Chapter 1318 Storm Sea
A few days later.
Xiao Lin opened his eyes from his practice. After these days of practice, his heart has completely calmed down.
His understanding of the realm seems to have improved a little.
After the incident in Qianqing Valley, Xiao Lin believed that he would be more cautious in his future actions. Many things must be done only when they are absolutely safe.
Of course, the most urgent thing for him at the moment is the matter of the Horcrux.
When Xiao Lin thought of this, he took out two star rings from his arms. They belonged to Elder Xin Hun of Qianqing Valley and Shao Pengzu, the patriarch of the Shao family.
Xiao Lin's consciousness sank into the two star rings and checked them.
After half an hour, Xiao Lin withdrew his consciousness and showed a surprised expression on his face.
"So many?"
Xiao Lin muttered to himself. The so many he was talking about were naturally the spirit stones in the two star rings. The number of spirit stones in the star ring of Elder Xin Hun was quite average, with about four or five hundred first-level fairy spirit stones, while the number of spirit stones in Shao Pengzu's star ring was amazing.
There were thousands of first-level fairy spirit stones, including nearly a hundred second-level fairy spirit stones. This number really surprised Xiao Lin, but after thinking about it, he understood that Shao Pengzu, as the patriarch of the Shao family, was naturally worth a lot of money, and the Shao family was good at refining soul tools. Over the years, the accumulated wealth was probably an astronomical figure.
Moreover, as an old-fashioned fusion-stage cultivator, Shao Pengzu had been practicing for more than ten thousand years. In such a long time, the wealth he had accumulated was naturally not small.
In addition to spirit stones, there were also an astonishing number of various materials, and most of these materials were used to refine soul tools. There were many kinds, and Xiao Lin couldn't name most of them.
This was a timely help for Xiao Lin. He was planning to refine a soul weapon. With so many materials, as long as he had the process drawings for refining soul weapons, he could basically start refining.
At this time, Xiao Lin waved his sleeves, and a worn-out animal skin map appeared on the ground, as well as seven or eight bottles of elixirs, three scrolls, and a jade box.
Xiao Lin first picked up one of the three scrolls and spread it out gently.
Inside was the shape of a magic weapon, and underneath was densely packed with text. Xiao Lin looked carefully and found that this was a process drawing for refining a soul weapon.
This soul weapon is called the Seven Souls Destroying God Sword, a second-level attack soul weapon, which can not only harm the consciousness of the cultivator, but also damage the soul of the cultivator. If the cultivator's consciousness is not strong enough, the soul may even be directly destroyed.
Xiao Lin roughly browsed the refining process steps and found that it was quite complicated to refine soul tools. Not only did it use various top-level flames like refining magic tools, but it also required the use of divine thoughts to condense a ball of soul fire.
Soul fire is a kind of flame that can be cultivated by cultivators after they advance to the realm of refining emptiness and condense the Yin God. After the soul fire is refined, it can leave a soul imprint in the soul tool. In this way, the soul tool can not only be integrated into the soul, but also cannot be taken away and refined by others.
Of course, using soul fire to refine soul tools is also a loss to the soul. After refining the soul tool, it takes a long time to recover.
The other two scrolls are also the refining process drawings of the second-level soul tools.
One is a defensive second-level soul tool-Soul Solidification Banner, and the other is also an offensive second-level soul tool-Mixed Soul Thorn.
The refining process drawings of soul tools are still very valuable. If these three process drawings are taken out for sale, they can also sell a lot of spirit stones.
What disappointed Xiao Lin was that he did not find the process drawings of the third-level defensive soul weapon in the star rings of the two people.
However, after thinking about it, Xiao Lin could roughly understand it. He had been to the Wanhun Trading Company and the Demon Soul Building of the three major forces, and had never seen a third-level defensive soul weapon. This means that either the three major forces do not know how to refine a third-level defensive soul weapon at all, or the third-level defensive soul weapon is very valuable and will not be sold through normal channels.
In the world of immortal cultivation, after advancing to the peak of the refining void, most people will look for third-level defensive soul weapons everywhere. Of course, through the understanding of this period of time, Xiao Lin knows that many refining void cultivators will choose a second-level defensive soul weapon after failing to obtain a third-level defensive soul weapon. Although the probability is smaller, it is also a helpless choice.
It is for this reason that the third-level defensive soul weapon is extremely rare. Even if there are so many pieces, they are usually immediately bought by several large businesses or some high-level cultivators.
Xiao Lin put away the three scrolls, then picked up the worn-out animal skin map and looked at it carefully.
After a moment, Xiao Lin showed a look of surprise. It turned out that the animal skin map recorded the location of the Shenlian clan, and this place was slightly different from what Shao Xinhun had told him before.
Because going to the Shenlian clan requires passing through several dangerous places, although the place Shao Xinhun told him was correct, he did not tell him about these dangerous places. Obviously, he deliberately kept a hand. If he really went there rashly, it would be difficult to reach the Hell Valley smoothly.
Xiao Lin put the animal skin map aside, and then picked up the jade bottles in front of him one by one and looked at them.
"Bone and Meridian Renewal Pill"
"Soul-Fixing Pill"
"Pulse-Replenishing Pill"
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Xiao Lin looked at the bottles of elixirs, and a speechless expression appeared on his face. These elixirs were all obtained from Shao Pengzu's star ring. They were all for healing injuries, strengthening meridians and renewing meridians.
Obviously, Shao Pengzu had tried many elixirs to heal his injuries. These elixirs were all seventh-level elixirs. Each of them was very valuable if taken out. Immortal cultivators usually only needed one or two pills.
However, for Shao Pengzu, these rare elixirs did not cure his injuries, but instead benefited Xiao Lin.
Xiao Lin collected these elixirs one by one.
Even if he did not use them, he could use them to exchange for some elixirs to improve his cultivation in the future.
Xiao Lin then picked up the last jade box. This jade box seemed a little different from what Xiao Lin usually saw. This jade box was gray-green in color and exuded a faint cold breath.
There was a soul-sealing talisman on the jade box, and Xiao Lin saw that a soul-sealing formation was also engraved on the jade box.
Xiao Lin tore off the soul-sealing talisman and opened the jade box.
The moment the jade box was opened, a turquoise flame suddenly burned. Xiao Lin was caught off guard and was also surprised, but he reacted quickly. A turquoise flame immediately burned on his hand, and the turquoise flame instantly wrapped up the turquoise flame. It was the jade-scepter ice flame that Xiao Lin practiced.
The jade-scepter ice flame quickly condensed into a huge piece of black ice, covering the turquoise flame inside.
Only then did Xiao Lin see that the turquoise flame was emitted from a round object as black as ink, and a faint black rune appeared on this object as black as ink, but it was not noticeable at first glance because it was black.
"What is this?" Xiao Lin showed a curious expression on his face. He had seen countless rare materials, but this kind of material was the first time he had seen it.
Moreover, Xiao Lin felt a sense of comfort from the emerald green flame. He even had the urge to escape his soul and enter the dark object.
As soon as this urge appeared, Xiao Lin became alert. The cold mana in his body quickly circulated, and his consciousness instantly became clear.
"So powerful, could this thing actually devour the soul of a cultivator?" Xiao Lin suddenly thought of the small tree in the spiritual wood space. The small tree itself also had the ability to devour the soul of a cultivator. Could it be that this thing had something to do with the small tree?
But after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely. The breath emitted by the small tree was neutral and peaceful, while the breath emitted from this object was cold and dark. The two were very different and obviously not of the same kind.
"Is this soul fire?" Xiao Lin suddenly noticed that the emerald green flame was similar to the soul fire he cultivated.
Moreover, the soul fire emitted from this dark object was more condensed than the primary soul fire cultivated by Xiao Lin.
"If it is really soul fire, wouldn't it be unnecessary to consume one's own soul to refine soul tools in the future?" Xiao Lin couldn't help showing joy on his face after confirming that the green flame was soul fire.
The soul fire condensed by the cultivator is the pure power of the soul. Once it is consumed too much, it will take a long time to recover, which is far less simple than restoring mana.
Xiao Lin hurriedly closed the jade box and re-pasted the soul-sealing talisman. He didn't want the soul fire to be consumed too much. If it was consumed, wouldn't it be a waste of heaven's gift?
After spending half a day to sort out all the materials and spirit stones in the two star rings, Xiao Lin stood up again and headed out of the cave.
Soon a beam of light shot out from the deserted island. After roughly identifying the direction, it headed southeast. After flashing a few times, it disappeared without a trace.
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One year later.
Xiao Lin came to an unfamiliar sea area.
At Xiao Lin's speed, he flew for a full year. Xiao Lin looked ahead and saw that the dark void was almost close to the sea surface.
Above the sea surface, there were lightning and thunder, and the huge waves on the sea surface were probably hundreds of feet high.
At the same time, white tornadoes penetrated the sea of clouds and made bursts of whistling sounds.
"Finally arrived at the Storm Sea." Xiao Lin muttered to himself.
It turned out that the Hell Valley was not on the Hell Island, and it had nothing to do with the Hell Island. The location of the Hell Valley was actually in the southeast of the Star Sea. According to Xiao Lin's estimation, he should have reached the outside of the Star Sea at this moment.
The ocean of the spiritual world is boundless. Except for a few peak existences, no one knows how big it is.
Xiao Lin flew for more than a year before he came to the Storm Sea. If he wanted to reach the real Hell Valley, he had to pass through the Storm Sea.
The journey was not smooth sailing. Xiao Lin had encountered several waves of attacks from ferocious beasts. Later, Xiao Lin deliberately concealed his escape light. Even so, he was still discovered by several waves of ferocious beasts with keen perception, which led to several thrilling battles.
Looking at the storm sea in the distance, Xiao Lin also showed a hesitant expression on his face.
After all, this is not the Holy Moon Continent, which is full of unknown dangers. Xiao Lin is not worried about the storm in the storm sea. Instead, he is worried about a kind of fierce beast living in the storm sea - the Tianhong Thunderstorm Beast.
This is also the information Xiao Lin got from the broken animal skin map. This Tianhong Thunderstorm Beast is a genuine fourth-level fierce beast, good at wind and thunder dual-system magical powers. The key is that this Tianhong Thunderstorm Beast usually hides in the storm sea in groups, waiting for other fierce beasts. As long as some other fierce beasts enter the storm sea and are detected by it, they will almost be surrounded by a group of Tianhong Thunderstorm Beasts and their bodies will be gone in an instant.
The fourth-level beast is equivalent to the combat power of a cultivator in the fusion stage. Although this Tianhong Thunder Beast is only a fourth-level low-grade beast, it has a large number. With Xiao Lin's current realm, if he faces a group of Tianhong Thunder Beasts, it will be tantamount to seeking death.
But since Xiao Lin dared to come, there is naturally a way. It turns out that in the broken animal skin map, there is a hobby of this Tianhong Thunder Beast, that is, its sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and once the fishy smell is too strong, it can make its spiritual sense deaf.
Xiao Lin is planning to use this feature of the Tianhong Thunder Beast to cross the storm sea.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Lin took a deep breath, and a faint golden light flashed on his body, and fine golden scales also emerged, and then turned into a golden light, shooting straight into the endless storm.
As soon as Xiao Lin entered the storm sea, he felt a huge tearing force coming, but this storm force was not too threatening to Xiao Lin, a peak cultivator of the Refining Void Realm.
But Xiao Lin saw through the endless storm that huge lightning pillars were rushing up from the sea surface from time to time in the distance.
Xiao Lin's face froze, and he knew that under those lightning pillars were the Tianhong thunder beasts.
Xiao Lin waved his sleeves, and a huge corpse suddenly appeared, and then fell towards the sea surface, but just after falling a few feet, dozens of dark green sword qi slashed across the sky, and the huge beast corpse was instantly torn into pieces, and blood sprayed like a spring.
The sponge was suddenly blood red, and the bloody smell spread instantly.
Just after doing all this, the lightning pillars in the distance suddenly disappeared, followed by a roar like an old cow. Xiao Lin saw huge lightning flashes in the distance, shooting towards him with a lightning-like trajectory, at an extremely fast speed.
Xiao Lin did not dare to neglect it. The blood and qi in his body surged wildly, and then a golden light penetrated the endless storm and shot towards the distance.
Xiao Lin had just left when the lightning flashes reached the top of the shattered corpse. When the lightning flashes dissipated, monsters like old cows appeared, with their heads occupying half the size of their bodies, and the two sharp horns on their heads each holding a lightning flash.
Wherever they passed, the void trampled by their limbs showed small tornadoes, which grew rapidly and soon became several feet thick, rolling towards the distance.
When they saw the broken corpses of the beasts on the sea surface, they immediately pounced down frantically, opened their bloody mouths, and began to feast on them.