Eternal Tale

The main entrance of the Lingbao Immortal Pavilion was bustling with people, the noise filling the air.

”Fellow Daoist Nie, my Locking Spirit Nail has been refined by Master Yi Si. It might be a high-grade sixth-tier magical artifact!”

”What?! Master Yi Si is a fifth-tier refining master. Fellow Daoist Lin, how did you manage to get him to help?”

”Hehe, Master Yi has some connections with my sect, so the price was quite reasonable.”

The man’’s words were modest, but his expression carried an undeniable pride, making the fellow Daoist Lin beside him look on with envy.

A high-grade sixth-tier magical artifact, and a Locking Spirit Nail at that, would have immense destructive power against cultivators in the Elemental Infant phase. Anyone dueling with him would be at a disadvantage from the start.

”Fellow Daoist Lin, please, retrieving this artifact will surely make our trip to Wuzong Island much easier.”

”Fellow Daoist Nie, you’’re too polite. Naturally, you first. We’’ll be relying on you for the journey to Wuzong Island.”

The two of them bantered for a while before finally heading inside, passing right by Chen Xun and his group.

Chen Xun slightly raised his head, his gaze calm, unable to see the situation inside the Lingbao Immortal Pavilion clearly.The area was filled with large formations, heavily guarded, with powerful cultivators frequently appearing.

They also walked in slowly, and the scene inside changed dramatically, similar to the feeling of entering the teleportation array hall not long ago.

Inside the pavilion, spiritual trees provided shade, with flowers and birds, and even small mountains and waterfalls in the distance. The spiritual qi was even denser than outside, giving one the feeling of being in a fairyland.

The interior was quite spacious, with magical artifacts displayed prominently everywhere, accompanied by spirit pendants.

By using divine sense to probe, one could learn all the information about the artifacts, and many places were crowded with beings from various races.

However, the noise inside was minimal, as most beings communicated through divine sense, and this level was only open to those below the Elemental Infant phase.

But this Lingbao Immortal Pavilion was unlike the pavilions Chen Xun had seen before, which only had a few floors. This one had dozens!

More areas were not open to the public, and places daring to be named ”Immortal Pavilion” were invariably made from blessed lands.

These places were much larger than they appeared from the outside, though it was hard to tell their grade, only that they were extravagantly wealthy.

The first floor had cultivators from the Lingbao Immortal Pavilion patrolling, along with many maidservants. Their attire was very uniform, with white clothing embroidered with strange characters on the back, reading ”Lingbao.”

”Wow,” Chen Xun’’s gaze swept across the area, ”let’’s take a look around.”

”Moo~”

”Big brother, I want to see that thing. It seems it can record images!”

Little Crane jumped excitedly, pointing to a spot with joy, ”Big brother, I see it, it’’s called the Image Stone.”

”Hehe, let’’s go.”

Chen Xun held Little Crane’’s hand and looked at Little Chi, ”Little Chi, is there anything you like?”

”Huh? Xun, I don’’t have any spirit stones.”

”Brother Bull and I will get it for you. If you see something you like, just take it, as long as it doesn’’t exceed ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones.”

”Moo moo~”

Black Bull also laughed, nudging Little Chi.

Little Chi was momentarily stunned, slowing his steps, then ran ahead with a low shout, ”Alright, thank you, Xun, thank you, Brother Bull!”

”No need to be so polite among family, right, Bull?”

Chen Xun picked up Little Chi, tucking him under his arm, laughing heartily, ”Don’’t hold back on spirit stones with your brother Xun.”

Little Chi chuckled softly, scratching his head with his paws, unsure of what to buy, not really wanting to spend spirit stones, as he preferred finding things.

Mo Fuyang followed silently, smiling beside Chen Xun.

They arrived at a spot with a small display platform, where a black stone hovered, covered in intricate patterns, with what seemed to be formations within the stone.

Chen Xun placed his divine sense into the nearby spirit pendant, and instantly, a surge of information entered his mind.

Black Bull and the others did the same, their eyes becoming clear.

Yellow-tier Image Stone, crafted from Su Guang Qingjing Stone, inscribed with three basic formations, can perfectly preserve images for a thousand years, of excellent quality.

Price: One thousand low-grade spirit stones, can retain twelve hours of image time, extracted via divine sense.

The information transmitted through divine sense included not only the Yellow-tier Image Stone in front of them but also complete information about Image Stones, cleverly stimulating the desire to purchase.

Earth-rank Image Stone, can perfectly preserve images for five thousand years without decay.

Price: One thousand mid-grade spirit stones, can retain a month’’s worth of image time, extracted via divine sense.

Refining master, True Lord Xingjing suggests: This can be used as a stone for passing down teachings, an essential item for sect legacies, and can also be used for other purposes.

Earth-tier Image Stone, made from the finest Su Guang Qingjing Stone, can perfectly preserve images for ten thousand years without decay!

Price: Ten thousand top-grade spirit stones, can retain a year’’s worth of image time, extracted via divine sense.

A Great Ascension stage expert once said: This item itself is a legacy, its value surpassing its own, and many extinct legacies have reappeared in the world because of it, also helping to stabilize one’’s Dao heart.

Heaven-tier Image Stone: Lingbao Immortal Pavilion is not qualified to sell at this time.

……

Little Crane was quite amazed, this was even better than memory, able to completely recreate a moment, but the images within couldn’’t be transferred, only stored within one Image Stone.

Little Chi’’s eyes held a peculiar look, suddenly speaking, ”Xun...”

”Hmm?”

”Hehe, I want to buy this, to look at when there’’s nothing else to do.”

”Hehe, alright, the Earth-rank one?”

”Just the Yellow-tier one. We’’ll buy better ones when we earn more spirit stones in the future.”

Little Chi chuckled awkwardly, knowing Xun didn’’t have many spirit stones either, ”One thousand low-grade spirit stones will do.”

”Moo~” Black Bull nudged Little Chi, sensing something off about his mood.

A glint of light flashed in Chen Xun’’s eyes, which he naturally concealed, then looked elsewhere, ”Let’’s note down the things we want to buy and pay for them all at once later.”

”Got it, Xun.” Little Chi happily followed behind Chen Xun, his eyes filled with joy.

Little Crane quietly glanced at Little Chi, saying nothing.

Black Bull let out a soft moo, his eyes filled with reminiscence.

If only there had been Image Stones in the small boundary back then, perhaps they could still see the faces and voices of those friends, as if they were always by their side.

Chen Xun’’s gaze remained calm, revealing nothing of what he was truly thinking.

They walked to a spot under a spiritual tree, hollow in the middle, displaying a magical artifact above.

This item was in the shape of a bagua, its entire body a dark cyan, with so many inscribed patterns that they were almost indistinguishable, yet it didn’’t appear chaotic, instead having a very orderly and peculiar feel.

”Void Transmission Disk?”

Chen Xun’’s eyes showed interest, ”Bull, take a look at this, it should be quite different from our transmission jade slips.”

”Moo~” Black Bull nodded, his divine sense already probing into the nearby spirit pendant.

Little Crane and Little Chi were also curiously using their divine sense to explore, while Mo Fuyang quietly stood to the side, having seen this item before.

At that moment, a stream of information instantly entered their minds.