Chapter 385: Selecting Treasures

As Zhou Yuan stepped into the Ancient Scripture Building, his vision suddenly went dark. The darkness, however, lasted only a moment before starlight began to rise from beneath his feet and spread outwards.

What appeared before him was a corridor of starlight. On both sides, countless orbs of light emerged, rising like bubbles.

Zhou Yuan stared at the bubble-like orbs of light, faintly discerning something within them.

"The contents of these orbs must be cultivation methods, Genesis Arts, Genesis Runes, Genesis Weapons..." Zhou Yuan mused. However, he couldn't peer inside the orbs, making it impossible to ascertain the grade of the items within.

Everything seemed to depend on individual luck.

"No wonder they say it's all about fate," Zhou Yuan muttered with a wry smile. Some of these orbs might even be empty, and once an orb was selected, he would be sent out of the Ancient Scripture Building.

Zhou Yuan gazed at the orbs, hesitating for a moment. He didn't make an immediate move; instead, he began walking forward, carefully avoiding the floating orbs.

He decided to observe them first.

He continued walking, his gaze meticulously sweeping over the orbs. Simultaneously, his Spirit Perception extended outwards, attempting to peer inside them.

However, these methods proved ineffective. The orbs seemed to block Spirit Perception, rendering even Zhou Yuan's middle-stage Manifestation Realm Spirit unable to penetrate them.

"Am I really limited to just grabbing one at random?" Zhou Yuan frowned. The randomness would be too great. It was incredibly difficult to enter this Ancient Scripture Building, and choosing so arbitrarily would truly be a wasted opportunity.

He pondered for a moment, then an idea suddenly struck him.

"Ordinary methods can't peer inside. I wonder... what about the Omega Saint Rune?"

Acting on his thought, ancient Saint Runes began to swirl deep within Zhou Yuan's pupils. As they operated, he looked again at the floating orbs. To his delight, he saw varying intensities of light emerging from within them.

Although he still couldn't clearly see their contents, he could determine the grade of the items within the orbs by the intensity of the light.

It was clear that the higher the grade, the stronger the light.

Some orbs, however, were completely empty, showing no light. This likely indicated they were inherently hollow, and anyone who grabbed one would surely leave empty-handed.

Joy appeared on Zhou Yuan's face. With the help of the Omega Saint Rune, he no longer had to stumble blindly, relying purely on imagination.

Thus, he slowed his pace and walked forward leisurely, the Saint Runes swirling deep within his pupils as he scanned each orb.

Half an incense stick's time quickly passed. As Zhou Yuan proceeded, he discovered four orbs with the strongest internal light. He surmised that these four orbs undoubtedly contained Heaven Genesis Art-level treasures.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but lick his lips, his eyes burning with fervor. Heaven Genesis Arts! Even within the Cangxuan Sect, these were extremely rare items; ordinary disciples could absolutely not obtain them without significant merit.

Even he had only recently managed to cultivate one low-grade Heaven Genesis Art.

Cultivating even one Heaven Genesis Art would provide a tremendous boost to one's combat power.

"I can only choose one," Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and was about to reach out for an orb.

However, just as he was about to grab it, Zhou Yuan's hand suddenly paused. He had sensed a faint fluctuation coming from his Qiankun Pouch.

Zhou Yuan was startled. As he clenched his hand, a jade-colored light emerged.

An ancient jade token slowly rose from his palm, emanating an indescribable aura.

This jade token was none other than the personal seal Cangxuan Ancestor had given him in the Saint Remains Domain.

The faint fluctuation he had sensed earlier had come from this very seal.

"What's going on?" Zhou Yuan muttered, gazing at the gently vibrating jade token in his hand, filled with doubt. This was the first time the seal had reacted this way since he had acquired it.

Buzz, buzz!

As Zhou Yuan stood bewildered, the orbs of light around him seemed to sense this aura. With a whoosh, they drilled into the light barrier and vanished.

Even the four orbs Zhou Yuan had already singled out disappeared.

Zhou Yuan immediately grew anxious at the sight. How could this seal, upon appearing, scare away the orbs instead? How was he supposed to acquire treasures now?

"This is outrageous!" he muttered, though his anxiety was useless. He could only watch helplessly as the orbs vanished, wanting to cry but finding no tears.

As Zhou Yuan stood speechless, the seal in his hand slowly floated up and moved forward.

Zhou Yuan was startled and hesitated for a moment before quickly following. This was once where Cangxuan Ancestor cultivated in seclusion; now that he had entered with the Ancestor's seal, he surely wouldn't suffer a loss, right?

Following the jade token seal, Zhou Yuan proceeded forward. After a long while, his steps gradually halted as the starlight corridor before him reached its end.

The seal, however, continued moving slowly forward. Zhou Yuan was astonished to see that as the seal approached, the end of the starlight corridor slowly tore open a crack.

The jade token flickered with light, seemingly urging Zhou Yuan to follow.

Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and quickly stepped forward, placing one foot into the starlight crack.

As he stepped in, the scene before Zhou Yuan immediately transformed. He found himself standing in an ancient, simple room that exuded the aura of time.

The jade token floated down before Zhou Yuan, who carefully put it away.

"Is this, perhaps, where Ancestor used to cultivate in seclusion?" Zhou Yuan murmured to himself, gazing at the meditation cushion on the stone bed.

His gaze swept around the room, finally resting on the table in front of the stone bed, where he saw what appeared to be four jade slips lying quietly.

Zhou Yuan walked up curiously, casually picked up a jade slip, and subtly sensed it. His pupils then sharply contracted.

"It's actually a middle-grade Heaven Genesis Art..."

Within the Cangxuan Sect, disciples typically obtained only low-grade Heaven Genesis Arts. Acquiring a middle-grade one was many times more difficult.

Zhou Yuan hadn't expected that a randomly picked jade slip in this room would contain a middle-grade Heaven Genesis Art.

Zhou Yuan was inwardly shaken. He picked up the other three and examined them, finding that two were also middle-grade Heaven Genesis Arts, and by their appearance, they were of considerable quality even among middle-grade ones.

As for the last one, it was what truly shocked Zhou Yuan: it was a seventh-grade cultivation method, capable of cultivating seventh-grade Genesis Qi!

These jade slips were casually placed, seemingly not highly valued by Cangxuan Ancestor at the time.

However, while this might have been true for Cangxuan Ancestor, for Zhou Yuan, they were all highly coveted items. He even greedily wondered if he could take them all at once.

But in the end, he suppressed his greed. After all, the Ancient Scripture Building had its rules; if he were discovered, he might end up with nothing for his efforts.

"Then I'll just pick a middle-grade Heaven Genesis Art," Zhou Yuan decided after a long hesitation, finally gritting his teeth. Although the seventh-grade cultivation method was superior, it was of little use to him at the moment.

So, he reached out and directly grabbed a jade slip, then turned to leave.

But the moment he turned around, he seemed to catch a glimpse of green out of the corner of his eye. His steps paused, and he looked in that direction, noticing a small green plant resembling a miniature pine in the corner of the stone bed.

This item was not eye-catching and could easily be overlooked even if seen, as there was nothing particularly strange about a simple green plant.

But at this moment, Saint Runes were swirling in Zhou Yuan's pupils. So when he saw the green plant, he was startled, clearly seeing ancient markings etched onto its trunk, emitting a unique aura...

He quickly walked back, put down the jade slip, and carefully picked up the green plant.

Saint Runes flowed in his pupils, and the ancient markings on the green plant's trunk seemed to converge, reflecting into his eyes.

An ancient piece of information surged into his mind.

"Undying Body, Grand Unity Azurewood Mark."