Holding the bamboo hat in one hand and the jade slip in the other, Xu Qingtong stared blankly at the spot where Ksitarbha had been fishing, remaining motionless for a long time. Why had this great deity of the Netherworld sought him out?
The old man had stopped him from going to the interface node, clearly not wanting him to leave, then delivered a lengthy discourse on lofty principles. What exactly did he mean?
Xu Qingtong stayed where he was and pondered for roughly the time it took to drink a cup of tea. Then he put the bamboo hat and jade slip into the Seven-Star Bracelet and flew back along the way he had come.
Two days later, Xu Qingtong returned to Dongliu City, shut himself in his room, and began reviewing what had happened on this trip.
He had gone out to search for an interface node, only to return empty-handed and encounter Ksitigarbha along the way. Ksitigarbha had forbidden him from searching for the interface node, then given him his own bamboo hat. It was all exceedingly strange!
Xu Qingtong examined the bamboo hat but could not figure out what it was. According to Ksitigarbha, he would have to reach the Body-Shaping Stage before he could ritually refine it.
Since it required ritual refinement, it had to be a Netherworld Treasure. He would put it away for now and use it once his cultivation was sufficiently advanced!
Xu Qingtong was just about to put the bamboo hat into the Seven-Star Bracelet when his eyes suddenly lit up. He sent his consciousness into the bracelet, took something out, and set it on the floor.
The Soul-Refining Pool! Xu Qingtong had never known what this treasure he had obtained from a Ghost Cultivator in Bingzhou actually was. He had