519 White Robe Repays a Favor (1/2)

They were clearly terrified of Wang Baole. That was why they had only appeared now. Four of them were crying fearfully. Then, upon remembering that the awful, nasty man before them disliked the sound of weeping, they immediately slapped their mouths shut with their hands.

Only one of them, despite being equally frightened, gathered his courage and drifted forward. He stood before Wang Baole, then fell to his knees and kowtowed to Wang Baole. Then, he pulled out a pill bottle that exuded an air of decomposition, but was still relatively well-preserved, and placed it before Wang Baole. He kowtowed again. An indistinct voice drifted out from within his spirit form.

”Please… return our mother… to us…”

Wang Baole was shocked. He stared at the young spirit, then looked at the children behind it, trembling and afraid to cry out. He grabbed the pill bottle and glanced at it. He opened it, took a look inside, and was momentarily stunned.

A Universe Pill? Wang Baole hadn't seen many valuable treasures since he had arrived at the Vast Expanse Dao Palace. However, he had done some research, especially on pills and materials, which was his focus of study.

This Universe Pill, for example. He had never seen one, but he knew that this pill had a special property. It gave off a kind of black light. However, in the night, it sparkled like a bright bead.

The Universe Pill was one of the supplementary pills that aided a cultivator in advancing from the perfected Core Formation realm into the Nascent Soul realm. It would cost fifty thousand battle credits to get one from the sect.

Wang Baole had his guesses, but he couldn't be fully confident that this was indeed a Universe Pill. Regardless, it looked quite extraordinary. He was overjoyed. After some thought, he grabbed the white-robed female spirit and threw her aside.

He didn't know how the Never-Ending Clan managed to control the spirits. With a series of hand seals, he summoned eight Dark Fires that circled the spirits and burned the remnants of whatever spell was controlling them, before recalling the Dark Fires.

During the entire process, the spirits were so terrified they dared not move an inch. Wang Baole's Dark Fire could be said to be one of the most terrifying things in the world to them. It was only slightly less terrifying than Wang Baole himself.

”Fine, fine. Just go. Don't go around scaring people anymore, alright?” Wang Baole waved his hand and ignored the spirits. He started studying the Universe Pill in detail.

The female spirit dared not linger after being released. She hastily gathered her children and fled…

After a while, Wang Baole kept the Universe Pill. He decided to inspect it further when he returned. He would verify the actual name of the pill and if it were truly a Universe Pill. If it were authentic, he would have gotten himself a good deal out of this. If it were fake… a cold light flashed in Wang Baole's eyes. He would return and find these spirits, then ask them why they had deceived him.

He turned and stared at the enormous golden beetle. After some thought, he decided to take it, as well as the corpses inside, with him as well.

It doesn't matter if I can sell them for some credits. Let's just take them first and decide what to do with them later. There might be a chance that I can sell them off later… I have no choice. I'm poor. Wang Baole lamented. He could only say that he was only mildly satisfied with his gains for this trip.

It would be great if the pill were authentic. If it weren't, he would've made this trip at a loss. The round-trip journey cost a thousand battle credits. It also cost him so much time.

Fine. We'll just treat this as a trip to familiarize myself with the environment. Wang Baole shook his head. He turned and planned to leave. He flew into the air, determined the direction home, and headed for the protective barrier. Suddenly, the white-robed female spirit that had left earlier appeared in mid-air before him again.

Wang Baole glared at the female spirit who dared to appear before him. He was about to shout at her when the spirit shuddered and greeted Wang Baole hastily. She seemed afraid that Wang Baole might misunderstand her intentions. She tried desperately to extend her consciousness towards him.

”You want to thank me for releasing you from the spell?” Wang Baole finally understood what she was trying to say after a long time. He was deeply suspicious and formed a series of hand seals. The Dark Core inside his body activated, and a Dark Fire flew towards the female spirit and entered her forehead. It returned to Wang Baole immediately and landed on his palm. He studied it carefully and concluded that the female spirit genuinely wished to repay his favor.