All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 402 - 45: Treasure in the Mountains

Chapter 402: Chapter 45: Treasure in the Mountains

Having reached this point, Snow Climbing Tooth could more or less understand An Jing’s intentions and curiously asked, "Are you here to hunt for treasures in Broken Blade Mountain?"

"To search for my mother. And incidentally, to find some spiritual materials, given my Metal Fate Life Pattern."

An Jing nodded. Recently, these past few days, Shen Mubai had been quite comfortable, spending every day at home in quiet cultivation, finding joy in the practice. After finishing his quiet cultivation, he would help An Jing with some affairs. For example, the many slogans and large characters on the wooden boards had been written by Shen Mubai, each perfectly standardized, clearly the official script.

Since his mother was safe and sound, it was time for him to look for the Subdue Evil broken blade fragments.

"If there really were treasures, the supreme being above surely would’ve clenched them in its tail long ago."

Snow Climbing Tooth said, "It must have also taken the treasures when it left... But Broken Blade Mountain is so vast, I have no idea which specific one you’re looking for."

An Jing inquired within his Divine Sea, asking Subdue Evil which shook its sword hilt, indicating that its sword blade fragment was still in the mountain.

So without changing his expression, he said, "It’s nothing particularly rare, probably not taken away; it’s in the mountain—if you truly are grateful to me, then draw me a map, marking the locations of the phenomena you remember."

Once he finished speaking, An Jing handed over a blank jade slip—the jade slips of the Tianyuan Realm were similar to the Jade Books of the Embracing the Void Realm. Snow Climbing Tooth skillfully inscribed with its Divine Sense: "All good things belong to the supreme being above. If it didn’t take them, then they are surely placed in the Primordial Spirit Cave... But I must warn you, although the Primordial Spirit Cave is filled with treasures collected by the supreme being, and it hasn’t appeared for a long time, you must not search within it for temporary gains. It’s very dangerous; there are lots of Gold Fiend poisonous Qi and Earth Vein Exhaust Gas. Ordinary demon beasts can’t even get close!"

"Understood!"

An Jing took the hint, and after Snow Climbing Tooth had finished inscribing the map, it pushed the jade slip back to An Jing: "To prevent you from straying into danger, let me point you the way... Look, the Primordial Spirit Cave is right there."

The Six-Tusked White Boar lifted its head, using its longest pair of tusks to point to the center of Broken Blade Mountains, right at the elongated Broken Blade Sword Spine: "Three times a year, for ten days each in the upper, middle, and lower months, this cave will emit Golden Qi, covering the mountains, converging with the celestial moon above to create the Spiritual Fiend ’Primordial Lunar Golden Light.’ It is the harsh metal Xuanyin Qi, which also merges with the Golden Flame Fiend under the mountain, creating an integrated Qi that enables us demon beasts to awaken our spirits."

"Shuo Yueying used it to achieve enlightenment but monopolized this Primordial Lunar Golden Light. Although everyone knew it wanted to achieve Great Heaven’s Sanctification, the demon is now gone, and releasing these Spiritual Fiends to nourish Heaven and Earth is also good."

"Thank you very much."

An Jing browsed the jade slip, which not only contained marked maps of various spiritual objects but also some information about the Primordial Spirit Cave.

The man and the beast exchanged a few more pleasantries before Snow Climbing Tooth left, contentedly carrying the Evergreen Wood—this scientifically bred, selected Evergreen Wood might not match wild spirit plants in some respects, such as disaster resistance, but demon spirits could resist disasters themselves, what they need is that pure vitality.

The Evergreen Wood gifted by An Jing was the basis for it to integrate its Divine Abnormality and develop the Sky-reaching Construction Wood root system within its Formation Realm, representing the hope for its Divine Repository; showing gratitude was the least it could do, hence it did not hesitate to sell all the information it knew, even feeling it wasn’t quite enough.

It was the same for An Jing’s side—The Evergreen Wood, which was practically flooding the neighboring world, could be exchanged for so much valuable intelligence, not to mention the information about Shuo Yueying and the Primordial Spirit Cave. Even the location intelligence of other spiritual objects was an absolute fortune, earning hundreds of times over.

"This Big Tusk Pig is quite nice, and even a bit crafty."

An Jing watched the retreating Snow Climbing Tooth and couldn’t help but remark, "It didn’t dare to open the Primordial Spirit Cave itself, seeing that I have a metallic Divine Mandate and Destiny arrives, perhaps I could open it. So, it deliberately sold me a favor."

"Even so, it didn’t let any word slip. Now returning to cultivation, it is likely to make another breakthrough."

"Indeed, but that’s a good thing as well," Subdue Evil nodded. "This demon spirit is intelligent without being cunning, self-serving without harming others. Should it become a Divine Repository, it will have ties of gratitude with you, which is all to our advantage and no harm."

Both parties were satisfied with the trade, and although it didn’t solve the potential crisis in Linjiang City, An Jing was already used to this.

Back in the city, An Jing toured around to check on the situation. After ensuring there was enough food and that people’s lives were gradually getting back to normalcy and even started to resume production, he nodded his head, left messages for Bai Qinghan, his mother, and Xu Tai, and then, riding Tengshuang White, he headed towards Broken Blade Mountain.

His goal was none other than the Primordial Spirit Cave.

A silvery-white trajectory streaked across the sky.

By now, An Jing’s strength within the Inner Strength, was considered top-notch.

According to the classifications at the True Martial Platform, An Jing, who possessed the ’Supreme Five’ aptitude, could, even without any Divine Abnormality, rival the combat power of an average rural Inner Strength practitioner with five Divine Abnormalities. Indeed, An Jing was able to face off against Lu Jin, a local leader of the True Demon Sect with four Divine Abnormalities, even before he achieved Inner Strength.

Now, with two Divine Abnormalities, including the Grasping Heavenly Moment, An Jing had slain the Hunting Manor leader of the True Demon Sect, also with four Divine Abnormalities, in a single move, and even took out a Gold Fiend close to the Martial Meridian along the way.

The Great Hui had turned into a demon, and after slaying it, the burning Mysterious Primordial Qi was absorbed by the Heavenly Profound True Talisman. Most of the Xuanyuan Pure Light produced was devoured by it, with only a small portion used by An Jing to strengthen his ’Pupil Fire.’ This was also why An Jing was able to activate the Lesser Yang Swordsmanship multiple times and heal the group of beasts.

The Heavenly Profound True Talisman had no distinct spiritual wisdom, only basic spirituality. It took the majority of the Xuanyuan Pure Light for self-repair, and since it did produce quite an amount of Xuanyuan Pure Light to aid him in healing during a crisis last time, An Jing and Subdue Evil tacitly accepted its actions.

"This thing is not of low standing."

Said An Jing and Subdue Evil, "It only fell short when facing you, but against Emperor’s Blood, it remained unafraid... I feel that if it were at its peak, it would likely be at least a Pure Yang, or even part of the Great Lingxiao Formation."

"Indeed."

Subdue Evil nodded slightly, "It is slightly inferior to me, possessing an undying essence. No matter how severely damaged, it can recover. The damage it has sustained lies in its spirituality and essence, which is why it has an instinctual craving for Xuanyuan Pure Light to heal itself."

"If it succeeds in healing, then it is a talisman capable of reaching the heavens, probably an already refined, complete ’Daoist Profession’, capable of assisting Golden Core True Lords to take that crucial step towards achieving a Dao Fetus Nascent Soul."

"Moreover, it can eradicate Demonic Qi... No wonder the companies of the Tianyuan Realm are so eager for it; I’m afraid I haven’t utilized its full effects."

An Jing pondered. The True Demon Sect and Heavenly Demons were troublesome because they were like a stinking pile of dog feces; if exploded, it would splatter one with Demonic Qi, and one might become demonized or have one’s Magical Soldiers and Spiritual Artifacts contaminated, a loss in any case.

But the Heavenly Profound True Talisman could, by paying a fee in fundamental Yuan Qi, purify one’s body. Although An Jing had never used it so far, having this assurance enabled him to fight without any restrictions, allowing him to strike the Heavenly Demons with full force.

"To understand its true use, I probably need to look in the Tianyuan Realm," Subdue Evil agreed with a nod. "But it’s enough for now."

"Indeed." An Jing nodded slightly, suddenly finding it somewhat amusing, "Speaking of which, since this Heavenly Profound True Talisman is part of a major Formation, to restore its full function, one would likely need to collect other True Talismans, and you, Subdue Evil, are looking to collect your own fragments... And I need to continuously collect my own Seven Luminaries for my Seven Fiend Heavenly Mandate, as well as gather my own Divine Abnormalities."

"It seems like we’re all somewhat incomplete, a bit fragmented."

"Haha, scattered Fate Patterns, swords, and formation talismans." Subdue Evil suddenly became cheerful, "This is what they call, like attracts like, eh!"

"Hey, even the heavenly path of our Embracing the Void Realm is broken."

An Jing also laughed, "Those scattered Heaven and Earth Cores, the Heaven and Earth filled with Demonic Qi, perhaps they too await a destined someone to collect them into a whole."

"Hmm? Wait a minute..." Suddenly, An Jing fell into thought, "Something doesn’t feel quite right..."

Before he could ponder further, An Jing had already reached his destination.

Broken Blade Mountain Range, the ruins of the True Demon Sect.