Chapter 568: Refining a Storage Pocket from Strong Martial Human Skin

Upon seeing this scene, Guo Liuhe was so terrified he could not control himself, and he let out a startled cry.

Du Taiyue was too ruthless; without a change in expression, he tore a large piece of skin, complete with flesh, from his own body.

Even for a Strong Martial, the pain caused by such self-mutilation was no small matter!

"Watch closely, this is Du Taiyue's human skin; have him make me a top-tier Poison Nest."

Du Taiyue had just realized that the greatest value of a Poison Nest was in raising poisonous insects, carrying them on one's person, and feeding them.

His method of raising poisonous insects, similar to the altars and insect pools used by the sorcerers to raise Gu Insects, could only be fixed in one location and could not be moved.

If he had a Poison Nest, breeding, training, and actual combat could be carried out anytime and anywhere, which would be extremely convenient.

Therefore, this brand-new type of pocket was a match made in heaven for Poison Martial Arts, directly elevating his strength by a level.

Since he had to raise poisonous insects, the human skin for the Poison Nest was best if it were his own, as this could deepen the bloodline connection between the master and the poisonous insects.

That was why Du Taiyue had performed the act of peeling his own skin.

When going into battle, one still had to retrieve the poisonous insects from the insect field, which was extremely inconvenient.

He took a few deep breaths, the tender flesh on his chest where the skin had been lost shimmering with moisture; in the blink of an eye, a layer of fresh skin rose up, rapidly growing and changing color until it matched the surrounding skin in hue.

Flesh and blood regeneration—this was a skill only a Strong Martial possessed.

Through the vision of the great crane, Zhou You was so greedy that his saliva almost dripped out; if one raised a Strong Martial, couldn't one produce an endless supply of various materials, human skin, bones, and even...

Of course, this was just a fantasy.

A Strong Martial was not a perpetual motion machine that could proliferate infinitely; one had to consume energy to replenish the body.

Du Taiyue appeared to be taking it lightly, but upon returning, he would certainly need to consume a large amount of nourishment to replenish the expenditure of this piece of human skin.

"This..."

Guo Liuhe looked at the bloody human skin. He wanted to take it, but he was also fearful; that was Du Taiyue, the Old Poisonous Thing!

"Don't move, let that great crane carry it to Moyunzi."

Du Taiyue pointed at the great crane and shone its feathers, "I have already captured your aura; if you cannot bring this item to Moyunzi, I will first raze Guo Liuhe's entire family to the ground, and then I will come for you, you thieving bird."

"My human skin, Lao Duwu's skin, is not so easy to take."

The great crane, with a mournful face, clamped the human skin in its beak and flapped its wings to leave the manor.

Du Taiyue glanced at Guo Liuhe, said nothing, and left; a large patch of green clouds surged into the sky, and foul miasma scattered in all directions.

A moment later, the green clouds faded, and the black curtain was also retracted.

Guo Liuhe looked at the chaotic, ruined manor; he was first enraged, then powerlessly loosened his fists.

It was estimated that Du Taiyue had already left Chongguang Cheng when the news was sent out: Du Taiyue had broken into the manor by force and scared away Moyunzi's messenger crane, so there would be no trade for Storage Pockets for the time being.

This news stirred up a huge commotion; no one had expected that Du Taiyue would actually dare to break into Chongguang Cheng.

By the time they reacted, it was too late; several of the fastest Strong Martials chased after him, but they were a step behind, watching helplessly as Du Taiyue steered the green clouds to retreat into the depths of the Wanli Zhaohai, disappearing without a trace.

To go any further inside meant facing a crisis-ridden environment, and no one was willing to take the risk.

There must be some trick Du Taiyue left on the great crane; this Old Poisonous Thing was no good sort, and he used the human skin as bait with the goal of following the great crane to find the location of Moyunzi's true body.

Zhou You guessed his intentions and had the great crane fly outside the city, spit out a Storage Pocket, and place the human skin inside it.

Then, the great snake broke through the earth from underground, swallowed the Storage Pocket in one gulp, and disappeared without a trace.

The great crane was now unburdened and light; it flapped its wings and soared into the sky, free to move about as it pleased.

Zhou You arranged for it to take a vacation for a period of time, letting it go wherever it wanted to divert Du Taiyue's tracking. "Hmm?"

Du Taiyue, in the Myriad Poison Secret Workshop, sensed the great crane's trajectory; it was somewhat erratic, sometimes heading south, sometimes north, with no fixed direction at all, making it impossible to tell where its destination was.

But he was very patient, convinced that by using the Strong Martial's human skin as bait, he could fish out the location of Moyunzi's true self.

Doing business was fine, but nothing was as comfortable as monopolizing the source of goods and taking the lion's share of the profits.

Furthermore, the Poison Nest was simply a treasure bestowed upon him by the heavens, perfectly suited to his Poison Martial Arts path.

Somewhere in a cave beneath Chongguang Cheng...

The great snake coiled on a stalagmite, circling and rubbing back and forth, feeling nothing but pure satisfaction.

After it brought the item back and handed it to Zhou You, it was rewarded with two Six-Livestock Pills, refined from the scraps of Blood-Dripping Pearls; although they were not Great Medicine, they were still of a high-grade Secret Medicine level, specifically used for feeding rare and exotic beasts.

The great snake loved eating them, even more than the Blood-Dripping Pearls; after eating, its scales itched all over, showing signs of molting.

It rubbed against the hard stalagmite, sparks flying, and occasionally scales would fall off.

Zhou You focused on studying the human skin in his hand; this was a part of the Strong Martial Golden Body and belonged to the top-tier materials.

Even with his resolve, he had a fleeting thought of keeping it for himself when he first saw it.

However, this item involved his scheme against Du Taiyue, so he could not be impulsive and had to handle it according to the original plan.

"What level should a Poison Nest refined from Strong Martial human skin be?"

Zhou You clicked on the panel, looked at the Lv2 mark after Tianfu Decipher Confusion, and thought that this level was not enough to attach items to a pocket made of Strong Martial human skin; he still needed to continue upgrading.

"Experience Points -100,000, Tianfu Decipher Confusion Lv2 → Lv3."

"Experience Points -200,000, Tianfu Decipher Confusion Lv3 → Lv4."

In one breath, he raised Tianfu Decipher Confusion to level 4; this talent added two additional attributes: 'Activation' and 'Anchoring'.

Activation, as the name suggests, was to keep ingredients fresh, allowing living things swallowed inside to maintain long-term vitality.

Under normal circumstances, the internal space of a Storage Pocket was not suitable for living things to stay for long; even an altered Poison Nest could only accommodate poisonous insects and puppets, and any sentient creature that rashly went inside would be courting death.

But with Activation, the Storage Pocket could also accommodate living things, with an environment no different from the outside world.

If he had had this function earlier, it wouldn't have been so troublesome when he smuggled Liu Fengji, having to use medicine and rush for time.

As for Anchoring...

"This is awesome!"

Zhou You blurted out; so-called Anchoring was to anchor the internal space of the Storage Pocket to a certain location in the real world.

Wasn't this just a variant version of a 'Anywhere Door'! After this upgrade, the next Storage Pocket 4.0 would be an even more heaven-defying version; upgrading was like changing generations.

Zhou You thought about it; he still had to act like he was selling mobile phones, not releasing everything at once, but squeezing out toothpaste bit by bit.

His Storage Pocket 3.0 hadn't even been rolled out yet; he would keep Activation and Anchoring for his own use, and wait until his strength was great enough to guard the secret before saying anything else.

Looking again at that human skin of Du Taiyue, he chuckled, "I'll arrange Activation and Anchoring for you first."

Activation could promote the growth and evolution of the poisonous insects; even if there were differences from a normal Poison Nest, Du Taiyue would not notice anything, and would instead think it was because his own skin had good effects.

As for Anchoring, heh heh...

According to the plan, this Poison Nest Pro+plus+max version was only being handed over to Du Taiyue for safekeeping, and in the end, it would still return to his own hands, so he was incredibly meticulous and attentive while crafting it. Zhou You was borrowing a hen to lay eggs, making equipment for himself!

(End of this chapter)