Chapter 263: Going in

Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: La0o9

Proofreader: Arya

Gu Qing Shan silently read through everything and asked: “If the two Quests merge into one, will I be able to get two Thaumaturgy at once when I complete it?”

[You cannot, it will still be only one Thaumaturgy] the System answered.

“Then who would pick the second option? Two realms combined for only a single Thaumaturgy?” Gu Qing Shan sighed.

The System responded: [But with the second option, your chances of getting a combat-type Thaumaturgy will greatly increase]

[There’s also a chance for you to get a Divine Skill]

Gu Qing Shan gasped.

A Divine Skill?

There’s a chance I can get a Divine Skill?

If that’s really the case, there’s no need to even consider option 1, he has to take this once-in-a-lifetime chance to get that Divine Skill.

With one more Divine Skill, no matter what dangerous situations he’s in, he would be able to ensure his safety by at least 10% more.

“I want to ask, what’s the percentage for getting a combat-type Thaumaturgy and what’s the percentage for getting a Divine Skill?”

The System responded: [The chance to get a combat-type Thaumaturgy is 50%, the chance to get a Divine Skill is 30%]

30%?

I’ll bet on it!

I have to!

Gu Qing Shan didn’t hesitate anymore and chose the second option.

30% chance is already much higher than what he thought it would be.

Gu Qing Shan was ready to bet his luck even if there’s only a 10% chance!

[Ting]!

[The user has chosen option 2]

[Initiating, Golden Core/Rejuvenation Thaumaturgy Quests has merged]

[The user will get an increased chance to draw combat-type Thaumaturgies and a chance to draw a Divine Skill]

[Maximum amount of Quest completed for both realms has been set to 7]

[Quest difficulty increased greatly]

[You’ve completed 2 Quest. Quests remaining: 5]

[Quest will now continue]

[Please continue to get stronger to fulfil the requirements for the 3rd Quest]

At this point, the notifications on the War G.o.d UI stopped.

Reading through the notifications, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but clenched his fists.

7 Quests.

The amount of Quests has been determined, instead of being limited to 7 days. Of course, he still wanted to complete them as fast as possible.

Because the faster he’s able to draw the new Thaumaturgy, the sooner he’ll get stronger!

An uneventful night.

The day after, Ning Yue Xi picked out a few dozen Rejuvenation and Ascended realm cultivators, as well as Gu Qing Shan and Leng Tian Xing to go together to the ruins.

This place was a desolate desert.

A few dozen airs.h.i.+ps landed one after another.

The cultivators quickly found the location from before and had gathered around.

Ning Yue Xi carefully took out a sealed jade box and opened it.

There was a damaged formation plate inside.

“It’s this formation plate” Ning Yue Xi said, “General Gong Sun picked it up from the ground, right as he tried to use it, the ruins opened up beneath the ground and he was knocked out”

“Where are the ruins now?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“After he was knocked out, the ruins were closed once again” Ning Yue Xi explained.

“Seems like it’s a mechanism-type formation plate, give it here, I’m going to check it” Gu Qing Shan said.

Ning Yue Xi gave him the jade box and advised him: “Be careful with it”

Gu Qing Shan received the jade box, unlocked all the seals and silently stared at the formation plate.

He then had a very strange look on his face.

“Haven’t even gotten to know, already tried touching everywhere… so it punished…” he muttered.

The cultivators around didn’t quite understand so they exchanged glances.

General Gong Sun already fell unconscious; could it be this one went crazy instead?

Seeing the strange looks everyone was giving him, Gu Qing Shan decided to just communicate with the formation plate via sending voice.

A few moments later, Gu Qing Shan took out a few spirit stones, placed them on the holes of the formation plate and infused it with his spirit energy.

The ground began to shake and opened up, revealing a staircase leading downwards.

“Come, let’s go down” Gu Qing Shan put the formation plate away and said.

Everyone checked to see that he was still conscious, showing no signs of fainting any time soon.

“How did you do that?” Ning Yue Xi couldn’t help but ask.

“The formation plate has a spirit”

Saying so, Gu Qing Shan placed the formation plate on his open palm.

“Come on, show everyone”

Following his words, the formation plate started to float on its own, and even very animatedly shook the dust off its body.

“A weapon spirit!” someone exclaimed loudly.

All the cultivators were in an uproar.

In the cultivation world, it’s incredibly rare for a weapon to have its own spirit and sentience.

It’s very hard for a weapon or treasure tool to birth a spirit by itself, there’s only a really small chance for them to appear after numerous years of careful nurturing and forging a bond between them and the cultivator.

But now, a formation plate that was randomly picked up off the ground has a spirit!

The h.e.l.l!?

Could it be, all the cultivators who fell unconscious before were because they tried to refine the weapons for themselves before getting permission, which caused the spirits to become mad and attack their soul vessel, thus making them faint?

No cultivator has ever even thought of the possibility of a weapon randomly picked up off the ground would have a spirit, so all of them were careless and fainted from the same reason.

Looking at the formation plate floating in the air, everyone’s eyes were red with envy.

A weapon with a spirit is incomparably more powerful than not!

Who knew, Shen Wu world’s level of Smithing has already reached such a level!

“How did you know?” Ning Yue Xi asked.

“I met a sword, but I didn’t attempt to refine it” Gu Qing Shan answered.

“And then?”

“I got along with it quite well afterwards”

“If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean there are sentient weapons all over Shen Wu world?” Leng Tian Xing asked.

“That seems to be the case” Gu Qing Shan answered.

The formation plate flew a couple circles around Gu Qing Shan, then suddenly shot straight into the underground ruins and disappeared from sight.

“Let us go quickly” Ning Yue Xi said.

Everyone nodded, already couldn’t wait to enter the ruins.

The damp and cold staircase kept leading downward without them being able to see the end.

The formation plate was flying in front of them, at every dead end, it shook a little bit and a new road would open.

The group of cultivators followed the formation plate for a whole hour before they reached what seemed to be a place of wors.h.i.+p.

The temple was quite large, enough for everyone to dwarf everyone who stepped inside.

This place wors.h.i.+ps the Buddhas.

The statues of Buddhas were extremely life-like and animated, almost as if they were smiling gently, observing the living beings below.

However, there was a thick layer of dust all over the temple hall, there obviously hasn’t been anyone here for a really long time.

The group stood at the entrance of the temple, using their inner sight to scan around.

There was almost nothing in this abandoned Buddhist temple.

There was only a single table in front of the Buddha statues with a bowl neatly placed on it.

The bowl itself was jet black, the outside appeared to be full of scratches and cuts, seemingly an antique.

Having gone all the way here, all they found as an una.s.suming bowl, so everyone was a bit disappointed.

But then, the formation plate that led the way came before the bowl, stood upright and leaned forward.

Its gestures look like a respectful bow.

After it bowed, the formation plate flew next to the bowl and floated in place.

“What do we do now?” Ning Yue Xi asked in a low voice.

“I think we should follow what it does” Gu Qing Shan said.

He stood in front of the bowl, respectfully bowed before walking into the temple hall.

Suddenly, the bowl let out a golden light, enveloping Gu Qing Shan and sucked him into the bowl.

“A s.p.a.ce-altering technique! This is no ordinary treasure!” a cultivator well-versed in Smithing said with excitement.

“Where did Gu Qing Shan go?” Ning Yue Xi asked in a low voice.

“There’s a miniature s.p.a.ce inside the bowl, he’s probably in there right now” the cultivator answered.

“Will there be danger?”

“There won’t be, Buddhist are famous for being pacifists, not to mention, this thing is probably used to relay some sort of information”

“But this is Shen Wu world, and their Smithing techniques have been shown to be much more advanced than ours”

Seeing how the cultivator was unable to retort, Ning Yue Xi said nothing else, bowed to the bowl and walked into the temple hall.

The bowl once again let out a golden light, circled around the temple hall and sucked her in.

Leng Tian Xing quickly followed