Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 483 - 250. Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven’s Top-Grade Divination (Two-in-One Chapter)_4

Chapter 483: 250. Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven’s Top-Grade Divination (Two-in-One Chapter)_4

Now that the eighty-one days had nearly passed, the Supreme Pure Jade Heavenly Immortal Bamboo was finally about to be fully refined.

On that day, Lei Jun had been preparing to head to the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven, when Xu Yuanzhen, his Senior Sister, suddenly paid him a visit.

"The Tang Imperial Court invited me to explore a secret realm. Interested in coming along?" Xu Yuanzhen asked,

Lei Jun was surprised, "Did the sun rise in the west today? Senior Sister, you would actually invite someone to go with you?"

Xu Yuanzhen said, "You remember when you mentioned that in your Celestial Book Universe Starry Sky, there was that Saturn Earth Radiance, which showed some words with rather unique meanings?"

"Yeah, that happened," Lei Jun replied, "Did the Tang Imperial Court’s secret realm find relate to this too?"

Xu Yuanzhen answered, "More or less, so I’m a bit interested."

*Her interest stemmed from the meaning of those words, which, though not completely identical, were closely related to the Wenhua heritage lost when the Martial Tao shattered that foreign domain.*

Lei Jun asked, "How many people are going? I remember you don’t like going with more than three."

Xu Yuanzhen replied, "Including you, it’s just three."

Lei Jun was also intrigued by this unusual scholarly Daoist transmission.

But just then, a light sphere in his mind began to flash, showing some words,

[The Great Void turns, time flows long, inheriting the past and present, observing the universe’s distances, fortune and disaster entwined, causality unbroken.]

Upon reading this, Lei Jun’s mind stirred, *Did I just catch onto something?* But that glimmer of insight passed in a flash.

He quickly regained his composure, and this time, the sphere released three lots,

[The best lot, May fifteenth, at midnight, atop Biyou Immortal Mountain within the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven, you may obtain a third-rank opportunity. No current risks, well handled means no hidden trouble in the future, great auspice!]

[Moderately good lot, travel down the mountain to the Capital City, a fifth-grade opportunity may await you. No immediate risks, but follow-up may induce entanglements of causality, deal with care, auspicious.]

[Perfectly neutral lot, remain on the mountain without entering the Capital City nor the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven for now. Nothing gained or lost in the short term, untainted by causality, plain.]

*Not bad, not bad, finally scored the best lot again...* Lei Jun was pleased.

Yet, the fortune of the best lot didn’t match Xu Yuanzhen’s current invite.

It looked like the trip to the Capital mapped onto that second, moderately good lot.

*The fate hinted by the moderately good lot didn’t seem to be a big deal, at least not immediately risky.*

*But those future causal entanglements it mentioned, what the hell were they?*

Lei Jun suddenly recalled, back at Great Black Mountain, when he’d entered the void "portal" and reached that foreign land, the moderately good lot at that time also predicted possible hidden dangers or causal entanglements, to be handled cautiously in the future.

Now, combined with this new moderately good lot, *Were these hidden dangers the same?*

*Lei Jun’s mind ran through possibilities at lightning speed, but he didn’t really hesitate.*

*Between Senior Sister and the best lot, he chose the latter.*

"My magical treasure is at a crucial stage in refining, I can’t get away for now," Lei Jun politely refused, "Safe travels, Senior Sister."

Xu Yuanzhen didn’t mind, waved her hand carelessly, "One less person is even better. I’ll head to the Capital then. Finally get to see what that Scholarly Mansion you all talk about is really up to."

Compared to other things or people in the Capital, she was honestly more curious about what exactly the Empress was doing with the Scholarly Mansion.

Watching her leave, Lei Jun felt even more curious about what she planned to make with that Black Tortoise Heavy Iron she took.

"Alright then, since I drew the best lot, time to make another trip into the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven."

Lei Jun greeted Master Yuan Mobai, then settled his own big disciple.

After that, he entered Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven once more.

As usual, Lei Jun arrived at the peak of Biyou Immortal Mountain and took out his Supreme Pure Jade Heavenly Immortal Bamboo.

Now shining with a purple-gold glow, the green bamboo already had six nodes.

Lei Jun began refining the magical treasure again, and so the six nodes of bamboo kept growing taller, reaching into thunderclouds, shrinking back into six nodes, repeating over and over.

"That thing of yours, it’s pretty interesting,"

A few days later, Tang Xiaotang, who had been missing from sight lately, wandered into Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven and up to Biyou Immortal Mountain.

Lei Jun was deep in refining his bamboo. Without pausing, he greeted Tang Xiaotang and, still working, said, "Just something I fiddled with on my own."

Tang Xiaotang grinned and sat cross-legged at the peak, "I still prefer tinkering with myself."

Lei Jun glanced at her and, after a moment, asked, "Senior Sister, have you leveled up your cultivation again?"

Tang Xiaotang smugly said, "You bet, think anything could stump me?"

Lei Jun said, "Congrats, Senior Sister, for achieving the Talisman Sect’s Divine Court Second Scenery."

Talisman Sect’s Eightfold Heaven Realm was known as the Divine Court Realm.

Every Daoist Heritage’s Eightfold Heaven was typically split into four sub-realms.

This sect called them the Divine Court Four Sceneries.

Namely, Inner Scenery, Middle Scenery, Outer Scenery, and Upper Scenery.

For instance, when Tang Xiaotang broke through to Eightfold Heaven, it was the Divine Court Inner Scenery—her soul harmonized, forming a Divine Court manifesting the inner scenery, as if her body hosted a true universe.

Daoist Talisman Sect cultivation, in essence, was an ever-deepening attunement to nature, communicating with Heaven and Earth, seeking union with them—till Heaven and Earth were her, and she was Heaven and Earth.

The Divine Court Four Sceneries were a vital step in this journey, with the Divine Court endlessly sublimated and transformed—a reflection of how cultivators unite with the cosmos.

Once someone advanced to the fourth layer, the Upper Scenery, they possessed the foundation to strive for the higher realm—the Nine Layered Heavens Great Vehicle.