Chapter 146: Small Heaven-Repairing Pill
This place was in the deepest part of the dwelling—a stone chamber that had also served as the Celestial True Monarch’s place for Cultivation in Seclusion. The chamber’s door, however, was tightly shut, with runes flowing across its surface.
When Zhang Chi arrived, he first tried to investigate with his Divine Thought, only to find it couldn’t penetrate the door.
So, Zhang Chi walked a short distance away and set up the Thousand Illusions Locking Array. He then stepped inside, took out a Tier Two Turtle Shell, and began performing a divination.
Zhang Chi soon had his answer and visibly relaxed. He immediately dismantled the array and returned to the stone chamber.
CRACKLE!
When Zhang Chi took out the Beast Hide and slapped it onto the door, the Restriction Array on its surface immediately reacted. The Stone Gate then swung open, allowing Zhang Chi to see inside the chamber for the first time.
It was empty inside, save for a human skeleton slumped against the wall, its head bowed low.
A sharp sword was embedded in its chest—the very weapon that must have caused its death.
CRUMBLE!
But as Zhang Chi opened the door, the shift in airflow caused the skeleton to instantly crumble into dust.
Its clothes, bones—even the sharp sword—were no exception.
Even the ashes soon vanished into nothing, but two items remained.
These two items were a black ring and a white Jade Scroll.
The ring had been on the skeleton’s finger, while the Jade Scroll had been clutched in its hand. Perhaps due to their special materials, both were perfectly intact.
WHOOSH!
With a flick of his wrist, Zhang Chi drew the two items into his hand and began to examine them carefully.
’A Storage Ring!’
Zhang Chi’s eyes lit up in an instant.
The Jade Scroll was one thing; it merely contained the skeleton’s last words.
The ring, however, was an incredibly precious Storage Magical Treasure.
Moreover, Storage Magical Treasures were a special class of magical treasure. Since Zhang Chi’s Divine Thought was comparable to that of a Golden Core Cultivator, he should be able to successfully perform its Refinement, even with his Foundation Establishment Cultivation.
Without delay, Zhang Chi began the Refinement process right then and there. As expected, he quickly became the Storage Ring’s new master.
He then discovered that the Storage Space within the ring was indeed vast, far surpassing any Storage Bag, regardless of its quality.
Furthermore, the ring could be hidden directly beneath his skin or even within his Dantian, its aura completely concealed.
This made it hundreds of times more secure for storing items than his storage hairband.
The only downside was that items kept in the Storage Space were not immune to the erosion of time.
It also seemed there hadn’t been many items in the Storage Ring to begin with, as Zhang Chi only found four things inside.
Fortunately, for these four items to have survived to this day, each one had to be extraordinary.
These four items were a cyan Jade Scroll, an exquisite cyan Jade Bottle, a black Jade Box, and a black Token.
The Jade Scroll contained Alchemy Insights.
Zhang Chi glanced at a small portion and felt a sense of sudden enlightenment. At the same time, he realized the insights were incredibly profound and would require a great deal of time to fully comprehend.
This was because the Alchemy Insights came from a Tier Four Alchemy Master.
So, while it wasn’t a complete alchemy inheritance, its value was no less than one.
Inside the Jade Bottle was a finger-sized Elixir, its surface shimmering with a five-colored light.
Even Zhang Chi, an Alchemy Master himself, didn’t recognize this Elixir.
However, Zhang Chi knew this was no ordinary Elixir.
If nothing else, its appearance alone surpassed that of any other Elixir he had ever seen.
The Jade Box contained a cyan seed whose origins Zhang Chi also couldn’t discern.
But he could clearly sense an astonishing life force contained within it—a vitality that belonged to the world of plants.
That was how he knew it must be a seed.
The final item was a Cultivator’s Token from the Celestial Repair Sect, as the front was emblazoned with the two words ’Celestial Repair’.
Aside from these two words, the token was engraved only with patterns—images of Spirit Medicines and Pill Furnaces, but no other text.
But Zhang Chi knew that the less text a token had, the higher its rank.
Besides, whoever could enter this secret chamber was clearly no ordinary person. They must have been, at the very least, a high-ranking member of the Celestial Repair Sect stationed at this Secret Realm Medicinal Garden.
Zhang Chi then used his powerful Divine Thought to quickly scan the last words recorded in the white Jade Scroll. He swiftly extracted a great deal of useful information and finally got his answers.
The Alchemy Insights had been left by the Celestial True Monarch for his disciple. The Celestial True Monarch was a Tier Four Alchemy Master, undoubtedly a top-tier expert among Pill Masters of the Same Tier, making his insights exceptionally valuable.
The Elixir was a Small Heaven-Repairing Pill, one of the Celestial Repair Sect’s signature Sect’s Elixirs.
Even the name of the Celestial Repair Sect itself was related to this Elixir.
According to the last words, the Celestial Repair Sect had its name because the Sect had always striven to refine an Elixir capable of directly compensating for a Cultivator’s deficient Spirit Root.
For example, it could make a Pseudo-Spirit Root comparable to a Celestial Spirit Root, or even allow someone with no Spirit Root to possess the qualities of a Celestial Spirit Root.
Of course, achieving such a feat was harder than ascending to the heavens, so it had always remained one of the ultimate goals for the countless Pill Masters of the Celestial Repair Sect.
The Small Heaven-Repairing Pill was one of the products of this research.
Upon consumption, this Pill would temporarily raise a Cultivator’s Spirit Root by one grade for a duration of three months.
For example, since Zhang Chi had a Middle Grade Spirit Root, taking this Pill would make it comparable to an Upper Grade Spirit Root for three months.
This might seem underwhelming, but it was actually an incredibly heaven-defying effect.
Especially when a Cultivator was undergoing Foundation Establishment or even forming a Golden Core, temporarily raising one’s Spirit Root grade would drastically increase the rate of success. Moreover, the resulting Golden Core would also be of a higher quality.
After all, while the Spirit Root enhancement was temporary, the quality of a Golden Core formed under its effect would not diminish when the Pill wore off.
This was precisely why the Pill was called the Small Heaven-Repairing Pill.
To Zhang Chi, this was undoubtedly a priceless treasure.
It was because this Elixir was so precious that it had been preserved so carefully, allowing it to survive to this day.
Zhang Chi was not surprised by this.
If the Celestial Repair Sect could preserve even the Element Condensing Fruits until now, it stood to reason they could preserve other things too.
Furthermore, the token was a Deputy Sect Leader’s Token, left by the Celestial True Monarch for his disciple.
With this token, its holder could control all the Restriction Arrays and manage all the disciples in this place.
Unfortunately, with the Cultivator’s death, the token had become an empty shell. It could no longer be refined, much less used to control the Restrictions here.
Besides, there were no Celestial Repair Sect Cultivators left here to command.
However, that didn’t mean the token was useless. For one, the token itself was made of Tier Three Artifact Refining Materials.
For another, it could prove useful if he ever found the new location of the Celestial Repair Sect in the future.
Finally, there was the seed. It was a supreme treasure that the Celestial Repair Sect’s Deputy Sect Leader had personally acquired, and it was the very thing that had led to a great tragedy.
The last words, however, did not explain the specifics of the seed.
Zhang Chi wasn’t disappointed by this; in fact, he was quite excited.
’He could always study it slowly and figure it out later. For now, just knowing it was a treasure was enough.’
’Besides, obtaining the Storage Ring, the Small Heaven-Repairing Pill, and the Alchemy Insights was already a massive windfall.’
Moreover, after reading the last words, Zhang Chi finally understood what had happened in this Secret Realm all those years ago.