Chapter 380: Chapter 379: Forty Thieves, Fifth Grade Peach Tree (Third Update, Request for Subscription)
Upon examining the storage bag again, there were three million low-grade spirit stones, thirty thousand middle-grade spirit stones, and only ten upper-grade spirit stones. There were also some second-grade spiritual artifacts, third-grade spiritual artifacts, and so on, as well as some talismans, spiritual medicines from the ocean, some spirit ores, some spiritual medicines, demon beast corpses, and the like, in a miscellaneous abundance.
The approximate count was about ten million spirit stones.
Seeing this wealth, Lu Xuanji sighed inwardly, realizing that ten years of farming couldn’t compare to one act of robbery.
To kill people and set fires brings a golden belt, while rebuilding bridges and repairing roads leaves no trace. The ancients spoke the truth, without deceiving young ones like me.
"Oh!"
In the storage bag, Lu Xuanji found a sea map.
On the sea map, some important islands, marketplaces, as well as restricted and dangerous areas were marked.
Comparing with the [Hundred Maps Atlas], Lu Xuanji was more certain about his location.
Continuing to browse, Lu Xuanji discovered a diary.
In the diary, daily activities of the man in black were recorded, along with some psychological journeys, some trading scandals.
"Today, I joined the Divine Water Palace and became an Outer Disciple. I’m very happy! But unfortunately, soon after testing, I was found to have only three spirit roots, low aptitude, fine to become an Outer Disciple, but can only be an Inner Sect Disciple."
"Having been in the Divine Water Palace for thirty years, I finally established my foundation and became a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple."
"At the age of one hundred and fifty, I became a Purple Mansion Cultivator, becoming a True Disciple. I was very happy, feeling quite joyful, and many friends came to celebrate."
"This day, I held hands with junior sister, the sensation was truly nice. Once junior sister achieves Purple Mansion, we will become Dao Companions."
"This day, unintentionally, I saw my junior sister enter a certain Elder’s cave mansion. Seeing her lying in the Elder’s arms with a look of delight and happiness, I was enraged, feeling a stabbing betrayal. Not long after, when that Elder went out, I struck and took down that Elder."
"I was eventually discovered. For killing the Elder and harming a fellow disciple, the Law Enforcement Hall decided to execute me. I felt very resentful and furious, but this fury seemed more like the wail of a defeated dog."
"On the night before my execution, I met with Star Son. Star Son gave me two choices: one was to choose death, the other was to join them. I chose the latter."
"Soon after, I fled the Divine Water Palace and became a Loose Cultivator, a pirate on the great sea."
"After a hundred years of struggle, I became a murderer and a thief, committing all sorts of evil deeds. Later when I made Golden Core in the righteous path, I became one of the forty great thieves, entering the Divine Water Palace’s wanted list. Countless Orthodox Cultivators wanted to kill me. But who would have thought, I was the Divine Water Palace’s black glove, specifically dealing with some dirty work and hard labor for the Divine Water Palace. Divine Water Palace, being a reputable and large sect, a symbol of justice, couldn’t do bad things, but as one of the forty great thieves, titled the God of Slaughter Thief, I could freely kill and eliminate certain unstable elements."
"Not long ago, Star Son asked me to do a dirty task, to intercept and kill a disciple of the Star Sect."
There was more content ahead, just not detailed enough to express.
"Will killing this black glove offend the Divine Water Palace?"
Lu Xuanji pondered.
The conclusion was, no.
A black glove is originally a disposable agent.
Understanding this, Lu Xuanji activated the Pure Yang True Flame. The great fire blazed, destroying everything.
Soon, the great thief turned into ashes, dispersing in the sea.
He took out a star map, determined the position of the thief’s lair, and proceeded.
In the thief’s lair, there were also spirit rice, spiritual medicine, spirit trees, etc., all to be plundered.
The flying ship advanced, approximately three hours later.
A black dot appeared in the sea.
The black dot gradually enlarged, transforming into an island.
This island covered an area of about three hundred square kilometers, roughly equivalent to the Maldives from his previous life.
The island bore signs of being artificially modified, being an artificial island.
Array formations operated around the island, concealing its presence, rendering it invisible and traceless. If flying casually overhead, one would never find the island.
With the sea map in hand, Lu Xuanji could determine the location and find the island.
About one hundred thousand humans resided on the island, mostly cultivators, including five Purple Mansion Cultivators and over a hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Cultivators bustled within the spirit fields and medicine gardens, tending to them. Some sea fish were being bred inside.
The entire island was vibrant with life.
"Hm! There’s also the thief’s concubines, children, and descendants, about a thousand of them. It would be better to eliminate them..."
Lu Xuanji contemplated, as the thought of eradicating them all surged upward.
Power gathered in his palm, magical power flowing over it, ready to strike the small island.
As long as he had ten seconds of momentum, he could palm the island into oblivion.
The magical power surged, but at the moment of striking, Lu Xuanji restrained his killing intent.
"Eradicating the roots is good... but now these people are no longer a threat to me... many innocent civilians and cultivators are on the island. No, they follow the thief and plunder the seas, constantly looting various goods, how can they be innocent!? It would be better to kill them!"
Once again, power surged within his palm, ready to strike.
But at the moment of action, he abruptly restrained himself.
"The Nascent Soul Three Tribulations are approaching, and my mind is unsettled, my thoughts are chaotic, and my killing intent is great!" Lu Xuanji sighed, suppressing the restlessness in his heart.
He felt the tribulation qi enveloping him, sensed the terror of the tribulation course.
The tribulation qi coiled around him, beyond just celestial tribulation strikes and human tribulation pursuits, even his own mind was restless. Under the Three Tribulations, survival was one in ten.
Suppressing the restlessness within, Lu Xuanji entered the island, plundering the treasure vaults, seizing spiritual medicines, sweeping through like locusts.
The many cultivators on the island trembled, standing to the side, daring not to obstruct.
"This is a Fifth Grade Spirit Tree, a Peach Tree!"
Lu Xuanji walked to the center of the island, seeing the three-meter-tall peach tree standing prominently in the center.
On the peach tree, there were seven peaches, some still green, having just grown not long ago; some bright red like fire, ready for consumption.
The Fifth Grade Peach Tree is useful not only for Golden Core Cultivators but also for Nascent Soul Cultivators.
Sitting beneath the peach tree for cultivation increases cultivation speed by 20%.
Consuming the peach and refining the vitality power within it can firm the foundation, purify the body, and refine the divine soul.
"This thief only had three spirit roots, yet to become Golden Core, he clearly had a great fortune... This Fifth Grade Peach Tree was his fortune. If outsiders knew about the presence of a Fifth Grade Peach Tree here, Nascent Soul Cultivators would flock to rob it!" Lu Xuanji pondered.
Around the Fifth Grade Peach Tree, many array formations provided protection, and only the thief could enter.
With his aptitude, reaching the Purple Mansion Cultivator level was his limit.
But after acquiring the Fifth Grade Peach Tree, borrowing from its creation, he forcefully broke through his limits, becoming a Golden Core True Master, even having some hope for Nascent Soul.
It’s a pity, encountering Lu Xuanji, he died at sea, turned to ashes.
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