Count the spoils and strengthen the Qiankun bag

The collected discarded pills, replicated medicinal herbs, and the corpses of the slain…

Every single one of them was a hot potato that could bring about a fatal disaster!

"If only I had a Storage Pouch to properly store these deadly items, how wonderful that would be!" Shen Fan secretly mused in his heart.

Inadvertently, his peripheral vision swept over the items he had plundered from Jack-of-all-trades, among which a palm-sized cloth bag particularly caught his eye.

Although Shen Fan had never personally owned a Storage Pouch, he had seen many Outer Sect Disciples carrying them in his daily life, just like Li Qingshan, who often had one hanging from his waist.

"Could this be the legendary Storage Pouch worth five hundred Spirit Stones?"

Shen Fan, full of curiosity, picked it up and examined it carefully.

When he tried to untie the rope at the mouth of the bag, he found that no matter how much force he used, the bag remained motionless, as if locked by an invisible shackle.

"What exactly is going on?"

Shen Fan frowned deeply, filled with doubt.

He subconsciously squeezed the small bag and actually detected some irregularly shaped items the size of fingernails inside.

"Divine Sense!"

A flash of inspiration struck Shen Fan's mind, and he began to ponder.

In the Cultivation world, the Storage Pouch, as a common spatial Magic Treasure, has a high threshold for use, usually requiring a Cultivator to reach the Qi Refining Stage Three or above.

This is because the operation of the Storage Pouch relies on Divine Sense, and the Qi Refining Stage Three is precisely the critical point where Divine Sense can begin to be stably projected outwards; of course, this is only barely meeting the conditions for use.

However, the Cultivation of Divine Sense is a arduous Dao for anyone.

In the Qi Refining Stage, Divine Sense has just begun to sprout, only able to perceive the flow of spiritual Qi within the body, completely unable to be projected outwards; even when using a Storage Pouch, it must be held in hand to be barely controlled.

Only upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage can Divine Sense Break through the limitations of the Physical Body, projecting several meters outwards, used for perceiving the surrounding environment or simply manipulating Magic Treasures.

By then, a Cultivator can use a Storage Pouch with ease, even operating it remotely.

...

Thinking of this, Shen Fan slightly closed his eyes and began to carefully sense his Divine Sense.

In an instant, a Divine Thought emanating from his Divine Mansion, like a keen eye, instantly reached every corner of his body.

The circulation of Spiritual Veins, the fullness of the Dantian, the subtle changes in the acupoints—everything was under control.

This was Shen Fan's Divine Sense.

After sensing the existence of his Divine Sense, Shen Fan immediately held the Storage Pouch in his hand and manipulated his Divine Sense to surge into the Storage Pouch like a tide.

"Bang--!"

The next moment, Shen Fan's Divine Sense seemed to hit a transparent wall and was forcefully bounced back.

He sensed carefully and seemed to detect a Divine Sense imprint that did not belong to him.

"This is... that fellow Jack-of-all-trades's Divine Sense imprint!"

Shen Fan instantly realized, then sneered, "He's dead, and his Divine Sense still wants to stop me?"

Before his words fell, Shen Fan condensed his Divine Sense into a spear and fiercely stabbed at the invisible wall.

"Crack, crack, crack--!"

A cracking sound, audible only to Divine Sense, echoed deep within his Soul.

Immediately after, a white light flashed across the cloth bag.

By the time Shen Fan withdrew his Divine Sense, the cloth bag could be opened with ease.

However, when Shen Fan inverted the qiankun bag, intending to pour out its contents, he suddenly realized that the use of this qiankun bag still required exploration with Divine Sense.

Shen Fan once again circulated his Divine Sense, extending it like a tendril deep inside, only then discovering a world of its own within.

A space ten feet square, prominently appeared in his mind.

Many items were haphazardly placed inside, from daily necessities like pots, bowls, and utensils, bedding, and clothes, to Cultivation items like Spirit Stones, spiritual rice, monster cores, and techniques... everything was complete!

"Good heavens, that fellow Jack-of-all-trades really kept a lot hidden!"

Shen Fan couldn't help but exclaim.

It must be said that for a Loose Cultivator who mingled in the black market and specialized in swindling, to have such a family fortune was truly surprising.

Shen Fan immediately began to inventory, finding 208 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, about 100 catties of spiritual rice, and approximately 40 monster cores ranging from first-tier first-level to sixth-level.

In addition, there was one volume of the Yellow-Grade Low Grade Cultivation Technique "Ice and Fire Two Extremes Body Tempering Art," one volume of the Mortal-Grade Medium Grade Cultivation Technique "Spirit Beast Taming Art," and one volume of the first-tier Medium Grade technique "Dragon Capturing Claw."

This "Dragon Capturing Claw" might be a technique Cultivated by a Body Cultivator.

...

These were all of Jack-of-all-trades's possessions.

Shen Fan kept all the useful items and tossed the useless ones into the incinerator, burning them to ashes.

Afterward, he also put in the Nine Netherworld Corpse Refining Art and the Azure Water Fire Control Technique given by Old Duan.

As for the remaining spiritual rice, Flame Snake Technique, and the like, they remained hidden under the bedding.

After all, if people from the Tianxuan Sect investigated, if he had nothing at all, it would arouse suspicion. Leaving some behind would help him deal with inspections.

"Oh, right!"

Shen Fan's eyes suddenly lit up, "I wonder if those corpses can be put in?"

If so, that would save a lot of trouble!

In this qiankun bag, space is static, which can prevent food from spoiling. Although living creatures cannot be stored, they are already corpses, so there should be no problem.

Thinking of this, Shen Fan immediately went to the storage room and tried to store the corpses inside.

However, he found that because the internal space of the qiankun bag was too small, it simply could not accommodate them.

"Damn it, if only it were bigger!"

Shen Fan sighed, but then a new hope ignited, "That's right, I wonder if this qiankun bag can be strengthened?"

Thinking of this, Shen Fan immediately took out everything inside, then carefully placed the qiankun bag into the treasure gathering cosmos bowl.

"This qiankun bag is complete; will a pile of qiankun bags not be born tomorrow?" Shen Fan secretly thought.

However, early the next morning, Shen Fan dispelled this notion.

Because the qiankun bag that was put in was not replicated and increased in number, but rather its quality was improved.

The originally Low Grade qiankun bag actually transformed into a top-quality supreme-grade qiankun bag, with an internal space of a hundred zhang.

Shen Fan speculated on the function of the treasure gathering cosmos bowl: "It seems that if the item placed inside has not reached its limit, then the treasure gathering cosmos bowl will automatically raise it to its limit; but if the item placed inside has already reached the highest quality, only then will it proceed with quantity replication!"

After firmly remembering this characteristic of his speculation, Shen Fan once again put all the items inside.

But just then, he slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing: "How could I be so foolish! Will the things placed in this qiankun bag increase in number if the qiankun bag increases? Or will the quality of the things inside also increase if the quality of the qiankun bag is enhanced?"

Shen Fan secretly regretted. According to the rules currently understood, this treasure gathering cosmos bowl would not continue to strengthen and replicate items that had already been strengthened and replicated.

In other words, if he put this strengthened qiankun bag in again today, there would be no change!

"If only I had another qiankun bag, then I could try it!" Shen Fan secretly thought.

However, he then thought, "But, I can still try tonight. Although the strengthened qiankun bag cannot be further strengthened and replicated, what about the items inside?"

Thinking of this, Shen Fan decided to try tonight.

And today's task was to refine these two corpses into corpse puppets.