Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 816 - 369: Abundant Spoils of War (Part 3)

Chapter 816: Chapter 369: Abundant Spoils of War (Part 3)

"This is..."

Xu Ping’s heart stirred, his Divine Sense transformed into an invisible hand, gently capturing it.

The Divine Sense sank into the jade slip.

Moments later, Xu Ping’s face brightened with joy: "It’s actually... Fulu inheritance, and it’s Fourth Rank Middle Grade."

This level of Fulu inheritance is useful to him as well.

Over the years, his Fulu skills had reached the quasi-Fourth Rank level.

But lacking inheritance above the Fourth Rank, he had been stagnating.

Now, with this Fulu inheritance, aided by his Divine Sense and mastery panel, drawing Fourth Rank Fulus, or even Fourth Rank Middle Grade Fulus, is only a matter of time.

It also enriches his techniques and can be used to exchange for puppet materials.

"Store it well, ponder it slowly when you have time later." Xu Ping stored this Fulu inheritance securely.

By this point, Blood Bone Master’s assets, aside from that renowned supreme magical treasure, had been basically inventoried.

Xu Ping turned his palm, retrieving the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner had an ancient design, with a rod about seven feet long, entirely crafted from unknown black bones. The banner surface moved without wind, with black qi swirling around.

Xu Ping had long heard of the infamous reputation of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

This banner was the foremost deadly weapon of the demonic path, its power wholly dependent on the number and quality of ghostly souls imprisoned within.

The more powerful ghostly souls within, the greater the Ten Thousand Souls Banner’s strength.

Legends say that if the banner houses enough numerous and intense ghostly souls, its power can even threaten mighty figures of the Divinity Transformation Realm.

However, Xu Ping also knew that the growth of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to such defying levels required a quantity and quality of ghostly souls beyond his current reach.

Even so, this demonic banner itself was a rare Spirit Treasure, its strength among spiritual treasures of the same rank considered top-notch.

Xu Ping steadied his mind and began refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Though this treasure was evil, it was undeniably a formidable combat power and must be utilized well.

Blood Bone Master was dead, the main spiritual imprint dissipated.

Xu Ping spent merely a day to initially refine this demonic banner, embedding his own Divine Sense imprint.

The mind sank into the banner.

Inside the banner was a distinct dim and eerie netherworld space, where yin winds howled and resentful qi surged like a sea.

Countless indistinct faces and disparate auras of ghostly souls drifted aimlessly, wailing within.

At the core, two most formidable auras approached the Early-Stage Nascent Soul level, two ferocious main souls, bound by countless gray-black chains.

Although Xu Ping’s Sword Qi had extinguished many soul bodies of these two Early-Stage Nascent Soul level ghostly souls, their auras were still vicious, and given enough ghostly souls, would quickly recover.

"What a fierce banner!" Xu Ping sensed inwardly.

If the banner wielded its full power, it undoubtedly belonged at the zenith among Spirit Treasures.

With its full force, all souls unleashed, resentful qi devouring souls, even Mid-Stage Nascent Soul bigwigs feared it.

However, when he attempted to sense the requirements to elevate the banner to the legendary "Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure" level.

A cold stream of information fed back into his Sea of Consciousness, causing him to involuntarily gasp.

Main souls required the complete ghostly souls of at least two Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and four Early-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

As for lower-level auxiliary souls, they were countless.

"Hiss... No wonder Blood Bone Master spent a hundred years of effort, only able to refine the banner to this extent!" Xu Ping couldn’t help but click his tongue.

These conditions were exceedingly stringent.

Defeating Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators or Tier Four Middle Grade Demon Beasts was already arduous, not to mention capturing them alive, extracting their soul essence with Secret Techniques, preserving their resentful power... making the challenge exponentially tougher.

Given his current power, defeating Mid-Stage Nascent Soul bigwigs was easy, killing them was very difficult, and capturing them was virtually impossible.

After all, the teleportation technique of a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul’s Nascent Soul was incomparable to that of an Early-Stage Nascent Soul.

"This matter cannot be rushed, it must be approached gradually." Xu Ping pondered in his mind.

The outer seas housed numerous Fourth Rank Demon Beasts, and when his power advanced further, slaying Tier Four Middle Grade Demon Beasts to gather their soul essence and resentful souls was possible.

At that time, the Demon Beast bodies refined into puppets, the beast hides used for creating Fulus, the soul essence and resentful souls refined into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner... making full use, a perfection.

The only concern was the evil qi.

Xu Ping’s mind shifted, activating the "Demon Recognition Spirit Eye Skill." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Inside the quiet chamber, within a three-foot radius of himself, that dense demon qi like a blood flame continued to churn and rise.

This evil qi was not only a beacon for the True Dragon Hall’s pursuit but also his greatest hindrance in hunting Demon Beasts and collecting sustenance for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

"After handling Hehuan Laomo’s affairs, formally start dissipating the evil qi." Xu Ping contemplated internally.

Although he didn’t believe Blood Bone Master was closely associated with Hehuan Laomo, the two were undoubtedly related.

Only by dismissing Hehuan Laomo could he truly control Blood Bone Island and many matters could be arranged.

After all, if Hehuan Laomo’s combat power exceeded his expectations, he wouldn’t be able to maintain his position on Blood Bone Island.

"Let’s wait for now." Xu Ping activated his Cultivation Technique, beginning to adjust his mana.

...

Two months passed quietly.

During these days, the news of Blood Bone Master’s extermination spread silently in the outer seas.

Apart from causing cheers among Low-tier Cultivators, the top powers of the outer seas remained unshaken.

After all, though Blood Bone Master was cruel, his cultivation was just at the Early-Stage Nascent Soul, unlikely to attract the attention of the major top powers.

Today, it was noon.

The blood-red sun hovered high over the leaden sea and sky.

Suddenly.

"Daoist friend, come out and meet!"

A long howl echoed across Blood Bone Island, and in the next instant, an oppressive and terrifying aura containing seductive fragrance and boundless majesty descended fiercely upon Blood Bone Island.

Inside the cave.

Xu Ping’s tightly shut eyes snapped open, two intensely concentrated points of blue within the depths of his pupils.

"Hehuan Laomo... has arrived!"

Xu Ping rose, his robe fluttering despite no wind.

As he took a step, his form vanished like a phantom from the cave.

Water Lake Mouse roared angrily, transforming into a fierce phantom of a giant mouse nearly ten feet tall, accompanying Xu Ping to confront.

"Fellow Daoist Xu."

Seeing Hehuan Laomo’s suffocating oppression above, Duan Shuang’s eyes flickered with worry and tension.

Despite her belief in Fellow Daoist Xu, Hehuan Laomo’s oppressive aura was overwhelming, far surpassing a typical Mid-Stage Nascent Soul.