Chapter 89

What Su Shier found were just dozens of low-grade magical artifacts, as well as a variety of materials, talismans, and medicinal pills.

After sorting and organizing these resources, he emptied the storage bag and placed it into another storage bag.

In the cultivation world, spatial magical artifacts cannot normally be infinitely nested. Only by emptying them can they be stored in other spatial magical artifacts as ordinary magical artifacts.

After organizing these items, Su Shier took out the storage bag of the gray-clothed fat man and began to investigate.

The materials and medicinal pills in this fat man's storage bag were clearly of higher quality.

The only noteworthy item was the sharp blade in his hand.

This was a simple and ancient-looking blade, neither a sword nor a knife, no more than two feet long, with a subdued luster and a pitch-black body.

The handle of the blade was engraved with the words "Hate Iron."

"Hate Iron? What a unique name. The quality of this weapon is not bad. Although it is just a high-grade magical artifact, it feels no less powerful than an exquisite magical artifact to me!"

"Since my Silver Light Sword is broken, I can use this to temporarily fend off enemies."

Muttering to himself, Su Shier placed the blade in the sword pouch on his back, alongside the Yuan Yang Ruler.

Next, he took out the storage bag of the Red-Eyed Child and began to inventory it.

From this storage bag, he found two high-grade magical artifacts, a duster, and five pink beads.

These were the treasures of Qingyang Daozhang and Lashou Fairy.

"The duster is hard to evaluate, but these pink beads can be used for ambushes. When they explode, they produce a toxic powder, which is a good tool for defeating enemies."

"No wonder the miscellaneous records say, 'Killing and arson, the golden belt.' Stealing others' things is indeed the fastest way to get rich!"

Su Shier's eyes gleamed with excitement, and his mood immediately improved.

Next, he picked up the high-grade defensive magical artifact, a dark red soft armor, from the Red-Eyed Child's body.

This soft armor was extremely light, but it emitted a magical glow, indicating good defensive capabilities.

"Pity that it was pierced through the heart by the Bone Spike, which must have significantly reduced its defensive power."

"However, if used in conjunction with the Blood Light Shield, it would still be quite useful!"

Thinking this, Su Shier nodded and, without any qualms, put the soft armor on as an inner lining under his clothes.

In the cultivation world, killing and stealing treasures were common. As long as it could save his life, he had no psychological burden about the means.

"Next, it's this one!"

Turning his gaze, Su Shier looked at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was not large, just a small flag no more than a foot high.

When he picked it up, he felt a heavy weight, as if it weighed a thousand pounds. The flagpole emitted an extremely cold, violent, angry, and resentful aura and negative emotions.

Su Shier suddenly felt a surge of agitation and a wave of hatred for the black-clothed man.

"Bad!"

Realizing the danger, he quickly took out the Yuan Yang Ruler.

The Yunyang Spirit Fire appeared, and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner trembled slightly, finally settling down.

Su Shier let out a long breath, feeling as if he had been rescued from near suffocation.

Looking down at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner again, his eyes were filled with intense heat.

"No wonder the Red-Eyed Child went to such lengths to use so many cultivators' souls to refine this Ten Thousand Souls Banner."

"Such a strong spiritual essence, this item is just one step away from becoming a spirit artifact."

"However, this item is too sinister. It has a greater impact on one's nature than the White Bone Sword. In the future, I must be extremely cautious when using it. Otherwise, I might be at risk of being backfired."

After this thought, Su Shier did not want to have excessive contact with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. With a wave of his hand, he put it into his storage ring.

After putting away the treasures, Su Shier sorted and organized the resources in the Red-Eyed Child's storage bag.

The Red-Eyed Child was the strongest, and his storage bag contained more spiritual materials and medicinal pills than the combined total of nearly a thousand cultivators.

"What a monster, how many cultivators' souls did he refine? Such a large amount of resources is truly terrifying!"

"Fortunately, all of this has fallen into my hands."

"Hey... this is..."

Suddenly, Su Shier's brows furrowed, and his expression became strange.

In the storage bag, he saw something very familiar.

A gray leaf identical to the one in the White Bone Senior's storage bag.

"Could this guy have some connection to the White Bone Senior?"

Su Shier held the leaf in his hand, squinting his eyes, and began to speculate.

Then, he skillfully activated the Heavenly Eye Technique and focused on the gray leaf.

Dense small characters appeared on the leaf.

The first half was the Bloodthirsty Demon Devouring Scripture, but the second half was completely different content.

The gray leaf in the Red-Eyed Child's storage bag recorded the refinement and control methods of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

The refinement method of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was extremely sinister.

It required the third vertebrae and the scalp of the top of the head of 999 infants under 100 days old to refine the flagpole and the banner.

After the soul banner was refined, it was just an ordinary item. It then needed to be continuously refined using the essence of living beings with cultivation.

The more living beings' essences in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the stronger its power and the higher its grade, and the greater its capabilities.

After reading this information, even Su Shier, with his firm resolve, was shocked pale and speechless.

"The refinement of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is too cruel. 999 infants under 100 days old and the essences of tens of thousands of cultivators are needed to refine a spirit artifact?"

"Moreover, at least three banners are needed to form the strongest Ten Thousand Souls Array! This is not a spirit artifact, but a demonic artifact!"

"No wonder I almost lost myself to the evil aura and resentment when I touched the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!"

Su Shier's heart pounded. At this moment, he had a strong impulse to destroy the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

But this thought was just a fleeting one.

He knew very well that doing so would be futile. The essences of living beings were trapped in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

If he destroyed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it would only cause these essences to dissipate, even depriving them of the chance to reincarnate.

"No, my current strength is too low. The Ten Thousand Souls Banner is just one step away from becoming a spirit artifact. Its power is enough to save my life in a critical moment."

"Moreover, the fault lies with the person who refined such a sinister magical artifact, not the artifact itself. However, the essences trapped in the soul banner are indeed pitiful."

"According to legend, there are cultivators in the cultivation world called Buddhist cultivators, who use Buddhism to enter the path and are skilled in liberating techniques. If I have the chance to meet one, I will seek a method to liberate these essences."

Su Shier's thoughts raced, and he felt a sense of relief.

But he knew that the appearance of two almost identical gray leaves was not necessarily a coincidence.

Such a sinister method might be the work of someone in the shadows.

However, this had nothing to do with him.