After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 45 Soul-Locking and Bone-Corroding Powder

After collecting the Arisaema Herb, Ye Xiaobai went with the female cultivator surnamed Lu from the Vermilion Bird Sect to search for the Drunken Fish Herb. During their conversation, Ye Xiaobai learned that the female cultivator's name was Lu Piaopiao and also gained some understanding of the Vermilion Bird Sect.

Most of the cultivators in the Vermilion Bird Sect are female, but they do not advocate dual cultivation techniques. Instead, they teach the Vermilion Bird disciples a unique method for controlling demonic beasts. With the help of demonic beasts, the cultivation world becomes a great asset.

Two hours later, Lu Piaopiao reminded Ye Xiaobai that they would arrive soon and asked him to set up the formation first.

Ye Xiaobai immediately found a suitable space and quickly set up the Five Elements Spirit Locking Array.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, the formation is complete!"

"Fellow Daoist Ye, wait a moment while I lure that Earth-Shaking Bear here!" Lu Piaopiao said before walking away.

After finding a secluded spot, Ye Xiaobai began preparing to welcome the Earthshaking Bear.

A moment later, the roar of a monster could be heard, followed by Lu Piaopiao running past Ye Xiaobai at top speed.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, quickly activate the formation!" Lu Piaopiao shouted as she ran.

Without needing any prompting, Ye Xiaobai activated the formation as soon as he saw the Earthshaking Bear enter its range, and was subsequently trapped by it.

After being trapped, the Earthshaking Bear became even angrier and desperately rammed into the formation, causing the defensive light barrier of the formation to shake violently.

Ye Xiaobai felt that the formation probably wouldn't last long, and not wanting it to break down like this, he quickly shouted for Lu Piaopiao to attack the earth-shaking bear.

Under Ye Xiaobai and Lu Piaopiao's relentless attacks, they managed to kill the Earthshaking Bear in a short time.

After dispelling the formation, Ye Xiaobai and Lu Piaopiao first divided the corpse of the Earth-Shaking Bear.

"Finally, we've dealt with this Earthshaking Bear. Fellow Daoist Lu, where is the Drunken Fish Grass?" Ye Xiaobai asked Lu Piaopiao.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, come with me, it's over here!" Lu Piaopiao said, leading Ye Xiaobai to the location of the Drunken Fish Grass.

Soon they arrived at a pond, where forty or fifty Drunken Fish Grass plants grew neatly. Having obtained another material for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, Ye Xiaobai was overjoyed and immediately ran over to collect them, since they had agreed to split them equally.

Lu Piaopiao wasn't in a hurry. Instead, she took out a blue pill from her storage bag and secretly tossed it next to Ye Xiaobai.

Ye Xiaobai's sense of smell is far beyond that of ordinary people. As soon as Lu Piaopiao took out the pill, Ye Xiaobai smelled it—the Soul-Locking Bone-Corroding Powder, which can make a Qi Refining stage cultivator weak all over, unable to cast any spells, and only able to be slaughtered by others. Only high-grade or top-grade antidote pills can remove the poison effect.

The old saying is absolutely true: the prettier a woman is, the more likely she is to lie. This Lu Piaopiao is trying to harm people! Ye Xiaobai no longer dares to believe the words of beautiful women!

"Fellow Daoist Ye, what is that blue thing under your feet?" Lu Piaopiao asked curiously, pretending not to know anything.

"What is this?" Ye Xiaobai picked up the blue pill and examined it carefully. He then pretended to be poisoned and collapsed.

"You? Fellow Daoist Lu, we agreed to split the Drunken Fish Grass equally, but you actually used poison!" Ye Xiaobai said, pretending to be completely weak.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Ye, the world of cultivation is full of treacherous people. Today, I'll give you some experience points!" Lu Piaopiao said with a smile.

In Ye Xiaobai's opinion, if that smile was like a flower, it was a poisonous flower!

"You viperous woman!" Ye Xiaobai cursed.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, out of consideration for our shared destiny, I only want the treasures in your storage bag. Do you really want me to take your life?" Lu Piaopiao said softly.

"You!" Ye Xiaobai said nothing more.

Lu Piaopiao slowly walked to Ye Xiaobai's side, bent down, and began to search for the storage bag on Ye Xiaobai's body.

At that moment, taking advantage of Lu Piaopiao's inattention, Ye Xiaobai immediately activated the binding spell, using his spiritual power to bind Lu Piaopiao.

Just as Lu Piaopiao reached for the storage bag, she realized she was bound, and then she realized she had been tricked; Ye Xiaobai was not poisoned.

"You weren't poisoned!" Lu Piaopiao asked incredulously, her eyes wide.

"It's all thanks to this top-grade antidote pill again!" Ye Xiaobai said with a smile, holding the top-grade antidote pill.

"I didn't expect you to have a high-grade antidote pill. I guess I'm just unlucky!" Lu Piaopiao said helplessly.

"Now the tide has turned, and the treasures in your storage bag are mine!" Ye Xiaobai said with a smile, and then began to search for Lu Piaopiao's storage bag.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, where are you touching!" Lu Piaopiao felt that Ye Xiaobai was taking advantage of her and angrily rebuked him.

Ye Xiaobai was also seeking revenge for Lu Piaopiao's poisoning. He casually touched it; it was very soft and fragrant. It would be foolish not to take advantage of such a good deal.

That's about it. Ye Xiaobai took Lu Piaopiao's storage bag, but still left her the spirit beast bag, since that demon beast was said to be her natal demon beast.

Ye Xiaobai didn't see much room for growth after taking it, so he had to give it up. However, he did gain the Vermilion Bird Sect's technique for controlling demonic beasts, and then he collected all the Drunken Fish Grass. This made Ye Xiaobai have another very fruitful day.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, the world of cultivation is treacherous; you must be very careful in the future!" Ye Xiaobai smiled as he left Lu Piaopiao and headed away into the distance.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, please release this binding spell. It's dangerous for me to be controlled like this!" Lu Piaopiao shouted loudly.

"It's alright, you'll break free of your restraints soon!" Ye Xiaobai left without looking back.

"You brat, just you wait. If I don't run into you again, you'll be in big trouble next time!" Lu Piaopiao thought to herself.

Ye Xiaobai quickly found a secluded spot and first recovered his strength.

After taking the superior-grade Qi-restoring pill, Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh again, thinking that if it were the highest grade, he would dare to believe in its effects.

Before long, Ye Xiaobai had recovered to his peak condition.

Ye Xiaobai checked his gains again. In addition to several thousand spirit stones, the Ice Bean Grass was also in his storage bag, which was another large sum of spirit stones.

Then, Ye Xiaobai opened the Vermilion Bird Sect's technique for controlling demonic beasts and began to learn it. Soon, Ye Xiaobai mastered the basic control techniques, which mainly involved placing control marks in the minds of demonic beasts using his divine sense. Through these marks, he could control the demonic beasts.

The rest is to find an opportunity to try it out on a demon beast. Of course, right now Ye Xiaobai can only control demon beasts of the highest level, the second tier.

Although Ye Xiaobai's spiritual sense far surpasses that of ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators, controlling a third-tier demon beast is equivalent to controlling a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, which places even higher demands on spiritual sense. Therefore, one can only consider controlling a third-tier demon beast once they reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Having almost mastered the art of controlling demonic beasts, Ye Xiaobai suddenly realized that before entering the secret realm, the sect had placed tracking marks on every White Tiger Sect disciple, and he hadn't been able to spot any of his fellow disciples during this time.

Ye Xiaobai thought that he had almost collected enough materials for his Foundation Establishment Pill, and it was time to speed up and reunite with his fellow disciples as soon as possible. It would be safer to stay together with more people, since the tracking marker seemed to only last for a month, and it would be difficult to find fellow disciples after that!