968: Chapter 276: Buddha Mother Relics 968: Chapter 276: Buddha Mother Relics Two sets of four water beads ingested, but the toad symbols still hadn’t been completely refined.
Without the symbols, Su He had trouble searching for Fenbao Rock—it was quite possible to accidentally bump into that monk, and any conflict might attract the attention of Guiwang Mountain.
Su He did not urge the toad on, as it had already far surpassed ordinary Soul Beasts.
His gaze focused on the Sacred Beast Crystal, watching as the shadow in the center of the crystal slowly solidified; an indescribable feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.
Compared to before, he could now clearly perceive the progress of the human form coalescing.
With this realization, Su He’s consciousness sank into the sea of his mind, looking towards the Bright Mirror.
The writing on the Bright Mirror had something extra.
Status: Healthy, in heat.
Boundary Status: Opening Heaven Three-fold (4%), Xuanwu (Entry Tao),
Human Form: Xuanwu (23%), Vermilion Bird (￥*&), White Tiger (0), Azure Dragon (0)
Progress in the human form was now displayed just like the Boundary Status.
The Bright Mirror was considerate, manifesting whatever was on his mind.
If Su He hadn’t practiced the Cultivation Beast Volume and wasn’t burdened by the other three forms, focusing solely on the Way of the Xuanwu, the human form would have already reached one quarter of the way—of course, without the Transforming Beast Guide, there would have been no need to coalesce the Sacred Beast Crystal, and he could take on the proper Xuanwu human form right away, fully transformed.
Xuanwu had a clear percentage, but Vermilion Bird was garbled code.
Su He had not yet embarked on the Vermilion Bird Path, having only the Peacock True Body.
The Peacock was a Divine God Beast and, in theory, did not have a human form.
Yet, it still landed on the Sacred Beast Crystal, providing power to the human form but also disrupting the progress of the human transformation.
Wings had grown on his back!
No wonder Ji Feixue said that when she saw him, he had wings on his back!
Based on this situation, perhaps when Xuanwu reached 100%, he could briefly transform into a human form?
Su He’s heart pounded with excitement.
Whether he had a human form or not was not important.
Despite having three peerlessly beautiful wives by his side, Su He wasn’t so desperate yet.
The “in heat” status was purely accidental; in the eyes of the Bright Mirror, being in love simply meant being in heat…
Su He cared about the human form.
If the human form coalesced both Xuanwu and Vermilion Bird power, without a hitch he could manifest a human form capable of using both the Dragon Turtle True Form and Peacock True Body Divine Skills, causing his combat power to soar!
Perhaps even later, he could coalesce the powers of the Four Sacred Beasts into one?
As Su He pondered, he glanced again at the word “in heat” in the status.
Slander!
At that moment, the data for the human form changed again: Human Form: Xuanwu (24%), Vermilion Bird…
It had increased by one percent.
These water beads were indeed a true treasure for Su He!
Su He nodded with satisfaction, withdrew his consciousness from the Intention Orifice, and slowly closed his eyes, no longer focusing on the progress of the human form.
He closed his eyes to rest, striving to elevate his status to the best it could be.
When daylight returned, the toad’s cries of joy came through.
It leaped out of the Inner World and slapped a twisted, ugly symbol into Su He’s Intention Orifice.
Su He suddenly opened his eyes and sensed the distant whereabouts of the monk through the symbols.
Not too far away, if this had been the outside world, a flash of Divine God Machine would have taken Su He right there.
However, there was no need for a death struggle at the moment; better to first look for the treasure that Thai Zu had described.
Su He emerged with Snow Concealment, searching row by row in order.
A Black Cloud Robe, a luxurious alms bowl, a Sun-Eclipsing Illusion True Flag, a Devil Subduing Tiger Bell…
One by one, treasures twinkled in the cave.
Truly, Dog Great House!
Even Su He found several caves that didn’t require any conditions and could be opened directly, just like the previous gourd.
Su He was not shy to take them.
If the dice rolled a quantity point, he would leave one behind; if it rolled a quality point, he would return it to its original place—considering it the cost of the treasure pilfering.
Guiwang Mountain was never an enemy; Su He couldn’t possibly scour it as he had the Inner Treasury of the Sealed Emperor’s Palace.
He walked step by step, collecting bit by bit, yet could not find any treasure that could counterbalance the power of the source within the Great Sun Tomb.
However, there were many extremely useful to Su He, such as the jade carving in front of him.
White Tiger Roars At Moon!
Su He couldn’t sense the slightest power from the jade carving, guarded by an array-sealed cave, but there was a description below the cave.
“White Tiger Essence Blood, falling to the ground to take shape!”
Yet the conditions to awaken this treasure were also harsh: where the White Tiger arrives, the immortal treasure emerges.
This jade sculpture was transformed from the essence blood of the White Tiger!
For the sake of the White Tiger’s essence blood, Baiyin took him to steal from the Bu Tian clan, forcibly seizing tiger bones, and after who knows how long, arranged the White Tiger Ruin, only then did Su He’s Netherworld White Tiger come into being—yet here was a drop of the ready-made essence.
Su He hesitated several times, wanting to take out the Netherworld White Tiger, but ultimately gave up.
It was easy to take out, but Su He feared it could not be reclaimed.
Initially, it was reclaimed by his wife’s side—Su He could not be sure whether it was Baiyin or White Spirit; in any case, it was the same.
Su He looked at the White Tiger Roaring at Moon with reluctance, leaving it behind, for this was not the treasure Thai Zu wanted him to steal.
If this treasure remained intact, he could ask Xuanzhen Taoist upon returning to the present world.
Su He withdrew, and once again checked each cave one by one.
The more he looked, the clearer it became: this place was not Fenbao Rock, but “Protecting Treasure Rock”!
Su He did not know how Guiwang Mountain managed to achieve it, but each cave had a completely different environment; even two adjacent ones could belong to water and fire, respectively.
They were unrelated, each independent.
The treasures within the caves were not merely placed there; they were being nourished and maintained constantly.
In other words, any treasure placed inside Fenbao Rock was always in a state of enhancement.
Even an ordinary silver ingot, if placed in the cave, would become top-grade refining material when Su He returned to the present world.
The real treasure of Fenbao Rock was not the magical weapons inside the caves, but Fenbao Rock itself!
Tai Zu couldn’t possibly want him to steal Fenbao Rock… could he?
It probably wasn’t, as Fenbao Rock didn’t possess the capability to target the force emanating from the Great Sun Tomb.
But could he pretend it was what Tai Zu wanted?
Su He’s heart raced, but as he looked at the giant rock towering over ten thousand feet high with unknown dimensions, he gave up that thought.
Even a turtle has its limits.
Fenbao Rock was beyond his ability to carry away.
As Su He continued his search step by step, from sunrise to sunset, from stars to scorching sun, the days passed one by one.
The seven-day deadline he had set with Ji Feixue was nearing, but he had found nothing—except for some incidental items he had scavenged.
As for the monk, judging from the messages sent through the symbols, he had not moved for two whole days, located at the center bottom of Fenbao Rock.
Licking his lips, Su He proceeded invisibly, quietly descending along Fenbao Rock towards the base, only to find a crack revealing itself down in the canyon on Fenbao Rock.
The monk’s Qi was emanating from that crack.
With a slight flicker of his form, Su He created a Domain Avatar and silently approached the crack.
As Tao Rhythm flowed within the fissure, the Avatar had just entered and immediately began to dissolve as if it had encountered a deadly poison.
There were protective measures from Guiwang Mountain within this cave!
Surprised, Su He was about to leave to avoid being caught red-handed by Guiwang Mountain.
However, he noticed a wooden fish hanging above the hole, making creaking noises, blocking all messages that the fissure tried to transmit.
The wooden fish was ancient and weathered, its age unknown.
It was the one that had previously suppressed the bell.
The Buddha World still had some noteworthy treasures.
All Heavens and Myriad Realms mentioned Gujing Pavilion and Guiwang Mountain in the same breath.
In fact, Gujing Pavilion was merely founded by monks who banded together after the Mystery Yellow Big World was destroyed a million years ago, while the other half of monks who had fled without much harm became what was later known as the Buddha World, which actually had a deeper heritage than Gujing Pavilion!
Apart from the realms affiliated with the Mystery Huang World, All Heavens and Myriad Realms recognized the Buddha World as the orthodox Buddhist venue for good reasons.
Such an existence having a treasure capable of withstanding Guiwang Mountain was conceivable.
After pondering for a while, Su He took out a token, and his true body slowly approached the fissure.
His paw entered and immediately sensed danger—as if the fissure was about to dissolve him just like an ordinary cultivator being compromised by the Netherworld.
But immediately afterward, the token on Su He flashed and the sense of danger vanished in an instant.
It worked!
He didn’t know what kind of token Tai Zu had given him, that it would allow him to move unobstructed within Fenbao Rock.
Silently, Su He entered the crack to find it was a natural limestone cave.
Inside, stalagmites grew up from the floor, with stalactite caves branching off them, each housing different treasures just like those outside.
However, those within were not easily taken as they were all sealed.
Following the direction of the symbols, Su He proceeded ahead until he saw the monk wearing a kasaya, radiant with Buddha light, standing quietly in front of a stalagmite.
Inside the cave of the stalagmite laid a Sharira.
Sounds of peacock’s cries emanated from the Sharira.
A name instantly flashed through Su He’s mind: Buddha Mother Daming King Bodhisattva!