Eternal Life from Talisman Painting

Chapter 637: Chapter 319: Not Asking the Honest Man This Time

Sea Abyss City.

Since the last rescue of the Spirit Ship and the slaying of the ghost cultivator, several months have passed.

Upon returning, Lin Chang’an once again arrived at this Sea Abyss City.

As for his excuse to communicate with Fairy Ni Chang and others from the Profound Sound Pavilion, it was quite simple; he claimed he needed to come to Sea Abyss City to purchase some precious resources.

No one doubted this, after all, no matter how prosperous the Five Dragons Island Sea Region is, it cannot compare to Sea Abyss City.

This time, Lin Chang’an did not bring his Sword Servant; instead, he left them in the cave mansion to cultivate diligently and strive to form their core early.

Treasure Light Pavilion.

"Fellow Daoist, these are all secret techniques and treasures for controlling ghosts and souls."

In an elegant room, a Core Formation cultivator from before joyfully greeted him with cupped hands and handed over a catalog.

This time, Lin Chang’an’s identity was different. With the Identity Jade Token specially bestowed by the Sixth Elder of Bihai Palace, his access was completely transformed.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."

Lin Chang’an responded with a courteous smile and cupped hands. As expected, after displaying his identity, the catalog was enriched with many secret techniques and treasures that weren’t available before.

Lin Chang’an then lowered his head and used his Divine Sense to explore the treasures in the Treasure Light Pavilion.

High-level secret techniques, even entire cultivation techniques specializing in this field, made Lin Chang’an marvel at the wealth of Bihai Palace with its ten thousand years of heritage.

Internally, he was calculating his plans.

"The memory of the ghost cultivator was clear. All Tier Three Yin Spirit Beast Kings and ghost cultivators on the island had their Divine Souls restricted.

Thankfully, my Profound Celestial Immortal Vine can ignore Divine Soul Restrictions, otherwise probing the ghost cultivator’s memory would have been impossible."

At this moment, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but recall the situation on the Yin Soul Sect Island from the ghost cultivator’s memory.

"I am certainly not the only one thinking about investigating the Yin Soul Sect Spirit Island. My advantage lies in having read the ghost cultivator’s memory, giving me a better understanding of the island’s condition."

Lin Chang’an understood himself well; if he could consider plotting opportunities on the Yin Soul Sect Island, others certainly weren’t foolish either.

"Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator personally performed a Soul Search, facing the restrictions set by the Transformed Yin Spirit Beast King, they would at most obtain some fragmented memories."

The reason why these Divine Soul Restrictions were so powerful was firstly because the Transformed Yin Spirit Beast King was naturally adept at the Divine Soul and Ghost Dao.

Secondly, the Transformed Yin Spirit Beast King cared nothing about the lives of its subordinates.

Such a Divine Soul Restriction, with its significant side effects, ensured the cultivator’s cultivation would hardly progress further in their life.

"This ghost cultivator, in life, was also a strong cultivator, but after turning into a ghost cultivator, his strength significantly decreased, only to have another restriction placed by the Tier Four Transformed Yin Spirit Beast King."

Thinking of this, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but shake his head with a sigh.

Over six hundred years, this ghost cultivator’s cultivation had made no progress, clearly a side effect left by the Divine Soul Restriction.

This ghost cultivator’s fate also showed him the reality that under Nascent Soul Influence, everyone below is but an ant.

Even Core Formation cultivators are just slightly stronger ants under Nascent Soul influence.

He then brushed away these thoughts and focused entirely on browsing the various secret techniques and treasures in the catalog.

"Magic Treasure Level items include Binding Ghost Rings, Spirit Control Tokens and other treasures that can imprison and control Yin Spirits. Although the Yin Soul Sect Spirit Island is vast,

under the Divine Sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator, treasures directly controlled like this are easily discovered."

Looking at a pile of ghost-controlling treasures, Lin Chang’an shook his head.

Regarding the Divine Sense of a Tier Four Transformed Yin Spirit Beast King, he didn’t believe that treasures so overtly controlled wouldn’t be discovered.

"This secret technique, however, does look promising."

Lin Chang’an eventually set his sights on a secret technique with extremely high concealment.

"However, this secret technique also comes at a hefty price."

After reading the introduction of the secret technique, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

This secret technique required a Yin Spirit Demon Pill as a vessel, to first refine a magic treasure, then infuse a wisp of one’s Divine Sense within, akin to an Artifact Spirit.

The Yin Attribute magic treasure is then fused with a Yin Spirit Beast King, forming a symbiotic relationship between the two.

The cultivator can then use this magic treasure, commanding Yin Spirits for their purpose.

"But it also has its drawbacks, specifically that the violent intelligence of the Yin Spirit Beast King remains, and over time, the cultivator can be influenced or even suffer a backlash."

This was already the most concealed and suitable secret technique Lin Chang’an could find.

"I’ll settle for this. It’s likely that many are already trying to find ways to explore the Yin Soul Sect Spirit Island."

Lin Chang’an, without hesitation, looked up and chose this secret technique.

Although he enjoyed the permissions offered by the Treasure Light Pavilion, the price was genuinely expensive.

The secret technique alone cost him twenty thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones.

"This technique is akin to a cultivator raising a powerful and mysterious Spirit Pet, as not all cultivators have time to raise a Spirit Pet from birth."

Those able to cultivate this secret technique must surely be eyeing the Tier Three Yin Spirit Beast King.

And in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, Yin Spirits are truly rare. If not for Five Dragons Island being adjacent to the Heaven-Reaching Mist Sea, many cultivators might never encounter a Yin Spirit in their entire life.

Therefore, being able to control a Tier Three Yin Spirit Beast King could indeed become a trump card for some cultivators.

After exiting the Treasure Light Pavilion, Lin Chang’an sighed lightly; if the five Yin Spirit Beast King Demon Pills hadn’t afforded him extra Spirit Stones,

he might not even have been able to gather the materials for refining a magic treasure this time.

"It’s time to go back."

During this trip to Sea Abyss City, Lin Chang’an also purchased some Spirit Grass and Spirit Fruit needed for refining Crystal Condensing Pills.

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Just after Lin Chang’an left Sea Abyss City, his intelligence information appeared within the cultivation cave mansion of the Sixth Elder of Bihai Palace.