143: Reviewing the achievements

Su Ling rubbed his Storage Ring with his fingertips and turned to walk towards the Logistics Hall.

With the experience from last time, he did not plan to hand over a large number of Magic Treasures this time.

Moreover, after returning to the base city from the battlefield, he had not yet had the time to carefully take stock of his spoils.

The main purpose of this trip was just to replenish some commonly used Medicinal Pills.

The person receiving him was still that Wei Yang from before.

After Su Ling finished selecting his Medicinal Pills, Wei Yang suddenly spoke with an ambiguous smile, "Fellow Daoist Han, do you not plan to sell a few Magic Treasures this time?"

"I, Han, have just emerged from many years of seclusion, so where would I have extra Magic Treasures to sell?"

Su Ling raised an eyebrow, his tone calm and waveless, revealing no flaws.

Wei Yang shook his head with a light chuckle, not exposing him, but shifted the topic and warned him sternly, "With Fellow Daoist's strength, as long as you can survive in this Nether Prison Plane, you will surely be able to join our Bitao Sect in the future. I hope Fellow Daoist... will be careful and cherish yourself in all things."

"Many thanks for the reminder, Deacon Wei."

Although Su Ling was a bit confused, he still cupped his hands in thanks and turned to leave.

Watching his back disappear at the doorway, Wei Yang stroked his long beard, a knowing smile curling at the corner of his mouth, "Ten years without a sound, and upon emerging from seclusion, he soared from over five thousandth place on the ranking board directly to fifty-eighth... This 'Azure Thunder Demonic Cultivator' truly lives up to his reputation."

As a deacon of the Logistics Hall, Wei Yang's information channels were far wider than those of ordinary Cultivators.

Yesterday, the collapse of the Wuwang Bone Forest resource point, the fall of two Nascent Soul Cultivators, and the panicked flight of thousands of Cultivators back to the base city had already caused an uproar throughout the city.

Although Su Ling had used the remnant souls ghost mist to conceal his figure, he had attacked many times on the battlefield and saved quite a few people along the way.

Those two great methods, soul control and thunder arts, had long been etched into the minds of the survivors.

Right on the spot, some determined that this Fellow Daoist was the very Azure Thunder Demonic Cultivator who had rampaged alone ten years ago at the border of the Five Aggregates and Wuji Sects, provoking a Nascent Soul Cultivator into a frantic search.

And the points of 'Han Yu' that had soared on the ranking board became the best proof.

There were even several Nascent Soul Cultivators who had secretly spread the word, wanting to recruit such a figure under their command to plot great things together.

All of this happened quietly within a day, but unfortunately, Su Ling didn't care about it at all.

After exchanging for the Medicinal Pills, he directly rented a secluded Immortal Cave in the base city and began to take stock of his spoils from this trip.

After a great battle, the number of Core Formation Cultivators who had fallen by his hand added up to over seven hundred.

Most of these people were suppressed by the dual force of the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother's Soul-Shaking Shriek and the Soul-Binding Silk, and were killed without even having the strength to resist.

One could see the immense utility of the ten thousand souls banner and the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother on the battlefield.

Su Ling first checked Black Rock's remains and quickly fished out a High Grade auxiliary Magic Treasure from the pile of items.

Seeing that familiar jade tablet, Su Ling instantly understood, "No wonder Black Rock could hold out for so long!"

It was precisely the high-grade magic treasure, the bodhi soul nurturing plaque, made from bodhi jade.

It was just a pity that the jade tablet was covered in cracks, its spiritual light had long dissipated, and it was clearly completely destroyed.

Recalling the scene of his fight with Black Rock, Su Ling had not only released two ghost soul arrows that had been charged for a long time.

Dozens of ghost soul arrows, instantly fired mid-battle, had all been shot at Black Rock.

In the end, it was only with the assistance of the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother and the expenditure of most of his Divine Soul power that he managed to kill him with a single arrow.

Now it seemed that it was mostly this bodhi soul nurturing plaque that had helped Black Rock block the damage from the first two Ghost Soul Arrows.

It was a pity that this soul nurturing plaque was completely broken; even if he took it to Wei Yang, he probably wouldn't get many Spirit Stones for it.

Su Ling tossed it aside and his gaze fell upon the other high-grade magic treasures.

The Black Obsidian Shield was already covered in cracks and on the verge of being scrapped.

Although the Earth-Pentad Gauntlets had slight damage, they were suitable for Body Cultivators to use and could still be recycled.

The Earth-Quaking Boots, Bedrock Robe, and Diamond Giant Axe were still in good condition, but they had no exchange value for Su Ling, so in the end, he could only take them to exchange for Spirit Stones.

Besides Magic Treasures, there were also several Medicinal Pills and Body Refining Materials.

Finally, Su Ling dug out a Cultivation Technique with an old cover from the depths of Black Rock's Storage Ring.

It was actually the Black Obsidian Body, a Body Refining Cultivation Technique that reached the Peak Core Formation Stage.

He flipped through a few pages with interest, but quickly closed it, feeling bored.

The Black Obsidian Body was an Earth-element Body Refining technique; although training it to the extreme could allow one to withstand the bombardment of Medium Grade Magic Treasures with their Physical Body.

It had no bonus to speed and would instead slow one down.

After finishing the Cultivation Technique in his hand, Su Ling shook his head inwardly.

Compared to the Azure Heaven Thunder Body that came with the Azure Heaven Thunder Treasure Talisman, the Black Obsidian Body was not just a little bit inferior.

Due to the fact that the Azure Heaven Thunder Body required a Core Formation cultivation base as a foundation and consumed a large amount of Thunder-element Materials for Body Tempering, Su Ling had not delved deeply into it before, only barely touching the threshold of entry.

But even so, his current Physical Body strength and movement speed already far exceeded those of most Core Formation Stage Body Cultivators.

"This Black Rock, what kind of method did he rely on to Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul?"

Su Ling tossed the Cultivation Technique aside and pondered to himself, "The Black Obsidian Body can only be cultivated to the Peak Core Formation Stage; Black Rock likely broke through by force..."

No wonder that when Yan Wushuang fought Black Rock back then, Black Rock was suppressed tightly and suffered heavy injuries not long after.

The gap in the grade of Cultivation Techniques truly had a greater impact on a Cultivator's combat power than imagined.

During the subsequent inventory, he dug out a large pile of miscellaneous Cultivation Techniques.

Most of them were Low Grade methods cultivated by Loose Cultivators; there were hardly any that contained insights at the Nascent Soul level.

As for the Disciples of the Seven Sects, as well as the children of small Sects and immortal cultivation families...

Since they were participating in the National War, it was unlikely they would be allowed to carry Cultivation Technique classics on them.

Su Ling scanned them roughly, only feeling that the profundity of these Cultivation Techniques couldn't even reach the corners of the Azure Heaven Thunder Treasure Talisman.

However, there was a Core Formation Stage breath-concealing technique that had some commonalities with the Turtle Breath Technique he had mastered.

Su Ling patiently studied it for a moment and actually grasped a small technique to optimize the Turtle Breath Technique from it, which counted as an unexpected gain.

After sorting the Medicinal Pills, Magic Treasures, Spirit Stones, and array talismans into categories and putting them one by one into his Storage Ring.

There were still two Magic Treasures and one pill book floating in front of Su Ling, all of which were the best among his spoils this time.

His gaze first fell on the flying needles, and a strange pattern that only Su Ling could perceive flashed in his eyes, and the information about the Magic Treasure clearly emerged:

【mother-son soul-chasing needles, High Grade attack Magic Treasure. Made with Yin Nether Iron as the bone and Cold Iron Essence Silk as the pattern, a total of one mother and eight son needles are cast. It comes with a Divine Soul tracking characteristic; if the mother needle is destroyed, the son needles will instantly erupt with 'Soul-Chasing Pierce', locking onto enemies regardless of distance and automatically launching an attack.】

Next was the ball of silver-white silk: 【Diamond Dragon-Entwining Silk, High Grade auxiliary Magic Treasure. Based on ten-thousand-year Black Iron drawn into silk, mixed with scale fragments of the Extreme Abyss Ice-Soul Dragon and Dragon tendons, it was repeatedly forged with Earth Vein Spirit Fire. When gathered, it condenses into a silk armor, capable of withstanding bombardment from Magic Treasures below Medium Grade; when scattered, it turns into a hundred strands of silver silk, capable of binding and tying.】

Finally, that pill book with a dark purple cover, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance, attracted all of Su Ling's attention.

【Myriad Poison Secret Treasury, Fourth-Order Low Grade Alchemy classic. It records over a dozen Fourth-Order poison Pill Formulas such as the Myriad Poison Obstacle-Avoiding Pill and Poison Dragon Heart-Devouring Pill, and includes techniques for identifying poisonous Materials and preventing poison.】

Although the first two Magic Treasures could be considered exquisite, they were merely icing on the cake for Su Ling.

His thunder arts and soul control methods were already formidable, so having two more Magic Treasures merely added a bit of redundant combat power.

But when his gaze fell on the Myriad Poison Secret Treasury, a trace of an inexplicable meaning appeared in Su Ling's eyes, "Poison pills... I wonder how difficult they are to refine?"