146: Notes on the Dao of Alchemy, the True Explanation of the Dao of Arrays

Half an incense stick later.

The beast bone shattered, turning into dust.

Xie Weilou opened his eyes, a strange look appearing within them: "Great Desolation Demon Slaughtering Hand!"

This beast bone contained a powerful cultivation technique called the Great Desolation Demon Slaughtering Hand. This technique originated from the Demon Race. Once unleashed, it possessed immense divine power, capable of suppressing all directions with a single hand and slaughtering the Great Desolation, making it incredibly fierce.

This technique, when used with the Demon Hand, could make the power unleashed by the Demon Hand even more overbearing. No wonder it caused a reaction from the Demon Hand.

"A good cultivation technique."

Xie Weilou's smile deepened. The Demon Hand was already terrifying, and a cultivation technique that could cause the Demon Hand to react was naturally not simple. It could be used as a powerful trump card.

Suppressing the emotions in his heart.

Xie Weilou brought out the ten thousand souls banner. He formed hand seals, and the ten thousand souls banner vibrated, its fierce might spreading.

"Ah... no..."

Old Man Long's shrill screams rang out. His soul body was continuously being refined and couldn't hold on for long at all.

"Kid... let me go... let me go... I'll tell you a big secret..."

Old Man Long begged for mercy in terror.

"......"

Xie Weilou was unmoved. He closed his eyes and continued to activate the ten thousand souls banner, frantically refining Old Man Long's soul body.

If this old fellow had been refined earlier, the power of the ten thousand souls banner would definitely have been even stronger, and facing a Dragon Transformation Realm Peak expert wouldn't have been as troublesome as before.

This old fellow couldn't be kept; he had to become part of the ten thousand souls banner.

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The next day.

Morning.

"It's done!"

Xie Weilou opened his eyes, a faint light flashing within them. The refining of the ten thousand souls banner was complete, and Old Man Long's soul was thoroughly refined. This old fellow's soul power was extremely strong and had already become a part of the ten thousand souls banner.

With a thought, a soul body appeared before Xie Weilou. The aura emanating from this soul body was extremely terrifying, absolutely no weaker than Kong Qing's from before.

"With this old fellow's soul body, I'll have a huge reliance in the future."

Xie Weilou mused. A soul body refined by the ten thousand souls banner could be summoned through the ten thousand souls banner to fight, which was considered a great killing weapon.

This old fellow, when alive, was at least a Divine Court Realm expert. With only a soul body remaining, he naturally didn't have his peak combat power, but he could still unleash the might of the Dragon Transformation Realm, which was still not to be underestimated.

This was a trump card that could be held firmly in hand and prove very useful at critical moments.

"Next, let's see what I can gain from this soul body."

Xie Weilou gazed at the soul body before him and directly activated the ten thousand souls banner.

Three incense sticks later.

Xie Weilou indeed gained some things: alchemical notes and formation true insights.

The alchemical notes were divided into two parts. The first part was fire control techniques, including a Leaving Fire Divine Skill, which could control the spiritual flames of heaven and earth and was extremely profound. The second part involved identifying herbs, discerning medicines, alchemical formulas, and alchemy, with the highest level reaching seventh-grade alchemy.

The formation true insights contained numerous formation techniques, including setting up and breaking formations, with the highest level reaching seventh-grade formations.

This old thing possessed a great deal of knowledge. After being refined by the ten thousand souls banner, his memories were incomplete, and Xie Weilou only obtained these two things, but even so, he was very satisfied.

"Let's use the Heavenly Book to deduce it."

Xie Weilou directly used the Heavenly Book for deduction.

The alchemical notes and formation true insights were not great imprints and needed to be deduced by the Heavenly Book. If it could give him a great imprint, that would naturally be best, as it would save him a long period of practice and comprehension.

"Hmm?"

Xie Weilou raised an eyebrow. The Heavenly Book was activated, but there was no abnormality whatsoever; it did not perform any deduction. This surprised him a little.

If it didn't deduce and didn't give a great imprint, he would have to start learning alchemy and formations from the basics.

"Could it be that the Heavenly Book's power was consumed when I used it to defend against the enemy earlier? So the deduction failed?"

A hint of surprise appeared in Xie Weilou's eyes.

Since the Heavenly Book didn't deduce, he didn't continue to try. One couldn't get fat in one bite. With the alchemical notes and formation true insights, he could slowly comprehend them.

"Forget it! I'll recover my state first."

Xie Weilou took out three thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and directly chewed them. After the spiritual herbs were fully absorbed into his body, he circulated the Nirvana Sutra...

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Three days later.

Xie Weilou's state had fully recovered. He walked out of the pavilion and looked around. Today, there were significantly fewer people in the Zhenxi Marquis Manor.

"Greetings, Young Lord."

A guard immediately bowed.

Xie Weilou asked, "There are far fewer people in the manor. Have they all gone to the Old Residence?"

The guard quickly replied, "Tomorrow, the eldest young master and second young master will be buried. Everyone in the manor has gone to the Old Residence to help."

"So that's how it is."

Xie Weilou's smile was rich. He didn't say much more and simply left with his hands behind his back.

His two brothers were about to be buried, and they didn't even inform him? They clearly didn't consider him one of their own!

If they didn't tell him about this, how could they hold a grand funeral? How could he attend the banquet? How could he make a huge profit?

Tianquan Division.

Second Department Hall.

When Xie Weilou entered, he found Lin Qinghuang, as always, reading a scroll. Her body still exuded the aura of a Territory Expansion Realm Mid-stage cultivator.

However, Xie Weilou could feel that this woman's body had undergone immense changes, containing vast power, and she was in excellent condition. She had clearly entered the Dao Repository Realm!

With resources like the Buddhist Relic, Xuan Yuan Bodhi Seed, Divine Treasure Pill, and so on, it would be unreasonable if she didn't break through.

"Dao Repository Early-stage, congratulations."

Xie Weilou said with a faint smile.

Lin Qinghuang put down the scroll: "You haven't been on duty for several days. Your pay will be deducted!"

Xie Weilou laughed and said, "Deducted pay? Isn't that taking my life?"

Lin Qinghuang said indifferently, "Deduct it from my monthly salary."

"That's more like it."

Xie Weilou came to Lin Qinghuang's side. He took out a jade box. After opening it, there were three Starry Fish inside.

"This is..."

Lin Qinghuang's eyes showed a hint of surprise when she saw the Starry Fish.

Xie Weilou smiled faintly and said, "I caught a few fish at the Saint Academy and plan to roast them with you. These fish must taste good."

"Starry Fish, within the Great Xia territory, only the Saint Academy has them. Their taste is naturally not bad. Of course, the true wonder of these fish lies in the Starry Dao rhyme they contain. This kind of Dao rhyme is extremely rare, and if one can comprehend it, there will surely be great gains."

Lin Qinghuang spoke slowly.

"You make it sound so magical; it's making my mouth water. I'll go clean them up, and then we'll roast them and eat them together."

Xie Weilou took the box and walked to the side.

Not long after.

The fish were cleaned, and he directly placed them on the brazier to roast. Then he took out some homemade spices and sprinkled them on top, and a rich aroma wafted out.

After a while.

The fish were roasted, and the aroma drifted out of the hall.

"So fragrant!"

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu smelled the aroma and walked into the hall. Seeing the fish on the brazier, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. What kind of fish was this? It smelled so good!

Xie Weilou looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "Three fish, four people. Commander Lin and I will each have one, and you two can share one!"

"Thank you, Young Lord."

Their eyes lit up, and they immediately walked over.

Xie Weilou handed a fish to the two of them: "Have a taste."

The two of them were not polite. They took the fish and immediately tore off a piece to taste. As a result, with the first bite they took...

Boom!

A roar instantly erupted from within their bodies. Their cultivation actually broke through in an instant, directly stepping from Xuanhuang Realm Peak into Shackles Realm Early-stage...