371: Breaking the situation, Zui Ling Powder

Daoist Taihe was incredibly confident, clad in the Five-Colored Spiritual Alligator Armor, wielding the High Grade Taihe Sword, with the Five Metal Beast Ring hovering behind him.

However, after much hesitation, a five-colored talisman, a Realm Breaking Talisman, reappeared in his hand.

Years of Cultivation life had made him accustomed to always having a backup plan.

Even if that backup plan was never needed.

After preparations were complete, he stepped into the Teleportation Array vortex.

The next moment, he appeared in a Grotto-heaven World filled with the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers, with numerous Spirit Trees, Tian Ling Fruit Trees, Fu Ling Fire Mulberry Trees, great strength fruit trees, and even taiqing purple jade fruit Trees towering in the distance.

Daoist Taihe was immediately delighted; the Spirit Medicine in this Secret Realm was certainly not bad.

However, what made him frown was that there were also Spirit Lakes and Spiritual Veins in the distance!

There were even Golden Winged Mantises and Wood Demons.

Of course, there were also various Spirit Medicine of different efficacies, as well as the three-thousand-year-old Jin Yangzhi and the five-thousand-year-old chijing zhi (red essence ganoderma).

"No, this isn't a Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World!" Daoist Taihe's face instantly turned pale, and an immense sense of crisis surged within him.

He was about to activate the talisman in his hand!

But the next moment, a fiery Sword Qi slash came, completely illuminating the entire Grotto-heaven World.

It arrived in an instant, frighteningly fast!

Moreover, his already prepared Five Metal Beast Ring couldn't even withstand the Sword Qi, let alone block such a sword.

It was directly sent flying, the Taihe Sword immediately turned against him, and the Spirit Light shield formed by the Five-Colored Spiritual Alligator Armor shattered in an instant.

"Golden Core Cultivator!" Daoist Taihe's face was filled with extreme terror, and the only thought in his mind was to escape.

The activation time for the Realm Breaking Talisman was one breath.

But his three Magic Treasures didn't even last for one breath.

His head flew high, without even enough time to feel regret.

All of this happened too quickly, ending in just one breath.

"Immortal Master Yan Yang!" As Daoist Taihe fell on the spot, Lin Shiming also floated into the Grotto-heaven World.

This Grotto-heaven World was naturally his own Grotto-heaven World. From the moment he could freely take out Spirit Medicine, he had been thinking about how to utilize the Yan Yang Sword.

After all, a portion of this Spirit Medicine had to be given to the Yan Yang Sword.

By using the Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World format, the Divine Sense of outside Cultivators couldn't enter. He only needed to guard the Teleportation Array entrance, opening his Grotto-heaven World to its maximum extent. Daoist Taihe would then enter not the original Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World,

but his Grotto-heaven World. At this point, even any Magic Treasure, in front of the Yan Yang Sword, a Golden Core Spirit Cultivator, would be nothing more than a single sword stroke.

However, what he needed to pay attention to was to quickly close the Grotto-heaven World the moment it was opened.

"Your method is indeed feasible!" The Yan Yang Sword nodded. For it, killing a Purple Mansion Cultivator was just one sword strike.

It was also boring to be idle in the Grotto-heaven World; the Spiritual Qi from that Spiritual Vein wasn't even enough for one of its complete circulation cycles.

Lin Shiming picked up the Storage Pouch and several Magic Treasures. These Magic Treasures were useless to the Yan Yang Sword, but to him, they were priceless treasures.

Two High Grade Magic Treasures and one Medium Grade Magic Treasure.

This was his biggest gain from this trip.

He first picked up the Taihe Sword. The Taiyi Sword Grass was still not cultivated enough. If he could use the Taihe Sword to perform Sword Qi techniques, his strength would rise to another level.

However, after inputting his True Essence, it felt like a stone sinking into the sea. The Taihe Sword only emitted bursts of Spirit Light before disappearing.

Clearly, at his current Mid Purple Mansion Realm, he still couldn't fully refine the Taihe Sword, let alone use it as he pleased.

Lin Shiming, unwilling to give up, tried again with the Five Metal Beast Ring. This time, he even specifically tried to refine only one of its rings, but still ended in failure.

He smiled bitterly as he put away the Five Metal Beast Ring, then picked up the most crucial Five-Colored Spiritual Alligator Armor.

This Spirit Armor was woven entirely from the scales of a Fourth-tier Great Yao, a Five-Colored Alligator, making it hard and incredibly tough. It was naturally much stronger than Lin Shiming's physical defense.

Furthermore, it could automatically form a Spirit Light shield, making it impossible for even ordinary Fourth-tier High Grade Magic Treasures to penetrate it.

It was very suitable for the current situation in the Ziyang Secret Realm.

However, now was not the time for refining. If he stayed in the Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World for too long, it would be troublesome if new Cultivators appeared, especially Cultivators from Rising Sun Island, who were extremely familiar with this Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World.

If they saw Shuangqiu Peak and entered the Grotto-heaven World, it would be quite difficult.

Lin Shiming leaped out of the Grotto-heaven World, and at the same time, returned to the black tower, collecting the surrounding Formation once more. His figure then transformed into a streak of light and sped off into the distance.

After finding a safe location, he directly used Earth escape (Earth Escape) to create a space underground, took out a concealment Formation, and then began to meditate and recover.

His journey this time was quite perilous; Daoist Lingxuan used Ten Thousand Li Jade to trick him.

With his current combat power, he could certainly suppress a Purple Mansion Late Stage Cultivator, if not outright kill them.

But against a Purple Mansion Peak Cultivator, he was still far too inferior.

He had many trump cards, but those Purple Mansion Peak Cultivators were old monsters of several hundred years, so how could they not have their own methods?

Moreover, he also had to be extra careful with Minor Divine Abilities.

Daoist Taihe's Minor Divine Ability this time was still a restrictive type. If it had been an offensive type, Lin Shiming would have faced an even greater near-death experience.

And his Shadow of Immortal Wood Minor Divine Ability could only be used once in a short period.

After a summary, and consuming a Spirit Pill, by the time he recovered and opened his eyes, another day had passed.

Lin Shiming did not rush out, but first took out the Five-Colored Spiritual Alligator Armor to refine it, then refined the two Realm Breaking Talismans as well.

These Realm Breaking Talismans were definitely life-saving Divine Artifacts within the Secret Realm.

From this, it was also clear that unless absolutely necessary, one must be extremely cautious when harboring murderous intent in the Ziyang Secret Realm.

You never know how many Realm Breaking Talismans the opponent has.

It should be known that the use of Realm Breaking Talismans is not forbidden in the Secret Realm. Those more powerful islands, or Cultivators from the other five major forces, might have even more Realm Breaking Talismans.

Moreover, after so many days, if he could obtain two more, other Cultivators might not necessarily only have one.

For powerful Cultivators, treasures would definitely accumulate over time.

After simply refining the Magic Treasures and talismans, Lin Shiming also took out the four Soul Suppressing Towers. Now, he could see that the two unrefined Soul Suppressing Towers had suffered severe loss of spirituality.

To recover, they needed to be refined in the Purple Mansion for a long time.

Lin Shiming sighed, took out his Storage Pouch, and wanted to find more means, especially High Grade Magic Treasures.

Lin Shiming first took out Daoist Lingxuan's Storage Pouch. Inside, the first thing that caught his eye were the three Magic Treasures: the Fourth-tier High Grade Magic Treasure, Gale Banner, and the Fourth-tier Medium Grade Magic Treasure, Golden Bell.

Besides these, there were two Green Snake Swords, also Medium Grade Magic Treasures. However, for Lin Shiming, the Gale Banner still had some minor use, but the Golden Bell and Green Snake Swords were naturally not as effective as the Han Ming Shield and Taiyi Sword Grass.

However, using the Taiyi Sword Grass was a bit too flashy, and its current power wasn't overly strong. After much consideration, he still kept the two Green Snake Swords.

Besides the Magic Treasures, Lin Shiming also found a Jade Box in Daoist Lingxuan's Storage Pouch. The Jade Box was covered with talismans.

Lin Shiming picked up the Jade Box, and inside was indeed a three-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, the Soul Returning Grass.

The entire Soul Returning Grass had thirty leaves in total, each leaf the size of a copper coin. Each leaf represented one hundred years, and in the outside world, it generally could only grow to about a thousand years.

A thousand-year-old Soul Returning Grass had special healing effects for Purple Mansion Cultivators who suffered Divine Soul damage.

For this three-thousand-year-old Soul Returning Grass, it would probably greatly benefit even a Golden Core Cultivator's Divine Soul, and Lin Shiming was extremely satisfied.

He put away the Jade Box. The value of the remaining treasures was much lower: six or seven sets of Formation Plates, about ten talismans that hadn't been used in time, and some Spirit Stones and spirit soil.

The spirit soil was also Fourth-tier Low Grade. As for Jade Slips, there were none.

Clearly, Daoist Lingxuan had long made the worst-case preparations for the Ziyang Secret Realm. Cultivation Techniques, Secret Manuals, and most of the unused treasures were left on Lingxuan Island.

The next moment, Lin Shiming's hand held a triangular Spirit Pendant. The Spirit Pendant was shaped like a small fish, covered with tiny fish patterns.

This was the Ten Thousand Li Jade that Daoist Lingxuan had displayed. Although he couldn't use this Ten Thousand Li Jade now, it would be very useful for transmitting messages between two distant locations within the Family.

The Lin Family of the Eastern Domain would naturally return once it gained strength. With the Ten Thousand Li Jade, countless High-Grade Spirit Stones used for communication through Teleportation Arrays could be saved.

That would not only be laborious and costly but also have delays.

Lin Shiming then took out Daoist Taihe's Storage Pouch, which he was most looking forward to.

Immediately visible were three Jade Boxes. Lin Shiming first took out the three Jade Boxes and examined them carefully. As expected, they contained two three-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine and one five-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine.

Next to the Spirit Medicine, a Realm Breaking Talisman was placed.

Sure enough, Immortal Master Xuri had given an extra one to Daoist Taihe.

Skipping the Spirit Talismans, there were some Magic Treasures, both Low Grade and Medium Grade Fourth-tier, but few of them were useful to Lin Shiming.

The most crucial items were likely the Fifth-tier spirit soil and a bottle of Drunken Spirit Powder, placed in the corner among the Fifth-tier spirit jade.

Lin Shiming felt a surge of excitement.

In his opinion, this Fifth-tier spirit soil was most likely used to attract ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, and the Drunken Spirit Powder had only one characteristic: it was colorless, odorless, and non-toxic, yet potent enough to intoxicate even a Golden Core Cultivator.

It was equally effective for Wood Demons that had taken the form of Spirit Medicine.

Not only would it lower their keen perception, but it would also leave them reeking of alcohol. At that point, even the best concealment methods would be undone by the scent of alcohol.

This was clearly a method prepared for ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine.

Lin Shiming's heart involuntarily quickened. Previously, he had been troubled by how difficult it was to capture five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine.

But now, with the System's prompt, he was extremely confident that he could capture ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine if he encountered it.

He put away the spirit soil and Drunken Spirit Powder.

Among the remaining treasures, a set of Formation Plates also caught his attention.

This Formation Plate had many Formation Flags, with four Formation bases, thirty-six large Formation Flags, and seventy-two small Formation Flags.

The Formation bases were covered in spirit patterns, appearing incredibly complex.

Lin Shiming picked it up and, after a careful examination, found that this Formation Plate was described in the Lin Family's inherited Formation artifact Legacy: the Six Talents Spirit Concealment Formation!

It was a High Grade Fourth-tier Formation, combining concealment and trapping-and-killing functions.

For Lin Shiming, it was another perfectly suitable Magic Treasure.

Aside from this Spirit Concealment Formation, the remaining treasures had no particular distinguishing features.

Next, Lin Shiming took out two spirit beast pouches. One belonged to Loose Immortal Lingxuan, containing a type of scorpion-tailed bee, and the other contained wind-chasing butterflies.

Both types of Spirit Beasts were used for exploration and would perfectly replenish his consumption of Spirit Rats on this trip.

Moreover, both types of Spirit Beasts only required controlling the Bee Queen and the Butterfly King.

For Lin Shiming, it was even easier with the Spirit Control Seal.

After tallying all the treasures, Lin Shiming first put away all the Spirit Medicine, then began to ponder his current situation.

The feasibility of the Grotto-heaven World gave him great confidence, especially if he encountered robbers blocking his path; as long as he defended the Grotto-heaven World, no one could escape.

However, after much deliberation, Lin Shiming still shook his head. Unless absolutely necessary, it was better not to use the Grotto-heaven World. If it were exposed, even if a tiny bit of information leaked out, once he left the Ziyang Secret Realm, Lin Shiming would face the pursuit and interception of over a dozen Golden Core Cultivators.

Even if he could escape and couldn't return to the Coral Sea Area via a Teleportation Array, he might still get lost in the vast ocean.

Although he had the Yan Yang Sword, there were certainly many Yao Kings in the ocean not weaker than the Yan Yang Sword.

Lin Shiming steadied himself and took out the Soul Suppressing Tower. Inside, the remnant souls of Loose Immortal Lingxuan and Taihe Daoist were bound, allowing him to search their memory fragments.

The Sect Jade Slips of both did not belong to the Coral Alliance and were not difficult to break, clearly indicating that for the Coral Alliance, these Purple Mansion Cultivators were not core members of the Sect.

Lin Shiming filtered out the useless information, focusing on the Ziyang Secret Realm; otherwise, he would have to spend three or four days sifting through a century's worth of information.

To Lin Shiming's surprise, Loose Immortal Lingxuan had once acted on his own in a Secret Realm and lost a five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, a matter he had not disclosed to anyone.

This made him happy; although those Spirit Medicine were highly alert, having the address information of the black tower, he might still be able to capture that five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine if he went back in half a month.

And Taihe Daoist's information was even more useful. Real Person Xuri had not only given special care to the Spirit Talismans but also to the information, which included a ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine.

That ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine could even cast spells to attack Cultivators.

However, Taihe Daoist had not yet found the mountain Peak that resembled a Qilin!

That ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine was precisely within the black tower beside that mountain Peak.

Besides the ten-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, Lin Shiming also found information about a two-thousand-five-hundred-year-old heavenly beast grass. Since its age had not reached three thousand years, Taihe Daoist had not harvested it.

But for Lin Shiming, this was the most important Spiritual Plant for performing the Heavenly Beast Transformation secret art.

After organizing the information and ensuring that no useful Spirit Medicine information or danger information was missed, Lin Shiming emerged from underground and continued his journey to find Spirit Medicine.

These few days of pause had cost Lin Shiming several System prompts.

He traveled along, following his memory, first heading to the Grotto-heaven Secret Realm from Taihe Daoist's memory.

The heavenly beast grass was crucial for Lin Shiming's Heavenly Beast Transformation secret art, and he had never heard of it anywhere else, so he naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity.

After passing through two Secret Realm Grotto-heaven Worlds, Lin Shiming finally arrived at the Secret Realm where the heavenly beast grass was located.

Entering the Grotto-heaven World, Lin Shiming, as expected, found the heavenly beast grass among some trees. The leaves of the heavenly beast grass were extremely broad, covered with leaf patterns, resembling an exotic beast.

Lin Shiming collected the heavenly beast grass and also harvested the other Spirit Medicine along the way.

Aside from the Secret Realm, Lin Shiming's mood improved a little, and a sudden thought occurred to him.

Loose Immortal Lingxuan and Taihe Daoist were very close. With the System's prompts, he could go to the Secret Realm where Loose Immortal Lingxuan lost the five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine.

There were simply too few five-thousand-year Spirit Medicine in the Ziyang Secret Realm; even with Lin Shiming's prompts, he had only encountered one.

And seven days had passed since the last close-range 'beating the grass to startle the snake' incident.

With this thought, Lin Shiming, with a skeptical attitude, headed north.

Since Loose Immortal Lingxuan had already scouted, Lin Shiming didn't need to rearrange Yao Beasts to explore, and his speed on this journey became extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived before the black tower mentioned in the memory.

And the System prompt did indeed sound.

“Please use the Drunken Spirit Powder and Fifth-tier spirit soil, and you will obtain a seven-thousand-year-old crimson blood ginseng!”

Lin Shiming was overjoyed.

It was just as he had guessed; with the System prompt appearing, the age of this Spirit Medicine was indeed seven thousand years.

The only minor drawback was that he needed to share some Fifth-tier spirit soil and Drunken Spirit Powder.

Lin Shiming still took out the Formation and this time directly began to set up the Six Talents Spirit Concealment Formation.

However, due to his unfamiliarity, it took him a full quarter of an hour to conceal the entire Spirit Tower. Had one not walked past the Spirit Tower, no Cultivator would have discovered its mysteries.

After the Spirit Formation was set up, he still started with Fourth-tier spirit soil, just like baiting a fishing spot.

After all, he would only use the Fifth-tier spirit soil once, which would be the last time he entered.

The spirit soil was also mixed with spirit water.

He would put it in once every two hours.

After waiting for four hours, Lin Shiming switched to the Fifth-tier spirit soil and Drunken Spirit Powder.

Once placed into the Secret Realm Grotto-heaven World, Lin Shiming waited for half an hour to ensure the Drunken Spirit Powder took effect.

Holding the Soul Suppressing Tower, Spirit Locking Whip, and Spirit Catching Net, Lin Shiming instantly entered the Secret Realm.

This Secret Realm was a land of black soil, with a red glow emanating from underground, and it was filled with fire-attribute Spirit Medicine.

And almost as soon as Lin Shiming entered.

He saw a fiery red Spirit Fox, transforming into a red Spirit Light, attempting to flee to the side.

Lin Shiming's three treasures came out simultaneously, covering it from three directions, ensuring the Spirit Fox Spirit Medicine had no escape.

The Leaping Void Disc was also activated, but the red escape light was simply too fast.

It exceeded Lin Shiming's imagination; both the three treasures and he himself still missed.

This Spirit Medicine's cunning was far superior to others.

He, like Loose Immortal Lingxuan, had lost the Spirit Medicine.

He looked around, but without a spirit shadow, he couldn't find the Spirit Medicine's main body at all.

However, the next moment, a faint scent of alcohol wafted over, and Lin Shiming's lips curved into a slight smile as he looked towards a corner.

He threw the Spirit Catching Net behind him instead.

The next moment, the Spirit Catching Net fell, and a crimson ginseng appeared within the Spirit Catching Net.

The red fire light struggled continuously, but after several Spirit Talismans were affixed, it quieted down.

Collecting this third seven-thousand-year Spirit Medicine, Lin Shiming's mood became very pleasant.

After continuing to collect the remaining Spirit Medicine, he exited the Secret Realm, put away the Formation, and carefully headed in a random, unexplored direction.

The barren wilderness was boundless. The Ziyang Secret Realm was like a giant main Secret Realm, dragging tens of thousands of smaller Secret Realms.

All the nutrients and Spiritual Qi were absorbed by the smaller Secret Realms.

Monotonous colors, desolate scenes.

Lin Shiming was somewhat startled because he hadn't seen a black tower, unique to Secret Realm Grotto-heaven Worlds, for a full half-day.

There were two possibilities: one, he had fallen into a mysterious trapping Formation, or two, he had deviated from the cluster of Secret Realms.

Or perhaps all the surrounding Secret Realm Grotto-heaven Worlds were shrouded by Formations.

If he couldn't find the black towers, naturally, he wouldn't encounter any Grotto-heaven Secret Realms.

And the System prompt had not updated either.