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Chapter 455 The Yin Corpse Sect's Storehouse
After learning that the Yin Corpse Sect was empty, Xiao Chen rescheduled to have tea with True Monarch Fubing.

Then he quickly took his leave and headed straight for the mountain gate.

Even the matter of cracking the storage ring was postponed even further.

Although he could defeat the other True Monarchs of the Yin Corpse Sect one by one even after they returned, he still wanted to cherish this opportunity.

However, before Xiao Chen could even get close to the Yin Corpse Sect...

He sensed many intense fluctuations of spiritual energy from afar using his divine sense.

It seems that many cultivators are already engaged in a battle ahead.

"Something's not right. Could it be that a thief is stealing things from my warehouse?"

Xiao Chen immediately became alert and increased his escape speed by three points.

At the same time, he extended his divine sense to its maximum distance, eager to see what was happening ahead.

He soon saw a massive protective array outside the Yin Corpse Sect, its spiritual light shimmering, clearly indicating that it had been fully activated.

That's quite normal. Once the disciples guarding the mountain gate discover that their own Supreme Elder is in trouble, they will immediately raise an alarm.

Interestingly, apart from some of the elders of the Yin Corpse Sect who were busy inspecting the formation and comforting their disciples, there were others who were not present.

Right now, there are still more than ten Golden Core cultivators huddled together, surrounded by dozens of people at the edge of the formation.

"Qi Zhongming, the Dark Silkworm True Lord has treated you very well in the past!"

An elderly man in a bright red robe angrily questioned, "Ever since you entered the mountain gate, you have always received the best treatment among all the guest elders."

"But now you not only don't know how to be grateful, but you also don't think about how to repay the True Lord or the sect."

"You actually tried to run away at a time like this, and even encouraged others to follow you into battle."

"Do you deserve the kindness and support that the True Lord has given you in the past?"

Do you have even the slightest conscience?

Hearing his stern shout, many of the surrounded cultivators lowered their heads slightly.

However, Qi Zhongming, whom he had singled out, scoffed, "Ha, you have the nerve to talk to me about conscience?"

"This is absolutely hilarious!"

"Who in this sect, from top to bottom, dares to say they have a conscience?"

"Then let me ask you!"

"When you used a premature baby as a medicinal ingredient, didn't you ever ask yourself if you had any conscience?"

"You still have the nerve to talk back to me? You're utterly shameless!"

"I'm already ten or a hundred times stronger than all of you beasts in human skin by not learning to cultivate demonic arts with you!"

After he said that, three people were still too embarrassed to look up.

However, the other guest advisors all voiced their agreement.

They joined midway through and didn't feel much belonging to the Yin Corpse Sect.

Now that they have suddenly learned that two True Lords have fallen in succession, how could they not guess that something big must have happened outside?

It might soon spread to the entire Sea of ​​No Light.

Fortunately, the other True Lords were not inside the mountain gate at the moment, and they still had the array flags they used for patrolling the mountain.

If we don't run now, when will we?

Unexpectedly, they were caught red-handed by the law enforcement elder, who led his men to block them at the edge of the formation, preventing them from leaving.

"Phew, what a scare."

Upon hearing this from afar, Xiao Chen immediately felt relieved.

It slightly adjusted its direction and headed straight for the position where the two sides were facing off.

Now, he wants to go in from the outside, and the other party wants to come out from the inside, but they are both blocked by the Yin Corpse Sect's protective mountain formation in the middle.

Since that's the case, Xiao Chen wouldn't mind helping them out.

Pick the softest persimmon to squeeze, and break a great formation by its weakest point.

Even without a Nascent Soul True Monarch guarding the front, he could easily dismantle the array bases one by one from the front.

But since there's a more time-saving and labor-saving way, why wouldn't he take it?

"Haha, it's the Supreme Elder who's returned ahead of schedule!"

Sensing a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation rapidly approaching from afar, the elder in charge of law enforcement first turned pale, then immediately beamed with joy: "You traitors, why don't you surrender immediately?"

"Give up resistance now and wait for the True Lord to return so that he can be treated leniently."

"Otherwise, you'll be in trouble with the sect rules."

Qi Zhongming and the others also turned pale upon hearing this.

But they weren't stupid. There was no turning back now. Even if they knelt down and surrendered, it would be too late. They wouldn't be able to escape the rules anyway.

Therefore, none of them spoke, but looked into the distance with a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

If it is the True Lord of the Yin Corpse Sect who returns, then there is no point in discussing anything further.

But if not, then it becomes the perfect opportunity to fish in troubled waters!
They were lucky, because the person who came was Xiao Chen.

"Heaven above, why do you not protect my Holy Sect!"

Before long, seeing the mountain-protecting formation already on the verge of collapse, the law enforcement elder knew that all was lost and cried out in despair, "I'll fight you to the death!"

With that, he discarded the battle flag, grabbed his sword with both hands, and charged forward.

Then it was swept by the bursting flames and instantly burned to a crisp.

"Boom~!"

Xiao Chen dismantled the last core array base, completely destroying the mountain-protecting array, before turning around to look back: "Was that someone shouting just now?"

He quickly looked around, but at this moment no one dared to show the slightest hostility towards a True Lord.

Whether they were guest ministers, elders, or stewards, they were all busy scattering and fleeing.

"Hmph, as expected of the Demonic Sect!"

Xiao Chen sneered: "Such a large sect can't even find a few loyal disciples."

There have been times when righteous sects have had their gates breached by the demonic sects, especially some smaller forces.

However, even after the great formation collapses, many people still bravely step forward and sacrifice themselves.

Unlike the Yin Corpse Sect, whose members were all afraid of not running fast enough and showed no intention of living or dying with the sect.

It can only be said that the environment in which one grows up shapes the kind of person one becomes.

Xiao Chen traveled smoothly all the way to the outside of the sect's warehouse.

There were already a dozen or so corpses lying haphazardly here. Judging from their clothing, they were all members of the Yin Corpse Sect, including both inner disciples and true disciples.

There are still many remnants of magic on the outermost wall.

And a large number of portable array plates scattered on the ground.

Judging from this, it's clear that someone arrived here first, trying to rush into the warehouse and steal the treasures.

However, although they successfully took down the warehouse guards through a surprise attack.

However, because Xiao Chen arrived too quickly, there wasn't enough time to use the portable array plate to break the warehouse's restrictions.

They didn't even bother to pack up the portable array plate they had brought, and hurriedly fled again.

"Luckily I arrived quickly and prevented them from succeeding."

Xiao Chen inspected the warehouse and found that although there was some damage to its surface, most of the restrictions were still intact.

So they stopped chasing after the person and continued dismantling the remaining restrictions.

Before long, he successfully opened the inner door of the warehouse.

The Yin Corpse Sect's warehouse layout is not the common vertical structure, but rather a large rectangle with internal divisions based on front and back.

In terms of specific arrangement, it follows the rule of material quality from low to high, from small to large, and from cheap to expensive.

Therefore, when Xiao Chen first entered the room, he was surrounded by things that might be useful during the Qi Refining stage.

However, there isn't much to learn at this stage, and gradually the process transitions to the Foundation Building stage.

It stretched for about a hundred feet, with various shelves and boxes containing different second-tier spiritual items.

"Why is there another layer of protection here? Who is it protecting against?"

Halfway through his journey, Xiao Chen discovered that inside the warehouse, there was actually a formation within a formation.

A semi-transparent barrier of spiritual light flickered, protecting the third-tier spiritual objects stored behind it.

Honestly, this is quite strange; it's completely unnecessary.

If an outsider were to break through the outer defenses of the warehouse, would he be blocked by the inner layer?
Xiao Chen spent a little over fifteen minutes to dismantle the restriction.

"Hoo~!"

The moment the spiritual energy barrier disappeared, a small breeze immediately blew from back to front inside the warehouse.

It turns out that this array within an array is not only used for differentiation, but also has the effect of gathering spiritual energy.

At this moment, the power suddenly failed, and an even denser concentration of spiritual energy surged out from behind.

"I see, that's a good design."

Xiao Chen suddenly realized: "Increasing the concentration of spiritual energy allows for better nurturing of the high-level spiritual creatures within."

But he still underestimated the problem.

Because after the spiritual energy passed by, a bloody smell followed immediately.

Undoubtedly, there are also things like essence blood stored within the array, which need an array to isolate the odor and also to shield them from external detection.

Xiao Chen extended his divine sense and immediately saw numerous demonic artifacts, blood-red demonic materials, and piles of white bones.

The Yin Corpse Sect needs to make repairs and modifications to create corpse puppets.

Therefore, the warehouse contains many skins that have been peeled off and bones that have been dismantled... They have all undergone preliminary processing and are stored here as spare parts.

"What...bad luck!"

Xiao Chen frowned and, without hesitation, directly activated his spiritual fire to burn everything to ashes.

Of course, he also intentionally controlled the fire, avoiding the normal third-tier spiritual herbs and pills.

Because the Yin Corpse Sect grouped similar items together for easy management, distinguishing them was not difficult.

He walked around the entire area, clearing away all the tangled trash, before recounting the remaining spiritual items one by one.

It is worth mentioning that third-tier and fourth-tier spiritual materials are also divided into two areas, front and back.

The vast majority of the magical materials are located in the area in front of us.

Later on, there were only a few broken magical artifacts and some bones that were old and badly damaged.

Even in the Sea of ​​No Light, the Corpse Sect is already the largest power.

However, since it is nominally a righteous entity, it does not possess many high-level magical materials.

On the contrary, there are hundreds of normal fourth-tier spiritual items, especially water-type spiritual items, accumulated over the years.

Xiao Chen only glanced at the first half of the third-tier spiritual materials before storing them directly into two large storage rings.

He no longer needs these things. However, they are all worth some money, which can be given to Zhang Cunfu to dispose of and sell for spirit stones to accelerate the condensation of true essence.

Moreover, the variety of these spiritual materials is quite rich.

It almost completely met the requirements of the Reverse Immortal Alliance's order, with only a few common spiritual items being slightly lacking in quantity.

In this way, Xiao Chen only needs to find any market to collect the necessary items.

This saves time compared to shopping in different markets and also bypasses middlemen, thus saving extra profit.

Of course, when it comes to profits, there are quite a few spirit stones scattered around the warehouse.

According to Xiao Chen's statistics, the total number of low-grade spirit stones scattered around was more than 6.44 million.

There are a total of 426,600 mid-grade spirit stones stored within the array.

The difference between the two is nearly seven times.

It seems that both the Compassionate Sea and the Stormy Sea prefer to store mid-grade spirit stones rather than valuing low-grade spirit stones.

"How come such a large sect doesn't have any high-grade spirit stones?"

After seeing high-grade spirit stones before, Xiao Chen wondered if he could obtain some from the Yin Corpse Sect.

However, it seems that the barrier to entry for this thing is not low.

There are no relevant reserves in the warehouse, and it is unknown whether any can be found in the storage ring.

Or perhaps, one cannot find high-grade spirit stones below the Venerable level?
"Hiss~, it shouldn't be that bad."

Xiao Chen thought about it and realized that the threshold shouldn't be that high.

In places like the Three Mountains Grotto Heaven or the Holy City, a Nascent Soul True Monarch should have the qualifications and means to obtain high-grade spirit stones.

It's just that people don't usually use this kind of thing, so they don't specifically collect and stockpile it.

After counting the spirit stones, the next thing to do is count the spirit ore, which is the most numerous.

However, after taking a look, Xiao Chen found that most of the spirit ores, spirit herbs, and even fourth-order spirit pills stored in the Yin Corpse Sect's warehouse were relatively common items.

This is what is known as a low-grade fourth-tier spiritual item.

Among the more valuable items are a bottle of Purple Light Divine Water, a jar of dried Yingmei Spirit Mushrooms, three Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Boxes, and three custom-made spiritual artifacts left by predecessors.

Purple Light Divine Water is also produced in small quantities in the Sea of ​​Compassion.

Its main function is to accelerate the speed at which cultivators condense true essence, and it can also be used as an auxiliary material for some elixirs.

For Xiao Chen, who already possessed the "Spirit Devouring Technique," it was merely a rather lackluster choice in terms of cost-effectiveness.

However, for the other True Lords, this is a crucial spiritual item for cultivation.

Otherwise, if one were to rely solely on one's own arduous seclusion to condense true essence, it would take an eternity to cultivate.

It was thanks to these things that the other Nascent Soul True Monarchs had time to manage their sects and explore various secret realms or ruins.

Of course, this also means that the Purple Light Divine Water and similar spiritual items are in high demand.

After all, this is a consumable product, and the demand remains high year-round.

The fact that Xiao Chen was able to find a bottle here suggests that it was specially preserved by the Yin Corpse Sect for refining some kind of elixir.

However, dried Yingmei Lingrong is different.

These items were passed down from earlier times, and the number of surviving pieces is decreasing over time.

This means that it is becoming increasingly rare and precious, and can almost be considered a fourth-grade high-quality spiritual item.

Its effect is simple and direct: it can greatly improve the efficiency of spell cultivation and enhance the affinity between cultivators and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth during cultivation.

For cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, the latter effect is even more significant than the former.

In ancient times, there were instances where cultivators consumed dried Yingmei Lingrong not for the purpose of cultivating magic, but simply to assist them in comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Of course, nowadays, there are very few cultivators who can still do such extravagant things.

"With this jar of dried Yingmei Lingrong, I might consider breaking through to the Great Perfection level of the Bibo Tougu Needle in one go."

Xiao Chen didn't care about enlightenment; he valued its main effects more.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he has already reached a state of complete mastery, seemingly on par with the Great Achievement.

In fact, whether or not one can master a spell is almost a completely different matter.

Now that we have the opportunity to strive for great success, we certainly shouldn't miss it.

After carefully putting away the dried plum blossoms, Xiao Chen stepped past the Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Box and first examined the three custom-made spiritual artifacts one by one.

First, there is a jade bracelet, whose appearance is exactly the same as the famous ancient magic treasure, the White Jade Vajra Bracelet.

However, this jade bracelet is naturally a replica, not a genuine magical artifact.

The reason they try to keep their appearance consistent is probably just for aesthetic reasons.

Then there was a fist-sized pearl, radiating a dazzling golden glow.

By injecting just a little bit of true essence into it, it can emit an even more dazzling, even blinding, radiance.

"Judging from this design, it should be the Golden Dragon Ball, right?"

Xiao Chen recalled the ancient books he had read and roughly guessed their origin.

However, in any case, this should be an offensive magical artifact that tends to harass and restrain.

Finally, there was a flying sword, which was clearly a copy of the famous Azure Leaf Floating Light Sword, a swordsman's weapon.

Although the Green Leaf Floating Light Sword is not as well-known as the White Jade Vajra Bracelet.

However, for many cultivators skilled in fast swordsmanship, it was an absolute legend.

Therefore, when many sword cultivators are forging their own custom spiritual weapons, they will consciously ask the weapon refiner to forge them in a style as similar as possible to the Azure Leaf Floating Light Sword.

It seems that doing this would make the sword faster and sharper.

This kind of thing belongs to the category of purely personal opinions.

If you believe it, there will be nothing.

Xiao Chen didn't quite believe that appearance alone was enough, but he could tell that this was a good sword.

The criteria for judgment are also very simple, as they contain a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

In the cultivation world, the fact that an object contains little spiritual power does not necessarily mean that the object is bad.

However, if something contains a lot of spiritual energy, it can't be too bad.

"It's a pity I already have a custom-made spear, otherwise I could have used it."

Xiao Chen's initial assessment was that this flying sword was better than the previous two spiritual artifacts.

But for him, those two items could be kept and used as a last resort, but this flying sword was probably useless.

This is probably why life is full of disappointments.

But these are minor issues; as long as there are good items inside the Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Box, that's all that matters.

"But these three boxes all seem a bit big, don't they?"

Xiao Chen had previously noticed that these three Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Boxes stored in the warehouse were taller and larger than usual.

Even just looking at their size, they're no longer considered boxes; they're more like three small trunks.

It was clearly custom-made, but its materials and design still followed the ordinary Spirit-Gathering Treasure Box.

This is great news! There's a big treasure inside the big box!

Xiao Chen carefully weighed the three boxes: "Let's try a different approach this time and start with the lighter one."

However, he paused just as he placed his hand on it: "Never mind, let's follow the old rules and start with the heavier ones."

Normally, the most valuable items are not the heaviest ones.

So I'll open a regular Spirit Gathering Box first, as a way to build up my luck for later.

Xiao Chen turned around and lifted the heaviest one first, and saw that there was nearly a box of Dao-containing crystals inside, as many as twenty-six pieces.

Except for the lack of Earth-type Dao Crystal, it has all four other Five Elements attributes.

The water-based crystals were the most numerous, totaling six pieces.

There are the same number of Wood-type and Fire-type Dao-cultivating Crystals, four of each.

The metal-element crystal is the rarest, with only three pieces.

In addition, there is a rather rare ice-type Dao-cultivating crystal, three lightning-type Dao-cultivating crystals, and three wind-type Dao-cultivating crystals.

Finally, there are two even rarer sound-based crystals.

Is there a secret realm in the Sea of ​​No Light that consistently produces sound-based Dao-nurturing crystals?

Xiao Chen was now a little curious: "Otherwise, why would there be so many Yin Corpse Sect members?"

It's important to know that Dao Crystals are also consumables!

Moreover, this item is rare to obtain and very difficult to collect.

At the same time, it can play a great role, and most people, even if they obtain the Dao-Nourishing Crystal, will often choose to use it themselves rather than trade it, unless the attributes are just not suitable.

For example, even a large sect like the Yin Corpse Sect only managed to accumulate a few pieces.

"Or perhaps, this was something they deliberately searched for to bribe the Heavenly Sound Sect?"

Xiao Chen thought of the marriage alliance that True Monarch Fu Bing had mentioned: "Otherwise, apart from that side, no one else would need such a niche thing."

But none of that matters anymore.

Now, this box of twenty-six Dao-infused crystals all belong to him.

With these four wood-element Dao-nurturing crystals as a supplement, plus the two that Xiao Chen originally had left, there are a total of six.

The minor bottleneck that I used to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage should be almost over.

Of course, for the sake of prudence and in preparation for overcoming major bottlenecks in the future, it is always better to stockpile as much as possible.

No one would ever have too much of something this good.

Next, Xiao Chen opened the lightest Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Box in order.

In the spacious, even somewhat empty box, there was a white feather, about the length of his little finger.

Besides that, there was only the bright yellow silk lining the bottom, and nothing else.

"Hiss~, I knew this treasure box seemed a bit too light."

Xiao Chen frowned slightly: "So what's going on here?"

"Could it be that there was originally a bird inside, but it got away?"

The main problem was that he not only didn't see any spiritual light from that feather, but he also didn't sense any spiritual power within it.

It seemed to be just an ordinary feather.

However, since there was nothing else, Xiao Chen had no choice but to reach out and pick it up to examine it.

The moment he got his hands on it, two feelings immediately arose in his mind.

My first impression was that it was really light; I could hardly feel its weight in my hand.

My second impression is that this thing seems a bit hard; it didn't bend at all.

(End of this chapter)