Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Beholding the Earth Key, the Pioneer Certificate
Weiyuan Immortal City.
Dressed in black robes with fluttering sleeves, Su Ye arrived at the museum as scheduled.
As he stepped into the museum, a look of surprise involuntarily crossed Su Ye’s face.
He lowered his head and looked at the floor.
The museum floor wasn’t made of the usual stone slabs or wooden planks.
Instead, it was a deliberately raised floor of transparent glass!
Beneath the glass floor, thousands of colorful flags were laid out!
These flags, rich with indigenous culture, were mostly ancient and tattered, many stained with dark patches of blood!
With Su Ye’s keen spiritual perception,
he could feel the aura of clashing armies and a sea of blood just by gazing at the stains upon the flags!
’These are... the indigenous flags captured by the Immortal City... so many of them?’
During the Pioneering War, Weiyuan Immortal City, as a key strategic point, saw battle almost every day!
Both the Yaoguang cultivators and the indigenous islanders shed rivers of blood upon the lands of this towering immortal city!
But in the end, the Yaoguang cultivators proved superior.
Weiyuan Immortal City stood tall and magnificent, never falling.
As for the indigenous tribes that attacked it, most were slaughtered to the last, their people exterminated...
Even their flags, symbols of honor, were captured in countless numbers, laid out on the ground for all to trample.
’The weak are prey to the strong...’
Su Ye’s gaze darkened as he lanted inwardly.
The Cultivation Realm’s own age of exploration was every bit as brutal as the one from his past life.
...
Su Ye shook his head, clearing his mind of stray thoughts.
He ventured deeper into the museum.
"You’re Su Ye, right? Miss Bai already inford . Please, co with ..."
The man guarding the museum was a middle-aged cultivator in a brocade robe, at the Early-stage Foundation Establishnt Realm.
He carried himself well and his skin was well-maintained, likely because he had taken a Youthful Appearance Elixir or a similar pill.
However, with a slight probe of his Divine Sense, Su Ye could still perceive the aura of decay and twilight that clung to the man, a scent of passing years.
Clearly, the man was much older than he appeared.
More than half his lifespan was gone, yet he was still stuck at the Early-stage Foundation Establishnt. His future was bleak, so he had been sent away to guard the museum.
"The collection in here is protected by restrictive formations. Please don’t touch anything, or you’ll have to bear the consequences."
The middle-aged man’s expression was impassive as he spoke in a strictly businesslike tone.
Su Ye could keenly sense that this man seed to harbor so resentnt toward him.
’But that’s to be expected.’
’Old-tirs with no future always get like this when they see a young talent with a boundless path ahead of them...’
Su Ye shrugged, unconcerned.
He was quite tolerant of failures.
Besides, Su Ye was here under Bai Xiuying’s auspices. Even if the man was resentful, he wouldn’t dare to act on it.
...
Soon, under the middle-aged man’s guidance, Su Ye entered the museum’s collection room.
’The Key of Earth is in here!’
But Su Ye didn’t rush, lest he arouse suspicion.
He ambled through the collection, pausing here and there, and eventually approached the Key of Earth as if by chance.
Su Ye retracted his Divine Sense to avoid triggering the restrictive formations and examined the ’Key of Earth’ with his eyes.
’So this is one of the three keys? It looks completely unremarkable...’
However, at that very mont,
a pale blue panel suddenly materialized before Su Ye’s eyes!
[...Detecting special item...]
[Pioneer Certificate: Cloud Mountain]
[Chart the heavens and weave the earth, illuminating all four corners.]
[Holding this Pioneer Certificate increases daily EXP gain by 10.]
Su Ye’s gaze remained calm as he feigned disinterest and walked away from the Key of Earth.
’A Pioneer Certificate?’
’It’s... an item that can directly increase my EXP?!’
’And at no cost! I just have to hold it to get a steady, unending stream of experience points?!’
’Ten points a day is 3,650 a year...’
Moreover, this EXP didn’t require Su Ye to spend any ti on it, unlike his other thods. All he had to do was possess the ’Key of Earth’!
This was especially important to Su Ye.
Once cultivators on the immortal path reached the higher realms, a single session of deep seclusion could last for years, or even decades!
During the Foundation Establishnt Stage, Su Ye could still manage to increase both his EXP and his cultivation base.
But as his cultivation level rose, he would inevitably have to choose between the two...
But now, the appearance of the [Pioneer Certificate] seed to offer a solution that gave him the best of both worlds!
’I have to get my hands on this thing!’
’But I’ll need to plan this out carefully...’
...
Ti flew by. Several months passed in a flash.
A full year had now passed since Su Ye’s arrival in Weiyuan Immortal City.
On this day, a Communication Talisman flew to him.
It was a ssage from the Artifact Refining master, Minghuo.
The Spiritual Artifact Su Ye had commissioned was nearly complete!
「Liaoyuan Workshop.」
The main ingredient, the South Frost Ice Crystal, along with nurous auxiliary materials, had been fused into one under Minghuo’s hamr.
They ford a silver spear, ten feet long, that glead with a sharp, cold light!
Following Su Ye’s instructions, Minghuo had left many blank spaces within the Spiritual Artifact’s formation patterns.
The final step, inscribing the formation patterns, was left for Luo Xiyin to complete, turning it into a ’Talisman Artifact’.
"If you would, Luo..." Su Ye said gently.
Luo Xiyin stepped forward, her expression solemn, and ford a hand seal.
Her Magical Power intertwined.
In the air before her, it coalesced, sketching out nurous runes.
The runes gathered together, transforming into several profound and mysterious silver formation patterns!
Like fluttering butterflies, the silver patterns drifted down onto the spear and seeped deep within, engraving themselves into its core!
HUM!
A minute later,
a profound luster flashed across the silver spear’s surface, giving it an aura of unparalleled sharpness—elegant and cruel!
A quasi-Third Order Talisman Artifact, complete!
Su Ye caressed the silver spear.
He poured his Divine Sense and Magical Power into it, branding the Talisman Artifact with his own mark.
A feeling of affinity washed over him, as if the weapon were an extension of his own arm!
Sensing the power of the Talisman Artifact’s restrictive formations and the sharpness of its material, a satisfied expression appeared on Su Ye’s face.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist. It’s like giving wings to a tiger."
"With your talent for combat, wielding this Talisman Artifact will be enough for you to dominate the Foundation Establishnt Realm!"
Minghuo said with a congratulatory cupped-fist salute.
"I’ve troubled you, Master."
Su Ye smiled and nodded, handing over a Storage Pouch to pay the remaining balance.
Just then,
Luo Xiyin’s eyes sparkled as she sidled up to Su Ye and tugged on the corner of his sleeve.
Her eyelashes fluttered, as if to say, ’What about ?’
Seeing this, Su Ye couldn’t help but laugh as he placated the silver-haired beauty.
"Of course, Xiying worked hard too..."
"There’s a reward for Xiying, too. I’ll give it to you when we get back..."
Having gotten his promise, Luo Xiyin turned away with a beaming smile, humming a little tune.
"By the way, I don’t believe I’ve asked what you’ll be naming this spear, Fellow Daoist," Minghuo asked curiously after counting the Spirit Stones.
’A na...’
Su Ye pondered for a mont. Then, as if he’d thought of sothing, his expression shifted.
"This spear... will still be called the Frost Thorn Spear!"
The Second Generation Frost Thorn Spear!
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