Looking at the pink treasure chest, Old Ancestor Jin’s expression changed, feeling something different.
Originally, she didn’t care much about these kinds of treasure chests.
Back when she was still a child, she had opened seven or eight void treasure chests, and they either contained nothing or just a small amount of Spirit Stones, some were even outright fake.
Thus, she simply gave up on them.
"I have True Yin Water here, roughly about a pound. If it’s not enough, I can purchase more!" Old Ancestor Jin said.
Lu Xuanji curiously asked, "It’s said that True Yin Water is worth its weight in gold!"
"Difficult to obtain, yes, for you; for me, it’s nothing!" Old Ancestor Jin said blandly. It’s like a millionaire’s mansion: unattainable for the working class but just a nod-worthy matter for a wealthy person.
"Is this a safe place? I’m worried something unspeakable might happen when we open the chest!"
"Is it really necessary?" Old Ancestor Jin laughed, "Could there be an Immortal Artifact inside?"
Lu Xuanji didn’t answer but nodded instead.
Old Ancestor Jin gasped, wanting to argue but fell into silence, saying, "Wait a moment!"
She took out some array flags and started arranging them, beginning from outside the courtyard and working into the room, setting up an elaborate and impregnable array.
"This setup is impregnable, it can even resist Divinity Transformation’s peeping to some extent. But if a Divinity Transformation forcefully tries to look, it can’t be stopped!" Old Ancestor Jin said, "However, the City Lord isn’t so tasteless or bored to spy on us!"
"That’s good, it’s time to open the treasure chest now!"
"Wait, is the treasure inside really that precious?" Old Ancestor Jin asked.
"It’s very valuable, selling you wouldn’t match the worth of this chest!"
Old Ancestor Jin’s heart was in chaos, instinctively she said, "If it’s so precious, opening it here is unsafe, it’s best to return to Purple Sun Mountain."
"No, we can’t return to Purple Sun Mountain, unless you want to bring calamity to Chu Country. Who knows what anomaly might happen when the chest is opened." Lu Xuanji said, "We have to prepare for the worst!"
Old Ancestor Jin nodded.
Somehow, after arriving in Chaos City, her subconscious centered around him.
She took out a jar containing a pound of True Yin Water.
True Yin Water, useful for Alchemy, Artifact Refining, widely applicable yet not so rare.
In fact, many things can be bought in Chaos City, if it’s not urgent, they can be bought at a lower price; but if urgent, you have to pay a premium.
Lu Xuanji received the jar, sensing the extremely yin and cold aura within, signaling her to drip blood into it.
Old Ancestor Jin nodded, cutting her finger, letting drops of fresh blood fall inside.
The water’s color changed, quickly turning red.
Lu Xuanji took a deep breath, suppressing his inner agitation, controlling the True Yin Water to smear onto the chest.
A trace appeared on the chest, he continued smearing, continued eroding.
Feathered Cyan Gold, a type of Immortal Gold, extremely hard, immune to ordinary Celestial Fire and Divine Water types, only melts into granules when encountering True Yin Water.
About half an hour later, the chest lid was cut open, the lid discarded to the side, looking inside, yet saw nothing but a grey haze, chaotic mist obscuring everything, unable to see what’s inside.
At this moment, the void flickered, a woman’s phantom appeared inside the chest, dressed in blood-like red, her face obscured, yet emanating wisps of killing intent, sweeping forth.
In a daze, it seemed to see a woman, stained in blood in white dress, countless battle scenes, fighting with Demon Cultivators, with the Demon Race, with Buddhist Cultivators, with the Barbarian Tribe, battling Nascent Souls, fighting Divinity Transformation, engaging Void Refining, Harmonization battles, fighting with Immortals.
Finally, tearing through the Ninefold Immortal Realm, ascending to the Immortal Realm.
Endless battles, dominating all.
Beneath her feet, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, describing it as mountains of white bones, forgotten surnames, nothing but beauties and gentlemen.
Next moment, the killing intent retracted, the illusion faded, as if nothing had happened.
The woman in white asked, "One is a Purple Mansion Cultivator, one a Golden Core Cultivator, nothing but ants, pitiably weak, a bit early to open the chest!"
Lu Xuanji said, "Not early, just right; reaching Divinity Transformation, Refining Void, may not even need it!"
The woman in white looked at Old Ancestor Jin and asked, "Junior, what is your name?"
Old Ancestor Jin said, "Junior Jin Xi!"
A bit of fear in her expression, yet a hint of excitement.
Previously, even the Divinity Transformation elder in her family couldn’t compare to this senior; she’s really hit the jackpot this time.
The woman in white said, "Now there are two paths for you to choose. The first, take the Divine Maiden Order, join the Divine Maiden Palace, become the Young Palace Master of the Divine Maiden Palace, at which time a Void Refining Cultivator will be your Guardian, you’ll have top-tier Immortal Elixirs, Enlightenment Tea, top-grade Cultivation Techniques; the second, I forged a sword embryo, take this sword, slay the heavens, massacre enemies, and kill your way to becoming an Immortal."
"How should I address you, senior?" Jin Xi asked, trying to probe for more information.
"You have one quarter of an hour to think?" The woman in white said.
Jin Xi was perplexed, pondering, "Both choices are good, either way, I won’t lose out, pick the right one and ascend to immortality; pick the wrong one, and it’s still a top bigwig, both seem pretty nice. Actually, my goals are modest, I don’t seek to ascend to immortality, or be some Harmonization powerhouse, just seeking to become Divinity Transformation and avenge my clan would be enough."
", Xuanji, what do you think,?"
Lu Xuanji laughed, "Seems like there are two choices, but actually only one, the answer is obvious. It depends on how you choose!"
Jin Xi pondered, "I choose the latter."
The woman in white nodded, holding a token, immediately the Divine Maiden Order shattered, turning to ashes.
From the chest, the chaotic brilliance dissipated, flying out a palace and a sword.
"I present to you a hall and a sword. This palace, named [Chaos Hall], is formed from a Chaos Giant Stone I captured in the Void Starry Sky, it was my former residence; this sword is my crafting, only a sword embryo, no runes, restrictions, arrays, or Dao Patterns engraved in it, you need to engrave and refine it carefully!"
"Mastering the palace can aid your escape, preserving your life; wielding the Treasure Sword can help you slaughter throughout the lands, ascending to immortality."
Saying this, the woman in white dissipated.
The palace turned into a stream of light, entering Jin Xi’s brow.
The green sword came forth, drop by drop, blood refining the sword embryo, preliminary refining, turning into a stream of light, entering the Dantian.
After a long time, Jin Xi opened her eyes, apologized, "Sorry, your opportunity, I took it!"
"Indeed, everything as expected. Opening the chest requires True Yin Water, this was anticipated, but the requirement for a woman’s blood just indicated this had nothing to do with me!" Lu Xuanji sighed, thinking he was about to encounter a fortuitous adventure, unexpectedly he was just a tool.
PS: The fourth update is still being written, please wait a moment.