Chapter 335: Facilities Increased

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The moment he absorbed the Integration-grade storage pouch through the Secret Realm of the Mind divine ability.

The spatial pocket expanded drastically, and countless treasures arose.

“Oh…”

Looking at all sorts of treasures piled like mountains, a laugh escaped him naturally.

Just what kind of treasures would an Unity stage Dao Sovereign belonging to the Sacred Scale Alliance, a force that made its name in a Xuan-unit region, possess?

At least, wouldn’t they be wealthier than the Asura race Dao Sovereigns?

Licking his lips, he immediately called his clones.

Entrusting the work of checking the treasures one by one to his clones,

he picked up a porcelain bottle that had been particularly eye-catching since earlier.

It was a white porcelain bottle just of a size comfortable to hold in one hand, and when he shook it slightly, a sloshing sound was heard.

‘Is it liquor?’

Before opening the lid, he injected his divine sense, and four characters came to mind.

Myriad Poison Demonic Bottle .

‘It was a Rank 7 dharma treasure.’

It was a dharma treasure that, if liquid was put inside the bottle, transformed whatever it was entirely into extreme poison.

According to the description, even if ordinary water was put inside, it would become a powerful deadly poison enough to kill a Void Refinement stage cultivator.

A sudden curiosity arose.

Just how strong of a poison was the liquid currently sloshing inside the bottle?

‘Let’s test it.’

Leaving his clones briefly, he went to a secluded place.

To prevent the poison Qi from dispersing, he completely blocked the surrounding space with his magic power, sealed it tightly, and opened the lid.

The moment a sweet scent brushed past the tip of his nose, dizziness arose.

‘Oh, it is quite toxic.’

Admiring it inwardly, he examined the inside of the bottle, and a clear, transparent liquid was contained.

While examining it with the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye, he tilted the bottle.

Drip…

He poured out exactly one drop and applied it to the back of his hand, and the poison instantly permeated the moment it touched the skin, vanishing without a trace.

“…”

How much time had passed?

Nothing happened at all.

Was it because he had achieved Myriad Poison Immunity by cultivating the Five Viscera Hundred Tempering Art?

Just as he was disappointed by the unexpectedly weak effect.

His forehead throbbed slightly, and the surrounding information entering through his divine sense changed minutely.

“Oh?”

The surrounding scenery was identical to usual, but the feeling was different.

Should he say the boundary between the familiar and the unfamiliar had collapsed?

He tried stroking the back of his hand where he had just applied the poison, and it felt unfamiliar as if he was touching rubber.

Before he knew it, his senses had been minutely distorted.

‘It is a poison that ruins divine sense and senses.’

Nodding his head in admiration, he poured out one more drop of the liquid contained in the Myriad Poison Demonic Bottle.

This time, instead of applying it to his skin, he swallowed it.

“Mmm…”

As he took a step forward, the ground which had been perfectly fine undulated like waves.

The world spun round and round, and it was difficult to even stand still as if he was suffering from extreme motion sickness.

From his center of gravity to his sense of distance.

His important senses were minutely, yet clearly out of alignment.

‘The effect is decent.’

If one was hit by such poison during battle, they could suffer a fatal wound in a split second of carelessness.

Just as he was conducting all sorts of experiments.

The black-haired man who was the owner of this poison came to mind.

Did they say his name was Myeong Cheon-ak?

‘If I hadn’t cleaved him in a single slash, I would have struggled quite a bit to deal with him.’

Just as the same sword differed according to who used it, the same went for poison. The power differed tens of thousands of times according to the user.

If an Unity stage Dao Sovereign who had mastered a divine ability related to poison handled such a deadly poison, one could have their vital points pierced the moment their senses were distorted.

Standing still and gauging the power of the poison,

the moment he guided the poison that had permeated his mind and body into the Primal Chaos Wheel, his out-of-alignment senses rapidly returned to normal.

‘A treasure that creates poison infinitely… it is perfect to use when training.’

Although using it in battle would also be fine, rather than that, it seemed good to let his clones use it to temper their souls.

Handing over the Myriad Poison Demonic Bottle to Baek Gwang-il, he examined other harvests, and indeed.

As expected of someone belonging to the Sacred Scale Alliance, he was extremely wealthy.

First of all, Rank 6 and lower spiritual objects were too numerous to even count, and high-grade immortal stones alone numbered 300,000.

Perhaps because he did not handle small change, there wasn’t a single low-grade spirit stone, but just looking at this showed how wealthily he had lived.

‘There are also quite a few soil-attribute spiritual objects.’

In all likelihood, Myeong Cheon-ak seemed to be a cultivator who mainly handled poison and earth-attribute spells.

Looking at the spiritual soil harboring dense world Qi, he felt it worked out well.

He left several soil-attribute spiritual objects and spiritual soil in the spatial pocket where the True Spirit Gon-ak was sleeping.

If he did this, it would be of help to Gon-ak in regaining consciousness.

‘Next is…’

Opening a wooden box wrapped in silk, a reddish medicinal pill was visible.

The moment a clear fragrance brushed past the tip of his nose, his head cleared and vitality circulated throughout his body.

Looking at the dense life force condensed in the medicinal pill, his eyes popped open.

‘Is this perhaps a Rank 7 Lifespan Extending Pill ?’

It might be due to his imagination, but just by looking at the medicinal pill, he felt his minor injuries being healed.

It was clearly the Lifespan Extending Pill, a medicinal pill that extended lifespan.

Jin So-myeong, who smiled in satisfaction, opened another wooden box, and a goldenly shining pill was contained inside.

Examining it closely, he got a sense of what kind of effect the medicinal pill possessed.

Judging by the dense world Qi contained, it seemed to be a training-use medicinal pill.

Naturally it was good, but a slight doubt arose.

Because if it was a training-use medicinal pill, it should be consumed routinely, yet it felt as if it had been packaged too meticulously.

Although it was puzzling, he passed it for now.

Opening another wooden box, an identically looking golden medicinal pill was contained inside.

‘Hmm… why did he go out of his way to store the same medicinal pill separately?’

If it was a precious medicinal pill, it should naturally be so, but storing a training-use medicinal pill like this was strange.

Although he could not readily understand, his doubt was soon resolved.

Because he found the jade slip containing the recipe of the training-use medicinal pill he had discovered just now, the Great Gold Essence Pill .

‘Huh. To think it takes this many ingredients just to make one training-use medicinal pill?’

The refining difficulty was tricky beyond imagination.

One of the ingredients of the Great Gold Essence Pill was the Gold Cloud Flower Leaf, and it was written that one that had grown for at least 30,000 years had to be used.

The other ingredients were similar.

Since it was said that most of the spiritual herbs had to grow for ten thousand years to be used as ingredients, only now did he get a sense of how precious the Great Gold Essence Pill was.

‘This was why they stored it pill by pill separately.’

In all likelihood, Integration-grade training resources seemed far more precious than he had thought.

Naturally, a doubt arose. Even after rising to the Unity stage, would he be able to consume medicinal pills in large quantities like he did now?

‘Anyway, it is a matter of the future, though…’

Should he first ignore it and focus on rising to the Unity stage?

Normally he would have done so, but not now.

This was because he intended to make a powerful wish by consuming his lifespan before his realm rose.

Since he had already perceived the problem, it was good to resolve it on this occasion.

‘Before that, I must first confirm if training resources are truly so precious.’

Fortunately, there was a person to ask nearby.

Leaving the Thunder Light Forest, he went to find Baek Myo-hwa.

“A way to easily obtain Rank 7 training resources?”

“Yes. I found a recipe for a Rank 7 medicinal pill, and the ingredients were absurd. I was curious if other medicinal pills were similar, so I asked.”

“Ah… I understand what you are saying. But you said the ingredients were absurd; may I ask to what level you are referring?”

“They said the Gold Cloud Flower Leaf that has grown for at least 30,000 years must be used as an ingredient.”

After contemplating for a moment, he just showed her the refining method of the Great Gold Essence Pill.

Since she was a talented elixir refiner capable of making the Dao Integration Pill, she would be able to evaluate the level of the medicinal pill.

Scanning the jade slip a few times, she nodded her head.

“It is a training-use medicinal pill developed by the Sacred Scale Alliance. At this level, the ingredients are used quite efficiently.”

“So it means there is no problem with the refining method.”

“Yes. Rank 7 medicinal pills are originally tricky to make. That is why most are stuck in bottlenecks, or consume only one pill when raising their realm. It is difficult to eat them comfortably like during the Void Refinement stage.”

To think they only eat one pill when raising their realm…

Nothing but a wry laugh came out.

For reference, the realm she spoke of was not a small realm.

It referred to when going from the 1st layer to the 2nd layer, and the 2nd layer to the 3rd layer.

“Then do the Unity stage Dao Sovereigns only train with spiritual veins without medicinal pills?”

“Most do so.”

“Well… then it must take an immense amount of time to accumulate magic power during the Unity stage.”

“Yes. But not everyone is like that. They say large forces possessing a certain scale pour training resources onto a select few with outstanding talent. So that they can advance to the mid Unity stage or higher.”

Hearing various more advices, he returned to the Thunder Light Forest.

What he had anticipated was correct.

Training during the Unity stage was far more arduous than he had vaguely imagined.

Of course, because he could copy spiritual herbs with the Myriad Flows Restoration divine ability, his circumstances were better than other people.

Still, it was troublesome all the same.

Currently, the reason why his training speed was overwhelmingly fast was because he was consuming twenty times more medicinal pills than others.

To maintain his current speed, he had to consume hundreds of medicinal pills every year.

To copy that vast quantity one by one, his Supreme Great Ability wouldn’t hold out.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded his head.

‘I generally know what kind of wish to make.’

First, it must be able to increase his training speed, and it must also be of help in battle.

And one more thing.

It also had to be useful when securing training resources in large quantities.

Just what kind of wish could resolve all these conditions simultaneously?

He could make a wish blindly, but then the consumption of his lifespan would increase.

To use his Supreme Great Ability efficiently, he had to clarify the direction.

Just as he was pondering while tapping the sheath of his sword.

The Profound Glyph Jade Slip he had recently obtained suddenly came to mind.

[The Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation is a formation that coordinates the flow of time.]

To coordinate the flow of time at will…

Just hearing it was sweet. If he could install this formation, many problems would be resolved at once.

What if he made a spiritual herb field where time flowed rapidly?

He could cultivate tens-of-thousands-of-years-old spiritual herbs in large quantities.

Training would naturally speed up, and it would also be of help in battle.

For example, what would happen if he summoned a space with a different flow of time through the Genesis divine ability?

Just by vaguely imagining it, a thrill ran through him.

The more he thought, the more he liked it, but he did not decide rashly.

First, he checked if he could restore the Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation without consuming his lifespan.

‘Hmm… it won’t be easy.’

He tried restoring the jade slip of the Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation, which was on the verge of shattering, through the Myriad Flows Restoration divine ability, but the efficiency was atrocious.

To remove a speck-sized hairline crack, trillions of Supreme Great Ability were consumed.

Furthermore, restoring the jade slip and restoring the knowledge contained inside were separate things.

Weighing various factors, it seemed it would take at least a thousand years to restore the Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation.

And,

[To install the Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation, the Time Wheel must be used as the core instrument.]

…

[O descendant, the Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation is a path heading toward defying heaven, so it must be inherited. If so…]

The Time Wheel . This was also a problem.

It was said to be the core instrument to install the formation, but its manufacturing method was completely lost, making it impossible to even identify the materials.

Would he be able to find the Time Wheel if he searched the entire Dark Heaven Academy?

‘It would be difficult.’

If the Time-Flows-Like-Water Formation was truly a path to achieve defying heaven, the Time Wheel would also have vanished when the Dark Heaven Academy was ruined.

It did not seem likely that the Great Ascension stage would have left it nicely alone.

‘Still, just in case.’

He summoned about a hundred additional clones and scattered them in all directions. He wandered around various parts of the Dark Heaven Academy, searching for the Time Wheel.

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Half a year later.

As a result of thoroughly searching the Dark Heaven Academy.

He achieved various results such as places where Rank 7 spiritual herbs grew wild, and other training grounds similar to the Thunder Light Forest.

However, he could not find even a trace of the Time Wheel.

‘Alright.’

By this time. He made his decision on what wish to make with his Supreme Great Ability.

Moving into the Secret Realm of the Mind, he concentrated his mind.

He wished strongly to resolve the things he had pondered, and

it was fulfilled.

【Secret Realm of the Mind】

【Facilities】: Rank 7 Medium-grade Spiritual Vein, Rank 7 Medium-grade Spirit Stone Mine, Training Ground, Spiritual Herb Field

【Resource Production】: 40 High-grade Immortal Stones / 1 day

For the first time since he obtained the Secret Realm of the Mind divine ability, the facilities increased.

Training Ground and Spiritual Herb Field.

It meant that the two spaces created this time met the tricky standards of the status window.