Chapter 425: Imperial Treasury
“Haah…” Compass Carburettor exhaled sharply as he slumped on a tree stem, gasping in exhaustion while the Claw Wolf slept beside him, acting as a shield for him.
Forming an arc before him was the Claw Wolf while situated behind him was the thick tree trunk, ensuring he was covered on all sides. This layer of defence was enough for the time being to protect himself from ambushes.
Currently, Compass Carburettor’s condition was pretty horrible. He was yet able to recover his sight or hearing. His sense of smell was wonky as all he could inhale was a scent similar to rust.
He took out some water, cleaning himself first of all the dirt and grime. Following that, he hydrated himself, beginning to eat food to his limit.
Upon observing that his body’s natural recovery mechanism had kicked in, he closed his eyes, beginning to sleep. Thanks to the Blood Vitality Grass, he was capable of regeneration, even though this process was pretty slow.
As he wasn’t able to see anything while his hearing wasn’t proper, operating himself to use the Origin Art of Frog Recovery was too risky. There was a higher chance of him messing it up, causing the Origin Art to grow extra body parts which would result in a situation akin to cancer.
‘Hmm, if I fuse the effects of the Blood Vitality Grass’s healing effects into Frog Recovery, it’ll raise my healing capabilities.’ He thought, feeling that it would be for the best to create this. After all, when he reached the Martial Providence Stage, he and his Martial Spirit would fuse with one another.
At that time, Frog Recovery—the Origin Art that fused the attributes of Frog and Blood-Vitality-Grass—would act as the gateway to perfect his fusion. Moreover, it’ll also allow him to output greater strength.
‘I should work on fusing my Blood-Vitality-Grass attribute in other Origin Arts too.’ He decided. The Origin Arts of Frog Leap and Snag would obtain a significant boost in power once he achieves this.
He had yet to obtain a good idea to fuse it with the attribute of Mind. ‘But that’s what cultivation is. A constant state of growth and development.’
As time passed, he gradually fell asleep. During this time, the Blood Vitality Grass growing in his stomach absorbed nutrients from his stomach, including his Origin Essence as it amped up his recovery, slowly causing his facial muscles to twitch and the underlying nerves to wriggle.
They began to heal naturally, gradually recovering his eyesight and hearing.
It was nighttime when he woke up as Compass Carburettor was able to see now, sighing in relief, ‘It would have been disastrous if I had lost my sight.’
Thanks to the Frog attribute, he was able to see exceptionally well during the night. The moment he woke up, the Claw Wolf got up too, ready to move out.
Smiling, he patted its neck, sitting on its back as he clapped twice, watching it move in response, ‘It’s reacting quicker to my actions now.’
He had fully recovered during his sleep, now able to fight once again. Moreover, he noticed something beneficial.
Since there existed Origin Essence in the air itself here in the Folkan Secret Realm, his Blood Vitality Grass was able to absorb that automatically, ensuring his Origin Essence reserves were full all the time.
This also meant that even when he was fighting, it would continue to absorb Origin Essence, replenishing him constantly. ‘As long as I manage my expenditure properly, I’ll be able to outlast my foes.’
Currently, the quantity of Origin Essence in him amounted to around a Fifth or Sixth Layer of the Martial Origin Stage. And as for Origin Essence quality, it had already reached an average Martial Origin Stage cultivator.
This meant that even at present, he would be able to go against Fifth or Sixth Stage Martial Origin Stage cultivators and easily win against them. This was the sheer advantage the Essence Derby Palace had given him in terms of Origin Essence.
Thanks to his tower shield being the strongest, the advantage he obtained was also the highest out of everyone, including the System Hosts. After all, when he was in the Essence Beast’s body, with it recognising him as its core, its essence constantly surged in him.
Essence Increasing Spark and Essence Strengthening Spark. He had already absorbed it beyond his body’s limit. If not for ingesting the Blood Vitality Grass back then, his body would have exploded.
Once his body seemed to be on the verge of collapse, the Essence changed into the Spirit Strengthening Essence, strengthening his Mind Frog. And finally, as he was its core, considered as the Attribute Strengthening Spark, his three attributes were strengthened considerably.
From just one area, he had grown a lot stronger. ‘If only I could have trained in the Temperate Refinement Zone.’
He sighed, feeling that it was a loss. Training there would have significantly improved the overall coordination between his body and Martial Spirit, allowing him to use his Origin Arts better.
“There’s nothing else I can do but to strive forward.” He muttered, “I’ll return to the Temperate Refinement Zone at a later date. The core region shouldn’t be unrecoverable yet.”
As that place was currently influenced by Dullin’s Bad Luck, going there in his current condition would further worsen his situation. Hence, he wished to go somewhere else and recover his innate luck to a certain extent before returning there.
Eventually, he came across some cultivators, following them as the group reached a palace of sorts. The palace was majestic, situated atop a mountain that seemed to have been cleaved at the halfway point.
On the flattened surface, the majestic palace was built, spanning tens of kilometres in length and breadth, and a height of five hundred metres. It pretty much resembled a mountain in itself.
Cultivators constantly streamed into it as Compass Carburettor was even able to hear sounds of fighting in many places. When he inquired about the details with someone nearby, his eyes widened as he hurriedly prompted the Claw Wolf to race towards the entrance.
“This place? Ah, it’s the Imperial Treasury. From what I know, it’s full of Artifacts, pills, and even mystical Origin Arts. Those that entered first would be getting the lump of the pie. And from what I had heard, two terrifying cultivators took the lead.”
