From Celestial Official to Great Celestial Venerable

Chapter 62 1000!

Qin Chuan arrived at the county temple at dusk.

"Bangbang——"

He lightly tapped the door with his fingers, and as his knuckles touched the cloud patterns engraved on the door panel, a subtle light seemed to flash by.

"Come in."

A clear, cold sound, like jade striking against jade, came from inside the house. It was Sun Qinghan, the deputy county magistrate and local deity of Jiuchuan.

Qin Chuan pushed open the door and entered. He saw that the office was simply furnished. The woman sitting behind the desk was dressed in a moon-white Taoist robe with a light blue gauze over it. The hem of the robe was embroidered with dark gold "County God" runes. As she moved, the runes seemed to flow with light.

A spirit-gathering lamp burned on the table, and in the flickering light of the lamp wick, several scrolls of immortal documents floated, the ink characters on the surface of the documents glowing slightly.

"Your Majesty, you summoned me. What are your orders?"

Qin Chuan bowed respectfully, his gaze not daring to stray even slightly.

Sun Qinghan raised her eyes, and when her gaze fell on him, it carried a hint of scrutiny towards a junior, but also an undisguised admiration.

She raised her hand to indicate, "Close the door and sit down."

Qin Chuan closed the door as instructed and sat down on the futon in front of the desk.

The glow of the spirit-gathering lamp fell upon him, making the "Nongling" emblem on his blue Taoist robe even clearer.

"Qinchuan."

Sun Qinghan put down the immortal document in his hand, his fingertip tracing the surface of the document, leaving a faint trace of spiritual energy. "You have obtained the quota for the Heavenly Investigation personally selected by True Person Xuanji. This time, you have brought a lot of honor to our Jiuchuan."

Qin Chuan stood up solemnly, cupped his hands and said, "I was just doing my duty. I was able to gain the favor of True Person Xuanji entirely thanks to your efforts, County God, in inviting the True Person to Jiuchuan for the assessment, which gave me the opportunity to pass the review."

"That's all,"

Sun Qinghan chuckled lightly, his tone becoming more amiable. "Although I hold the position of county magistrate, I am not much older than you, so there's no need for such formalities. I've called you here today because I have a serious matter to entrust to you—this quota for the celestial investigation may seem like an opportunity, but it is actually a responsibility."

With a flick of her finger, the spirit-gathering lamp on the table suddenly brightened, and within its halo appeared blurry, illusory images of the heavens beyond:
"Today, the Heavenly Court is undergoing a transformation, and the great Dao is sweeping across the Three Realms. All the blessed lands, immortal sects, and government offices are vying for spiritual energy and resources from beyond the heavens. However, we in Jiuchuan know very little about the Dao beyond the heavens, and our connections and channels are even weaker. Your trip to the Perfect World is not just about accompanying the group on an inspection tour, but also about paving the way for Jiuchuan."

Qin Chuan's heart skipped a beat, instantly understanding the weight of this task. He straightened his back and said in a deep voice, "Please give your instructions, County God, and I will do my utmost."

"You should take this opportunity to make more friends with celestial beings,"

Sun Qinghan said slowly, "In the future, if Jiuchuan's Cloud Mist Tea is to be sold to the outer heavens, and if the Nongling Immortal Seeds are to attract spiritual energy from the outer heavens for development, we will need to rely on these connections to build bridges. This is not an easy task, but it is an opportunity for you and me, and for the entire Jiuchuan."

Qin Chuan solemnly cupped his hands in greeting: "I will certainly live up to the trust placed in me by the county temple and the county god, and I will make the name of Jiuchuan resound even more in the heavens."

Sun Qinghan gestured for him to calm down, then reached under the table and took out a sandalwood box. When he opened it, two beams of spiritual light rushed out.

Inside the box were two yellowed fairy tablets and a storage bag embroidered with cloud patterns.

“This is the travel document I applied for for you.” She picked up a celestial document, the four golden characters “Dongsheng Heavenly Court” on the surface shining brightly. “When you arrive in the Perfect World, you need to have it stamped locally. If you encounter danger or difficulties, you can use this document to seek help from the celestial official of the Honglu Temple stationed there by Dongsheng. The other one is a storage bag approved by the county temple, containing cloud and mist tea from Jiuchuan, Ganoderma lucidum spawn from Lushan Blessed Land, and a celestial cooperation document plan drafted by Chaisang Cave Heaven. These are all items used to build good karma.”

Qin Chuan accepted the wooden box with both hands, feeling a warm spiritual energy emanating from his palms. He felt even more solemn: "I will take good care of it and live up to my mission."

Seeing his tense expression, Sun Qinghan softened his tone slightly: "Although True Person Xuanji is the chief examiner, he is ultimately a scholar of the academy and has his own important investigation duties. It is inconvenient to bother him with the trivial matters of Jiuchuan. Although I wish to go in person, I am restricted by the current regulations and cannot have the opportunity to leave the heavens for the time being. Only you are one of our own in the Jiuchuan Immortal Class and a prodigy in the field of agricultural spirits, so this matter must be entrusted to you."

She paused, then took out a translucent white jade talisman from her sleeve and handed it over: "I have a spiritual connection with someone in Perfect World. The Nine Rivers Spirit Orange was able to be introduced and cultivated through her channels. This jade talisman is engraved with her communication mark. Once you arrive, you can contact her by activating it with your own spiritual energy. She will provide you with more assistance."

Qin Chuan took the jade talisman and felt that it was cool to the touch and contained a wisp of gentle spiritual energy. It was obviously a communication artifact that had been carefully nurtured.

He cupped his hands in thanks again: "Thank you for your consideration, County God. I will remember it."

"Alright, that's all for now. I hope that when you come back from this trip, you'll not only bring a turning point to your own career, but also a huge turning point to Jiuchuan." Sun Qinghan crossed his arms.

Qin Chuan was greatly moved.

Is this a turning point in your career?
This is practically an explicit statement!
After receiving the three items from Sun Qinghan, Qin Chuan left the county temple, carrying the other party's earnest instructions.

They returned to their home in the He family compound.

He reviewed every word the county god had uttered tonight, making sure he hadn't missed anything, before muttering to himself:
Whether I can rise from humble beginnings to great heights depends on what I do this time.

After encouraging himself, he finally slowly opened the three items given to him by Sun Qinghan, representing the county temple and himself. Although they were called three items, they were actually just the travel permit, the storage bag, and the communication jade talisman. The storage bag contained quite a few other things.

Qin Chuan received a reminder that these three items contained a great deal of magical essence simply by touching them.

[Item: Passport]

[A pass issued by the Eastern Heavenly Court, granting permission for the holder to leave the Heavenly Realm. Contains 500 points of Dharma Essence, which can be recycled.]

Qin Chuan did not act rashly.

This thing, like one's own certificate, is proof of identity. If it were to be recycled, and something went wrong, one would have nowhere to turn to cry in a foreign land. One cannot gamble away five hundred Dharma essences for such a thing.

[Item: Storage bag]

[This is a standard magical artifact of the Eastern Heavenly Court, made from the hide of a Void Beast. It is engraved with spatial runes and can form a cubic internal space. Through the process of being crafted by a master of storage, it has been imbued with magical essence, containing the method of 'containing a mustard seed within a vast expanse of Mount Sumeru.' It can be refined and recycled into 3000 magical essences.]

The Three Thousand Dharmas!

This is a huge fortune.

However, compared to refining, extracting the 'Sumeru-like Mustard Seed' method is clearly more cost-effective. It might allow one to create a private three-dimensional space at will, and even increase the size of the internal space by adding points later.

[Jade Talisman for Communication]

[This is an ordinary communication jade talisman, nothing special. It contains an outer realm rune with sound transmission array patterns engraved within it. It contains the method of 'divine thought transmission', which can be refined or recycled into 100 magic essences.]

Transmitting sound with divine sense is the most basic spell in the world of cultivation. Unfortunately, the transmission distance of ordinary divine sense transmission depends on the cultivation level, while the sound transmission jade talisman, which is paired with the huge talisman tower project, can transmit sound to any place in Dongsheng Tianxia that is covered by the talisman tower.

Next, Qin Chuan examined the items in the storage bag one by one. Some of the documents had indeed passed through the hands of the county temple or even the grotto heaven. Although they were just plans and did not have the legal effect of contracts, they still contained legal principles.

The next seven or eight days will be spent working on it.

Qin Chuan refined what could be refined and recycled what could be recycled.

He immediately acquired a technique for spatial storage.

Sumeru can be contained in a mustard seed.

Qin Chuan looked at the half-foot-sized cubic space he had created in his dantian by using his spiritual power to perform the 'Sumeru-Suppressing Mustard Seed' technique. He thought to himself, "Indeed, people's physiques are different. My storage bag is made of the skin of a Void Beast, so it can create a cubic space. But I, an ordinary person without a special Void physique, can only create half a foot of cubic space. However, if my cultivation level increases and this technique improves in the future, I can continue to expand it."

Similarly, he also acquired the skill of transmitting sound through divine sense.

He tried it out, and with his extraordinary spiritual sense, combined with his cultivation and spiritual power, he was able to accurately transmit the information to someone several miles away.

In contrast to the gains from these two spells.

The majority of the legal principles extracted from the plans, contracts, and project documents drafted in those blessed lands and grottoes are the key elements.

These plans were devised by various high-ranking immortals from blessed lands and grottoes, and after being refined and added together, they amounted to a total of 1000 Dharma essences!

(End of this chapter)