Chapter 53: Obtaining the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit
Miracle Treasures are divided into two types: Ordinary Miracle Treasures and Special Miracle Treasures.
Ordinary Miracle Treasures are further subdivided into Low Level, Middle Level, High Level, and Top Level Miracle Treasures. These ordinary treasures can significantly raise one’s Cultivation Realm. Examples include the Middle Level Miracle Treasures that Xia Wuyang previously obtained: the Celestial Water Essence and the Five Hundred Year-Old Monkey Wine.
These are all Ordinary Miracle Treasures capable of greatly raising one’s Cultivation Realm. Consuming a single bottle of such a treasure can save, at the very least, several years, or even decades, of arduous cultivation.
However, Special Miracle Treasures are different. Every Special Miracle Treasure is considered a Top Level Miracle Treasure because they can improve one’s Talent and Qualification. This effect alone sets Special Miracle Treasures apart, placing them far above any Ordinary Miracle Treasure.
Ordinary Miracle Treasures are already exceedingly rare, let alone Special Miracle Treasures. Furthermore, each type of Special Miracle Treasure can only be consumed once; taking the same one a second time has no effect.
Even for the Great Xia Royal Family, Special Miracle Treasures are a matter of luck, impossible to obtain through searching alone. That’s why Xia Wuyang was so fixated on the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit.
In all his years since being reborn into this world, Xia Wuyang had never consumed a single Special Miracle Treasure. This just goes to show how precious and rare they are.
The night was as dark as ink; the moon was hidden and the stars had vanished.
Several days later, Xia Wuyang quietly left the Eastern Palace. His aura blended with the night as his newly consolidated Third Grade Viscera Refining Realm Cultivation circulated within his body.
The Golden Essence of the Gallbladder clarified his Heart Spirit, and with his Three Jiao Passage open, his energy flowed freely.
He activated the Dragon Storage Skill, effectively hiding his presence. ’Once I master the Stealth Technique later on, the effect will be even more impressive, but this is good enough for now.’
’The strongest Martial Artist in the Gold and Silver Palace is only a Second Grade Grandmaster. With the Dragon Storage Skill, I can completely evade their senses.’
Like a wisp of blue smoke, he flitted over palace walls. With a Spiritual Power of over one hundred points, he sent out his senses. Activating his Companion Talent, the Mental Force Field, he grasped every rustle of grass and breath of wind within a hundred-meter radius.
The footsteps of the patrolling Guards, the breathing of hidden sentries, the whispers of Palace Maids... all of it was clearly discernible.
The silhouette of the Gold and Silver Palace gradually sharpened in the darkness. As the residence of the Fifth Prince, Xia Wushang, its security far surpassed that of the Eastern Palace.
In comparison, this place seemed more like the Eastern Palace, whereas the actual Eastern Palace was guarded even more poorly than the residence of an ordinary Prince or Princess.
Xia Wuyang hid in the shadow of an ancient cypress tree, slipping inside without a sound.
At a certain moment, his steps faltered slightly. According to the scan from his Mental Force Field, a gray-robed elder was looking in his direction.
A Second Grade Grandmaster!
Xia Wushang’s protector, and also his strongest personal Guard. From this, one could see the importance the Royal Family placed on him. Of course, this was also related to the background of Xia Wushang’s maternal uncle.
Xia Wuyang retracted his aura completely, his heartbeat nearly stopping. Only when the man’s senses swept elsewhere did he begin to move again.
Through his Mental Force Field, he also perceived that Xia Wushang was not in the Practice Room at the moment, but in the study, handling some documents.
The Second Grade Grandmaster was stationed near the study. His primary responsibility was to protect Xia Wushang; patrolling the Gold and Silver Palace was merely a secondary duty.
"It seems especially quiet tonight."
The gray-robed elder suddenly sighed softly. Xia Wuyang paused for another moment before drifting toward the Practice Room like a falling leaf.
Xia Wushang’s Practice Room was deep within the palace, not far from the study. Relying on the pervasive probing of his Mental Force Field and his Upper Three Grades Cultivation Power, Xia Wuyang arrived before the Practice Room without any close calls.
He immediately used his Mental Force Field’s special abilities to probe the interior. By skillfully combining his Qi Blood and Spiritual Power, he spent about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before he finally managed to vibrate the mechanism open and slip inside.
The room was incredibly luxurious, filled with valuable cultivation aids. It was said that the reason Xia Wushang—whose Talent and Qualification was not among the best of the Princes and Princesses—cultivated so quickly was mainly due to these auxiliary items.
He had gone to great lengths to obtain the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit precisely to improve his own Talent and Qualification. If he hadn’t just broken through recently and was still consolidating his Cultivation Realm—making it a less than ideal time to consume the fruit—he would have likely taken it long ago.
With his Mental Force Field scanning the area, Xia Wuyang easily bypassed various obstacles and quickly located the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit in a hidden compartment in the floor.
Xia Wuyang carefully disarmed the mechanism. As the hidden compartment opened, a strange fragrance wafted out.
Looking closely, he saw a translucent, crystalline fruit lying quietly in a Jade Box. Beneath its skin, light seemed to flow and swirl. This was it—the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit, capable of completely remolding a person.
It was one of the rarest treasures in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, and it was lying right in front of him.
A look of excitement crossed Xia Wuyang’s face. He slowly took it out, placed it in his Personal Space, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
’With this Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit, I’ll be able to raise my Talent and Qualification by a huge margin. I might even reach a higher level. My Cultivation speed will be much faster then.’
’My current talent is only one in a thousand. While that’s good among common people, compared to the many Princes and Princesses, it’s at best upper-middle tier, maybe even just middle tier.’
’Although Xia Wushang’s Talent and Qualification is much better than mine, he doesn’t even rank in the top five among the Princes and Princesses.’
After stowing the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit, he took another look around the Practice Room. He took the Jade Bed that aided cultivation, a Meditation Mat that calmed the mind when sat upon, and nearly a hundred bottles of High Level Elixirs... ’As expected of the wealthiest of all the Princes and Princesses. The Fifth Prince is truly loaded!’
Soon, the entire Practice Room was picked clean. He didn’t even spare the Sandalwood Luminous Sea Pearl hanging from the ceiling. The total value probably exceeded one million silver taels, and that’s not even counting the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit.
Carrying his bountiful haul, Xia Wuyang departed from the Gold and Silver Palace as silently as he came. ’Tonight’s haul was massive. I won’t have to worry about Cultivation Resources for a long time.’
’And with my Personal Space, I can hide everything inside without fear of discovery.’
He returned to Wenhua Hall in high spirits. Worried that news of the incident at the Gold and Silver Palace would leak and that Xia Wushang might send people to search the Eastern Palace, he didn’t cultivate in the Practice Room tonight. Instead, he lay in his Sleeping Palace, seemingly enjoying the company of women on either side, while secretly adjusting his Essence, Qi, and Spirit in preparation to consume the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit.
’Even though now isn’t the best time to take the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit, the Fifth Prince Xia Wushang’s cautionary tale is right in front of me. I don’t want to make the same mistake. It’s better to just take it as soon as possible.’
’After entering the Upper Three Grades, I’ve used up all my Miracle Treasures. From now on, I’ll have to rely on ordinary Elixirs to raise my Cultivation Realm. The higher my Talent and Qualification, the faster I’ll improve, so of course I have to take the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit early.’
To Xia Wuyang’s surprise, the night remained peaceful. There was no movement from the Gold and Silver Palace; it seemed the theft in the Practice Room had not yet been discovered.
’I wonder when Xia Wushang will discover his little surprise.’