Five-Colored Stone

That day, after listening to the Dean’s lengthy speech, Shangguan Xue and the others were finally allowed to enter the Treasure Vault.

The Treasure Vault, along with the white box that distributed Spirit Arts and the Scripture Pavilion that stored Spirit Seals, was one of the main buildings in the Grand Spirit Academy.

But looking at the legendary Treasure Vault, even Qin Yueyan’s eyes revealed a look of astonishment.

“Uh…”

“This is the Treasure Vault?” Luo Jin asked directly.

The structure before them was a memorial archway made of bluestone and glazed tile… It certainly looked magnificent, but it couldn’t hold anything.

Shangguan Xue swept her gaze over it and couldn’t help but let out a light laugh.

“A spiritual array is laid out beneath this archway. Passing through it will lead you to a small world.”

‘Undoubtedly Qingmei’s creation’—she swallowed this sentence back down.

‘She’s stealing all my lines…’ The Old Dean struggled to maintain his expression, keeping himself looking solemn and majestic.

“That’s right. Esteemed disciples, enter the Treasure Vault.”

“Remember, each person can only choose one treasure. After selecting a treasure, leave your mark on it with spiritual energy, and you will be teleported out.”

Shangguan Xue was the first to step under the archway, disappearing from everyone’s sight. Seeing this, the others quickly followed.

Passing through the spiritual array, what greeted their eyes were endless yellow sands and a venomously scorching sun.

“Where are the treasures…” someone asked.

But soon he felt a stir in the spiritual energy, as if something was hidden beneath the hot sand. Bending down and touching it with his hand, he found a gleaming, cold sword.

“The treasures are under the sand!”

The disciples understood and began to pick and choose from within the sand. What they found were all spirit treasures.

Shangguan Xue didn’t move, focusing her attention on Luo Jin.

‘Although the best spirit treasures here are fifth-grade, equivalent to the Life Comprehension Realm, my target isn’t a spirit treasure…’

Besides spirit treasures, there were also innate treasures in the world: artifacts created by cultivators using their own spiritual sense, spiritual energy, and other materials. For example, Shangguan Xue’s Hegemon Blade.

When a cultivator perished, their innate treasure would generally dissipate along with them. However, the innate treasures of Creation Realm experts would remain.

As far as Shangguan Xue knew, Jia Nan’s longbow, “Wind Ferry,” was the innate treasure of a fallen demonic beast powerhouse.

This type of innate treasure had to grow from weak to strong alongside its new master to achieve perfect compatibility.

Therefore, the Grand Spirit Academy’s Treasure Vault contained some innate treasures from human predecessors—specifically for the younger generation.

Luo Jin’s fortuitous encounter was one of them, named the Five-Light Stone.

This item came from a powerhouse from several hundred years ago known as the “Jade Saint.” In her hands, it was unerringly accurate and extraordinarily powerful.

Originally, the Five-Light Stone would have fallen into Luo Jin’s hands, becoming a great aid in his punishing of the good and promotion of evil. But today, the Martial Saint was here.

Luo Jin walked aimlessly on the yellow sand, occasionally bending down to feel around. But he felt his luck was very poor; he couldn’t seem to find anything.

Just as he squatted down once more, his hand finally touched something.

“A stone?”

Luo Jin retracted his hand, somewhat dissatisfied.

But he soon realized that this stone was actually ice-cold to the touch—despite being buried under scorching sand.

And it didn’t have a particularly strong fluctuation; compared to other spirit treasures, it seemed very special… If I’m going to choose, I’ll choose the special one!

Luo Jin immediately made up his mind; this was it.

Just as he was about to reach down, a voice suddenly sounded, and then a hand reached out from under the sand and pulled out a dull, gray stone.

“Thanks.”

“Shangguan Xue!” Luo Jin roared at the girl before him. “I found it first!”

Shangguan Xue sneered, “Does this thing have your name written on it? Besides, you found it first, but you didn’t take it out.”

“Give it back!”

The way Luo Jin gritted his teeth, it was as if he wanted to tear Shangguan Xue to pieces and eat her.

Qin Yueyan quietly moved closer, holding the treasure she had just chosen, but she hadn’t left her mark on it yet.

“Need help?”

“You can go out first. I can handle this,” Shangguan Xue said with a laugh, then saw her treasure and was delighted.

‘An innate treasure… and a good one like the Primordial Gold Dipper at that.’

“Alright.” Hearing her say this, Qin Yueyan also left the Treasure Vault.

Luo Jin had been wary of Qin Yueyan’s presence and hadn’t dared to make a move. Now seeing her leave, Luo Jin directly activated his “Sacred Devil Body” and pounced.

Shangguan Xue saw the strength of his physique with a single glance and laughed inwardly.

‘Have you even been training your body-tempering Spirit Seal? You’ve only reached this stage? You’re just a little stronger than an ordinary Body Tempering Realm cultivator.’

She slapped out with her palm, sending the mid-air Luo Jin tumbling into the yellow sand.

“Pah!” Luo Jin got a mouthful of sand, so angry that his heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys all ached. “I’m going to kill you!”

In that instant, his mind became clear, and his spiritual sense, far stronger than an ordinary person’s, actually took control of four nearby sixth-grade spirit treasures.

A spiritual sense far surpassing that of an ordinary person was Luo Jin’s advantage as a transmigrator.

“Die!”

He roared and waved his arms, and four blades, spears, swords, and halberds erupted at once, shooting towards Shangguan Xue like lightning.

An attack from four sixth-grade spirit treasures was something even a Free Roaming Realm expert would have to be wary of. An ordinary Body Tempering Realm cultivator would surely die.

But the esteemed Martial Saint was certainly no ordinary Body Tempering Realm cultivator.

“Crude, Luo Jin.” She casually waved her hand in the air, and what happened next left Luo Jin dumbfounded like a roasted chicken…

…Those spirit treasures actually disintegrated into fragments in mid-air.

And Luo Jin, because the spirit treasures he was controlling were destroyed, suffered a backlash to his spiritual sense, and saw stars before his eyes.

Shangguan Xue pouted and muttered in her heart:

‘Ha, I already guessed that your spiritual sense was strong, and that because of your flourishing luck, you would “fortunately” control a large number of spirit treasures.’

‘But my spiritual sense is stronger.’

‘Although limited by my body, my spiritual sense is only slightly stronger than the Nirvana Realm. But it still retains the characteristics of the Creation Realm, containing the world within. As long as I’m willing, I can still shatter low-grade spirit treasures.’

Slap!

While Luo Jin was still in a daze, Shangguan Xue dashed over and slapped him to the ground.

“Want to kill me? Train for another twenty years.”

The young Martial Saint sneered as she left her mark on the Five-Light Stone and left the Treasure Vault.

Not long after, Luo Jin also came out. In his hand was a golden-red dart, which turned out to be a fifth-grade spirit treasure.

‘Compensation from his luck… or rather, his first-priority opportunity was snatched, so he got the second-tier one.’

Shangguan Xue nodded thoughtfully, not particularly concerned. She had identified the information of that fifth-grade spirit treasure:

“Fire Dragon Dart. It produces thick smoke when thrown, and the wounds it causes will continuously burn. Even a Life Comprehension Realm cultivator can’t heal from it immediately, but a Death Comprehension Realm cultivator can dispel the burning effect.”

“Can’t say it’s bad, but it’s not as good as the Five-Light Stone… this is a treasure that can still be used even in the Creation Realm.”