Back in the courtyard, Qin Xin rested for a while, then took out the emerald green bead from his Qiankun bag.
The emerald green bead was about the size of a bull's eye. When Qin Xin held it in his hand, it caused the Spirit Devouring Stone to vibrate slightly.
What is this?
Qin Xin was completely baffled and examined the bead for a long time but still couldn't find any special features about it.
"You brat, you've been thinking about this for so long and you haven't come to ask your teacher."
Danqing's ethereal spirit floated out of the broken diagram space, watching Qin Xin studying alone. With a light tap of her finger, the emerald green bead flew into his hand.
"Isn't this because we're worried about the teacher getting a break?"
Qin Xin grinned, actually afraid that if he asked the old man, he would inevitably be subjected to a lot of nagging.
"Oh, you brat, you're so kind? I just don't believe it."
Danqing narrowed his eyes and glanced at Qin Xin with some doubt, as if he could see through Qin Xin's thoughts.
"Alright, I'll tell you anyway. This thing is called a Soul Bead." Danqing tossed the emerald green bead into the air and caught it again, as if it weren't particularly valuable.
"Soul Bead?" Qin Xin was very puzzled when he heard this, because this was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.
"The Soul Bead belongs to the spirit beast. The laws of Heaven have given birth to countless species, some strong and some weak. Take spirit beasts and demon beasts as an example, they are like martial arts cultivators and spiritual cultivators in humans. Spirit beasts are rare, but each one is extremely powerful."
Danqing quietly recounted the story to Qin Xin.
"Hmm? That Crimson-Eyed Golden Demon Tiger is a spirit beast?" Qin Xin seemed to have realized something.
"If you were a spirit beast, you would have become dung long ago," Danqing said, his eyes narrowing as he spoke with feigned profundity.
"This soul bead is of the water attribute and does not belong to this Crimson-Eyed Golden Demon Tiger. I don't know where it came from. Do you remember the injury to the Crimson-Eyed Golden Demon Tiger's eyes?"
"It's probably because he forcibly devoured this soul pearl and suffered a backlash."
Danqing paused for a moment, then continued, "However, this Soul Pearl has many benefits for spiritual cultivators."
"What benefits?" Qin Xin looked at Danqing with delight upon hearing that there were benefits.
"You brat, don't lose your mind just because you hear about benefits." Looking at Qin Xin's expression, Dan Qing smiled and scolded him with a hint of disappointment. "The Soul Pearl contains pure soul power, which can strengthen spiritual awareness after absorption. However, it also contains the powerful will of a spirit beast, so most spiritual cultivators don't dare to absorb it directly."
Before Danqing finished speaking, the Spirit Devouring Stone within Qin Xin's body had already begun to operate, and the soul power within the Soul Pearl continuously flowed into Qin Xin's body.
"You brat, are you crazy?! Stop it right now!"
Danqing was startled by Qin Xin's actions and quickly tried to stop him, but Qin Xin didn't know what was going on and couldn't control himself.
After the soul power within the Soul Pearl was devoured by the Spirit Devouring Stone, it transformed into a vast spiritual force that surged into Qin Xin's Niwan Palace. At the same time, a portion of it flowed into Qin Xin's Martial Spirit.
"ah!"
The sudden swelling made Qin Xin feel as if his head and dantian were about to split open, and an endless killing intent swept over him, seemingly about to completely devour Qin Xin's consciousness!
Upon hearing Qin Xin's howl, Danqing was like an ant on a hot pan, his brows furrowed with worry.
"That brat is so disobedient!"
Danqing cursed angrily, formed a hand seal, and released several streams of pure power from his spiritual body, which rushed into the soul pearl. Danqing's spiritual body instantly became much more ethereal.
After Danqing made his move, the endless killing intent instantly dissipated. Qin Xin breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his Niwan Palace felt like it was about to burst under the impact of his spiritual power. At the same time, his martial spirit was also somewhat weak in absorbing the energy from the Devouring Spirit Stone. The black stick now seemed to have turned into a wooden stake, as if it had reached its limit.
"Stop right now!"
Qin Xin was also a little anxious, but the Spirit Devouring Stone seemed to be out of control, and Qin Xin had no way to control it.
In the face of crisis, Qin Xin activated the Supreme Divine Evolution Technique, which greatly slowed down the devouring of the Spirit-Devouring Stone. Having found a way, Qin Xin continued to activate the divine technique, and the Spirit-Devouring Stone was gradually brought under control. The Soul Pearl that had been devoured shrank considerably and fell to the ground.
As time passed, the feeling of his head being bursting gradually dissipated. At this moment, Qin Xin also discovered that the wisp of spiritual consciousness in his Niwan Palace had grown larger, and his perception seemed to be able to reach farther than before. He also took the opportunity to advance to the middle stage of the spiritual consciousness realm.
As for the Black Stick Martial Spirit, it seems that under the impact of this enormous energy, it broke through the barrier. The originally pitch-black three-foot-long black stick seemed to have spiritual power flowing within it, giving rise to a trace of life.
Qin Xin suddenly opened his eyes, and the black staff martial spirit appeared in his hand. With a gentle swing, waves of true energy surged forth.
"We've joined Samsung."
Qin Xin could not hide his joy and let out a gasp.
"You brat! You were too reckless!" Seeing that Qin Xin was unharmed, Danqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then launched into a tirade against him.
"Teacher, I was wrong, I won't do it again."
Looking at Danqing, whose spirit body was even more illusory, Qin Xin felt a little guilty. If Danqing hadn't risked the destruction of his own spirit body to erase the spirit beast's will in the soul pearl, he would probably have become an idiot under that endless killing intent.
"Hmph! It's good that you know you're wrong. If you have the chance in the future, help your master find some spiritual medicine that can repair the soul."
Seeing Qin Xin's aggrieved expression, Danqing felt too embarrassed to continue scolding him. However, this attack had put a considerable burden on the spirit body, and it almost caused it to fall into a deep sleep.
"Okay, I've got it!"
Qin Xin nodded seriously, taking Dan Qing's words to heart. He had heard Dan Qing mention the soul-repairing elixir many times before. This kind of elixir was extremely rare and naturally very precious. For Dan Qing, who was now only a spirit body, only a soul-repairing elixir could help him.
"Alright, brat, stop being so fussy. Take out that white lotus root and I'll refine pills for you."
Danqing suddenly asked for the fourth-grade spiritual medicine to be taken out, and Qin Xin was a little conflicted for a moment. "Teacher, why don't you rest?"
"It's alright, it's just refining a pill, it's not a big deal."
Danqing waved his hand, took the white lotus root from Qin Xin's hand, and a gilded alchemy furnace appeared in the bedroom. What was originally a sophisticated alchemy practice suddenly became very vulgar.
"You brat, observe carefully. You'll have to rely on yourself to refine pills in the future!"
Seemingly noticing the disgusted expression on Qin Xin's face, Danqing retorted irritably.
After speaking, Danqing waved his hand lightly and pointed out a golden flame of life, which slowly floated out and fell into the alchemy furnace. The golden flames rose up and the white lotus root turned into a pure white medicinal liquid.
Under the scorching heat of the living fire, the pure white medicinal liquid slowly began to take the shape of a pill.
"The Elixir Refining Technique for Living Beings!"
Danqing's hand gestures changed, and a vast amount of vital energy instantly surged into the nascent pill, causing the originally rough pill to emit a faint blue glow.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Danqing sent six white jade-like pills into a prepared jade bottle.
"Phew..." Danqing let out a long breath, casually tossed the jade bottle to Qin Xin, and said with some satisfaction, "All done."
Qin Xin quickly reached out and took the jade bottle, afraid that he might accidentally drop it on the ground.
"There are no other medicinal herbs to pair with it for the time being, so the medicinal effects of this white lotus root cannot be fully released, but it is enough."
"This fourth-grade elixir can help you break through one realm, but you can only take one. Use it when you reach the Innate Realm."
Danqing gave Qin Xin some instructions before entering the fragmented map space to rest. He also left Qin Xin the recipe for the Fusion Spirit Pill, asking him to purchase the medicinal materials to prepare for entering the Innate Realm.
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