Chapter 348

348. Chapter 348: Thousand Soul Banner

Just as the sky was about to darken, Long Xuan stopped near a city with the three characters "Black Rock City" written on the city gate.

After thinking for a moment, Long Xuan decided to walk in, find an inn to rest for the night, and then continue his journey.

Walking into the city, bursts of noise immediately reached his ears, and from time to time, discussions from passersby could be heard.

Long Xuan chose to ignore the useless information and concentrated his attention on listening to conversations of value to him.

Under the coverage of his powerful soul power, soon the conversation between two people attracted his attention.

"Have you heard? Master Sun is preparing to take out eighty King-Breaking Pills to recruit eighty Spirit Sea Realm Gu cultivators. It is said that he needs a large number of hands to follow him to search for a type of Heavenly Fire."

"The opportunity to obtain a King-Breaking Pill is rare. Do you intend to go?"

Hearing the two words "Heavenly Fire," Long Xuan's ears twitched, and he immediately stopped his footsteps.

At this time, the voice of the other person came again: "How could I not have heard of such a big thing?"

"What a big hand. Although the King-Breaking Pill only has a half-percent probability of breaking through to a Gu King, the probability of breaking through to a Gu King is minimal."

"But after all, there are eighty of them. What kind of astonishing value is that when added together?"

"Don't blame me for not reminding you. There is no free lunch in the world. Since Master Sun dares to offer such a high reward, it shows that this mission is extremely dangerous."

"Otherwise, why would he look for so many Spirit Sea Realm Gu cultivators? It is said that he also looked for eight Gu Kings."

"With such a massive Gu cultivator force, this isn't going to search for any Heavenly Fire; it's clearly wanting to attack some force and rob the Heavenly Fire by force."

"The danger of this mission is imaginable. People participating in this mission will definitely suffer great casualties. I'm just afraid you'll get the King-Breaking Pill but have no life to enjoy it."

"I don't dare to participate in such a dangerous mission. This King-Breaking Pill is definitely not easy to get, and the value of one King-Breaking Pill is not worth me risking my life."

The other person's voice said at this time: "What are you afraid of? Eight Gu Kings plus eighty Spirit Sea Realm Gu cultivators, with so many experts dispatched, which force can't be flattened?"

"Master Sun is the number one alchemist in Black Rock City. With his connections, he can definitely find many Gu cultivators with impressive combat power."

"Who doesn't cherish their life? He must have made sufficient preparations for that force. If there wasn't absolute certainty, he would absolutely not take the risk."

"After all, he is also participating in this mission. If there wasn't a sure victory, how would he dare to risk his own life?"

Hearing this sentence, Long Xuan's mouth twitched. This sentence sounded a bit familiar; it seemed Master Wei had also said similar words.

He also claimed that since he was personally participating in the mission to hunt the Black Giant Salamander, he had absolute certainty, but in the end, he died miserably.

Long Xuan showed a thoughtful gaze. This Master Sun actually had clues about Heavenly Fire, which made his heart move.

The first layer of the "Purgatory True Demon Art" is Magma Body Tempering, the second layer is Cold Qi Body Tempering, the third layer is Heavenly Fire Body Forging, and the fourth layer is Heavenly Tribulation Body Strengthening.

Currently, the third layer of the "Purgatory True Demon Art" had already been deduced by him long ago, and he needed a type of Heavenly Fire to complete the cultivation of the third layer of the "Purgatory True Demon Art."

If there was no Heavenly Fire, then the third layer of the "Purgatory True Demon Art" could not be cultivated no matter what.

He was currently in urgent need of Heavenly Fire.

However, Heavenly Fire was simply too rare. Let alone finding it, he didn't even have half a clue.

Even when he offered a limited-edition insect armor in exchange for a clue about Heavenly Fire at the insect armor shop, he couldn't exchange for a single piece of information about Heavenly Fire.

This caused his body-refining cultivation to stop completely after he completed the Cold Jade Bed body tempering because there was no Heavenly Fire.

Now that he finally knew there were clues about Heavenly Fire, how could he let it go?

Heavenly Fire was simply too rare. Once this village was passed, there might not be this shop, so Long Xuan immediately decided to plot for this Heavenly Fire and find an opportunity to mix into Master Sun's team.

Of course, he only decided to mix into Master Sun's team to try his luck. If things were doable, then he would seize it; if things were not doable, then he would absolutely not take the risk.

Unless there was one hundred percent certainty, he would absolutely not take action.

After all, there were eight Gu Kings following this trip, and he wasn't so conceited that he could definitely snatch the Heavenly Fire from the hands of eight Gu Kings.

Long Xuan waited patiently for a while, and after hearing that the time for Master Sun to recruit manpower was tomorrow, he finally left and headed toward an inn in the city.

After entering the inn, Long Xuan randomly found a room, and after entering the room, he couldn't wait to walk into the space inside the Swallowing Heaven World Toad.

After entering the space, Long Xuan discovered that the Calamity Poison Gu was still sleeping. Looking at its progress, it hadn't even passed the halfway mark, and it seemed it would take a long time to wake up, so he stopped paying attention.

He looked again at the Dragon Gu that had fallen into a deep sleep after swallowing the metamorphosis materials.

The Dragon Gu curled into a ball, lying in the area where he specifically hoarded treasures, sleeping very soundly.

Don't look at the fact that the time it underwent metamorphosis was after the Calamity Poison Gu, but judging from the progress, the time it would take for the Dragon Gu to complete metamorphosis would likely be far faster than the Calamity Poison Gu.

After all, the Calamity Poison Gu was poisoned into unconsciousness, and its consciousness wasn't clear at this time. It would be strange if it woke up fast.

Although this trip had some accidents, the harvest was still gratifying.

First, he obtained the scales of the third-rank Great Dragon Fish King. After the scales were in hand, the nine metamorphosis materials for the Dragon Gu were considered complete, and the Dragon Gu successfully entered the metamorphosis state after swallowing all the materials.

Secondly, he obtained some materials of the Black Giant Salamander. The materials were not much, just a small section of the protruding part, which he picked up on the road when he was escaping.

Don't look at the fact that it was a bit small, but the Repair Gu could repair this piece of meat.

The Repair Gu couldn't turn into a living creature that could move, but it was no problem to just let a piece of minced meat grow out the missing part.

As long as this piece of meat was enlarged by the Repair Gu, he could immediately attempt to refine the Regeneration Pill.

As for the problem of the Regeneration Pill formula, he decided to find it at Master Wei's pill shop later.

Anyway, Master Wei was already dead. It wouldn't be excessive for him to transform into Master Wei's appearance, enter his shop, and ransack all the treasures in his shop, right?

This was another not-so-small wealth. Perhaps he could also find the formula for that Mother-and-Son Gu. In his view, this Gu formula was extremely extraordinary.

It was just that this Master Wei died early; otherwise, relying on this Gu formula, it wouldn't be impossible for him to control everyone in the City of Sin.

Afterward, Long Xuan took out the ghost cultivator's storage bag again. After pouring out all the things in this black storage bag, he immediately counted all the treasures on the ground.

There were quite a few classics about ghost cultivators in this ghost cultivator's storage bag. Long Xuan naturally didn't want to cultivate the power of a ghost cultivator, but out of curiosity, he was still interested in picking up a few books and flipping through them.

Among them, a record about the Thousand Soul Banner aroused not a small amount of interest in him.

The Thousand Soul Banner was a famous ghost cultivator spirit tool even in ancient times, but as long as one had spiritual power, even if one wasn't a ghost cultivator, one could use it.

The function of the Thousand Soul Banner was that it could directly suck the souls of the weak into the Thousand Soul Banner. Once a human soul entered the Thousand Soul Banner, it would transform into a ghost.

The holder of the Thousand Soul Banner could control countless fierce ghosts to fight and had the power to slaughter a city.

There were twenty-four Thousand Soul Banners in total, and after twenty-four Thousand Soul Banners gathered together, the power would be extraordinary.

The difficulty of refining the Thousand Soul Banner was extremely great, and the cost was extremely high. No one could refine twenty-four Thousand Soul Banners alone.

And the artifact formula had long been lost in the present day. One Thousand Soul Banner lost meant one less.

Long Xuan flipped out a small black flag from the pile of treasures and was lost in thought.

This was the Thousand Soul Banner mentioned in the ghost cultivator classics. He was truly quite interested in this Thousand Soul Banner.

Refining ghosts with human souls was a bit evil, but what about refining ghosts with beast souls?

Whether in his past life or this life, he had never heard of a ghost in beast form. This might truly be a not-so-small creative idea that could be attempted.

And there were twenty-four Thousand Soul Banners in total. After twenty-four Thousand Soul Banners gathered together, the power was beyond imagination.

Then what if he used the Repair Gu to repair this Thousand Soul Banner into twenty-four banners?

What kind of power would be formed after he gathered twenty-four Thousand Soul Banners? Long Xuan was very much looking forward to it.

On the second morning, after Long Xuan got up, he scanned Black Rock City with his Heavenly Mechanism Eye. After finding the location where Master Sun recruited manpower, he immediately walked toward that location.

Soon, Long Xuan saw that Master Sun at the city gate.

Master Sun was a Spirit Sea peak Gu cultivator, with goat horns and a beard, looking somewhat old, but his old face still couldn't hide his arrogance.

As the number one alchemist in Black Rock City, he indeed had the qualifications to be arrogant.

At this time, he was selecting the manpower to accompany him, and his gaze was very picky. Those below the late stage of the Spirit Sea were directly eliminated.

But even so, there were quite a few people left, and the competition was extremely fierce. The eighty spots were simply not enough to go around.

This included many Spirit Sea Realm Gu cultivators who came from far away. The attraction of the Spirit-Charging Pill was enough to lure Spirit Sea Realm Gu cultivators from very far away to here.

Long Xuan secretly clicked his tongue. Eighty Spirit Sea high-stage Gu cultivators, plus eight Gu Kings, could flatten most forces in this region.

Which force was this Master Sun actually wanting to attack, that he had to dispatch such a massive force?

However, this was also enough to see the appeal of a powerful alchemist.

As long as you could take out enough pills, wave your hand, and a massive amount of experts would run over to be driven by you. An alchemist was truly a terrifying profession.

Long Xuan took the opportunity to disguise his cultivation realm as the peak of the Spirit Sea, and after changing into a youth's vest, he walked over with a smile.

After queuing for a while, he finally saw this Master Sun with the goat beard.

Master Sun looked at him indifferently, and after seeing that he was at the peak of the Spirit Sea realm, he nodded. Since it was also one Spirit-Charging Pill, he naturally hoped to find someone at the peak of the Spirit Sea.

"Use your strongest punch and hit its belly once."

Master Sun suddenly pointed to his side.

At this time, the position he was pointing at was a large toad lying on the ground, leaning against the wall, exposing a white belly, sleeping soundly, and even snoring, sleeping very soundly.

"This isn't very good, right?" Long Xuan hesitated for a moment.

"If I tell you to hit, then hit. Don't look at the fact that you are a Spirit Sea peak Gu cultivator, but there are plenty of water-goods at the peak of the Spirit Sea. I must check the combat power of all followers."

"Furthermore, there are many ways to disguise one's cultivation realm in this world. Who knows if you are really at the peak of the Spirit Sea?" Master Sun said impolitely. (End of chapter)