Before this, Lu Xiaotian had used tomb spirits to hunt down the Nine-Cavern Wanderer. Later, in the Dark Demon Mound, more than a dozen more Sumeru Rings had come into his hands, directly or indirectly. The spirit crystals in all those rings together amounted to less than three hundred thousand low-grade spirit crystals. Of course, the combined value of the various spirit materials was far greater, but what mattered now was liquid capital.
The wealth inside this Sumeru Ring left behind by Xuan Qing was almost on par with that of an ordinary Integrated Body Great Talent. This risky venture had certainly been worthwhile. The spirit crystals alone made the trip worth it.
Most of the dozens of other spirit materials were rare treasures useful to those in the Integrated Body Realm, while some were key ingredients for pills that could help one break through into that realm.
After carefully sorting away these precious materials, Lu Xiaotian began opening the remaining boxes. Some contained exceptionally valuable cultivation methods, but none were of much use to him. He already had enough methods to cultivate. Unless something particularly appealed to him, he generally wouldn't add any more.
When he opened the seventh wooden box, Lu Xiaotian found a scroll resembling a jade butterfly inside. The upper part of the scroll contained the control techniques and crafting methods for a Buddhist puppet formation. The Five Absolutes Monks Subduing Tigers Formation depicted a group of bronze staff-wielding monks, along with a coordinated attack method and its accompanying incantations.
"What an astonishingly powerful puppet formation." Lu Xiaotian was deeply impressed. Just reading the crafting method made his scalp prickle. Each of the top-grade Five Absolutes Monks possessed the combat strength of someone in the Integrated Body Realm. When all five joined forces, the scroll claimed,