Chapter 540 - 232: Frost and Mist Lock: Cracking the Storage Ring (Part 3)
Chapter 540: Chapter 232: Frost and Mist Lock: Cracking the Storage Ring (Part 3)
Huh?
Xiao Chen paused. ’Something’s not right.’
Living things couldn’t be kept in a Storage Ring; this was practically common knowledge in the Cultivation Realm.
"WAAAH!"
When it received no response, the sound of a small child crying came from within the jar.
GASP!
Xiao Chen sucked in a sharp breath. He suddenly had no desire to open the jar and see what was inside.
It wasn’t because he was scared, of course. He just didn’t want to gross himself out.
Still, he lifted the lid for a quick look. Just as he’d suspected, it was the head of a half-refined infant corpse.
Sensing the lid was off, it instantly broke into a wide grin, its tongue flicking upward with a SWISH. The tongue was long and thin, like a viper tasting the air.
THUMP!
Xiao Chen slapped the lid back on and let out a soft breath.
He couldn’t care less what the other Sects in the Eastern Domain thought. As far as he was concerned, this was the goddamn Demon Dao.
’Come to think of it, I’m still a Demon-slaying Guard. I’ll have to find an opportunity to fulfill my duties.’
Xiao Chen took out all the earthenware jars, piled them together, and destroyed them all with his Condensed Fire Palm.
Setting aside some useless odds and ends, the loot also included over sixty Portable Array Plates, some twenty Tier Three Spirit Grasses, thirteen small manuals, eleven Spirit Storage Boxes, and a pile of various bottles and jars.
He checked the Array Plates first. In total, they formed five sets of Tier Three Arrays.
Perhaps because these had been prepared by Dai Tianrui’s lackeys, the Arrays all seemed utterly unremarkable to Xiao Chen.
Next were the Spirit Grasses. There was nothing to say about them; he’d just sell them off when he got the chance.
He was more interested in the thirteen small manuals.
The eight Secret Manuals from Dai Tianrui’s personal Storage Ring were particularly eye-catching.
’The material is clearly top-tier, but there’s no title. Could these be True Inheritance Secret Techniques?’
Xiao Chen flipped one open and found it was filled with all sorts of lifelike illustrations.
The main content depicted unclothed male and female Cultivators locked in close-quarters combat.
’Seriously? What the hell did you need this for?’
Xiao Chen was speechless. He soon noticed, however, that a checkmark had been added in the blank space below each illustration.
He flipped to the end and worked his way backward. Every page had one, except for the last two.
The remaining five manuals were far more normal: three were Black-level techniques, and two were Yellow-level Techniques.
Xiao Chen flipped through the two Yellow-level Technique manuals. They contained two rather rare Ice Element Skills.
The first was called the *Cold Light Ice Soul Needle*. It involved refining Extreme Cold Qi to create an Ice Soul Silver Needle, specifically designed to counter Shield-type Spiritual Artifacts.
The second was the *Snow Surge Spirit Armor Technique*. As its name implied, it was a purely Defense-type magic.
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’These two techniques both seem pretty decent.’
Xiao Chen would be heading to the Compassion Sea before long. No one there should recognize him, so in theory, he wouldn’t need a disguise.
However, for one thing, he had to consider that Nascent Soul Cultivators might have ways of contacting each other.
For another, his own magic became far too conspicuous when empowered by his Augment.
So, just in case, it was best to use different magic in front of others as a slight disguise.
Besides, for the current Xiao Chen, learning a new technique to an entry-level mastery took no effort at all.
The only reason he hadn’t collected a large number of techniques was that, until now, the ones he already knew had been more than enough.
If it weren’t for the Yin Corpse Sect’s bounty on his head, he would have absolutely no need to consider learning new techniques.
’The training can wait. For now, it’s time to open these Treasure Boxes.’
Xiao Chen lined up the seven Spirit Storage Boxes in front of him.
He raised his hands, about to blow on them for luck, but then he remembered his lesson from last time and stopped.
’Praying to gods and buddhas doesn’t seem to do any good. In the end, you have to rely on yourself.’
Well, relying on your own luck still counts as relying on yourself.
’Ahem, I hope I get something good this time!’
Xiao Chen’s gaze sharpened as he opened the first Spirit Storage Box. ’Huh?’
Before him lay an exquisite, gilded hairpin in the shape of a filigree butterfly. A circle of rubies adorned each wing, forming a pair of hearts.
In terms of craftsmanship, it was a masterpiece.
In terms of practicality... well, that was debatable.
’What do these circles of Gemstones do?’
Xiao Chen inspected it and discovered that every gem was actually a Tier Three Fire Attribute Spirit Pearl, each containing a large amount of pure Fire Spirit Power.
A Cultivator needed only to inject a trace of True Essence to activate it, causing it to emit a beautiful, peony-red glow.
He soon realized that glowing was the hairpin’s one and only function.
’It’s a goddamn accessory.’
’This is bad!’
He had to remember, this item came from Dai Tianrui, who had been carrying a whopping six Spirit Storage Boxes all by himself.
Xiao Chen opened the second. Inside was a brocade ribbon with a phoenix pattern.
The third held a Ten Thousand Petal Peony Phoenix Skirt.
...
He opened five boxes in a row. He found everything down to a sachet for a female cultivator, but not a single serious item.
’Heh, this guy really wasn’t focused on proper cultivation, was he?’
Xiao Chen was at a loss for words. ’Why would he waste all his energy on this stuff?’
He had a pretty good idea who all these things were intended for.
He then opened the sixth Treasure Box. ’Let’s see what other fancy tricks you had up your sleeve.’
The sixth one, however, was different.
Inside lay a Dao Crystal!
’Well, what do you know. He finally got serious.’
Xiao Chen was a little surprised; he’d thought Dai Tianrui would only be carrying gifts.
He picked up the crystal for a closer look. The runes inside were completely unfamiliar, not belonging to any of the Five Elements Attributes he knew.