Chapter 369 - A Cave Of Treasures! (2/2)

“Soul Weapon?” Ye Chen was stunned.

“That’s right, Soul Weapon. This Soul Weapon must be Tier Nine. Its value alone is comparable to the total worth of all the spirit artifacts in your hoard!”

“It’s that valuable?” Ye Chen possessed ten thousand Tier Five spirit artifacts, and numerous Tier Seven to Tier Nine spirit artifacts of all sorts. This many spirit artifacts could not compare to a Soul Weapon?

“Soul Weapons are invisible and formless. Only Celestial Beast Daemon Kings can see them. They may be wielded with a physical body or Astral Externalization. This item can’t attack the physical form but it can strike an opponent’s Psyche. Even a Daemon King’s Psyche would be in harrowing anguish after being hit by this Soul Weapon! It’s extremely difficult to forge something like this, for its materials are extremely rare, and one would need endless soul jade to temper and refine it!”

“Which means that this Soul Weapon is meant to be used against Celestial Beast Daemon Kings?” Ye Chen asked.

“That’s right! The forging process of Soul Weapons had been lost long ago. For ordinary Celestial Beast Daemon Kings, even a Tier One Soul Weapon is difficult to find, to say nothing of a Tier Nine Soul Weapon!”

If Master Lion had not notified him, Ye Chen would never have discovered the Soul Weapon. Even if he looked with his Astral Body, without a meticulous examination, the Soul Weapon would not be noticeable.

“This item is very difficult to discover and can directly attack a Celestial Beast Daemon King’s Psyche. When facing a Celestial Beast Daemon King, it’s an effective, fatal weapon!” Ye Chen was jumping with excitement. He extended his Astral Body to envelop the silver chain. After activating his Astral Body, the silver chain flew toward him.

Ye Chen grabbed the thin air and caught the silver chain. Although this item was invisible and formless, when one grabbed it, one could feel the icy chill coming off the chain. Furthermore, there was a solid metallic sensation in one’s hand.

When Ye Chen looked down, the silver chain seemed to waver in and out of sight.

“This Soul Weapon is truly wondrous,” Ye Chen exclaimed to himself in shock. He attached a trace of his Astral Body to the silver chain. This strand of Astral Body sank into the chain, and a faint, unstable connection was created between Ye Chen’s Astral Body and the chain.

Ye Chen’s Astral Body twitched, and the silver chain seemed to be tugged by some force. It floated up like a silver snake.

This Soul Weapon could be controlled using one’s Psyche indeed!

“What a treasure!”

Ye Chen kept the Soul Weapon in the armguard’s space. There was still a third stone room. He wondered what it would hold. Ye Chen came out of the second room and entered the third. This stone room was smaller than the previous two. Short tables had been tidily set out in the room, and on their surfaces were embroidered boxes. There were over hundreds of these embroidered boxes, which were coated in a thick layer of dust.

“I wonder what’s inside these embroidered boxes.” Ye Chen opened one embroidered box at random. There was a hissing sound and red vapor rose. Ye Chen quickly held his breath. Surely this was not some toxic gas?

“Ye Chen, buddy, don’t worry. This isn’t toxic gas but medicinal vapor. Breathing it in will do no harm, only good.”

When Ye Chen heard what Master Lion had said, he stopped holding his breath. When he looked into the embroidered box, it was empty. There was nothing inside at all.

“Master Lion, what’s this? Why is it an empty box?” Ye Chen asked. Has someone taken the contents?

“These embroidered boxes must’ve stored medicinal pills, but they were stored for too long, so the pills had turned into medicinal vapor.”

“How long have these embroidered boxes been here?” It would take an extremely long period for medicinal pills to turn into medicinal vapor.

“More than ten millennia, I think.”

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. These embroidered boxes had been here for over ten millennia. It was not surprising that the pills inside were gone. The embroidered boxes looked very sturdy. Even after ten millennia, they had not fallen apart. “Swish, swish, swish”– Ye Chen shamelessly swept these embroidered boxes into the armguard’s space as well.

As Ye Chen put away the embroidered boxes, he opened them up one by one. “Whiff, whiff, whiff”, puffs of medicinal vapor rose.

Although these medicinal vapors came from pills, as they were far too old, their medicinal efficacy had dissipated. Thus, their effects were negligible.

As Ye Chen opened up each embroidered box, he suddenly came across one which made his eyes lit up. There was still a medicinal pill in this one!

A black pill lay silently in the box. A heavy medicinal scent drifted into his nostrils, making his feel heady.

“Master Lion, what’s this pill?” Ye Chen asked. To think that there was still a medicinal pill in these embroidered boxes.

“This is… The Chi-transforming Pill! Youngling Ye Chen, you’re in luck. Eating this Chi-transforming Pill can help your Celestial Chi cultivation base break through to mid or even top Mystique Venerable Rank. It’s too bad that this pill has no effect on the Psyche.” Master Lion’s voice rang out from the Heavenly Astra Seal.

Chi-transforming Pill? Ye Chen wondered what tier this pill was. Although it could only advance his Celestial Chi cultivation base and not his Astral Body’s cultivation base, it was still a precious pill one could not have too many of. To progress by one level in one’s cultivation base, most Mystique Venerable Ones would take at least years or even decades. This Chi-transforming Pill could tremendously cut down the time Ye Chen would need to reach Godly Venerable Rank!

Ye Chen would first put away all of these embroidered boxes, then find a time to digest this Chi-transforming Pill!

Ye Chen cautiously put the Chi-transforming Pill in a safe place, then continued to open the remaining embroidered boxes. Among the hundreds of embroidered boxes, Ye Chen had discovered five surviving medicinal pills.

“These two brown pills are Chi-shaping Spirit Pills for mystical beasts. They can help mystical beasts break through to Daemon King Attainment Level.

“This purple one is the Tonic Spirit Pill for mystical beasts as well. It boosts one’s cultivation base.

“This is the Primordial Quintessence Pill for Celestial Beasts. It can improve their Psyche’s cultivation base.”

Three Spirit Pills, one Quintessence Pill, and one Chi-transforming Pill. It was a rich harvest. Ye Chen walked around the stone room a few times and saw a few opened embroidered boxes in a corner. Zhu Gonggong had probably opened these embroidered boxes, finished the pills inside, then left them there.

Ye Chen would let nothing slip past him. “Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh”– all of the embroidered boxes were placed inside his armguard’s space.