Chapter 1438: The Secrets of the True Earth Domain (Part Three)

Similarly, after the Soul Cultivators performed their arts on the captured people, they also learned about their entry into this place.

These people had been drawn in from a place of water and grass in the outer perimeter of the “Heavenly Demon Prairie.”

At this point, they were even more certain that this secret realm of theirs was definitely still on the “Heavenly Demon Prairie.”

After some thought, the Sect Master ordered the cultivation of all the male cultivators to be sealed, and they were sent to do some labor.

This secret realm had been formed for an unknown number of years. Since there were the five-element rules of heaven and earth, and spiritual energy, there were also some spirit stone veins born here.

It was just that the grade had not yet been found to be of the supreme grade, and could only be considered not bad.

In the past, these things had all needed to be mined by their own people. Now that there were outsider cultivators, it was a pity to kill them, so it was better to let them do this kind of thing.

As for these cultivators, the Soul Suppression Palace had no good feelings at all. They had been forced by these people in the outside world, and were like mice living in the dark, hiding here and there all day long.

Even when they went out to buy necessary cultivation materials, they were terrified, for fear of attracting trouble.

The last time their sect was exposed was because someone had gone to the market to buy pills. Later, they were coveted and followed. Helplessly, they had to fight in the wild and killed that person.

But the abnormality of that disciple’s attack was also discovered by other passing cultivators, which had subsequently brought about a devastating disaster.

So, the disciples of the Soul Suppression Palace could be said to be extremely disgusted with these outsider cultivators, calling them “Evil Spirit Cultivators.”

If they were even slightly dissatisfied with their use, they would either be beaten or scolded. Here, they finally had a feeling of being their own masters.

And the fate of those outsider female cultivators was even more tragic. They were used as cauldrons.

One was for giving birth and reproducing, and the other was for absorbing yin to supplement yang for cultivation. This also included those beautiful female demon cultivators who had already taken human form. Anyway, for cultivators, there was very little distinction between races in this kind of thing.

However, once some outsider female cultivators were favored, under the restraint of the soul seal, they could also switch to cultivating soul cultivation methods.

Among these people who had been drawn into the “True Earth Domain,” there would occasionally be some soul cultivators. They had also been drawn in here by accident.

After these soul cultivators entered here, in the beginning, they only had one path to choose, which was to join the Soul Suppression Palace, and their cultivation methods had to be shared.

Otherwise, what awaited them was certain death. It was not until much later that things changed.

As the years passed, and after more cultivators had entered one after another, the Soul Suppression Palace gradually discovered some patterns. Of all the cultivators who could enter here, none had a cultivation higher than the Spirit Transformation realm.

This made them feel that this secret realm should have a heavenly dao suppression effect. This made them all begin to rejoice, and they truly regarded this place as their own paradise.

Up to this point, even the Sect Master of the Soul Suppression Palace had not realized what kind of result this suppression would bring them.

Because the cultivation of all of them was constantly improving.

Especially the cultivation of that Sect Master. Without any worries, the terrifying cultivation speed of a soul cultivator was revealed.

He advanced triumphantly all the way, and in just a few hundred years, he had reached the Mid-stage of the Void Refining Realm, and there were even signs of continuing to break through.

And at this time, after this Sect Master had a stronger cultivation, he wanted to try to break through the restrictions of this place again and see if he could get out…

At the same time, the power of the Soul Suppression Palace was also constantly expanding here, constantly exploring those unknown dangerous areas, which had allowed them to discover many more secrets.

Among them was a dangerous and perilous place. The surrounding area itself was covered with layers of deadly miasma. That miasma, even the Sect Master, who was a Void Refining cultivator, would perish in it if he was not careful.

For this reason, in order to explore this area, the Soul Suppression Palace had lost many cultivators.

In the end, it was this Sect Master who had spent another sixty-year cycle before he finally entered the miasma.

In that perilous place, he discovered that within the miasma, there was actually a range of continuous, towering giant peaks, with a radius of tens of thousands of li.

And there were many rare medicinal herbs growing there, some of which were more than ten thousand years old. At the same time, it also included many medicinal herbs whose names they did not even know.

The spiritual energy here was actually one or two times richer than at their sect’s location. From then on, they had established their real sect in this perilous place.

The cultivators of the Soul Suppression Palace had also discovered a kind of thing that flashed with a pale white light in this dangerous place. These things exuded spiritual energy and were also some kind of spirit plant.

Their appearance was like a small section of a semi-transparent crystal. At first, no one knew the function of these spirit plants.

After the cultivators of the Soul Suppression Palace had carefully studied them, they had unexpectedly discovered that in these crystal-like things, there was some power that could affect the soul.

This had given them an unexpected surprise. So, many of the cultivators in the sect who were skilled in alchemy began to constantly try to refine and study them.

Through continuous research, after many years, they had actually, with this thing as the main material, refined a kind of pill called “Soul Crystal.”

This kind of pill had a very obvious effect on the cultivation of cultivators below the Spirit Transformation.

If they could find three auxiliary materials, and then use this spirit plant with a year of five hundred years or more to refine it, they could even refine a “Soul Crystal” that was effective for Spirit Transformation cultivators.

It was just that this kind of pill recipe that was useful for the Spirit Transformation realm, although it had been researched, very few people used it later. The reason was that the three auxiliary materials were as precious as a “Soul Crystal” of more than five hundred years.

So they named this spirit plant “Soul Crystal Sprout”!

At first, these “Soul Crystal Sprouts” were all wild. As the cultivators of the Soul Suppression Palace continued to pick and refine them, these precious spirit plants quickly became scarce.

This made the Soul Suppression Palace immediately realize the problem, and they strictly forbade random picking.

Instead, they began to cultivate the remaining “Soul Crystal Sprouts.” But at first, no matter how they cultivated them, they could not succeed in the end.

After one failure after another without any exception, this made many people feel desperate. They felt that this kind of thing might just be the blessing of some special heavenly dao rule, and now they were using it up bit by bit.

But this method was not without a solution. That is, if they were still planted in the place where the “Soul Crystal Sprouts” grew, under the condition that the power of the rules of heaven and earth there did not change, they would grow again.

It was just that in the places where they had found “Soul Crystal Sprouts” growing, there were only a few near the sect.

Compared to the ever-growing number of cultivators, it was still too little. Even if they were planted, it was simply not enough to cover the expenses.

This also made the elders in the sect very anxious. Now, many disciples were cultivating at a rapid pace, and it was with the help of the “Soul Crystal” pill that the situation of increasing prosperity had appeared.

Moreover, with the in-depth use of the “Soul Crystal Sprout,” the function of this thing was not as simple as just refining medicine. Its more important value was that it could be used to refine storage space magical treasures.

So, on the one hand, they went to other unknown areas to find more “Soul Crystal Sprouts,” and on the other hand, they more strictly controlled the use of this thing…

Until one day, an elder, in his constant attempts, accidentally discovered a strange kind of soil in other places outside the sect.

He had just brought some back. After returning to the sect, he had planted a “Soul Crystal Sprout” in it.

A few days later, a scene that surprised him came out. That “Soul Crystal Sprout” no longer withered and died within a few days after being transplanted as before, but was still full of vitality.

And this kind of land, there should be a lot of it outside, it was just that they didn’t understand it.

So he guessed that the reason why the “Soul Crystal Sprout” had not appeared in other places might be because the original “Soul Crystal Sprout” had only grown in this perilous place.

Its seeds simply could not get out of this region, so it was restricted to a certain range.

In the end, they named the land containing this kind of soil “Crystal Smoke Land.”

In their continuous research on the Crystal Smoke Land in the future, they discovered more secrets. For example, in the deeper parts of this land, the mist it contained would be more.

Of course, there would be a limit to this. When it went too deep into the ground, the mist would continuously weaken and even disappear.

So they used this point. Often, after discovering a “Crystal Smoke Land,” they would seal it up with a formation restriction.

Then they would use a spell to dig a distance into the ground, and then plant the “Soul Crystal Sprout” inside. This would make the “Soul Crystal Sprout” grow faster, and the soul power it contained would be more.

Time passed quickly like this, year after year, generation after generation…

As the number of cultivators in the “True Earth Domain” continued to increase, the offspring they gave birth to were not all with spirit roots, so mortals appeared here.

These mortals, because they were the descendants of soul cultivators, were not enslaved, but formed towns and villages and had their own lifetimes.

Some soul cultivators also took great care of their mortal descendants, and even refined some pills that could extend their lifespan, and even spirit artifacts and magical treasures.

For daily use, they only needed to use Spirit Stones or the special talismans they had refined to activate them.

In this way, when they encountered ferocious wild beasts, and even some low-level demonic beasts, they could also play a role in saving their lives and continuing their bloodline.

Of course, there was another purpose in doing this, which was that among these mortal descendants, there would be people with spirit roots who could once again embark on the great path of cultivation.

So the mortals here were not unfamiliar with the use of immortal items.

Seeing that mortals could do some things that low-level cultivators could do, the Soul Suppression Palace later had other ideas. They refined some magical treasures that could detect “Crystal Smoke Lands” and let these mortals search for this kind of land everywhere.

In this way, it could save the cultivators a lot of time, and then they would also give these mortals who had found “Crystal Smoke Lands” a certain reward. Both sides got what they wanted.

As things developed later, the Soul Suppression Palace even went so far as to sell the seedlings of “Soul Crystal Sprouts” to mortals at a low price, letting them find “Crystal Smoke Lands” on their own and plant them themselves. After they were ripe, they could sell them back to them directly.

So, this gradually became an important source of income for mortals, and they also gradually summarized a set of methods for planting “Soul Crystal Sprouts.”

For example, they could not easily use formation restrictions to protect the “Soul Crystal Sprouts,” so they would build houses to cover them, to avoid the ravages of wild beasts, and to protect them, and so on.

In this way, the Soul Suppression Palace completely ruled this space of the “True Earth Domain,” constantly developing and growing.

Not only did mortals spread their branches and leaves everywhere, but even some disciples in the sect, after not being given important positions in the sect, or some people with ambitions, also began to go out and establish small sects, or simply formed cultivation families, and so on.

At the same time, the Soul Suppression Palace explored more dangerous places. In the end, they slowly made new discoveries, because they had found some jade slips, and even some magical treasure fragments.

Although they did not see the remains of other cultivators or demonic beasts, after they got these jade slips, they did not hesitate to consume them and used their divine sense to probe them, and also got some clues.