Chapter 1162: Soul‑Cleansing Fruit

"Of course, the most important information is that beyond the Dou Qi Continent we can currently see, there exist two other regions, and the world does not yet know about those two places!"

"Now everything there retains its most primitive form; even though there is no primordial Emperor Qi there, it still lets me learn a great deal of ancient-era information, since that environment has never been disturbed by outsiders."

Thinking of this information that could affect his real life, Lin Feng's expression changed slightly, filled with curiosity.

He was eager to know what the Dou Emperor era's late Dou Qi Continent actually looked like.

"By the way, the Soul Ring hasn't been fully explored yet; let's finish examining what's inside the Soul Ring before studying anything else."

Remembering that the contents of the Golden Core Master's Soul Ring had not been completely organized, Lin Feng immediately poured his soul perception into the Soul Ring.

Whoosh~

Accompanied by the entry of his soul perception, the next moment Lin Feng saw the interior of the Soul Ring appear again before his eyes.

After entering here, his perception instantly shifted to the pill area, where he began sorting those pills.

"Hundreds of Eighth Grade Pills, fifteen Ninth Grade Treasure Pills—this collection is unmatched, tsk tsk."

Soon after, Lin Feng's gaze swept over the many pills before him, and he couldn't help but be amazed.

Previously his attention had been entirely on searching for the Imperial Pill, and he hadn't examined these items closely.

Now, upon close inspection, he realized just how terrifying the Golden Core Master's collection was!

"With so many Treasure Pills, even members of other Dou Emperor families would probably turn red‑eyed and rush to snatch them."

After a long while, Lin Feng put away the other Eighth Grade Pills and stared blankly at the fifteen jade vials before him.

After all, Ninth Grade Treasure Pills are extremely precious even within the Dou Emperor families.

Even a Dou Saint Elder doesn't necessarily have the chance to ingest them.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng rubbed his hands and exclaimed, "Great, it's a pity I didn't see the Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, but having these Ninth Grade Treasure Pills will already be of great help to me."

As he spoke, Lin Feng was so thrilled he felt an urge to hug the vials and kiss them wildly!

However, he finally forced himself to suppress the somewhat perverse urge, and carefully placed all fifteen little treasures into his Soul Ring.

Only after the pills were fully secured did he let out a sigh of relief.

After all, fifteen Ninth Grade Treasure Pills—such a fortune—who wouldn't be excited!

It should be noted that even Yao Tian, the young clan head of the Yao family, the continent's foremost alchemy house, only takes a single Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.

Although the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill Yao Tian uses is said to be just a step away from transforming into a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill.

But Lin Feng doesn't think the Ninth Grade Treasure Pills personally crafted by the Ninth Grade Golden Core Master are any worse than the one Yao Tian takes.

"Not bad, next I'll examine the herbs stored inside this Soul Ring; I'm sure a Ninth Grade Golden Core Master's collection won't disappoint me."

As he spoke, Lin Feng once again turned his gaze to the Soul Ring in his hand.

The next moment, his soul perception swiftly entered the Soul Ring and then moved to the herb area adjacent to the pill zone.

"This is Thunder Oak; it's said to be a top‑grade material for forging Ninth Grade Treasure Pills!"

Upon arriving at the herb area, Lin Feng immediately saw a cylindrical log about a little over ten feet long, one‑third of a zhàng in diameter, its light brown‑gray bark covering almost the entire table, split into narrow strips.

However, the most striking feature was the silver lightning that slithered back and forth like a thin snake atop the broken log, crackling with a sizzling sound.

He had previously seen this kind of thing in the alchemical ancient texts he obtained from the Creator Saint's ruins.

This item, called Thunder Oak, typically grows atop peaks where thunder energy is abundant.

It requires immense thunder energy to grow; if the surrounding thunder power wanes severely, the tree becomes malnourished and soon dies.

Moreover, Thunder Oak adds a new growth ring and expands by one centimeter every hundred years.

But the piece he sees now is only about one hundred centimeters wide.

In other words, this Thunder Oak grew for ten thousand years before being cut and stored inside the Soul Ring!

Thinking of this, Lin Feng couldn't help but gasp.

After all, ten thousand years is no small number; most Dou Saint elites don't even live that long.

It's hard to believe that such a medicinal material for pill forging needs to grow for ten thousand years.

And Thunder Oak doesn't grow just anywhere; merely locating one costs an enormous price!

From this alone, one can glimpse the massive manpower and resources required to forge Ninth Grade Treasure Pills.

Thinking this, Lin Feng shook his head; those ancient races could possess so many top‑grade herbs not only because of their deep coffers but also likely by plundering other factions and commoners within their territories.

Although the Dou Emperor families also cultivate some herbs, Lin Feng, as an alchemist, knows how harsh the growing conditions for such top‑grade herbs are.

He also doesn't think that the small worlds of each major imperial clan could produce enough herbs for all their members.

After admiring the astonishing ten‑thousand‑year Thunder Oak, Lin Feng moved to the next table.

However, the items on this table seemed rather modest compared to those on the previous one.

What entered Lin Feng's view were yellow fruits sealed within transparent domes, their appearance somewhat resembling the figless fruit of Blue Star.

But the moment he saw these fruits, his expression immediately showed a hint of doubt.

Given the appearance, it's likely the fruit's rarity made it hard for Lin Feng to recognize.

"This is the Soul‑Cleansing Fruit, which can greatly amplify a person's soul power!"

Shortly after, Lin Feng, who recalled the fruit's information from deep within his mind, was shocked and stared at the table in disbelief.

Because he had read about this fruit in the ancient texts he obtained from the Creator Saint, he knew it was called the Soul‑Cleansing Fruit, which can cleanse a person's soul, making it increasingly pure and condensed.

Most importantly, its drug resistance is low, so even humans can use it on a large scale.

It is said that if a person consumes enough Soul‑Cleansing Fruit, their soul can be elevated to a pure state like that of a newborn infant, condensed to a terrifying degree.

At that point, the person's soul might stand before you, and you would think it were a living human.

Reaching that state, it is said, makes breaking through the Imperial Realm of the soul over a hundred times easier!

However, ancient texts note that because the Soul‑Cleansing Fruit's effect is so overpowered, it is extremely popular across the continent.

From common folk to the Dou Emperor families, none are not covetous and enamored with it.

After all, as long as one continuously consumes it, the user can raise their soul power to a transcendent realm.

Therefore, its popularity on the Fighting Qi Continent is not inferior to some ninth-grade treasure pills!

And precisely because of this, the overly popular Soul Washing Fruit will be stared at as soon as it appears.

When the fruit ripens, it is simply plucked away in one go.

Therefore, over time, this thing gradually began to disappear from the continent, becoming an ancient object known to very few.

And Lin Feng, thinking of the heaven-defying benefits of the Soul Washing Fruit, immediately stopped caring about anything else and immediately began counting the number of Soul Washing Fruits in his storage ring.

"One, two, three. Twenty-one."

As he counted further, Lin Feng's mouth corner also began to twitch uncontrollably.

"A full twenty-one Soul Washing Fruits!"

Immediately after, Lin Feng's throat twitched uncontrollably a few times, his expression full of shock as he gazed at the yellow fruits before him, each sealed inside a transparent energy shield.

What he now has before him is actually over twenty Soul Washing Fruits!

"This Golden Core Grandmaster really gave me a big gift!"

Looking at the yellow fruits slightly smaller than a fist before him, Lin Feng swiftly waved his hands, quickly gathering these fruits while inevitably sighing in his heart.

At the same time, he had roughly figured out the origin of this.

From the previous information, it seems that the parents of this Golden Core Grandmaster, while alive, also left him plenty of cultivation resources needed to break through to the Emperor Realm soul.

And these Soul Washing Fruits before him, aside from occasionally being collected by that Golden Core Grandmaster, must be the resources left by his parents to aid his breakthrough to Emperor Realm soul, with some left over after his breakthrough.

"What a pity, if your enemy weren't my wife's family, then with what I've obtained, no matter what, I would definitely help you fulfill your wish and destroy those forces."

Thinking about what he gained today, he immediately felt a bit regretful in his heart.

After all, no matter what, he cannot just go and destroy his wife's hometown simply because of the saying 'when you eat someone's food, you are short-handed; when you take someone's things, you are soft-handed'.

"Alas, now I can only shamelessly sponge off others."

Afterwards, Lin Feng helplessly shook his head, then immediately continued searching the medicine area inside his storage ring.

However, this search instantly broadened Lin Feng's horizons again.

The medicine collection inside this Golden Core Grandmaster's storage ring can be called terrifying!

The medicinal ingredients for ninth-grade treasure pills, which are hard to find outside, are here like weeds, occupying the lowest position.

Even the medicinal ingredients needed to refine ninth-grade profound pills, Lin Feng found about fifty thousand kinds!

According to his earlier estimate, he felt that these medicinal ingredients combined could almost make up the materials for nearly twenty batches of ninth-grade profound pills!

Of course, these are merely estimates; the exact number depends on the pills being refined and the situation of the required medicinal ingredients.

Nevertheless, despite this, the enormous quantity of these top-grade medicinal ingredients likewise left Lin Feng so excited he didn't know what to do, and he jumped up directly.

He now wishes he could immediately sing the song 'Good Luck Comes' on the spot to celebrate today's harvest.

After all, with such a huge amount of top-grade medicinal ingredients, even those Dou Emperor clans would likely have to suffer great vitality loss to bring them out.