239: Chapter 239 This small gift is of little importance.

Jiang Changge walked onto the high platform and stood before those three orbs of light.

He could feel that what was sealed within these three orbs of light was the true Treasure Trove mentioned by Immortal Venerable Yuanchu, and also the most core Legacy of this Nine-Orifice Stone Forest.

The first orb of light was moon-white, and a palm-sized Jade Slip floated inside it.

The Jade Slip was crystal clear throughout, its surface engraved with runes so dense that they were extreme; even through the orb of light, one could sense the vast information contained within.

This was the core Legacy of the Cultivation Technique that Immortal Venerable Yuanchu had practiced throughout his life, named the "Taichu Sword Canon," an Immortal Dao sword technique of a grade far exceeding Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques.

Although it was only half a volume, it was already enough to keep any Sword Cultivator busy comprehending it for a lifetime.

He raised his hand and gently touched the orb of light; it shattered upon contact, and the Jade Slip transformed into a stream of light, merging into his brow.

A vast wave of information surged into his Sea of Consciousness, spreading out above it, transforming into countless ancient and profound Dao of Sword runes.

The second orb of light was pale gold, and a fist-sized golden fruit floated inside.

The fruit was shaped like a flat peach, its surface covered with fine lines, each emitting an extremely pure aura of Immortal Qi.

The moment the orb of light shattered, an extremely dense vitality diffused from the fruit, making the air in the entire underground palace seem to become fresh and alive.

This was an Immortal-grade spirit fruit brought by Immortal Venerable Yuanchu from the Immortal Realm, named the Taichu Dao Fruit.

Consuming it would not only significantly increase one's cultivation but, more importantly, could reshape one's dao foundation, raising the consumer's Aptitude for immortal cultivation by a level.

Even for powerhouses at the Peak of Tribulation Transcendence, it was a Supreme treasure that was rare and hard to come by.

Jiang Changge placed the Taichu Dao Fruit into a specially made jade box and carefully added a sealing talisman to the box's lid.

The value of this Dao Fruit was no less than that of the half-volume Sword Canon, and especially its effect of reshaping the dao foundation might be the most critical key for him as he was about to cross the threshold into the Immortal Realm.

The last orb of light was dark gold, and a fist-sized token floated inside it.

The token was cast from some unknown dark golden metal; it felt extremely heavy in his hand, over a hundred times heavier than mysterious iron of the same size.

The front of the token was engraved with the characters "Taichu," while the back featured an extremely detailed star map, with twinkling stars faintly forming an unimaginably vast sword formation.

After the orb of light shattered, the token flew into his hand on its own; he could feel an extremely overbearing Sword Intent contained within it, identical to the Taichu Sword Token that Immortal Venerable Yuanchu had just given him, yet it was sharper and more piercing; just holding it in his hand felt like holding a peerless divine sword ready to be drawn at any moment.

This was the Sect Master token of the Taichu Sword Sect and also a symbol of Immortal Venerable Yuanchu's status as Sect Master.

He put the token away just as solemnly, along with the stone bile, stone crystals, broken sword blades, and Cultivation Technique Jade Slips he had obtained earlier in the stone hall above.

Along with the void-breaking awl, mountain-suppressing seal, and that chaos true source taken from the mirage bones, the harvest from this trip to the Nine-Orifice Stone Forest had far exceeded his expectations.

Just that Taichu Dao Fruit and the half-volume "Taichu Sword Canon," if placed in the outside world, would be enough to make the Five Great Sacred Lands, the Three Great Families, and even the top forces of this Xuanhuang World fight tooth and nail to snatch them.

And items like the chaos true source and the supreme stone heart were Supreme treasures that even Red Dust Immortals would find tempting.

After confirming that there were no other omissions in the palace, he walked up the stone steps he had come from.

The secret door closed behind him with a heavy and long muffled sound, as if drawing the final curtain for this underground palace that had been sealed for an epoch.

When he walked out of the stone hall, the mist in the canyon had dissipated by more than ninety percent.

Only a few faint wisps of gray mist still drifted slowly near the ground, like lingering mist about to be dispelled by the morning sun.

Sunlight fell obliquely from the cracks above the canyon, illuminating the entire canyon.

He looked up and could see the stone bile and stone crystals embedded in the canyon walls above, twinkling in the sunlight like colorful stars inlaid on the cliff.

He no longer delayed, lightly tapped his feet, and his figure streaked toward the top of the canyon like a stream of white light.

Without the obstruction of that pale golden barrier and the constraints of that suppressive force, his speed was several times faster than when he came down.

The cliffs on both sides swept rapidly downward past him, and those twinkling fluorescent lights connected into brilliant ribbons of light in his field of vision, as dazzling as a meteor shower flowing backward.

In just a moment, his figure leapt out from the edge of the canyon and landed steadily on the bluestone platform beside Venerable Hantian.

Venerable Hantian was sitting cross-legged on that bluestone, holding a piece of azure stone crystal that had just been cut open, examining the patterns inside against the sunlight above the canyon.

Hearing the movement behind him, he spoke without turning his head, his tone carrying a touch of familiarity and casualness: "Fellow Daoist, this trip was quite a bit faster than this old man expected. How is the situation below?"

Halfway through his sentence, he turned his head and his gaze fell upon Jiang Changge; his cloudy eyes suddenly widened, and the second half of his sentence got stuck in his throat.

He stared blankly at Jiang Changge for several breaths, and the azure stone crystal in his hand almost slipped.

With his perception as a Red Dust Immortal, he could naturally clearly sense that the aura of the Lord of Kunlun before him was significantly different compared to before he went down.

It seemed as if he was surrounded by an extremely ancient and pure Immortal Dao aura; although faint, it made even him, a fellow Red Dust Immortal, feel a trace of trepidation.

"Fellow Daoist, you…"

Venerable Hantian casually stuffed the stone crystal into his sleeve, stood up from the bluestone, walked around Jiang Changge, and marveled.

"You wouldn't have dug up the ancestral grave of that Vicious Beast in the deepest part of this Nine-Orifice Stone Forest, would you?"

Hearing this, Jiang Changge laughed and shook his head.

He did not answer directly but raised his hand and brushed the air; a soft, dark gray light flew out from his sleeve and hovered in front of Venerable Hantian.

That was the piece of chaos true source he had taken from the mirage bones; although it was only a small wisp of aura separated from it, it was enough to make a Red Dust Immortal like Venerable Hantian drool with envy.

Venerable Hantian's smile instantly froze on his face, his mouth slightly agape, staring straight at that chaos true source, then he suddenly looked up at Jiang Changge, the expression on his face as if to say—are you serious?

Jiang Changge smiled and pushed that small wisp of chaos true source toward Venerable Hantian: "For your guidance, Fellow Daoist, this small gift is a mere token of respect."

Venerable Hantian hurriedly caught the chaos true source, feeling that extremely ancient and pure power of the Chaos Origin flowing from his fingertips into his Meridians, and his entire being felt refreshed.