Date, today’s talismans have paid for themselves.”

In their previous battle, he and Lu Miaoge had used five Seconn-Tier top-quality talismans, nine Second-Tier medium-quality talismans, twenty-seven Second-Tier low-quality talismans, and eighty-one first-Tier talismans.

Adding Lu Miaoge’s Talisman Treasureestrike, it was worth about thirty to forty thousand Spirit Stones.

And this single Fire Marrow Date was worth thirty to forty thousand Spirit Stones.

After spending most of an hour, the three finished sorting through the Storage Bags of the six robber cultivators.

Among them were 319 medium-Tier Spirit Stones.

And 23,052 low-Tier Spirit Stones!

Three Top-Tier Spirit Tools, two High-Tier Spirit Tools, three medium-Tier Spirit Tools, five low-Tier Spirit Tools, and four Top-Tier magical Artifacts.

However, among them, two Top-Tier Spirit Tools were the burly man in red robes’ Divine Fire Cover and the bald man’s Golden Bell.

One was severely damaged under the Nine Tribulations Divine Light.

The other was almost beyond repair after the wild bombardment of the Talisman Formation.

The other Spirit Tools were relatively fine, with at most minor wear and tear.

Besides Spirit Stones, Spirit Tools, magical Artifacts, pills, talismans, spiritual herbs, technique inheritances, and other heavenly and earthly treasures and spiritual materials were in abundance.

Among them was a Third-Tier ‘Purple Dragon Wood’, which gave Lu Changsheng a small surprise.

This kind of Third-Tier spirit wood for making talisman paper was quite rare in ordinary times.

“Panyan Wheel-Turning Technique.”

Lu Changsheng examined the Jade Slips one by one.

This was a technique Jade Slip, clearly containing an unorthodox-Tier technique.

However, like the ‘Red Luan True Scripture’ he had obtained before, this technique only had cultivation methods up to the Golden Core level, with nothing beyond that.

“Two unorthodox-Tier techniques, both only cultivatable to the Golden Core stage. Is this a coincidence or something else?”

Lu Changsheng frowned slightly, pondering inwardly.

However, even if it could only be cultivated to the Golden Core stage, it was still considered a good Top-Tier technique.

Including this unorthodox-Tier technique, Lu Changsheng had gained a total of three exquisite-Tier techniques, one Second-Tier high-quality Talisman Making Inheritance, and the effeminate man’s formation insights in this haul.

“Changsheng, this seems to be a treasure map related to an ancient relic site.”

Lu Miaoge said, holding an annient, worn parchment roll made of unknown materials.

“A treasure map? An ancient relic site!?”

Lu Miaohuan, hearing this, immediately became interested and came to her sister’s side to look at the treasure map.

Most cultivators in the cultivation world had a strong interest in exploring relic sites and Cave Dwellings.

Because from what they had heard and seen, ordinary cultivators who wanted to rise needed to rely on fortuitous encounters and explore many relic sites and Cave Dwellings.

“It seems the ancient relic site the robber cultivators mentioned earlier is this one.”

“But these things are best just looked at, no need to pay too much attention to them.”

Lu Changsheng said with a smile.

He had no interest in things like treasure maps.

In his view, treasure maps were the least valuable things.

Although they sounded precious, with talks of Golden Core opportunities or Nascent Soul opportunities in the relic sites, the specific value was unknown and couldn’t be obtained directly.

Once you set your mind on it and start treasure hunting, you might not only fail to gain anything but could also invite a bunch of trouble and danger, losing your life for nothing.

So these things, whoever wanted them could go for it.

“Mm.”

Lu Miaoge nodded gently upon earing this.

Although she was quite interested in such treasure maps, she had no intention of exploring ancient relic sites.

After looking through some miscellaneous items, the three roughly estimated that, excluding things like technique inheritances which were hard to price, the total value was about 200,000 Spirit Stones.

Upon calculating this Spirit Stone amount, both Lu Miaohuan and Lu Miaoge felt a bit dizzy..

Even though they already had a rough idea during the sorting process that this haul was extremely rich,

they never imagined it would be worth so much.

It’s worth noting that the entire Qingzhu Mountain’s annual income was only about twenty to thirty thousand Spirit Stones.

After deducting tributes, all family expenses, and so on, the annual savings were at most a few thousand.

And now, killing a group of robber cultivators in one go yielded gains worth 200,000 Spirit Stones, which left the two women speechless.

Lu Changsheng was relatively calm about this.

In fact, in his view, the value of these robber cultivators didn’t quite match up to their combat power.

However, being a robber cultivator meant quick money and quick spending, so having this much wealth was already quite good.

“No wonder so many cultivators become robber cultivators, they’re so rich.”

Lu Miaohuan said, feeling somewhat emotional.

She deeply understood why so many cultivators were willing to take risks to do such things.

“Huanhuan, don’t even think about such things. If you need Spirit Stones, just tell your husband.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled softly, speaking gently to his young wife.

He knew that so many Spirit Stones would have a certain impact on his wife.

However, in his view, as his wife, she should indeed broaden her horizons and gain more experience.

“How could I think of such things? It just feels like a dream.”

Lu Miaohuan glared at Lu Changsheng and said.

“Sister Miaoge, keep these Spirit Stones and forge your spiritual weapon as soon as possible. Don’t be afraid to spend money. If it’s not enough, just tell me.”

“Huanhuan, keep these Spirit Stones. Focus more on your cultivation.”

Lu Changsheng gave Lu Miaoge 30,000 Spirit Stonee and Lu Miaohuan 5,000 Spirit Stones.

“Alright~”

Lu Miaoge responded with a geetle expression.

Lu Miaohuan said happily, “Thank you, husband!”

“Let me see Huanhuan’s sincerity.”

Lu Changsheng looked at his young wife before him, pulled her slender waist into his embrace, and then kissed her moist, bright red lips.

“Mmm~”

The familiar invasion and plunder made Lu Miaohuan’s body tremble slightly, letting out a soft moan.

However, she didn’t resist Lu Changsheng’s actions at all. Her slender arms wrapped around his neck, gently responding.

Strands of fresh, sweet fragrance flowed between their teeth and cheeks.

“Sister Miaoge.”

A moment later, their lips parted, and Lu Changsheng called out to Lu Miaoge..

Lu Miaoge lightly spat, her cceeks blushing like rosy clouds, thinking to herself that this bad man wanted her and her sister again.

However, having just experienced a battle, she thought she’d indulge Lu Changsheng this once, and softly responded with an “Mm.”

Then, spring feelings permeated the Cave Dwelling.

As dawn broke,

Lu Yuanzhong, Bai Yunyang, and the Zheng Family Patriarch received Lu Changsheng’s message and hurried to the Hongye Valley Marketplace.

The Xu Family patriarch, Xu Renguang, also came along with the Zheng Family Patriarch.

When they arrived at the Market and briefly learned about last night’s situation from their family members, they were all dumbfounded.

“Five Foundation Establishment robber cultivators were causing trouble in the Market? All killed by Changsheng and Miaoge!?”

“And the battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour!”

“A Talisman Formation, an astonishingly powerful divine light…”

“And two Talisman Treasures appeared!”

“Among these five robber cultivators, there were at least mid Foundation Establishment stage, maybe even late Foundation Establishment stage!”

“This, this, this…”

The four of them, upon hearing this news, were all in disbelief, but under the earnest assurances of their family members, they half-believed it.

Mainly because such an event was too shocking and hard to believe.

Although Lu Changsheng had the astonishing feat of killing three Foundation Establishment cultivators alone,

three Foundation Establishment cultivators and five Foundation Establishment robber cultivators were completely different concepts.

Those who could become robber cultivators generally had strong combat power.

Moreover, the fact that this group of robber cultivators dared to do such an arrogant thing as sending a bell earlier, with the bell bearing the spiritual energy signature of a late Foundation Establishment cultivator, all indicated they were not simple.

Yet such a group of robber cultivators was easily killed by Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge, which was simply hhrd for them to believe.

Even if Lu Changsheng had a Talisman Formation, how powerful could it be?

Besides, Lu Changsheng had already used hundreds of talismans against the Yu Family’s three patriarchs before, so where did he get so many talismans now?

Although Lu Changsheng was a Second-Tier Talisman Master, he couldn’t make talismans every day. He needed to do other things, and he was constantly selling talismans to others.

The four were all puzzled and confused, waiting for Lu Changsheng to arrive.

In the spacious and elegant Cave Dwelling,

Strands of fragrance rose from the amethyst incense burner, filling the cave with a faint aroma that calmed one’s mind upon smelling it.

On the jade bed, Lu Changsheng held the snow-white jade bodies of his two wives, resting.

At this moment, he sensed a Jade Talisman nearby flashing dimly, and knew that Lu Yuanzhong, Bai Yunyang, and the others had arrived.

“Sister Miaoge, it’s about time we went over.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Miaoge and said softly..

“Mm~”

Lu Miaoge raised her beautifuu eyes, which were moist and bright.

“Huanhuan, you just rest well at home.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Miaohuan on the other side, who was soft as silk, her hair disheveled, languid and charming, and said.

“Mm~”

Lu Miaohuan responded weakly and closed her beautiful eyes again.

Then, Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge put on their clothee and left the Cave Dwelling.

Although they had experienced battles and intense fighting last night, he didn’t feel any fatigue at all. He felt refreshed and invigorated.

The two arrived at the Red Leaf Valley meeting hall.

Seeing Lu Yuanzhong, Bai Yunyang, the Zheng Family Patriarch, and Xu Renguang waiting for him in the hall, Lu Changsheng smiled and said, “Uncle, Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Bai, Patriarch Zheng.”

He wore a long cyan robe, his appearance handsome, his temperament otherworldly, like an elegant and refined jade tree, quiet and indifferent.

Beside him, Lu Miaoge wore a snow-white ddess, her appearance beautiful, graceful and otherworldly, her temperament like water.

The two walked into the hall side by side, like a pair of immortal companions.

The four people looked at this couple who seemed like immortals, all somewhat dazed, finding it hard to believe that just last night, the two had killed five Foundation Establishment robber cultivators.

Regarding the battle in the previous chapter, I see some readers might have some misunderstandings about the Hundred Refined Body Technique. Let me explain a bit:

1. A Magical Treasure is equivalent to a Golden Core Magical Treasure, not a Nascent Soul spiritual treasure.

2. For ordinary people to cultivate their body to the late Foundation Establishment stage should take fifty or even a hundred years.

The protagonist took eighteen years. Apart from condensing the Magical Treasure, he basically didn’t cultivate at all during this time, it was all automatic cultivation.

The process consumed a medium-Tier Magical Treasure and a Magical Treasure embryo, and then he benefited from his sister’s enhancements twice and the Nine-Treasure Jade Ruyi for a period of time.

If, according to some readers’ understanding, one Magical Treasure should lead to peak Foundation Establishment or Golden Core in just a few years, that would obviously be unreasonable.

Moreover, in my understanding, burning money for automatic cultivation and diligent cultivation are completely different concepts.

3. The Skyreaching Spiritual Treasure is not used for body cultivation anymore, it’s turned into a growth-type skill through this technique. (I know the item is garbage and appeared too early, being criticized, but it’s already written)

This thing can’t be used by Foundation Establishment or Golden Core cultivators, at least Nascent Soul stage is needed to barely use it.

The Hundred Refined Body Technique turns it into a growth-type skill, allowing the protagonist to use it.

It’s like the protagonist has a Top-Tier skill at each level.

These few skills can be used from the early stage to the late stage. In my view, they are very practical. This was also my original idea when I conceived of drawing this thing.

Of course, the inspiration for the Hundred Refined Body Technique, besides coming from the Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Technique in “Mortal”, was also because I initially wrote this system draw without much thought, and later realized I needed something to recycle the protagonist’s Magical Treasures.

As for detailed battle power, I originally wrote quite a bit, but due to word count limitations, I won’t explain meaninglessly. I guess I didn’t write it out effectively.