The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 397

Chapter 397: Chapter 393: Inventory Chapter 397: Chapter 393: Inventory On the other side, there appeared to be no movement from Xie Yuxin, seemingly still in the midst of cultivation.

Shen Luo did not disturb her. He took out the Blue Mother-Child Sword, Jade Green Ruyi, as well as a few items from the bald man and placed them all in front of him, preparing to deal with them properly.

His attention was not on the Mother-Child Sword or the Jade Green Ruyi, but rather he first decided to examine the other items.

On one side of the blue token was an image of a flowing water pattern, while the other side had the characters “Bishui Sect” inscribed. It seemed to be a token of identity for the Bishui Sect.

After a glance, he tossed it aside without paying further attention to it. Then, he picked up the blue jade plate and carefully examined it.

The jade plate was inscribed with numerous sesame-seed-sized characters, densely packed, making it impossible to discern what was written.

Shen Luo, reminiscing about his previous experience with the Pure Yang Sword Technique, attempted to infuse his mana into the jade plate.

Immediately, a layer of blue light emanated from the jade plate. The minute characters trembled as if about to enlarge, but then halted.

“It seems there's a prohibition imposed on this jade plate. If I want to access its contents, I'll need to explore it further,” he muttered to himself, then kept the jade plate, intending to explore it when he had time.

Shen Luo then picked up the green small bag and found that the opening of the bag was laced and tied with a red string.

Instead of opening it directly, he held the bag to his ear and listened carefully.

“Plop, plop…” a strange sound faintly emanated from within.

Opening his eyes, Shen Luo hesitated briefly before carefully undoing the red string and opening the small bag.

With a “whoosh” sound, a purple shadow shot out towards Shen Luo's arm at an astounding pace, bringing with it a swift wind.

However, prepared for this, Shen Luo cast a spell and a blue light shielded him from the incoming purple shadow.

With a “thud”, the purple shadow was sent flying back, revealing a palm-sized, purple variant lizard.

The lizard was covered in blood-red spots, with a blood-red lump growing from its head. Its distinguishing feature was its unusually large nostrils, three times the size of normal ones, full of dark red flesh, looking somewhat terrifying.

A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Luo's eyes as he made a grabbing gesture in mid-air.

A stream of water formed into a liquid hand, that grabbed the struggling lizard.

Although the purple lizard had an unusual appearance, it was relatively weak and unable to break free.

“Although this fellow doesn't possess demon qi, it's definitely not an ordinary lizard either. It contains some other kind of energy within its body.” Looking at the lizard, Shen Luo was unable to identify its origin and dismissed its existence with a wave, throwing it back into the bag.

The restless, slightly irritated sounds of the lizard came faintly from within the bag, indicating its discontent.

He didn't pay it any mind either, retying the bag before finally picking up the last item, a dark green book. The book's cover was decorated with eerie poisonous insects such as spiders and scorpions, giving off an unsettling feeling. The book's cover felt cool and slippery, similar to a snake's skin.

With his brows furrowed, Shen Luo opened the book.

“Medicine Immortal Collection…” he muttered to himself.

The first page of this book cover contained these three big characters, which appear to be the title of the book.

“Could this be a book documenting medicinal herbs?” Shen Luo wondered inwardly. He continued to flip through, quickly scanning the entire book.

To his surprise, the contents of the book were completely different from his speculations. It was not a spiritual material compendium, but the legacy scriptures of a sect called the Medicine Immortal Sect.

According to the book, the Medicine Immortal Sect was a sect that practiced Gu techniques. The book documents everything related to Gu techniques, various poisonous insects and herbs for refining Gu, and methods of refining Gu.

However, the book seemed incomplete. Most of the records were information about poisonous insects and herbs, with only one method of refining Gu, Shadow Gu.

“So this lizard is a Gu insect; no wonder its aura is so strange.” Shen Luo picked up the green bag, murmuring to himself.

The Shadow Gu is an insect used for tracking. This purple lizard is called a Purple-backed Lizard, a poisonous insect native to the southern rainforest. This lizard naturally has a keen sense of smell, surpassing cats, dogs, and rats. After being trained through Gu techniques, the Purple-backed Lizard's sense of smell improved more than tenfold.

By relying on this astonishing sense of smell, Shadow Gu can detect the scent from ten miles away, and following footprints is as easy as eating and drinking–deodorizing methods won't work on it.

Although the Shadow Gu has an astonishing sense of smell, it is not without weaknesses. Like other creatures with a keen sense of smell, Shadow Gu's weakness is water–once the tracking target submerges in water, the Shadow Gu would be helpless.

“After I left Wanqiu City, I had traveled underwater for a long distance. No wonder those people could not directly track my scent but followed Xie Yuxin to get here. It seems that in the future, when faced with such situations, I should use more water escape techniques.” Shen Luo muttered to himself inwardly, then looked at the cloth bag in his hand, a glimmer of delight flashing in his eyes.

This Shadow Gu was extremely useful. If tamed, it could greatly help in the future, whether it was finding people or tracking.

However, this insect was fierce. The bald man only had a Medicine Immortal Collection and wasn't adept at Gu techniques. Begrudgingly, he had been able to control it by feeding it his own blood for many years, but it would be difficult for anyone else to utilize this Gu.

As for refining another Shadow Gu, it would require catching thirty-six Purple-backed Lizards, feeding them special herbs, and cultivating them using special secret methods that entailed them devouring one another–it would take three years to refine one.

Shen Luo's lifespan was running out. Even the time to find lifespan-extending items was tight, let alone time to refine Gu.

He was worried, but suddenly something came to his mind.

“My Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits can suppress the ferocity of other demons and tame them by force. I'm wondering if it would work for this Gu insect.” Shen Luo said to himself, his eyes flickered.

He promptly took the small bag, unsealed a small opening, and activated the Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits.

Countless black runes appeared from the palm of his hand and pressed towards the Shadow Gu inside.

He has already used the Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits on three monsters, and can't use it to tame more. But it still works to suppress other monsters.

The Shadow Gu inside the bag made terrified cries. It seemed extremely frightened by the black runes of the Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits, and desperately tried to burrow deeper inside the small bag. However, the space inside the bag was limited, so it quickly got cornered, screaming in vain.

“It is indeed effective!” Shen Luo was secretly delighted, and he continued to wield the Art of Spirit Communication, pressuring the Gu insect.

Half a moment later, the cries of Shadow Gu were no longer fierce, they became weak and submissive.

But Shen Luo knew that this insect was extremely wild and didn't stop. He used the Technique of Taming Beasts and Summoning Spirits and tormented the Shadow Gu a little more before gradually stopping.

Seeing the Shadow Gu lying weakly in the bag, he quickly pricked his finger and flicked it.

A drop of fresh blood shot out and landed into the bag.