Chapter 536 Yuanhun Transforms into Shenhun
In front of Zhong Cai were four neatly arranged "contracts of servitude".
Before him floated four male and female cultivators with different appearances—all of them were quite young.
These primordial spirits have already signed a contract with Zhong Cai, and from now on they will be at Zhong Cai's command.
According to regulations, the repayment period for all of them is one hundred years.
Every year they have to pay back at least tens of thousands of mid-grade Xuan Stones—the amount they need to pay is not just one million mid-grade Xuan Stones; the initial one million was only the initial fee.
These nascent souls are all at the Spirit Transformation Realm. If they possessed physical bodies, they could easily sell a single savage beast for at least 50,000 mid-grade Xuan Stones. Even if one of them faces danger while hunting, if they go together and hunt several beasts, and are proactive, they might be able to gather enough Xuan Stones in a year…
But what's the point of signing a contract for only one year or a few years?
Besides, it's impossible to make them spend all their time hunting during the contract period.
Since they have already "overspent," a hundred-year contract is a reasonable timeframe—after all, cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage have a lifespan of three thousand years, so asking them to spare only a hundred years is already quite generous.
Moreover, with the reshaping imminent, Zhong Cai also needs to study how to make them summon their companion treasures again.
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When a cultivator's primordial soul is extracted by evil magic, their accompanying treasures, if they are beast souls, are destroyed when they are extracted; and if they are other types of accompanying treasures, they are often taken away by the underworld—or become spoils of war, or are destroyed, etc.
The souls that have regained consciousness are now all at level seven.
If we directly reshape their physical bodies at this level, then there will be no accompanying treasures. We can only rely on the power of the primordial soul to reshape the physical body while also reshaping the already destroyed physical Dao Palace.
After being reshaped, they can still live to be three thousand years old, but they will no longer be able to draw upon the energy of heaven and earth for cultivation. They will also be unable to break through even a small realm—even if they want to maintain their current combat power, they must consume pills that provide the energy of heaven and earth to replenish their energy after each depletion.
But now that you've survived, don't you want to start cultivating again and eventually break through to Nirvana?
They all naturally thought so.
Therefore, it is necessary to have a companion treasure.
However, the companion treasure is summoned after opening the secret treasure of the divine soul. The divine soul is divided into three souls and seven spirits. The location of the secret treasure gate is the core place where the three souls and seven spirits are intertwined.
To recreate the Secret Gate, we must find this core.
After the divine soul transforms into the primordial soul, their essences are vastly different, making it impossible to directly nurture the secret gate through the primordial soul.
So, first of all, one must have three souls and seven spirits.
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Zhong Cai stroked her chin and said, "Did you understand?"
He had just finished explaining everything about the Secret Gate, Divine Soul, and Primordial Soul.
The floating spirits nodded in agreement.
There were several cultivators holding soul-nourishing bottles nearby. These were the relatives and friends of the primordial spirits who were willing to pay a large sum of resources. The primordial spirits they valued were being nurtured in the bottles.
At this moment, the cultivators all nodded, indicating that they understood.
Zhong Cai continued, "Therefore, if we want to rebuild, we must find a way to transform the primordial soul into three souls and seven spirits, which is extremely difficult."
The cultivators and the primordial spirits were also well aware of this.
Fang Xiao spoke first: "I believe that with King Zhong Dan's superb alchemy skills, he can definitely do it. No matter how much it costs, I will do everything I can to raise the money."
Pang Feihong also spoke up: "Me too."
The other two people, a man and a woman, handled the Soul-Nourishing Bottle with great care. One of them was a junior brother/sister to the Yuan Soul, and the other was the Yuan Soul's uncle. They weren't particularly close, but they had a deep friendship. It was just that many years had passed, and they were still willing to help, which was actually quite lucky for the Yuan Souls.
Now, both the senior female disciple and the senior male disciple solemnly expressed their agreement.
Zhong Cai raised his eyebrows and said, “If it were just a difficulty, I could indeed try to think of a solution. But you have all experienced fusing the three souls and seven spirits into a primordial soul, which is a normal cultivation method, but it is already extremely painful. And now, we have to separate the fused ones again... The pain involved is probably no less than torture, or even more unbearable. Moreover, there is a risk of collapse during fusion, and the danger during separation is probably even greater.”
After thinking for a moment, Zhong Cai continued.
"Among you, there are those who have already separated a wisp of their primordial soul and placed it into the cauldron. The pain and danger they suffer are indescribable. Even the pain of being slowly sliced to death or having their soul shattered may not be as great as the pain of separating one's primordial soul. Therefore, cultivators often get stuck before they can separate their soul because they have not made enough preparations."
"But now it's not just a single strand that's been separated; it's a complete dismantling..."
Upon hearing this, the cultivators and the primordial spirits all froze.
That's absolutely true!
Even a wisp of primordial soul is so painful and dangerous; imagine how difficult it would be to divide it into ten parts, each with its own characteristics—
Leaving aside whether Zhong Danwang could actually transform the primordial soul into a divine soul, the mere thought of the possible consequences was enough to inspire dread.
For a moment, these cultivators and primordial spirits fell silent.
The room was completely silent.
Zhong Cai didn't speak again, but seriously pondered a way to split the primordial soul.
Because his ancestor Wu's aptitude was ruined back then, he also studied the soul. Later, after his ancestor Wu obtained the Soul Essence and Spiritual Heart, he resummoned his companion treasure. While refining various pills, he also studied it for a while.
However, he was young at the time and had not had the altar and the inheritance for long, so he did not study it in depth.
However, because of his old man Wu, when he refined pills later, he would always refine more of those that were beneficial to the soul and primordial spirit, and he would always pay more attention to knowledge in this area... Now, thinking about it, he is not entirely without ideas.
After thinking it over, Zhong Cai said, "You should consider it first."
He then went into the inner room, temporarily ignoring the people and the primordial spirit.
The cultivators and spirits snapped out of their daze and watched Zhong Cai close the door. They then whispered among themselves to their loved ones.
Whether or not they attempt to resummon the companion treasure, whether Zhong Cai can conduct research, and how much reward he will have to pay... are all secondary. First, they need to ask the Yuan Souls what they think.
After all, the pain of a split soul is borne by the original soul.
If they only want to maintain the state of being replenished with elixirs after the reshaping... that's fine too.
Of course, the cost of these pills is also considerable. You probably need at least one pill each time you replenish your supply. And how many pills do you need each year? It must be quite a lot.
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Making a decision was not easy, so Zhong Cai simply focused on her own research.
Although his current focus is on how to restore the fragments of the Yuan Soul, he still needs to delve into the knowledge of Yuan Soul-related aspects by studying the disassembly of the Yuan Soul first. The more he studies, the more inspiration he should gain for fragment repair.
The fragments of the primordial spirit are different from those primordial spirits that were later separated from evil artifacts.
The separated parts were originally extracted from the companion treasures by evil cultivators using secret methods. Even though they would lose a lot and even their minds, they were still a whole... The primordial soul was like a human-shaped fog. As the fog was lost, the human shape would become blurred and shrink continuously.
The primordial spirit of the mist only needs constant nourishment to continue spreading. Once it reaches a certain level, it gradually becomes denser, and its human form gradually becomes clearer.
The fragments of the Yuan Soul, however, do not feel like mist; they have a very "hard" feel to them.
Essentially, it's because the entire primordial soul was processed by the Poison Toad Ancestor using a secret method, transforming it into another kind of controllable secret technique. The fragments formed after being blasted apart are not only extremely small, but also bear traces of being refined by a cultivator who has reached the Heavenly Realm.
It's like this: the same dense fog in the shape of a human was transformed into a hard porcelain doll under the influence of a secret technique. Later, after the porcelain shattered, it left behind fragments... What Zhong Cai had to do was to restore these hard fragments into a dense fog in the shape of a human.
The difficulty is naturally very high.
Zhong Cai really needs to think about this more.
Even after figuring out the method himself, he might still need Tongtian's help in some processes—he has mutated dragon armor soldiers at his disposal, so this step can be completed directly.
—On another note.
Zhong Cai entered the ancient city simulation room and randomly simulated a Yuan Soul, preparing to try out a certain splitting approach he had just come up with.
It's bound to fail, but after failing, he'll know which step went wrong...
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Zhong Cai studied it for five or six hours, and his ideas were improved a little bit.
But the road ahead is still very long.
Zhong Cai rubbed her temples, left the ancient city, and opened the door.
Those cultivators and primordial spirits did not leave.
They're all patients.
The primordial spirits were cared for as they should be, and discussions were held as needed, while the cultivators mainly accompanied them.
Upon noticing the movement at the door, all the cultivators and primordial spirits turned to look.
Zhong Cai smiled at them: "Have you thought it through?"
Fang Hua spoke first, his expression firm, saying, "I would be grateful for King Zhong Dan's assistance; I am willing to be the first to try."
Fang Xiao hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself—of course he didn't want his young master to be the first to arrive. Admittedly, King Zhong Dan was very powerful, but he would definitely become more skilled as time went on.
However, Fang Xiao could never go against Fang Hua's wishes.
So I had no choice but to support it.
However, he decided he had to tell Zhong Danwang that they should stop immediately if there was any sign of failure.
Ideally... ideally, King Zhong Dan would have another way, that is... even if he fails, it won't dissipate.
He would rather keep the young master around and wait for other opportunities in the future than lose the young master again.
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Besides Fang Hua, Ji Hui also immediately expressed her willingness to give it a try.
Her thinking was simple: her return to the world had already drained too much of her son's wealth. She hadn't even had a chance to cherish her child before she became a burden to him.
Only by starting her training anew will she have a chance to protect her beloved son in the future...
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