The Soul-Capturing Pearl is entirely black.
Looking at it, one might feel drowsy.
It was only because the Soul-Capturing Pearl was of a relatively low level, and Lu Tao's divine sense was comparable to that of a Perfected Innate Realm cultivator, that he did not become completely engulfed by it.
"Items that can grow are quite rare."
Lu Tao murmured.
Aside from the items he created, this was the first item he encountered that could grow.
Lu Tao was very curious about how these Soul-Capturing Beads were made.
He naturally wouldn't use the one made by someone else; he planned to make one himself.
Lu Tao searched through Senior Brother Dong's storage ring and quickly found the method for making the Soul-Capturing Pearl. It required a lot of precious materials and the production process was quite complicated.
The entire refining process takes several days.
But that applies to Senior Brother Dong.
For Lu Tao, it was very simple. He just needed to make a crude Soul-Capturing Bead and level up by gaining experience.
Lu Tao immediately released the safe house.
Then a pavilion gradually grew larger and soon stood in the mountains and forests.
The pavilion has three floors and is surrounded by arrays that not only defend against attacks and spy on people, but also include illusion arrays that blend in with the surrounding environment.
It is not easily noticed.
The attic contains many rooms.
Rest room, alchemy room, weapon forging room, cultivation room... and so on.
Essential for going out.
Safe houses also provide boosts to cultivation speed, alchemy speed, weapon crafting speed, etc., but there are no boosts to sect positions or loyalty.
Moreover, the increase was even smaller.
Even a Tier 5 superior safe house only provides a 2.5x increase.
Compared to sects, the gap is quite large.
Lu Tao activated the formation, entered the weapon-refining room, took out various materials, and began refining.
With a 2.5-fold increase, Lu Tao only spent a little over half an hour to successfully refine the Soul-Capturing Pearl.
【Soul-Capturing Bead: 0/1000 (Ninth-tier low-grade, mainly used for the soul, can bewitch living beings and capture their souls.】
You can raise a main soul, allowing it to continuously devour other souls to increase its power. The more and stronger the souls it devours, the stronger and more powerful the main soul becomes.
But at the same time.
The main soul will also suffer endless torment, enduring the pain of soul devouring every day, yet still maintaining a clear mind. It is a fate worse than death, with life and death completely controlled by the owner of the soul bead.
The current item level is low and can only be used on creatures below the Blood Refinement level.
Its main abilities include: bewilderment and soul devouring.
"This thing is indeed quite vicious. No wonder Senior Brother Dong would rather self-destruct than become the main soul."
Lu Tao clicked his tongue in amazement, but didn't seem to mind.
He took out many innate spiritual artifacts, including innate arrows and chopsticks, and controlled the Soul-Capturing Pearl to make it work on these artifacts.
This is used to gain experience points.
With innate-level intelligence, one can gain experience extremely quickly, reaching 100,000 points at a time.
One hundred arrows, tens of thousands of chopsticks, plus a third-tier array plate...
In just over a minute, the Soul-Capturing Pearl was upgraded.
【Soul-Capturing Pearl: 2.33 million / 1 trillion (Sixth-tier low-grade... Martial artists below the Innate level have no power to resist it, and even Innate level experts can be affected if they are not careful.
Its main abilities include: bewitching, soul devouring, soul attack, and arousing inner desires.
"Two more abilities have been gained."
Lu Tao nodded in satisfaction, but then said with some regret, "Unfortunately, it will take too long to upgrade it to a fifth-tier spiritual weapon."
It will take more than a thousand minutes, or more than ten hours.
Now that they were in a secret realm, Lu Tao naturally wouldn't waste this time.
"Once it's upgraded into a spiritual weapon, I'll have to choose a good main soul to absorb into it."
Lu Tao weighed the Soul Bead in his hand.
It's a bit vicious, but it's quite suitable for punishing certain people.
For example, Qi Gan and Shen Tu Nan.
Lu Tao quickly packed up everything, put the safe house away, and got back to work.
We've killed enough ferocious beasts.
Lu Tao concealed himself and wandered among the dens of ferocious beasts, focusing on finding the Dust-Removing Grass.
With the Sky Eye present, searching becomes extremely convenient.
Unfortunately.
After searching one ferocious beast's den after another, Lu Tao still couldn't find even a single Dust-Clearing Grass, which left him somewhat helpless.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Sudden.
Lu Tao's Heavenly Eye detected a group of suspicious people.
You can tell from their clothes that these three belong to the same sect.
They all concealed their auras, not even daring to release their divine senses, and quietly crept into a mountain forest without disturbing any ferocious beasts.
"Such actions must be for the purpose of removing the dust and grass."
Lu Tao secretly guessed, and was overjoyed.
Judging from the route these three people took, they were undoubtedly heading towards a ferocious beast's den in the distant mountains.
Ferocious beasts are powerful to begin with, let alone their dens.
Cultivators usually avoid such encounters from a distance, but these three did the opposite.
He couldn't think of any other reason than to search for the Dust-Removing Herb.
I just don't know what they have to rely on.
If these ferocious beasts are alerted, these three people will probably be reduced to ashes.
"It seems that this sect found the Past Dust Grass in this area last time."
The Divine Platform Secret Realm has only been opened three times. Some sects have found the Past Dust Grass in the secret realm, which is their advantage.
Such secrets would never be revealed by any sect.
Therefore.
Even the information Kong Hao gave Lu Tao didn't include this aspect.
"Hopefully, we'll gain something from this."
Lu Tao silently prayed, then instantly accelerated, concealing his figure with his cloak, and flew rapidly towards the beast's den.
Soon, Lu Tao appeared in a valley.
Hundreds of ferocious beasts rest here, some even fighting and biting each other.
Lu Tao scanned the area with his Heavenly Eye.
They left no place unchecked, scanning every inch and examining everything with extreme care.
"Found it."
In less than a minute, Lu Tao's Heavenly Eye detected a Dust-Removing Grass.
To be precise, it was a seed of a dust-removing grass, which had just sprouted and was very tender, growing in the cracks of the rocks.
Lu Tao decisively approached, using his divine sense to control the longsword, and silently took out the Dust-Clearing Grass and stored it in his storage space.
No ferocious beasts were alerted.
"Keep going, there might be more in this valley."
Lu Tao was not satisfied.
With the extraordinary ability of the Heavenly Eye, how could a mere Dust-Removing Grass satisfy Lu Tao's appetite?
With a joyful heart, Lu Tao continued to conceal himself and searched the valley.
roar……
They had only searched halfway when a deafening roar suddenly echoed from one end of the valley, followed by hundreds of ferocious beasts stirring.
Lu Tao looked into the distance.
They discovered that someone had deliberately made a commotion to provoke the ferocious beast into giving the other two a chance to enter the valley and search for the Dust-Clearing Grass.
The three carried array plates that could trap ferocious beasts.
Lu Tao didn't pay any attention and continued his search.
Anyway, he had an invisibility cloak, so no matter how much these ferocious beasts caused trouble, it wouldn't affect him.
A moment later.
Lu Tao sighed helplessly.
Apart from the first dust-removing herb he found, he gained nothing else.
Just as Lu Tao was about to leave, Tianyan subconsciously glanced at the other three.
They discovered they had underestimated the beast's strength and were now in grave danger.
"You all run away, I'll hold them off."
A young man in his late twenties wielded several magical weapons, charging left and right, constantly slaying ferocious beasts, and single-handedly holding off dozens of them.
At the same time, they used a formation to trap the other three hundred ferocious beasts.
only.
There were too many ferocious beasts; he couldn't handle them all by himself.
If he hadn't been wearing armor, he would probably have been seriously injured.
Not only that, but more than a hundred other ferocious beasts also bypassed him and charged towards the other two.
Although these ferocious beasts cannot cultivate, they are incredibly powerful, comparable to those at the Innate Realm.
Even a powerful innate expert would not be able to escape easily when surrounded by hundreds of ferocious beasts.
Especially.
Among the ferocious beasts, there are also birds of prey, which are extremely fast. Even if one is at the peak of the Innate Realm, it would be difficult to escape if one's movement skills are not strong.
In the blink of an eye.
The three were completely surrounded by the ferocious beast and could only fight like trapped animals.
"Why are there two hundred more ferocious beasts here?"
The three felt despair.
Their entry into the secret realm was arranged by the sect, and all preparations were made.
Who knew?
Two hundred ferocious beasts with innate strength suddenly appeared in the valley, disrupting their plans and putting them in danger.
"Since you helped me find the Dust-Removing Herb, I'll lend you a hand."
Lu Tao's heart stirred.
Hundreds of chopsticks transformed into tiny projectiles, shooting towards the ferocious beast from all directions.
The sounds of slurping and popping continued.
In a short while.
The two hundred ferocious beasts outside the formation were all killed.
The three people trapped by the ferocious beast stared in shock at the scene before them, hardly believing their eyes.
More than two hundred ferocious beasts, comparable to those at the Innate Realm, were killed so easily, as if they were ordinary animals.
The three survivors were somewhat questioning the meaning of life.
What level of innate cultivation would grant such an ability?
"I wonder which fellow Daoist came to my rescue? Qin Han of the Crimson Star Sect thanks you in advance."
The 27-year-old Qin Han scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, hoping to find his savior and thank him in person.
pity.
He didn't see a single person until those hundreds of magical artifacts disappeared into the distance.
With his savior gone, Qin Han had no choice but to give up.
"We were really lucky this time, a kind person came to our rescue, otherwise the three of us would have certainly died."
Qin Han didn't think any further and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.
Another person suddenly said, "Senior Brother Qin, do you think there's any possibility that the Dust-Removing Grass might be..."
"Whether or not there was any Dust-Clearing Grass in this valley before, it has nothing to do with you and me."
Qin Han glanced at his junior brother, his tone somewhat cold, and said, "If it weren't for that fellow Daoist's rescue, you would already be dead."
The person fell silent, and the scene became somewhat awkward.
"That fellow Daoist is highly skilled; he may simply be passing by and not actually interested in the Dust-Clearing Grass."
Another person smoothed things over, saying, "After we've rested, we'll search the valley. Maybe we can find the Dust-Removing Grass."
Qin Han's expression softened, and he nodded, saying, "Hurry up and adjust your breathing; the array can only trap them for a quarter of an hour at most."
"Yes, senior brother."
——
On the other side.
Lu Tao continued his search for the Dust-Removing Herb.
However, the Dust-Removing Grass was indeed extremely rare. He searched more than a dozen beast dens in succession but could not find another one.
"This thing is really hard to come by."
Lu Tao couldn't help but sigh.
Having just finished searching one beast's den, Lu Tao continued on to the next one.
Simultaneously sensing spiritual imprints.
"Shuang'er".
Suddenly, Lu Tao sensed the spiritual imprint he had left on He Yuanshuang with his Heavenly Eye, and his spirits lifted instantly. He decisively flew towards her...
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