A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 288 - 248: Lu Qian the Good Person

These rare cultivation technique scriptures, any one of which could incite a bloody storm in the outside world, now gather densely like a massive school of fish, swirling under the control of the Pearl Spirit above the island.

How many cultivation technique scriptures are there here?

Faced with Lu Qian’s question, the Pearl Spirit calmly replied: "A total of thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight volumes. Most are useless trash, like the one in your hand."

Lu Qian was holding a thick jade scroll, with the title "Formless Void Sword Technique" in gleaming gold on the cover and the author "Ninth Sect Leader of Qinglian Sect, Liekong Spirit Monarch".

Seeing the author, Lu Qian’s hand trembled, and this secret manual almost fell to the ground.

Qinglian Sect! This sect has a long history and immense strength, its traditions have thrived for thousands of years. It’s still a major sect with Nascent Soul Spirit Monarchs, a dominant power in Cangzhou, jointly ruling the vast Cangzhou land along with two other major sects like the Spirit Beast Sect and a giant sect.

Unexpectedly, even such a behemoth was once suppressed by Jichuan Profound Monarch, who even took their sect leader’s inherited cultivation technique.

Lu Qian gazed in a trance at the tide of scriptures in front of him. How much of the sects’ painstaking efforts over generations are condensed here, how many secret divine skills, invaluable cultivation methods are undisclosed.

He casually grabbed another thick book of beast skin, "True Chapter of the Yin-Yang Nine Forms Talismanic Skill". It’s a secret scripture collection recording a total of one hundred and twenty-eight unique talisman drawing methods from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul. It’s unknown which sect’s foundational secret treasure, now casually discarded here.

In other words, among these thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight volumes, besides cultivation techniques, combat secret techniques, and unique magic techniques, there’s also a cultivation manual of the Hundred Arts including artifact refining, talisman making, alchemy, array, planting and breeding, beast taming, puppetry, medicine, poison, pulse diagnosis, treasure appraisal, astrology, divination.

These are precious treasures Jichuan Profound Monarch left when he roamed Cangzhou, overshadowing a hundred sects, a collection of secret scriptures from numerous aristocratic major sects.

However, even if acquired, they must be viewed rationally, not blindly confident.

After all, the technology in the cultivation realm is always developing, later generations continuously improve and refine the skills of their predecessors based on reality. Whether secret classics from two thousand years ago are better than today’s new discoveries and inventions remains unknown.

Just like what Guh Niqiang said, today’s elixirs have been repeatedly improved, Dan poison is decreasing, and the amount that can be taken continuously is increasing. But as for the pill formulas from two thousand years ago, not to mention their specific effects, how many spirit herbs and medicines have disappeared over these two millennia?

But regardless, these are the celestial ladders for any small sect, invaluable treasures, the deepest foundation that directly elevates the sect’s limit to the Primordial Spirit!

Lu Qian couldn’t help but mutter: "These are not trash..."

The Pearl Spirit plainly said: "To the master, they are useless trash, discarded here untouched, most haven’t even been opened."

Lu Qian realized. Jichuan Profound Monarch was a loose cultivator without sect affiliation, roamed alone with at most a few disciples, he neither needed nor had the energy to learn so many things. His unmatched martial power was his way of life.

The Pearl Spirit paused, with a faint pride in its voice: "There is only one treasure here, which is the ’Supreme Primordial Spirit Sea-Suppressing Profound Skill’ cultivated and improved by the master."

It sounds like a water attribute cultivation technique? Lu Qian almost blurted out: "Can I have this?"

The Pearl Spirit unsurprisingly refused: "This is the master’s cultivation technique, only the master’s successor may cultivate it. It can’t be given to you."

Lu Qian wasn’t the least bit disappointed and started a series of inquiries: "What does successor mean?"

Or more critically, in the Pearl Spirit of Primordial Pearl’s perception, what is a successor.

The Pearl Spirit honestly replied: "A successor is one to whom all of the master’s belongings are entrusted."

"After being entrusted to the successor, do these things become the successor’s possessions?"

"Of course."

This straightforward worldview is excellent! Lu Qian suppressed his inner joy and asked the most crucial question.

"Then do you belong to the successor?"

This question left the Pearl Spirit stunned. It pondered for a while, then began mumbling: "All of the master’s belongings should be entrusted to the successor, so I must be given to the successor... then the successor becomes the new master... But I don’t want a new master, and it’s impossible for me to acknowledge a new master..."

"Why is this? The master’s orders cannot be completed?"

Its emotions became gradually unstable, its hazy light body undergoing severe fluctuations, the world began trembling loudly, the dry lake bed cracking with giant fissures, the buildings on the Huxing Island collapsing faster.

Wu Yan approached Lu Qian in fear, amidst the upheaval and tremor, Lu Qian sighed lightly, it seemed impossible to directly have the Pearl Spirit recognize Wu Yan as its master.

He had no choice but to say: "Because you’re mistaken, you’re not an object. You’ve already gained spiritual wisdom, after obtaining innate spiritual qi, you can also form a body, completely different from these dead objects."

The space within the pearl instantly stabilized, the Pearl Spirit suddenly understood: "You’re right! I’m no longer an object. So I don’t need to be handed over to the successor, don’t need a new master!"

She looked at Lu Qian with satisfaction, this person speaks so reasonably, and he’s quite nice!

Lu Qian continued to ask: "Since you don’t want to acknowledge a new master, how should you treat the master’s successor then?"

The Pearl Spirit shook its head, actually throwing the question back: "What do you think should be done?"

"Your master tasked you with finding a successor for him, it’s a very important task, it doesn’t end with just finding a successor." Lu Qian smiled, "Imagine if you just found someone suitable, and then they got killed, wouldn’t it be in vain, and the task a failure."

"So, you should stay by this successor’s side, protecting her wholeheartedly, allowing her to grow smoothly."

"You’re right." The Pearl Spirit nodded, then asked another question, "Then when is the task considered complete?"

Lu Qian thought for a moment: "Besides asking you to find a successor, did your master give any other instructions?"

"There were no more." The Pearl Spirit said sadly, "The master was seriously injured at the time, placed me into the spirit vein, left this one sentence and left, never returning. Later on, I felt that he died."

The Treasure Pearl World trembled again, but Lu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, thankful there was no "avenge me" kind of bitter task left behind.

He quickly said: "Then wait until this successor grows to be as powerful as your master, and the task is complete."