Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone-Chapter 925 - 701: Du Ling Secret Realm (2)

Additionally, there are Silver Spirit Fruits, with silvery white flesh, that taste delicious and can nourish the Primordial Spirit.

Snow Ning Fruits, after consumption, can strengthen the cultivator’s physique and boost the cultivator’s Qi and blood.

Divine Spirit Flowers produce nectar that can be added to elixirs to enhance their grade.

There are many species that Shi Xue can name; however, more species are unknown even to Shi Xue and require research.

The variety of spirit medicines here is extremely abundant, with hundreds of thousands of kinds; as for spirit beasts, demon beasts, barbaric beasts, fierce beasts, etc., there are also tens of thousands of kinds.

Underground, there are also rare ores, some top-grade immortal gold, spirit jade, etc. Some are mature and ready to be harvested; others are still incubating and require more time before they can be harvested.

Walking through the secret realm, after just one lap, Lu Xuanji spotted a massive resource warehouse.

By leveraging this secret realm, one can obtain numerous resources sufficient to sustain a large clan.

Shi Xue exclaimed, "The resources here are so abundant!"

Lu Xuanji said, "I’ve investigated Great Emperor Du Ling. Great Emperor Du Ling was generous and keen to mentor the younger generation, generously providing various resources to them, yet his reserves were still substantial. Especially after reaching Refining Void, he could open up a grotto world, expand it, and continuously develop it. After a hundred thousand years of development, the grotto world became extremely rich!"

"Half of Great Emperor Du Ling’s wealth is stored within his grotto heaven. But in order to ascend to the Immortal Realm, he had to abandon his grotto heaven, leaving it in the Mortal Realm, which benefits us greatly!"

Shi Xue said, "This means ascension must be a solo affair, without carrying too much."

Lu Xuanji said, "Exactly! It’s not that you can’t take things, but carrying them increases the intensity of the ascension celestial tribulation. For safety, many cultivators abandon their grotto heavens and lifebound treasures, leaving them as a legacy in the lower realm, benefiting future generations."

Ascending to the Immortal Realm is essentially a cultivator’s migration.

From the barren Mortal Realm, one ascends to the Immortal Realm.

Just as people seek higher places and water flows to lower ones, such is the principle.

But the specifics differ; in previous lifetimes, migrants carried their assets to powerful nations, while cultivators ascending to the Immortal Realm must leave their assets in the lower realm, prohibited from bringing certain things along.

On the surface, they seem similar, yet in essence, they are vastly different.

Shi Xue remarked, "By the way, Father has two lifebound treasures, a Golden Sword and Profound Yellow Armor. At the time of ascension, these two magical treasures could not ascend and had to be left in the Mortal Realm. After the baptism of the celestial tribulation, under the infusion of the Immortal Realm laws, these two treasures might not transform into immortal artifacts."

Lu Xuanji, however, shook his head: "They might transform into immortal artifacts or be destroyed along the way. For a Ninth Grade spirit treasure to transform into an immortal artifact is very challenging. If the transformation fails, the treasure will completely disintegrate and be destroyed!"

Shi Xue said, "Hopefully, that old guy makes an effort."

Lu Xuanji listened, feeling a bit speechless inside.

When benefits are involved, he is called Father;

When benefits are absent, he is the old guy.

Yet, no one else can be blamed.

Primarily, it’s because Great Emperor Du Ling himself has issues.

Great Emperor Du Ling has lived for over thirty thousand years, during which he had many wives and concubines and countless sons and daughters, with thousands of sons alone. Aside from a few special cases that are worth remembering, for the majority, the emotional ties are very thin.

Being heartless isn’t necessarily true heroism, yet sentimental attachment easily wounds the sentimental. In the Cultivation Realm, many children have poor aptitude, slow cultivation progress, slow realm advancements, and short lifespans. Pouring too much emotion into them means that their death would bring you grief. Instead, it’s better to detach slightly, so that one avoids heartache when the time comes.

The two continued forward, and suddenly they sensed terrifying energy fluctuations ahead, destructive auras clashing, though confined within a small area—the energy still shows chaos and disorder.

Quickly arriving there, they saw a massive golden treasure sword lying on the ground, approximately 1.85 meters in length, appearing quite enormous; there was also a golden armor, merely in the form of a vest but shimmering gloriously, extremely dazzling.

They exuded a trace of terrifying Qi force and a hint of celestial tribulation aura, spreading around, causing the surrounding ten miles to be devoid of life, all vegetation vanished.

In front of them was a war chariot, its blood-colored patterns spreading, yet it appeared battered, with many of the Dao patterns on the verge of disintegration, seemingly about to fall apart at any moment. There was also a long spear, snapped into two pieces, with most of the Dao patterns worn away.

Lu Xuanji activated the immortal artifact, the Bell of Death encircling his body as he quickly moved forward.

He reached out to grasp the Golden Sword, but slightly frowned.

For the grade of this sword was gradually rising, still a Ninth Grade spirit treasure yet possessing a hint of immortal artifact power, classifying it as a half-immortal artifact. With some time for nurture, it could completely transform into an immortal artifact. However, within the treasure sword, the artifact spirit had perished.

It seemed that during the celestial tribulation’s cleansing, the artifact spirit could not hold on and simply perished.

Simultaneously, within the Golden Sword, a surge of vitality was flowing, seemingly nurturing a new artifact spirit.

Steel treasures and flowing artifact spirits.

As long as a treasure isn’t severely damaged, a new artifact spirit will be born after the old one vanishes.

After examining the Profound Yellow Armor, its artifact spirit had also vanished and required time to nurture anew.

A treasure losing its artifact spirit does not harm its power as long as the array patterns inside remain intact. However, the absence of an artifact spirit’s support may increase the time and magical power a cultivator expends when wielding the treasure.

The impact exists but is limited.

Then, Lu Xuanji inspected the blood-colored war chariot, blood-colored long spear, etc.—besides losing their artifact spirits, their array patterns were ruined, and they were severely damaged overall.

It seemed that it would take quite some time to reforge them or they could be dismantled and melted into the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasure, which might be more appropriate.

Lu Xuanji said, "Xue’Er, the Golden Sword and Profound Yellow Armor are left for you!"

Shi Xue said, "No, no, you are powerful, more suitable for you!"

Lu Xuanji said, "Xue’Er, these were left for you by your father. The reason we found the Du Ling Secret Realm was not due to our luck, but because Great Emperor Du Ling left it for us, not concealing the celestial secrets. These two treasures lack artifact spirits, you can nurture new ones, and doing so aligns well with your core!"

"Besides, having the Bell of Death is sufficient for me! One immortal artifact is enough, having more would just divide my focus and be useless."

As he said this, he shook the large bell as if to prove something.

Shi Xue nodded and accepted the two treasures.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The Profound Yellow Battle Armor flickered, transforming into a ray of light, descending onto Shi Xue’s body, merging with it like flowing water. Originally a small vest, the armor’s light quickly enveloped her physique, covering the torso, lower body armor, skirt armor, double arm guards, double leg guards, battle boots, face armor, etc.

The battle armor enveloped her body from top to bottom, leaving not a single gap exposed.

The Golden Sword also descended into her hand, and as magical power flowed in, the sword’s form changed, from a thick, broad treasure sword, becoming a short, narrow short sword.

The golden color of the blade remained, but the sword was now only three feet long, an inch wide, with a thin blade akin to a cicada’s wing, abandoning sheer strength to pursue speed, transforming into extreme speed.

Lu Xuanji asked, "Does it fit?"

Shi Xue replied, "It fits! My blood and magical power are gradually absorbed, nurturing the artifact spirit bit by bit, increasing our compatibility."

Lu Xuanji said, "Good if it fits!"