Returning to the sect master's private Cultivation Chamber, Lin Sheng habitually laid down isolation array runes.
The heavy stone door slowly closed, cutting off all traces of presence between inside and out.
A cold jade meditation cushion sat in the center of the chamber, surrounded by several embedded Erosion-Repelling Luminous Pearls that cast a faint, gentle glow. Clearly, the Crimson Blood Sect's master had known how to enjoy himself.
Though these arrangements were not as effective as Sunstar's many high-tech Cultivation Support Instruments, they had their own distinctive merits.
Especially when he sat cross-legged on the cushion, he could faintly sense a magic array within the chamber. It resembled an energy-gathering array, but worked far better than a simple one.
His gaze fell beneath the cushion, on lines of twisting, vivid blood-red patterns. Those were the array runes.
Although the Mogu Star Starfield was backward and remained in an ancient setting, it had developed various methods suited to that setting. At the very least, Sunstar had nothing like these intricate array runes.
With a sigh of reflection, he sat cross-legged and gently tipped out the storage pouch he had taken from He Cang.
Three bottles of Soul-Concentrating Jade Elixir, three Soul-Gathering Pills, and the Soul-Nourishing Powder and Spirit-Concentrating Grass he had scavenged were all laid out before him.
These were all the divine soul resources the Crimson Blood Sect currently possessed.
"Let's begin."
Lin Sheng opened his mouth and swallowed a Soul-Gathering Pill first.
The pill entered his stomach and transformed into a pure, warm current of divine soul energy that surged straight into his sea of consciousness.
The pale golden snake coiled beside his true nature raised its head, twining around the medicinal energy and slowly drawing it in and out.
He then poured out a bottle of Soul-Concentrating