Chapter 148: Selection of Magical Artifacts: Three Yin Spirit Arts

Louis immediately led the group into the underground base.

After placing the stone box containing the Mo God into an alloy cell, Louis met Yulencar and the others.

Madison and Maria were being treated for wounds, especially Maria—Allan was insane and didn't fear pain, but Maria, as the primary consciousness, was terrified of it.

"Mom? Su?"

Jiali, who had been sitting in the corner lost in thought, looked up and saw Marguerite and Su, instantly becoming agitated.

Su was also agitated, but after a fearful glance at Louis, she made no move, only supporting the dazed Marguerite.

Louis stopped Jiali and said sternly.

"This place is safe. Until you receive official confirmation, you'd best stay here. Also, you may no longer be able to work or study in your original location."

Jiali didn't understand.

Louis shook his head.

"What I mean is, you must relocate."

"Move?"

"You can understand it that way."

Jiali nodded. She could guess why—the commotion had been enormous, the destruction so vast. How could the police possibly ignore her? They might even arrest her, treat her as a freak and run experiments on her, like in the movies.

So, relocating was already the best outcome—and this, Louis had likely paid an immense price to achieve.

Jiali looked at Louis with tear-blurred eyes. "I'm sorry for causing so much trouble. I… I don't even know how to thank you, Louis."

Louis shook his head. "Though I've paid a price—my family's enterprises have been disrupted—what matters is you're safe."

In that battle just now, among the three present, Jiali was unquestionably the strongest. Had she targeted the building, the apartment would've been gone—and that entire street. In the end, her power had subtly triggered ground tremors… an earthquake…

With this level of combat power, if properly trained and paired with anti-curse and soul-protection techniques, she could become a true Body Demon-level subordinate.

Moreover, Jiali's soul is inherently powerful—she can cultivate with me to boost my cultivation base. That's extra benefit.

So even at the cost of some sacrifice, it's worth it.

Of course, I can't show this openly. I must act as if it was extremely difficult, yet I still did it. How else can the other person understand the weight of this favor?

Besides, I didn't lie.

Indeed, Jiali's lips trembled, her eyes red.

Louis chose to leave at the right moment. "Rest well. I have other matters. See you later."

Saying this, he went directly to his room here.

He still had two other transmissions left to examine. The first two of these four transmissions were already this powerful—Louis felt immense anticipation rising within him.

He couldn't wait.

Back in his room, he sat on the recliner, took a sip of cola, and turned his gaze to the transmission book.

The other two golden pages slowly turned.

Selection of Magical Artifacts.

A magical artifact is a special object crafted by cultivators, capable of multiplying their combat power manyfold and coming in countless varieties.

Regardless of type, a magical artifact signifies that its wielder is powerful—a symbol of strength. Every formal cultivator with magic power relies on a magical artifact as a vital component of their strength.

In ancient myths, gods and immortals were most famously defined not just by their divine arts, but by their magical artifacts—demonstrating their importance.

The page on magical artifacts provided in the Left Path section was specially selected by the Divine Lord for the heir, suitable for early and mid-stage use.

There are six main artifacts, all upper-grade artifacts from the upper and lower grades, capable of serving through the Yin Spirit and Yang Spirit stages. If used well, they can even be upgraded into magic treasures after reaching the Primordial Spirit stage.

They are: Blood River Pearl, Centipede Wasp Sack, Soul-Subduing Ruler, Puppeteer's Gloves, Corpse-Nurturing Coffin, and Ten Thousand Illusions Robe.

Blood River Pearl: Draw one's entire essence-blood to form a river of blood. The pearl can shrink or expand, is unbreakably hard, weighs like a mountain crushing down, and can condense blood elixirs to nourish cultivation—representing brute physical force.

Centipede Wasp Sack: A treasure of witchcraft and dark sorcery, capable of nurturing and accelerating the reproduction of special poisonous insects—centipedes and wasps. A mere flick of the sleeve can darken the sky—a weapon of mass destruction.

Soul-Subduing Ruler: Forged from refined yellow copper, it guards one's soul from external intrusion and can suppress or annihilate foreign evil spirits and demons—a treasure of soul arts.

Puppeteer's Gloves: Silver-threaded gloves that render the hands impervious to blades and bullets, fire and water. With a flick, they release sentient threads to control puppets—a treasure for concealment and stealth.

Corpse-Nurturing Coffin: Accelerates the growth of zombies and deepens control over them—a treasure for cultivating guardians.

Ten Thousand Illusions Robe: Grants invisibility, blocks heavenly detection, is impervious to blades and fire, possesses boundless strength and lightness as a swallow—truly a treasure for defense and protection.

It covers defense, guardianship, physical offense, soul offense, concealment, and mass attack—all present.

The only thing missing is a mobility artifact—no escape tool at all. Hmph. This Divine Lord must be a pure combat sorcerer.

"Six artifacts. Whichever I master, my power will leap dramatically. I won't be left as helpless as I was this afternoon in a battle of equal rank, struggling desperately."

That afternoon's battle truly shook him. Heaven help him—he'd just broken through to Yin Spirit, hadn't even had time to celebrate, and was thrown into such a fierce battle.

It was like a hammer to the head!

Now, with these, he can truly call himself a Yin Spirit cultivator.

The only problem is the materials needed to forge them—this is a huge issue. And even after forging, they require consecration—it's not something accomplished overnight.

As for other issues during forging—blood sacrifice, killing, etc. Louis didn't consider them. Because they weren't problems at all.

He could simply go to Mexico. It's even more chaotic than America. Drug cartels run rampant. A city losing tens of thousands is as easy as grabbing sand—more slips through than stays.

Conveniently, he still has a grudge against some Mexican cartels.

"Of the six artifacts, I might as well start with the Ten Thousand Illusions Robe. The Mo God's skin is impervious to blades and fire, and it's a minor deity's hide—surely the material won't be poor."

After careful thought, Louis turned to the next page.

At that moment.

The golden page he had just finished reading suddenly manifested from his soul into reality, flashing golden light.

A block of gold appeared before Louis.

A message also appeared in his mind.

The Divine Lord had indeed considered the heir. By the time one reaches Yin Spirit, they are already considered a formal disciple.

Knowing the disciple's world might not be a highly developed cultivation realm, the Divine Lord prepared a gift to save time.

This gold block is a special material with no inherent properties—its only trait is the ability to transform into any material.

Thus, Louis no longer needs to scour the world for the six main materials. He only needs to gather auxiliary materials and fulfill blood sacrifice conditions.

This is the Divine Lord's gift.

Louis took the gold block, stroking it gently. Its surface was smooth, weightless—remarkably strange.

"Excellent. It saves me countless efforts."

Golden light flashed again, and the block returned into the transmission book.

Louis bowed three times toward the direction of the rising sun.

Then he sat back on the recliner and opened the final page.

Three Yin Spirit Arts

Magical artifacts are divided into upper and lower grades, corresponding to Yang Spirit and Yin Spirit. Similarly, arts are categorized. The arts previously given were mostly trivial tricks—street magic.

Now, the Left Path section presents three Yin Spirit arts. Though labeled Yin Spirit arts, they remain usable even after reaching Yang Spirit.

They are: Corpse-Embodying Art, Five Qi Art, Hum-Ha Acupuncture Art.

Corpse-Embodying Art: A half-body-refining technique. Absorb malevolent qi to temper skin, flesh, and bones, granting copper skin, iron bones, and immunity to all poisons—greatly enhancing self-preservation.

Five Qi Art is more peculiar. It imitates ancient cultivators who focused solely on one of the five internal qi—hoping to become immortals. Though they never achieved immortality, they gained legendary fame, known as the One-Qi Immortals.

Heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys correspond to fire, wood, earth, metal, water.

Before mastering one, you may cultivate only one qi at a time—never simultaneously. Each qi has unique abilities. For example, heart-fire qi enhances fire-based arts and can nurture a special fire technique. The same applies to the others—this is a late-stage art.

There is a shortcut: consume the corresponding organ raw. To cultivate fire qi, eat the heart raw. To cultivate water qi, eat the kidneys raw.

It fully embodies the saying: "Eat what you need to supplement."

As for the final Hum-Ha Acupuncture Art, it too has great origins—it imitates the legendary Hum and Ha Generals.

Cultivate two qi within the acupoints to attack the enemy's soul. Powerful and easy to use.

It also has a shortcut: consume the brain—the essence of the head—raw.

"Corpse-Embodying Art is fine, but why did they write the shortcuts for Five Qi Art and Hum-Ha Acupuncture Art?"

"Master Divine Lord, Master Divine Lord—didn't you say you wanted to go clean?"

Louis shook his head. Though the Divine Lord wrote the shortcuts, Louis couldn't accept eating raw organs. He might be ruthless, but he wouldn't lose his humanity, wouldn't dehumanize himself.

Only if he reached utter despair or was driven mad by extreme emotion might he do such a thing.

"My Left Path still isn't pure enough."

Louis sighed. He wasn't born pure enough.

Having reviewed all rewards, Louis now knew exactly what to do next.

Also, since I've broken through to Yin Spirit and slain the Mo God, unlocking the Left Path section—shouldn't the previous Thousand Thieves, Beggar, and Whore section be unlocked too?

It couldn't possibly be harder than the Left Path section.

But then.

His phone suddenly rang.

It was his grandfather.

"Grandfather?"

"Louis, be careful. The police can't contain this. The matter has reached the top. Someone will likely come down. I don't know how far it will escalate."

"But we must prepare for the worst. On Taren Street… there's a road leading to… a ship. It goes directly to Mexico. There, the family has some assets."

"Do you understand?"

(End of Chapter)