Chapter 102: Beryl Swallows the Sea Bottle

  "Huh? You... woke up? What's going on?"

  Zuo Xiaoyao was taken aback and asked.

  This voice was not unfamiliar to her, even though it had been more than six years since she last heard it. If you count the time she spent cultivating in the Purple Yuan Boundary, it could be said that it had been nearly a hundred years since she last heard this voice speak. She couldn't think of words to describe it, and after hesitating for a moment, Zuo Xiao Yao took the initiative to wake up from her long slumber in the Purple Yuan Boundary and spoke out.

  Although the voice was still cold and clear, it couldn't hide its joy. The fact that her existence could have such a reaction made her wonder if there was something extraordinary in the small pool at the waist of the stalactite wall.

  Zuo Xiao Yao was somewhat curious, and secretly thought to herself that when she had first mentioned the Zi Zun Three Treasures, she had only been concerned about their original owner, but hadn't shown any interest in the Zi Zun Three Treasures themselves. It could be said that she had been very nonchalant about it. This was also one of the reasons why Zuo Xiao Yao was willing to 'take her in' and that coffin without any conditions.

  After all, no matter how much face the purple-clothed woman gained for Zuo Xiao Yao, or how great a favor she owed her, according to what she said, these three treasures of the Purple Venerable were from the hands of one of the people in the coffin. If she also showed interest in the three treasures of the Purple Venerable, even if it was just a hint of envy or wanting to possess them, Zuo Xiao Yao believed that she would not let this clear-headed person enter the Purple Yuan Boundary.

  "Hmm, I didn't expect that just as I finished my cultivation, you would give me such a great gift. It seems that the three treasures of Zi Zun will fall into your hands, and it's not unreasonable. What a wonderful coincidence to have found such a treasure! Not only will I make good use of it, but they will also be able to use it!"

  It's been six and a half years since she entered the Ziyuan boundary, which is equivalent to 200 years of cultivation. However, in her opponent's words, this was just a casual mention of a single cultivation session. People are envious of others, and it's suffocating. Fortunately, Zuo Xiaoyao didn't have the habit of self-deprecation, so after twitching the corner of her mouth, she completely let go of the fact that her current cultivation could only last for 20 days at most.

  "It's an honor for seniors to be here, and it's unexpected that juniors can come. The fact that they can be useful to seniors is actually the opportunity gained by several seniors!"

  Perhaps it was because Zuo Xiao Yao's flattery had been so well-received that the woman's voice softened slightly. "It's been a while since we last met, and you've made quite some progress! Never mind, with your current level of cultivation, you're not even worthy of using this item. I'll take it back for now, and compensate you in other ways later!"

  She didn't think about how long the woman meant by "a period of time", but when she heard the word "compensation", Zuo Xiao Yao's heart suddenly felt a surge of warmth, her eyes revealing expectation, and her words became even more sincere. "Thank you, senior, for your kindness. If there's anything I can do to repay you, please don't hesitate to let me know!"

  It's not that she has a shallow mind, but rather because it's almost predictable that it would be 'compensation' from the other party. It will definitely be extraordinary, after all, without exaggeration, what others casually discard as trash, when it comes to Zuo Xiao Yao, must also be an invaluable treasure to her, just like the purple-robed woman's 'discarded' Zi Zun San Bao.

  And this woman's 'Billion-Year Spiritual Milk Crystal' is indeed an extraordinary object, but when her spiritual awareness approaches that sticky substance, she feels a great deal of pressure and can't even think about using it. This is something that the self-aware Zuo Xiao Yao wouldn't dare to have any intentions of possessing, for no matter how good a treasure is, one must have the qualifications to enjoy it!

  She was quite satisfied with Zuo Xiao's sincere confession, and the woman's voice became even warmer. "In the lower right corner of Danfang, there are several green bottles. Come and take out an empty one. They are called Bili Tunhai Bottles. After I transmit the Controlling Treasure Technique to you, you can refine it for a while and then put them all in the bottle!"

  How did you get so familiar with the Dan Fang, or should I say, the Zi Yuan Jing Kong? Did you study everything in the Zi Yuan Jing Kong carefully during this period of time?

  As the host, she was not as familiar with her own things as an outsider would be. This realization made her feel quite uncomfortable, but Zuo Xiao Yao didn't ask any more questions. The fact was already there, and if she dwelled on it too much, she might end up offending this person who wasn't in a good mood to begin with. After all, they still had their "compensation" to consider, and couldn't afford to make a big deal out of nothing.

  According to the woman's words, Zuo Xiao Yao indeed found a small bottle on the lowest shelf in the right corner of the medicine cabinet in Dan Fang's house. The bottle was not very eye-catching and was only as tall as her index finger. Although the body of the bottle was slightly larger, due to its height, it didn't seem like it could hold much inside.

  But because of its origin, plus the woman specifically asked for it and had a quite domineering name, Zuo XiaoYao didn't dare not look.

  As soon as she got the bottle, she repeatedly measured it, and a few phrases of incantation came from Xiao Yao's ear, knowing that this was the " Konta Jue" in the mouth of women, so she immediately and unambiguously first planted a mark on the small bottle with her spiritual consciousness, and then began to refine the bottle with Konta Jue.

  All the magical artifacts, including the Ling Fa Qi, have a control spell, and most of them exist with unique specificity, directly engraved on the artifact. The owner only needs to remember it during the ritual, which Zuo Xiao Yao had already known. However, some cultivation methods, materials, functions, and ranks are almost identical for general-purpose magical artifacts, and their control spells do not have this characteristic. These artifacts often belong to auxiliary functional categories, and since their control spells are the same, they will not be marked on the artifact itself.

  So, unless the woman had passed on the control technique to her, even if Zuo Xiao Yao discovered this bottle later, she would only be able to stare blankly at it for a very long time, not knowing how to control it, and might even use it as an ordinary jade bottle to hold medicinal pellets.

  The quality of this Bi Li Tun Hai bottle, which is as good as the Zi Yuan Jing Kong, and has low requirements for the user, makes Zuo Xiao Yao's mood quite stirred up. Indeed, the products of Zi Yuan Jing Kong are guaranteed to be of high quality!

  It turns out that this Azure Luminous Sea-Swallowing Bottle is not just a name with enough domineering aura, its function is indeed quite heaven-defying. Without mentioning the fact that it can truly hold an endless and boundless sea, holding billions of tons of water is no problem. Moreover, because only top-quality materials are used in its refinement, not only is its 'preservation' effect extremely good, but ordinary objects that are inconvenient to store can also be stored inside without issue. Of course, the "ordinary objects" here refer to at least those spirit-refined artifacts with a certain level of quality.

  Under the woman's guidance, Zuo Xiaoyao manipulated the emerald green bottle that had been enlarged to the size of a palm to fly to the top of this 'building', her mind slightly stirred. It was seen that not only the thick liquid in the pool was rapidly sucked into the bottle as if by a powerful force, but also the place where the small pool connected with the stalactite wall surged out more and more sticky liquid to supply the seemingly insatiable bottle.

  As the huge and stalactite wall in front gradually became dull, the speed of the milky white liquid flying into the bottle also slowed down. In the end, even every few breaths, only one drop would appear.

  "Are you done?"

  Just as she was about to ask if it was time to collect the bottles, a loud crash echoed from the front, and the majestic stalactite wall collapsed, turning into dust. Xue Yao was still reeling from the shock of what had just happened in front of her when she heard a series of strange noises coming from all around, not loud but clear in the vast silent space.

  After a brief daze, she subconsciously put away the Bi Li Xun Hai bottle first, and then Xiao Yao released her spiritual awareness to sweep around, but what appeared in her eyes was no longer the countless stalactites?

  In the vast space, the stalactite forest like a maze has been disappearing one after another. The stalactites on top are also doomed to fall. As soon as they fell, they turned into dust, including the few clusters of stalactites above her head. Sensing that something was falling, Xue Xiao immediately subconsciously dodged to the side, but the side wasn't much better either. Fortunately, she had already formed a layer of spiritual energy shield around herself, so she didn't have to worry about being hit by those dust and getting dirty!

  No need to worry about that maze array anymore!

  A moment later, Ling's consciousness swept across the seemingly empty space. Zuo Xiao Yao's mouth curled up into a gentle smile, unaware that she had just taken in the fundamental energy sustaining this space - the billion-year-old spiritual milk crystal, causing the rootless stalactites to turn to dust.

  Her spiritual sense swept over the other end of the water pool behind the wall of stalactites, and found that there was no more milky white seepage on the cave wall beside the pool. Zuo Xiaoyao smiled and shook her head, thinking that the "Sacred Lake" at the other end must have also appeared abnormal. Anyway, she had already left a sufficient amount of medicinal prescriptions as compensation for those people, and she owed them nothing.

  Because the woman's residual spirit entered the purple boundary empty space, she had her own opinion and took the coffin into the back of the bamboo building, a place she couldn't enter. Thinking about how to get the Bi Li bottle, as soon as she entered the purple boundary empty space, Zuo Xiao Yao heard the woman's voice again, "Let go, you don't need to deliver it personally, this deity's promise will be fulfilled. This time, with these things, this deity will close up for some more days. You take care of yourself and be cautious in everything!"

  Although she was a little disappointed, Zuo Xiao Yao also knew that the woman had suffered greatly when moving the coffin into the Purple Yuan Boundary last time. This time, if it wasn't for the fact that she had sensed the existence of the billion-year-old Ling Milk Crystal during her cultivation, she definitely wouldn't have spoken up. If she weren't still so weak now, she might have even used the Bi Li Tian Hai Bottle to take them herself, and wouldn't have gone through so much trouble. No matter what 'compensation' she wanted to give herself, at least she had to have the conditions to bring out the goods first, or it would be useless to rush!

  It now appears that the water in this pool is likely a mixture of stalactite milk and water, and the stalactite milk itself is far inferior to stalactite cream. Now it's been diluted again, so the 'holy' water on the other side of the lake has such limited effect, with a concentration not even comparable to that of this pool.

  And Zuo Xiaoyao didn't think that the water in this pool was related to the Ling Rui's milk because, no matter how little she understood the function of the Ling Rui's milk, from the woman's reaction, she could roughly imagine that the Ling Rui's milk was something that even she wasn't qualified to consume, let alone those body-refining cultivators who hadn't transcended the ordinary human realm.

  It's just that any cultivator who knows a bit about common sense can tell at a glance why the billion-year-old Lingyu Milk didn't get taken away by her deceased friend nine years ago. This question makes Zuo Xiaoyao quite curious, after all, even if they didn't have the Bi Lian Swallowing Sea Bottle, it wouldn't be too hard to use something else to take it away, unless the other party hadn't arrived here yet.

  But when Zuo Xiao Yao inherited the excellent quality of refusing to waste and refining a Bi Li Tong Hai bottle, she easily collected the water from the pool one by one after Yan Guo Bomo had left. In this space without stalactites, she didn't spend too much effort and walked out smoothly. When she saw that the exit was artificially dug into a cave, she still felt some doubt. Since the other party could walk out, why couldn't they find that place?

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