Chapter 454 - 211: Tier Four Spirit Pill and the Jin Family’s Hunt
Chapter 454: Chapter 211: Tier Four Spirit Pill and the Jin Family’s Hunt
The three members of the Jin Family had misjudged Xiao Chen’s strength.
However, they had chosen the location for their attack well. There was no one else for thousands of miles around.
Cleaning up the battlefield was also exceptionally convenient. Or rather, there was nothing to clean up at all.
After all, the sea was full of carnivorous fish.
Before long, the sea breeze would blow over, and not a single trace would be left behind.
’No wonder there are so many rumors about Tribulation Cultivators in the Eastern Domain.’
Xiao Chen shook his head, channeling his True Essence to cleanse the three Storage Rings in his hand.
It was almost laughable.
Before coming to the Eastern Domain, he had heard that some Storage Rings here were equipped with self-destruct traps. If opened incorrectly, they would be completely destroyed, never to be opened again.
This was said to be an effective deterrent against Tribulation Cultivators.
But Xiao Chen found that reality was completely different.
This feature might have actually existed, but it was nowhere to be found on cheaper Storage Rings.
His Vast Sea Ring didn’t have it, and the Storage Rings used by the Jin Family cultivators were of even lower quality, so of course, they didn’t have it either.
It seemed that only the True Disciples of Major Sects could afford higher-grade Storage Rings.
Then again, this was actually a good thing.
At least Xiao Chen no longer had to worry about how to open the Storage Rings.
He continued forward on his sword for another twenty thousand miles, once again finding a deserted island.
Afterward, he channeled his True Essence to wash over the rings, beginning to break the Restrictions on them.
Compared to Storage Bags, the Restrictions on Storage Rings were inherently more complex, so breaking them was naturally a much slower process.
This was especially true as they began to involve Laws, which would normally require a certain knowledge of Arrays to solve properly.
If one didn’t understand Arrays, the only option was to spend time grinding them down.
To draw an analogy, the former was like picking a lock with a wire, while the latter was like violently sawing the lock apart with a saw.
Although Xiao Chen had learned a little about Arrays, his knowledge didn’t extend this far.
Therefore, it took him a full nine hours to finally deal with the three Storage Rings in his hand.
None of the three rings had much space, only nine feet on a side.
The first things that caught his eye were the glittering Spirit Stones.
To be precise, there were over sixty-four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and three hollowed-out Sandalwood Boxes.
A sweep of his Divine Sense immediately revealed that each box contained six hundred neatly stacked Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, arranged as if they were some kind of gift.
Following those was a batch of simply wrapped Tier Two Spirit Grass and eight Sealed Medicine Jade Boxes.
The Jade Boxes contained a total of seventeen stalks of Tier Three Spirit Grass. Half of them were related to water, looking like they were ingredients for a specific Pill Formula.
After that were two thick books.
The first was titled Comprehensive Collection of Inner Sea Spirit Herbs, which detailed almost all Spirit Grass of Tier Three and below found within the Eastern Domain’s Inner Sea.
It even included exquisite illustrations. Xiao Chen flipped through it briefly and saw at least ten thousand images.
The second book was titled Sword Hero’s Strange Fate: Meeting Beauty.
It roughly told the story of a Sword Cultivator who, while traveling the world, met seven different female confidantes and finally defeated a powerful enemy to become a True Monarch.
This one also contained several thousand illustrations, mostly of various beauties, with a few landscapes mixed in.
Xiao Chen flipped through it from beginning to end but couldn’t find a single illustration of the Sword Cultivator, suggesting the character was purely fictional.
’This isn’t right. How come there are no Secret Manuals?’
None of the three Jin Family members were carrying any Cultivation Technique manuals, nor were there any Jade Scrolls.
As the saying goes, one learns new things by reviewing the old.
’You have to bring your Secret Manuals with you when you go out and flip through them in your spare time to make progress.’
’To not bring anything at all... no wonder their Magical Combat skills were so pathetic.’
’What a shame. A Tier Three legacy technique could have easily sold for tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.’
Fortunately, although there were no Secret Manuals, Jin Xiuli had been carrying a Pill Formula—and a Tier Three one at that.
It was for the Ten Treasures Heaven Repairing Pill, a type of Secret Medicine used for both Healing and Body Refining.
It used ten types of Spirit Medicine that enhanced Qi and Blood, along with twenty-two supplementary herbs.
Its main effect was to replenish the Qi and Blood lost when a Cultivator was injured or failed a breakthrough.
At the same time, it could also increase a Cultivator’s total amount of Qi and Blood to a certain extent.
’Whoa, something like this actually exists?’
Back in the Southern Domain, Xiao Chen had only ever seen Healing Spirit Medicine.
For a Body Cultivator, Qi and Blood were the foundation of everything. Increasing one’s total Qi and Blood was almost equivalent to indirectly improving one’s innate aptitude.
He had to admit, when it came to cultivation, the Eastern Domain truly had a lot of tricks up its sleeve—first the Nine Luminaries Profound Pill, and now the Ten Treasures Heaven Repairing Pill.
Although these things looked expensive, there were always Cultivators who could afford them.
The gap between the strongest and weakest Cultivators of the same tier had indeed been widened considerably because of things like this.
Next were six unused Tier Three Talismans. They were all offensive types, which were useless to Xiao Chen.
Finally, there was a Spirit Storage Box.
The essence of this thing was basically a storage box.
However, it was a more advanced version developed here in the Eastern Domain, used to store High-Tier Spiritual Objects and effectively protect them from damage.
Xiao Chen’s eyes lit up the moment he saw it.
’Usually, the things stored inside these aren’t half-bad.’
However, this item was also protected by a Restriction, one that was several times more complex.
It took him another six and a half hours to successfully break the Restriction on the Spirit Storage Box.
Opening it up, he saw a Treasure Moon Carved Vase inside. The vase contained a walnut-sized Spirit Pill with two fine, circling Pill Patterns.
As the Treasure Box opened, a faint Pill Fragrance wafted out.