I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 218 Earthly Fiend Yellow Spring Pearl (Seeking monthly votes)
"You don't need to be sad or blame yourself for this. Lin Xiyue risked her life to send you a message, hoping that you could survive."

Danxi comforted Jiang Yi, who gave a bitter smile.

"I've seen this kind of thing many times, so I won't make things too hard on myself, but... sigh! It's hard to say."

Danxi nodded, noticing that Jiang Yi hadn't, as she had expected, gritted her teeth and vowed to avenge Ji Honglian and Lin Xiyue to the death.

Of course, revenge should be taken, but it should be done within one's power and at the right time.

It is foolish to risk one's life for another, to seek revenge without regard for the consequences.

"It seems you've grown since what happened in Wuliu Village."

Danxi looked at Jiang Yi with satisfaction. She was indeed different after overcoming the tribulation of falling in love. It seemed that most of her inner knots had been untied.

"Don't worry, I will personally go there once Luo Heng makes any discoveries."

Jiang Yi nodded and took out the ring she had found in the underground ruins.

“Master, this storage ring is very likely the possession of Ancestor Tianxin. The divine sense imprint on it is still there, but I can’t open it. Could you please take a look?”

Danxi took the ring and examined it carefully for a while.

"Yes, this is indeed a very old forging technique..."

Danxi held the ring and closed her eyes for a moment, and a glass-like flame-like brilliance flashed on the golden ring.

"Alright, Ancestor Tianxin's current strength is at most at the early stage of Golden Core, which is still very weak. This divine sense imprint is not difficult to break."

Danxi didn't look at the contents of the ring directly, but instead returned it to Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi waved her hand and refused, "No, no, Master, you look first. I'm afraid there might be some traps inside."

She was genuinely afraid of this, after all, she had already experienced the treachery and cunning of the Heavenly Heart Ancestor, and she had to be on guard.

Danxi took the ring, and with a thought, retrieved everything inside.

Two ancient jade slips, a blood-red lotus lamp, a black banner with blood-red patterns, and an earth-yellow round bead.

Danxi piled some spirit stones and a lot of miscellaneous refining materials on the ground.

The materials used for refining the artifacts were clearly made from the melting down of various magical artifacts. They were very crude and must have been the valuables of the cultivators killed by the Heavenly Heart Ancestor over the past thousand years.

"This is... an ancient treasure?!"

Danxi first picked up the earth-yellow round bead and examined it closely. The transparent bead seemed to contain a desert.

Ancient treasures are actually magical artifacts from ancient times. Because their crafting methods and materials are different from those used today, they are called ancient treasures.

In ancient times, the concentration of spiritual energy in heaven and earth was much stronger than it is today. Ancient treasures were more powerful, but they also consumed a lot of energy when activated. Moreover, they could not be repaired after being damaged, which had both advantages and disadvantages for cultivators.

Danxi put down the earthen yellow bead, then picked up the blood-red lotus lamp and banner to examine them for a while. Her face was somewhat gloomy, and she remained silent as she continued to examine the two ancient jade slips.

Jiang Yi waited quietly to the side, silently drinking tea. A full quarter of an hour later, Dan Xi finally put down the two jade slips.

"This bead is indeed an ancient treasure called the 'Earthly Fiend Yellow Spring Bead.' It has two main abilities: Earthly Fiend Escape and Yellow Spring Sandstorm. Once activated, Earthly Fiend Escape allows one to travel underground at a speed of about 70% of that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and it can also evade divine sense detection."

"The main ability of this bead is the Yellow Spring Sandstorm. When it releases a sandstorm, the ground turns into a sea of ​​sand. Those who are trapped in it will continuously lose their true essence and magical power, and it will be difficult for them to use escape techniques to get out. The sandstorm is also mixed with the power of the Yellow Spring, which can corrode the protective aura and the spirituality of the magic weapon."

"Besides, if the person who possesses the Earthly Fiend Yellow Spring Pearl has enough magic power, they can also condense nine sand worms in the sandstorm. These worms can come and go without a trace, attacking those trapped in the sandstorm unpredictably. The strength of the sand worms is comparable to that of the caster." Jiang Yi exclaimed, "It is indeed a good thing."

Danxi placed the Earthly Fiend Yellow Spring Pearl in front of Jiang Yi. "To activate an ancient treasure, you need at least the early stage of the Golden Core realm. With your current abilities, you can activate the 'Earthly Fiend Escape' with your essence blood for about three breaths without any problem. It's good to keep it as a trump card to save your life, but I still hope you never have to use it."

Jiang Yi nodded. It is not easy for cultivators to condense essence blood. Once a drop of essence blood is sacrificed, their vital energy will be greatly damaged, and their overall strength will be greatly reduced. They will need to be secluded for a long time to nurture it before they can slowly recover.

"Both of these are unfinished products, not yet fully refined, and they are evil magical artifacts. I must confiscate them."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi had no objection. In fact, just from their appearance and considering the state of the Heavenly Heart Ancestor, she knew what those two things were.

The Soul Refining Lamp and the Myriad Soul Banner were items prepared by the Heavenly Heart Ancestor for the Xia family to avenge their family.

The heretical sects often talk about lighting a soul lamp, which is the soul-refining lamp. It extracts the cultivator's soul and refines it into a wick. After lighting it, the cultivator suffers the torment of being burned by the raging fire, unable to live or die. It is purely a torturous thing.

Needless to say, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is a must-have... If you don't work hard in your cultivation, you'll end up as brothers within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

"As for these two jade slips..."

Danxi paused, then suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Jiang Yi hurriedly said, "The things in here must be very profound. I don't know anything about weapon crafting. Master, please make a copy for me to broaden my horizons. You can keep the original. I'm counting on you to craft the Heavenly Gang Magic Sword for me. By the way, the Rock Pattern Silk Armor and Hua Gu's Mysterious Water Gauze that you gave me last time are both damaged. I'd appreciate it if you could help me repair them."

"If Master isn't too busy lately, could you also make a piece of armor for Hongli? Oh, and I've recently taken in two Stone Lion Warriors. I'll show them to Master later, and Master could also help me arm them. The male lion is rather clumsy, so a pair of boots would be best. The female lion is agile, but her protection is insufficient."

It's a pity that my master isn't good at crafting musical instruments or other magical artifacts; otherwise, I could have had him make the Dharma zither.

Danxi glared at Jiang Yi. Under her 'excessive demands,' the shame of taking her disciple's things was greatly reduced. She took out two blank jade slips and made rubbings of the contents of the original ancient jade slips.

"These two jade slips, one contains the weapon-refining insights of Ancestor Tianxin, progressing from simple to complex, and also contains many ingenious ideas, rare weapon-refining techniques, and some blueprints for refining magical treasures. They are very suitable for learning weapon-refining from scratch."

"The other jade slip contains the insights that Ancestor Tianxin has gained from cultivating the Ghost Path over the years. I should have confiscated it, but the techniques for refining and dividing the soul are contained within. If used for the right purpose, they can greatly enhance your strength."

"A split soul?!" Jiang Yi's eyes lit up; she had been looking for this before.

Dividing the soul and dividing the spirit—a difference of only one word, yet worlds apart.

The Starry Sky Refining Divine Technique she is currently learning refines and divides divine consciousness. She can use a Tribulation-Breaking Sword as the main weapon, splitting the sword shadows and controlling multiple sword lights at the same time, but she cannot do two things at once.

The split soul is different; it involves dividing the soul into two, each thinking independently and controlling completely different magical artifacts, somewhat like a controllable multiple personality disorder.

Perhaps back then, in the underground ruins, the Heavenly Heart Ancestor had hidden another part of her soul in Ji Honglian's body beforehand.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yi's mood became heavy again.

Danxi cautioned, "The drawbacks of soul division are significant. Your cultivation level is currently low, so it's best not to try it. However, the Lan Yao clan is quite suitable for the soul division method, perhaps..."

The master and apprentice fell into the same deep thought, and the corners of their mouths slowly curved into the same smile.

With a wave of her sleeve, Danxi collected the pile of spirit stones and miscellaneous materials on the ground. None of her materials were suitable for refining magic artifacts for the Foundation Establishment stage, so these were just right.

"I need to wait here for Luo Heng's investigation results regarding what I'm going to refine. I have some time to spare."

Jiang Yi immediately took out the damaged Rock Pattern Silk Armor and Xuan Shui Silk and placed them on the table. "I'll make a list of the rest for you later. Tell me about the Dream Immortal Sect first."

Jiang Yi still couldn't help but care about this matter.

(End of this chapter)