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Chapter 139: Soul-Contract Lock
"They didn't even label the items' names."
Curious, Chen Beiwu opened the first sealed jade box.
A puddle of murky, orange-yellow soil came into view. It was half gelatinous, with star-like black specks constantly flowing within, and gave off the pungent stench of rotting corpses mixed with sulfur.
"Is this the low-grade third-tier treasure material, [Five-Pollution Earth Marrow]?" Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted slightly.
Five-pollution earth marrow, also known as five-turbidity soil, was a special substance formed from the fusion of killing intent and turbid qi in triple-yin earth veins.
When earth-attribute spirit beasts consumed it, it could reshape their bones and awaken the ancient bloodlines hidden within them.
For earth-attribute spirit beasts whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Second Realm, consuming it even offered a thirty-percent chance of advancing their bloodlines and transforming into third-tier treasure beasts.
Of course, it came at a price.
Second-Realm Lesser Demons whose divine sense was not strong enough could suffer contamination of their souls after consuming it, descending into madness or even mutating into five-pollution evil beasts devoid of reason that knew nothing but slaughter.
No wonder this five-pollution earth marrow was kept sealed away instead of being used, Chen Beiwu thought.
A low-grade third-tier treasure material with advantages and drawbacks like these was undoubtedly a double-edged sword.
Until they found a safe way to consume it, very few Beast Tamers in the Southern Wasteland would risk their Contract Beasts, which was why it had remained unused until now.
"Unfortunately, this treasure material is useless to me." Chen Beiwu closed the jade box.
If he remembered correctly, the Immortal Alliance Official Website should have a method for safely consuming five-pollution earth marrow. Unfortunately, neither Golden Egg nor Iron Egg was an earth-attribute spirit beast.
Moreover, five-pollution earth