: The Youth's Assets: A Bit Too Many Magical Treasures

The ice that froze Yuan Dasheng originated from one of the River of Forgetfulness Prefect's imperial guard commanders.

It wasn't just ice element; it also contained the principle of profound yin.

Ning Zhuo could permeate the ice element with his water realm, but he didn't understand the principle of profound yin well. Thus, he couldn't design a spell specifically targeting the ice using the five elements realm.

As for the yellow dust covering Meng Yehu inside and out, although it belonged to the earth element, it came from a fragment of the River of Forgetfulness Prefect's spirit.

Therefore, it was no longer purely earth element; it retained the divine power of the Prefect's clone.

The Five Elements Life-Death Fan couldn't shake divine powers.

After all, it was just a magical instrument, not a magical treasure.

Ning Zhuo wasn't lacking materials to create magical treasures; the problem was his innate spell hadn't matured yet. Even with a treasure-level body, he couldn't unleash treasure-level power.

Instead, the strong material nature of the treasure itself would interfere and wear down the talisman marks left by his innate spell.

Only when all three of Ning Zhuo's dantians reached the golden core level could he possess an innate magical treasure, not just the innate magical instrument he had now.

Since the five elements path was blocked, Ning Zhuo checked his assets to see if he could find a breakthrough.

The My Buddha Heart Demon Seal had always loomed in his sea of consciousness, bringing him huge surprises in both the Heaven and Earth Dual Ghosts battle and the River of Forgetfulness Prefect battle.

But its grade was too high, too mysterious; Ning Zhuo still hadn't truly mastered it.

"Still, as my cultivation improves, the power of the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal's passive counterattacks has increased a lot. After all, it needs to borrow my strength."

Magical instruments, magical treasures, spiritual treasures, dao treasures.

"Based on current performance, the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal clearly lacks enough spirituality to be a spiritual treasure. It should belong to the top tier among magical treasures."

There are many differences between magical treasures.

Generally, golden core and nascent soul level cultivators use magical treasures.

The differences between magical treasures are like the gaps between golden core and nascent soul cultivators—sometimes worlds apart.

In terms of quality, the Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge had stronger spirituality and could be considered a quasi-spiritual treasure.

Ning Zhuo mainly used it to cultivate his body. Thanks to the unorthodox usage developed by Sun Lingtong, the Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge body refining method was extremely efficient.

"I need to find a chance to repair the Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge first."

The Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge was still damaged, with many surface cracks.

Before, Ning Zhuo didn't have the skill to repair it himself, and he thought, "I'll burn it sooner or later anyway, so just make do; no need to bother fixing it."

But now, Buddhist Physician Meng Yaoxin explicitly instructed in the message jade slip for Ning Zhuo to keep the Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge and not burn it.

So Ning Zhuo completely changed his plans for it.

Lately, Ning Zhuo had used the Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge the most.

No choice—his physical foundation needed boosting to handle the huge pressure of a million human souls.

If left unchecked, his body would keep getting damaged by the soul pressure.

Besides the Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge, there were several other treasures used for cultivation.

Like the Soldier Comrade Helmet, the Hungry Ghost Retribution Cauldron, and the Yin-Yang Single Breath Pot.

Strictly speaking, the Soldier Comrade Helmet was a military treasure. Whenever Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong used it, they paired it with the "Gao Sheng Posthumous Writings," with excellent results.

This cultivation method had a drawback: you had to fully comprehend the previous insight before the next use.

Otherwise, even if you gained new insights, they wouldn't differ much from before.

"Brother Sun can proceed to the next step; he's fully grasped his Light Body Swift Wind Formation. But I still have some way to go."

What Ning Zhuo comprehended before was the Warrior's Return Technique.

This military art was highly effective, far surpassing the Light Body Swift Wind Formation, and would take more time to fully grasp.

"Though strong, this military art has limitations. Like in the River of Forgetfulness Underworld battle, the Qing Jiao Army had few losses, so I couldn't gain any boosts."

"What really pairs well are mechanical armies!"

Planning for this wasn't easy.

Ning Zhuo had successfully built an army once, but the Qing Jiao Army came together with heaven and earth's aid, with multiple supports and interventions.

Ning Zhuo had long exhausted his resources for it.

Currently, just being the deputy commander of the Qing Jiao Army didn't mean he could stuff a mechanical army into it.

The Qing Jiao Army's troop type restricted that possibility.

Unless Ning Zhuo joined an army that accepted mechanical constructs, or directly joined a national army like in Liang Zhu Kingdom, getting it done in one step.

The Hungry Ghost Retribution Cauldron was a soul path treasure that consumed ghosts to mass-produce soul essence. Paired with three other treasures, it could greatly enhance soul foundation.

In White Paper Immortal City, Ning Zhuo used them to raise his soul cultivation to the million human souls level.

Currently, he couldn't use it—Ning Zhuo paused soul cultivation, actively deepening his physical foundation instead.

As for the Yin-Yang Single Breath Pot, it was a demon treasure.

Only cultivators with demon blood could truly unleash its power, not fitting Ning Zhuo.

Liu Er had to give this treasure to Ning Zhuo during the luck game. Ning Zhuo originally planned to explore its wonders, trying to research a way to dual cultivate with himself.

Unexpectedly, in White Paper Immortal City, he found the current White Paper City Lord desired this demon treasure countless times more than he did!

In the future, Ning Zhuo would also rely on this demon treasure to convert the White Paper City Lord's yin energy into yang energy. Using this yang energy for trades, the City Lord would have no room to refuse, ensuring success every time!

This was also Ning Zhuo's strong trump card to control the White Paper City Lord, continuously influence him, and even affect the Yin Tide Black Wet Marsh!

Next were treasures like the Primordial Chaos Dispersing Ruler, the Golden Light Necklace, the Cyan-White Jade Ring, etc.

The Primordial Chaos Dispersing Ruler was a relic of the Mysterious Plain Scholar.

First seized by Luo Si, then given to Ning Zhuo. In the Black Cloud Battlefield, Ning Zhuo grasped fate's arrangement and used it to break through the yellow dust barrier.

The Primordial Chaos Dispersing Ruler played a key role.

After the Underworld battle, Ning Zhuo tried refining it but found no progress at all.

"I haven't found the trick yet."

"The Mysterious Plain Scholar was a mighty void refinement expert. When he built White Paper Immortal City and left many relics, secretly setting up the paper army, he must have had intentions."

Ning Zhuo felt that without understanding this intention, he couldn't find the trick to refining the Primordial Chaos Dispersing Ruler.

But currently, relying on his deputy city lord status in White Paper Immortal City, he could still freely use this treasure ruler.

So, refining it or not wasn't important.

As for the Golden Light Necklace and Cyan-White Jade Ring, they were defensive treasures Ning Zhuo exchanged with his battle merits in the Liang Zhu Kingdom battlefield.

He didn't use them in the subsequent River of Forgetfulness Prefect battle.

Simple reason—even using both treasures simultaneously, the extra defense couldn't withstand a single enemy strike.

In that big battle, Ning Zhuo mostly relied on the Cang Iron Han Armor·Golden Swallow, dancing on the line between life and death.

But in the battle with Lin Jinglong, Ning Zhuo brought out the Cyan-White Jade Ring.

It worked quite well.

As long as Lin Jinglong didn't use his treasures, Ning Zhuo, with the Cyan-White Jade Ring, stood undefeated. No matter how the spring thunder bombarded, it couldn't shake him.

Besides these, there was the Prickbone Crocodile's stomach pouch.

Back on the ship, Qing Yan gave the stomach pouch to Ning Zhuo. Since the material was golden core level, the pouch itself was treasure-grade.

The stomach pouch was for increasing soul foundation.

By projecting the soul into it, enduring corrosion, then recovering, it could greatly enhance soul resilience.

The pouch had usage limits, so this golden core level treasure was of the lowest grade.

After receiving it, Ning Zhuo had no time to use it. When he had time, he had Chef Lao's dark cuisine, and soon after, the soul cultivation four treasures from the White Paper City Lord.

Compared to these, the stomach pouch's training effect was much worse. Ning Zhuo never used it, leaving it at the bottom of his stash.

Unusable items included the Dragon Qi Pendant and the River of Forgetfulness Prefect Seal.

Ning Zhuo took out the Dragon Qi Pendant, observed it for a while, then put it away.

"Li Xiangshang gave this to me. It cracked when I ascended the altar to seize talent."

"It must have played a key role, helping me greatly."

"Too bad by the time I led the Qing Jiao Army back to the mortal world, Li Xiangshang had already left White Paper Immortal City."

"But he's cultivating at Cang River, under the White Head Dragon Lord. If there's a chance in the future, maybe I can visit him and find out the pendant's true use."

As for the River of Forgetfulness Prefect Seal, it was utterly useless to Ning Zhuo.

"Maybe in the future, I can trade it with the River of Forgetfulness Prefect?"

"Let's wait and see."

"I won't trade this seal with him unless the Prefect weakens significantly."

The River of Forgetfulness Underworld was currently under full attack by the Ghost Fire Underworld.

Ning Zhuo chose to watch and wait.

"Can't let the Ghost Fire Underworld completely take over the River of Forgetfulness Underworld. After swallowing such vast territory, the Ghost Fire Underworld's power would膨胀无数倍."

"The Yin Tide Black Wet Marsh would face not the familiar River of Forgetfulness Prefect, but the much stronger Ghost Fire Underworld."

That wasn't what Ning Zhuo wanted.

He needed the River of Forgetfulness and Ghost Fire Underworlds to keep fighting, both giants stalemated, bleeding continuously, too busy to look elsewhere.

"So, the chance to trade this Prefect Seal is only when the River of Forgetfulness Underworld is about to collapse!"

After this review, Ning Zhuo found he had over ten treasures in hand.

Of course, this included national artifacts, military treasures, etc.

In short, possessing this level of treasures far exceeded what a foundation establishment cultivator should have.

Not just foundation establishment cultivators—even most golden core cultivators would pale in comparison.

In terms of quality, whether the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal, Fetal Breath Spiritual Barge, Yin-Yang Single Breath Pot, or the River of Forgetiveness Prefect Seal, etc., all would make nascent soul cultivators envious and jealous.

When Ning Zhuo counted these, he specifically excluded mechanical constructs, or there would be more.

Just the treasure-level mechanical parts inside Qi Bai numbered over four.

Among mechanical constructs, the one Ning Zhuo used most was the Thousand-Mile Roaming Dragon.

The Thousand-Mile Roaming Dragon helped Ning Zhuo greatly, especially in the Liang Zhu Kingdom battles.

The Thousand-Mile Roaming Dragon had many empty compartments, always with huge potential for improvement. An average person would probably work day and night, constantly building it up.

But since this Thousand-Mile Roaming Dragon came to Ning Zhuo, only at the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect, briefly built for the Hidden Willow, and after transplanting the Hidden Willow, it was just patched up, not developed.

Sun and Ning were busy traveling, no time or mood for it.

But currently, because they needed to move things from the Shuyu Studio cave dwelling, the Thousand-Mile Roaming Dragon also started its second round of construction.

Buddhist Physician Meng Yaoxin, Heavy Blood Ape Dasheng, Shadow Blade Yehu, Hundred-Armed Arhat Armor, Cang Iron Han Armor·Golden Swallow were golden core level mechanical puppets.

Among them, Buddhist Physician Meng Yaoxin mastered strange path methods, possessing nascent soul level combat power.

Besides these, there were Nether Envoy Qi Bai, Milk Butterfly Mother, Mechanical Ring, Floating Ice White Jade Hand, Weather Ball·Ice Crystal Snow.

After that, some mass-produced mature mechanisms. Like Fireburst Monkeys, Runaway Fire Snakes, Thunder Silence Birds, Golden Swallows, etc.

Then, some mechanical parts. Like Up-Down Flexible Rope, Hanging Death Fishing Whip, Rivet Crossbow, Hanging Ring, Half-Dead Half-Alive Pearl, etc.

As for pills, many were consumed by Ning Zhuo during travels. Currently, the most valuable was the Nine Springs Restful Incense. One of White Paper Immortal City's soul cultivation four treasures.

Spiritual food couldn't be stored long, so there was lots of Ice Jade Wine, a little Bitter Cold True Water, etc. Most valuable was the Chilled Bone Moon Dew Wine. Like the Nine Springs Restful Incense, also one of the soul cultivation four treasures.

There were many talismans. The Three Enclosures Treasure Exchange Talisman had helped Ning Zhuo a lot before, now unnecessary. Glossy Talisman, Flowing Clouds Talisman, etc., even contained some spirituality! Directional Void Escape Talisman, Substitute Talisman gave Ning Zhuo more room for error.

"But in the previous River of Forgetfulness Prefect battle, these talismans were unusable."

"Truly in high-level battles, these talismans' grades are still too low."

Only some materials left. Previous sky ghost assets were all invested into building the Qing Jiao Army.

Some Western Pure Lands, over a hundred ghost path golden cores, a bunch of materials from dismantled treasures and instruments.

Highest Good Like Water, Fire Within Wood were used up.

Spirit stone shortage was huge!

Most valuable was the Stone Monster Corpse, but it couldn't be consumed. In the future, going to Thousand Peaks Forest, maybe he could impersonate the Old Monster in Stone using it.

Ning Zhuo spotted thirteen Ghost Shadow Bamboos among them. Back then, he wanted to study Meng Yehu's design, keeping these bamboos for future use.

Now, Meng Yehu fully used golden core level materials. These foundation level Ghost Shadow Bamboos had no use value anymore.

In books, Ning Zhuo had collected a small pile over time. Like "Ice Sculpture Secret Code," "Coiling Snake Spring Formation Collection," "Yin Bone Art," "Nether Heart Classic," "Soul Guidance Technique Explained," "Blood Demon Disintegration Minor Method," "Dead Moon Offering Song," "Heavenly Burial Grand Ceremony," Jiao Family Jade Slip, "Myriad Phenomena Scripture" (Qi Refining, Foundation s), Chef Lao's inheritance, etc.

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