Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 73 Soul-Locking Stone

"Does Miss Shu You have a thing for men?" Chen Beiwu asked tentatively.

"I've never heard of that before," the gray-robed cultivator said, glancing at Chen Beiwu in surprise.

The other person has an ordinary appearance and wouldn't stand out in a crowd, so why would you worry about such a problem?

Could it be that the other party has connections and resources and plans to use male beauty to bribe Miss Shu You so that she can be admitted to the Mirror Moon Palace?

After asking some questions about Mirror Moon Palace, Chen Beiwu left satisfied and headed to the spirit medicine shop in the market.

"Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium? Sorry, our shop only sells entry-level medicinal herbs."

Hearing the shop assistant's response, Chen Beiwu was not surprised. He looked at the medicine cabinets on three walls, which had the names of the medicinal herbs noted on them.

To his dismay, the herbal medicine shop did not sell the two second-tier spiritual herbs, Moon Dew and Withered Thunder Branch.

Moon Dew and Green Vine Branch are terms used by the Immortal Alliance. The names of the medicinal herbs vary from place to place. Chen Beiwu only learned from books that they are called Moon Dew and Withered Thunder Branch in the Southern Wilderness.

"Most of the cultivation resources sold in Yinxia Market are for Qi Refining; there are very few spiritual herbs of Rank 2 or higher," Chen Beiwu thought with some emotion.

The Immortal Alliance and the Southern Wilderness World are different, but they are essentially the same!

Although the Southern Wilderness is rich in spiritual energy, high-level cultivation resources are controlled by cultivation families and major sects. Rogue cultivators can only try their luck in the wilderness to obtain them.

If he wants to acquire stable high-level cultivation resources in the Southern Wilderness, he must choose to join a major sect.

Among the five major sects of the Earthly Realm, only the Mirror Moon Palace is a major sect that focuses on water cultivation, making it the most suitable cultivation sect for Chen Beiwu to join.

"It seems I need to find some native formations from the Southern Wilderness to learn."

With this in mind, Chen Beiwu left the spirit medicine shop and headed to the northern trading area of ​​Yinxia Market.

There are many independent cultivators setting up stalls there to trade resources; he might be able to buy what he wants.

Listening to the lively shouts around him, Chen Beiwu's eyes kept scanning the magical artifacts, pills, herbs and miscellaneous items on the stall.

"They're all trash used to fool independent cultivators!" Chen Beiwu quickened his pace.

He stopped in his tracks in disbelief when a bright green stone the size of a basketball came into view.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Beiwu stepped forward, picked up a jade bottle from the side, and asked the price: "How much are these pills?"

"Qi-infusing pill, a mid-grade first-tier pill, can improve a cultivator's Qi-refining progress, 15 spirit stones per bottle."

"It's a bit expensive." Chen Beiwu shook his head, put down the jade bottle, and picked up the books next to him.

"How much is this rejuvenation technique?"

The cultivator at the stall glanced at it and casually said, "Take it for one spirit stone."

The Rejuvenation Technique is a low-grade first-tier wood-elemental spell. Once mastered, cultivators can release mana to stimulate the injured person's body, accelerating flesh regeneration and allowing wounds to heal quickly.

This spell requires practitioners to have superb magical control, but it cannot heal wounds that are imbued with magical power or corrupted by demonic energy. Therefore, it is extremely cheap and readily available everywhere.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu picked up the emerald green stone that was pressing down on the animal hide. "How many spirit stones are these two items together?"

"Two spirit stones." The cultivator at the stall yawned.

Finally, a customer came to my door, but it turned out to be a poor, wandering cultivator who couldn't even afford a bottle of pills and only wanted two pieces of junk.

Chen Beiwu put down the spirit stone, suppressed his emotions, and turned to walk away.

He didn't know whether to say he was lucky or unlucky, but he actually managed to find the Soul-Locking Stone, a special prohibited item of the Immortal Alliance, while just casually strolling around the market.

The Soul-Locking Stone is a special stone that is useless for cultivators and cannot be used to forge magical treasures. However, its origin is mysterious, and it is an essential item for inscribing the first-order forbidden formation of the Immortal Alliance, the Soul Refining Formation.

The Soul Refining Array is also known as the Myriad Souls Profound Nether Array.

As its name suggests, this is an evil formation with unlimited power. It can forcibly absorb the remnant souls and spirits of those who have not entered reincarnation within a radius of ten miles into the formation. The higher the strength level of the absorbed souls, the stronger the formation becomes.

By absorbing a hundred first-tier spiritual souls, the Soul Refining Array automatically advances to a second-tier array, the [Hundred Souls Resentment Array]. Qi Refining cultivators who master this array can trap and kill Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Absorbing ten thousand first-tier spiritual souls, ten second-tier spiritual souls, and a wisp of third-tier immortal spirituality, the Hundred Souls Vengeance Array automatically upgrades to a third-tier treasure array, the [Ten Thousand Souls Guiding the Netherworld Array].

Foundation Establishment cultivators who master this formation can fight against Golden Core cultivators who are of a higher level.

Absorbing 100,000 first-order spiritual souls, 1,000 second-order spiritual souls, 100 strands of third-order immortal spirituality, and 1 strand of fourth-order profound spirit, the Myriad Souls Guiding the Netherworld Array automatically advances to the fourth-order profound array [Myriad Souls Profound Netherworld].

A Golden Core cultivator who masters this formation can unleash the Mysterious Netherworld Domain, suppressing and even capturing Nascent Soul True Monarchs; its power is terrifying beyond measure.

In the history of the Immortal Alliance, there was once an attack by a great demon from beyond the realm.

That great demon of formations refined the formation using planets, pushing the Soul Refining Formation to a level unimaginable to any demonic giant. With a casual strike, he killed the then-master of the Shiyi Palace, ultimately alarming the master of the Chunyang Cave Heaven to emerge from seclusion.

After a fierce battle, the master of Chunyang Cave Heaven was seriously injured, and the Great Demon of the Formation was completely destroyed.

Afterwards, the Immortal Alliance blocked knowledge of the Soul Refining Array and listed the Soul Locking Stone as a Level 1 prohibited item, establishing two ironclad rules:

The Soul-Locking Stone is forbidden in this world; anyone who dares to trade with it shall die!

The Soul Refining Array goes against the laws of nature; anyone who dares to learn or spread it will die!

Chen Beiwu only learned about the extremely terrifying Soul-Locking Stone above the Soul-Binding Stone after he met Mingxue and consulted the information.

"Unfortunately, this Soul-Locking Stone is useless to me," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

Finding a bargain is certainly something to be happy about, but finding one that is completely useless is rather upsetting.

The Soul-Locking Stone needs to be used in conjunction with the Soul-Refining Array to unleash its power; otherwise, it is just a useless stone.

Although the Soul Refining Array is of a lower grade, it is a top-secret array of the Immortal Alliance, and Chen Beiwu has no way of accessing it with his authority.

"If we find this in the Immortal Alliance, we'll be rich!" Chen Beiwu sighed and carefully put away the Soul-Locking Stone.

The reason he knew the detailed information about the Soul-Locking Stone was because the Immortal Alliance had been offering huge bounties for it for many years.

As long as the cultivator who discovers the Soul-Locking Stone reports it immediately, they will receive a reward of 100,000 Blessings from the Immortal Alliance and a bottle of priceless Calamity-Breaking Golden Pill.

You should know that the Breaking Calamity Golden Pill is a third-tier precious pill that can help cultivators break through their foundation and form a core. It is a treasure that countless Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Immortal Alliance desire but cannot obtain!

However, the origin of the Soul-Locking Stone in his hand is unknown. Taking it out will definitely alarm the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance and may very well expose the existence of the Nine Breaths Chaos.

Otherwise, Chen Beiwu really wanted to hand over the Soul-Locking Stone and receive the huge reward from the Immortal Alliance.

"call!"

Chen Beiwu shook his head, suppressing the restless desire within him.

Since that Qi Refining stall owner was able to produce a Soul Locking Stone, he might have a second, a third, or even dozens of them on him.

To be on the safe side, he decided to set up a stall next to the vendor for the next few days to find out what the vendor was really up to.

With this in mind, Chen Beiwu headed towards the northern management office of Yinxiafang Market, intending to apply for a stall permit.

(End of this chapter)