Chapter 96

Lin Haoming knew that if it were a common poison, a cultivator could resist it on their own. Since he practiced the *Divine Bone Technique*, a body-strengthening cultivation method, his ability to resist toxins was even stronger than that of ordinary people. However, given his weak cultivation, he had also heard of many powerful poisons that could easily kill even a Golden Core Ancestor.

Faced with this situation, Lin Haoming immediately took a detoxification pill. However, after taking it, he found that while the pill did have some effect, it was far from enough to completely detoxify him.

This situation made Lin Haoming immediately take the man's storage bag and quickly search through its contents.

When he got the storage bag, Lin Haoming was somewhat surprised. The man's storage bag was not only ten feet square but also a spatial storage bag that could overlap an additional layer of space. The value of this storage bag was so great that many Foundation Establishment cultivators could not afford it.

And in this large storage bag, there were a lot of items, and they were of all kinds, many of which Lin Haoming did not recognize.

Fortunately, the items in the storage bag were quite well organized, with pills and spirit stones placed in their respective sections.

Since he did not know what kind of toxins they were, Lin Haoming did not dare to take the pills randomly.

After putting down the pills, Lin Haoming immediately looked for some jade slips, hoping to find information about the poisons.

However, the man's storage bag contained a large number of jade slips, and a Qi Condensation cultivator actually had dozens of them. After searching through more than half of them, Lin Haoming finally found a jade slip recording a scripture called the *Myriad Herb Record*.

Lin Haoming could basically guess that the poisons used by this man were definitely from this record. However, the *Myriad Herb Record* was a massive text of several million words, with thousands of illustrations. Trying to find the corresponding poison in a short time was simply a joke.

Faced with this situation, Lin Haoming was extremely anxious. He could already faintly feel that the toxins were gradually mixing together and rapidly destroying his bodily functions.

At this moment, Lin Haoming felt his body alternately cold and hot, some parts itched, and others were extremely painful. If he had not practiced the *Divine Bone Technique*, his condition would probably be even worse.

"I can't continue like this, or I'll die!" Lin Haoming thought to himself.

Picking up the storage bag of the man with the mustache, Lin Haoming wanted to put it into the spatial pearl and then leave. However, when he tried to put it in, he found that perhaps because the storage bag could also overlap space, the spatial pearl could not accommodate it.

The storage bag had an ancient and simple style, clearly very old, and if he carried it, it would be easily recognized.

Thinking about this, Lin Haoming immediately spent nine small merits to unseal the second layer of the spatial pearl.

However, after unsealing the second layer, the spatial pearl only became larger in size but still could only accommodate one layer of overlapping space.

This situation made Lin Haoming use another twenty-seven small merits to unseal the third layer of the spatial pearl.

After unsealing the third layer, the spatial pearl did not change in size, but it could now accommodate two layers of overlapping space. Lin Haoming immediately put the storage bag inside, and this time it was successful.

However, just as Lin Haoming unsealed the third layer of the spatial pearl, the merit pearl also gave him a feedback. He could now use one large merit to directly unseal the fourth merit pearl.

Unsealing the second layer of the spatial pearl consumed thirty-six small merits, leaving him with fourteen small merits and one large merit.

"Should I unseal a new merit pearl?" This thought crossed Lin Haoming's mind.

But does it make sense to unseal it now? Could it be that it would just happen to be a pearl that can detoxify?

As Lin Haoming was thinking this, he suddenly felt a faint reaction from the merit pearl. This reaction seemed to be a hint, which gave the anxious Lin Haoming an indescribable shock.

Although he did not understand what this feeling was, Lin Haoming still agreed to immediately unseal the fourth merit pearl.

When the fourth merit pearl was unsealed, Lin Haoming had an indescribable feeling.

A detoxification pearl!

The fourth merit pearl was indeed a detoxification pearl!

Lin Haoming really did not know how to express his feelings at this moment—excitement, joy, or the gratitude of receiving help in a time of need.

Lin Haoming immediately took out the detoxification pearl and placed it on the wound. As the pearl glowed, some black substances were drawn out from his body and absorbed into the pearl, which itself turned black as it absorbed the toxins. However, over time, it gradually returned to a soft white color.

The detoxification pearl was indeed effective, but the detoxification speed was too slow. Lin Haoming checked and found that unsealing the second layer of the detoxification pearl required twenty-seven small merits, and he only had fourteen left, which was clearly not enough.

Looking at the dead man with the mustache, Lin Haoming had a thought and immediately used the *Soul Calming Spell*.

With the power of the *Soul Calming Spell*, the man's soul was indeed released. However, to Lin Haoming's surprise, the souls of Lin Feiyang and Shao Youhe did not appear!

Lin Haoming was puzzled. Could it be that their souls left because their bodies turned to ashes? Or was it because the power of the Heaven-Burning Mirror was too great, destroying their souls as well?

Seeing only the soul of the man with the mustache rise, Lin Haoming felt helpless. What made him even more helpless was that when the soul of the man with the mustache entered the cycle of rebirth, no merit appeared.

Could it be that he would not gain merit from killing people? If so, how did the little monk Fayuan earn merit by killing people back then?

Lin Haoming was momentarily confused and even stared at the corpse of the man with the mustache for a while.

Unable to understand why, Lin Haoming finally burned the corpse of the man with the mustache. He then found a place to carefully and slowly remove the toxins from his body. After all, this place was too dangerous, and if someone came, a Qi Condensation cultivator of the sixth or seventh level could become a major threat.

Perhaps because he survived a great calamity, Lin Haoming did not encounter any accidents in the following days, and the toxins were completely cleared in a few days.

When the last bit of toxin was absorbed, Lin Haoming finally felt completely relieved and began to recover his depleted mana.

A few more days passed, and Lin Haoming's mana was almost fully recovered. However, due to the intense struggle, his essence and blood were greatly depleted, so his qi and blood were still somewhat weak.

In this remote area, Lin Haoming felt it was best to fully recover, so he did not immediately leave and return to the sect but decided to continue resting for a few more days.

Lin Haoming also took out the storage bag of the man with the mustache and removed a jade slip from it.

This jade slip was black and had some ancient patterns on it, giving it a sense of great age.

When searching for a detoxification method, Lin Haoming had noticed this jade slip. The jade slip recorded a cultivation technique, one that seemed very extraordinary.