Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

In the early years, back in the Celestial Book Universe, he had once made a deal with Taiyang Riyao, that is, the Empress, to obtain the Earth Core Flame Heart, so as to rapidly cultivate the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman and achieve the Nine Abyss Flame Ancestral Dharma as soon as possible.

After that, seeing him successively cultivate the Xuanxiao Thunder Ancestor Dharma and the Ninth Heaven Thunder Ancestor Dharma, the Empress must have formed her own guesses.

Thus, during an earlier round of rewards granted to Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Celestial Master Mansion, there had been a treasure called the Innate Dual Essence, no matter how one looked at it, it seemed prepared specifically for Lei Jun.

If at that time it was still only speculation, then with this new bestowal of Heaven and Earth Inversion Flow, it basically shows that the Tang Imperial Court has already confirmed that Celestial Master Lei’s root bone is the Dual Polarity Immortal Body.

Lei Jun smiled faintly and temporarily sealed away this Heaven and Earth Inversion Flow.

Among the other items, the most precious were the Nine Revolutions Starlight, the Earth’s Core Crystal, and the Gold Stamens Vermilion Flower.

The Nine Revolutions Starlight had no particularly specific orientation; for the heirs of Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Celestial Master Mansion, it was suitable for any who cultivated the Doumu Star God Dharma and was of great benefit.

Even for Third Heaven Cultivators, as long as they practiced the Star-stepping Spell, refining this treasure would be of tremendous assistance.

Only, for Third Heaven Cultivators, it was not easy to withstand the spiritual power within; refining only part of it would be rather wasteful.

The same principle applied to the Earth’s Core Crystal.

This was a Spiritual Object suitable for Celestial Master Mansion cultivators who practiced the Nine Abyss Flame Ancestral Dharma, and it was of immense benefit to their cultivation.

From this perspective, although there were many for whom it was suitable, the court had clearly made its considerations.

In this recent great war where the Solitary Eagle Khanate invaded and the Sumi Vajra Division rebelled against Tang, in which the Celestial Master Mansion went north and west to participate, aside from Celestial Master Lei Jun and Great Tang State Preceptor Tang Xiaotang, there were also two High Merit Elders, Chu Kun and Zhang Jingzhen.

Among them, Chu Kun cultivated the Life Skill Human Script Talismans and had achieved the Doumu Star God Dharma, while Zhang Jingzhen cultivated the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman and had achieved the Nine Abyss Flame Ancestral Dharma.

In a certain sense, the Nine Revolutions Starlight and the Earth’s Core Crystal corresponded precisely to them.

The Celestial Master Mansion had no written rules in this regard, but Lei Jun and the others all tacitly acknowledged that in such situations, Chu Kun and Zhang Jingzhen had priority in handling such items.

If they did not choose them, then the Spiritual Objects would be placed into the Treasure Pavilion.

The other type, the Gold Stamens Vermilion Flower, was sent directly to the Medicinal Garden to be cultivated.

"Let the Nine Revolutions Starlight be placed into the Treasure Pavilion first."

Chu Kun said with a smile, "For this campaign, the main credit belongs to you and Senior Sister Tang. The rest of us can’t really claim merit, at most we can call it hard work. Compared to Senior Sister Zhang and the others who were injured, we don’t even qualify as having done hard work."

Lei Jun returned the Miniature Bag to Chu Kun: "Junior Brother, you’re no mere drudge. Without your major funding, Little Junior Sister and I would have fought in a completely different way, and the outcome of this battle might also have been something else entirely."

As things stood, this dirty win was still a win, but it had smashed Chu Kun’s little retirement nest egg into bankruptcy.

"Good steel should be used on the blade." Chu Kun took the Miniature Bag: "It was meant as a reserve in the first place. I’ll just slowly save up again. If I really can’t save it back, then Sect Leader Senior Brother, allow me to learn a bit more from Senior Brother."

"Rather than you learning more from Senior Brother, it’s better if I help you save together." After the two senior and junior brothers joked a few lines, Lei Jun shook his head: "It’s a pity that in this round of rewards from the Tang Imperial Court, the best things are the Heaven and Earth Inversion Flow and Pure Yang Heartblood, yet neither is suitable for you. Only the Nine Revolutions Starlight is still acceptable, and then there’s last time’s Taiyu Stone."

Several years ago, when clearing out the Mortal Tao Country and repelling the Inner Mount Shu Sect, the Tang Imperial Court rewarded the Celestial Master Mansion, among the treasures bestowed were three Taiyu Stones.

Their marvelous properties were useful to all Upper Three Heavens Talisman Sect cultivators.

Senior Sister Xu Yuanzhen took one, Lei Jun used one, and currently there was still the last one remaining.

In similar situations, by long-standing convention, if an item had no clearly designated owner, it would generally go to whoever was most likely to take the next step upward.

Tang Xiaotang, Yuan Mobai, and Yao Yuan had all explicitly stated that they did not need it.

Thus, the last Taiyu Stone was still in the Celestial Master Mansion, and was basically earmarked for the other High Merit Elders.

Chu Kun said with a smile, "Compared to the Nine Revolutions Starlight, the Taiyu Stone is indeed more useful to me, but at present, that’s not where my focus lies."

Lei Jun: "Oh? How so?"

Chu Kun did not hide anything from him and spoke directly: "Right now, I’m just like Senior Sister Tang—I’m short of only the final step. Of course, she seeks the Tai Chu Dao Body, while I merely seek an Immortal Body; we can’t be mentioned in the same breath."

Lei Jun recalled all sorts of records and ancient texts he had read: "There’s no precedent for the postnatal enhancement of the Constellation Holy Body, no prior example of what it specifically points to or how exactly to enhance it. Among the innate Immortal Bodies recorded in history that might match... would it be the Universe Immortal Body or the Milky Way Immortal Body?"

"The Milky Way Immortal Body."

Chu Kun replied, "These years I’ve been slowly pondering it. Of course, idle blind guessing won’t accomplish anything. I was fortunate to gain some unexpected harvests, and when compared side by side, I feel there’s a real chance."

Lei Jun: "So the last step you’re missing is?"

Chu Kun: "I want to find a Spiritual Object called Earth Surge Sky Star, but I’ve never been able to find a lead."

Lei Jun thought back for a moment: "It really hasn’t appeared for several thousand years, and not just on our side. As far as I know, in the Great Song Mortal World and the Great Ming Mortal World, it doesn’t seem to exist either."

Shen Qubing had been to the Great Song Mortal World.

Nie Fang was from Heavenly Principle; he had read some documentary records regarding the Great Ming side.

During his correspondence and exchanges with them, Lei Jun would often list various Spiritual Objects that were hard to find in the Great Tang Mortal Realm and inquire about their whereabouts.

Most of them were not things he needed himself, but for the sake of broadening their information network, he would usually ask, better to have asked than not.

"Mm, I also spoke with Mr. Nie of the Mystery Observatory earlier. Heavenly Principle definitely doesn’t have it. As for the Great Ming Mortal World, it’s uncertain now, but previously it likewise had no such treasure."