Cultivation Starting from Full Talent

Chapter 52: Chapter 51: Cangnan Secret Realm

Ning Daoran felt a chill in his heart. Martial Uncle Huang Chengyan was truly remarkable, far superior to Xu Ning, who was full of nonsense and setbacks.

“Martial Uncle, what is this?”

“Shadowless Needle, a set of magical artifacts totaling six flying needles.”

Huang Chengyan said, “This set of magical artifacts is refined from Thousand-Year-Old Silver Moon Bamboo, containing extremely strong Gold Attribute offensive spiritual energy. Once refined, it is an excellent tool for both fighting techniques and sneak attacks.”

“Thank you, Martial Uncle!”

Ning Daoran did not hesitate at all and immediately accepted it.

“My wise nephew, since it is so, do not dwell on this matter, nor hold any grudges against your Martial Uncle, alright?” said Huang Chengyan.

“Martial Uncle, what are you talking about? I never held any grudges against you.”

Ning Daoran said, “It was my own responsibility to naively believe that the elder from White Mist Mountain would attend the exchange meeting. What has Martial Uncle done wrong?

You are stationed at Wind Stopping Tower, bearing the safety of the entire Yellow Dragon Square. How could you personally risk your life just for me? If that were the case, it would actually show that Martial Uncle does not prioritize matters appropriately!”

“Ah, my wise nephew’s words are like a spring breeze and rain, refreshing to the heart, I am ashamed! Since it is so, I won’t disturb your cultivation anymore. If there is any cultivation technique you do not understand, or any materials you need, feel free to seek me out, I will not refuse if I can help!”

“Thank you, Martial Uncle, I bid you farewell!”

“Martial Uncle, please hold on!”

The two parted ways after a round of courteous exchanges.

…

Underground chamber.

Ning Daoran spent nearly two hours and finally refined the set of Shadowless Needles. From then on, besides the broken porcelain, he had acquired another suitable treasure for sneak attacks, perfectly compatible with his fighting style.

As for the storage bag of Huanglong True Man…

The Divine Soul Mark set during the Late Golden Core Stage was extremely difficult to erase. Ning Daoran struggled until the early morning of the next day but finally succeeded in erasing the mark.

He was somewhat excited.

This was the storage bag of someone in the Late Golden Core Stage, who knew how many secret treasures could be inside?

Perhaps even legendary third-tier magical treasures in large quantities!

In the Cultivation World, magic artifacts and spiritual artifacts have fixed price ranges. Even the finest top-grade magical tools hardly exceed one thousand spirit stones, and the best top-grade spiritual artifacts top out around five thousand spirit stones.

But magical treasures are different; third-tier magical treasures are priceless.

A magical treasure that suits one perfectly is truly invaluable. Hence, in the market of cultivators, magical treasures are generally not priced but traded, fulfilling the needs of each party.

“Phew…”

He injected a stream of mana into the storage bag.

In an instant, Ning Daoran felt as if he had been struck by lightning!

His eyes bulged, nearly splitting, and streaks of blood spread out!

This storage bag did not contain a single magical treasure, not even a single spirit stone!

What it had were just a handful of talismans…

However, as Ning Daoran’s gaze fell on these talismans, he was shocked once more.

Just the purple third-tier talismans alone amounted to four!

Among them, one third-tier top-grade Ice Explosion Talisman, two third-tier mid-grade Divine Speed Talismans, and one third-tier lower-grade Green Vine Talisman.

Additionally, there was a pile of second-tier talismans, three second-order high-grade Divine Speed Talismans, five second-order high-grade Frost Freeze Talismans, five second-order top-grade Rock Shield Talismans, two second-order top-grade Breaking Ban Talismans, and more than a dozen other second-tier talismans!

Judging by the talismans alone, Ning Daoran even suspected that the old man had raided the belongings of more than a dozen third-tier talisman masters.

These talismans… were to be kept for future use!

Relying on the profound mana of the Eleventh Layer of the Evergreen Technique, and with his Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivation, he could continuously activate multiple third-tier talismans. After achieving Foundation Establishment, he would be able to activate even more talismans!

This natural advantage was, of course, based on the abundance of talismans. Hence, these talismans would not be sold; they were his ace in the hole when trapped.

However, there was still a bit of disappointment, after all, it was the storage bag of someone in the Late Golden Core Stage…

To think it contained no treasures, spirit stones, or elixir pills, just a pile of talismans.

However, Huanglong True Man had come with the intent to seize a new body, a venture of either success or martyrdom. It made sense for him not to bring magical treasures but only talismans.

Should the plan fail, the magical treasures and spirit stones could still be left to his family.

But once successful, with these talismans, he could easily escape any danger, even if Jiang Yu herself came. Huanglong True Man could easily flee with the help of the talismans.

After merging with the new body and returning to his peak cultivation, everything could rise again! These were all of Huanglong True Man’s plans.

“Old fox, very cunning indeed…”

Ning Daoran slowly sighed.

…

Early morning, as dawn broke, a golden tunneling light passed through the great array of Chaotic Sect Master Peak and directly landed on Purple Cloud Peak.

“Greetings to the Sect Master!”

Several servant female disciples responsible for food and lodging bowed respectfully.

“Mm.”

Jiang Yu smiled lightly, waved her hand to create a ripple, and stepped into her own Cave Mansion.

She eagerly took out the spoils obtained from the family of Huanglong True Man.

Magical treasures, spirit stones, elixir pills, cultivation techniques, and even some extraordinary ancient treasures were all included. Seeing these, Jiang Yu laughed, her lips almost unable to close.

The acquisition of these treasures would likely increase the foundation of Chaotic Sect by about thirty percent!

No wonder he was an old monster in the Late Golden Core Stage; he had indeed been amassing quite a collection in the Cultivation World.

“Junior Brother Ning…”

She pursed her red lips, laughing to herself, “You really are my financial god… When you achieve Foundation Establishment, I must prepare a great gift for you, something that will truly astonish you!”

As she said this, she crossed her legs, her slender and lustrous jade legs shimmering with an enticing gloss.

…

A month later.

Inside the underground chamber.

Ning Daoran slapped his thigh, suddenly having a new insight into the array, “So that’s how it is!”

To craft a complete Five Elements Wander Array, one only needed to do this and that, like so…

He was gradually getting a clear vision, and the matter of creating a set of Five Elements Wander Array was soon to be on his schedule.

“Is Junior Brother Ning here?”

Just then, the voice of an Outer Disciple came from outside.

“It’s Senior Brother Wang.”

Ning Daoran deactivated the Small Cloud Mist Array; he recognized this Outer Disciple, at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, one of the fairly skilled disciples in the Outer Sect, reputedly… one of Xu Ning’s direct disciples.

“Junior brother, I’m here to inform you of a major event.”

Senior Brother Wang said, “In two months, the Cangnan Secret Realm will open, and our Chaotic Sect will send two hundred Late-stage Qi Refining disciples to compete for its resources, and you are also on the list.”

“Cangnan Secret Realm…”

Ning Daoran frowned.

He had heard about this secret realm countless times and was already familiar with it.

The so-called Cangnan Secret Realm was actually the most spiritually abundant secret realm within Qingzhou, harboring various opportunities, even containing three primary ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill!

Centuries ago, the Cangnan Secret Realm was uncontrolled and chaotic, with countless cultivators dying within each year. Later, several first-class sects took the lead and decided to regulate the Cangnan Secret Realm.

To protect the age of the Spiritual Medicines inside, various sects joined forces to set up prohibitions around the Cangnan Secret Realm. Since then, it has opened every fifty years, and each time, only Qi Refinement Realm disciples from the major sects are allowed to compete.

Plainly speaking, it’s a rational method for the major sects to dispatch Qi Refinement Realm disciples to compete for Foundation Establishment pill ingredients, thereby maintaining inter-sect competition.

But essentially, it is also a method for the major sects to exploit the lower-tier disciples.

Because none of the true inheritors or direct disciples ever enter the Cangnan Secret Realm. Those truly nurtured disciples wouldn’t risk their lives in the realm; it is mostly the Inner Sect and Outer Sect cannon fodder who go.

By sacrificing these cannon fodder disciples in exchange for the main ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill, the sects would then collectively refine the pills, prioritizing distribution to disciples with better Spirit Roots and greater aptitude.

This way, they could protect their own ‘Immortal Seeds’ and cultivate more Foundation Establishment and even Golden Core disciples, carrying the sect’s banner generation after generation.

This method was undoubtedly unfair, but the world of cultivation has always been like that, never absolutely fair.

At this moment, Ning Daoran being selected as one of the 200 for the Cangnan Secret Realm most likely meant he was considered expendable.@@novelbin@@

And the person who intentionally added his name to the 200 people list, needless to guess, was Senior Brother Wang’s master, the deeply resentful Martial Uncle Xu.

“Senior brother, did your master make the list?” Ning Daoran asked.

“Yes.”

Senior Brother Wang’s lips curled slightly, and a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes, “Master made the preliminary list, and after discussion among several Outer Sect deacons, the final list was made with your name on both.”

He sighed, “Such is our fate, not to conceal from you, I’m also on the list.”

“This isn’t fair!”

Off to the side, Chen Weimo exclaimed angrily, “I’ve heard from the disciples in the sect that everyone who goes to the Cangnan Secret Realm are either Qi Refining Ninth Layer or Perfect Qi Refining disciples! My uncle is only at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, why is he also on the list?”

“Times change.”

Senior Brother Wang said, “Nowadays, the sect is lacking talent, where else under the heavens are there so many Qi Refining Ninth Layer or Perfect Qi Refining disciples? Since last year, those of Perfect Qi Refining began to serve as Inner Sect deacons…”

“But, but…”

The young girl wanted to argue more.

“Enough, Chen Weimo.”

Ning Daoran raised his hand gently, pressing on Chen Weimo’s small head, pushing her behind him, and said, “Senior Brother Wang, I understand. I will participate in the Cangnan Secret Realm.”

“Yes!”

Senior Brother Wang nodded, then turned and left.

Watching his departing figure, Ning Daoran couldn’t help but sneer lightly.

Xu Ning deliberately placing him on the list was clearly wishing him dead.

However, Martial Uncle Xu probably wouldn’t expect that since no major sect would send their true inheritors or direct disciples into the secret realm, Ning Daoran entering the Cangnan Secret Realm now was no different from fishing with grenades.

…

In the evening.

“Junior Brother Ning!”

Voices of Lin Sheng and Liu Ruyan came from outside.

Ning Daoran opened the Small Cloud Mist Array, letting the two senior brother and sister into the house.

After the three of them sat down, Ning Daoran said, “Don’t talk first, let me guess.”

“Go ahead and guess!”

“Senior Brother Lin and Senior Sister Liu, you must have brought two pieces of news this time. One of them is Senior Brother Lin being selected for the Cangnan trial’s list of two hundred people.

As for the second point, it’s most likely Senior Sister Liu volunteering to participate in the Cangnan trial. Am I right?”

“Junior Brother Ning… you…”

Lin Sheng was dumbfounded, his eyes wide open: “You really are miraculous!!”