Chapter 115: "Heavenly Pride Order". _2
As different as heaven and earth.
He had no problem with killing, but asking him to crack a seal was purely asking too much.
He took out a second-grade Golden Core from his bosom, holding it carefully in his palm, admiring it. Indeed, a second-grade Golden Core, it looked much more exquisite than those seen in the Ask Heaven Pavilion market, and it felt harder to the touch.
Faint cloud patterns could even be seen on the Golden Core.
Quite eye-catching.
Once one entered the sixth level of the Golden Core Stage, the Golden Core would become extremely solid, so much so that it could be used as a killing skill for external attacks, its power exceeding that of ordinary Lifebound Spirit Treasures. However, it could only be used in overwhelming battles, for if the Golden Core were damaged, the cost of precious materials needed to mend it would not be a small sum.
But if your Golden Core's grade is higher, you could use it for external attacks before reaching the sixth level of the Golden Core Stage.
Among cultivators of equal Cultivation,
the difference in Golden Core grades is as vast as a chasm; a collision between a first-grade and a second-grade Golden Core would certainly result in the shattering of the first-grade Core. This gap is insurmountable by any means.
This is also why some Magic Practitioners on the verge of Foundation Establishment, would rather wait a while than enter the Golden Core Stage with a first-grade Golden Core. Once the grade is set, it is impossible to enhance it through any methods in the future.
At that moment—
"Alright!"
The shopkeeper, sitting to one side, gently placed the seal of the Storage Ring aside, and then his hands started to tremble uncontrollably. He looked at Chen Qiu with a hint of pride and fatigue in his tone.
"Young Master, the restrictions on this Storage Ring have been fully cracked."
"You have found the right person. I doubt anyone else in Da Xia could crack this seal; the restrictions within are quite complex, and the sealing technique is unprecedented in Da Xia. If I hadn't cracked enough Storage Rings and had plenty of experience, and my talent weren't bad, I wouldn't have been able to do it," he said.
Fat Long looked at the middle-aged man with a self-satisfied expression with a weird look. Before, he only thought the man had some tricks up his sleeve, but ever since he met that Artifact Cultivator in Fei City who couldn't even break the Golden Core Storage Ring's seal, he suddenly felt this middle-aged man was more than a little skilled.
However...
He could understand that everyone had different talent points and excelled in different things.
But why would anyone put all their talent points into cracking Storage Ring restrictions?
Chen Qiu, who had been waiting on the side, had a flash of brightness in his eyes. Spiritual Energy shot out like threads, wrapping around the Evil Clan Storage Ring and bringing it into his palm. He probed into it with his Divine Sense, quickly searching through it.
At first glance, he saw the Nascent Soul body he had been yearning for.
A brownish-red pill.
After the death of a Nascent Soul powerhouse, their body will turn into this brownish-red pill, known as the "Nascent Soul Pill."
With this—
He was now only short of one Nascent Soul body and seven second-grade Golden Cores away from a tenth-grade Golden Core.
"Good, good, good!!!"
Chen Qiu managed to utter three 'good's in a row, his face joyful as he carefully placed the Nascent Soul body in the corner of the warehouse he used as storage in his small world. Only then did he discover another Token in the Evil Clan Storage Ring.
"Heavenly Pride Order."
Diamond-shaped and, when held in hand, the material felt extraordinary. Despite that neither Divine Sense nor Spiritual Energy could elicit any response from it, its use remained a mystery at the moment, appearing to be merely a symbol of identity.
But at least it was clear, this member of the Evil Clan was truly a Heavenly Pride.
Which is to say, a talented Evil Cultivator.
He liked talents, indeed. How else could one pass the Evil Cultivation heritage? Although he did not know what the Evil Cultivation heritage test comprised, his experience from the Magic Practitioner heritage suggested: entering with a sixth level Foundation Establishment Cultivation, one would have to face a Puppet with the fourth level Golden Core Stage Cultivation at the Fifth Level.
Only a genius capable of fighting above their level could inherit it, and mere level-skipping was not enough; one had to leap several levels.
The rest were just miscellaneous items.
There were some common clothes, not a single Magic Artifact, and some Spirit Stones, over a thousand in total. However, there were no Mid-grade Spirit Stones at all. It was admirable for a Heavenly Pride at the Foundation Establishment level to have over a thousand Spirit Stones in their possession.
Quite wealthy indeed.
That was all there was.
Wait, there were also two sticks of Evil Wood solemnly stored in a Jade Box in the corner. It was unknown where the Evil Clan prodigy had found them, but they did seem to carry Qi Fortune with them.
Not only did they obtain two sticks of Evil Wood, but they also passed through the Evil Cultivation heritage, and were about to return home with a full load when they found the Teleportation Array back home had been shut down. This... was indeed a rather frustrating predicament.
He was starting to feel a little sorry for this Evil Clan genius.
...
Chen Qiu toyed with the "Heavenly Pride Order" for a while, then stored it along with the Evil Clan Storage Ring and other miscellaneous items in the warehouse of his small world.
Useful or not, he kept everything.
After all, his small world was large enough to accommodate it all, and who knew, it might come in handy in the future. He even kept the Evil Clan's robes.
Then, he took out the nine Golden Core Storage Rings and placed them sincerely in front of the shopkeeper, "I'll have to trouble you further, to see if you can crack these nine Storage Rings as well."
The middle-aged man glanced at the bright sky outside the temple, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "My Spiritual Energy..."
"Smack."
Without a second word, Chen Qiu took out several pots of Qi Replenishing Pills from his bosom and tossed them over, "These Qi Replenishing Pills should keep you sated, take as many as you want. When you're out and about, you might run short on anything but these pills."
...
"Huh."
The middle-aged man sat inside the temple, concentrating on breaking the seals, while Chen Qiu and his companions lay on top of the temple, basking in the sun. The North Continent was quite a bit warmer than the Southern State, but since winter had already set in, it was still somewhat cold.