167: big gourd small gourd

After checking the Storage Pouches of the four demonic Cultivators, Lin Shiming took out the Storage Pouch of the Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivator, which he had already opened.

Inside were a thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones and thirty High-Grade Spirit Stones.

The Spirit Stone income alone had already reached four million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

At this moment, even Lin Shiming, who had been prepared, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Such a windfall, even an ordinary Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator wouldn't have it.

One must know that even for Purple Mansion Cultivators, the circulating currency was only Medium Grade Spirit Stones, yet he now had a full thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones and thirty High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Aside from Spirit Stones, the Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivator's Storage Pouch contained almost no Magical Artifacts, but there were dozens of coffins, some containing recently deceased Cultivators, and others with Iron Corpses and Blood Corpses that were already halfway through refinement.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming cremated and buried all the unrefined and semi-refined corpses on the spot.

Although he wasn't against Corpse Refinement, he was still somewhat averse to refining human corpses into Corpse Refinement. As for those that had already become Corpse Refinement, they could be returned to the Family. The Family also had a Corpse Refinement Cultivation Technique, though it was only a Yellow Grade Cultivation Technique, it still offered Qi Refining Cultivators some more possibilities.

For an Immortal Cultivation Family to grow strong, it naturally needed to diversify its development to unearth more Geniuses.

After dealing with the corpses, Lin Shiming found a few Jade Slips. Most of the Jade Slips recorded how to refine corpses and how to temper the physical bodies of Corpse Refinement.

After a quick browse, there were no Cultivation Techniques for Corpse Refinement, but there were simple Spirit Arts for controlling Corpse Refinement. He also found out why that Cultivator had two natal Spirit Corpses.

The Second Spirit Corpse Secret Method!

This Secret Method was similar to the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method; it could also allow a Cultivator to have a main and sub-spirit platform. However, the main function of the sub-spirit platform was not as powerful as the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting, only capable of nurturing Corpse Refinement.

Nevertheless, it was still a relatively powerful Secret Method.

Lin Shiming collected all the Jade Slips one by one. As for the remaining bottles and jars, he didn't look at them much, as he mostly didn't recognize them.

Finally, Lin Shiming took a deep breath and took out Lu Changming's Storage Pouch.

First to appear before his eyes were three Magical Artifacts: a third-tier High Grade Magical Sword, the Lai Yun Sword, a zijin gourd, and the Wind Fire Star Sand inside the gourd.

In addition, there was a golden iron ring, two High Grade Magical Artifacts, and one third-tier High Grade Magical Artifact.

For Lin Shiming, this was an unexpected surprise. One must know that even his Seventh Grand Uncle, Lin Xianzhi, had spent a large amount of resources to commission an Artifact Refining Great Master from the Qingxuan Sect to refine a third-tier High Grade Magical Sword, which was his only third-tier High Grade Magical Artifact.

And now, he had two third-tier High Grade Magical Artifacts.

Lin Shiming first picked up the Lai Yun Sword. The Lai Yun Sword had a three-foot blade, entirely green, with white cloud spirit patterns engraved on it. The sword edge was extremely sharp, emitting a dazzling white light.

His finger subtly touched the sword edge, and the next moment, a bloody mark appeared, and blood flowed out.

"Good sword!" Lin Shiming couldn't help but exclaim. He then channeled his True Essence into it, but after inputting most of his True Essence, Lin Shiming found that the Lai Yun Sword remained motionless.

Lin Shiming couldn't help but smile wryly, realizing that he wouldn't be able to use the High Grade Magical Artifact in a short time.

Lin Shiming then looked at the zijin gourd. The zijin gourd was entirely fiery red, but its surface was inlaid with a large number of purple-gold spirit patterns, making it appear even more noble. Lin Shiming controlled his Divine Sense to probe it.

The next moment, he suddenly understood.

This gourd was divided into two parts, an upper and a lower gourd. The smaller upper gourd was a High Grade Magical Artifact, while the larger lower gourd was a High Grade Magical Artifact.

This was why he initially thought the zijin gourd was a High Grade Magical Artifact, and almost got killed on the spot by Lu Changming.

This move was probably undetectable even by other Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators.

Lin Shiming was both fearful and amazed by such a Magical Artifact.

At the same time, he was extremely delighted. However, the only drawback was that the large gourd used for flying was a wind-attribute Magical Artifact, and the small gourd was a fire-attribute offensive Magical Artifact, making its attack slightly insufficient.

But fortunately, the zijin gourd contained Wind Fire Star Sand.

This kind of Star Sand would even tempt Purple Mansion Cultivators.

Lin Shiming opened the gourd's lid, and the Wind Fire Star Sand continuously circulated between the large gourd and the fire gourd. The previously depleted Wind Fire Qi was now fully replenished.

"The person who came up with this Magical Artifact is truly a Genius!" Lin Shiming felt extremely amazed at this moment.

With this Magical Artifact, the combination of wind and fire, the Wind Fire Star Sand would only grow stronger.

The value of this zijin gourd was definitely above that of the Lai Yun Sword.

Lin Shiming suppressed the joy in his heart, constantly reminding himself that these two Magical Artifacts could not be used in front of others.

Then he looked at the Demon Binding Ring. The Demon Binding Ring's function was similar to the Demon Binding Pouch; it was also a suppressive Medium Grade Magical Artifact. The only thing it lacked compared to the Demon Binding Pouch was the inability to contain living creatures.

However, the Demon Binding Ring's binding effect was stronger. The Demon Binding Pouch might be severed by a sword if one wasn't careful, but the Demon Binding Ring would not.

Lin Shiming carefully put away the Demon Binding Ring as well.

Finally, he looked at the other items in the Storage Pouch. There were only one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, plus a thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones. Spirit Pills and Spirit Talismans were also almost exhausted. Surprisingly, there were no Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals, but Lin Shiming found a strange sheepskin map.

The topographic markers depicted on the sheepskin map were all unfamiliar to him, so he could only put it away for future study, or wait for a System prompt to appear.

Next, Lin Shiming took out the remaining eighty-one Spirit Devouring Ants. Each Spirit Devouring Ant was now about the size of a baby's fist. However, after devouring the Wind Fire Star Sand, some fiery red star spots began to appear on the backs of these Spirit Ants.

The eighty-one Spirit Ants also became extremely ferocious, continuously emitting fierce squeaking sounds.

It was clear that they had devoured the Spirit Light of the Wind Fire Star Sand, resulting in some mutation, but he didn't know if this mutation was benevolent.

However, feeling that these Spirit Ants were more ferocious and their bodies had grown larger in a short time, he felt relieved.

He took out a small basin of third-tier spirit liquid for these Spirit Ants to devour.

At the same time, he once again performed a Spirit Contract, further strengthening the contractual link.

After tidying up the Spirit Devouring Ants, Lin Shiming also began to refine the Magical Artifacts, first refining the small gourd of the zijin gourd, and then refining the Demon Binding Ring.

At this moment, he didn't have the Tiangang Sword Formation or the Purple Wood Mysterious Sky Sword Formation, so he still felt a bit lacking in confidence.

After refining, another three days passed, and Lin Shiming finally completely stabilized. He spread out his Divine Sense and looked around.

He quickly reached the surface. After detecting no danger, he took out an Earth Evasion Talisman and began to emerge from underground.

With his Divine Sense fully extended, he finally relaxed after detecting no demonic Cultivators. He was genuinely worried that during his recovery, Tianhe Province would fall, and this place would become the heartland of the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Corpse Refinement Sect, making his escape difficult.

After recalling the direction of Tianhe City, Lin Shiming also took out a third-tier High Grade flying boat and headed towards Tianhe City.