In the yard, the Ancient Bodhi Tree stood quietly.
Under the moonlight, every leaf emitted a shimmering green glow.
Although it had weathered over two thousand years, it still had robust branches, teeming with life force.
If you stare at it long enough, you can feel a certain Daoist charm flowing on it.
But other than that,
the Ancient Bodhi Tree had no special features.
"The global changes seem to be silently underway, but the scope is very small. To outsiders, it appears just as ordinary natural phenomena. However, on that day more than a month later, everything will be different; all anomalies will erupt globally."
As Lu Yuan walked towards the villa's hall, his mind was contemplating.
The vast majority of Divine Artifacts, at this point in time, exhibit no abnormality.
Therefore, even if outsiders discovered them, they wouldn't think much of it or might even ignore them entirely.
But after that day, everything will be different.
Of course, there are certain things that have various wonderful uses before the upheaval, but most of these have likely been preemptively acquired by mysterious forces like the Wu Zhou Group.
Lu Yuan's advantage lies in his ten years of personal experience in the new era.
And this is something no one in today's world can match.
It's also the root reason he clearly knows how to lay out his plans for the future in advance, to stay ahead of everyone else.
Back in the hall.
Lu Yuan walked straight into the basement, after inputting some passwords on a door.
The alloy door opened, and the lights inside automatically turned on.
There weren't many items inside.
Only three: a bead, an old, ragged Taoist robe, and a bow. They all appeared ordinary with nothing special about them.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan entered and placed the Ghost Seal he obtained from the Treasure Pavilion on the table.
He first picked up the first item and gently rubbed it.
This was a bead.
Not smooth, with some impurities on its surface, on the street, it wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
But in reality, only Lu Yuan knew that it was what remained after a high monk's nirvana, commonly known as a Relic, discovered in an ancient tomb in the Tibetan Region, and it housed a terrifying Buddhist Great Divine Technique.
Of course, even possessing it, an ordinary person wouldn't know how to activate it.
Because this item,
only after the global changes, will reveal its true divine nature when enlightened by the Ancient Bodhi Tree.
As for the second item, the patched, old Taoist robe, it's the Innate Qi Clothing. Once worn, it automatically absorbs the Power of Heaven and Earth, not only refining the body but also avoiding all poisons, invulnerable to water and fire, and most importantly, it boasts amazing defensive power, able to resist lightning.
The last bow, known as the Heaven-Shaking Bow, is said to be crafted by the ancients after imitating the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow.
As long as it is drawn.
It can automatically gather the Power of Heaven and Earth, forming arrow feathers, and can strike targets from ten thousand miles away.
Though not as powerful as the one Da Yi held, in today's age, it's certainly considered a Divine Artifact.
Back then, Lu Yuan watched as a mighty force wielded this Heaven-Shaking Bow, shooting down even the stars from the Outer Realm, its divine prestige unmatched.
And these three items were all what he purchased at great expense after his rebirth, based on memories, either at Antique Street or domestic auctions. Since they're essentially relics, they're quite good collections and costly.
Especially that Heaven-Shaking Bow, because of its good preservation, its price directly exceeded fifty million.
However, for Lu Yuan.
Their intrinsic value is immeasurable by money.
Perhaps to some, such actions seem profligate, but how could they ever understand his true purpose?
The Ancient Bodhi Tree, to open the Innate Spirit, God of Wisdom, gaining billions of times the talent.
Relics, housing the Buddhist Supreme Great Divine Techniques.
Innate Qi Clothing, refines the body, invulnerable to water and fire, resisting lightning.
Heaven-Shaking Bow, gathers the Power of Heaven and Earth, capable of killing targets from tens of miles away.
The complete version of "Tao Te Ching," awakening the Cosmic Visualization Map, claimed to be the world's foremost Visualization Technique.
The Ghost Seal and Chen Song's family heirloom small cauldron, the two most important keys to entering Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum.
Lu Yuan calculated privately, excluding the last two items, the remaining ones could each provide him tremendous benefits, enough to be armed to the teeth, capable of facing any calamity after the global changes, thus opening an invincible road.
"Not enough, it's still not enough, Dragon Tiger Mountain's Wordless Stone Stele, Celestial Sword Embryo, eleventh level Blood Slaughter, Elder Ge's Meridian Heaven-Repairing Furnace..."
"To reach the pinnacle, these must all be acquired, none is dispensable."
The ten years of struggle at the bottom in the previous life had taught Lu Yuan the cruelty of it all.
He doesn't want to experience it again, nor is he willing to.
So after finishing his recent matters, he plans to prepare to leave Hu City, to scheme everything before the upheaval fully descends.
Subsequently, after inventorying the items in hand that will transform into Divine Artifacts, Lu Yuan turned and left the basement.
This underground room was specially crafted, too.
Aside from him, no one else could enter.
And over the next period,
Lu Yuan kept preparing, watching for any further gains while training his body.
When he had time, he would go to Elder Ge's house to see if there was anything needing his help.
During this period, he received the complete "Tao Te Ching" mailed from overseas and also met Chen Song, acquiring that small cauldron, enriching the basement further.
One morning.
Lu Yuan had just finished exercising and freshening up, enjoying breakfast while thinking.
"Ordinary training merely provides simple physical fitness; to truly possess a superhuman physique, special methods are required, so Elder Ge's Meridian Heaven-Repairing Furnace must be obtained."
He pondered on how to speed up his progress.
After all, it's one of the few items useful before the global changes.
This can lay a solid foundation and play unexpectedly wonderful roles later on.
Ring-ring.
It was at this moment when the phone rang.
Lu Yuan picked it up and immediately brightened: "Hello, is this Manager Lin? How is it?"
Yes, the call was from Manager Lin on the sixth floor of the Treasure Pavilion.
"Mr. Lu, I accomplished it, the person will arrive at ten, but... I'm not sure if the transaction can be completed," Manager Lin's voice came from the other end: "So you'll have to talk to him personally."
The two were discussing the eleventh-level Blood Slaughter.
Which was something Lu Yuan was determined to acquire.
After hearing this,
Lu Yuan smiled: "Don't worry, as long as they come, things will be easy to handle, I'll be right over."
After hanging up, he didn't hesitate, tidied up a bit, and drove away from the villa.
Since they've come,
It means there's intent, albeit not strong.
What he needs to do is to keep expanding this intent until willing to sell the item. To this, Lu Yuan remains confident.