Chapter 138
Difficulty in Choosing
Chapter 138 Difficulty in Choosing
"Is it really necessary to take that step?"
For him, obtaining Nascent Soul level combat power is not impossible.
The method is simple.
Possessing the soul of the wind!
First, gather all the power of the primordial spirit, seize the body of the Wind Soul, and use the Wind Soul's body to form a Nascent Soul!
He possesses the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage!
In the human realm, influenced by the power of the interface rules, a cultivator's main soul can only possess another body once in their lifetime.
However, there is another possibility: one might first possess a body, and then return their primordial spirit to their own body. Since it is one's own primordial spirit returning to their own body, this situation does not constitute a second possession.
A real-world example is the ancient demon that was unsealed in the Fallen Demon Valley.
That fellow's distraction possessed Master Cangkun.
Then, the spirit was nurtured in a scroll made of soul-nourishing wood for five thousand years.
Once the divided spirit merges with the physical body, the divided spirit immediately returns to the body, allowing the body to awaken.
This does not count as a second possession.
Otherwise, the ancient demon's wisp of spirit would have perished long ago due to the failed attempt to possess him.
"If I were to possess the soul of a cultivator at the peak of Core Formation, I would have no weaknesses in terms of talent."
The spiritual root talent of the wind spirit root is second only to that of the heavenly spirit root.
Even the Heaven-Mending Pill couldn't further refine a spiritual root of this caliber.
"Even if I fail to shatter my core and form my nascent soul, what I will lose is only the wind-attribute golden core within my external avatar, the Wind Soul, not my original four-colored golden core. The only loss will be the Wind Soul's essence and lifespan. There will be little damage to my primordial spirit."
What should be done about the loss of Feng Hun's Golden Core?
This is an extremely simple matter.
If all else fails, we can always go back and retake it.
With the aid of the spiritual veins of Biling Island, Feng Hun's reconstruction is much faster than that of his physical body. In less than ten years, he can return to the late stage of Core Formation or even the peak of Core Formation.
The losses are entirely within a controllable range.
"If I can get another Spirit-Stabilizing Pill to resist the invasion of inner demons, and master the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique, then I will have a 50-60% chance of forming my Nascent Soul."
The foundation of the Wind Soul is absolutely solid.
Compared to the original, it has many other advantages.
do not forget.
Feng Hun's main cultivation technique is the "Five Tribulations Wind Control True Technique".
It is possible to cultivate to the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
The "Burning Spirit and Expanding Meridians Technique" mentioned therein, like the Three Revolutions to Rejuvenate, has the effect of expanding meridians and deepening the dantian.
Over the years, besides cultivating the Great Evolution Technique, he has also used several Spirit Eye Pearls and the spiritual energy of the Spirit Eye Land purified by the Spirit Eye Tree to cultivate this technique, further increasing his upper limit of magical power. He aims to make his magical power and true essence in the Pseudo-Nascent Soul stage as comparable as possible to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
When the purity and upper limit of his magical power and true essence are infinitely close to those of a Nascent Soul cultivator, his bottleneck will also be much smaller.
On the other hand, Feng Hun has also been practicing this method since he formed his core.
After spending two or three hundred high-grade spirit stones and undergoing more than ten years of sedimentation in the Spirit Eye Lake, Feng Hun, a pseudo-infant stage cultivator, had a maximum mana limit that was more than twice that of an ordinary pseudo-infant stage cultivator of the same level.
It is about 2.3 times that of the normal song soul.
As for the wisp of mixed energy that will arise after possession?
this point.
Because of the earlier possession and the baptism of golden core energy by the cultivators of the Yuling Sect, much of their energy was reduced.
Furthermore, because the primordial spirit of the Yuling Sect cultivators detached, it took away most of that wisp of mixed energy, which greatly reduced the potential danger.
What's more.
After years of baptism by the top-grade spiritual veins and the Lake of Spiritual Eyes, the impurities in Feng Hun's body have been further diluted and washed away.
Furthermore, he had refined the Wind Soul into an external avatar for decades, and this physical body had long since accepted him. The main soul's possession was merely a step further than the partial spirit's control. The potential dangers had been almost completely worn away by decades of subtle influence.
In short.
Even if Feng Hun didn't use the Cleansing Spirit Pill, but instead used the Spirit Stabilizing Pill, he would still have a nearly 60% chance of forming his Nascent Soul.
"And once the Wind Soul forms its Nascent Soul, the power of the high-grade ancient treasure Wind Pattern Ring can be fully unleashed. In the Nascent Soul stage, I will not be weak. Even if I am not as good as the Extreme Yin Old Demon and Qingyi Hermit, who are at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, I will not be too far behind."
"Once I use the numerous magical artifacts and metals left behind by the Lord of the Forbidden Land to forge another top-tier natal magic weapon with the wind attribute, my strength might surpass that of both Ji Yin and Qing Yi Jushi?"
"And only when I reach the Nascent Soul stage can I search the soul of the Mysterious Bone Demon."
Therefore, there's no need to feign compliance with that person; we can directly search their soul to obtain information about the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.
You can also obtain the legacy of the Mystic Bone.
There are many benefits.
"So, should we use our only chance to possess someone in the human realm on Feng Hun?"
In fact, he had a better target for possession.
That was the body of the ancient demon.
Having possessed that body without a primordial spirit, one can obtain even more benefits in the Fallen Demon Valley dungeon.
I'm so conflicted.
...
"In addition, the mind control restriction carried by the spirit beast contract also needs to be replaced."
The mind control restriction provided by Master Hongfu back then was only effective for individuals before the early stage of Core Formation.
After reaching the Core Formation stage, the control over the mind becomes somewhat weak.
Master Hongfu's foundation back then ultimately couldn't reach the advanced divine control restrictions passed down from the Yuling Sect and the Spirit Beast Mountain.
As for the spirit control restriction that he forced the Yuling Sect cultivator to reveal back then?
The divine control restriction that man possessed allowed him to continue forcibly controlling the peak seventh-level black dragon with divine sense comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator. However, if the black dragon survived the Transformation Tribulation and entered the eighth level, even if the Spirit Control Sect cultivators provided a method of control… it would become ineffective.
This is a major hidden danger.
Furthermore, the control the Spirit Control Sect cultivators had over the hundred or so specially bred Gold-Eating Insects was also gradually diminishing.
It is decreasing.
These hundred-plus golden gold-eating insects are becoming increasingly difficult to control.
Especially those whose Qi level reaches level 6.
Even if only twenty or thirty of the hundred or so individuals are activated at the same time, they will still obey his commands without question.
However, once the number exceeds thirty-five, the control measures begin to plummet.
This is similar to the situation when one had initially mastered the first level of the Great Evolution Technique.
He can only control about thirty puppets.
Exceeding the required quantity becomes extremely difficult.
Also.
These level five and six gold-devouring insects, which are increasingly approaching maturity, are far less docile than individuals with only level three or four spiritual power. "So..."
"Whatever the reason, I should take some time to go back to Tiannan."
no way.
The gold-eating beetle is growing too fast.
Years ago, he collected tens of thousands of spirit insect eggs, regardless of whether they lived or died, and fed them all to a hundred carefully selected gold-devouring insects.
After arriving at Biling Island, one is baptized by the pure spiritual energy of the top-grade spiritual vein, making one year of cultivation equivalent to decades or even hundreds of years.
Two or three decades have passed in the blink of an eye.
These hundred-plus creatures were all golden, transforming them into beings comparable to high-level spirit beasts.
With the addition of dozens of large and small magical artifacts and some fragments of metallic magical artifacts, there were eighteen of them, even at the level of level 6 spiritual power.
These are also eighteen animals with great potential.
If it continues to grow, it will become a quasi-mature level 7 individual.
It will be even more difficult to control at that time.
And if the current trend continues, if the top-grade spiritual vein of Biling Island is not completely drained by him, even without the method for accelerating the maturation of the Gold-Eating Insects developed by the Tuwu people, these Gold-Eating Insects will still reach the mature stage in a few hundred years!
Each one is stronger than an ordinary Nascent Soul stage monster!
Just like that nest of more than a dozen flying purple-striped scorpions in the Fallen Demon Valley.
Each one is a mature being at the Nascent Soul level.
The two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators were both intimidated upon seeing each other.
Even the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Venerable Cangkun, used a diversionary tactic to successfully pass through.
A dozen or so mature Gold-Devouring Insects are comparable to a Grandmaster of the Yuanhou stage, and could even make a Grandmaster retreat. If he had a hundred or so mature Gold-Devouring Insects before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he would have a chance to wear down even a Nascent Soul stage living fossil.
The more of these killer moves, the better.
...
Besides the pressure from the Gold-Eating Insects and the Black Dragon.
He is temporarily free from pressure regarding other spirit beasts.
Here we have to mention Xiaobai and Xiaoyu again.
The two spirit insects that he had hatched from the Spirit Eye Spring of Mount Taiyue did not cause him as much worry as the Gold Devouring Insects.
The two children were very close to him from a very young age and regarded him as their parents.
And not only were Xiaobai and Xiaoyu close to him, but the second pair of Blood Jade Spiders, Xiaoling and Xiaoxing were also extremely close to him.
These spirit beasts, raised from a young age, are extremely loyal.
The Blood Jade Spider lineage is a paragon of loyalty.
One example is the one beside the extremely beautiful corpse in the mine, which has already proven this point. Hundreds of years of unwavering loyalty are more pure and reliable than the human heart.
Another one is that Xiaobai, whom the original owner raised, was stimulated by the barbarian's secret technique and became berserk, almost losing his intelligence. However, even in that ferocious state where he was about to lose his mind, Xiaobai still obeyed the original owner's orders without hesitation.
This is truly rare.
The Blood Jade Spider, a family of loyal martyrs.
Furthermore, when Blood Jade Spiders are paired, if one dies or the two are separated, the other will cease to grow. It will be permanently trapped in that state until the end of its lifespan, and even feeding the remaining spider the finest elixirs will be of no use.
It is easy to see from this that the Blood Jade Spider is also extremely devoted to her feelings.
therefore.
Xiao Bai and Xiao Yu, he took them under his wing and nurtured them.
He also threw Xiao Bai and Xiao Yu's younger siblings, Xiao Ling and Xiao Xing, into the Lake of Spirit Eyes to nurture them. Furthermore, he would regularly provide them with the essence of the Spirit Eye Tree to prevent the overly concentrated and pure spiritual energy in the area from causing "saturation damage" to the insect eggs.
Besides being used to refine the legendary Mingqing Spirit Water and assist in refining the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill, the pure liquid also possesses extremely strong vitality and incidentally has healing effects. Otherwise, cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths wouldn't have set their sights on the pure liquid of Yunmeng Mountain in order to revive the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine.
Only with the alcoholic liquid as a safety net could he allow the two spiderlings to swell within the Lake of Spirit Eyes.
This is a privilege that even the sixth brother of the Ink Dragon didn't receive.
Originally, he thought that Xiao Ling and Xiao Xing wouldn't be able to withstand the pure spiritual energy in the Lake of Spiritual Eyes in the core area of the top-grade spiritual vein on Bi Ling Island. But unexpectedly, not only did Xiao Ling and Xiao Xing hatch successfully, but their affinity for spiritual energy was also surprisingly high.
It has a much higher affinity for spiritual energy than Xiaobai and Xiaoyu.
If Xiaobai and Xiaoyu's talents are dual spiritual roots among the Blood Jade Spider Swarm, then Xiaoling and Xiaoxing's talents are top-tier special physiques or heavenly spiritual roots among the Blood Jade Spider Swarm.
This is not.
In just ten short years.
He then reached level six.
In a few more years, he will definitely be able to enter level seven, or even reach the peak of level seven.
This exceptionally high affinity for spiritual energy makes the two little ones far more promising than Xiaobai and Xiaoyu.
If we were to say that Xiaobai and Xiaoyu's potential is at its limit, it would be level eight, at most level nine.
Therefore, Xiao Ling and Xiao Xing's potential is level ten.
Being nourished with pure liquid from a young age and having one's body tempered by the spiritual energy of the Lake of Spiritual Eyes is a privilege that is probably rarely experienced since ancient times.
Considering how well-behaved Xiaoling and Xiaoxing are, they are far superior to those gold-devouring insects.
Compared to Mo Jiao Lao Liu, he is much more reassuring.
Therefore, before leaving, he collected all the spirit beasts and insects in the area.
Especially the gold-eating beetle.
He didn't keep any of them.
To avoid making a big mess.
After all, the fact that he found a top-grade spirit stone the size of a thumb does not mean that there is no other top-grade spirit stone in this place.
Furthermore, as long as the first one is not completely drained of its spiritual energy, theoretically, it can be recharged using the undamaged spiritual mineral veins in this area.
However, the time cost must be taken into account.
However, no matter what, not a single Gold-Eating Insect can be left here. Otherwise, the spiritual veins of Biling Island may be completely devoured by the Gold-Eating Insects, just like the underground spiritual veins of Xiaohuan Island.
That's not what he wants to see.
After collecting the remaining spirit beasts and insects, he selected the spirit eye of one of the branches of a top-grade spirit vein, isolated it with a spirit-binding array and 70% of the inverted five elements array, and transformed it into a huge secret chamber over a hundred feet long. He also transplanted some forbidden spiritual herbs and demon-accompanying grasses to the edge of this secret chamber.
"Keep an eye on these herbs."
Han Li gave the instructions.
Upon hearing this, the enormous little spirit and star, each seven or eight zhang tall, let out a squeaking sound. Then, they straightened up, indicating that everything here was in their hands.
Han Li nodded in relief upon seeing this.
...
one year later.
Silver Shark Island in the outer sea.
(End of this chapter)