315: Chapter 315 Strengthening the Heavenly Dao Entry

The fragment felt slightly cool to the touch, its spiritual light restrained. Hu Nan quietly collected it in his palm, wrapping it with mana to completely mask its aura so that outsiders could not detect it at all.

The entire process took only a moment. Hu Nan maintained a steady posture, his face showing no ripples of emotion, as if he had only done a trivial thing.

He slowly raised his eyes, his gaze landing on Wang Jinhua. His tone was flat, without any fluctuation: "Just this one."

After saying this, Hu Nan did not delay. He raised his hand and took a heavy Storage Pouch from his own Storage Pouch, giving it a gentle toss, and it landed in Wang Jinhua's hand.

The Storage Pouch felt heavy in hand. Wang Jinhua subconsciously probed it with his Divine Sense and instantly felt the abundant and pure Spiritual Qi inside—exactly five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, not one more, not one less, all of which were Low-Grade Spirit Stones. They were neatly stacked within the Storage Pouch, enough for him to buy his desired Magic Treasure.

Wang Jinhua gripped the Storage Pouch tightly, his heart instantly flooded with wild joy.

He subconsciously looked down at his own Storage Pouch, his Divine Sense sweeping through it to confirm that only that inconspicuous, lustrous white fragment was missing.

He had picked up that fragment by chance in an abandoned Secret Realm many years ago. It was ice-cold to the touch, and aside from a faint spiritual light, it had no special qualities. He had studied it for a long time without knowing what kind of treasure it was, so he had simply treated it as a useless ornament and tossed it into a corner of his Storage Pouch.

He never imagined that this mysterious Cultivator would actually use five hundred thousand Spirit Stones to Exchange for such a useless fragment.

In his view, this was simply a windfall. Five hundred thousand Spirit Stones were enough for him to buy a handy treasure to improve his strength, while that fragment was worthless to him.

As these thoughts swirled, a hidden idea quietly sprouted in Wang Jinhua's heart: Since this fragment was useless anyway, why not just not return this person's Spirit Stones?

After all, that tiny fragment was not worth five hundred thousand Spirit Stones at all. Even if the other party came looking for him in the future, he could simply deny it, or even use the Magic Treasure he bought to contend with the opponent; he wouldn't necessarily come out on the losing end.

Thinking of this, Wang Jinhua quickly bowed deeply to Hu Nan, his tone respectful and urgent: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist! Thank you for fulfilling my wish! I will surely remember your kindness, Fellow Daoist. Within two years, I will definitely... repay you."

While his mouth spoke of repaying the Spirit Stones, he had already made up his mind never to return them.

Hu Nan nodded slightly without saying another word. The heavenly dao fragment had already been quietly put away into his Storage Space.

Qin Changsheng had also long since seen through Wang Jinhua's thoughts, but he was just too lazy to point it out.

To him, five hundred thousand Spirit Stones were insignificant.

But a heavenly dao fragment was priceless.

It could upgrade a Golden Trait to a Heavenly Dao Trait.

As for Wang Jinhua's schemes, they played right into Qin Changsheng's hands.

"What is the background of this mysterious Cultivator? He actually took out five hundred thousand Spirit Stones just for an unknown fragment?"

"I think Wang Jinhua made a huge profit."

"Wang Jinhua's reputation isn't very good; he definitely won't return the Spirit Stones!"

Everyone shook their heads, concluding that Wang Jinhua would never return Hu Nan's Spirit Stones.

More than half an hour later, all the Cultivators stopped trading.

Shen Shuying also stood up with a smile and said, "Everyone, this year's trade ends here. We shall meet again in three years!"

Hearing Shen Shuying's words, the many Cultivators stood up and left one after another.

...

Heavenly Sword Sect.

Inside the Outer Sect courtyard.

Qin Changsheng looked at the heavenly dao fragment in his hand with some joy.

He hadn't expected to successfully Exchange for a heavenly dao fragment with just five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining a heavenly dao fragment. You can upgrade one Golden Trait to a Heavenly Dao Trait!]

Hearing the prompt, Qin Changsheng's gaze fell upon his numerous Golden Traits.

[trait: Immortality, Substitute Death, Breath Concealment, Exchange, Sharing, Rebirth, Repair, Instant Spellcasting, Body Refining, Speed, Blink, Disease, Teleportation, Poison Resistance, Bleeding, Alchemy, Heart Demon, Enhancement, Insight, Saber Technique]

[Heavenly Dao Trait: Cultivation, External Incarnation, Intelligence, Divine Sense, Source of Mana, Mana Absorption, Fire God, Thunder God, Innate Divine Strength, Vitality, Storage Space, Sword God]

First, traits like Cultivation, External Incarnation, Intelligence, Divine Sense, Source of Mana, Mana Absorption, Fire God, Thunder God, Innate Divine Strength, Vitality, Storage Space, and Sword God were directly excluded by Qin Changsheng.

After all, these traits were already Heavenly Dao Entries.

They could not be upgraded any further.

Then, Qin Changsheng excluded Immortality, Substitute Death, Breath Concealment, Exchange, Sharing, Rebirth, Repair, and Instant Spellcasting.

These were all specific traits.

Even if they were upgraded to Heavenly Dao Entries, it would only reduce some cooldown times.

Subsequently, Qin Changsheng excluded a few more traits.

Finally, Qin Changsheng focused his gaze on Enhancement.

Among these Golden Traits, only upgrading Enhancement could significantly increase Qin Changsheng's strength.

"Upgrade the Golden Trait Enhancement to a Heavenly Dao Trait!" Qin Changsheng gave the command.

As Qin Changsheng's voice fell, a golden light appeared on the attribute panel.

Qin Changsheng could clearly feel the Golden Trait [Enhancement] surging within his body.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Heavenly Dao Trait Enhancement!]

[Enhancement: Heavenly Dao Trait.]

[1. Spirit Stones can be used to directly enhance all Magical Artifacts. No complex refining techniques or rare auxiliary Materials are required. By consuming a sufficient amount of Spirit Stones, one can directly enhance a Magical Artifact. The operation is simple and carries no risk of failure. As long as there are enough Spirit Stones, the grade of a Magical Artifact can be steadily improved, from low-Rank Magical Artifacts to high-Rank Magical Artifacts, and even to Divine Artifacts.]

[2. Spirit Stone consumption is halved. The number of Spirit Stones required for all Magical Artifact Enhancements is directly reduced by half.]

Looking at the second characteristic, Qin Changsheng's eyes were full of joy.

With this characteristic, the amount of Spirit Stones Qin Changsheng would spend in the future would be halved.

Originally, he needed two hundred million Spirit Stones to enhance the dongtian pearl into a Heaven-Grade High Grade Magical Artifact.

But with this trait, Qin Changsheng only needed one hundred million Spirit Stones to enhance the dongtian pearl into a Heaven-Grade High Grade Magical Artifact.

[3. Rank: When enhancing a Magical Artifact, there is a probability of directly increasing it by two grades, and a very small probability of increasing it by three grades.]

Seeing this characteristic, Qin Changsheng felt somewhat excited.

For example, when enhancing a mysterious grade low grade Magical Artifact, it could normally only be upgraded to a mysterious grade medium grade. However, with this characteristic, there was a probability of it jumping directly to a mysterious grade high grade.

With excellent luck, it could even directly become an earth-grade low grade Magical Artifact, significantly reducing the time and cost of enhancing Magical Artifacts.

[4. Cooldown-free Enhancement: All enhanced treasures have no Enhancement cooldown. After finishing one Enhancement, another Magical Artifact can be enhanced immediately, or the same Magical Artifact can be enhanced multiple times in succession without waiting.]

[5. Hardness: After Enhancement, the hardness of the Magical Artifact will be greatly increased!]

After digesting all the characteristics, Qin Changsheng's eyes were filled with wild joy. With a wave of his hand, the spirit suppressing pearl flew out of his Storage Pouch and hovered before him.

Originally, enhancing the spirit suppressing pearl to a Low Grade Heaven-Grade Magical Artifact would have required fifty million Spirit Stones.

But now, it only required twenty-five million Spirit Stones.

"Twenty-five million?" Qin Changsheng's gaze turned toward the direction of the Flowing Fire Sect.

Currently, the only ones who could quickly send him tens of millions of Spirit Stones were the people of the Yao Race.

He hoped to rob the Yao Race's treasures once again.

That way, he could obtain a large number of Spirit Stones.

With a thought, Qin Changsheng took out a longsword from his Storage Pouch.

This sword was a dark greenish-black color, the blade shimmering with a faint cold light, and simple cloud patterns were carved on the blade.