Super Divine Daoist Skill-Chapter 123: Revised - 122 Spirit Stone, Fragrance (Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 123: Revised: Chapter 122 Spirit Stone, Fragrance (Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

With steady steps, Bai Ziyue took a deep breath and then identified his direction, soon arriving at a slightly dilapidated mountain temple.

This mountain temple, desolate and in ruins, clearly had not been maintained for a long time.

Bai Ziyue stepped directly inside and walked to the center of the temple, beside a statue resembling a scholar with slightly raised hands, as if in greeting.

With a gentle single-handed push, he moved the statue aside effortlessly.

The statue, weighing a hundred or so pounds, felt as light as a feather to Bai Ziyue at this moment.

Soon, a square wooden box was revealed beneath the statue.

It was the box of gold he had meticulously hidden during the day.

With a slight kick of his foot to the wooden box, under the powerful control, the box flew out, landing steadily beside him.

Opening the box, he saw several money bags, a small sword, some decent jade pendants, a few Qi Blood Pills, Nourishing Essence Pills, and a lower layer of stacked, shimmering gold.

Seeing that nothing was missing, Bai Ziyue started to pour out the contents from those money bags one by one.

Most of it was fragmented silver, with quite a few copper coins until Bai Ziyue picked up a somewhat bulging money bag.

This money bag belonged to Zhang Yuchang, the disciple of Daoist Wutong.

Before, he hadn’t had time to collect it as he was focused on refining the Soul-Gathering Banner.

Now that he had the time, he couldn’t resist sorting it out.

He untied the cord and emptied all the contents of the money bag.

"A silver note, over ten taels of silver, and two bottles of pills... Hmm, what’s this?"

Bai Ziyue organized them one by one, and soon his eyes lit up.

He picked up a fist-sized blue-white stone block from the pile of things.

Though the blue-white stone block seemed unremarkable, Bai Ziyue clearly felt a kind of spirituality from it.

It was as if some sort of energy was contained within this stone block.

"Could this be the legendary Spirit Stone?"

*Bai Ziyue’s heart jumped sharply, and his Spiritual Power involuntarily invaded it.*

In an instant, he felt dense Spiritual Qi layers within the stone block.

It was just a small piece, yet the total quantity of Spiritual Qi reached into the thousands, if not tens of thousands.

Bai Ziyue tried to guide the Spiritual Qi, and with a slight turn, dozens of threads of Spiritual Qi were immediately absorbed into his body.

However, at least half of it dissipated directly. After transformation, only a hundred threads of Spiritual Qi finally merged into a strand of Spiritual Power, which flowed into his Dantian.

"Indeed, it was a Spirit Stone. This small piece, if fully converted, should increase my Spiritual Power by dozens of strands.

But using this for cultivation was somewhat extravagant.

The conversion and absorption would waste more than half. It would be more efficient to use it for restoring Spiritual Power in battle without wasting any."

*Bai Ziyue had heard the Elder Scholar talk about the effects of Spirit Stones back when they hunted the Locust Tree Spirit. If the Elder Scholar had had Spirit Stones then, he wouldn’t have waited so long to cast the Divine Summoning Technique.*

*Thus, Bai Ziyue realized the preciousness of Spirit Stones.*

Bai Ziyue hadn’t expected Zhang Yuchang to have Spirit Stones.

Of course, there weren’t many. He counted them, and there were a total of five pieces, one of which had most of its Spiritual Qi depleted.

"It’s quite a significant find nonetheless.

Additionally, these two bottles of Spirit Revival Pills are absolutely excellent."

Bai Ziyue glanced at the numerous pills within the porcelain bottles, and a smile of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Like Gathering Spirit Incense, Spirit Revival Pills were spirit pills that restored Spirit.

Moreover, their effect was more direct, allowing a substantial recovery of one’s Spiritual Power in a short time, which could significantly aid in battles.

Regarding the other items, Bai Ziyue roughly estimated the silver should be over three hundred taels, with the significant part being Zhang Yuchang’s silver note. Apart from that, there were jade stones and other items, collectively worth tens of taels.

Finally, with the gold amounting to 420 taels, or 4,200 taels of silver, his total gain in silver alone this time reached 4,600 taels.

This was not counting the magical artifacts, Spirit Stones, and other items that were difficult to estimate.

"What a big harvest."

*Bai Ziyue took a deep breath, trying to calm his excited feelings.*

*With so much silver, he gained more confidence, enabling him to comfortably arrange his parents’ lives to enjoy prosperity for a lifetime.*

*As for himself, he could truly step into the County City, even into much broader regions like the County City, without any worries.*

...

In the morning, Bai Ziyue clad in martial attire, deliberately found a cloth bag to cover the box before carrying it toward the entrance of Qinghe Town.

Along the way, Bai Ziyue barely paused to listen and heard countless people discussing.

"The Water Bandits entrenched in the reed marsh have been wiped out."

"I heard that the Wu Family Village, Li Family Village, and Liuu Family Castle were all raided by the Ghost Head Stronghold yesterday. It seems that most of the men in those villages were slaughtered, and many of the women were taken to the stronghold. From now on... sigh..."

"This world is truly sinful."

"Something happened in our town today as well. Mr. Hou of the Sunburst Gang, along with his steward, were found dead in their home this morning."

...

News after news reached Bai Ziyue’s ears, making him raise an eyebrow slightly.

Among them, Hou Linkun and Steward Xu were naturally his doing.

Because he had used the Eagle Swordsmen Painting, leveraging the power of the swordsman to act, Bai Ziyue believed no one would suspect him.

After all, everyone knew he was adept with the sword technique, but he had never shown any skill in swordsmanship.

As for the other two incidents, the water bandits in the reed marsh seemed to be subordinates of the Water Immortal, exterminated by someone. Bai Ziyue guessed that besides venting anger over Zhang Yuchang’s death, the Ghost Head Stronghold was also likely trying to recover the five hundred taels of gold deposit they had given before.

To this, Bai Ziyue could only sigh. *Dealing with the Ghost Head Stronghold was as good as trusting a tiger,* truly a dead-end path.

Of course, those water bandits were nothing good either. He wouldn’t care if they fought to the death among themselves.

However, the raid on Wu Family Village, Li Family Village, and Liuu Family Castle puzzled him a bit.

In the past, although the Ghost Head Stronghold would commit roadside robberies, they rarely directly attacked villages.

Firstly, there was little wealth in villages, making it not worthwhile, and secondly, many of the mountain bandits nearby were actually villagers turned bandits, creating familial ties between villages.

Truly heartless, robbing and killing relatives was still rare.

But this time, the actions of the Ghost Head Stronghold seemed a bit crazed.

However, Bai Ziyue linked it to the recent tumultuous situations in Qinghe Town and had some guesses in his heart.

"No matter the reason, the power of the government was already set.

Now that the Ghost Head Stronghold conveniently handed over an opportunity, a sweeping, large-scale crackdown would soon officially commence.

If they still couldn’t take down the Ghost Head Stronghold this time, probably for at least ten years, no one would dare mention the matter of bandit eradication again."

Bai Ziyue analyzed in his heart, frowning slightly.

The court’s upper-level turmoil weakened their control over the county and town below. Naturally, no one would want to do something as thankless as bandit eradication.

Only Chief Clerk Li Xun had an unavoidable reason to act. Otherwise, expecting Wujiang County or higher powers to step in and crack down on bandits was almost impossible.

If this fails, the blow to the people would be too great.

Thinking about those weapons, Bai Ziyue became serious, quickening his steps.

Even though at least half of them were destroyed by his spirit fire technique, some still remained.

The power of the weapons was immense, and even Peak External Forging Martial Artists had to be cautious.

Therefore, he needed to take some remedial actions, at least to ensure that the government was on guard."

...

The road was naturally smooth, and Bai Ziyue returned directly to his residence.

Hearing the commotion of Bai Ziyue’s return, the little dog, which had been hungry for a day, came running quickly.

Upon seeing Bai Ziyue, it stopped abruptly, lifted its dog face with a disgruntled expression, turned around, and dashed back into the room.

It seemed like it came out not to greet Bai Ziyue but to show its presence, letting Bai Ziyue know—Uncle Dog was hungry.

Thud!

Bai Ziyue placed the wooden box down, and the heavy sound startled the little dog, causing it to roll awkwardly as it was crossing the threshold. Seeing Bai Ziyue ignoring it, it stood up with dignity, kicking a leg onto the threshold.

Its sense of revenge was strong.

With a whimper, the kick landed straight on its injured leg, and the pain brought tears to its eyes since it hadn’t fully healed.

Bai Ziyue had no intention of paying attention to the foolish dog. After putting down the box, he didn’t have time to cook snake demon flesh for it and tossed it a few meat buns he had bought earlier, then stepped out of the room again.

"Awoo."

Seeing the buns, the little dog couldn’t resist approaching them, but having had a taste for snake demon flesh for days, it was very dissatisfied. It wanted to refuse but couldn’t suppress its hunger, and with a disdainful look on its face, it bit into the meat bun.

Hmm, delicious!

...

Leaving the house, Bai Ziyue turned his steps toward the Sect Leader’s Mansion.

After thinking for a while, he decided to offer some warnings to his master.

Only he could play a part in influencing the bandit eradication operation this time.

Soon, Bai Ziyue’s figure appeared at the entrance of his master’s mansion.

Beside the gate, a luxurious carriage was parked, and a person who looked clearly like a coachman was carefully feeding some hay to the horses.

Even from afar, Bai Ziyue could smell a scent resembling incense emanating from the luxurious carriage. The fragrance was incredibly unique, and Bai Ziyue felt he had smelled it before, somewhat familiar to him.

However, after thinking for a long time, he still couldn’t recall where he had encountered this unique fragrance.