A thought vanished from his mind, and a strange, evil Pennant Flag appeared before Lu Xuan.
The Pennant Flag was a deep, ghostly black. Within it, there seemed to be endless filth tangled and churned together, as though the slightest contamination would leave both body and mind dirty and polluted.
When his gaze lingered on it, he felt dizzy and swollen-headed. A foul stench surged out from within the Pennant Flag, so dense it seemed almost tangible.
Lu Xuan held his breath, focused his mind on this filthy Pennant Flag, and at once learned its detailed information.
Ten Thousand Filth Pennant, a Fifth Grade magical artifact, refined from tens of thousands of foul qi and filthy substances gathered from across the world. It possessed extremely powerful contaminating properties, able to defile a cultivator's body and soul, and could also pollute low-grade magical treasures, greatly diminishing their spirituality.
"A Fifth Grade magical artifact!"
Lu Xuan was delighted. The Filth Insect Grass was Fourth Grade; for it to produce a Fifth Grade magical artifact had already exceeded his expectations. He guessed it was because his cultivation had not been high when he planted it before, and he had cultivated it across grades.
"Though its function is rather single-minded, the effect is excellent. It can pollute a cultivator's body and soul—one could say it's extremely sinister and damaging."
Once a cultivator's body and soul were defiled, the possibility of mutation would greatly increase. In addition, their hope of advancing to a higher realm would basically be cut off, unless they could find some Treasure to cleanse the foul qi completely.
"It can also pollute the spirituality of magical treasures. Not bad, not bad. Unfortunately, I probably won't have much use for that for now."
Those who possessed magical treasures were at least Core