Chapter 799: Spotless Jade

“Gongzi, what should we do now? Are we going to go back?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Of course not. Since we already went this far, we have to at least get something out of this” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“What kind of thing?” Shannu asked.

Gu Qing Shan pointed below his feet: “This entire place is a treasure vault since I stalled for so long just now, I’m sure Xie Gu Hong had already chosen a treasure and left, so now it’s my turn”

“Treasure? What kind of item does gongzi want to pick?” Shannu curiously asked.

“Ah… I’m also thinking about that… This was the 33rd floor, and from how it has been so far, the higher the floor, the fewer items there were and the more precious it is, so——”

Suddenly, Gu Qing Shan remembered something and loudly asked: “That’s right, Shannu, you’re still using [All Beings Equal] to become human, aren’t you?”

“Yes, gongzi, should I turn back into my sword spirit form?” Shannu asked, a bit puzzled.

“Absolutely do not!” Gu Qing Shan hurriedly stopped her.

“Ah? But why not?” Shannu was still confused.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “We count as two people right now, which means, we can choose two treasures from this place before we leave”

He was feeling a bit excited.

——-it’s been so long since I got something useful.

Even the armor I wore during the previous phantom image was from an Elemental Fire cultivator.

——it was that cultivator’s heirloom armor.

Unfortunately, without his armor, the Elemental Fire cultivator died on the frontlines.

After that battle, Gu Qing Shan went out of his way to search for that cultivator’s relatives and returned that armor.

Not only did he return the armor, he even left quite a bit of cultivation resources in his house—- for that cultivator’s son.

Indeed, this was only a phantom image, not actual history.

But Gu Qing Shan wouldn’t betray a comrade’s trust, no matter if they were real or not.

Shannu looked around: “Gongzi, I can see a lot of precious items here, aren’t you going to pick one?”

This floor contained many rare Bygone Era materials and resources, enough to create powerful treasure tools.

And it wasn’t just this floor, this entire Daoist temple was a world of treasures from the Bygone Era.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “I won’t, it would take too much effort to even learn about these material’s effects and uses. To refine and forge them would require extremely intricate control and a much higher level of cultivation, we don’t have the time for that”

“So we’re going to continue to take a look on the next floor!”

“Understood, gongzi” Shannu glanced back at the precious materials longingly, but agreed with him.

The two of them got onto the warp formation and headed for the next floor.

…

The 34th floor.

Gu Qing Shan slowly walked around.

He curiously checked the items of this place one by one, leisurely walking around.

Shannu asked: “Gongzi, didn’t you tell me that the old man was afraid that the True God was going to come here soon that he had to leave right away?”

“Ah, he did” Gu Qing Shan answered while checking a cold seashell.

“Then why isn’t gongzi in a hurry to pick out something and run? Is gongzi not afraid that the Eternal True God would come here?” Shannu curiously asked.

Gu Qing Shan asked back in surprise: “Why would it come here? It already perfectly achieved its goal, the old man would have also reported that I ran away”

“Is gongzi sure of that?”

“Hm, it is definitely escorting Xie Gu Hong back with extreme care, making sure that nothing happens to him”

“What if it still wants to come here and check?” Shannu was still unconvinced.

“If that’s the case—-” Gu Qing Shan took out a warp talisman: “Since this Daoist temple only allows humans to come in, it would have to spend some time to destroy this place. And I’ve already checked, my warp talisman isn’t restricted here, I can escape at any time”

Shannu patted her chest in relief: “That old man really does make one feel assured”

“Hm, you can also help me pick out something” Gu Qing Shan told her.

Since Shannu is a sword spirit so her perspective is different from mine, she might be able to notice something I miss.

“Yes” Shannu replied.

The two of them split up and walked around the 34th floor.

A few moments later.

“Gongzi, come here!” Shannu called out from afar.

Gu Qing Shan came over.

“Look!” Shannu pointed at an armor.

Gu Qing Shan looked at it.

This was a set of beautifully shaped armor, silently hovering in the air with a faint glow.

“Hm… this might be the strongest armor I’ve ever seen” Gu Qing Shan commented.

“Right? I tried attacking it just now but couldn’t even leave a mark, this must be an exceptional armor”

Shannu continued: “Since gongzi is a sword cultivator, you urgently need a good set of armor. Choose this one!”

Gu Qing Shan muses: “Truly, with a suitable set of armor, a sword cultivator can display even more power than normal, however…”

“However?” Shannu asked.

“Shannu, didn’t you notice? This is a female armor, I won’t fit into that waist” Gu Qing Shan shrugged.

He suddenly understood and smiled: “Do you want to wear this armor? Shannu?”

“Me?” Shannu was a bit surprised.

“Indeed, if you like this set of armor, you can take it. I can tell such a set of armor isn’t something you can come by every day” Gu Qing Shan said.

Shannu waved her hands: “Gongzi, have you forgotten? I have the [Invincible] property so I normally won’t be damaged at all”

The Six Paths Great Mountain sword had a Thaumaturgy: [Invincible]

[Invincible: No power or magic can destroy this sword]

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly: “But you were wounded when I met you in Huang Quan”

Shannu replied: “I think I already told you. At the time, I was sleeping so the Demis managed to scheme and use a method to specifically damage weapon spirits to hurt me. Now that gongzi is my master, there would be no chance for anyone else to damage me again”

Gu Qing Shan recalled.

Truthfully, it was because no weapon in Huang Quan could stop the 7-colored spear so I asked the Huang Quan weapons to take me to the only weapon that managed to stop the 7-colored spear.

And that was Shannu.

“So you didn’t want to wear this armor, but are really suggesting me to wear it… but I’m a man” Gu Qing Shan said.

Shannu replied: “Riches can be earned but great armor cannot. Gongzi can simply endure a bit and use [All Beings Equal] to take my form, you’ll be able to fit this armor”

Gu Qing Shan was surprised.

If I take Shannu’s form with [All Beings Equal], I would become female.

If I were female, I would be able to wear this Bygone Era female armor as I wish.

Ah… that’s not a bad idea…

——-yes it is!

This thought is too dangerous, I can’t believe I even considered changing genders!

Gu Qing Shan took a deep breath and smiled amiably towards Shannu: “Hm, I can see your goodwill. I’ll take a look around again, if there is nothing better, I’ll take this armor”

“Yes” Shannu happily replied.

After leaving Huang Quan and going through so many worlds, Shannu’s vision and mind had also slowly changed.

Even though she was still naturally aloof, being able to help gongzi pick out a set of armor made her happy.

Gu Qing Shan once again looked around.

This time, he was going a lot faster.

Hmm, there are a lot of great things here, but not many that fit me.

Wait a minute——-

Gu Qing Shan suddenly noticed something.

He stopped and headed for that item.

This was a jade pendant carved from pure white jade, faint mist drifted about the ornament, obscuring its shape.

When Gu Qing Shan looked at the jade pendant, the mist around it quickly faded to reveal its true form.

——it was a gourd-shaped jade ornament.

When he saw the mist fade by itself, Gu Qing Shan stopped.

He gently called out: “Come”

The gourd fluttered a bit in the sky before heading to Gu Qing Shan.

Shannu was surprised: “Gongzi, this is—–”

Gu Qing Shan replied: “Indeed when a person picks an item, the items are also picking a person. Perhaps it felt that I’m worthy to it”

He didn’t expect to encounter the situation that the world’s automatic system mentioned.

Gu Qing Shan hadn’t found any item with recoil, but he got a gourd that automatically accepted him as its master.

This was a wonderful thing.

Gu Qing Shan stood next to Shannu, waiting for the gourd to come to him.

A few dozen seconds later.

The jade gourd was hovering very slowly and still hadn’t reached Gu Qing Shan.

Shannu looked at the jade gourd and scowled: “If you already want to come with gongzi, why are you flying so slowly?”

The jade gourd trembled slightly and flew faster.

—–but it was still pitifully slow.

Gu Qing Shan used a telekinesis hand seal to bring the jade pendant closer to him.

“Gongzi?” Shannu doubtfully asked.

“1 million years is a very long time, I guess that it’s probably really weak right now. And I also like it so I should at least show my sincerity”

Gu Qing Shan spoke emotionally.

Shannu smiled: “A gentleman does not leave his jade until death[1]——- this jade pendant really is quite fitting for gongzi”

“I’m no gentleman, I’m only a sword cultivator” Gu Qing Shan replied.

When he took the jade gourd, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:

[Bygone Era artifact, jade pendant: Adorable[2]]

[This jade pendant was naturally formed, a manifestation of the Bygone Era Heaven and Earth Bell. Usually hides in plain sight, only shows up when it’s happy]

[This jade pendant has the Thaumaturgy: Borrowing Wonder]

[This jade pendant has the Thaumaturgy: Hundred Lanterns]

[This jade pendant has the Thaumaturgy: Spotless Jade]

[Note: Only when the jade pendant informs you, can you learn of its specific Thaumaturgy attributes]

Reading that last line, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows a bit.

Only the most powerful items among those Gu Qing Shan had met contained that description.

The Earth sword, Chao Yin sword and Shannu all had to inform Gu Qing Shan what kind of abilities they had.

So this was a common occurrence for his flying swords.

But now, a small jade pendant was also like this.

Gu Qing Shan looked at the second line of text.

If I take this description at face value, this means that the jade pendant will only show itself if it wants to.

Aside from that, it would be almost impossible for anyone to find it.

That alone shows that it wasn’t simple.

Gu Qing Shan muttered: “How impressive”

Xiu…

The jade gourd let out a tiny weak response.

[1] A gentleman does not leave his jade until death: This was a short poem in the raws, but couldn’t be translated to English. A jade ornament in medieval China served as both a symbol of status and wealth as well as a sort of personal charm, similar to how European gentlemen of a certain status would always carry a pocket watch.

[2] The name in the raws is “唯尊” – Wei Zun, which means “The only venerable one”, or “The only respectable one”, the English name is a play on words, in “adore” also means to respect.