He then took out an Ice Skin Lotus root.
Examining the Ice Skin Lotus root in his hand, it was pure white and naturally formed, adorned with beautiful patterns.
Even without deliberately smelling it, a rich fragrance of Spiritual Medicine wafted from the Ice Skin Lotus root.
"Judging by its age, it’s likely not less than five hundred years!" Zhang Xiaohao exclaimed with bright eyes.
Of such Ice Skin Lotus roots, he had several hundred in his Shennong Ring.
There was even an Ice Skin Seven-Color Lotus root.
Ordinary people believed that the greatest effect of the Ice Skin Lotus was to reinvigorate flesh and bones and bring the dead back to life, but in reality, that was not the case.
For cultivators, its use could only be considered average.
The greatest effect was on Xuan Masters.
If an Ice Skin Lotus root were refined into an Elixir, and a Xuan Master consumed it, it would increase their Soul Power.
The more Ice Skin Lotus roots consumed, the more Soul Power would be increased.
If there were enough Ice Skin Lotus roots, it was not impossible to even make a breakthrough to a Heavenly Rank Xuan Master.
Once one’s Soul Power broke through to the Heavenly Rank, in a mere thought, they could turn heaven and earth upside down and move mountains, possessing tremendous might. Even if three or five Martial Artists of the same rank joined forces, they might not match a single Xuan Master.
This showed how formidable a Xuan Master could be in the late stages.
With a flip of his palm, he put away the Ice Skin Lotus root.
After some thought, he took out those two pieces of mysterious jade slips.
One of these jade slips was given to him by the Black Dragon Saint Heir, and the other was obtained from the body of a Holy Daughter.
Zhang Xiaohao opened the two jade slips, carved on them were some mysterious and complex patterns.
They resembled tadpole scripts scattered here and there without any apparent pattern.
"Eh! What is this? Is it a Cultivation Technique, or a secret soul technique?" Zhang Xiaohao furrowed his brows as he spoke.
After thinking it over, he decided to use various methods to probe them.
To see if he could unlock the secrets inscribed on the jade slips.
Thereupon, he squeezed out a drop of blood and displayed the Three Pure Daoist Skill. As his hands formed seals, he gave a low roar, "Open, Heavenly Eye!"
He wiped his fingertips on the outer corners of his eyes, and with a flash of golden light in his pupils, the Heavenly Eye opened.
Looking at the jade slips again, there was still no change.
"I refuse to believe that I can’t break open these little jade slips!" Zhang Xiaohao snorted coldly.
With a flip of his right hand, he summoned the Shennong Pill Fire and flung it towards the jade slips.
Under the burning of the Shennong Pill Fire, the two jade slips emitted crisp sounds.
Several minutes passed and they remained intact under the burn of the Shennong Pill Fire.
"Come on! Are you kidding me?" Zhang Xiaohao cursed under his breath.
He put away the Shennong Pill Fire and furrowed his brows.
"The Heavenly Eye can’t see through it, fire doesn’t work; am I supposed to use water next?" Zhang Xiaohao mused.
Immediately, he grabbed the cup of tea from the table, pouring it over the jade slips.
As the tea was sprinkled over them, the jade slips still showed no change.
Seeing this, after having spent so much effort, the jade slips remained unchanged, and Zhang Xiaohao felt embarrassed.
Just then, a drop of blood from Zhang Xiaohao’s finger accidentally fell onto the jade slip.
A flash of golden light rapidly shot towards the side.
At the spot where the blood fell, a change occurred and an ancient Rune appeared on the jade slip.
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With a heartache, he glanced towards his index finger and then pressed his injured finger onto the jade slip, beginning to smear his blood over it.
Moments later, the entire jade slip was covered with the traces of Zhang Xiaohao’s blood.
At that time, the jade slip underwent an earth-shattering transformation.
The previously scattered tadpole-like characters seemed to come to life, forming a golden character on the jade slip, "战!"
"What is this?" Zhang Xiaohao furrowed his brows in confusion.
Pressing his finger on the character "战," an incredible event occurred.
As soon as his finger touched the character "战," the jade slip emitted a crisp sound and in an instant, turned into a wisp of ash.
Immediately following, the character "战" from the jade slip flashed into Zhang Xiaohao’s index finger and disappeared.
Deep within Zhang Xiaohao’s soul, a bright golden character "战" appeared in his mind.
Dominantly taking the central position of his soul, circles of golden ripples emanated from the character "战."
After a dozen seconds, Zhang Xiaohao opened his eyes.
"What’s going on? Why can’t I control it?" Zhang Xiaohao said with a frown.
Just now, he had tried several methods but was unable to command the mysterious character "战" in his brain.
Looking at the remaining jade slip, Zhang Xiaohao thought for a while before deciding to check out what was going on with this piece.
Following the same procedure, he smeared his blood on this jade slip.
Moments later, a similar golden character appeared on the jade slip.
Different from before, this golden character was "天!"
"Could it be that there is a connection between these two characters?" Zhang Xiaohao mused with a frown.
After mulling it over for a while, he still extended his hand to touch it.
As soon as his finger pressed on the character "天," the same scene occurred.
The character "天" directly entered into Zhang Xiaohao’s finger and vanished.
In a moment, the jade slip turned into a wisp of ash.
A few seconds later, next to the character "战," another bright golden character "天" appeared.
The two bright golden characters, less than an inch apart, shimmered in opposition to each other, casting streams of golden ripples that lit up Zhang Xiaohao’s soul realm.
Under the rotation of the two bright golden characters, Zhang Xiaohao surprisingly found that his Soul Power was actually increasing!
The amount was very small, indeed, but it was definitely increasing.
"Holy crap! What’s going on?" exclaimed Zhang Xiaohao in shock.
He was truly astonished. He couldn’t believe such a bizarre thing was happening to him.
Upon observing for a while longer, and seeing that the two golden characters were not harming him but were instead, with their rotation, training his Soul Power, Zhang Xiaohao decided to leave them be.
If he wanted to intervene, he couldn’t; they couldn’t be chased away or destroyed. Like a persistent squatter, they resided in his soul realm, leaving anyone in this situation truly helpless.
Zhang Xiaohao thought no more of it, squeezed out another drop of blood, and executed the Three Pure Daoist Skill. His hands formed seals, the hand signs changing.
Hand seals were cast out one after another, and he bellowed, "Spirit Attachment Technique!"
As his voice trailed off, his soul descended onto the fly he had set up earlier.
In his perception, the fly was still perched on the body of the blond elder.
The blond elder and others were still motionless in the trash can, lying quietly there.
"Eh! What’s going on? Could it be that they’ve made a home in the trash can?" Zhang Xiaohao expressed doubtfully.
"Hmph! I refuse to believe that you’ll stay in that trash can forever!" Zhang Xiaohao said with a sneer.