Ten-Thousandfold Returns for Taking Disciples: Starting from Battle Through the Heavens 28

Its main function was that it possessed powerful resistance against all illusion techniques and similar methods. It could directly see through falsehood and point straight to the essence.

In battle, it could also identify an opponent's weaknesses at the first opportunity and launch targeted counterattacks accordingly, providing enormous assistance in improving one's combat power.

The second ability was insight and deduction.

These Double Pupils could easily perceive the essence and origin of all things. They were immensely helpful for comprehending cultivation techniques and Dou Skills, as well as gaining deeper insights into the laws of heaven and earth—even the ultimate principles of the world.

Because the Double Pupils could easily discern the essence of all things, they also granted powerful deductive abilities, allowing one to deduce and perfect all kinds of cultivation techniques and Dou Skills.

As the Double Pupils' abilities improved and they were continuously developed, this deductive ability would also keep growing.

High-level Double Pupils could even deduce the future and glimpse a corner of what was to come. If developed to the extreme, even seeing through the cycle of life and death would not be impossible.

The third ability was creation and destruction.

The left Double Pupil governed creation and possessed the power of creation, while the right Double Pupil governed destruction and possessed the power of destruction.

Simply put, the left eye could control the power of creation. It possessed formidable healing abilities and could restore one's injuries in the shortest possible time.

As for the right eye, it could unleash powerful destructive force and possessed incomparably terrifying offensive power.

In truth, the Double Pupils' abilities naturally extended far beyond these three. These were merely their primary abilities. As the Double Pupils were developed further, they would also give rise to even more abilities.

Qin Hao was naturally extremely satisfied with the Double Pupils' abilities. They could be said to be far stronger than he had anticipated.

With the enhancement of the Double Pupils, his strength had clearly risen to another level once more.

Glancing at the time, Qin Hao realized that an entire night had passed without him noticing. The sky outside was already beginning to brighten.

Qin Hao slowly rose to his feet, then waved his hand and removed the restriction within the room.

"Greetings, Master!"

After walking out of the room, he found Qinglin already waiting in the hall. The moment she saw Qin Hao emerge, she hurriedly stood and greeted him respectfully.

"Mm. How did you rest last night?"

Qin Hao asked.

"Very well. It was so comfortable. Since I was little, I've never felt this comfortable or at ease before! Thank you, Master!"

As though she had thought of something, the gratitude in Qinglin's eyes when she looked at Qin Hao grew even stronger.

"All right, there's no need for such formality."

Qin Hao waved his hand, then called over the waiter and ordered some food. The two of them quickly finished breakfast.

After eating, Qin Hao began instructing Qinglin in the method of breathing and circulating Dou Qi.

On the Dou Qi Continent, cultivators could not practice Dou Qi cultivation techniques before breaking through to the Dou Practitioner realm. Only after condensing a Dou Qi Cyclone and reaching the Dou Practitioner realm could they choose a suitable cultivation technique.

[In the original novel, Xiao Yan only began cultivating the Flame Mantra after breaking through to the Dou Practitioner realm. However, Dou Skills were not restricted. Some Yellow-tier Dou Skills could be used even at the Dou Qi stage.]

Therefore, Qin Hao did not immediately pass the Ninefold Heavenly Serpent Transformation, which had been rewarded yesterday, on to Qinglin.

On the Dou Qi Continent, cultivation before becoming a Dou Practitioner was almost no different for everyone. Methods for breathing in and circulating Dou Qi were largely similar, and even Qin Hao had no particularly good solution.

With Qin Hao teaching her hand in hand, Qinglin took only half a day to become thoroughly familiar with cultivation at the Dou Qi stage.

"Qinglin, this is the Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid I prepared for you. It's used to assist cultivation. This Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid cannot be consumed directly; it must be absorbed through a medicinal bath.

"You've only just begun cultivating, and your body's tolerance is limited. Therefore, it's best to take this medicinal bath once every three days. These ten bottles of Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid are enough for one month."

Qin Hao's voice rang out once again.

On the Dou Qi Continent, those below the Dou Practitioner realm could almost never use medicinal pills to assist their cultivation. In the original novel, Xiao Yan used the Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid invented by Yao Chen to accelerate his cultivation.

Although Qin Hao did not possess the formula for Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid, he had discovered Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid in Cang Xuanzi's alchemy inheritance. Its effects should have been similar to Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid.

Qin Hao had found time to refine this Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid while he was in the imperial capital. It was clearly prepared for taking disciples.

"Ding! Host has bestowed disciple Qinglin with 10 bottles of Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid, a cultivation-assisting treasure. Return conditions met! Hundredfold return triggered! Obtained 100 bottles of Tendon-Cleansing Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid!"

The system notification sounded immediately afterward.

At once, another hundred bottles of spirit liquid appeared in Qin Hao's system space.

"A hundredfold return... Not bad."

Upon hearing the system notification, Qin Hao nodded to himself. The system's return multiplier was random, with tenfold being the minimum and ten-thousandfold being the maximum. He was quite satisfied with triggering a hundredfold return this time.

"Eh? This Tendon-Cleansing Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid..."

Qin Hao quickly inspected the returned spirit liquid within the system space and soon discovered its extraordinary nature.

He realized that this return was not simply a return in quantity. If it had merely been a quantity return, he should have received a thousand bottles of Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid.

Yet there were only a hundred bottles now. Clearly, not only had the quantity been increased, but the item's quality had also been enhanced.

This returned Tendon-Cleansing Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid was clearly much stronger than the Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid he had prepared before.

Not only could it assist cultivation, Qin Hao even discovered that this Tendon-Cleansing Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid could slightly improve the user's talent.

However, this effect was only useful for cultivators with ordinary aptitude. For someone as talented as Qinglin, the enhancement was almost negligible.

Even so, Qin Hao was extremely satisfied with the results of this return. Once Qinglin finished those ten bottles of Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid, he would replace them with this returned Tendon-Cleansing Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid.

[Items bestowed through returns will not trigger a second return.]

"Thank you, Master!"

After seeing what Qin Hao had given her, Qinglin hurriedly spoke.

Although she did not understand the value of these items, the gratitude in her heart did not diminish in the slightest.

"No need to be so polite. Oh, and this is a storage ring. I'll give it to you as well."

Qin Hao's thoughts stirred slightly. He took out a storage ring and handed it to Qinglin.

If anyone had seen the storage ring in Qin Hao's hand, they would certainly have been shocked. The storage ring he gave Qinglin was not an ordinary low-grade storage ring, but a high-grade one.

Even Qin Hao himself currently possessed only one high-grade storage ring. He had quite a few low-grade ones, as well as several mid-grade storage rings.

A high-grade storage ring was something that not only Qinglin, who had just begun cultivating, could never hope to possess. Even ordinary Dou Emperors or Dou Sects might not have one.

Originally, Qin Hao had only intended to give Qinglin a mid-grade storage ring. However, after thinking of the system return just now, he considered it for a moment and decided to try giving her a high-grade storage ring to see what it would return.

After all, on the Dou Qi Continent, high-grade storage rings were already top-tier storage treasures.

"Ding! Host has bestowed disciple Qinglin with one high-grade storage ring. Return conditions met! Ten-thousandfold return triggered! Obtained one miniature World Ring!"

The system notification sounded in Qin Hao's mind once again.

At the same time, an ancient ring covered in dense, profound patterns materialized out of thin air within his system space.

"Mm... Hm? A World Ring? Wait... Is it that thing I'm thinking of?"

Upon hearing this system return, Qin Hao was stunned at first. Then, as though he had thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Originally, Qin Hao had believed that high-grade storage rings were already the finest storage rings on the Dou Qi Continent. He had expected a quantity-based return; even the lowest tenfold return would have given him ten high-grade storage rings.

Yet unexpectedly, this time he had triggered the highest-level ten-thousandfold return. Most crucially, the quantity had not changed at all, so it was clear that the quality had been improved instead.

He had read the original novel, so he naturally knew that World Rings did not exist on the Dou Qi Continent. However, such an item existed in another work he was familiar with.

If this truly was the World Ring he knew of, then he had truly struck it rich this time.

Qin Hao immediately began inspecting the ring within his system space.

"It's real. It really is that kind of World Ring!"

After examining the World Ring's details, Qin Hao felt even more ecstatic.

Just as he had expected, this World Ring was precisely the type of storage treasure from Devouring World.

Although both World Rings and storage rings could store items, there was an essential difference between them.

Storage rings could only hold ordinary items and could not store living beings at all. Only certain special storage rings could house a few soul bodies.

But World Rings were different. Within them was a genuine world, capable of storing anything.

This item was far more advanced than the storage rings of the Dou Qi Continent.

Even in Devouring World, World Rings were extremely precious items. Those below the World Master realm were almost entirely unqualified to possess one.

However, Qin Hao's World Ring was somewhat different from the World Rings of Devouring World.

In Devouring World, even the smallest World Rings measured at least ten thousand kilometers in length, width, and height. Their internal space was terrifyingly vast. The largest even exceeded one hundred million kilometers.

The one Qin Hao received this time was merely a miniature World Ring. Its space was far smaller than that of an ordinary World Ring, measuring only around one hundred kilometers in length, width, and height.

Even so, on the Dou Qi Continent, it would absolutely crush every storage treasure. It was a true supreme storage treasure.

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Moreover, aside from storage, if used properly, this thing could produce unexpected effects at critical moments.

For example, in the midst of battle, one or even a group of powerful helpers could suddenly emerge from the World Ring, instantly reversing the entire battle situation.

This was also a commonly used tactic among cultivators in Devouring World, especially when assassinating various geniuses. A seemingly ordinary servant could suddenly produce an overwhelmingly powerful expert from within their World Ring—the effect was easy to imagine.

Although this return had not given Qin Hao the quantity-based return he had expected, he was undoubtedly overjoyed by the result.

This thing excited him far more than receiving one hundred, one thousand, or even ten thousand high-grade storage rings.

"Thank you for the reward, Master!"

At the same time, Qinglin, standing opposite Qin Hao, hurriedly spoke after seeing the high-grade storage ring he handed her. She did not refuse it.

Although she knew storage rings existed, she clearly had no real understanding of how precious a high-grade storage ring was.

Under Qin Hao's guidance, Qinglin completed the binding process for the storage ring, then put away the Marrow-Washing Spirit Liquid he had given her earlier.

Afterward, Qin Hao instructed Qinglin to cultivate on her own. Then he turned and left the inn alone, heading directly outside Stone Desert City.

This time, Qin Hao's target was the Green Lotus Core Flame that had appeared in the underground lava world outside Stone Desert City in the original novel.

In the original novel, the Green Lotus Core Flame had been nurtured within the underground lava world outside Stone Desert City.

For anyone else, even if they knew the general location, finding the Green Lotus Core Flame would still be extremely difficult.

But for Qin Hao, it was not an impossible task.