Don't Cause Trouble Chapter 65: Heaven’s Blessing

"This time, Xu Chengyu from the Sword Sect, along with Zhou Yun and Ma Congqiu, weren’t in the Bingyang Secret Realm. I heard they went to the Desolate City Secret Realm."

"The Desolate City Secret Realm? Didn’t it collapse…? Could it be that they got their hands on the realm’s guardian treasure?"

"No way. Xu Chengyu isn’t that powerful."

"But I heard he’s already at the Nascent Soul stage. He might be one of our strongest opponents in the upcoming sect tournament."

"So what if he’s in the Nascent Soul stage? Do you think any Nascent Soul cultivator can beat our Senior Brother Lu?"

"Senior Brother Lu," someone nearby called out.

"Exactly." The one speaking was about to keep going, but then noticed the others looking uneasy. He turned around, a beat too late only to see Lu Chenhan, dressed in white with black hair, walking past them.

He was tall and lean, with an exceptionally handsome face and eyes like a frozen lake. He left only a cold statement: "No talking outside the Kunlun Hall."

All six people present immediately dropped to their knees in panic. "Please punish us, Senior Brother."

Lu Chenhan ignored them and walked forward. The senior brother following behind gave them a glance and said, "Go receive punishment at the Discipline Hall."

Only then did the group let out a small breath of relief. If they had been personally dragged there by Senior Brother Lu and the elders found out, they wouldn’t be able to stay in Kunlun any longer.

After Lu Chenhan and the other man left, the six didn’t dare speak again and hurried off to the Discipline Hall to receive their punishment.

Once everyone had left, two people emerged from the side of the Kunlun Main Hall—one older, one younger. The younger man looked in the direction Lu Chenhan had gone, sneering with a cold glint in his eyes. "So arrogant, even after surviving."

"He gained a lot from the Bingyang Secret Realm this time," the older man said. "He even brought a girl back to Kunlun. Find a chance to look into it."

"A girl? Even Lu Chenhan has someone he likes?" The younger man’s interest was piqued. "Then I’ll make sure to give her a warm welcome."

……

In Guizong City, Huang Erqian hurried over and received a drop of Cold Crystal Mud from Ye Su.

"Your junior brothers and sisters delivered another batch of magical artifacts for sale. They said they’ll give all the profits to you. I sold them all on the way here." He pulled out a small qiankun bag of spirit stones from his qiankun qiankun bag and handed it to Ye Su, then brought out a few more materials. "Also, here are the things you asked for."

"Under the name Mu Ji?" Ye Su accepted them and asked.

"Yes, Mu Ji," Huang Erqian nodded and gave a thumbs-up. "Although the artifacts aren’t high-grade, the ones your junior brothers and sisters made are definitely top-tier among their level. Recently in the cultivation world, there’s a rumor going around that Master Mu Ji is doing charity work—specifically crafting this batch of low-level artifacts for cultivators still on the rise."

Ye Su cut straight to the point: "You started that rumor, didn’t you?"

Huang Erqian coughed. "Well, it’s all for the sake of expanding our reputation. Right now, those two genius artifact refiners from the Zhanjin Sect have already reached the late Foundation Establishment stage. The artifacts they’re producing are nearly at Nascent Soul quality. They’ve shot up into the top fifty on the Baiqing Ranking. If this keeps up, they’ll be unstoppable."

Ye Su frowned when she heard this. As expected, those two had been hiding their true strength. She asked, "What about Quan Jiaying?"

"Quan Jiaying?" Huang Erqian tried to recall, then finally remembered. "That guy from the Poyuan Sect? His ranking’s rising fast too already up to ninety-nine. But with such strong competition ahead of him, he still falls a bit short in comparison."

In such a short time, Quan Jiaying had made impressive progress, but he still couldn’t surpass those two from Zhanjin Sect. Who knows how he must be feeling about that.

"When are you going to join the Baiqing Ranking?" Huang Erqian asked curiously. He was dying to know, he had a feeling Ye Su’s rank wouldn’t be low.

"In two years," Ye Su replied with a slight smile. "After the sect tournament."

"You’re really planning to join?" Huang Erqian was surprised. "Honestly, talisman cultivators haven’t done very well in the past. Six or seven out of the top ten are sword cultivators. The rest are split between the Buddhist Sect and the Hehuan Sect. A talisman cultivator making it in at all would be considered a miracle."

"You never know until you try," Ye Su raised an eyebrow. "If I can place, even better."

While they were talking, You Fushi walked in from outside. With a lazy flick of his long sleeve, he sat down beside Ye Su without a word and pushed a stack of papers full of writing toward her.

Huang Erqian glanced at him and instinctively shut his mouth. That face… really dazzling, no matter how many times you look at it.

"I’ll be going now," Huang Erqian said. "We can’t just go into secret realms as we please anymore. I’ll probably be working at the materials shop full-time. If anything comes up, I’ll contact you."

He said it casually, but deep in his eyes was a trace of sorrow he couldn’t fully hide. This was one of the last valuable assets left from the Wendong Materials Shop, a symbol of its prime.

Just as Huang Erqian was about to walk out, Ye Su suddenly called out to him, "The scroll… if there’s ever a chance, I’ll help you get it back."

"Thanks," Huang Erqian replied, though he didn’t take it seriously. Even he hadn’t clearly seen what that beast looked like. "Oh, right, I'll be around the next few days. If your magical artifact is finished being reforged, bring it over. I’ll help you sell it."

He left an address.

Ye Su watched the person leave, then withdrew her gaze and picked up the stack of papers on the table, flipping through them. "How many characters did you practice?"

"One hundred," You Fushi replied lazily.

Although the handwriting on the paper was gradually improving, it still had a floaty, unsteady feel. Ye Su corrected a few of his characters with her brush and said, "Write these few ‘person’ characters again next time."

You Fushi didn’t respond. He lay on the table, playing with a teacup, sniffed the coarse tea beside him, then tossed it aside in disgust.

Ye Su opened the qiankun bag of spirit stones on the table and found that most were mid-grade stones, with a few high-grade ones mixed in. Given her junior brothers and sisters’ Foundation Establishment level in artifact refining, it was clear Huang Erqian had added some of his own stones to the amount.

She picked out a few high-grade spirit stones and casually handed them to You Fushi beside her.

You Fushi lowered his eyes to look at the spirit stones in his hand, then looked up at this mortal woman, slightly confused.

"Use them for cultivation," Ye Su said, calculating the remaining stones and planning to give them to Xu Chengyu and the others later. "I’ll give you a demon core when I have one again."

She still remembered how pale You Fushi looked that day. Even though he seemed fine afterward, something must have gone wrong.

A few high-grade spirit stones wouldn’t solve much, but they were better than nothing.

This time, the little junior brother heard her. He gripped the spirit stones, gave them a light squeeze, and instantly absorbed all of them, then spread out his hand. "They’re gone."

"…I don’t have any more either," Ye Su said, spreading her hands.

She stood up to leave, and You Fushi followed behind her.

The two walked out one after the other. You Fushi slowly stepped on Ye Su’s shadow as he walked, finding it amusing.

When Ye Su reached the back courtyard, Xu Chengyu was sparring with Lu Jiu in swordplay. Upon seeing her, Zhou Yun came over and asked what was going on.

"These spirit stones should be enough to cover the teleportation array for four people," Ye Su said, handing over the qiankun bag. "In a few days, I’ll have a magic artifact to sell."

She was planning to sell the monk's spade.

Back in the Arid City secret realm, she had obtained Eight-Eyed Dog hide and eyeballs. She gave them to Huang Erqian in exchange for some materials and planned to reforged the spade with them.

Now that she was at the Golden Core stage, she could make something even better.

Besides, Ye Su hadn’t done artifact refining in a while, so instead of exchanging the Eight-Eyed Dog materials for spirit stones, she chose to reforge the artifact.

"Alright," Zhou Yun took the qiankun bag. "I’ll give it to senior brother later."

Just then, Ma Congqiu returned from somewhere and rushed over when he saw them. "Lian Lian is forming her Nascent Soul. There’s been a big commotion at the Wuxing Sect lately."

Zhou Yun’s face turned complicated. "I hope she succeeds and focuses on her cultivation from now on."

"I just heard it on the street," Ma Congqiu added. "They say she had to take a bunch of pills to reach Nascent Soul."

"She had several breakthroughs in the secret realm. How could it just be from pills?" Zhou Yun was annoyed. "Did those people see it with their own eyes?"

Ma Congqiu glanced at Zhou Yun and cautiously said, "Junior sister, didn’t you also say she was relying on pills?"

"…I saw it myself back then!" Zhou Yun’s face darkened at the memory. "The Wuxing Sect’s sect leader gave her a Miao Ling Pill to help her break through. She barely had to cultivate."

Back then, after the sect leader of the Wuxing Sect appeared, Zhou Yun had watched Lian Lian about to swallow the pill and couldn’t help stepping forward to mock her, saying she was useless if she needed pills to advance.

The Miao Ling Pill was indeed effective at boosting one’s level. The high-grade version was especially sought after. But the major sects avoided it because it could affect a cultivator’s long-term path. Most notably, those who used it often got stuck at the Integration stage and suffered frequent inner demons.

"Yes, yes," Ma Congqiu shut his mouth.

Zhou Yun couldn’t help but add, "Rumors really aren’t reliable. We all liked Lu Chenhan once, what’s wrong with glancing at someone a few more times?"

Ma Congqiu looked like he wanted to say something, but held back. Wasn’t it junior sister who used to have a crush on Lu Chenhan? Then she shifted her affections again later.

At that thought, he glanced at You Fushi standing quietly inside Ye Su’s shadow. Senior brother was right, disciples of the Qianji Sect were all unusually good-looking.

In the end, Zhou Yun couldn’t resist. She greeted Xu Chengyu and decided to head to the Wuxing Sect to see for herself.

Ye Su went back upstairs and began the second round of refining the monk's spade. Since she planned to sell it, it had to stand out.

The monk's spade was already a highly refined type of magic artifact. Adding or removing features wouldn’t improve it, so Ye Su decided to first upgrade the material quality and then carve talisman patterns onto it.

—Phantom Sound Rune.

Ye Su finally engraved a Phantom Sound Rune on each of the rings of the monk's spade, enhancing its ability to confuse enemies. During battle, when the rings shook, the wielder of the weapon could attack the opponent’s mind.

This rune was difficult to draw its structure was complex and densely packed and she had to carve it onto a slender circular ring, which required extremely precise control of spiritual power.

Ye Su practiced drawing it several times on paper with a gold-inlaid jade brush before she dared to begin engraving the Phantom Sound Rune slowly onto the two thin rings.

She didn’t dare to be distracted while inscribing the rune, even her breathing became lighter. Stroke by stroke, she worked carefully. But after finishing all the rings, Ye Su suddenly thought of adding a Burrowing Rune to the shaft.

There was no special reason, she just wanted to give the spade’s future owner an extra means of escape.

Since she was already modifying the shaft, and the spade had a crescent blade on one end and an axe-shaped blade on the other, it felt a bit empty without adding more enhancements.

So Ye Su continued adding runes. The Diamond Rune had to be included and why not throw in a Speed Rune as well?

By the end, every smooth surface of the monk's spade was covered in engraved runes, strange and intricate.

And thus, a Rune Spade was born.

When the magic artifact was finally completed, a beam of golden light suddenly descended from the sky, piercing through the roof and shining directly onto the spade. It glowed faintly with rainbow-colored light, drawing the attention of Xu Chengyu and the others from the neighboring room.

Ye Su raised her eyebrows slightly, a hint of surprise in her eyes, but she didn’t move. Only when the light gradually faded did she reach out and take the monk's spade. It felt warm to the touch, and along the edge of the crescent blade, a string of special markings remained—like snowflake patterns.

This was a trace left behind by the blessing of the Heavenly Dao.

When Ye Su stepped out holding the monk's spade, several people were waiting outside and immediately turned to look at her.

"I thought you had broken through again," Xu Chengyu said, looking her up and down, only to realize there was no change in her cultivation level.

"It’s the magic artifact," Ye Su smiled. "Sometimes, when a artifact is completed, there’s a beam of light like that. Among artifact refiners, it’s called a blessing of the Heavenly Dao."

"Heavenly Dao blessing? I remember one year, there was a Foundation Establishment-level artifact refiner on the Baiqing Ranking who made a magic artifact that looked very ordinary, but because it had the Heavenly Dao’s blessing, it was ranked in the top hundred," Ma Congqiu said excitedly. "That refiner later became the sect leader of the Zhanjin Sect!"

"Are you really going to sell such a good magic artifact?" Xu Chengyu asked, somewhat regretfully.

Ye Su nodded. "It’s just a artifact. With this blessing, maybe it’ll sell for even more."

……

That night, Ye Su took the monk's spade blessed by the Heavenly Dao to find Huang Erqian.

"Please help me sell it," Ye Su said.

"No trouble at all," Huang Erqian replied, taking the magic artifact in his hands and examining it. "These markings... are they all talisman runes?"

Ye Su proceeded to explain the function of each rune one by one.

Huang Erqian was dumbfounded. "...It does all that? Can anyone even make use of all these functions?"

"You just focus on selling it," Ye Su said. She’d gotten carried away with both refining the artifact and drawing talismans, which led to the current result.

"Alright, alright," Huang Erqian said, patting his chest confidently. "Don’t worry, this will sell easily. There are always some suckers who love flashy magic artifacts like this."

He noticed the special marking on the crescent blade and laughed. "You even added a Heavenly Dao blessing design?"

In the past, many artifact refiners liked to imitate the unique markings left behind by the Heavenly Dao. Some bold ones even claimed their artifacts had received a true Heavenly Dao blessing. But in reality, it was easy to tell.

Any artifact genuinely blessed by the Heavenly Dao would have its effects significantly enhanced nearly doubled and the user would feel a gentle warmth while wielding it.

But real Heavenly Dao blessings were rare, and the criteria were completely mysterious. That’s why some people resorted to faking the markings for good luck.

Ye Su nodded. "Yes, it was blessed. That means we can raise the price a bit."

Huang Erqian froze as he was feeling around the monk's spade. He slowly looked up. "It was really blessed by the Heavenly Dao?"

"Really," Ye Su replied, looking at him. "You can test it for yourself."

Suddenly, Huang Erqian lunged forward and grabbed her hand. "It’s a real Heavenly Dao blessing!!! Why are you so calm about this?!"