Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

At that moment, Yuan Zhilin flew back with two cultivators in tow. Not far behind him, Mei Zhenyi was herding nine Qi Refining cultivators, walking on foot.

These Qi Refining cultivators, except for two or three who had suffered minor superficial injuries, were otherwise unscathed, obviously having been captured without a fight.

On the other hand, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators that Yuan Zhilin brought back, one was as pale as paper, his clothes stained with blood, and the other was mentally exhausted, extremely weak.

Yuan Zhilin took out the peculiar spiritual weapon called the Soul Splitter Cannon from his storage bracelet, threw it on the ground, and said, "Master, I've brought the thing back. Some juniors wanted to destroy it, so I killed them."

This Soul Splitter Cannon was quite heavy, with a silver exterior and a yellow interior, presumably refined using crystalline copper, a basic material for forging spiritual weapons.

Many runes were engraved on the inner wall, and judging from the complexity, they belonged to the Foundation Establishment realm level of restrictions.

The square base was a thick box, divided into two layers. The lower layer was a formation similar to a Spirit Gathering Array, with grooves for embedding spirit stones. The upper layer was about half a foot high, empty inside.

Four support rods, three short ones under the base, arranged in a triangular shape, and one long one supporting the middle of the cylinder. This thing was both heavy and long, and unless disassembled, it definitely wouldn't fit in a storage bag.

Fire Crow Daoist nodded and pointed to the Soul Splitter Cannon, asking, "What is so special about this thing? Why can it injure Foundation Establishment cultivators with just a few Qi Refining cultivators operating it?"

This Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivator was named Qiu Heng. He looked at his scattered and disheveled subordinates, swallowed hard, and quickly explained, "Reporting to Senior, this thing was issued by Two Dragon Mountain. This humble one has also pondered it quite a bit, but unfortunately, I am too stupid to understand the principle behind it.

"Anyway, it's just using four magical artifacts to assemble a spiritual weapon. The base is embedded with spirit stones, and after activation, it can release that black dust.

"However, according to the Two Dragon Mountain steward, each magical artifact can only fire up to eight times. After it's used up, it needs to be sent back to the mountain for repair before it can be used again. This humble one's item only had three shots left, and I used them all just now."

Fire Crow Daoist looked at Qiu Heng in surprise, thinking that this person could be a bandit leader and indeed had some courage. He clearly only had the last three shots of the Soul Splitter Cannon, yet he dared to use them all at once, and even aimed them at Liu Jinglong, instead of Yuan Zhilin, who seemed the strongest.

He asked without batting an eye, "What is that black dust? Why can it devour spiritual energy?"

Qiu Heng said, "This humble one doesn't know what it is. However, this black dust seems to be naturally attracted to spiritual weapons. As long as there are spiritual weapons nearby, whether they are magical artifacts, spiritual weapons, or magical treasures, it will rush over on its own, stick to them, and dissolve their spiritual energy."

"Only to spiritual weapons? What about cultivators?"

"First, it goes for spiritual weapons. If there are no spiritual weapons, it will go for cultivators."

Fire Crow Daoist asked a few more questions about the Soul Splitter Cannon, and seeing that he couldn't get anything useful out of it, he said, "This Soul Splitter Cannon looks difficult to make. It shouldn't be easily given to others. How did you gain such trust from Two Dragon Mountain?"

As soon as Qiu Heng heard this question, his body trembled, and he stammered, "S-Senior, this humble one is not trusted, but has been placed under a restriction. Every once in a while, I have to go to Two Dragon Mountain for that Water Dragon King to reinforce it, otherwise it will collapse and lead to my death."

Fire Crow Daoist took a few steps forward and grabbed Qiu Heng's wrist. Qiu Heng's whole body shook, but he didn't dare to resist or move, lowering his head, his breathing becoming very heavy.

"Hmm, the technique is quite clever. It seems to be from a lineage."

Fire Crow Daoist circulated a stream of mana in Qiu Heng's meridians and quickly discovered that in the area between his chest and abdomen, near the Middle Court acupoint, there was a mass of high-quality water attribute mana, locking a checkpoint, condensed and not scattered, seemingly enveloping something.

He withdrew his mana, released his hand, and turned to walk towards Zhang Yuanjing, saying, "This person is not lying. There is indeed a restriction, and it was indeed placed by a Core Formation cultivator. Yuanjing, what do you plan to do with these people?"

Qiu Heng hadn't dared to raise his head, but at this moment, he suddenly looked up and looked at Zhang Yuanjing, then shouted loudly, "Senior, spare my life! This humble one's dog eyes failed to recognize a grandmaster. Please, Your Honor, let me go!"

Zhang Yuanjing ignored him and said to Yuan Zhilin, "Junior Brother Yuan, first find a place to lock them up. After I discuss with Senior Fire Crow, we'll decide what to do with them."

Yuan Zhilin responded and, taking Liu Jinglong and Mei Zhenyi with him, led these bandits to a forest behind a giant rock. Qiu Heng initially kept begging Yuan Zhilin for mercy, but after being kicked a few times by Yuan Zhilin, he became quiet.

Zhang Yuanjing smiled and said to Fire Crow Daoist, "Senior, if it were just two rogue Core Formation cultivators occupying a barren land, it would be common and unrelated to us. We wouldn't bother with it.

"However, these two Core Formation cultivators can refine spiritual weapons like the Soul Splitter Cannon. Their methods are indeed somewhat extraordinary and don't seem like rogue cultivators. This Soul Splitter Cannon can be disassembled into magical artifacts and operated by Qi Refining cultivators, which is already unusual. More importantly, it can utilize meteor dust."

Hearing the word "meteor dust" again, Fire Crow Daoist couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Yuanjing, what exactly is this meteor dust?"

Zhang Yuanjing said, "Has Senior ever heard of Void Sky Stone?"

Fire Crow Daoist was shocked, "The Void Sky Stone used for tribulation transcendence?"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded, "That's right, that's exactly it."

The look in Fire Crow Daoist's eyes immediately changed, and he solemnly asked, "Yuanjing, are you saying that meteor dust is related to Void Sky Stone?"

"That's right," Zhang Yuanjing said with certainty. "Void Sky Stone falls from the void, and after being worn down by the astral winds, the vast majority turns into dust. This is meteor dust. However, most of the meteor dust will scatter and disappear during the descent. Only a small portion will be absorbed on the surface of the Void Sky Stone and fall into the ground with it."

"Does this mean that the two Core Formation cultivators of Two Dragon Mountain may have discovered a piece of Void Sky Stone?" Fire Crow Daoist speculated, but then shook his head. "If that were the case, they should have left long ago. Why would they still linger here, let alone manufacture Soul Splitter Cannons and distribute them to those bandits? That's too conspicuous!"

Void Sky Stone is the best material for tribulation transcendence and can be said to be priceless in the cultivation world. Even if one can't use it themselves, they can sell it for a sky-high price.

Zhang Yuanjing said, "It's also possible that they only discovered meteor dust and didn't obtain Void Sky Stone. However, meteor dust also has high value in refining, I don't know why they would use it up like this, it's really a waste of natural resources."

Fire Crow Daoist frowned his white eyebrows and pondered for a long time, still shaking his head. "Thinking about it, I can't come up with a convincing reason. This Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King are quite strange."

"Yes, two Core Formation cultivators shouldn't have settled down here. Going two or three million miles further north or west, there would be many spiritual caves. Even if they couldn't snatch a medium-sized spiritual cave, they could always occupy a good small one," Zhang Yuanjing echoed.