Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 416 Nuwa Stone

At the same time, stark reality told Fang Xianyu that her guess that players might get lucky and obtain Heavenly-rank magic weapons and spiritual artifacts was an overestimation—

"What did you say?! This is a Heaven-Rank Magic Treasure?!"

As the only weapon refiner in the team, even though he was only a half-baked refiner, Guantangbao had enough authority to squat down first. He carefully poked the dusty stone that had been buried in the ground for a long time and had just been dug out with his finger, and repeatedly asked Fengliqi in disbelief, "That's it? A Heaven-rank magic weapon? That's it!?"

What she identified was clearly a string of question marks!
Nietzsche also had it appraised once. At first, the appraisal result was just "stone," but after several appraisals, its information changed to three question marks: "???".

This happens quite often. On the forums, players discuss this and believe it's because the appraisal ability is affected by the player's cultivation level and rank, resulting in a negligible success rate. Most of the time, there are no surprises, but some special items or quest items may result in an unidentifiable question mark.

The other players also surrounded Feng Liqi and the so-called "Heavenly Rank Magic Treasure" she mentioned, making it almost impossible for anyone to pass through—none of them had ever actually seen a legendary Heavenly Rank Magic Treasure before!
The team channel was instantly buzzing with excitement!

"What did you find out? I'm getting a string of question marks."

"I'm wondering the same thing. Could this be a prop? It doesn't look like equipment at all!"

"Exactly! A 'Heavenly Rank Magic Treasure'—if it sounds that amazing, it should at least have some colorful light effects, right? Look at this ugly thing, I can't tell the difference between it and an ordinary stone!"

"Yes, it is. I feel it's a bit rounder?"

"That doesn't look like a 'Heavenly Rank Magic Treasure' at all!"

Although the players were discussing this in the team chat, Feng Liqi could still sense that the Taiyin Sect disciples around him all seemed unconvinced. Somewhat disgruntled, he argued, "This stone is the Nuwa Stone, a Heavenly-Rank magic weapon crafted by the Goddess Nuwa! There are five in total, and this is one of them. It possesses the power of endless transformations! Our Xuju tribe chief once wielded this magic weapon, turning stone into a mountain to defend against enemies, and it was invincible!"

But the question that immediately arose in people's minds was: "Then why was it buried here?"

"Of course, it's to wipe out the extraterrestrial demons lingering in the Five-Colored Formation!" Feng Liqi, though already a wisp of gray smoke, still seemed somewhat exasperated. She said bitterly, "Back then, our Feng clan of the Xuju tribe came here to fight, but we were no match for that demon lord and all of us died in battle. The Nuwa Stone held by our clan leader was thus lost here..."

"Oh--"

Renxin Huadao suddenly realized, muttering to himself, "I must say, this setting is actually quite reasonable!"

Guantangbao guessed, "Actually, this is a quest item, right?"

Feng Liqi was completely confused by their conversation, but since she hadn't communicated with anyone—or rather, with an enlightened being—for a long time, she didn't dare to press them for the meaning behind their words. She only emphasized, "Don't be fooled by its current ordinariness. It's because I used it to fight against the Demon Lord of this world and failed, and it was damaged in the process. If there were any fellow Daoists skilled in weapon crafting here, they might be able to repair it and reuse it. I think it would be very useful for you in your fight against that Demon Lord!"

At this point, she suddenly sighed again, and the previously thick gray smoke seemed to thin out somewhat: "However, with your cultivation and level of attainment, even if you collect all five Nuwa Stones, it will be of no use. You simply cannot contend with that Demon Lord. I advise you to find a place to hide. If there are fellow Daoists outside who can help you, they might be able to come up with a way to lure you out… Sigh, forget it, forget it. We can't hold onto that hope. The seal on this world was set up by the Dragon Lord and then repaired and strengthened by many fellow Daoists. No one can escape! You should hide and cultivate more, hoping for a future… if there is a future!"

After she finished her rambling, she realized that the group of Taiyin Sect disciples were suddenly staring at a certain cultivator in their group—a female cultivator who looked ordinary and whose cultivation was also average.

"No, why are you all looking at me like that!"

This seemingly ordinary female cultivator, who had attracted much attention, was none other than the only artifact cultivator in the group, known as "Soup Dumpling." She helplessly spread her hands and said, "Looking at me is useless! Logically speaking, that's a Heaven-rank magic weapon! Heaven-rank! And a magic weapon at that! I can't even refine the worst spiritual artifact right now! How could I possibly cultivate a Heaven-rank magic weapon properly!?"

Renxin Huadao also poked at the seemingly ordinary stone, then simply picked it up, weighed it in his hand, and asked simultaneously in the group chat and the game, "What should we do? Take it out to repair? Speaking of which, this counts as a drop, right? How about we auction it off now? Anyone want to take a gamble? If it can actually be repaired in the end, it'll be a true Heavenly Rank magic weapon! This would be the first Heavenly Rank magic weapon in the entire server, right?"

Nietzsche, considering things more thoroughly, countered, "What if it's just a quest item?"

Renxin Huadao shrugged: "Then let's try our luck! Gamblers rely on mindset and luck! Besides, even if it's a quest item, it'll definitely be a rewarding one, right? This is a Heaven-Rank magic treasure!"

“You…” Feng Liqi stared in shock at the Taiyin Sect disciples who were discussing the ownership of the Nuwa Stone as if no one else was around, and couldn’t help but question them: “This belongs to our Xuju tribe! How can you act so arrogantly!”

Upon hearing Feng Liqi's words, Renxin Huadao cried out in despair, "Holy crap! No way, this doesn't count as a drop?"

Nietzsche glared at Renxin Huadao, then turned to Fengliqi with a friendly smile and asked, "Hey, didn't you say that the Nuwa Stone was a magical artifact crafted by Nuwa? How did it become part of your Xuju tribe's collection?"

Feng Liqi, however, thought Nietzsche was deliberately mocking him, and became flustered, stammering in defense: "Yes, it was indeed made by the Goddess Nuwa, but... but after all, our Xuju tribe has been using it all along!"

The shameless Renxin Huadao tossed the Nuwa Stone up and down again, saying, "Didn't your Xuju tribe get wiped out? Since you were all wiped out, what I picked up here is ours!"

Feng Liqi grew increasingly angry: "How can you be so unreasonable?!"

Renxin Huadao said shamelessly, "Hey, the main problem is that you didn't explain yourself clearly. You said you directed us to dig this thing out, and I thought it was a gift to us! If you had just told us earlier, we would have been in this mess! Look at the mess this has made!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Liqi felt his emotions, which had been calm for countless years, suddenly become turbulent.

Indeed, her initial intention in guiding this group to dig up the Nuwa Stone was to allow them to use it to hide from the Demon Lord in this small world, and ideally, to cultivate diligently before pursuing anything else. Strictly speaking, it was no different from giving it to them, but...

But you can't just shamelessly take it all!

When did human cultivators become so shameless?!