Chapter 1550: Chapter 31: Harvest from the Secret Treasury!

Cross Immortal Gate.

Upon hearing this news about Zhuge Qingsong, Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyan’s spirits were invigorated.

Shen Wenyan also understood why Zhuge Qingsong insisted on waiting for Jiang Ning to regain his composure before revealing this matter.

A secret library, yet it is the inner vault.

Unlike ordinary vaults, it stores the sect’s most precious treasures.

Thinking about this, Shen Wenyan couldn’t help but look at Zhuge Qingsong twice.

Then, Zhuge Qingsong led Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyan to the back of the main hall.

In the rear, a humble stone wall was engraved with intricate cloud patterns.

Beside the stone wall, an elder of the Zhuge family and a staff member of the Inspection Office were on either side watching an elder with silver-white hair.

"Greetings to the two Marquises, this old man is the Great Elder of Cross Immortal Gate, known as Master Yun Yin!" Upon seeing the arrival of Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyan, the elder quickly stepped forward and saluted them.

"Please, Great Elder, assist in opening the secret library!" Zhuge Qingsong said.

"The two Marquises can rest assured, this old man will fully cooperate and just hopes that the two Marquises treat the disciples of Cross Immortal Gate kindly and refrain from harming the innocent! Actually, Cross Immortal Gate has its own difficulties, sometimes things are beyond our control!" Master Yun Yin courteously said to Jiang Ning and Shen Wenyan.

The two nodded.

At this moment, both of them had a Heart Like a Bright Mirror, understanding the meaning of Master Yun Yin’s words.

Seeing them nod, Master Yun Yin also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he stepped in front of the stone wall, performing an intricate technique, then tapped seven hidden protrusions.

Boom——

With a rumbling sound, the stone wall silently slid inward, revealing a downward staircase.

The sides of the staircase were embedded with Luminous Pearls illuminating the path ahead.

Descending about ten yards, the view opened up into a naturally formed stone cave, about twenty-five yards in radius, and about nine yards in height.

Inside the cave, several stone racks were neatly arranged, displaying jade slips, silk books, ceramic jars, jade bottles, among other items, as well as two ironwood boxes.

"Please, Marquises!" Master Yun Yin gestured with his cupped hands.

Jiang Ning scanned it with his Divine Thought, quickly sweeping through the cave ahead.

Knowing there’s no more mystery inside, he felt at ease.

Then, he took the first step onto the staircase, Shen Wenyan hurriedly followed.

Behind them, Zhuge Qingsong and Master Yun Yin also followed down.

Down the staircase, everyone arrived in front of the stone racks.

"Brother Jiang, you may take anything useful from this place!" Shen Wenyan said.

"I won’t stand on ceremony then!" Jiang Ning replied.

His gaze first landed on the tomes on the stone rack.

He approached a stone rack and casually picked up a jade slip.

The jade slip had only five slices linked together, with five large characters carved upon it.

Cloud Mist Qi Cultivation Skill.

It turned out to be a jade slip of Immortal Dao inheritance, causing his eyes to narrow slightly.

"Marquis, this is the Immortal Dao Cultivation Method bestowed from above, named Cloud Mist Qi Cultivation Skill!" Master Yun Yin explained from behind.

"Indeed!" Jiang Ning nodded, then probed with his Divine Thought, and the information within the jade slip flooded his mind like a torrent.

Within moments, he had comprehended the information contained within.

Cloud Mist Qi Cultivation Skill is a fundamental method of the Immortal Dao.

It uses the Immortal Root as a guide to capture the spiritual energy of mountain clouds and mists into the body.

It is also the first step in Immortal Dao.

After a brief understanding, he withdrew his gaze.

[Literacy and Judgement Experience +337]

Observing the increase in experience value before him, he subtly nodded in his heart.

A single jade slip brought him an increase of over three hundred points in Literacy and Judgement Experience.

In terms of efficiency, it was akin to gaining free experience value.

Then, he looked at the other slips and tomes.

Most contained Immortal Dao Techniques, pill formulas, array insights, and some miscellaneous notes about ancient geography, Grotto Heaven rumors.

A volume of ancient animal-hide texts caught his attention, it succinctly marked seven or eight suspected locations of Cave Heaven Blessed Lands with brief annotations.

Such as Kunlun Ruins, where spiritual energy is depleted, entrance concealed, sometimes opens without rhyme or reason.

East Sea Penglai Island, arrays remain, perilous beyond measure, entering leads to death, it is a place of great danger.

.....

"There are indeed such records..." Jiang Ning thought to himself.

This information is crucial for his future exploration of hidden realms and dealings with forces of the Cave Heaven.

He stored away this scroll on Cave Heaven records.

Then he looked at the two ironwood boxes.

Opening one, he saw, under the glow of Luminous Pearls, a dazzling golden light.

Gold bars, gold ingots, golden leaves in various shapes filled half the box.

Some weighed several hundred pounds.

"Ten taels per pound, isn’t much!" He murmured to himself.

For now, he set it aside; unless other treasures of much higher value were found, this box of gold would certainly not be freely handed over for Shen Wenyan to handle.

Then, he opened the other ironwood box.

This box contained no gold or mundane items, but rather neatly stacked dozens of jade boxes and ceramic jars of various sizes, each sealed with yellowing talisman paper, faintly circulating spiritual energy. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Casually removing the seal from a palm-sized jade box, upon opening the lid, a refreshing medicinal fragrance permeated the air, revealing a plush lining inside the box with a dragon-eye-sized, white pill, its surface subtly flowing with cloud patterns.

"It’s a Dust Cleansing Pill."

Master Yun Yin, observing from the side, couldn’t help but exclaim in a low voice, seeing Jiang Ning glance over, quickly bowed and explained: "This pill has the effect of cleansing the body, eliminating impurities, and Washing Marrow, greatly beneficial to those in the Grandmaster Realm of Martial Arts, helping them solidify their foundation. When Master Ji Ji Mingzhou entered the Second Grade, he relied on this pill to solidify his realm."

Jiang Ning slightly nodded, returned it to its place, and continued to open several boxes consecutively.