Cracks began to appear on the two celestial jades like scars. More and more cracks appeared and the two celestial jades were no longer white but grey.
On this day, after the last bit of celestial spiritual energy from the celestial jade before Wang Lin was extracted by Wang Lin, it completely collapsed into dust and formed a small mountain on the ground.
At the same time, the celestial jade behind him also collapsed and followed the same path.
Wang Lin's hair moved without any wind and the celestial spiritual energy coming from his body was several times stronger than before. A powerful pressure came from his body. The seven small flags couldn't withstand the pressure and were shattered by the shockwave.
Wang Lin slowly raised his head and stood up. His eyes lit up and then he calmed down.
"One-third of the way done …" Wang Lin's gaze fell on Du Tian, who was cultivating in the corner.
Du Tian opened his eyes and smiled. "Not bad. Let's go. The Old Man will take you to steal celestial jades. This is the tradition of my Soul Refining Sect. Although the Forsaken Immortal Clan is in chaos right now, that doesn't change the tradition of my Soul Refining Sect."
Du Tian let out a laugh. He waved his right hand and a black vortex appeared before him. He stepped into it.
Wang Lin revealed a faint smile as he followed Du Tian into the black vortex.
When they reappeared, the two of them were in the sky outside the Soul Refining Sect. Du Tian had his hands behind his back and a white cloud appeared under his feet as he flew forward.
Wang Lin casually followed behind him. His mind was immersed in his body as he felt the change in the celestial spiritual energy inside him.
At this moment, there wasn't much spiritual energy left in his body. More than half of it had been converted into celestial spiritual energy. As a result, the amount of celestial spiritual energy inside his body had increased. However, his flesh, bones, meridians, and other structures all needed celestial spiritual energy to form, so he needed a large amount of celestial jades to reach the Soul Transformation stage.
In the west of Pilu, there was a swamp that stretched as far as the eye could see. This was a deathly silent world, and there were no signs of human habitation within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
This was a paradise for all types of insects. The swamp's environment was such that there were many poisonous insects here that not even Cultivators would dare to provoke.
Here, one could often see swarms of insects whizzing past. They were the kings of this place.
There were also some other Demonic Beasts in the swamp, and all of them were filled with poison. However, they were still inferior to those poisonous insects. Therefore, most of the time, these Demonic Beasts lived in the swamp and would not easily come out of the water.
In the entire country of Pilu, aside from mortals, all cultivators knew that the swamp in the western part of the country was not a place of natural danger; it was where the Demonic Insect Sect was located.
The Demonic Insect Clan lived in this swamp.
The Insect Devil Sect was a rather peculiar sect. This sect didn't have a real mountain gate or hall. They were almost completely scattered in this huge swamp.
There were some areas in the swamp that weren't big, but they weren't deep and could be lived in.
The disciples of the Demonic Insect Clan lived in these areas. They were scattered all over the swamp.
The disciples of the Demonic Insect Clan often didn't have much camaraderie with each other, and most of them cultivated by themselves. Their sect's cultivation method was insect cultivation, and the large amount of poisonous insects in the swamp made it a lot easier for them to cultivate.
On this day, two figures appeared in the sky above the swamp. One was an old man, and the other was a young man. The old man was wearing black and had white hair. His entire body was just skin and bones. He had his hands behind his back and his eyes were cold. His body gave off an aura that scared away all the poisonous insects.
The person beside him was a young man. He was dressed in white, and his hair was casually tied behind his head. Although he wasn't handsome, he gave off an otherworldly feeling. This was especially so for his eyes, which were clearly black and white. Not only were there no impurities, but just a single glance at them would be enough to see through one's heart.
The two of them were Du Tian and Wang Lin.
Du Tian was clearly very familiar with this place, so he directly brought Wang Lin here. Looking at the swamp below him, Du Tian sighed.
"Ceng Niu, don't look down on these Demonic Insect Clan people. Let me tell you, the disciples of the Demonic Insect Clan were all rats in their previous lives. Did you know that when my teacher brought me here, the amount of celestial jades we obtained was three times the amount of celestial jades from a normal sect?"
After he finished speaking, his right hand reached out and the one-billion-soul soul flag appeared in his hand. With this 30-foot-long soul flag in his hand, Du Tian's aura changed. He looked at the swamp below him and waved the soul flag. The soul fragments flew out in all directions. At this moment, the sky changed colors and the stars moved.
Everywhere in the sky and on the ground were surrounded by souls. Waves of ghostly wails and wolf howls rang out. The howls turned into sound waves that were not weaker than the attacks of magic treasures. They spread out in all directions with loud rumbling sounds.
The more than ten violet-gold souls roared as soon as they appeared. Their faces lit up with excitement, and without waiting for any orders, they charged out. The venomous insects scattered as if they had encountered their natural enemy.
Du Tian's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Rats of the Demonic Insect Clan, your grandpa Du Tian is here. Quickly hand over the celestial jades!"
When Wang Lin heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. This Du Tian's words were quite interesting. Could it be that there were some rules for stealing other people's celestial jades?
Wang Lin didn't know that the Soul Refining Sect was used to being domineering. Back then, when Du Tian was brought here by his teacher, he said the same thing. Apparently, his teacher's teacher said the same thing.
In short, there were indeed rules for this matter.
Several angry roars came from the swamp. Two silhouettes turned into bolts of lightning, whistling through the air. Those souls that tried to stop them, before they could even get close, were forced back by the two's auras.
However, the two of them knew what they were doing, so they didn't injure the soul fragments and only pushed them back. "Old ghost Du Tian, the celestial jades are gone!"
One of them was an old man wearing a purple robe with two blood-red centipedes around his ears.
The other person was an old woman. Although there were many wrinkles on her face, her eyes were very bright. She let out a dry cough and interrupted the purple-robed old man. She looked at Du Tian and said, "Old ghost Du Tian, I can't give you the celestial jades this time. When the Forsaken Immortal Clan attacked, I was seriously injured and had to use celestial jades to heal myself. Even now, I'm only able to recover a majority of my injuries. For the sake of the future, I can't give them to you.
Du Tian's eyes narrowed as he looked at the old woman. He pointed at his brow and the death intent that he had been suppressing surged out. He said with a hoarse voice, "Yan Hong, I have less than two years of lifespan left."
The old woman was startled and her expression changed slightly.
The purple-robed old man's expression was also a bit ugly as he muttered, "Your Soul Refining Sect is a bunch of madmen. Using your lifespan to reach its end, you're not afraid of death at all and used the one-billion-soul soul flag to steal celestial jades … Du Tian laughed and said," Without an anchor, I, the Old Man, have less than two years of lifespan left, so of course I'm not afraid of death. Today, give me the celestial jades and I'll leave. If you don't give me the celestial jades, I won't fight you, but I'll kill all the poisonous insects in this swamp. "
The purple-robed old man was so angry that he began to laugh. Just as he was about to speak, the old woman let out a dry cough and said, "Old ghost, what's the point? If you make a move, not to mention whether or not the Soul Refining Sect will be retaliated against by the two of us, I can tell you with certainty that the junior next to you will die."
Wang Lin faintly smiled as he pointed at the air and the celestial sword flew out. Wang Lin used a sliver of celestial spiritual energy in this attack. Although he hadn't reached the Soul Transformation stage, he could still use a sliver of celestial spiritual energy.
A celestial sword naturally required celestial spiritual energy to be used. After celestial spiritual energy was infused into the sword, it gave off a dazzling, golden light. A celestial pressure spread out from the sword. The sword energy was as fast as lightning, and it descended with the momentum of splitting the heavens and earth.
The old woman's expression changed greatly. She quickly grabbed her bag of holding and a turtle shell appeared in her hand. She threw it to block the sword energy.
Bang!
There was a loud bang as the turtle shell shattered and turned to dust. At the same time, the sword energy was blocked and disappeared.
The old woman's expression was extremely ugly. Even the purple-robed old man's expression changed as he stared at Wang Lin.
"First, will I really die today?"
Wang Lin's tone was calm as he slowly said.
"Who are you!?"
The old woman asked in a serious tone. She wasn't surprised that the sword attack just now contained celestial spiritual energy. In fact, when she first appeared, she already noticed that Wang Lin's cultivation was between the Soul Formation and Soul Transformation stages.
She didn't care about cultivators at this level, but at this moment, she didn't expect the person before her to have a celestial treasure!
Treasures that were powered by spiritual energy, no matter what quality, were called spirit treasures.
Similarly, treasures that were powered by celestial spiritual energy were called celestial treasures.
Celestial treasures were treasures that could completely withstand celestial spiritual energy and perfectly unleash the power of celestial spiritual energy. These kinds of treasures weren't common in the cultivation world. Normally, a Soul Transformation cultivator's goal, aside from reaching the Ascendant stage, was to obtain a celestial treasure.
There was a huge difference between a Soul Transformation cultivator with a celestial treasure and one without one. With a celestial treasure, they would have a weapon that could perfectly unleash celestial spiritual energy. Otherwise, they would only be able to use celestial spiritual energy on spells and techniques, which would still be weaker.
In addition, there were some treasures that were between the spirit and celestial realms. They could be controlled with celestial spiritual energy. Although they couldn't perfectly unleash their power, they could still be several times more powerful than using spiritual energy. These kinds of treasures were called pseudo celestial treasures.
The one-billion-soul soul flag and restriction flag were such treasures.