"How did you do that? Did you just tough it out?"

Kong Hao was genuinely curious: Lu Tao was not even twenty years old, yet his mind was so resilient.

Just now.

When Lu Tao was caught in his inner demons, Kong Hao, General Wei, and everyone else felt worried, anxious, and even...despair for him.

Such a young genius, with a bright future ahead of him, unfortunately encountered the tribulations of his own mind.

In particular, even though they were all powerful experts at the Divine Platform, they couldn't help at all.

We can only watch helplessly.

It would be truly unacceptable for such a genius to perish in the tribulations of his own mind.

In fact, they all felt guilty for not telling Lu Tao about his inner demon tribulation sooner, but they never expected it to come so quickly.

This was so sudden.

However, the result shocked them.

Lu Tao not only overcame his inner demons, but he did so with such ease that it seemed as if the inner demons had no effect on him at all.

This made them all very curious, and even full of anticipation.

They speculated that Lu Tao might have a way to overcome his inner demons; otherwise, how could it have been so easy?

Everyone wanted to know exactly how it was done, and whether they could get a piece of it from Lu Tao.

Of course, if it's a treasure, they won't think much of it, but if it's a mental cultivation manual or a secret technique, then they can pass it on.

Lu Tao laughed and said, "It wasn't exactly a case of toughing it out; I just happened to obtain a... incomplete Heart Sutra."

"The Heart Sutra?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Hao and the others' eyes lit up instantly.

If it's the Heart Sutra, then it can be taught. No matter the cost, they will exchange it for it from Lu Tao. They even completely ignored the word "incomplete".

Despite being incomplete, it allowed Lu Tao to overcome such a powerful inner demon tribulation, demonstrating just how powerful this Heart Sutra is.

How could anyone find it objectionable?

“Brother Lu, feel free to ask for anything. Please make sure you pass this Heart Sutra on to me. Consider it a favor I owe you.”

Kong Hao's face was filled with longing as he looked at Lu Tao with a pleading expression.

General Wei and the others hurriedly said, "Young Master Lu, we are here too. We will help you find whatever you need. We only ask that you pass on the Heart Sutra to us."

Compared to Kong Hao, the generals guarding the army need the Heart Sutra more.

They often clashed with the ancient barbarian army, resulting in bloodshed at the drop of a hat, which often intensified their inner demons.

"It's possible, but you can't easily pass it on to other people."

After pondering for a while, Lu Tao decided to pass it on to everyone, but he was worried that if someone thought they had the Heart Sutra and were no longer afraid of their inner demons, they would commit a great sin.

Seemingly aware of Lu Tao's concerns, General Wei assured him, "Young Master Lu, rest assured, we will never pass on the Heart Sutra to those who are too bloodthirsty."

Kong Hao and the others also gave their assurances.

Lu Tao nodded, silently leveling up the Heart Sutra to the lower-grade Xuan level. After upgrading the Heart Sutra, he used his divine sense to inscribe it into a jade slip and gave it to the five people.

He added, "I am currently lacking some cultivation techniques, formations, and refining materials. If any of you have any, please give me some. Of course, I also need other techniques such as alchemy, weapon refining, puppetry, and beast taming."

With a system in place, how can comprehensive development not be achieved?

"Yes, yes, there are plenty."

The five of them hurriedly selected a large number of items from their storage rings, sorted them into categories, and handed them to Lu Tao.

Lu Tao took the five rings and looked at the mountain of materials and books inside, feeling quite satisfied.

I can't believe I was able to exchange a simple Buddhist scripture for so many good things.

The materials to build the Immortal Sect were available instantly.

Not only that, but there are also hundreds of thousands of storage bags in front of us.

These can all be considered his spoils of war.

"Xiao Bing, stop!"

Lu Tao controlled the ice bead, instantly melting the ice blocks within a radius of dozens of miles.

Splash!

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of people, along with the demonic elephants and monsters, all collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Even the lower-ranking soldiers were like porcelain, shattering into a pile of fragments the moment they fell to the ground, their clothes and other belongings turning to dust.

Having overcome his inner demons, Lu Tao remained calm and unmoved upon witnessing this scene.

Kong Hao, General Wei, and the others, however, had somewhat complicated expressions.

This included not only the ancient barbarian army, but also more than 100,000 traitors who had once been among them.

"What a waste of so many storage bags."

Lu Tao looked at the storage bags scattered on the ground. Almost half of them had been shattered due to the excessive freezing power, and the contents inside had turned into nothingness along with the shattered storage bags. Lu Tao sighed inwardly at the pity.

Then Lu Tao became worried.

There are at least two or three hundred thousand intact storage bags and thousands of storage rings. It would take him and the disciples of the Immortal Sect a tremendous amount of time to sort them all out.

"General Wei, I have a favor to ask you."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Tao said to General Wei, "Could you ask the soldiers in the army to help me sort out the contents of these storage bags? The gold, silver, pills, medicinal herbs, and weapons inside can be considered as payment. What do you think?"

"Thank you for your gift, Young Master Lu. I'll have someone tidy it up for you right away."

General Wei was very pleased to agree and immediately sent people over to tidy up.

These storage bags containing over 200,000 items and thousands of storage rings are all of relatively high quality, and basically belong to experts who have mastered internal organ refinement or innate cultivation.

There must be a great deal of cultivation resources such as gold, silver, elixirs, and medicinal herbs.

With just a simple sorting out, so many resources were obtained; General Wei naturally thanked Lu Tao on behalf of the many soldiers.

During the conversation, General Wei and the others used their divine senses to collect all the storage bags, storage rings, and scattered weapons.

"Greetings, Master Kong."

"Greetings, General Wei."

"Greetings, Young Master Lu."

At this moment, many powerful figures on the other side of the ice block also arrived and bowed to the three of them.

Unconsciously, Lu Tao's status had become equal to, or even higher than, the other two.

Everyone looked at Lu Tao with a complex mix of awe, gratitude, and admiration.

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Manager Feng was the most outstanding among them.

During this period, Lu Tao's impact on him was increasingly profound.

Entry-level chopsticks, self-created techniques, marrow refinement realm... and so on.

All of this shocked him.

What shocked him the most was the song Lu Tao sang and the ice bead.

Especially ice beads.

When Lu Tao took out the ice bead, he immediately recognized that it was exactly the same as the cooling ice bead in his own inn, but its power was vastly different.

He vaguely guessed that the ice bead in Lu Tao's hand was probably made by Lu Tao himself, imitating the inn's cooling ice bead, but he was still a little unsure.

Because Lu Tao only bought a few boxes from him, and then ordered one ice bead every day to use.

He really wanted to ask Lu Tao, but he knew the secret was too big for him to handle, so he kept it to himself.

Even after that, he could not ask.

after all.

The fact that a single ice bead can change the entire battlefield situation speaks volumes about its importance.

Manager Feng was well aware of what it would mean for Da Gan if Lu Tao could manufacture it himself.

However, if the enemy country finds out, Lu Tao will be in great danger.

In fact, Kong Hao, General Wei, and others were also very clear about this.

Although they were all very curious about the origin of the ice pearl, they kept quiet and didn't ask, simply because the time wasn't right.

Now is the time.

"Lu Tao, just make up any excuse about the origin of the ice pearl and spread it around through the mouths of others."

Kong Hao secretly transmitted his thoughts to Lu Tao through his divine soul, and then asked curiously, "Brother Lu, your ice bead seems to be very similar to the cooling ice bead at Tianyun Inn. Where did you get it? Its grade has actually reached the fifth rank, high grade."

When speaking.

Kong Hao curiously took the ice bead from Lu Tao's hand and examined it.

Lu Tao said, half-jokingly, "I also got it from Han Chengren's storage bag not long ago. How should I put it? It's a bit strange. It seems that no one else can use it, only I can use it."

Anyway, the Han family was notorious for robbing and plundering in Mufeng City. By pinning the ice pearl on Han Chengren, there was no way to verify the facts or investigate.

"Really?"

Kong Hao asked curiously, while secretly transmitting his voice anxiously, "Brother Lu, don't mess this up! This is a big deal concerning how the enemy country will target you. Don't make it unacceptable."

Lu Tao shrugged and said, "Brother, you can give it a try."

Kong Hao glanced at Lu Tao with some skepticism. He had just been studying the ice bead and had only managed to input a little bit of vital energy into it, but there had been no reaction.

He felt that the ice bead did not emit any freezing power because it had not been approved by its owner, Lu Tao.

Since Lu Tao said so, Kong Hao naturally believed him and directly inputted more vital energy.

The result was that there was no response.

After he channeled his vital energy into the ice bead, no matter how hard he tried, the ice bead remained motionless.

"Huh, that's strange. How can I, a late-stage Divine Platform expert, not even be able to use a single fifth-tier ice bead?"

Kong Hao refused to believe it and continued to frantically channel his vital energy into him, but it still didn't work. "How could this be?"

Lu Tao laughed and said, "Treasures belong to those with virtue."

I apologized in secret.

Kong Hao's lips twitched, feeling that this kid was cursing him. He casually tossed the ice bead to General Wei and said, "General Wei, you try it."

"good."

General Wei initially suspected that Kong Hao and Lu Tao were putting on an act, putting on a show for everyone.

He also plans to continue acting.

However, when he channeled his vital energy and discovered that he truly could not use the Ice Pearl, he was immediately shocked. "Why is this happening? It's clearly only a fifth-tier item, and I'm already at the peak of the Divine Platform realm, so why can't I use it?"