André continued sitting cross-legged in meditation, settling his spirit and recovering his energy. Only after his vitality had recovered somewhat did he get up from the ground and begin taking inventory of his gains.
Naturally, he first examined the "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda." As André had expected, this item was already covered in scars and in an extremely weakened state, not much better than when he first obtained it years ago.
Obviously, the reason André's "Qiankun Divine Seal" could be preserved was not because this self-created void space was sufficiently solid, but because of the protection from this "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda."
However, the main cause of this treasure's weakness was not the omnipresent violent storms in the boundless void, but related to the treasure's inherent characteristics.
The strength or weakness of this "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda" was closely related to its owner's "fortune."
So-called "fortune" referred to the combination of luck and personal momentum. The former simply meant luck, while the latter included personal martial power, authority, wealth, social status, and so on.
If André's overall "fortune" was sufficiently powerful, then the might of this "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda" would naturally be incredibly formidable.
Unfortunately, he was not only severely depleted in vital energy with his soul gravely injured, but had also fallen from grace - tumbling from being a sect master to becoming a powerless American high school student who could face mortal danger at any time.
One could imagine that the function of his "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda" naturally wouldn't be very strong now.
So André felt no frustration whatsoever. When he was in the Original Dome Realm, he had been able to cultivate the "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda" to the point where the pagoda manifested meritorious spiritual light. In this world where elemental essence was several times more abundant than the Original Dome Realm, this treasure's future prospects couldn't be too poor.
Next were the two silver-white mirrors. This item was actually one entity divided into yin and yang sides, called the "Yin-Yang Life-Death Mirror." The yang mirror was painted with the Big Dipper's seven stars, while the yin mirror had the Southern Dipper's six stars. Its function controlled life and death - it was a magical treasure André had used during his nascent soul realm. Because of its powerful effects and great benefit to André, he treasured it deeply and had preserved it in his "Qiankun Divine Seal" until now.
Unfortunately, André currently had no magical power and couldn't use this item in the short term.
After this treasure mirror came six golden ingots, seven colorful gems, five spiritual jade talismans, and nine medium-grade spirit stones.
The jade talismans could be useful to him. As long as he collected certain materials, André could craft them into simple magical instruments to provide himself with magical power equivalent to the late fasting stage.
The Original Dome Realm was scarce in spiritual objects, so from over ten thousand years ago they began processing high-grade spiritual jade into special talisman plates for absorbing and storing spiritual power for repeated use, no longer discarding them after exhausting the spiritual power inside like before. Spirit stones were the same, though what he had extracted from his "Qiankun Divine Seal" were only medium-grade spirit stones that could only serve as one-time consumables.
However, these items also held tremendous value for him. When setting up arrays in the future, he could consider more powerful formations without the hassle he experienced today.
In comparison, those gold ingots and gems were the least valuable, but these yellow and white objects were exactly what he urgently needed now, like coal in the snow.
Each of the six gold ingots weighed one jin, totaling the equivalent of 3000 grams here.
America's current gold price was 42 gold shields per gram, but his few golden items had extraordinarily high purity and could be used directly for crafting. They were equally rare here, far exceeding industrial refining limits. So they were quite valuable, worth at least 200,000 to 280,000 gold shields.
Of course, if actually sold, they definitely wouldn't fetch this price - no merchant would pay market price.
The gems were worth even more. Based on the original owner's shallow knowledge, André judged each one was worth at least 200,000 gold shields.
But how to sell them was a problem. The gold ingots could still be cut up and sold separately at various jewelry stores in Atlanta, even on the black market. But these gems - given André's current age and circumstances, if he dared take them to regular jewelry stores, those merchants would likely choose to call the police rather than purchase them at fair price.
Moreover, wealth moved people's hearts, and the risks involved were beyond what he could bear now.
However, André wasn't anxious. These items could wait until after his individual strength improved before dealing with them.
The only thing troubling him now was that he obviously couldn't carry these items with him, but hiding them in this apartment was also extremely unsafe.
According to his so-called sister, this room had been visited by a thief today. That damaged door lock was the latter's achievement.
So after pondering for a moment, André spent another half hour digging a hole as quietly as possible in the right wall near the door. He temporarily buried everything except the "Divine Sky Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda" in the hole, covering the outside with brick wall posters and adding several illusion talismans as camouflage.
This should be able to fool magical professionals below seventh level - seventh level and above would depend on luck.
But this was sufficient. André believed magical professionals above seventh level wouldn't stoop to being thieves in a slum.
However, at this moment André also established his first life goal since rebirth in this borrowed body. He thought that no matter which aspect he considered, he absolutely had to move out of here as soon as possible.
But this required money. The rent for this semi-basement room was only 150 gold shields per month, while even slightly better apartment buildings in the nearby City Forest district started at least 300 gold shields.
It was now nearly twelve o'clock, but André still had no desire to sleep. He continued sitting cross-legged in the center of the room with eyes slightly closed, settling his spirit in meditation while meticulously sensing his body's condition in the finest detail.
This was what he most wanted to do since arriving in this world.
Although Tao Ran from the Original Dome Realm could only reach the peak of great ascension in cultivation realm due to the world's meager elemental essence, his lifetime dao cultivation had far exceeded this level.
This wasn't André being conceited, but simply fact. His ability to single-handedly suppress the Nine Heavens Desire Demon Dugu Tianyi was proof. One should know this person wasn't native to the Original Dome Realm but an external demon whose magical cultivation had reached the spiritual demon realm, comparable to the legendary spiritual immortals of the Original Dome Realm.
Although in that final battle, this person was suppressed by the Original Dome Realm's heavenly dao will and could only display seventy percent of his strength, André's ability to defeat him with a great ascension cultivation and severely wound this demon - wasn't this worthy of pride?
André had complete confidence in recreating glory in this world, even surpassing his previous foundation and cultivation.
But as they say, to do good work, one must first sharpen one's tools. Before this, he had to understand what exactly was in this body - where were its strengths and what were its weaknesses? Only by truly achieving "know yourself" could he adapt accordingly and rapidly improve his cultivation realm without leaving future troubles.
Just a moment later, André suddenly exclaimed in surprise, his face showing a trace of unexpected expression.
He thought the original owner's father Li Chunchu was probably more than just a discarded disciple of a great sect. There actually existed such miraculous cultivation methods in this world! It was truly unbounded imagination that made André sigh in admiration.
The key was that this cultivation system's framework was already complete and could lead directly to spiritual immortal realm - but was this really an inheritance that an Eastern cultivator below nascent soul realm, a sect's discarded disciple, could obtain?