Five Immortal Sects-Chapter 156: Earth Patch
Putting aside the spatial magical treasure for a moment, Li Yan knew the significance of being able to enter this secret chamber.
Based on his cultivation experience just now, he didn't know if he could successfully form his Core in the future, but he was certain that if he cultivated here for half a year, he could successfully reach the Foundation Establishment stage, perhaps even without the need for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
Another benefit was that within ten thousand li of the Wraith Sect, if his life was ever in danger, he could instantly be teleported here, thus resolving his life-threatening peril.
Although this was only possible within ten thousand li of the secret realm, Li Yan wasn't a greedy person. These two benefits alone would immensely aid him.
Li Yan secretly took a few deep breaths, allowing his tumultuous emotions to gradually settle, before finally speaking.
"This junior still has some questions. What if this junior never reaches the Unity mid-stage in his lifetime? And will there be any time or frequency limits when this junior comes to this secret chamber in the future?"
He naturally knew how precious that supreme-grade storage magical treasure was. Just thinking about needing to reach the Unity stage to retrieve that chaos earth, and having to sign a "Blood Vow Curse," showed how seriously it was taken. He naturally had to ask for clarification.
Pingtu looked at Li Yan with a faint, unreadable smile, having clearly seen through Li Yan's thoughts.
"You can cultivate here for as long as you wish!"
It didn't answer Li Yan's first question, but instead directly addressed Li Yan's unspoken desire.
Li Yan's face couldn't help but flush. He thought to himself, "Didn't you let me come here precisely so I could cultivate using the abundant spiritual qi?"
"As for that supreme-grade storage magical treasure, its name is 'Earth Patch'! After a drop of blood is applied, it can transform into a mark resembling a birthmark and adhere to any part of your body. When in use, you only need to connect with it via divine sense.
The 'Blood Vow Curse' is an ancient contract, signed with one's own essence blood. Any violation will inevitably incur a heart demon backlash, and no one has ever escaped this curse.
So, do not even contemplate trying to break this blood curse. To my knowledge, even Mahayana stage cultivators who have broken this vow have ultimately perished under heart demons, without exception!
If you never cultivate to the Unity mid-stage in this life, then naturally, the contract will not generate any heart demons for you. However, after five thousand years or your premature demise, the 'Earth Patch' magical treasure you use will have its essence blood power dissipate, triggering its internal restrictions and the 'Earth Patch' will self-destruct."
Li Yan nodded, already understanding the conditions Pingtu had presented.
However, he felt a bit helpless about the magical treasure's name. "Earth Patch" it sounded too rustic. Did they fear others wouldn't know it was refined by their Jitu(Earth) Immortal Sect? But this thought merely flashed through his mind.
"The primary material used to refine this supreme-grade storage space is a piece of chaos earth, originating from the outer starry sky. That place is extremely perilous; even a mid-Unity stage cultivator could perish at any moment there. 'Earth Patch' can be used for five thousand years, but it's uncertain how many years I'll even live…"
Li Yan pondered inwardly, while simultaneously bowing to Pingtu.
"Senior, this junior will certainly cultivate diligently!"
Just as his words fell, the space above his head suddenly darkened. Li Yan felt a bloody stench rush to his nostrils. In an instant, he felt as if he were in a sea of blood in a Shura realm. He quickly looked up.
It was an ancient, dark-red scroll, carrying an eerie, thick scent of blood. It slowly descended and hovered before Li Yan. The scroll fluttered without wind, like a grand banner waving in the breeze.
It was covered in strange runes, shimmering with dazzling red light. Each rune seemed to have endured tens of thousands of years of vicissitudes, making the entire scroll exude an ancient aura.
Li Yan didn't recognize a single one of these runes, but when his divine sense swept over them, those runes as though startled spiritual insects, began to wriggle one by one. Then, to Li Yan's astonishment, countless runes surged into his divine sense.
A moment later, Li Yan raised his head, forming a blade with the fingers of his left hand and lightly slicing his right index finger. A few drops of essence blood immediately flowed out, but the moment they emerged, those few drops of essence blood floated in mid-air and in the blink of an eye, flew into the ancient scroll before him.
As the few drops of essence blood entered the scroll, the entire scroll erupted in a dazzling red light, instantly transforming the stone chamber, as if a red teardrop had been set into the center of a golden-yellow gem.
This scene lasted for less than half a breath. The dazzling red light rapidly shrank. When it was only the size of a grain of rice, it suddenly transformed into a single red speck of light and shot towards Li Yan, vanishing into his brow in a flash.
At the same time, an aura suddenly appeared in Li Yan's mind. This aura made Li Yan feel a prickling sensation, like needles in his back. But when his divine sense swept through his sea of consciousness, this aura had vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
Li Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knew that the aura hadn't disappeared, but rather that his cultivation was too low to detect it. It had already latent somewhere within his body. If he didn't fulfill the vow in the scroll by the time he reached the Unity mid-stage, it would surely erupt.
Pingtu had stood there the entire time, staring at Li Yan without a word. Seeing a red speck of light shoot into Li Yan's brow, a keen glint flashed in its eyes. It then resumed its calm demeanor, though no one knew what it was thinking.
The next moment, a mass of yellowish-brown mist swiftly flew towards Li Yan and at the same time, Pingtu uttered a low command.
"Quickly communicate with your divine sense, then simply guide it to a location on your body!"
Li Yan watched as a mass of yellowish-brown mist flew to his front and then hovered there, gently undulating and constantly changing shape.
Li Yan, as instructed, slowly extended his divine sense. The moment his divine sense made contact, a vast yellow world immediately appeared within his consciousness. This world was about a thousand zhang in size, enveloped in a hazy yellow mist.
Before him was a tall mountain, and a river that wound around its base, faintly appearing within the yellow mist.
Although the spiritual qi here was not as dense as in the secret chamber, it was already an excellent place.
Li Yan's divine sense slowly descended to the ground. Lush green grass covered the ground, spreading widely along both riverbanks, disappearing into the yellow mist, like a clear early winter morning, yet with the vibrant spirit of spring.
Li Yan couldn't help but be amazed. Thinking of his own storage bag, only a few zhang in size and filled with stagnant energy, his heart was filled with immense joy.
His divine sense didn't linger long within it. It quickly retreated. Perhaps due to the "Blood Vow Curse," his divine sense had a faint connection with the yellowish-brown mist before him.
Li Yan's divine sense stirred. He raised his left hand, and the yellowish-brown mist slowly descended towards his wrist. The moment it reached his wrist, it rapidly shrank, finally forming a yellowish-brown mark the size of a fingernail, embedded on Li Yan's left wrist.
Li Yan touched it with his hand, feeling nothing at all. What his fingertips touched was simply the skin of his wrist.
"It truly is like a patchy birthmark!"
Subsequently, he used his divine sense to communicate with the birthmark-like patch, and it indeed moved position according to his will.
He looked down at the dozens of storage bags at his waist. With a thought, rays of light shot out from the storage bag he was using, only to vanish in a flash in the air.
When Li Yan's divine sense re-entered "Earth Patch," a considerable amount of items had accumulated in a corner of the hazy yellow space. These were precisely the items he had just taken from his storage bag. Li Yan's heart swelled with joy.
"When I have time, I'll erase the divine sense marks on all the storage bags I obtained this time, then put all the valuable items into 'Earth Patch.'
At that time, I'll only keep Miao Zhengyi's Foundation Establishment storage bag on me, put some random items in it, and hang it at my waist for show. I'll sell all the other storage bags and unused items. I imagine I can exchange them for quite a few spirit stones."
Li Yan thought to himself.
"This round prism crystal is also for you."
Seeing that Li Yan could use "Earth Patch," Pingtu waved a hand again and a round object the size of a copper coin, shimmering with blue light, flew directly towards Li Yan.
Li Yan reached out to catch it. When his divine sense made contact, it was easily repelled.
"No need to try. This prism crystal is inscribed with ancient array formations, which you cannot currently probe. Perhaps when your cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage in the future, you might get a glimpse. If you can comprehend some, you might even be able to set up a teleportation array."
"So this prism crystal is inscribed with ancient array formations. I heard such formations have long been extinct in the mortal realm. To think such immortal arts are inscribed on something the size of a copper coin! If others knew, just like with 'Earth Patch,' it would inevitably lead to killings and treasure snatching."
Li Yan gasped. How incredibly precious were ancient array formations, to be so easily inscribed on something like this? One must know that even the four great sects only had their sect-protecting grand arrays as ancient formations passed down, and those were their treasured possessions.
If the Wraith Sect knew about this prism crystal, it would surely become a vital sect treasure, deeply hidden and strictly guarded, having no further connection with Li Yan.
Li Yan took a deep breath and carefully placed the round prism crystal into "Earth Patch"!
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