Chapter 1665: Chapter 632: Gains and Regrets
In the time that followed, Zhou Chun was both recuperating at the Jade Mining Mountain Base and observing the reactions of the two major forces in Jingguo Country, while also taking stock of the gains from the battle at Tongmu Ridge.
When he arrived at the Jade Mining Mountain Base, he had already arranged a contact method with Zhou Mingde, allowing the Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai to regularly travel via the underground waterway to Lanzhou to bring back the latest news.
As for the battle at Tongmu Ridge, although Zhou Chun was seriously injured, the harvest was also very significant.
First was the two peerless dharma treasures used by Master Qingwei and Master Qingling.
These were true peerless dharma treasures, not the "quasi-peerless" like the Heavenly Gang Thunder-Cleaving Sword.
They had once been the treasures used by Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators; even among peerless dharma treasures, they were top-quality.
However, these two treasures were quite hot potatoes, and whether they could ultimately be kept was still in question.
So Zhou Chun wasn’t in a hurry to refine these two treasures.
Besides these two peerless dharma treasures, Qingwei and Qingling left behind three high-grade magical treasures: a blue spear used by Qingling, a blue flying sword and a blue-green shield bursting from Qingwei’s corpse.
Under these three high-grade magical treasures, there were another three middle-grade magical treasures.
These were Qingling’s lifebound flying sword, Qingwei’s lifebound wooden seal, and the blue banner magical treasure used by Qingling for protection.
And the two Fourth-Grade middle-grade Golden Tiger Puppets Qingwei previously released could also be considered middle-grade magical treasures.
Meanwhile, in Qingling’s storage pouch, Zhou Chun also found two inferior-grade dharma treasures and one Fourth-Grade inferior-grade puppet, specifically an earth attribute shield, a water attribute teapot, and a Giant Ape Puppet.
Green Lotus Temple, having endured for so many years and being a Nascent Soul Major Sect, definitely possessed a considerable number of various dharma treasures.
And Qingwei and Qingling were likely the last two Golden Core Stage cultivators of Green Lotus Temple, among the highest cultivation levels before the sect’s destruction. Carrying these treasures was entirely normal.
Zhou Chun even suspected that more dharma treasures existed in the storage pouch that Qingwei destroyed.
Unfortunately, there was simply no time to stop her back then.
Aside from dharma treasures, there were also two Fourth-Grade inferior demon cores in Qingling’s storage pouch, one water attribute and one wind attribute, presumably obtained from slaying Demon Beasts after fleeing Green Lotus Temple.
With a peerless dharma treasure in hand, defeating such cultivation-level demon beasts would be easy.
Additionally, his storage pouch contained as many as seven Fourth-Grade talismans, including one Fourth-Grade high-grade attack talisman.
These should also be part of Green Lotus Temple’s foundation, originally perhaps even more numerous.
Moreover, Qingling’s storage pouch contained four thousand-year Treasure Medicine plants and thirty-five thousand-year Spiritual Medicines, including five thousand-year Jade Marrow Ganoderma!
These spiritual medicines should have also been hastily picked and taken while fleeing Green Lotus Temple.
Various other dharma treasures and spirit materials were similarly present in seven or eight types, including several Fourth-Grade Spiritual Woods clearly harvested in haste.
Finally, Qingling’s storage pouch contained twenty-three Foundation Establishment Pills, three items to assist in opening Purple Mansion Spirit Matters, seven Spirit Crystals, and more than 470,000 Spirit Coins!
Zhou Chun had already slain several Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators, yet Qingling’s storage pouch was undoubtedly the finest one he opened!
This made him even more regretful and sorrowful about Qingwei’s storage pouch being destroyed.
Even using conjecture, one could ascertain that the treasures within Qingwei’s storage pouch would greatly surpass those of Qingling’s, potentially including more than one or two Nascent Soul Spirit Materials!
Originally, these should have been Green Lotus Temple’s strategic reserve, not easily activated until the brink of sect destruction.
But the situation had already unfolded, and regretting was futile.
Zhou Chun could only continue to inventory other aspects of the harvest.
Other aspects of the harvest mainly came from the treasure vault and Book Collection Pavilion inside Tongmu Ridge.
There was little to say about the treasure vault; Qingwei and Qingling were likely aware that Tongmu Ridge wasn’t particularly safe, so didn’t store any precious items there, only some magic artifacts, talismans, talisman treasures, and the like, purely abundant in quantity.
The Book Collection Pavilion, however, contained many cultivation techniques and secret technique classics, as well as various cultivation skill inheritance classics.
But like the treasure vault, many cultivation techniques and secret technique classics weren’t complete, only below Golden Core Stage parts, and cultivation skill inheritance classics didn’t often reach Fourth-Order levels.
It was apparent they had kept some information concealed.
The crucial remaining later parts, Zhou Chun couldn’t find in Qingling’s storage pouch, very likely carried by Qingwei!
Considering this might have been the main reason she insisted on destroying the storage pouch at that time.
After all, if the sect’s core cultivation techniques and secret inheritances fell into the hands of the enemy completely, one would truly become the sect’s greatest sinner.
This caused Zhou Chun to sigh uncontrollably.
Fortunately, while ransacking Qingwei and Qingling’s caverns, Zhou Chun still found some complete cultivation methods of Green Lotus Temple’s secret technique divine skills in their private libraries, presumably the divine skills they themselves cultivated.
This is a habit many high-level cultivators develop because, even after learning certain secret techniques or divine skills, they can deepen their understanding and utilization through repeated study.
They might even leave annotated notes for easier review and research in the future.
Zhou Chun himself conducted similar research notes for divine secret skills like the Metal Escape Technique, with his insights stored in his private grotto.