4: Useful privileges

Nangong Yu originally intended to refine the Taixu Divine Gold into his Natal Divine Artifact, but he suddenly discovered a problem.

If he hadn't misunderstood, refining it using a trace of blood and Soul Fusion should mean using a trace of his blood and a trace of his Soul for the refinement, but how was he supposed to do that?

He didn't know how!

Nangong Yu blinked, a hint of confusion in his eyes. He knew how to draw blood, but since he was currently a newborn infant, he couldn't actually do it!

Moreover, even if he could draw blood, how was he supposed to Draw Soul?

This was definitely beyond his scope of knowledge!

Nangong Yu pondered for a moment. Thinking of the privilege granted by the Time-Space Merchant Guild, he couldn't help but tentatively say, "Process the Taixu Divine Gold to create my Natal Divine Artifact!"

As his voice fell, a flicker of anticipation appeared in Nangong Yu's eyes. He hadn't expected it to actually work!

He saw the Taixu Divine Gold on the White Jade Shelf suddenly vanish, instantly appearing before Nangong Yu.

At the same time, Nangong Yu felt a slight numbness in his head and chest. A trace of fresh blood and a trace of Chaos-colored Gas appeared, intertwining, fusing, and rapidly entering the Taixu Divine Gold.

Following this, the Taixu Divine Gold flashed repeatedly, quickly transforming into a longsword with an exquisite yet imposing design!

Seeing this, Nangong Yu couldn't help but slightly curl the corner of his mouth. Perhaps because his first impression of a weapon was a sword, the initial form of this Natal Divine Artifact also became a sword!

It looked quite good!

He reached out and touched the longsword. "Since you were formed from Taixu Divine Gold and are my Natal Divine Artifact, why don't I call you void feather from now on!"

As his voice fell, void feather trembled slightly, transmitting an emotion of joy.

Nangong Yu perceived this and his pupils constricted slightly.

But remembering that this seemed to be a world of Cultivators where anything was possible, he was no longer surprised.

Nangong Yu glanced at void feather with satisfaction and put it away.

To be precise, with a slight thought from him, void feather disappeared on its own.

Although void feather's whereabouts were unknown, it most likely went into his Dantian!

Nangong Yu smiled slightly and looked at the last item, which was the ancient text.

[Xuanling Continent Cultivator General Knowledge Compendium (Part One): The entire book has two parts, recording the vast majority of general knowledge in the Xuanling Continent Cultivator World. This is Part One, which records the general knowledge relevant to low-level Cultivators!]

Nangong Yu frowned slightly as he read the information. The Time-Space Merchant Guild was setting traps!

They were probably planning on making him buy the subsequent parts, or even the middle and lower parts, later on, right?

After all, this was the Cultivator World, and knowing some general knowledge was very important. Otherwise, one might accidentally lose their life over a common sense issue!

By the time he mastered the first part of the Cultivator General Knowledge Compendium, if he felt it wasn't enough, wouldn't he have to continue purchasing the rest?

"Phew, I won't think about it for now. I'll take a look first!"

Nangong Yu muttered, truly not wanting to overthink things. He was just a newborn infant right now; why think so much?

With a thought, the ancient text arrived before him, its height almost matching his own.

Nangong Yu was about to open the first page when he saw the twelve large characters on the cover and couldn't help but frown slightly.

These twelve large characters were surprisingly not Chinese characters; he didn't recognize a single one.

Thinking of something, Nangong Yu quickly and laboriously opened the first page. Seeing the characters inside, none of which he recognized, he couldn't help but look helpless.

"Do I have to spend several years first learning the script of this world?"

Nangong Yu gave a wry smile, but then he thought of something. His face filled with anticipation as he tried, "Learn the Xuanling Continent Cultivator General Knowledge Compendium!"

As his voice fell, the ancient text in front of him opened without wind, and characters detached themselves entirely, continuously flying into his glabella.

Nangong Yu didn't recognize those characters, but the moment they flew into his glabella, he instantly understood their meaning.

Before long, all the characters in the ancient text vanished, being reorganized and digested in Nangong Yu's mind.

Soon, Nangong Yu had mastered the content of the entire book. Those memories slowly settled down, as if they would be awakened whenever he tried to recall them.

And through this book, Nangong Yu also learned some common sense knowledge.

For example, regarding the division of Cultivation Realms, this book mentioned nine Realms, listed from lowest to highest: Body Tempering Realm, Spirit Absorption Realm, Grotto Heaven Realm, Core Formation Realm, Nascent Soul Transformation Realm, Deity Transformation Realm, Divine Combination Realm, Calamity Destruction Realm, and Spirit Venerable Realm.

Furthermore, each Realm was divided into four minor Realms: Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Peak.

Another example is the grading of Cultivation Techniques and Spirit Techniques, which, from low to high, are Human-Grade, Earth-Grade, Heaven-Grade, King-Grade, Emperor-Grade, Imperial-Grade, Saint-Grade, and Dao-Grade.

Each grade is further divided into four ranks based on the power of the Spirit Technique: Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, and Supreme-grade.

Furthermore, Spiritual Roots also have grade divisions: Low Grade Spiritual Root, Medium Grade Spiritual Root, High Grade Spiritual Root, Supreme-grade Spiritual Root, Earthly Spiritual Root, Heavenly Spiritual Root, Saint Spiritual Root, and Special Spiritual Root.

Among these, Special Spiritual Roots vary in strength; the strongest Special Spiritual Roots are even stronger than Saint Spiritual Roots, while the weakest can still be comparable to Supreme-grade Spiritual Roots.

Pills, Talismans, Formations, and Artifacts also have grade divisions. The grades for Medicinal Pills, Spirit Talismans, and Formations, from low to high, are Rank One through Rank Nine, King Rank, Emperor Rank, Imperial Rank, Saint Grade, and Dao Rank.

Pill Masters, Talisman Masters, and Formation Masters correspond to these grades, ranging from Rank One to Dao Rank!

As for weapons, they are divided into Mortal Rank, Spirit Rank, King-Grade, Emperor-Grade, Imperial-Grade, Saint Grade, and Dao-Grade.

Within the same grade, Formations are not further subdivided. Medicinal Pills and Spirit Talismans are divided into Low Class, Medium Class, High Class, and Special Class, while weapons are divided into Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, and Supreme-grade.

Furthermore, Physiques also have grade divisions, from weakest to strongest: Spiritual Body, Divine Body, Saint Body, and Dao Body.

There was also general knowledge on other topics, such as simple identification of Pills, Talismans, Formations, and Artifacts; identification of common Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Material; characteristics of various Realms; and precautions for Breakthroughs.

Nangong Yu looked pleasantly surprised by this. Clearly, he hadn't expected the Cultivator General Knowledge Compendium to cover such a wide scope!

He was even more surprised that the privilege granted by the Time-Space Merchant Guild was so useful.

If it continued to be like this in the future, how much trouble would it save him?

Moreover, it could save him a lot of time!

However, thinking of a problem he had just discovered, Nangong Yu couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

He had mastered the Cultivator General Knowledge Compendium, but he had completely forgotten all the characters.

In other words, he still didn't recognize a single character of the Xuanling Continent's script!

Of course, he might be able to guess twelve—the twelve characters on the cover.

Nangong Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I want to purchase an ancient text that allows me to directly master the pronunciation, writing, and grammar of all the scripts on the Xuanling Continent!"

As his voice fell, a flash of understanding suddenly appeared in his heart.

Immediately, with a slight thought, he instantly appeared in front of a Glazed Shelf. As far as the eye could see, the entire shelf was filled with ancient texts.

Nangong Yu glanced over it. He didn't recognize the font of many of the ancient texts' titles, so he didn't bother looking further.

He focused his gaze on a thick ancient text, and the information about this text appeared.

[Xuanling Continent Current Language and Script Complete Collection: Records all current languages and scripts of the Xuanling Continent's Human Race, Yao Race, and Demon Race, including but not limited to character pronunciation, stroke order, and grammar.]

Exchange Price: 200 points!]

"200 points?"

Nangong Yu was slightly startled by the price and frowned.

To be honest, for someone who only had 1,000 points, it was indeed a bit expensive.

Moreover, he didn't even know how easy it was to acquire Spirit Stones, so recklessly spending points didn't seem right no matter how he looked at it.

But thinking that the unknown entity's translation ability might disappear at any time, or that he might accidentally blurt out a strange language when he started speaking in a couple of years, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

"Coming to a foreign world for the first time, this expense for handling language communication is necessary. I'll buy it!"

Nangong Yu comforted himself and decisively purchased the ancient text before him.

Before long, with the assistance of the Time-Space Merchant Guild, Nangong Yu quickly mastered the Xuanling Continent Current Language and Script Complete Collection.

Moreover, those memories seemed to be etched deep into his mind, forming muscular and nervous reactions in his mouth; he probably couldn't forget them even if he tried.

Only after mastering the content of this ancient text did Nangong Yu realize he had underestimated the book.

It truly lived up to its name as the Complete Collection of Current Xuanling Continent Scripts!

Besides the three main scripts of the Human Race, Yao Race, and Demon Race, the dialects and scripts of the three races in various regions were also recorded—likely hundreds or even thousands of them!

And he had learned all of this in just a short time, with most of the memories settling down without causing him a headache.

That was excellent!

Nangong Yu smiled slightly and sighed with emotion, "With this kind of effect, maybe 200 points isn't expensive after all!"

He was just about to continue browsing the Time-Space Merchant Guild to see if there were any other good items.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt someone stroke his cheek, and his expression froze.