At the same time as his cultivation made a breakthrough, the medicinal efficacy of Hundred Year Nine Dragon Essence Temper Pill within his body was completely absorbed by him, not even a trace was left.
Now, he had to find new materials to refine a new pill.
“Now, do you understand why this Master instructed you to come out? Only this kind of battle to the limit can stimulate your body, and then make you break through the limits. If you had just stayed in the sect, then you would have just been a flower under a tree shade, basically not growing at all.”
Venerable Yuan’s voice resounded again.
Ling Xiao nodded and said: “This disciple has engraved Master’s words in his heart. This disciple has indeed benefited a lot from the continuous battles these days.”
Most of the battles he had in the past were one-on-one or one-on-many battles in the ring.
That simply wouldn’t hone the real combat experience.
But the battles these days were completely different.
The Crouching Dragon Mountain Range was a very complicated place. Not only he had to be careful of the enemies, but he also had to be careful of the fierce beasts that might appear at any time. He had to be alert at all times.
Ling Xiao opened his eyes, got up, and began to observe the situation of this cave-dwelling.
Before, because he was in a hurry to cultivate, he had just casually scanned the cave-dwelling. Looking around now, this cave-dwelling was quite beautiful.
The light absorption array in the cave was new. It was probably set up by his Master Venerable Yuan.
It seemed that someone used to live here, but the end of that person might not be too good, because Ling Xiao saw a mummified corpse lying on the bed.
It was a mummified corpse whose essence blood was completely absorbed by someone. Perhaps, the mummification kept that corpse from rotting.
What exactly is going on here?
Was this person a resident of Green Valley?
Or, is he a martial artist who accidentally stumbled here?
“That fellow was a Rank Nine Transcendent Realm martial artist. He indeed died because someone completely absorbed his essence blood. The most terrifying thing is, he was not injured before dying. That means, the person who attacked him was much stronger than him, otherwise, it’s impossible to kill him like this.”
Venerable Yuan’s words made Ling Xiao’s hair stand.
No wonder there were rumors that only Celestial Realm powerhouses dared to investigate the Thousand Ghost Forest. If other martial artists came here, they would die for sure. Seeing this scene today, it seemed true.
“Master, why did you ask me to come to the Thousand Ghost Forest?”
“One of the two reasons is to continue to search for materials to refine the Hundred Years Nine Dragon Essence Temper Pill, and strive to raise your cultivation base to Rank Six Transcendent Realm, i.e. Fusion Stage, before returning to the sect! At that time, even your breath will have the strength of ten thousand pounds!”
Venerable Yuan continued: “As for the second reason, it’s to investigate the secrets of this Thousand Ghost Forest, but I forgot to tell you something. This is your Moonlight Sect’s rank ten mission. In other words, only Celestial Realm powerhouses are qualified to accept this mission. After you complete this mission, you can make Vast Wintry Celestial Worthy owe you a favor, and make her help you look for <Dragon Emperor Body Protection Art>!
<Dragon Emperor Body Protection Art>!
Ling Xiao hadn’t forgotten about it. White Cloud Great Master had told him about this defense martial art even before he had entered the Moonlight Sect. Although it was in the same vein as <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art> and <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>, its grade was much higher.
Now, Ling Xiao had noticed that his <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body> seemed to have become stagnant after cultivating it to the fifth layer.
He suspected that the key to solving this issue lay in the Dragon Emperor Body Protection Art>.
But the problem was, he didn’t find this martial art in Moonlight Building, and he had once talked about this matter to Venerable Yuan.
He hadn’t expected that his Master still remembered it to this day.
“As long as I become the first in the Tower Climbing Ceremony, I will be able to worship Her Majesty the Moon Maiden as my master. At that time, wouldn’t I be able to get <Dragon Emperor Body Protection Art> easily?”
Honestly speaking, Ling Xiao didn’t think that Vast Wintry Celestial Worthy could get <Dragon Emperor Body Protection Art>. Although Vast Wintry Celestial Worthy’s position was not low in the Moonlight Sect, she was obviously inferior to Moon Maiden.
“Do you truly think that you can get the first place?”
Venerable Yuan asked.
“If I didn’t even have that confidence, how can I, Ling Xiao, drift along?”
Ling Xiao’s confidence stemmed from his powerful Landscape Martial Soul, and the Ancient Golden Dragon hidden in the Landscape Martial Soul.
His self-confidence was not arrogance. It was based on his own strength.
“Well, since you think so, forget about the investigation of Thousand Ghost Forest, concentrate on cultivation, and after your cultivation base reaches Rank Six Fusion Stage Transcendent Realm, we will return to the Moonlight Sect.”
Venerable Yuan thought for a bit and said.
“Since we are already here, why don’t we do it? Let’s investigate in passing. Vast Wintry Celestial Worthy, after all, had been kind to me. It’s not a bad idea to have her owe me one. Besides, I don’t think she is a stingy person, she is bound to give me something.”
Ling Xiao said with a smile.
“You kid, you are truly shrewd, but during the cultivation period, don’t let your law of refine array and alchemy fall behind. You are responsible for refining all pills by yourself. Moreover, I want to pass you the production method of some relatively simple ‘arcane scrolls’. Then, after you hunt a fierce beast, extract its divine rune and use the law of refine array to integrate into it.”
Venerable Yuan said with a smile.
“Arcane scrolls.”
Ling Xiao’s eyes lit up upon hearing these words.
The arcane scrolls used by Zhan Liu and others truly opened his eyes.
Moreover, no one in the Heavenly Dragon Continent could refine this thing, which meant that once he learned it, he won’t need to worry about spending money in the future.
In the next two days, Ling Xiao’s main body consolidate his cultivation, and one of his two sword soul clones continued to cultivate <Nine Meridian Qi Sword>, and the other followed Venerable Yuan to learn how to make an arcane scroll.
Speaking about it, the process of making arcane scrolls was actually quite simple.
There were three main materials.
First one, the thing used to draw a divine rune. It could be cloth, hide, leaf, paper, and so on. Different materials naturally had different powers to some extent. The best were naturally materials with special properties in themselves. Ling Xiao chose a hide.
In any case, in this Thousand Ghost Forest, there were many fierce beasts, moreover, just killing one was enough for him to use for a long time.
Second one was the divine rune. It was also the most critical material. The divine rune could be extracted from evil beasts, fierce beasts, and other beasts. It could also be extracted from some plants and trees. Depending on their strength and age, the might of the divine rune could be different to some extent. Generally speaking, the characteristic of the divine rune was related to the attacking ability of the beast.
Third one was the inner core. This material was not absolutely necessary, but if it was paired with a proper beast core, its effect would be much better. Therefore, as an outstanding Formation Master, it was definitely not something that should be skipped.
After having these three materials, one could use various magic arrays to fuse them together, and the arcane scroll would take shape.
In the past two days, Venerable Yuan hadn’t helped him. Regardless of hunting fierce beasts, extracting divine runes, extracting inner core, or even the refining process, all of them were done by Ling Xiao alone.
Venerable Yuan looked at busy Ling Xiao, and his eyes were filled with shock.
He couldn’t imagine that his disciple was making an arcane scroll for the first time.
