"Bang!"
"Gu Yuan!"
"Qiu Mingshan!"
"Unbearable!"
In a Quiet Chamber within the Lan family's mansion on Ten Thousand Thunder Island, Lan Tianlu kicked out fiercely, overturning everything on the table lamp, his face bursting with anger.
"Hateful little thief!"
"How dare you seize my opportunity!"
"This hatred is like killing my parents!"
Lan Tianlu, with disheveled hair, slammed his fist on the wall, his face filled with unwillingness.
He spent so much effort to gain this secret, for which he exhausted all his private wealth to gather the tribute for bribing Qiu Mingshan.
He thought everything was foolproof, but unexpectedly, someone interfered.
"Why would Elder Fox, who had stayed dormant for years after his disciple's demise, suddenly recommend a guy with a Five-Aperture Body to enter the mountain?!"
"Could it be the descendant of that Senior Sister?"
"Or did that kid accidentally uncover the truth behind the demise of that Senior Sister?"
"Damn it, damn it!"
"Simply by a depthless cause-and-effect connection, he snatched away my painstaking plans, this kid deserves to die!"
The more Lan Tianlu thought, the angrier he became, his eyes turning red.
"I must find out the exact relationship between this kid and the Ascendant!"
"If the Ascendant indeed favors him, then it's my Lan Tianlu's shallow fortune, a silly thought!"
"But if it's all a bluff, Gu Yuan, just you wait!"
Recalling Gu Yuan's face, Lan Tianlu's intent to kill lingered endlessly.
"That kid wants to discover the secret of the Four Spirits Jade Pillar and still needs time. Even losing Cyan Crane Spirit Water doesn't matter, as long as the subsequent three Spirit Waters are mine, I can still change my fate!"
Thinking of this, Lan Tianlu managed to regain some calm.
But just then, there was a sudden voice from a Lan family servant outside the Quiet Chamber.
"Young Master, Lady Lin has sent an invitation, seven days later to celebrate the young master's birthday, inviting you to Jade Forest Island."
Upon hearing this voice, Lan Tianlu's complexion became more sinister.
He always kept this matter secret without daring to use the family's power because he knew he was no longer the core member of the family.
His second uncle, Lan Tianming, had been devoted to cultivation, and without children under him, naturally, he deeply cherished this nephew.
But to break through cultivation, Lan Tianming was forced to form ties with another Foundation Establishment Family, the Lin Family.
The Lin Family, to thoroughly bind Lan Tianming, sent three sisters in three years to serve alternately in bed, eventually the Lin family's second daughter, Lin Siqi, gave birth to a child.
After the child's birth, Lan Tianming's attitude towards Lan Tianlu did not change.
But Lan Tianlu dared not gamble.
After all, the opportunity within the Cave Mansion is extremely precious. If truly obtained by the Lan family, he feared it would eventually not fall into his hands.
So he could only act secretly.
Thinking of this matter, his heart ached terribly, starting to resent that child.
After a long time, a cold voice finally emerged from the Quiet Chamber:
"Understood."
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"Clang! Clang!"
At this time, Gu Yuan did not know about Lan Tianlu's thoughts.
He was inside the Quiet Chamber, continuously tapping the Jade Pillar, and at the same time, infusing it with mana, even using the Essence Blood Technique.
Yet he found nothing, not uncovering any special anomaly.
"It seems I have to go to a Scripture Pavilion to browse some classics..."
Seeing this, Gu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
Cyan Peak Daoist School is a major sect, with a Scripture Pavilion within it, storing vast classics, recording numerous treasures and curiosities, odd stories and events, and various unique Dharma Seals and Cultivation Techniques.
It's a solid treasure trove.
But besides some basic collections, many rare collections cannot be viewed freely.
A fee of Spirit Stones is required to access them.
This is not to squeeze disciples' Spirit Stones but because the vast classics, if unrestricted, many cultivators might get addicted to them, causing significant problems.
There are also "strange Dharma Seals", if learned recklessly, might dishonor the Daoist School.
Gu Yuan originally was careful, trying to save on fees, but now it seems his insight is too shallow, needing to read the classics.
However, although the Daoist School's collection is rich, in this vast world, with endless secret techniques and treasures, not everything is recorded within.
"But it's better than exploring on my own."
"Just right to investigate the origins of this Celestial Palace, Dragon, and Daoist School."
With a slight contemplation, Gu Yuan decided to head to the Scripture Pavilion.
But he didn't leave immediately.
Entering the Cave Mansion directly to the Scripture Pavilion to study its classics would be too obvious.
"First, put away the Spirit Water and cultivate for a while!"
Gu Yuan looked at the Spirit Water swirling in the Jade Lamp and the Spiritual Qi filling the Cave Mansion, making his arrangements.
Following this, with a move of his mind, he retrieved a Jade Bottle from the Storage Bag, then with mana surging, it was like a transparent airtight web, scooping the Spirit Water from the Jade Lamp, then cautiously dripping it into the Jade Bottle.
Everything proceeded very smoothly.
But as soon as the Spirit Water disappeared, the Jade Pillar suddenly changed.
The Cyan Crane pattern on the easternmost Jade Pillar dimmed drastically, then gradually faded as if it had never appeared.
But on the southern Jade Pillar, a brand new pattern suddenly emerged.
It was a Silver Flood Dragon.
The dragon scales were cold and chilling, clouds grew beneath its claws, its pupils bore tyrannical dignity.
"Buzz buzz!"
With the emergence of the Flood Dragon pattern, the Jade Pillar shimmered brilliantly, emitting a peculiar suction force.
"Hoo!"
A wind seemed to arise in the Quiet Chamber; it was the sound of Spiritual Qi fluctuation.
Swirling like clouds or mist, Spiritual Qi was swept and surged into the Jade Pillar, the Flood Dragon pattern on the Jade Pillar appeared to come to life, its mouth slightly open, seemingly swallowing the Spiritual Qi.
"Drip drip!"
"Drip drip!"
Meanwhile, a sound of water droplets echoed from the Jade Lamp.
A few drops of silver liquid seemed to materialize out of nowhere, falling into the Jade Lamp.
"Is this... a new Spirit Water?"
Gu Yuan looked at the scene before him, unable to contain his astonishment.
Apparently, the most precious thing is not the Spirit Water, but the Jade Pillar!
After collecting one portion of Spirit Water, the Jade Pillar could spontaneously manifest Dao Patterns, absorb Spiritual Qi, and from nothing, birth a new portion of Spirit Water!
"What kind of artifact is this, so mystical!"
Gu Yuan couldn't help but inhale sharply.
"The Jade Pillar has two more faces, meaning it can birth two more portions of Spirit Water? A total of four portions?"
"Wait, that's not the crucial point. The crucial point is whether this birth process is one-time or permanent?"
"If it's permanent, wouldn't this mean the Jade Pillar is a Spirit Water manufacturing machine?"
Gu Yuan's heart thudded violently.
But in just a moment, he realized.
"Even if it isn't Pure Silver Opportunity, it probably isn't permanent, otherwise Lan Tianlu wouldn't insist on fighting for it."
"So this Jade Pillar can only birth four portions of Spirit Water?"
"This Silver Flood Dragon pattern, I wonder which portion of Spirit Water it'll birth?"
Questions buzzed in Gu Yuan's mind, feeling the limitations of the Cyan Wood Sect.
In Cyan Wood Sect, he hasn't even heard of a middle-class Spirit Water, let alone this Silver Flood Dragon Spiritual Water.
This second portion of Spirit Water, birthed after the first, and the Flood Dragon pattern seems much stronger than the Cyan Crane.
Could it be Top-Grade Spiritual Water?
Gu Yuan's heart suddenly brimmed with excitement.
If this is true, in the first hurdle of cultivation, he could rival the Golden Core True Inheritance!
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