Chapter 395: Chapter 196: Tier Four Spiritual Fire - Demon Incineration

It was just that Master Nijie hadn’t had a chance to use it yesterday before the True Yang Fire Dragon burned it to ashes.

Next was a disc-shaped Spiritual Artifact, a foot long and two inches thick.

The front was engraved with the image of an Ice Phoenix spreading its wings, the craftsmanship so exquisite that every feather seemed lifelike.

The back was inlaid with three Ice Spirit Pearls, each a Tier Three Spiritual Object, which seemed to serve as its power source.

Xiao Chen inspected it with his Divine Sense and discovered that the Spiritual Power within two of the Ice Spirit Pearls was depleted, while the last one had less than half remaining.

’This design... it doesn’t look like a local Spiritual Artifact.’

He already had a good idea of the situation. A Spiritual Artifact that required consuming Tier Three Spiritual Objects to function didn’t seem like a luxury Southern Domain Cultivators could afford.

Furthermore, it was questionable whether the Southern Domain even produced Tier Three Ice Attribute Spiritual Objects.

Therefore, this Ice Phoenix Compass most likely came from the Eastern Domain.

Next was a Landscape Painting scroll, featuring a Golden Seal and Silver Script, depicting nine great mountains.

Xiao Chen slowly unrolled the scroll. He saw that the colors weren’t very vibrant, and the brushwork seemed rather plain.

But when viewed as a whole, it possessed a unique, captivating quality.

’Interesting. Could this be a Divine Charm Map?’

Rumor had it that some Cultivators would preserve their understanding of the world, or their insights into Magic, in forms such as painted scrolls.

Such paintings were known as Divine Charm Maps.

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Xiao Chen had seen one before at the end of the Yin-Yang Unity Contract, and it had helped him a great deal.

Even now, looking at it from time to time allowed him to gain faint insights into the Path of Yin and Yang.

However, there was one problem. ’What characters are these?’

That’s right—Xiao Chen didn’t recognize a single character in the two lines of small, silver script on the painting.

He also couldn’t recognize the golden seal stamped below it, nor tell which famous artist it belonged to.

The situation was quite bizarre.

In truth, the mortal world of the Southern Domain had many written languages, but Cultivators all used the same script, the Immortal Text, which had been passed down from Ancient Times.

No one could say where this Immortal Text originated.

However, what was known was that Ancient Texts from tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, all used the exact same Immortal Text as is used today.

Furthermore, various travelogues indicated that the same was true even for the Eastern Domain.

Cultivators who traveled to the Eastern Domain reported no communication difficulties.

That was why Xiao Chen couldn’t understand why this Divine Intent Map in his hand wasn’t written in the universal Immortal Text, but rather in some obscure script.

’Don’t tell me this is another attempt to prevent self-study?’

This was nothing new, as many Cultivators liked to keep a few tricks up their sleeves.

For instance, they might deliberately omit a key variation in a Cultivation Technique, passing it down only orally from master to disciple.

In this case, since Xiao Chen couldn’t read the Golden Seal and Silver Script, he lacked the guidance needed to correctly grasp the divine intent hidden in the painting.

Of course, a Cultivator with strong enough comprehension could directly perceive the resonance within the painting.

They might even be able to draw broader conclusions, learning ten things from understanding one.

However, Xiao Chen decided to put the scroll away for now and deal with it later.

Of course, it wasn’t that he was worried his comprehension was insufficient. The main reason was simply that he wasn’t fond of landscape paintings at the moment.

Besides these items, the Storage Bag also contained a large amount of Demonic Materials, such as Demon Beast bones and Cultivator Essence Blood.

It was clear that for the previous owner, nothing was taboo—any part of a body could be used.

Xiao Chen frowned as he sifted through the pile, pulling two bottles of proper Replenishing Essence Pills out from a heap of blood-red Demon Pills.

His first instinct was to burn all of these Demon Pills.

According to the Yellow Springs Secret Scripture, these blood-red Demon Pills, like the blackish-red pills in Bone Bottles he’d confiscated before, were all varieties of "Human Pills."

The refining process roughly consisted of extracting the flesh and blood essence from Cultivators for self-nourishment.

However, they were laced with a great deal of Demonic Qi. If a Cultivator consumed one by mistake without the complementary Technique, they could easily be corrupted and fall to the demonic path.

Therefore, Xiao Chen hesitated for a moment before deciding to keep them. Who knew, perhaps they would come in handy someday?

After all, the cup of Blood Wine had helped him take care of the Mutated Spirit Turtle.

The vast majority of the remaining items in the Storage Bag were also Demonic Artifacts.

The last normal Spiritual Object was a perfectly preserved, five-foot-four-inch-long Three-Ring Clouded Leopard Spine.

Although it looked quite old, it was thankfully whole and undamaged, so the marrow inside should still be perfectly fine.

’What a coincidence. I’ve got my Body Refining materials right here.’

This spine had come from Ghost Flood Dragon True Man’s Storage Bag; he likely just hadn’t gotten around to using it yet.

Now, it was a windfall for Xiao Chen. He could use it to brew a soup.

The last pot of Tiger Bone Soup had benefited him immensely.

This Clouded Leopard Bone was even more complete, so it would surely be a great help to his Body Refining Cultivation.

’But this alone probably won’t be enough to reach Tier Three.’

Xiao Chen thought for a moment. ’Once I get to the Eastern Domain, I’ll ask around to see if any Tier Three Demon Beast bones are for sale. I’ll need to drink a few more pots of bone soup.’

After all, he had already formed a Golden Body and condensed Jade Bones.

Therefore, the difficulty for him to also practice Body Refining was much lower than it would be for a pure Body Cultivator to break through to Tier Three.

Since the Eastern Domain had no shortage of Tier Three Spiritual Objects, it shouldn’t be lacking in Tier Three Demon Beasts either.

’Hsss... come to think of it, Body Cultivators in the Eastern Domain must have it much easier.’

After all, for those on the Path of Body Refining, being able to regularly consume large quantities of flesh and marrow from High Tier Demon Beasts was immensely beneficial to their cultivation.

POP!

A sudden, crisp sound rang out.

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