The Pain of Cutting Open the Heart
Song Wen looted Ying Ni and Wu Sui of everything, devoured their Essence Blood, and then burned their bodies to ashes.
After completing the task, Song Wen left the Cave.
He randomly chose a location, traveled for over a hundred miles, and stopped in a mountain valley where Spiritual Qi was scarce.
After releasing eight Black Armor Gu, Song Wen confirmed that there were no powerful Demon Beast or cultivators within a few miles. He then found a spot on a rocky cliff, sat down, and began to take stock of his spoils.
First, there's the cyan ring on Ying Ni's hand.
When Song Wen first saw the ring, he guessed that it was a storage ring.
Upon closer inspection with his Divine Sense, Song Wen confirmed that it was indeed a storage ring, just as he had predicted.
Unlike Storage Bag, which are common items in the cultivation world, storage rings are much rarer, and are generally only possessed by cultivators with a cultivation Foundation Establishment of Foundation Establishment or higher.
Didn't you see? Even Wu Sui only uses Storage Bag.
Ying Ni's storage ring wasn't very large, only about fifty cubic meters. But it was still much larger than Storage Bag, which typically had a capacity of one to ten cubic meters.
Song Wen is currently using Storage Bag with a capacity of seven cubic meters, which he took from Zi Yi.
Although Ying Ni's storage ring was almost the worst type, it still made Song Wen very happy.
Back then, when he was figuring out how to take the Heavenly Spirit Fruit out of the secret realm without being discovered by the sect, he had considered using the storage ring.
However, refining and activating a storage ring requires Divine Sense or extremely strong mental power, meaning that most Qi Refinement cultivators are unable to use storage rings.
Over time, storage rings became exclusive to cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and above, and were rarely used by Qi Refinement cultivators.
Ying Ni's possession of a storage ring is related to her cultivation of seductive arts. Those who cultivate seductive arts often have stronger mental power than cultivators of the same level.
This made Song Wen's plan to purchase the storage ring extremely difficult.
In a shop run by the Corpse Demon Sect in the market, storage rings were for sale, but they were placed on the fifth floor, which was only accessible to Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the cheapest storage ring cost as much as 10,000 Spirit Stone. Song Wen didn't even have the qualifications to go up to the fifth floor, let alone buy one.
Song Wen also considered purchasing storage rings through other channels, but after inquiring around, he discovered that all the Foundation Establishment cultivators were arrogant and disdainful of making acquaintances and trading with unfamiliar Qi Refinement cultivators.
Meat has five layers of fat and three layers, just as people are divided into three, six, and nine classes.
Wolves do not associate with dogs.
Song Wen didn't dare to openly purchase the storage ring, so in the end, he had no choice but to hide the jade box in his heart to smuggle the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.
His original plan was to only take two Heavenly Spirit Fruit out of the secret realm, and to painfully discard all other spoils of war whose origins were unclear and which might expose his strength.
Ever since he noticed the blue ring on Ying Ni's hand, he had coveted it.
Like Wu Sui, Song Wen also left a Divine Sense imprint on Ying Ni.
Unexpectedly, Ying Ni and Wu Sui, who had already developed a rift, inexplicably got back together, saving Song Wen a lot of time.
Now that we have this storage ring, things will be much easier.
The spoils can be stored in a storage ring, which can then be kept in the heart and taken out of the secret realm.
Ying Ni's storage ring contained many things: Spirit Stone, pills, talismans... and even some women's undergarments, including a set of seductive arts cultivation Cultivation Method.
Song Wen wasn't very interested in the items inside. After quickly flipping through them, he took out Wu Sui's Storage Bag.
Wu Sui's Storage Bag contained a great many items, including nearly five thousand Spirit Stone, as well as a rich variety of other items such as pills and talismans.
Song Wen also found the chain Law Artifact, but it had been destroyed, which was a pity. This Law Artifact could be freely opened and closed, and it was definitely a rare and exquisite Law Artifact.
Then there's Wu Sui's Corpse-Nurturing Bag.
Among them, the pseudo-second-tier Corpse Puppet caught Song Wen's eye. After careful examination, he was certain that this corpse could definitely be used to refine a second-tier Corpse Puppet.
However, the person who created it back then deliberately made it into a pseudo-second-tier Corpse Puppet so that Wu Sui, a Qi Refinement cultivator, could control it.
We definitely can't keep Wu Sui's Corpse-Nurturing Bag.
Coincidentally, he found a black coffin in Wu Sui's Storage Bag. It was a mid-grade magic Law Artifact, a corpse- Corpse-Nurturing Coffin. He put the Corpse Puppet into the Corpse-Nurturing Coffin and then put it into his storage ring. He planned to find an opportunity to re-refine the corpse after returning. As long as he changed its appearance and aura, no one would be able to recognize that it belonged to Wu Sui.
Next up is Qiu Li's Storage Bag.
Among them, Song Wen discovered a very interesting Cultivation Method called the Demon Saint Art. This was a Body Refining Cultivation Method that included Cultivation Practice Method for the Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment Realm stages.
After cultivating the <Demon Saint Art> to a certain level, it will condense the phantom of Demon Beast. As the cultivation level increases, the cultivator can even transform into Demon Beast during battle, which can greatly enhance the cultivator's strength and defense.
After briefly reviewing the contents of the <Demon Saint Art Cultivation Method>, Song Wen set it aside. He already had a main cultivation Cultivation Method and couldn't abandon it to cultivate another Cultivation Method.
Finally, there's the Gui Xun's Storage Bag.
Two of the Jade Slip caught Song Wen's attention. One of them was the secret technique <Netherworld Escape>. This escape technique requires the cultivator to have a large amount of Yin Qi and ghost energy in their body. However, if a cultivator refines too much ghost energy and Yin Qi, there is a risk of turning into a ghost, which is somewhat similar to Song Wen's situation of becoming a corpse.
Moreover, the name of this Cultivation Method is quite similar to the <Netherworld Claw> he practiced before, and it is unknown what the connection is between the two Cultivation Method.
The other Jade Slip contains a method for controlling ghosts, and also a method for crafting Law Artifact.
It records the method for crafting a craft called the Yin Soul Banner.
The Ghost Banner used by Gui Xun and Chen Xiuming were both Yin Soul Banner, and they were made by themselves.
The Yin Soul Banner is a magical Law Artifact that can be continuously refined. As long as there are sufficient materials, souls, Yin Qi, and ghost energy, the Yin Soul Banner can be continuously strengthened. Many cultivators have even refined the Yin Soul Banner into their Life-Bound Treasure.
The Yin Soul Banner is a powerful and versatile magical Law Artifact that can be used for both offense and defense, and can also assist cultivators in escape.
After Song Wen finished checking everyone's Storage Bag, he put the seven Heavenly Spirit Fruit into a jade box and placed it into his storage ring.
After inspecting the items in the Storage Bag of the group one by one—every Law Artifact, every pill, and every Spirit Stone —and confirming that none of the items bore any Divine Sense imprints, Song Wen placed them all into their storage rings.
Then, they piled up the personal belongings from the several people 'Storage Bag and prepared to burn them.
Just as he was about to make his move, he remembered the divine thought that had suddenly emerged from Wu Sui's body when he was dying. He then retrieved Wu Sui's Storage Bag, which he had already emptied.
He put Wu Sui's personal belongings, the broken chain magic Law Artifact, and hundreds of Spirit Stones, as well as some pills, talismans, and other items that were originally in Wu Sui's Storage Bag, back into the Storage Bag.
Song Wen carefully put away Wu Sui's Storage Bag.
Other people's personal belongings and Storage Bag were disposed of, either burned or buried.
He then selected several spirit medicine commonly found in the Withered Blood Secret Realm and placed them in his Storage Bag. He intended to take these spirit medicine to his sect to report back.
Although there are still five days before the Withered Blood Secret Realm closes, Song Wen has already achieved his goal for this trip, and the Heavenly Spirit Fruit he obtained has far exceeded his expectations. He does not intend to take any more risks.
In order to adapt to the constant, intense pain caused by storing the storage ring in his heart, Song Wen decided to place the storage ring in his heart today.
The moment the Black Armor Gu broke through the heart, a large amount of blood flowed out of the atrium, and an excruciating pain swept through the entire body. The body felt as if it had lost its source of energy supply, and the limbs instantly became weak.
The vast amount of Essence Blood hidden in the bones throughout the body began to surge out, replenishing the Essence Blood lost due to the ruptured heart.
A Black Armor Gu dragged the storage ring and forcefully stuffed it into the heart through the tear.
This swift and brutal action nearly made Song Wen faint from the pain.
Veins bulged on his forehead, and his face was distorted and grotesque.
The other seven Black Armor Gu, which had been prepared for a long time, quickly used their mandibles to forcefully close the crack in the heart the moment the storage ring was inserted into it.
Despite the excruciating pain, Song Wen, with his strong willpower, swallowed the healing pill in his mouth and began to circulate his internal energy to refine it.
The physical strength and recovery speed of a body-refining cultivator are greater than those of an ordinary cultivator, but it still took Song Wen more than an hour to barely close the wound in his heart.