Chapter 23: Rich Storage Bag

Five days later, in a deep yellow maple forest, Song Qingming was on a withered tree, with faint spiritual light emanating from his body.

After Song Qingming escaped from the water pool that day, he found a clean open space not far away, took a few hemostatic elixirs and recovery elixirs to recover the injuries on his body.

Afterward, he chased forward along the traces of the crowd fleeing, but he didn't walk out a few miles before he saw the Black-Feathered Python that was returning to the water pool from afar in the sky, which scared him into hurriedly lying in the wild grass on the spot, and he didn't dare to show his head until after dark.

In order to catch up with the crowd in a hurry, Song Qingming could only choose to continue on the road at night. Who would have thought that he didn't see the way he came in the dark, and actually went in the wrong direction, losing the traces of the crowd.

Song Qingming was here in the Fuyun Mountain Range for the first time and was very unfamiliar with the mountains and rivers here. He didn't happen to carry a map on his body, and he didn't find the way back after looking for a long time, so he was lost in these mountains.

Fortunately, he knew that to the north is the paradise of monster beasts in the depths of the Fuyun Mountain Range, and to the south is the territory of humans. He roughly knew that as long as he walked south, he would always walk out of this Fuyun Mountain Range.

Going south, whether it is to Pingyang County where he came from, or the surrounding markets, as long as he reaches there, he will naturally have a way to return to Qinghe County.

Song Qingming has been walking south for several days. He wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but it was a pity that he didn't see half a person along the way. This Fuyun Mountain Range is full of monster beasts and is full of crises. Two days ago, when he passed a patch of grass, he accidentally encountered a ferocious high-tier giant crocodile and was chased by this beast for half a day before escaping the danger, which still made him feel a bit flustered in his heart.

Half an hour later, Song Qingming, who had been meditating for a long time, felt that the spiritual power in his body had recovered by about seventy or eighty percent. He used the magic power in his body with both hands, and a cyan light instantly invested in a small red bag beside him, slowly wrapping it in his spiritual power.

In the past five days, Song Qingming had also tried to open the red storage bag he picked up at the bottom of the pool to see what treasures were inside. It was just a pity that the restrictions set on this top-grade storage bag were indeed a bit troublesome. Song Qingming had been casting spells continuously for several days before he wiped out most of the restrictions on this storage bag.

Normal cultivators' storage bags will be set with restriction secret methods that only they themselves know. If outsiders want to force them open, they must use magic power to wipe out the restrictions on them.

Generally speaking, cultivators with profound cultivation will set more profound restrictions. If cultivators with low cultivation want to wipe out the magic power restrictions set by cultivators with higher cultivation, they have to rely on time to slowly grind. The length of time required depends entirely on the difference in magic power between the two and a little luck.

The magic power difference between cultivators of the same level will not be too large, and they can successfully wipe out the restrictions in ten days or half a month at most. If Qi Refining cultivators want to break the restrictions set by Foundation Establishment cultivators across tiers, it is hard to say. It may take several years.

Three hours later, a light sound suddenly came. Only then did a burst of spiritual power ripple on the red storage bag, and a purple light lit up. Song Qingming finally opened this storage bag today. This also had to thank the remnant map for helping him accelerate the recovery of spiritual power, otherwise, he would have to spend a few more days.

Song Qingming poured everything in this storage bag out at once. Unexpectedly, just a rough look, the things in this storage bag had already shocked his eyes.

In this storage bag, there were nearly two hundred spirit stones alone, and a pile of magic tools, spirit talismans, elixirs, and other items.

Whose storage bag is this? It is so rich. Song Qingming passed through many cultivators who participated in the water pool battle that day in his heart, but still couldn't determine the owner of the storage bag, so he could only look for the answer from the items in these storage bags.

One top-grade magic tool, two mid-grade magic tools, five top-grade spirit talismans, more than ten mid-grade and low-grade spirit talismans, and three bottles of elixirs that he didn't recognize for a while.

In addition, there were several cultivation technique jade slips, a black token, an ancient jade box, and a few pieces of clothing.

Song Qingming picked up the black token and looked at it, only then did he know who the owner of this storage bag was.

The black token clearly printed the two small characters "Patriarch". Combined with the several pieces of clothing in the storage bag, which were exactly the black and white colors unique to Liu family cultivators, Song Qingming could roughly guess that the owner of this storage bag was exactly the Liu family patriarch, Liu Tianlong.

I really didn't expect that the storage bag I picked up at the bottom of the pool was actually a hot potato. Song Qingming couldn't help but take a heavy breath.

The Liu family patriarch's storage bag, it seems that he must be more careful in his actions in the future. If these cultivation techniques, magic tools, and items are recognized by others one day, the Liu family will soon be able to suspect him.

Song Qingming threw the token and clothing in the storage bag directly into a stream not far away. He didn't dare to leave the three magic tools for his own use either, and planned to put them in the storage bag first, and wait until he went to a farther market after a period of time before finding a way to deal with them together with this top-grade storage bag.

Several jade slips were all ordinary Qi Refining cultivation techniques inherited by the Liu family, and their value was not high, so Song Qingming chose to discard them all. Only a formation classic inherited from that Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Liu family was of some use to Song Qingming, so he kept it.

The classic not only recorded more than a dozen first-tier formations but also two second-tier formations. He wanted to improve his formation path in the future, so he could just use it.

Other spirit stones and spirit talismans were all common things on the market. He was not afraid of being recognized by others, so he put them into his own storage bag with peace of mind. He didn't recognize the few bottles of elixirs now and didn't dare to take them. He still needed to take them to the market to find an alchemist to identify them. If they were useful to him, he would keep them; if they were useless, he would sell them directly.

Opening the last jade box, Song Qingming was shocked again.

"This is... Water Spirit Fruit. How could there be such a spirit item in Liu Tianlong's storage bag? What is going on?"

As soon as Song Qingming saw the item in this jade box, he recognized it. "Water Spirit Fruit, one inch and three points in circumference, completely transparent after maturity, emitting blue light..."

He really didn't see it wrong. The item in this box was exactly a matured Water Spirit Fruit. This kind of second-tier spirit item, as early as when Song Qingming just entered the path of cultivation, the Great Elder in the family school had repeatedly explained these various spirit fruits and spirit medicines in the immortal cultivation world to him, and the family spirit medicine classic distributed to each of them also recorded this item.

Although it was the first time Song Qingming had truly seen the real thing, a cultivator's memory is several times that of an ordinary mortal, and he had long been very familiar with most of the spirit medicines recorded in the spirit medicine classic. Taking out the spirit medicine classic in the storage bag, Song Qingming confirmed it again before he was completely sure of this item.

This Water Spirit Fruit is a spirit item whose value can be equivalent to a Foundation Establishment pill. How could the Liu family have this kind of spirit item? Looking at this Water Spirit Fruit, it seems that it was picked not long ago. Could it be that this is a spirit item that Liu Tianlong just found in the water pool? This Liu family's luck is too good, actually being able to find such a priceless spirit item in a random water pool.

Song Qingming thought for a while. Although these were just his personal guesses, they could only be explained this way to barely explain the origin of this Water Spirit Fruit in Liu Tianlong's storage bag.

If the things discovered in Liu Tianlong's storage bag earlier made Song Qingming make a fortune, then this Water Spirit Fruit gave him the hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in his life. This kind of spirit item will definitely be able to easily exchange for a Foundation Establishment pill when taken to the Xiaoyao Sect in the future.

Song Qingming looked at this Water Spirit Fruit and was shocked for a long time before he came back to his senses. He carefully packed it with the jade box and put it into the storage bag. He couldn't use this item now. Fortunately, this Water Spirit Fruit can be preserved for at least twenty years in this emerald jade box, so he doesn't need to worry about this spirit item being damaged for the time being.

Speaking of that day, Liu Tianlong was also unlucky. After finally successfully picking the Water Spirit Fruit, he didn't want a second-tier Black-Feathered Python to suddenly appear in the cave. Although he escaped thrillingly under the desperate protection of the two Liu family elders, he was still scraped in the abdomen by a breath sprayed from afar by the Black-Feathered Python when he escaped from the cave. Not only was his dantian injured, but the storage bag at his waist also accidentally fell to the bottom of the pool. If he wanted to go back to look for it, the Black-Feathered Python had already chased him, so he could only save his life first.

After Liu Tianlong led the Liu family cultivators to escape the Black-Feathered Python's pursuit, although he was unwilling, he did not dare to go back to risk looking for his lost storage bag. That second-tier Black-Feathered Python in the water pool was not something they could deal with now, so he could only lead the remaining clansmen of the family on the return journey.

After returning to Qinghe County, Liu Tianlong had not been home for long before he vomited a mouthful of essence blood due to his serious injuries and lay on the sickbed.

This old patriarch who had guarded the Liu family for many years had a pale face and a listless spirit. Compared to when he left Qinghe County two months ago, he seemed to have suddenly aged several years.

This trip to Fuyun Mountain by the Liu family can be described as a heavy loss. More than twenty family backbones who participated in this mission only returned more than half, and two elders were lost. This time, it was already a hurt to the muscles and bones for the Liu family, and it would take at least twenty or thirty years to recover their vitality.

Even Liu Tianlong, a peak Qi Refining cultivator who had dominated Qinghe County for decades, also injured his dantian this time. Even if he can recover from his injuries in the future, I am afraid it will be very difficult to easily take action against others again.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====