Chapter 90

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Chen Xun closed the study and took out the string of prayer beads he had taken from Yue Lun, examining them closely in his hands.

Yue Lun, as a wandering cultivator, had limited cultivation, and at over sixty years old, he had only reached the Eighth Level of True Yang Realm. Among the countless wandering cultivators in Canglan City, he was nothing special.

However, Yue Lun had established himself in Canglan City forty years ago and had a keen business mind. He had spent half his life accumulating the capital to open the Lianxian Hall, which had a foothold in Huayang Market. In the myriad of wandering cultivators in Canglan City, he could be considered a minor success.

The cultivation items displayed in the Lianxian Hall were pitifully few: only a few low-level spell books and a dozen bottles of pills. In fact, just two months ago, Yue Lun had used most of his life savings to trade for this string of magic beads from a wandering cultivator who had drifted to Canglan from a distant land.

This made the Lianxian Hall even more dilapidated.

Yue Lun, who had spent half his life accumulating wealth, was so easily robbed by Chen Xun. In the end, it was because Yue Lun had lived a life of luxury and comfort, and the resolve to cultivate had long been eroded by a life of ease. He dared not resist Chen Xun, who was favored by both the Holy Maiden Su Tang and the Thirteenth Master of the Su family.

Thinking that he too had a moment of borrowing someone else's power, Chen Xun felt a bit smug.

The prayer beads consisted of nineteen beads:

Eighteen of them were Green Flame Beads.

Among the hundreds of scrolls Chen Xun had obtained from the disciples' courtyard, there were introductions to various talismanic instruments and low-level entry-level magical instruments.

An object inscribed with mystic symbols is considered a talismanic instrument, capable of casting spells, but in the eyes of cultivators, talismanic instruments are only considered low-level magical instruments.

Above talismanic instruments, there are Human, Earth, Heaven, and Dao-level magical instruments, which truly possess the power to move mountains and boil the sea.

These Green Flame Beads are made from Green Flame Stones. Although they are not yet entry-level magical instruments, they are still considered powerful talismanic instruments.

The eighteen Green Flame Beads were of uniform size, as thick as a little finger, smooth and lustrous, with a green metallic sheen, even glowing faintly in the dark room.

The Mystic Symbol of Fiery Impact was inscribed on the beads, each stroke of the mystic symbol being meticulously precise.

The Northern Mountain Barbarian Martial Tribes mainly practiced martial cultivation. Apart from the brief appearance of the Meng brothers and Chen Xun's opportunity to practice spells, they had never seen the power of the Fiery Impact Spell.

When Yue Lun traded for this string of prayer beads from a destitute wandering cultivator, Zhao Tu was also present.

He saw Yue Lun holding the prayer beads and releasing a line of black ghostly flames, which shattered a boulder as tall as a person.

Eighteen Green Flame Beads meant eighteen Fiery Impact Spells.

Chen Xun felt lucky. If Yue Lun had really gone all out and fought to the death, his chances of winning would have been very slim.

In addition to the eighteen Green Flame Beads, there was one particularly unique bead, seemingly made from a black-colored exotic wood, which felt like a finger dipped in water. However, after searching through all the materials at hand, he could not determine what kind of magical instrument this bead was.

Even Zhao Tu, who was well-informed, could not name it, only knowing that Yue Lun had used most of his wealth to trade for this string of prayer beads, with a particular interest in this exotic wood bead.

However, after obtaining it, Yue Lun successfully refined the eighteen Green Flame Beads, but this exotic wood bead remained completely unresponsive, leading him to often complain to his subordinates and employees that he had been swindled by the destitute wandering cultivator.

The path of cultivation is vast and boundless, with mystic symbols as numerous as the stars. Countless cultivators have fallen, and many magical instruments have been left to gather dust, waiting for future generations to discover them.

In Yunzhou, there are often unknown magical instruments that come to light, perhaps left behind by ancient great powers, or possibly forged by someone with ulterior motives to swindle a fortune and then flee.

To determine the authenticity of these dusty magical instruments, they must be re-refined.

Refining low-level talismanic instruments is a simple matter, requiring only a drop of blood to infuse the spirit. However, refining entry-level magical instruments is not so simple.

Yue Lun, being only an Eighth Level True Yang Realm wandering cultivator, did not have the ability to refine entry-level magical instruments.

At the time, the wandering cultivator was eager to offload this string of prayer beads. Although the price was slightly higher than the eighteen Green Flame Beads, including the dusty bead, it was not entirely unreasonable. Yue Lun took a gamble, using most of his wealth to acquire the string of prayer beads.

The greatest pleasure in dealing with magical instruments lies in this:

If one gambles on a Human or even a Heaven-level magical bead, the cultivation resources that can be obtained would be enough to elevate Yue Lun and his family to the Rebirth Realm.

Given the current situation, it seemed that Yue Lun had suffered a significant loss. No one in the entire Huayang Market recognized this bead, and even experts who had entered the Rebirth Realm could not infuse a bit of spirit into it.

Chen Xun pinched the bead between his fingers and held it up to the light, examining it closely. The bead's patterns were as fine as hair, different from the usual mystic symbols, appearing to be naturally formed.

This deepened the suspicion that the bead was a forgery. The destitute wandering cultivator had deliberately mixed this bead with the eighteen Green Flame Beads, tricking experienced dealers like Yue Lun.

Chen Xun sat cross-legged, holding the bead between his eyes, and with a calm mind, observed the bead. He tried to visualize the patterns on the bead, but they were a hundred times more complex than the mystic symbols he had seen before. He spent the entire night without making any progress.

Chen Xun's curiosity was piqued. His intuition told him that this bead was not simple, and for Yue Lun to bet most of his wealth on it, it could not be a complete mistake.

Chen Xun, being young and fearless, thought that regardless of whether the bead was real or fake, the method of refining all magical instruments was similar. He decided to refine it with a drop of blood.

Chen Xun ignored the potential risks, not knowing the dangers of refining high-level magical instruments. He immediately cut his middle finger, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped it onto the exotic wood bead. The drop of blood formed a thin blood film, instantly enveloping the bead instead of seeping into it, which was quite strange.

If it were anyone else, they would have stopped at this point, not knowing what dangers might follow.

Chen Xun, however, continued. His soul sea manifested the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul, releasing spirit to try to lock onto the spiritual aura within the blood film.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred. The bead emitted a faint light, and the blood film quickly activated, forming a tiny vortex on the bead, like a black hole, voraciously consuming spirit.

Chen Xun was caught off guard, and the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul in his soul sea instantly dissipated.

Chen Xun had previously thought that spirit was generated by the barbarian soul, but now he realized that his understanding was completely wrong.

The barbarian soul had collapsed, but the vortex of the prayer beads continued to consume spirit, and the speed did not slow down. Threads of spirit were being drawn from the golden soul sea, coiling into the vortex of the prayer beads. Even a small amount of vital energy and divine radiance was being injected into the bead along these threads.

Seeing that the dissipation of vital energy and divine radiance was limited, Chen Xun was not panicked.

His soul sea was formed from the blood of a six-armed giant demon. If the bead could completely consume his soul sea, what else could he do but accept his fate?

After a while, the bead continued to voraciously consume spirit, but the soul sea remained unchanged, indicating that the bead's absorption did not harm the essence of the soul sea. Chen Xun was completely at ease.

However, this uncontrolled consumption could not continue indefinitely.

Chen Xun thought of the Dragon Binding Spell, a secret technique of the Su family, and recited the incantation, creating a mystic bell sound in his soul sea.

The uncontrolled flow of spirit immediately slowed, no longer flowing wildly into the bead.

At this moment, Chen Xun calmly visualized the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul, and the vital energy and divine radiance quickly condensed into a luminous form, suspended above his soul, with all the lost spirit in the soul sea re-gathering into the barbarian soul.

Chen Xun saw that a transparent, invisible thread of spirit formed between the vortex of the bead and the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul in his soul sea. Spirit and a small amount of vital energy and divine radiance continued to flow along this thread into the bead...

In the past, when vital energy and divine radiance were released from the body, they became like water without a source.

Although after practicing the Frosty Blade Technique, Chen Xun could integrate mystic cold radiance into the blade, forming a fierce blade aura, it was not under his control.

However, the vital energy and divine radiance released along the spirit thread, after several rapid cycles within the bead, gave Chen Xun a sense of unparalleled agility. They became more condensed and pure, and it seemed that the spirit had completely integrated into this vital energy and divine radiance, constantly resonating with his thoughts...

This had already transcended the realm of vital energy and divine radiance or True Yang Mystic Qi. With Chen Xun's limited understanding of cultivation, this vital energy and divine radiance had been completely transformed into spirit power.

Spirit Power!

Even when released from the body, it is still under the control of the spirit!

Indeed, the vital energy and divine radiance, when infused into the bead, spontaneously merged into a unique force, which should be spirit power.

Su Tang had once said that the Dragon Binding Spell was the foundation of the Su family's cultivation of spirit and innate spirit power.

The innate spirit power formed by the fusion of True Yang Mystic Qi and spirit is merely another name for spirit power.

This spirit power, although as fine as a thread and