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Chapter 487: Soul Shaping Mud, Exchanging Bloodlines
Chapter 487: Soul Shaping Mud, Exchanging Bloodlines
February 13, 2025
"Soul Shaping Mud, a disciple found this?"
Lu Qing looked at the spiritual artifact recorded in the booklet with surprise and delight.
The First Sage Master explained, "Not long ago, a small, remote state opened a minor secret realm. A disciple ventured in and was fortunate enough to obtain it."
"They didn't know the use of this spiritual mud, but found it peculiar, so they offered it to gain merit."
"It makes sense that it was obtained in a secret realm," Lu Qing realized.
He had always thought that Soul Shaping Mud, being such a rare spiritual artifact, would be difficult to find.
But if it was from a secret realm, it made sense.
Secret realms were one of the most powerful opportunities in this world, capable of producing all sorts of mysterious and extraordinary treasures.
"Senior Elders, I wish to exchange for this Soul Shaping Mud. May I?" Lu Qing asked without hesitation.
"Of course. Your merits, Lu, are the most outstanding in the Holy Mountain. You may exchange for any spiritual artifact you desire," the First Sage Master nodded, then asked curiously, "Do you want the Soul Shaping Mud to refine a puppet body?"
"Indeed," Lu Qing didn't deny, "The Third Sage Master gave me a puppetry technique, and I've been interested in trying it out. But I lacked the materials, so I put it aside. I didn't expect to see Soul Shaping Mud today."
In the ancient immortal sect's puppetry technique, there were various materials for refining puppets.
However, these spiritual artifacts were difficult to find.
So, Lu Qing had never attempted to refine a puppet body.
Until today, when he saw the Soul Shaping Mud.
Soul Shaping Mud was an excellent primary material for refining puppet bodies, even a grade higher than the materials used by the three Sage Masters for their puppet bodies.
If refined properly, the resulting puppet body would undoubtedly possess considerable power.
"Should I have someone bring the Soul Shaping Mud to you now?" the First Sage Master asked.
"There's no rush. I need to make a trip outside, and when I return, I'll take the Soul Shaping Mud," Lu Qing replied.
"Very well."
The First Sage Master nodded, not inquiring about Lu Qing's intentions for leaving.
In the Holy Mountain, Lu Qing had the most freedom of movement.
Even the three Sage Masters never questioned his whereabouts.
After bidding farewell to the three Sage Masters, Lu Qing transformed into a ray of light and soared towards the East Sea via the Qing Ming.
In no time, he arrived above the sea surface of the deep East Sea.
Lu Qing didn't conceal his aura, and upon his arrival, the massive body of the Ancient Long Gui slowly rose to the surface.
"Long Gui, it's been a while," Lu Qing smiled.
"Nearly ten years have passed, and your cultivation has grown even more profound," Ancient Long Gui said, sensing Lu Qing's aura and revealing a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Although he couldn't see through Lu Qing's actual realm, his intuition as a former Primordial Soul Power told him that Lu Qing had become stronger.
He even sensed a dangerous aura emanating from Lu Qing.
Clearly, in the past decade, Lu Qing's cultivation had advanced significantly, reaching a level that threatened him.
"The human race is truly blessed by heaven. Despite their inherent weakness, their cultivation progress is far quicker than that of us beasts and spiritual beasts."
Ancient Long Gui couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
The same was true in the previous cultivator era.
He had cultivated for over 20,000 years to reach the Primordial Soul Realm.
But many human geniuses could achieve the Primordial Soul Realm after cultivating for just a few hundred or a thousand years.
Their cultivation speed far surpassed that of beasts and spiritual beasts.
This was also why Ancient Long Gui didn't get angry when Lu Qing asked for his bloodline.
Besides the tempting conditions Lu Qing offered, Ancient Long Gui didn't want to antagonize such a mysterious and infinitely potential genius.
"Elder Long Gui, you mentioned in your message that you're willing to trade with me. Is that true?" Lu Qing asked at this moment.
"Yes, but of course, the precondition is that what you offer in exchange is enticing enough," the ancient Long Gui replied in a deep voice.
"Rest assured, I won't let you down, Elder Long Gui," Lu Qing said, and then flicked out a jade tablet, which fell towards the ground.
Elder Long Gui caught the jade tablet.
Using his divine sense to inspect it, he saw a small map of the starry sky recorded within, dazzling and brilliant.
"Elder Long Gui, this jade tablet contains a small portion of a star map, which I obtained from a Celestial Stranger I once killed.
It records the positions of the starry skies of numerous worlds beyond our realm.
Having experienced the previous cultivator era, you should understand this.
After our cultivators reach the Primordial Soul Realm, it becomes incredibly difficult to make further progress in cultivation, a truly arduous journey.
The reason for this is that the Primordial Source of our world is not powerful enough to nurture cultivators beyond the initial stage of the Primordial Soul Realm.
So, after reaching the Primordial Soul Realm, if one wishes to break through further, the best approach is to leave this realm and cultivate in a more powerful world.
Otherwise, sitting idle in this realm will only bring about the Five Decadences, a catastrophe of spirit energy depletion, every few hundred thousand years.
But the starry sky is vast and full of dangers and unknowns.
Without a star map to guide the way, even a Primordial Soul Realm cultivator can easily get lost in the starry sky.
If you're willing to exchange, then I'll give you the star map of our world's domain."
Elder Long Gui stared at the small portion of the starry sky recorded in the jade tablet, listening to Lu Qing's words and falling silent.
Especially when Lu Qing spoke about the cultivation in the Primordial Soul Realm, it stirred Elder Long Gui's heart.
As someone who had experienced the rise and fall of an entire cultivator era, Elder Long Gui naturally knew that Lu Qing's words were true.
During the peak of the previous cultivator era, he had already entered the Primordial Soul Realm.
But after that, a full ten thousand years passed, and by the end of the cultivator era, his cultivation progress had been minimal.
Because after reaching the Primordial Soul Realm, his cultivation became several times more obscure.
It was like groping in the dark, making progress extremely difficult.
Not only Elder Long Gui, but even the two human cultivators in the Primordial Soul Realm he knew had the same predicament.
He had discussed this issue with them, and their conclusion was similar to what Lu Qing had just said.
The Primordial Source of this world couldn't support their breakthrough to higher realms.
This made their cultivation path exceptionally obscure and arduous.
But what other choice did they have?
In the previous cultivator era, there were Primordial Soul Realm cultivators who attempted to break through the boundary membrane, braving the gale winds and exploring the starry sky.
Yet, they found the starry sky to be an empty void.
The vastness of the starry sky far exceeded their imagination.
Without the replenishment of spirit energy, they couldn't venture too far.
In the end, they either returned empty-handed or got lost in the starry sky, their soul lamps extinguished.
Because even as individuals, even if they were Primordial Soul Realm cultivators, it was difficult to survive in the starry sky.
Regarding the vast starry sky, the cultivators of this realm knew far too little.
It was also for this reason that when Elder Long Gui heard that Lu Qing possessed a star map of the outside world, he agreed to the trade.
If what Lu Qing said was true, then that star map was incredibly valuable.
Looking at the coordinates of the small portion of the starry sky recorded in the jade tablet, Elder Long Gui knew that Lu Qing hadn't deceived him.
He spat out three jade vessels from his mouth.
"Inside these are three portions of Essence Blood that I've refined.
According to our prior agreement, it should be enough to exchange for the star map in your possession."
(End of Chapter)
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