Seeing someone appear, the Falling Treasure Money's wings fluttered as it immediately tried to flee.
Luoxuan had spent a great deal of effort, and his sole purpose was this supreme treasure; how could he possibly let it escape?
Instantly,
he pointed a finger into the air.
The Falling Treasure Money gave a sudden jolt, then calmed down, fell from the sky, and landed in Luoxuan's hand.
Next,
Luoxuan released his divine sense and began refining the Spiritual Treasure.
After a long while,
Luoxuan opened his eyes.
Through the refining process just now, he had gained initial mastery over the Falling Treasure Money and simultaneously learned some of the secrets surrounding the Spiritual Treasure.
The Falling Treasure Money could indeed bring down treasures, but it required Qi Luck as a price.
Every time it brought down a treasure, it would consume a portion of the user's own Qi Luck.
Once too much Qi Luck was lost,
the owner of the Spiritual Treasure would suffer a backlash from the Heavenly Dao; choking on cold water while drinking would be the least of it, and more severe cases would encounter wave after wave of disasters and misfortunes.
Luoxuan suddenly came to a realization.
"No wonder those two fellows, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, both met with miserable ends—one beaten to death on the spot by Zhao Gongming, and the other perishing within the Ten Extremities Array. So it was all because they used the Falling Treasure Money."
Qi Luck,
profound and abstruse.
Yet in the Primordial World, it truly existed and was immensely important.
Those with great Qi Luck,
as if blessed by the heavens, would pick up Spiritual Treasures just by stepping outside and achieve sudden enlightenment as easily as drinking water.
Those with poor Qi Luck,
would be accompanied by bad luck, encountering all sorts of misfortunes and disasters, and such people could never go far on the path of cultivation.
Of course,
Qi Luck was not immutable from birth.
Through acquired effort, one could likewise enhance their Qi Luck, such as by taking a Sage as a master just as Luoxuan had done, gaining the protection of the Sage.
His Qi Luck was far stronger than that of most ordinary cultivators.
"What a pity!"
Luoxuan looked at the Falling Treasure Money in his hand, a look of mild disgust crossing his face.
Though the treasure was fine,
it was a life-drainer!
Although Luoxuan considered his Qi Luck to be profound, he would not needlessly put himself in danger for the sake of a single Spiritual Treasure—he cherished his life dearly, after all.
Thus,
the top-grade Spiritual Treasure known as the Falling Treasure Money had instead become a tasteless chicken rib.
However, Luoxuan was not discouraged.
"Any achievements I, Luoxuan, possess today rely entirely on my own hard work. System, check in!"
System: "..."
[Ding-dong!]
[Checked in at Wuyi Mountain. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the reward: top-grade innate Spiritual Treasure, the Treasure-Gathering Basin.]
A white light flashed,
and a golden treasure basin inlaid with gold and jade appeared within the cave.
Through the system's introduction,
Luoxuan learned that the Treasure-Gathering Basin had three distinct functions in total.
First,
repairing Spiritual Treasures.
By placing damaged Spiritual Treasures into the Treasure-Gathering Basin and nurturing them for a period of time, the treasures could be restored to their original condition.
The second function was gathering treasures.
By placing spiritual objects into the Treasure-Gathering Basin, an identical duplicate could be generated.
However, this was limited to spiritual herbs, spiritual minerals, immortal elixirs, and spiritual items; spiritual roots and Spiritual Treasures containing innate Dao rhythms could not be replicated, as every single one of them was unique.
The third function,
and the one that surprised Luoxuan the most, was the ability to gather Qi Luck.
Qi Luck was an intangible substance,
yet the Treasure-Gathering Basin could gather it, store it, and even allow it to be retrieved and used whenever needed.
Luoxuan's eyes lit up.
"With the Treasure-Gathering Basin, won't the drawbacks of the Falling Treasure Money be completely resolved?"
Acting on the thought,
Luoxuan channeled a stream of magical power into the Treasure-Gathering Basin.
Instantly,
the Treasure-Gathering Basin trembled violently, releasing rays of golden light. Wisps of Qi Luck forces were drawn down from the void and fell into the basin.
As the radiance dissipated,
Luoxuan looked closely and found that the basin already contained a considerable amount of Qi Luck.
Naturally, this Qi Luck belonged to Luoxuan.
The Falling Treasure Money was, after all, a top-grade Spiritual Treasure capable of adding a substantial amount of Qi Luck to Luoxuan, but this Qi Luck had been collected by the Treasure-Gathering Basin before it could merge into Luoxuan's body.
Luoxuan stroked his chin, lost in thought.
"Use the Falling Treasure Money to bring down other people's treasures, enhance my own Qi Luck, then store that Qi Luck in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, and in turn use it to fuel the Falling Treasure Money to bring down more treasures."
"Goodness me, a perpetual motion machine has been formed!"
Just as Luoxuan was rejoicing over solving the drawbacks of the Falling Treasure Money, the sound of footsteps suddenly echoed from outside the cave.
Two Daoists rushed in frantically.
The newcomers were none other than Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao.
The two of them had discovered the existence of Wuyi Mountain long ago, but due to their lacking strength and ignorance of formations, they could not break the innate grand array.
Yet knowing there must be treasures within the mountain and unwilling to give up, they had lingered outside the mountain every day.
To their unexpected surprise,
they had only left for a short while today, and upon returning, they found that the formation had actually been broken.
They were simultaneously overjoyed and furious.
They were overjoyed that the formation was finally broken, but furious that someone else had beaten them to it, meaning the treasure they had guarded for thousands of years was likely to be snatched away by someone else.
The two of them were not fools.
They naturally knew that whoever could break the formation was definitely no ordinary person.
Yet to leave just like that was something they could not reconcile themselves to.
Both of them were rogue cultivators,
unable to find even a single Spiritual Treasure on their entire bodies.
Discovering Wuyi Mountain this time was probably the greatest fortuitous encounter of their lives; once missed, there would be no hope of rising to prominence ever again.
Therefore,
the two of them had hurried over in haste.
When they saw Luoxuan's figure, their expressions instantly sank.
Yet immediately after, their gazes noticed the Falling Treasure Money in Luoxuan's hand and the Enlightenment Tea Tree nearby, and intense greed flashed in their eyes.
Xiao Sheng stepped forward and cupped his hands, saying:
"I am Xiao Sheng."
"This fellow Daoist, this place was discovered by us first..."
Before he could finish speaking,
Luoxuan abruptly drew the Flying Smoke Sword, slashing out a massive fiery sword Qi before the two could even react.
A flash of fire,
and their bodies were instantly cleaved in two by the sword Qi.
This single slash
not only severed their physical bodies, but their Yuanshi were also simultaneously obliterated by the sword Qi, making them dead beyond all doubt.
With a thud,
the two corpses collapsed to the ground, and two magic tools slid out from their sleeves.
Clearly,
the two of them had just wanted to use the opportunity of speaking to launch a sneak attack on Luoxuan, never expecting to be instantly counter-killed instead.
Luoxuan's expression remained cold as he put away his sword.
He was never a good person to begin with, and this was the Primordial World, where killing people and seizing treasures was as commonplace as eating and drinking for cultivators.
In the Primordial World, good people didn't live long.
If Luoxuan hadn't struck, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao would have struck first.
Of course,
even if they had struck first, it would have been useless; mere Mysterious Immortals were no match for Luoxuan at all.
Whoosh!
The South-Aspected Separation Fire suddenly flared up, burning the two corpses into ashes.
As for those two magic tools, they weren't even Spiritual Treasures, so Luoxuan naturally looked down on them and simply burned them into scrap with the fire.
Putting away the Treasure-Gathering Basin and the Falling Treasure Money, Luoxuan walked toward the tea tree.
A top-grade innate spiritual root,
the Enlightenment Tea Tree!
This was the very first tea tree between heaven and earth,
truly extraordinary, and the tea brewed from its leaves possessed the effect of helping people attain enlightenment of the Dao.
Once enlightened, a cultivator could enter a wondrous state where any past difficulties could be easily comprehended in that moment.
A single session of enlightenment could dramatically boost a cultivator's realm.
Moreover,
enlightenment had always been a matter of encountering it by chance rather than seeking it, making every single instance immensely precious.
Yet the Enlightenment Tea Tree allowed one to attain enlightenment anytime and anywhere, showing just how defying-of-heavenly-principles it truly was.