290: Chapter 288 Let's Watch the Meteor Shower Together

The moment Yun Ming poured all 12,000 pulls into the Sea of Stars, his entire Sea of Consciousness lit up.

It was not the kind of soft, gradual illumination, but an explosive, overwhelming brightness, as if someone had overturned the Milky Way in the sky.

Countless meteors whistled out from the Void Realm, dragging colorful exhaust flames, dense and thick, blocking out the sky and sun.

Streams of light of various colors intertwined, like an endless rainstorm, or as if someone had poured all the stars in the Universe before him.

He sat in the center of the Sea of Stars, motionless.

Around him, meteors whistled past, each one representing an item—Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, Spirit Talismans, Materials, Cultivation Technique Jade Slips, and those strange, odd things he didn't know how to categorize.

He couldn't be bothered to pick them up, nor to count them, letting them fall behind him and pile up into small mountains.

The first batch was white, green, and blue. They weren't what he wanted, but they were the most numerous, accounting for a full seven or eight thousand pulls.

Spirit Stones piled into mountains, Low Grade, Medium Grade, and High Grade, all sorts of grades mixed together, shimmering with spiritual light, clinking and clattering.

Medicinal Pill bottles and jars collided, emitting crisp sounds. Low Grade Magical Artifacts, Spirit Talismans, and Materials spread across the ground like a street stall at a market.

He didn't look and didn't collect them. Those things were still piled up in the Sea of Stars, waiting for him to finish pulling before cleaning them all up at once.

The second batch was purple. The purple light was much less than the white, green, and blue, but every streak was exceptionally striking, like fireworks suddenly exploding in the night sky.

A few dozen streaks of purple light appeared in total; he picked out a few that were somewhat useful and grabbed them casually.

The first streak of purple light landed in his palm; it was a trait. The name of the trait was—'Low-key Transit Physique'.

Yun Ming paused for a moment and carefully sensed the effect of the trait: When you attempt to forcibly break or cross a Formation, if the Rank of said Formation does not exceed the Formation Rank corresponding to your current Realm by one major stage, there is a probability that you will be judged as just passing by and will not trigger the Formation's attack or alarm.

He was currently at the Golden Core Stage Great Perfection, which corresponded to a Tier 3 Formation. In other words, he could potentially use the 'Low-key Transit Physique' to avoid being attacked by Formations below Tier 4.

Tier 4 Formations corresponded to the Nascent Soul Stage, which he couldn't enter for now. But once he reached the Nascent Soul Stage, he could graze through Formations below Tier 5.

Yun Ming was silent for a moment. He didn't really want to comment on the name of this trait, but the effect was actually quite something.

The second streak of purple light was also a trait. 'Can This Thing Be Returned'.

Effect: Within seven days of purchasing an item, if you discover you were ripped off, you can get a full refund. Limited to once per day.

Yun Ming's mouth twitched. He felt that if he had obtained this trait a few years earlier, he wouldn't have had to go to the trouble of stealing the shendu token back when he bought it at the gates of Tianyuan City.

The third streak of purple light was another trait. 'Ignoring the Elder's Advice'.

Its effect was that when you spoke to others, your voice would automatically become very persuasive, as if a highly respected Senior was lecturing them. The duration was one stick of incense.

Yun Ming thought about it and felt this thing would be quite useful for bluffing people.

The fourth streak of purple light was a Medicinal Pill, Tier 4 High Grade, 'Jade Marrow Soul-Returning Pill'.

It wasn't about bringing the dead back to life; rather, no matter how severe the injury, as long as there was still a breath left, taking this pill could sustain life for seven days and seven nights, buying time for treatment. Yun Ming put it away, feeling it could save his life at a critical moment.

The fifth streak of purple light was a little gadget, an 'Automatic Accounting Abacus'. A Tier 3 Magical Artifact, it had no other function, just that it calculated accounts extremely fast and never made mistakes.

Yun Ming glanced at it and tossed it into a corner of the map of mountains and rivers. He didn't really need it, but if he ever opened a shop in the future, it would be just right for Ah Yuan to use.

The other purple lights were mostly Low Grade Medicinal Pills, Spirit Stones, and Materials, nothing particularly worth mentioning. Yun Ming scanned them, didn't look closely, and continued to wait.

The third batch was gold.

The golden light was even more intense than the purple, each streak like the rising morning sun, warm and dazzling.

The Rank of the golden items was mostly around Tier 5; the quality varied, but each one could be considered a fine product. A dozen or so streaks of golden light appeared in total, and he casually grabbed a few that caught his eye.

The first streak of golden light was a Flying Sword, Tier 5 Medium Grade, the 'Cicada Wing Sword'.

The blade was as thin as a cicada's wing, almost transparent, flying out without a sound, specialized for assassination and sneak attacks.

Fine water patterns flowed across the blade, and two lines of small characters were engraved on the hilt: 'The cicada's chirp is unheard, the wing passes without a trace.'

Yun Ming held it in his hand and weighed it; it was so light it had almost no weight. He had used the blood-transforming eerie glow needle to ambush quite a few people before, and he actually quite liked the feeling of taking lives silently.

This sword was exactly to his liking. He gave a casual wave, and the sword light sliced through the air silently, without even a trace of wind.

The second streak of golden light was a Magic Treasure robe, Tier 5 High Grade, the 'Great Void Moon-Hidden Robe'.

The entire robe was silver-white, with moonlight flowing across it; the hem was embroidered with faint, shimmering star patterns, and wearing it felt like being draped in a layer of pale moonlight.

The robe was woven from ten-thousand-year cold silkworm silk, supplemented with star essence gold as thread, and embedded with thirty-six layers of miniature defensive formation patterns.

When attacks from ordinary Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators landed on the robe, most of the power was deflected by the moonlight, and the remaining portion was dissipated layer by layer by the formation patterns, with only one or two tenths reaching his body.

After Yun Ming gave the moonlight flowing frost robe to Ah Yuan, he hadn't found a suitable replacement, and this one was just right to fill the gap.

He put it on to test it and felt his whole body lighten, and the speed of his Qi circulation increased by a few points.

The third streak of golden light was a Jade Slip, containing a Cultivation Technique, the 'Thirty-Six Transformations of Tiangang'.

It wasn't that it could truly transform into thirty-six things, but rather it was the basic incantation for thirty-six transformation techniques; practiced to a deep level, it could simulate others' aura, appearance, and even a portion of their cultivation.

The preface of the Jade Slip read: 'The number of Tiangang, thirty-six transformations. One transformation, one Universe; one change, one Yin and Yang. Practiced to Major Achievement, one can deceive the heavens and cross the sea, steal the heavens and change the sun.'

Yun Ming flipped through it roughly and felt it had the same effect as the Fuli Heaven-Concealing Record, but the Fuli Heaven-Concealing Record focused on the concealment of Qi, while this one focused on the imitation of form.

He accepted it, planning to study it when he had time later.

The fourth streak of golden light was a Spirit Fruit, the 'Nine-Orifice Golden Ginseng Fruit'.

A Tier 5 Spirit Medicine; taking it could significantly strengthen the Physical Body, and it had miraculous effects for Body Cultivators.

The fruit skin naturally had nine small holes, the orifices interconnected, with spiritual charm contained within. Ancient texts said: 'Nine orifices connect to the spirit, the golden ginseng gestates the divine. Those who consume it will have muscles and bones like iron, Qi and blood like a Dragon; the mortal body can shed its skin, the mortal fetus can be changed.'

Yun Ming thought about it; his Body Refining Realm had been stuck at Tier 3 for a long time, and both the Cold Spring Jade Quenching Record and the Indestructible Body of Ten Thousand Tribulations hadn't made much progress.

This fruit was exactly what he needed. He didn't consume it on the spot but stored it in the map of mountains and rivers.

The fifth streak of golden light was a shield, Tier 5 Peak Grade, the 'Black Tortoise Heaven-Suppressing Shield'.

The shield surface was pitch black as ink, engraved with a lifelike Black Tortoise Divine Beast, with a tortoise and snake coiled together, its eyes crimson.

As soon as the shield appeared, the surrounding air became a bit heavier.

This shield was rumored to be forged primarily from shell fragments of an ancient Black Tortoise's remains, supplemented with dozens of Heaven And Earth Treasures such as deep-sea black iron and netherworld cold gold, refined over a hundred years.

Once unleashed, it could transform into a light screen several zhang in radius, capable of not only resisting physical attacks but also absorbing Spell damage and converting it into one's own spiritual power.

On the shield face was engraved a line of ancient seal script: 'Black Tortoise suppresses the heavens, ten thousand Spells cannot invade. With my shield, I protect my body.'

Yun Ming already had the xuanming heaven-covering umbrella; although he had given it to Ah Yuan, he himself didn't rely too much on defensive Magic Treasures.

However, the Rank and appearance of this shield were quite good, so he kept it, thinking it might be useful in the future.

The sixth streak of golden light was a Jade Slip, containing a lightning Spell, the 'True Formula of Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Controlling the Heavens'.

It wasn't a single lightning Spell like the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder Curse, but a complete set of lightning Spell Legacy, with corresponding cultivation methods from the Golden Core Stage to the Soul Transformation Stage.

The preface of the Jade Slip read: 'Above the Nine Heavens, the Divine Thunder is supreme. Controlling the heavens and moving forward, all Spells collapse.'

Yun Ming flipped through it roughly and found that this set of lightning Spells was more than a grade stronger than the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder Curse.

The Purple Cloud Divine Thunder Curse was only a lightning Spell for the Golden Core Stage, and by the Nascent Soul Stage, it was a bit lacking. But for the True Formula of Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Controlling the Heavens, the Golden Core Stage was just the entry level, the Nascent Soul Stage was only Minor Achievement, and only at the Soul Transformation Stage could its true power be unleashed.

He put away this Jade Slip, planning to study it carefully later.