Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 105 - 97: Springwater Body Tempering

What made Chu Ning frown slightly was, whether it was because the two consecutive fights had consumed too much, or if these people were really that poor.

Chu Ning found hardly anything on Boss Liu and that effeminate young man.

A few low-tier talismans, which Chu Ning didn’t even care for, were not as well-drawn as the ones he could do casually.

The only somewhat useful items were about twenty lower grade spirit stones and Boss Liu’s iron hammer.

It seemed like an intermediate magical artifact.

The effeminate young man’s spine was just a basic magical artifact.

As a result, Chu Ning was much less interested in searching the yellow-faced man’s body.

He then moved towards Old Man Sun’s corpse.

Just now, at the very beginning, Old Man Sun alone blocked the attacks of the three, using some decent stuff.

Some talismans aside, there was a black shield and a golden small knife beside Old Man Sun at this moment.

Chu Ning had seen Old Man Sun use both of these just now; they should have been pretty good magical artifacts. Unfortunately, under the three’s siege, both were already damaged.

Chu Ning shook his head and then started to take out Old Man Sun’s storage bag.

Not to mention other things, if his guess was correct, the Blood Dawn Grass should be in Old Man Sun’s possession.

Chu Ning took out Old Man Sun’s storage bag, erased the imprint inside, and opened it to take everything out from inside.

The first thing that caught Chu Ning’s eye were several jade boxes.

He almost opened the jade boxes without much thought and was immediately overjoyed.

Indeed, the jade boxes contained Blood Dawn Grass.

Chu Ning counted briefly, there were as many as eighteen stalks.

Moreover, each of these eighteen Blood Dawn Grasses was over a foot long, with broad leaves, blood-red in color.

Clearly, they were already very mature.

After carefully storing away the Blood Dawn Grass, Chu Ning began to look at the other items.

Unexpectedly, inside Old Man Sun’s storage bag, there was not much else.

Originally, Chu Ning had watched Old Man Sun fight against these few, lasting so long with a lower realm.

He thought Old Man Sun might have some good items stored in his storage bag.

But what puzzled him was that there were only two basic middle grade escape talismans, with no attack and defense talismans left.

Even other magical artifacts were missing, and there were only a dozen or so spirit stones.

Chu Ning blinked, a little bewildered.

Logically, Old Man Sun had a shop in Qinghe Square; it wouldn’t make sense for him to have so few assets.

Then, Chu Ning thought of another possibility.

Perhaps Old Man Sun was just a representative of a cultivation clan in charge of the shop, and the items in the shop didn’t entirely belong to him.

"According to what Du Han previously told me, there is a Sun Family attached to the Cyan Creek Sect nearby, and they own quite a few spirit fields.

Could it be that Old Man Sun was the shopkeeper of the Sun Family in Qinghe Square?"

Thinking this way, it seemed reasonable.

"But even so, when he was selling those Seven-Star Spirit Fruits, he should have had more income than this.

Could it be that within about a year, he used up all the spirit stones?"

No one answered Chu Ning’s speculation, so he simply didn’t think more about it.

After putting away the spirit stones, Chu Ning’s gaze fell on the last item.

A jade token that looked to be of good quality.

Chu Ning picked it up and noticed that it seemed to carry some sort of restriction.

On it were inscribed two large characters: Cloud Sea.

Feeling the somewhat familiar restriction and seeing these two characters, Chu Ning immediately associated it with the Cloud Sea Pavilion.

"A jade token from the Cloud Sea Pavilion, what is it for?"

Chu Ning rubbed the jade token, his expression somewhat indecisive.

Could it be that Old Man Sun had also joined the Cloud Sea Pavilion?

If so, it might be a bit troublesome.

But then, Chu Ning shook his head, it was unlikely.

Even if Old Man Sun did sell a few Seven-Star Spirit Fruits to the Cloud Sea Pavilion, it wouldn’t be enough to join the Cloud Sea Pavilion.

This token might have another use.

Thinking this way, Chu Ning simply threw the jade token into his own storage bag.

Standing up, Chu Ning then walked towards the yellow-faced man.

After checking him thoroughly, there was indeed a storage bag, but as expected by Chu Ning, it didn’t contain anything particularly good.

However, the short spear he had just thrown was still intact.

Chu Ning picked it up and saw it was also an intermediate magical artifact.

After searching everyone, Chu Ning cast several fireballs to burn the corpses away.

Just as Chu Ning was about to head towards the Earth Spirit Spring Water, his gaze shifted.

He looked at the ground behind where the yellow-faced man originally stood, where a black small saber was stuck in the ground.

Chu Ning vividly remembered that before Old Man Sun died, a black light was fired that directly penetrated the yellow-faced man’s body.

If it wasn’t for this, it would have been a bit tricky to kill the three afterwards.

Chu Ning walked up to the black small saber, gently picked it up, and slightly sensed it.

"Judging from the power this magical artifact just displayed, its level is clearly very high.

It’s even higher than my Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield, could it be an advanced magical artifact? Or perhaps a top-level magical artifact?"

Chu Ning was holding the black small saber, his expression filled with uncertainty.

However, when Chu Ning picked it up and tried to inject magical power, he found no response whatsoever.

Although this saber appeared high-grade before, it currently had no spiritual nature and seemed unusable at the moment.

"Could it be that it’s a one-time use? Is that why Old Man Sun never took it out?"

Chu Ning pondered to himself.

He tried repeatedly to channel his Magical Power, but it simply couldn’t be injected into this small saber.

After several attempts, he had to give up.

Not knowing the situation, he decided to put the black small saber into the Storage Bag as well.

He could only see if there would be an opportunity in the future to figure out what was going on.

After doing all this, Chu Ning went over to the Earth Spirit Spring Water.

"According to the description in the Jade Scroll, this Earth Spirit Spring Water, when paired with Blood Dawn Grass, is one of the best treasures for Body Tempering.

Its improvement on physique is all-encompassing. Although each effect isn’t very significant, the refining process is relatively gentle.

If it can be used for soaking over a long period, that would be best."

Chu Ning recalled the introduction of Earth Spirit Spring Water he had read before.

According to the Jade Scroll, it was best to use one stalk of Blood Dawn Grass per day for continuous Body Tempering.

"With that in mind, does it mean I have to come here continuously for over ten days?"

Chu Ning murmured softly.

After all, this Earth Spirit Spring Water couldn’t be moved, and once taken out, it immediately loses its Spirit Effect.

However, he quickly thought it might not be impossible.

Based on the conversation just now, this place is extremely secretive, known only by two people.

One is Old Man Sun, and the other is Liu the Third, who died by his hands earlier.

Now, Old Man Sun is dead, and the three men, Boss Liu and his group linked with Liu the Third, are also dead.

The group seemed to be loose cultivators, and from what they said, they had been watching Old Man Sun for nearly a year, suggesting they operated together.

With this reasoning, Chu Ning basically determined the risk of staying in this cave was minimal.

He immediately took out a stalk of Blood Dawn Grass from the Jade Box.

After some thought, Chu Ning spoke to Ling Xiaobai:

"Xiaobai, go guard the entrance. Let me know immediately if anyone comes."

Ling Xiaobai, who had been curiously watching Chu Ning dispose of the bodies, did not act immediately upon hearing this.

"Ying!"

Instead, it called out to Chu Ning.

"Wants to eat!"

Hearing this, Chu Ning laughed and scolded:

"You little rascal, you don’t move without benefits."

Saying this, Chu Ning didn’t hesitate and tossed the Blood Dawn Grass in his hand directly to Ling Xiaobai.

"Ying!"

Ling Xiaobai let out a joyful call before quickly devouring the Blood Dawn Grass.

Then it wagged its way happily towards the entrance.

At this moment, Chu Ning took out another stalk of Blood Dawn Grass from the Jade Box and dropped it into the Earth Spirit Spring Water.

Amazingly, after the Blood Dawn Grass was dropped in,

the previously calm water began to ripple slightly, while wisps of heat emanated from it.

In just a few breaths, the Blood Dawn Grass disappeared completely, directly melting into the Earth Spirit Spring Water.

And the originally crystal-clear spring water turned blood-red like fresh blood.

Chu Ning reached out to touch the Earth Spirit Spring Water, finding it warm but not too hot.

He then didn’t hesitate any longer, shedding his clothes and jumping directly into the crimson Earth Spirit Spring Water.

As his body soaked in the blood-red Earth Spirit Spring Water, Chu Ning immediately felt an extremely comfortable warmth.

It felt as though the warm Earth Spirit Spring Water was about to seep directly into his body.

"Comfortable!"

Chu Ning couldn’t help but exclaim.

Regardless of the Body Tempering effect, just this unique hot spring experience was enjoyable enough.

After marveling for a moment, Chu Ning began to earnestly observe and feel his surroundings.

With his sharp senses, he noticed a wisp of Spiritual Qi was seeping through his skin into his body.

The speed wasn’t fast, but it was indeed happening.

Meanwhile, the blood-red Earth Spirit Spring Water’s color slowly faded at an exceedingly subtle pace.

At the same time, the temperature of the Earth Spirit Spring Water slowly decreased.

While the temperature of Chu Ning’s body slowly increased.

This continued for about an hour.

The color of the Earth Spirit Spring Water completely returned to its usual, without a trace of red.

Chu Ning felt a sense of heat throughout his body.

He immediately leaped out of the Earth Spirit Spring Water, immediately commencing the cultivation of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.

After cultivating for a while, when the heat in his body completely dissipated, Chu Ning stopped.

Then, Chu Ning immediately checked the cultivation proficiency in his mind.

[Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique (Yellow Tier Lower Grade), Third Layer (2/2100)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Undying Bone 254/600]

[Refining Spirit Technique, First Layer 331/1000]

The Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique and the Refining Spirit Technique hadn’t changed at all, but the proficiency of Undying Bone increased by a full 3 points.