10: eerie little beads

"Let Young Master Lin Xiao enter."

"My Immeasurable Holy Land has, since ancient times, been an affiliated force of the Desolate Ancient Lin Clan. Everything is at Young Master Lin Xiao's discretion."

Just as Lin Xiao was about to speak, an aged voice emerged from within the treasure vault's main door.

It was precisely the White Brow Old Ancestor who had stepped forward earlier to apologize to Lin Xiao.

As the White Brow Old Ancestor's voice faded, the stone statues' eyes closed again, becoming no different from before.

"Young Master, please enter."

The White Brow Old Ancestor slowly walked out from the treasure vault's main door and respectfully cupped his hands towards Lin Xiao.

"I apologize for the disturbance," Lin Xiao said indifferently, walking into the Immeasurable Holy Land's treasure vault.

The Immeasurable Holy Land's treasure vault had a total of three floors.

The items on the first and second floors were quite ordinary to Lin Xiao.

They were nothing more than weapons, Medicinal Pills, and the like. Lin Xiao had as many of these as he desired.

Therefore, after a casual sweep with his Divine Sense, Lin Xiao headed directly to the third floor of the treasure vault.

Upon arriving at the third floor, Lin Xiao's vision suddenly brightened.

It wasn't that the area was particularly large.

Rather, compared to the other two floors, there were far fewer items on this third floor.

There were only about a dozen items, giving a very spacious feeling.

These treasures were placed one by one on treasure stands, meticulously preserved by formations.

Outside the formations, to ensure their long-term operation, grand formations were densely spread, and Spiritual Qi rose, appearing almost liquefied.

Golden, mysterious Qi floated in the air, providing a visual delight.

"This scene is quite well done, but I wonder about the quality of these treasures," Lin Xiao murmured.

Looking at these exquisitely displayed treasures, Lin Xiao investigated each one with his Divine Sense.

A Major Achievement Fire-attribute King Artifact... three ten-thousand-year-old Immortal Spirit Ginseng... a King-grade Purple Red Flower... an unresponsive little Author... two pairs of unknown King Beast horns... After examining everything, Lin Xiao didn't find a single item useful to him.

"Could that Great Sacred Tomb really have been just an accident?"

"Or, besides this treasure vault, does the Immeasurable Holy Land have other places to store things?" Lin Xiao wondered, somewhat puzzled.

But no sooner had he spoken than he suddenly discovered a strange object in a corner of the treasure vault.

This object seemed to be devouring his Divine Sense, preventing him from seeing its full appearance.

"Hmm?! What is this thing?" Lin Xiao asked.

He continued to increase the output of his Divine Sense, only then clearly seeing the object's full appearance.

It was an ancient, black small bead, engraved with some strange runes, looking very mysterious.

Lin Xiao walked to the corner where the bead was, picked it up, and stared at it carefully.

He looked for a long time but couldn't make sense of it.

It was just like an ordinary bead, extremely common, without the slightest Spiritual Qi fluctuation.

However, the only thing that struck Lin Xiao as strange was that this bead seemed like a bottomless pit.

No matter how much Divine Sense and spiritual power Lin Xiao released, this small bead accepted it all, not letting a single bit escape.

"Could this thing be made from Spirit-Devouring Materials?"

"But no matter how powerful Spirit-Devouring Materials are, such a small amount shouldn't be able to absorb so much of my energy," Lin Xiao murmured, somewhat perplexed.

The Spirit-Devouring Materials he spoke of were a very peculiar Artifact Refining material that could absorb most of the active energy in this world.

In the Upper Realm, they were excellent Materials specifically used to forge cages for prisoners or Yao Beasts.

A Cultivator with extremely powerful strength, once confined to a cell made of Spirit-Devouring Materials,

would immediately lose all his strength, becoming an ordinary person at the mercy of others.

But no matter what, no matter how powerful a Spirit-Devouring Material was, it ultimately had a limit to its capacity.

Lin Xiao had never heard of such a strange material as the small bead before him, which absorbed as much energy as you released, no matter how much it was.

"I refuse to believe this evil; I'll burst you," Lin Xiao said, looking at the small bead, feeling a bit annoyed.

He circulated most of the spiritual power within his body and poured it all into the small bead.