21: The Spider of Ten Thousand Poisons

"This soul nurturing fruit is of great use to me. Luoxue, I'll have to trouble you!"

Zhang Daobai wasn't embarrassed at all and turned directly to Lin Luoxue for help.

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Hearing this, Lin Luoxue nodded solemnly and agreed.

She and Zhang Daobai shared a common fate now; helping Zhang Daobai was also helping herself.

"By the way, if possible, bring back that soul nurturing fruit tree as well."

Zhang Daobai suddenly thought of something and quickly reminded her.

The spirit taming space was vast, like a Small World. Besides housing spirits, it could also be used to Cultivate spirit fields and grow Spirit Medicine.

With the added effect of accelerated growth in the spirit taming space, he believed it wouldn't be long before he could continuously harvest soul nurturing fruits.

"Okay."

Lin Luoxue was a bit puzzled but didn't ask further. She nodded and leaped toward the distant cliff face.

Below the cliff, seeing more Yao Beasts arriving, the few Yao Beasts originally gathered there became anxious.

They began to climb the cliff one after another, scrambling to reach the soul nurturing fruit tree.

"Hmph! You're looking for death!"

Just then, a cold snort came from above, followed by a ten-meter-long golden Sword Qi descending from the sky, slashing toward the Yao Beasts on the cliff.

The golden Sword Qi arrived in an instant. The Yao Beasts, unable to dodge, had their limbs severed and fell from the rock wall.

Seeing the leading Yao Beasts slashed down by Lin Luoxue, the other Yao Beasts below quickly scattered and fled. No matter how good an Opportunity was, it wasn't as important as one's life.

Lin Luoxue ignored the Yao Beasts below and went straight to the soul nurturing fruit tree.

However, she was not in a hurry to pick the soul nurturing fruit; instead, she was attracted by a black rock to the side.

"Eh? What's this?"

Lin Luoxue used her Spirit Sword to pry the black rock loose and held it in her hand to observe closely.

She discovered that after holding this black rock, her aura seemed to be hidden.

After studying it for a moment, Lin Luoxue put it into her storage bracelet. Then, she took out several jade boxes, carefully picked the soul nurturing fruits, and stored them in the boxes.

After finishing this, Lin Luoxue used her long sword to cut the soul nurturing fruit tree along with the surrounding rock.

After putting it into her storage bracelet, Lin Luoxue flew back to Zhang Daobai's side.

"I've got the items, but I found something unusual."

As Lin Luoxue spoke, she took out the black rock.

Zhang Daobai took it and used his Eye of Appraisal.

[Item: Breath-Stopping Stone]

[Detailed Information: A special Ore with the effect of isolating one's aura. It can be used for Artifact Refining or setting up formations.]

After reading the information from the Eye of Appraisal, Zhang Daobai repeated it.

"Keep it. We'll find an Artifact Refiner later to forge it into an aura-concealing Magic Treasure," Zhang Daobai suggested after his introduction.

"Mhm."

Lin Luoxue nodded and put away the Breath-Stopping Stone.

When they were about to leave the Sunset Mountain Range, Lin Luoxue and Zhang Daobai descended from the sky.

After putting Lin Luoxue into the spirit taming space, Zhang Daobai walked out of the Sunset Mountain Range alone.

On the way out of the Sunset Mountain Range, no blind Robber Cultivators came to rob Zhang Daobai, which made him feel a bit disappointed.

After leaving the Sunset Mountain Range, Zhang Daobai did not return to Yunshan City. Instead, he headed toward Cloud Sword City, the largest city under the Cloud Sword Sect and the closest one to Yunshan City.

During the journey, Zhang Daobai let Lin Luoxue out to carry him and speed up their travel.

Although Lin Luoxue didn't know what Zhang Daobai's plan was, she didn't ask. Instead, she felt a bit of anticipation for what he was going to do next.

Two days later, Zhang Daobai arrived outside Cloud Sword City. However, he didn't enter the city but found a cave on a nearby mountain to stay in.

Upon arriving at Cloud Sword City, Lin Luoxue entered the spirit taming space to Cultivate, as she wouldn't be needed for the next part of the plan for the time being.

After tidying up the cave and setting up a Mist Formation at the entrance, Zhang Daobai clapped his hands and sat down.

"This Formation Plate is indeed quite convenient; it only needs Spirit Stones to activate. But it's just too expensive," Zhang Daobai grumbled, looking at the mist at the cave entrance.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhang Daobai took out the pile of Storage Pouches he had obtained earlier and began to count the items inside.

"Yellow-Grade High Grade Cultivation Technique, 'Heaven-Cleaving Earth-Shattering Art'? Trash!"

"Yellow-Grade Medium Grade movement technique, 'Whirlwind Dance'? Also trash!"

"qi nurturing pills, spirit recovery pills, Blood-Boiling Powder, Soul-Confusing Incense, Joyous Union Seductress Pill?"

"Hmm?"

Zhang Daobai held a pill bottle and was stunned when he saw the name on it.

Judging by the name, if Zhang Daobai wasn't mistaken, this should be an aphrodisiac, right?

"This... I'll keep it for now. Just in case it's useful later."

After thinking for a bit, Zhang Daobai still put the bottle of pills away, placing it solemnly in a corner of his storage ring.

Half an hour later, Zhang Daobai finally finished organizing all the items in the Storage Pouches.

There were over thirty thousand Spirit Stones alone, along with a large pile of various Medicinal Pills, Talismans, Magical Artifacts, and Spirit Medicines. However, they were all low-level items and of no use to the current Zhang Daobai.

Besides those, there were four items of the highest value: a Yellow-Grade Top Grade archery technique 'Shadowless Arrow', a Third-Grade Alchemist's Legacy Jade Slip, a head-sized piece of Meteoric Copper, and a petrified Yao Beast egg.

Zhang Daobai only flipped to the first page of the 'Shadowless Arrow' technique before putting it aside, as it was a wind-attribute technique.

As for the Third-Grade Alchemist's Legacy Jade Slip, Zhang Daobai accepted it. Although he didn't have a fire Spiritual Root yet, as long as Lin Luoxue promoted to a Five Elements Spirit Body, he would obtain a complete set of Five Elements Spiritual Roots.

According to the information from the Eye of Appraisal, the Meteoric Copper was an excellent material for forging Spiritual Artifacts and was very valuable!

Finally, what surprised Zhang Daobai the most was that seemingly ordinary petrified Yao Beast egg.

[Item: Petrified Ten Thousand Poisons Spider Egg]

[Detailed Information: An egg of the highly poisonous Yao Beast, the Ten Thousand Poisons Spider, from over a thousand years ago. Due to the lack of spiritual energy during the incubation stage, the hatching failed. It has currently lost all vitality and cannot be hatched.]

[Evaluation: One star, Bloodline can be extracted]

Although the evaluation of this petrified Yao Beast egg was only one star, the Bloodline of the Ten Thousand Poisons Spider could be extracted from it.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Spider was a type of Yao Beast that could Cultivate to the sixth rank, and it was famous in the cultivation world for its terrifying toxins.

Its most shocking feat was when a fifth-rank Ten Thousand Poisons Spider used its poison to slaughter a large cultivation city with a population of three hundred thousand in just about an hour.

And it was precisely because of this feat that the Ten Thousand Poisons Spider clan was hunted down by many cultivators.

Ultimately, a thousand years ago, the Ten Thousand Poisons Spiders were driven to extinction by the cultivation world.

There might still be some remnant Ten Thousand Poisons Spiders out there, but they were already extremely rare.