Fifteen days ago, Author: Pig Heart Shrimp
Chapter 24: The Guide to Controlling Treasures
Yù Huá saw Gu Wēn staring at himself in a daze, with a hint of a smile in his tone as he said, "Since you killed that great demon, the thing should rightfully be yours. Although it's not a remarkable treasure, it's not just a stone on the roadside."
Thinking about how Gu Wēn always pretended to be weak and harmless on the outside, coupled with the overwhelming killing intent in the phrase 'the inner treasury burns to become splendid ashes, the heavenly street treads on the bones of officials and nobles,' Yù Huá found it quite interesting.
The stark contrast between his inner and outer selves was intriguing and did not make her feel disgusted.
While others were pseudo-gentlemen, he was a king inside and out.
Of course, strength was the premise of everything.
If it were someone else merely raging in incompetence, but Gu Wēn had spent four days forging the Jade Clear Dao Foundation.
His talent and perseverance surpassed ordinary people.
Once he grew, the Zhao Family would surely perish.
Even if he could reach the ninth level of the Dao Foundation, and if the Zhao Family's true immortal could not reach the pinnacle of the current era, this cause and effect would lead to the fall of an immortal, even affecting the sect.
The ninth level of the Dao Foundation represented the foundation of the top experts of the current era and was also the threshold to reaching immortality.
As one ascended higher, even the slightest difference was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Gu Wēn suppressed his emotions and replied, "If Ninth Prince desires it, I naturally have no right to refuse."
Upon hearing this, the smile on Yù Huá's face slightly faded, and she asked, "Even now, you still speak to me in this manner?"
"How does the fairy wish for me to respond?"
Gu Wēn remained neither servile nor overbearing, always maintaining a certain vigilance.
Even though the other party would not betray him, he had grown accustomed to not speaking the truth in front of others.
Unfortunately, this Daoist celestial did not see it that way.
No matter how much Gu Wēn was used to the other party's duplicity, at least in front of her, he did not need to be so cautious.
For the first time, she spoke in an almost commanding tone, "In the future, do not address Zhao Feng with such respect in front of me."
Gu Wēn was taken aback and asked, "Does the fairy have a disagreement with him?"
From her tone, it was evident that Yù Huá did not get along well with Zhao Feng.
"I just dislike your respect for him."
Yù Huá walked into the room on her own, her sleeve lightly brushing past Gu Wēn, devoid of any rouge scent, just a faint indescribable fragrance.
Like the reflection of the moon in water, the remnants of fireworks, fleeting.
A lantern appeared at a distant corner, dispersing the darkness of the corridor, and two strong guards approached.
They were startled to see Gu Wēn standing at the door, then respectfully bowed and said, "Master, it's already midnight, you should rest early."
"Mm."
Gu Wēn nodded, then closed the door, and the footsteps of the two guards gradually faded away.
Inside the room, Yù Huá had already begun to inspect her daily residence, looking around and picking up the scrolls on the bookshelf without any courtesy.
Was this fairy always so presumptuous?
Gu Wēn felt a headache coming on.
He really wanted to stop her from flipping through his bookshelf.
There were some things on it that were not meant to be seen by others.
Although he rarely used Chinese characters to record things, if he did, he would erase them immediately.
But his practice of calligraphy and writing in official scripts of Daqian were all on it, some copied books, some poems.
Most of them were from the world of Daqian, but one had to write some fine words after eating coarse food.
But speaking softly and carrying a big stick, Yù Huá was not a literati, so she shouldn't be that sensitive.
If he were cultivating, why would he care about the poems and songs of mortals?
No matter how many concerns Gu Wēn had, he was drawn to that bead.
It was casually placed on the table, emitting a green light.
Yù Huá touched the oil lamp with her fingertips, making the emerald green bead even more dazzling under the dim candlelight, with ripples of water patterns appearing on its surface.
He took three steps in two, picked up the emerald green Water Ripple Bead, and a feeling of regaining something lost made Gu Wēn's eyebrows slightly furrow.
Yù Huá flipped through the scroll without looking up and asked, "Do you have a method for refining treasures?"
Gu Wēn quickly clasped his hands and said, "Please bestow the method, Fairy."
"What I just told you."
"Naturally, I will heed the Fairy's words. Zhao Feng shamelessly claims credit, it's like a quail searching for peas in its gizzard, a heron splitting meat on its legs, and a mosquito digging fat from its belly."
Gu Wēn cursed at Zhao Feng, causing Yù Huá to chuckle uncontrollably, "You have a unique way of cursing. Tell me, how about the Zhao Family?"
"When the sage rules, the world is peaceful."
Upon hearing such high praise, Yù Huá was momentarily stunned and asked, "The world is peaceful under the sage's rule, but the world doesn't seem stable and beautiful now."
Gu Wēn said with a deep tone, "Under the peaceful rule, the Yan Kingdom recently increased taxes. With the taxes of my Daqian Dynasty collected for twenty years, how can it not be prosperous? How can every household not be clean?"
He probably understood the other party's attitude towards the Zhao Family and didn't need to conceal much.
"..."
Yù Huá was speechless for a moment, inexplicably amused by the style and tone of his speech, but she knew she shouldn't treat the suffering of the people as a joke.
She just wanted to hear Gu Wēn curse, like he did before cursing Zhao Feng.
This was something Yù Huá rarely encountered in her daily life.
Compared to those who pretended to be elegant, she preferred to hear some interesting words.
Most of the elegance was pretentious and seemed ridiculous in the face of true listening.
Whenever they wanted to perform in front of others, their thoughts and emotions would inevitably rise, so Gu Wēn, this slippery eel, was the most difficult for her to grasp.
But Gu Wēn's interesting words were a bit devilish, leaving her in a dilemma between laughter and tears.
Yù Huá changed the subject, "A treasure is the carrier of Dao techniques. If one wants to wield an external object as if it were an extension of their arm, they need the methods and incantations of Dao techniques, which fall under the category of external skills."
Gu Wēn asked, "May I ask, Fairy, the Xuanming Spear is understandable as an external skill, why is refining treasures also referred to as an external skill?"
The Jade Clear Sword Technique does not contain any sword moves.
"Anything that cannot increase cultivation is considered an external skill, all falling under the category of external paths."
Yù Huá answered naturally, and Gu Wēn probably understood, it was the difference between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect.
Cultivating Qi was fundamental, everything else was considered an external path.
"The method of refining weapons is the strongest among the martial arts in the cultivation world. I couldn't find the martial arts method, only the basic refining method of the Sanqing Daoist Sect."
She reached out her hand, her tone gentle as if comforting Gu Wēn, touching him had become a habit, more like tempting a cat, saying, "This place has a limit to the transmission of techniques. I have not yet reached the stage of transmitting techniques across space. Hold my hand, it will only take a moment."
Gu Wēn was familiar with this process, so he reached out and held her hand, a clear Qi carrying the method of refining treasures entered his mind.
"The Guide to Controlling Treasures."
The contents inside were vast, covering everything from how to refine and nurture treasures to how to wield them, repair damaged treasures, and even how to deal with various types of treasures.
It was like a complete textbook on magical treasures, from beginner to burial.
Delicious, this soft meal is truly delicious.
Gu Wēn became more certain of the importance of Yù Huá, the angel investor.
Without her, he probably wouldn't have touched the edge of cultivation yet, even with his destiny.
It would inevitably involve a lot of trial and error.
Crossing the river by feeling the stones is better than wading into the river blindly.
But this favor was getting bigger and bigger, which might not be good in the future.
"Thank you, Fairy. I will remember this favor in my heart. If there is a need in the future, I will go through fire and water." Gu Wēn bowed and handed out another favor, which Yù Huá accepted with a nod.
At this point, compensating the Gu Family was no longer sufficient to explain.
If Gu Wēn did not have talent, she would not have been so concerned.
What she sought was not just the word of gratitude, it was a bit utilitarian, but it was better than scaring the other party away with nothing.
This descendant of the Gu family was like an eel, naturally suspicious.
Gu Wēn asked again, "The snake demon I killed today, was it a demon?"
"It was not a snake, but a Dá fish. Dá fish live in the mud caves by the water's edge, resembling eels but slender, snake-like without scales, with green and yellow colors, fierce in nature. It can be used in medicine to tonify Yang, transforming into a dragon. Perhaps what you killed was a dragon offspring."
Yù Huá's shocking words made Gu Wēn look stunned and he said, "Wasn't this dragon offspring too weak?"
The yellow eel was indeed large, but it was just flesh and blood.
Even the royal guards of the palace could break its defense with a single blow, making it howl in pain.
Gu Wēn, with his cultivated power and having reached the fourth level of the Xuanming Spear, had mastered enough hidden strength to be called a grandmaster among mortals.
Judging by the silky feel, it was softer than pork, and except for the head, the bones were all soft.
If the blade had been longer, the eel would have been cut in half with a single blow.
"It's not that the dragon offspring is weak, but the dangers of becoming an immortal land are treacherous. The real danger lies not in the dead ends, but in the thousands of people who can harm themselves. The treachery of becoming an immortal lies in people."
Yù Huá's gaze fell on the long stick Gu Wēn used for martial arts practice.
Private possession of weapons was strictly prohibited in Bianjing, so he used a stick instead of a spear.
She said softly, "Even this long stick of yours can kill me. Without protective techniques, just one blow to the face."
"All things in the world are transformed into mortals, this is the destiny of becoming an immortal. But it is more likely to be a spiritual beast born in the Dragon Well, otherwise it would not have escaped without a backup plan."
Many books are now hard to find, so cherish them while you can.