Seeing Through the Deception

"According to that man, an expert among his ancestors refined this Cosmic Bag using an artifact-refining method passed down by the ancient Profound Yin Sect. He used the soft hide from a yin python's underbelly as its base, supplemented it with sixteen poisonous yin substances, and spent eighty-one days refining it. The bag can expand or shrink, growing as large as a room. It can capture not only ghosts, but living creatures as well. Its confinement power is formidable—once something enters the bag, escaping is all but impossible," Hua Rui explained in detail.

Shen Luo nodded slowly. The item sounded promising.

"The Cosmic Bag can do more than capture and confine. If you wish to kill your captive, you need only activate the restrictions inside it to release yin-poison astral qi. Whether a ghost or a living creature, it will dissolve into putrid liquid in less than half a quarter-hour," Hua Rui continued. Then she formed an orchid-shaped hand seal and pointed into the air.

The small black bag immediately shot upward, transforming into a large black sack several feet across. A jet of dark light streamed from its mouth and wrapped around a hardwood stool in the private room.

With a whoosh, the stool vanished, evidently drawn into the black bag.

A few breaths later, black light flashed at the bag's mouth, and a clump of wood residue resembling rotten soil flew out, giving off a pungent odor.

"It looks quite good. How many restrictions does this Cosmic Bag contain?" Shen Luo asked, his eyes lighting up at the sight.

"This bag was originally an upper-grade magical artifact with nine layers of restrictions. Unfortunately, it was damaged at some point, and two of those restrictions dissipated, leaving only seven. Still, its materials are of the highest quality. It certainly