The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

In less than a quarter of an hour, Lu Yao returned to the mine canyon.

Apart from Mo Han from the Giant Sword Sect and Zhang Qian, who had already been killed by Lu Yao, everyone else had returned.

"Fellow Daoist Lu is back. How was your harvest?"

When Lü Tianmeng saw Lu Yao, he approached him with a smile.

"What can a rogue cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment possibly gain? It's better than nothing."

"Fellow Daoist Lü, on the other hand, looks very pleased with himself. It seems you've had a good harvest."

Lu Yao shrugged helplessly, then a teasing smile appeared on his face.

"Hahaha, it's nothing, nothing at all."

Lu Tianmeng thought about his gains this time, saying it was nothing to mention, but judging from his expression, he had obviously gained a lot.

After all, this is the entire fortune of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if he were a rogue cultivator, he would still have some decent cultivation resources.

Apart from Lü Tianmeng, the others remained expressionless, and Lu Yao couldn't tell how much they had gained.

A moment later, Mo Han also returned, riding his flying magical artifact.

"Fellow Daoist Mo, have you been through a fierce battle? How did you get injured?"

Yu Kun of Huangfeng Valley's expression shifted, and he looked at Mo Han, who was slightly disheveled, with great interest.

"Stop talking! That rogue cultivator actually had a Demonic Lightning Pearl. We almost capsized in the gutter. What bad luck!"

Mo Han looked grim, clearly having been tricked by the Demonic Lightning Pearl.

"Oh? These rogue cultivators actually possess such a thing. No wonder Fellow Daoist Mo went to so much trouble."

Lu Tianmeng frowned, a hint of doubt flashing through his mind.

Although the Demon Thunder Pearl is a one-time use magic artifact, it is extremely powerful and not cheap. It usually costs nearly a thousand spirit stones per pearl, which is generally unaffordable for independent cultivators.

"Perhaps there are people behind these rogue cultivators. We should report back to our sect as soon as possible and conduct a thorough investigation."

Shui Xuan of the Qingxu Sect looked thoughtful and spoke calmly.

Lu Yao's heart stirred. This attack by rogue cultivators was indeed shrouded in mystery. Not only did they have special array-breaking artifacts like the Array-Breaking Cone, but they also had things like the Demonic Thunder Pearl.

"Alright, now that we have successfully thwarted the attack by these rogue cultivators, we should report back to the sect. There's no need to overthink it."

"Fellow Daoist Zhang from Huadaowu has not yet returned, so we will not wait for her any longer. Fellow Daoists, please bear witness together, and we will hand over her share to her later."

Although Lu Tianmeng was puzzled, he had no idea what to do, so he stopped thinking about it and waved his hand to take out the spoils of the rogue cultivators who had rioted in the mine and the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been killed at the beginning.

"As we agreed before, Fellow Daoist Lu, you shall choose first."

Lu Tianmeng appeared calm, but his heart was bleeding.

The most precious of these spoils was the magic weapon that broke the formation cone. Unfortunately, since everyone had seen it, he couldn't keep it for himself and had to take it out.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll take this Formation-Breaking Cone. This treasure is too precious for me to participate in the distribution."

Lu Yao smiled, took the formation-breaking cone, and cupped his hands in greeting to the group.

Lu Tianmeng's expression improved slightly upon hearing that Lu Yao would not participate in the subsequent allocation.

The spoils here, besides the formation-breaking cone, amount to about a thousand spirit stones. If the six of them split it equally, they can each earn around two hundred spirit stones, which is acceptable.

"Fellow Daoists, I must return to my cave to recuperate, so I will not stay any longer. Farewell."

After collecting his share of the spoils, Mo Han said goodbye to the others and flew towards his temporary cave dwelling in the canyon.

"In that case, everyone may disperse. I will pass on Fellow Daoist Zhang Qian's share."

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Lü Tianmeng turned and left.

Lu Yao chuckled inwardly, thinking that Lü Tianmeng had gotten a free share from Zhang Qian.

After returning to his cave, Lu Yao took out the array-breaking cone.

"Haotian Pearl! Appraisal!"

Item: Formation-Breaking Cone

Grade: High-grade Yellow

Function: A magical artifact specifically designed to break formations. It can shake the nodes of formations and penetrate conventional formations below the Foundation Establishment level.

After understanding the specific purpose of the Formation-Breaking Cone, Lu Yao also realized how precious this magical artifact was; its value could be said to be no less than that of a top-grade magical artifact.

If that Foundation Establishment cultivator were to actually use the Formation-Breaking Cone, their defensive formation would definitely be broken, catching them completely off guard.

After storing the array-breaking cone in his primordial space, Lu Yao left the mortal world and returned to his primordial world with a thought.

Lu Yao took out Zhang Qian's storage bag and took out the contents.

Two top-grade magical artifacts, one for offense and one for defense.

There were over 8,000 low-grade spirit stones and 26 mid-grade spirit stones.

There are eight Foundation Establishment level talismans and dozens of Qi Refining level talismans.

There were over a dozen bottles of various Foundation Establishment level pills and six bottles of Qi Refining level pills.

Both jade slips containing cultivation techniques are only for the Foundation Establishment stage.

There were also some identity tokens, clothes, and other miscellaneous items.

The vast majority of spirit stones were definitely mined from the mines, and Zhang Qian didn't even take them with her before they all benefited Lu Yao.

Of course, Zhang Qian's ambush on Lu Yao was also for these spirit stones, since several thousand spirit stones could buy several top-grade magic weapons.

These resources are enough for Zhang Qian to use until the late stage of Foundation Establishment. In the end, it is money that moves people's hearts.

With a thought, Lu Yao destroyed Zhang Qian's storage bag and other unused items to prevent the Huadaowu from having any backup plans.

Lu Yao didn't even plan to use these two top-grade magic artifacts himself. Instead, he would find an opportunity to sell them on the black market. Before that, he would not take these things out of his source space.

After clearing out his spoils, Lu Yao arrived at the Free and Unfettered Space.

Now that he has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he can put some cultivation techniques and resources into the exchange vault.

However, apart from the cultivation techniques that can be copied, other resources are limited, and he cannot provide an unlimited supply for the time being.

Of course, the Free and Unfettered Sect doesn't have that many disciples with spiritual roots these days.

With a thought, Lu Yao spent some of the world's essence to thoroughly investigate all the registered disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect.

As Lu Yao had predicted, of the more than 20,000 formal disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, there were eight Saint Realm warriors, hundreds of Grandmasters, and several warriors of other realms, but only thirteen people had spiritual roots.

Of these six people, one has two spiritual roots, two have three spiritual roots, and three have four spiritual roots.

A ratio of over three thousand to one is already considered very high. In the mortal world, the ratio is usually one to ten thousand.

Lu Yao granted the six individuals exclusive access to the exchange of cultivation resources and also assigned permissions to the main god, automatically granting them the right to exchange cultivation resources as long as they possessed spiritual roots.

Lu Yao then arrived at the medicine garden in the Free and Unfettered Space. He still didn't know the use of the Ice Lotus he obtained from the Mythical World, so he decided to use the Haotian Pearl to appraise it.

"Haotian Pearl! Appraisal!"

Item: Ice Marrow Lotus (young stage)

Rank: Earth-grade, low-level

Drug duration: 625/1000

Effects: After growing for a thousand years, it can reshape the body and refine the spirit. The user can obtain the Ice Soul Body.

Upon seeing the information transmitted by the Haotian Pearl, Lu Yao was stunned and stared in disbelief at the ice lotus floating on the spiritual spring.