Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 669

Han Li flew slowly, remaining silent, and the Sky Spirit Bird inside the Heavenvoid Cauldron was also quiet, seemingly giving him time to think.

“The Kun Peng’s feather you mentioned earlier, is there a specific use for it?” Han Li suddenly changed the subject.

“The You Tian Kun Peng and the Rahu are ancient lifeforms born from the chaos when the heavens and earth were created. They are also called demon spirits or divine spirits. Think about the value of something dropped by such beings. Even my main body wouldn’t dare to touch such demon spirits and would avoid them from afar.

The You Tian Kun Peng and the Rahu are natural enemies. Perhaps the Kun Peng was traveling through dimensions and accidentally discovered the Rahu hiding in the mortal realm and attacked it. I heard that the two demon spirits have similar divine powers, but since the Rahu’s main body is in the mortal realm, it is not affected by the pressure between realms. So, the Kun Peng, which tried to attack, was defeated instead.

You have benefited greatly from this! The You Tian Kun Peng is a wind-attribute demon spirit that awakens the related laws of heaven and earth as soon as it is born. Although the feather is slightly damaged, it is the best material for refining a wind-attribute spirit treasure.

Moreover, if you succeed in refining it, it cannot be compared to ordinary spirit treasures. In the past, someone in the Spirit Realm refined a spirit treasure called the Fire Dragon Cover with the scales of a Fire Qilin [a mythical beast], and its power was so great that it was among the top 100 spirit treasures.”

“Top 100?” Han Li was dumbfounded by the extraordinary story the Sky Spirit Bird was telling.

“Are you looking down on just being in the top 100? You also possess the Eight Spirit Ruler, the Three Flame Fan, and a few imitations of spirit treasures, but frankly, the Eight Spirit Ruler and the Seven Flame Fan are among the lowest grade. Only those listed on the Chaos Myriad Spirit Board can be called true Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures. The rest are just spirit treasures! And only those whose power ranks within the top 100 among all spirit treasures can be listed on the Chaos Myriad Spirit Board.”

“The Chaos Myriad Spirit Board… Let’s stop talking about the Spirit Realm. It seems that Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, which are extremely rare in the mortal realm, are refined quite often in the Spirit Realm. Is the trade you mentioned earlier related to the Kun Peng’s feather?”

“Your Wind Lightning Shuttle is not yet fully refined, is it? And you also possess wind-attribute spiritual power?” The Sky Spirit Bird suddenly mentioned the Wind Lightning Shuttle without answering his question.

“Why do you ask that? As the name Wind Lightning Shuttle suggests, I know it was originally refined to wield both wind and thunder attributes simultaneously. However, since I only have Evil-Slaying Divine Lightning in my body, I have only used thunder techniques. I’m not sure if it’s fully refined or not.” Han Li answered truthfully, recalling his memories.

“I’ll tell you one way to use the Kun Peng’s feather. It’s a way to refine the Wind Lightning Shuttle again and turn it into a spirit treasure! The feather itself contains the laws of heaven and earth related to the wind attribute, so you can wield it even if you don’t have wind-attribute spirit stones. Of course, due to limitations in cultivation and auxiliary materials, you won’t be able to refine it into a true Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, but a low-grade spirit treasure will be no problem.” The Sky Spirit Bird said arrogantly and smiled.

“What do you want to exchange for the refining method? You’re not going to tell me for free, of course.”

“Solve the problem of me being assimilated into the Heavenvoid Cauldron. And protect me until you die or ascend! Also, I haven’t been able to undergo the Transformation Lightning Tribulation [a trial by lightning to advance in cultivation] to reach the eighth rank even though I’m trapped in the Heavenvoid Cauldron, so you need to help me with that. It’s very dangerous for me to face the tribulation with my current power.” The Sky Spirit Bird listed its desired conditions without hesitation.

“Is that all?”

“If I were to be greedy and ask for strange conditions, wouldn’t that only awaken your murderous intent?”

“Alright. If that’s all, it’s worth making a deal. But releasing you from the Heavenvoid Cauldron will only happen right before I die or when I reach the Deity Transformation stage and am ready to ascend. Do you have any problems with that?”

“No problem. A very wise choice! We never had any reason to fight to the death in the first place. To show my sincerity, I’ll teach you the Silver Tadpole Script first!” The Sky Spirit Bird laughed loudly, feeling pleased.

“I have no reason to refuse.” Han Li looked down at the golden talisman and calmly accepted the offer. Then, he suddenly took out a blue storage pouch from his waist. It was the one that belonged to Old Devil Jin Hua.

Han Li scanned the inside with his consciousness to check the contents and then took out various jade slips, examining them closely. It was as if he had completely forgotten about his deal with the Sky Spirit Bird.

However, the Spirit Bird was quick-witted and did not urge or disturb him. But after about an hour, Han Li, having examined the last jade slip, tilted his head with a puzzled look.

There was no explanation about the golden jade talisman anywhere.

‘Was it not something he refined himself?’

But suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he lowered his head and scanned the storage pouch again with his consciousness. A blue light flashed, and something popped out. It was a yellow wooden box with a golden talisman attached to it.

Han Li did not hesitate to tear off the talisman and then struck the wooden box. The wooden box slowly opened, revealing a milky white jade pendant. Surprisingly, silver characters floated on the surface of the fist-sized jade pendant. It was the Silver Tadpole Script.

The characters were as small as sesame seeds, but they could be clearly seen when scanned with consciousness. It was clear at a glance that they were damaged. As he tried to examine them closely, the silver characters on the surface of the jade pendant flickered and suddenly shot out in silver beams.

Startled, Han Li recalled the golden talisman attached to the wooden box and became more vigilant. He deliberately waited until a silver beam moved away before reaching out his hand like lightning.

A blue light spread greatly from his five fingers, and a thunderous sound echoed. The silver beam trembled and returned to its original form on the jade pendant, stopping in place.

Han Li gestured with a dark expression, and the silver beam returned as if being sucked in, landing in his hand.

“The Golden Jade Book! How could such a thing be in the mortal realm!”

“Does the Sky Spirit Bird know about this item?” Han Li asked, startled inwardly. If a Spirit Realm demon cultivator was this flustered, it meant it was no ordinary item.

“Impossible. How could an item with such immense spiritual power remain in the mortal realm where spiritual energy is so scarce…? I see, this is a torn fragment of the Golden Jade Book, and its spiritual power is almost exhausted! That’s why it couldn’t return to the Spirit Realm. But who could have torn this apart?” The Sky Spirit Bird was too shocked to pay attention to Han Li’s question. Han Li frowned and coughed a couple of times.

“Ahem! I’ve made a fool of myself. I was too surprised.”

“From what the Sky Spirit Bird said, it seems this is also an item that came from the Spirit Realm.”

“If you knew what this item was, you would be shocked too. This is not an item from the Spirit Realm, but from the True Immortal Realm! In other words, it’s an item from a true immortal family.” Suddenly, a blue light flashed in the Heavenvoid Cauldron, and the lights condensed to form a boy about a foot tall. He had temporarily taken a human form by borrowing the spiritual energy of the Heavenvoid Cauldron. The white-faced boy, who looked no more than three or four years old, stared at the jade pendant with dark eyes.

He seemed to be in a complex mood, as if he was both envious and regretful.

“An item from an immortal family, is that true?”

“The pressure between realms is weaker between the True Immortal Realm and the Spirit Realm. So, sometimes items from there flow into the Spirit Realm. However, the Golden Jade Book is so famous that even I was surprised.”

“Could you explain in more detail?”

“There’s no harm in that. After all, it’s a well-known fact among the human cultivators of the Spirit Realm, so it’s not a secret! To explain this, I must first mention the immortals of the True Immortal Realm. Although items from immortals have flowed into our Spirit Realm for various reasons, there were hardly any useful ones.

Moreover, since records began in the Spirit Realm, no immortal has ever descended to the Spirit Realm. However, a long time ago, the remains of an immortal were discovered in the Spirit Realm, and the Golden Jade Book was found in those remains.

I heard that it originally consisted of 108 pages, with each page containing an immortal’s secret technique. Among them, 36 pages contain cultivation methods, cultivation formulas, and profound divine powers, while the remaining 72 pages contain talismans, formations, alchemy, and refining techniques.”

The boy paused for a moment, then spoke again with an envious tone.

“The core is the 36 pages, and the contents of the remaining 72 pages contain all of creation, but they are almost useless. The materials needed for elixirs, talismans, and magical artifacts were all unheard of.

At that time, a bloody storm raged in the Spirit Realm to seize the 36 pages of the Golden Jade Book. However, after a long time of fighting and losing them, only about 7 or 8 pages are known to exist now. But most of the cultivators who obtained even one page and succeeded in cultivation became big figures among the human race.

Although they couldn’t compare to the Three Sovereigns, they were able to rule over some regions. But the most fascinating fact is that all the immortals who awakened to the Great Dao [the fundamental principles of the universe] through cultivation in the Spirit Realm over the past ten thousand years and ascended to the Immortal Realm had all learned the Golden Jade Book. Whether this is true or not, it was enough to drive your human cultivators crazy.”

“Human cultivators? Then does that mean the Golden Jade Book is entirely in the hands of human cultivators?”

“Initially, our demon race also participated in seizing the 36 pages of the Golden Jade Book. But soon, the demon cultivators realized that the cultivation methods written there were only suitable for human cultivators.

Even if they learned them, they would have no effect, or their cultivation would be reduced, and in severe cases, they would go berserk and die. Eventually, the demon race completely gave up on the Golden Jade Book. It’s not strange since the remains of the discovered immortal were in human form.”

“I see. But if an immortal has never descended to the Spirit Realm, how did they know it was the remains of an immortal? It could have just been the remains of a cultivator with great divine powers.”

“I’m not sure about that either. It was too long ago. But everyone said it was the remains of an immortal, so it must be true, right?”

“Does what I obtained belong to the 36 pages? Or is it one of the 72 pages?” Han Li asked, stroking the jade pendant with his fingertips, watching the silver characters flicker.

“The back 72 pages are written in Silver Tadpole Script, and the front 36 pages are written in Golden Seal Script. The Golden Seal Script is a rare script that almost no one knows.”

“This is the Silver Tadpole Script, and it’s not even complete.” Han Li was not too disheartened. No matter how great the Golden Jade Book was, it was too far for a mortal realm cultivator who had not even reached the Deity Transformation stage to learn.

There was no need to worry about what would happen after ascending to the Spirit Realm! The boy also read Han Li’s expression and raised the corners of his lips.

“Actually, it’s not bad that you obtained the back part of the Golden Jade Book at your level. After all, even if you had obtained the front pages, you would have to give up on learning them if you didn’t have the cultivation of the Refinement Void stage. The secret techniques of the immortals require the manipulation of the origin energy of heaven and earth, and only those above the middle realm of the three great realms can truly control the origin energy of heaven and earth.

Even Deity Transformation stage cultivators are only peeking through the crack of a door, so if you try to cultivate recklessly, you will suffer a setback. But the back part of the Golden Jade Book is different. Since it’s not related to cultivation methods, it would be a great help if you could gain some insights from it. However, what you have is a torn fragment, so I don’t know how much you can learn from it.”

“It’s probably related to talisman refining.” Han Li guessed, looking at the golden talisman in his hand.

“That’s unknown. How could a mortal realm cultivator really understand the Silver Tadpole Script? The person named Old Devil Jin Hua probably obtained this by chance and realized that the silver characters contained profound power. Since it’s an item from an immortal family, he could have produced mysterious divine powers just by roughly copying it.”

“Then I will take some time to study it. If it’s okay, could you teach me the Silver Tadpole Script now?”

“No problem, but there’s one condition. Once you’ve finished studying the Golden Jade Book, I want to borrow it too. The back part is equally helpful to our demon cultivators.”

“Of course! But since you are a cultivator from the Spirit Realm, your insight is better than mine, isn’t it? If I can’t gain any useful insights, please tell me what you have discovered.”

“Of course, I will. However, the Silver Tadpole Script and the Golden Seal Script are immortal scripts called True Spirit Scripts. Each character has a mysterious power, so if you were to engrave them on ordinary jade slips, they would explode from the power. The method of directly transmitting them through consciousness won’t work either, so I have no choice but to explain each character to you directly. That will take quite some time.”

“It will take at least two months to reach the Kui Star Sea, so can’t we spare that much time? You can explain it slowly.” After speaking, Han Li put the jade pendant back into the wooden box, attached the golden talisman, and put it back into the storage pouch.

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