Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 873: Strange Things at the Bottom of the Lake
An ancient beast hiding in the lake?
Li Qing's pupils suddenly shrank. He was flying in the air and had no time to avoid being swallowed by the ancient beast.

Unable to even see the beast's appearance clearly, Li Qing only felt the light around him suddenly go dark, and then his body felt hot and slippery.

He was actually swallowed by this ancient beast that suddenly appeared!

"Such a terrifying explosive power, I can't avoid it at all!" Li Qing exclaimed as he fell into the mouth of the wild beast. Then he felt a squeeze and his whole body suddenly lost weight and fell down.

The ancient beast swallowed Li Qing in one gulp without even chewing.

Li Qing, who was in the belly of the ancient beast, was about to use his magic power to kill the ancient beast from the inside, but the next moment, the entire dark space completely suppressed him.

"Good fellow, he is planning to refine me directly in his stomach. He has a really big appetite." Li Qing's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he whispered through gritted teeth.

The stomach of this wild beast is very strange. It actually has a suppressive effect on spiritual power. It is very difficult to mobilize magic power inside it, just like being in a quagmire.

Then, a sound of waves was heard in the dark space.

The highly corrosive gastric juice surged in, and in just a moment of contact, Li Qing felt waves of burning and stinging pain on his skin.

Feeling his current situation, Li Qing finally knew what kind of ancient beast had swallowed him in one gulp.

"A spirit-eating beast, it looks like a hippopotamus, but it has a layer of bone shell around its body. It is good at devouring everything to strengthen itself. Even many precious spirit golds cannot stop this refining."

"What bad luck! If I can't escape in a short period of time, I will probably be completely refined."

Li Qing sighed. He didn't expect to encounter such a difficult ancient beast just after entering the Tianguang Secret Realm.

In its belly, not only did he find it difficult to mobilize the magic power in his body, even the vital energy between heaven and earth was completely isolated, and he could not sense the existence of the vital energy between heaven and earth at all.

In addition, wrapped in this sticky gastric juice, Li Qing's strength was rapidly dissipating, and his physical strength could not play a big role.

Obviously, this spirit-eating beast was extremely well prepared, and it had used this method to kill many powerful beings with success. It was not worried at all that the prey would break through its body.

However, no matter how dangerous the situation was, Li Qing quickly calmed his thoughts and entered an extremely calm state.

He analyzed his current situation in the shortest possible time and then made a judgment.

"The inside of the Soul-Eating Beast is unbreakable, but it can be easily killed by attacking from the outside."

"No wonder he hid himself in the lake. This guy is really cunning."

Li Qing's thoughts flashed quickly in his mind, and he immediately came up with two ways to break the deadlock.

The first way is to wait for rescue and waste time in the soul-eating beast's belly. As long as someone outside discovers the soul-eating beast in the lake, it can be easily killed.

Because the Spirit-Eating Beast is in its most vulnerable state when it is in the process of refining the food in its stomach, human cultivators of the same level can easily kill it.

"I'm afraid this method won't work. The location where I fall into the Tianguang Secret Realm is random, and it's hard to guarantee that there will be other friendly beings near me."

"Moreover, this soul-eating beast is very cunning. It hid at the bottom of the lake. Even my spiritual sense could not detect its existence."

Li Qing rejected this idea immediately. Fighting head-on would be tantamount to waiting for death.

The second method is to give up resistance immediately, put yourself in a life-and-death crisis, and then use the corpse puppets brought from the lower world to resist the death.

But Li Qing didn’t know whether he could escape from this closed stomach space after the corpse puppet had saved him from death once.

"This method should be effective. Even if I can't escape from its belly, I can use the corpse puppet to take my place in the soul-eating beast's death and make it stop refining me."

"After that, you only need to use your strongest means in an instant to kill this spirit-eating beast."

But doing so would mean sacrificing an extremely precious substitute corpse.

Li Qing only had two of these things, which were equivalent to his second life. One of them was knocked away by the Taoist body of the Formless Saint during his ascension. He was reluctant to use them on this.

Moreover, the stomach of this spirit-eating beast is an extremely useful thing and can be used to refine some special rare treasures!
So, he decided to use the third method!

These thoughts flashed through my mind in an instant, and it seemed like a long time had passed, but it was only a split second.

In an instant, Li Qing made a decision.

While inside the soul-eating beast’s belly, he was unable to use magic, supernatural powers, or physical strength, but he still had a third kind of power!
The long-lost Kunpeng magic suddenly started to work in his body, and the heavy Kunpeng divine power flowed through his body.

Phew~!

A sharp scream like the cries of a thousand birds resounded in the belly of the soul-eating beast, and the powerful power of Kunpeng surged out from Li Qing's body.

"Kunpeng Botiantu!"

At this moment, all the gastric juice attached to Li Qing's body surface was shaken away, and the unique power of Kunpeng burst out from his body.

In the belly of the spirit-eating beast, it seemed as if a Kunpeng appeared and was tumbling endlessly, and a series of killing techniques were being performed.

Not long after, at the bottom of the lake that had just returned to tranquility, a gigantic spirit-eating beast opened its eyes, with fear in its pupils.

After so many years of using this method that has always been successful, for the first time it encountered an existence that it could not swallow successfully.

"Roar!"

The soul-eating beast roared in pain and tried to spit out Li Qing. The severe pain in its abdomen made it unbearable.

But it was too late. His body was suddenly pierced by a Kunpeng claw, which was transformed from Li Qing's palm.

Immediately afterwards, the hand shaped like Kunpeng's claw was retracted, and then stretched out again.

Kunpeng stretched out his claws, but this time, Li Qing directly crushed the heart of the spirit-eating beast, and all its other organs were also shattered by Kunpeng's divine power.

Soon, the bottom of the lake was stained with thick scarlet blood, and the vitality of the soul-eating beast was quickly lost.

After feeling that the magic power in his body was no longer suppressed, Li Qing rushed out immediately.

He looked at the blood-stained lake bottom with a look of heartache in his eyes. These were all the real blood of wild beasts. If he took them back to Xuan Gu City, he could sell them for a very good price.

Fortunately, his essence and blood were in his body and did not disappear immediately, otherwise Li Qing would have been heartbroken.

Without saying a word, he immediately put the dead soul-eating beast into his storage bag to prevent its true blood from being wasted.

"This time the harvest is pretty good. We directly killed a spirit-eating beast that is equivalent to the late stage of the Spiritualization stage. Its blood essence and stomach are both worth quite a lot."

"The only pity is that the stomach bag has been damaged. If I want to refine it into a rare treasure, I'm afraid there will be some flaws. I'll have to spend more time and effort on it."

If he could kill this spirit-eating beast from outside, he should be able to harvest a complete stomach, and then with a little refining, he could turn it into a powerful treasure.

Once the enemy is taken into this rare treasure, he will be helpless.

It is difficult for him to use both his magic power and physical abilities, unless he possesses a third kind of powerful killing power like Li Qing.

For example, some cultivators with special physiques, or powerful races like the True Spirit Kunpeng, who have exclusive bloodline inheritance. "In fact, the ultimate soul attack and killing technique can also break the situation, but although I have been nourishing my soul over the years, I have not cultivated any powerful soul attack and killing techniques."

"I'll find a way to make up for this when I have time later!"

After doing all this and confirming the results of the battle, Li Qing prepared to leave the blood-stained lake bottom.

But soon he stopped and continued to dive, reaching the rugged bottom of the lake.

There was not a single fish to be seen swimming here, and the surroundings were all scarlet red, as the lake water was stained with the real blood of the spirit-eating beast.

Li Qing discovered that the blood-filled lake water did not continue to spread out, but slowly settled to the bottom of the lake.

"Has all this blood been absorbed? There's something strange at the bottom of the lake!"

Li Qing, who was using Kunpeng's magic, now transformed into the form of a swimming Kun. He could move freely in the water without being affected at all.

He watched quietly as the blood-stained lake water went deep into the ground and finally disappeared.

I saw that the water level of the entire lake had dropped a lot, and it all seeped into the unknown lake bottom.

After all the blood-stained lake water had seeped away, the surroundings regained clarity, and the muddy lake bottom below also revealed an ancient pattern.

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"It really is something special. Today is really a blessing in disguise."

"But this amount of real blood alone may not be enough to unlock the secrets at the bottom of the lake. We need more!"

It was impossible for Li Qing to bleed himself, so he took out a white jade porcelain bottle.

What is contained in this bottle is the essence and blood of a yellow-skinned fox. Only three bottles of essence and blood were extracted from a fifth-level yellow-skinned fox in the Spirit Transformation Stage.

It is very valuable. At that time, the young master of Hou family in Xuan Ancient City came to him and forced him to buy it, but he refused to sell it because he had other uses for the essence and blood.

To uncover the secrets at the bottom of the lake, more real blood might be needed, so Li Qing simply took out a bottle of the yellow-skinned fox's blood and poured it out carefully.

These essence and blood did not spread out like ordinary blood. Even after falling into the lake, it still maintained the intact appearance of a drop of essence and blood and did not dissolve in water.

As a bottle of essence and blood was poured out, the ancient patterns on the bottom of the lake absorbed all of it.

Soon, a halo of light spread out, and a hole appeared in the center of the lake bottom, as if a giant beast had opened its bloody mouth.

A large amount of lake water poured into it, and a whirlpool appeared on the surface of the lake.

Seeing this, Li Qing rushed directly into the opening that looked like the mouth of a giant beast. After entering, he used his own magic power to seal the opening so that the lake water could no longer flow in.

He was afraid that the lake would dry up and attract other people who entered the Tianguang Secret Realm to investigate.

"Blood is really needed to unlock the secrets at the bottom of the lake. If ordinary beasts were lurking at the bottom of the lake, they would have noticed the abnormality long ago."

"But the Soul Devouring Beast is different. This ancient beast eats people without spitting out bones. Not to mention blood, even a single hair will not be left out. It will be completely refined in its stomach."

After entering the entrance to the bottom of the lake, Li Qing spoke with anticipation in his eyes.

This entrance is very deep. After isolating the lake water above, you can still hear the sound of the water flowing into the lake below.

After a long time, a basement appeared in Li Qing's sight, where all the water had seeped away.

Before Li Qing could move, the stone door of the basement opened automatically.

Rumble!
When Li Qing saw the situation inside, his heart skipped a beat.

The first thing that catches the eye is a transparent crystal coffin, inside which lies a skeleton dressed in gorgeous clothes, which has not decayed after who knows how many years.

"hiss!"

"I'm afraid this is the real golden jade burial suit. Compared with this, the golden jade burial suit I made in the lower world is nothing."

The gorgeous clothes that the skeleton was wearing seemed to be woven from golden threads, and inside there was a layer of inner armor that looked like Nine Heavens Mysterious Jade. The whole thing looked so natural that there was not even any trace of refining.

"It's at least a Xuan-grade spiritual treasure. No, it could even be a Di-grade spiritual treasure!"

Li Qing made a judgment immediately, and the burning feeling in his eyes became more intense.

He couldn't help but walk forward and wanted to open the transparent crystal coffin!

But before he could touch the coffin lid with his hand, he felt a sharp pain in the palm of his hand.

Only then did he realize that the crystal coffin was not suspended in the air by itself, but was suspended in the air by transparent and tough silk threads.

"It is actually a crystal thread specially refined. I am afraid that the spiritual material must be hammered and refined repeatedly hundreds of thousands of times to be able to refine such a thread."

"This kind of weapon refining technique is really unheard of."

At this moment, Li Qing didn't dare to move around anymore. These crystal threads were so tough and sharp that even his body couldn't withstand them.

Just now he just touched it lightly with his hand, and a blood mark appeared on the palm of his hand.

"What a peculiar way of refining tools into silk threads. Even the divine consciousness cannot easily detect the existence of these silk threads."

"It is definitely the best raw material to use as a hidden weapon to hurt people."

“I wonder if this kind of weapon refining method is hidden in this underground room.”

Yes, in addition to this transparent crystal coffin, there is also a stone table in the basement, on which are placed rolls of notes that look like notebooks.

These notes have been weathered for who knows how many years, and they would probably turn into ashes at the slightest disturbance.

So Li Qing did not dare to act rashly, but instead extended his spiritual sense to memorize the contents of those scrolls of notes in his mind.

"Some of them are written in the common language of the spirit world, and some runes are very strange. I can't understand what they mean at all."

"Never mind. I'll just memorize them all and research them later."

The last entry in the scroll written in the common language of the spirit world reads:
"I have a feeling that my death is approaching. It seems that my grievances have not been washed away in the end. Until now, no one from my clan has come to release me and return my magic power."

"I am unwilling to accept this. Is there no one who can overturn my verdict? It is unfair that I have to bear all the sins alone."

"Have they forgotten me over the years, the promises they made to me?"

"Haha, it seems that this crystal coffin that I made with my own hands actually buried me, and the only burial object is this golden embroidered dress."

"It's really ridiculous."

These were the only words left in the notebook. Even after so many years, Li Qing could still feel the strong reluctance and regret of the owner of the coffin.

(End of this chapter)