In the Qingmu Sect, seeing Shen Lian and a female cultivator hiding in the formation for many years, the old monster Zi Yang would jump out from time to time to seduce the secondary soul.

As a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, he knew a lot about clones, and he knew even more that once the secondary soul developed other thoughts, it would be a great disaster for the main soul.

If you want the secondary soul to develop independent consciousness, you just need to add external stimulation.

Perhaps it is the thunder and lightning, the magnetic poles of heaven and earth, or just a casual word, which can make it possible for the secondary soul to transform.

Facing the verbal provocation from old monster Zi Yang, the deputy soul stood quietly under a spiritual tree with an expressionless face. In the sea of ​​divine consciousness he constructed, a formation composed of thirty-six runes was flashing with spiritual light, guarding the fluctuations of the sea of ​​divine consciousness.

…

On the other side, Shen Lian was sitting cross-legged in the training room of Qingmu Sect. It was also the critical moment to break through to the middle stage of Jindan.

After his physical body was promoted to the late third stage, he consolidated it for several months and then began the road to breakthrough.

For a Jindan cultivator, breaking through a small realm in more than 20 years is already a very fast cultivation speed.

Shen Lian, who had already reached the peak of the early stage of the Golden Core, took a three-pattern Qingxu Pill as a trigger and easily broke through the bottleneck of the middle stage of the Golden Core with just one attempt.

In the middle stage of the Golden Elixir, the pill was a circle larger than before, reaching two inches in size. It was round and emitting five-colored spiritual light, and the surrounding elixir energy was as bright as clouds.

The divine thought is twenty-six thousand three hundred feet.

Sensing the strength of his own spiritual power, Shen Lian did not show much sadness or joy. It was still a little short of the thirty thousand feet he had imagined.

This breakthrough to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm increased his spiritual power by seven thousand three hundred feet.

"The divine soul elixir obtained from the Vast Sea Secret Realm, after being refined into a pill, should be able to increase the divine consciousness by about a thousand feet."

…

After completing the promotion, Shen Lian lay down in the training room and took a short rest. For more than 20 years, his mind had been on the old monster Zi Yang, and he had not had a good rest for a few days.

In the blink of an eye, two months later.

"Congratulations to fellow Daoist for advancing to the middle stage of the Golden Core."

Master Qingmu walked into the secret training room and looked at Shen Lian who was sitting cross-legged with an undetectable fear in his eyes.

He was no match for Shen Lian before, and now he might not even have a chance to fight back.

"Your sect's True Person Qingyi is fine. I asked her to retreat in the cave."

Shen Lian knew what Master Qingmu was thinking, and he had no intention of doing anything to these two brothers and sisters.

When I mentioned before that we would capture them and force them to work in the cave, it was just an idea that suddenly came to my mind.

Even if he was caught, he would definitely train him from a young age. A cultivator who had lived for hundreds of years would have too many thoughts, and he didn't like people with too many thoughts.

"Fellow Daoist, I have fulfilled my agreement with you. Now it is time for you to hand over to me the method for opening the fourth orifice."

The fact that Shen Lian was able to stay in Qingmu Sect for such a long time and also use the Qingmu Sect's spiritual veins to practice was naturally due to an agreement with Master Qingmu.

Before this, he had already taught Master Qingmu the method of opening the first three orifices of the Cuilong Seven-Aperture Spiritual Heart Grass.

The spiritual objects needed to open the first two orifices of Lingxin Grass are all first or second level spiritual objects. The only difficulty is that they are relatively rare.

Starting from the third spiritual orifice, the spiritual objects needed to open the spiritual orifice become more difficult to collect.

If you want to open the fourth orifice, you need the Five Elements Fruit, the All-Medicine Paste, and the Earth's Core Jade Mother as the main ingredients, and thirty-three different Five Elements spiritual objects as auxiliary ingredients.

The better the grade of these spiritual objects, the greater the effect they will have on the Seven-Aperture Spiritual Heart Grass. If you can't find any, even a second-grade one will do, but don't seek for a very good effect.

In order to achieve the best results, at least the three main spiritual objects must reach the fourth level.

In addition, these spiritual objects also have an order, with the Earth Core Jade Mother as the main body. The person who serves as the host of the Spirit Heart Grass needs to plant it on the Earth Core Jade Mother like herbs, water it with the Wanyao Ling Paste, and supplement it with the Five Elements Spirit Fruit to match the other thirty-three Five Elements spiritual objects to achieve a state of balance.

Shen Lian engraved the method to open the fourth orifice on a jade slip and handed it to Master Qingmu.

In order to prevent Shen Lian from doing anything wrong, Master Qingmu went out and bought a third-level Hou Tu contract before the two of them made an agreement.

This made Shen Lian lose the possibility of doing anything tricky.

"I heard that the Yunshang Sect is going to hold a wedding ceremony for the real people. If Daoist Qingyi is among the invited guests, you should be careful."

"The Yunshang Sect's wedding ceremony will be held in less than three years. Our sect is also among the invited guests. I have made arrangements to go alone, leaving my junior sister in the sect to take charge."

Hearing what Master Aoki said, Shen Lian nodded.

If Yunlong was really possessed by the Black Cliff Demon, then the Lingxin Grass on Qingyi's body would most likely not be able to escape his prying eyes.

With this old devil's temper, he won't care about the consequences.

The Chengtian Alliance that was established in the Wanxing Sea was very powerful, but it was abandoned at will in order to make a feint to the east and attack in the west to obtain the spiritual objects they needed.

This time he sneaked into the Yunshang Sect, he must have other purposes.

"I advise you to take your junior sister away from the South China Sea."

After pondering for a moment, Shen Lian gave a warning.

"In the Yunshang Sect, if you get involved in some things, you will be unlucky."

Hearing the voice, Master Aoki's expression changed slightly.

He did have some resentment towards the Yunshang Sect, but what could he do? When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

"Daoyou, do you know something?"

"It's a small Jindan-level force. You brothers and sisters can rebuild it at any time in Qingmu Sect."

After leaving a message, Shen Lian disappeared into the secret room for training, and when he appeared again he had arrived at the cave where Qing Yi was being held captive for training.

Master Qingmu took out the treasures collected by the sect over the years, so naturally he would not leave any loopholes. With the Houtu Contract as a guarantee, both parties became much more sincere when they got what they needed.

But Shen Lian was also worried. The spiritual object that could open the Cuilong Seven-Aperture Spiritual Heart Grass was rare, but no one could guarantee that the two senior brothers and sisters from Qingmu Sect would not have such luck.

If Qingyi opens the four orifices one day and is promoted to a Nascent Soul cultivator in one fell swoop, he will not be afraid, but there are still some hidden dangers.

Inner room of the cultivation cave.

Qing Yi, who was picked up and thrown into the cave by Shen Lian, seemed to be sitting cross-legged to practice, but in fact her mind was very uneasy. She wanted to go out but couldn't open the formation at all.

In this state of irritability, Master Qingyi gradually fell into a trance.

In the sea of ​​divine thoughts.

Suddenly, white fog rose up, and when the fog surged, an extremely huge face covered the entire sea of ​​​​consciousness.

There was no expression on his face, his eyes were looking downwards empty, covering Qing Yi's spiritual figure in his vision.

“Hehe…”

The strange cry echoed in Qingyi's sea of ​​consciousness. The little man in Qingyi's consciousness was suddenly startled, and green light flashed around his body, trying to attack the strange face that appeared.

But the moment she made her move, the strange face in her sea of ​​consciousness disappeared without a trace.

"call!"

Qingyi, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly became alert and a look of fear appeared in his eyes when he opened them.

That expressionless white face looks like...

A few days later, Qing Yi recovered, adjusted his mindset and returned to cultivation.

“Hehehe.”

The strange cry sounded again in the sea of ​​​​consciousness.

The huge face once again enveloped her sea of ​​consciousness, and its cold and empty eyes exuded an aura that made her terrified.

"What on earth are you going to do!?"

"The heart of the spirit tree has been given to you."

Qingyi woke up from his fright and suddenly found himself still in the cultivation cave.

"Nightmare, how could this happen."

…

In the outer cave, Shen Lian sensed Qing Yi's changes through the formation.

Yes, he was shameless again.

Qing Yi's spiritual sense was only over six thousand feet long, which was considered quite good among the early Jindan cultivators, but it was as weak as a piece of window paper in front of his spiritual sense.

Those with seven orifices are known as old foxes. With the opening of each orifice, the host's intelligence and potential will be improved.

God knows what Qingyi will look like once his four orifices are opened, so he has to be on guard.

This went on repeatedly for nearly half a year, and Shen Lian tirelessly used the power of his spiritual thoughts to quietly deepen Qing Yi's fear of him.

"That should be about right."

…

It’s not that she hadn’t thought about attacking with her divine mind, but she also suspected that she had a nightmare.

After all, she had been frightened since the incident more than 20 years ago. The sect trained her and promoted her to the Golden Core stage, but she almost brought disaster to the sect because of external affairs.

How can I be worthy of my master who passed away, how can I be worthy of my senior brother, and how can I face the thousands of disciples in the sect.

“Buzz!”

While Qingyi was hesitating, the formation lit up and Shen Lian walked in from outside.

Seeing Shen Lian coming in, Qingyi subconsciously stood up and took two steps back, with her hands tightening on her dress.

Seeing these actions, Shen Lian nodded slightly.

It's good to be afraid.

"Why do you look so bad?"

Qing Yi came back to his senses and looked Shen Lian up and down, trying to figure out if Shen Lian was playing tricks.

Shen Lian didn't care about Qing Yi's eyes, and continued: "I have already told your senior brother that in order to ensure your safety, you brothers and sisters are better off abandoning the sect and staying away from the South China Sea."

"When you advance to the Nascent Soul stage, the sect can be rebuilt at any time. By then, the threat from the Yunshang Sect will be nothing."

"I'll leave these formations to you. We'd better not meet again in the future."

"It would be better if we never see each other again." Qingyi murmured.

…

A moment later, Shen Lian turned into a stream of light and rushed out of Qingmu Sect.

"My dear friend, the land of gentleness is so beautiful and charming. You finally came out."

Outside Qingmu Sect, a shadow appeared from the impatient Ziyang old monster who had been waiting for a long time.

"Hey, I didn't expect that you didn't delay your cultivation while enjoying yourself, and you have already advanced to the middle stage of the Golden Core."

"An old man who has lived for three thousand years, now all he has left is his mouth?"

Shen Lian was no longer polite and retorted, "Should we find a place to study how the senior transformed into a spirit?"

Hearing the voice, Zi Yang's aura perked up.

After more than 20 years, Shen Lian finally nodded.

…

“Eight hundred years ago, I was the chief cultivator of Haoyang Sect in Lingxi Immortal Cultivation World.

At that time, the Five Elements Immortal Palace happened to appear in the Lingxi Immortal Cultivation World, attracting many high-level cultivators to join in, and I was one of them.

But the Immortal Palace is full of dangers. In addition to the monks killing each other when they enter, there are also dangerous places, forbidden areas, and the Tiankui clan unique to the Immortal Palace.

The cultivation path of these Tiankui cultivators is different from that of other tribes in the current immortal cultivation world. They practice thunder magic and are born in a fog of thunder.

Moreover, unlike the normal cultivation and advancement of cultivators, the strength of most Tiankui cultivators is fixed when they are born.

If it is level three when it is born, it is level three, and if it is level four when it is born, it is level four.

Only the Tiankui royal family is different, they can continue to practice and advance to the fifth or even sixth level."

In a picturesque mountain range, Shen Lian was sitting cross-legged in a cave, and opposite him, behind a table, the old monster Zi Yang was sitting cross-legged.

Of course, this is just a wisp of divine consciousness from the old monster.

In Shen Lian's perception, the strength of this phantom also reached twenty thousand feet.

"There are sixth-level cultivators in the Five Elements Immortal Palace?"

After listening to the story told by Old Monster Zi Yang, Shen Lian was also a little surprised.

"It is rumored that there are sixth-rank Tian Kui cultivators deep in the Immortal Palace. They are stationed in key places in the Immortal Palace."

Zi Yang sighed, "Back then, I only encountered a fourth-rank Tian Kui cultivator. Their methods are indeed extremely strange, but they can draw lightning from the void and kill people without parallel.

At that time, I was defeated after only three moves. If I hadn’t run fast, I would have died directly in the secret realm of the Immortal Palace.”

"Fortunately, I had good luck. When I was being chased by a fourth-rank Tiankui cultivator, I ran into a fairy palace in a panic and experienced a life-and-death crisis. I got a volume of the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Yanzhen Record from it."

"This immortal record is the path to spiritual transformation that I want to cultivate now."

“After obtaining the Record of the Acquired Spiritual Treasure, my luck seemed to have run out. After I came out of the Immortal Palace, I ran into a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Spiritual Pattern Clan and was beaten so badly that I fled in panic.

After finally waiting for the Immortal Palace to reopen, I escaped from it and ran into my mortal enemy.

In the end, the Nascent Soul exploded and only a remnant soul remained. In that situation, even the sect didn't dare to return, so they could only randomly choose a cultivator with fire spirit roots to take over his body. "

When he said this, Zi Yang's cheeks twitched.

“At that time, I was in a desperate situation, so I chose a cultivator at the foundation-building level to seize his body. Relying on my many years of cultivation experience, and my strength in the only space was at the foundation-building level, I still easily controlled that young man.

Fortunately, the spiritual roots of the young man whose body I possessed were not too bad in quality and could barely be considered top-grade.

Relying on my experience in cultivation, it only took me two hundred years to return to the early stage of Nascent Soul. However, it is extremely difficult to make further progress.

Moreover, I am also facing the problem of insufficient life span, so I can only focus on the path of cultivating immortality by following the Acquired Spiritual Treasure Yanzhenlu obtained from the Immortal Palace."

"The story of the predecessor is indeed very mysterious."

"There is no coincidence in the world." Zi Yang chuckled.

"This is such a coincidence." Shen Lian agreed. He had encountered this kind of coincidence more than once.

“In order to prepare for the transformation into a weapon spirit, I started my journey of robbing, running all the way from Lingxi Xiuxian Realm to Tiannan Xiuxian Realm.

After taking over another's body, my luck has been pretty good, and I have been able to frequently snatch the spiritual objects I need from the Nascent Souls of various sects.

Originally, my target was not Tiannan South Continent, but Tiannan East Continent, but I didn’t expect that the Five Elements Palace would appear again in Tiannan South Continent. This is simply a pleasant surprise.”

"Is there anything different when the Five Elements Immortal Palace appeared last time?" Shen Lian asked as he watched Zi Yang's expression change.

He only knew that there was no pattern to the appearance of the Five Elements Immortal Palace, and no one could determine where it appeared.

Zi Yang looked at Shen Lian and asked, "My friend, do you know how many relatively independent cultivation realms there are in the vast world of immortal cultivation, such as Tiannan and Lingxi?"

Shen Lian shook his head slightly. He hadn't even left the Tiannan Continent yet, so how could he know the answers to these things?

Seeing Shen Lian shaking his head, Zi Yang observed him carefully. He found that Shen Lian's expression did not seem to be fake and he really did not understand.

"Have you not yet awakened to this aspect of your memory?"

The thought that popped up in his mind was fleeting, and Zi Yang quickly restrained it, and then said: "Some cultivators say there are hundreds, and some cultivators say there are thousands. Anyway, I don't know how many there are. Three thousand years ago, I only traveled to the two immortal cultivation worlds of Lingxi and Tiannan.

In such a vast world of immortal cultivation, it is rare that the Five Elements Immortal Palace descended into two adjacent immortal cultivation worlds within a short period of time. "

“During this trip to the Immortal Palace, I got a piece of five-colored stone as I wished, and I sent the five-colored stone out according to the plan I had made.

Although there was a small accident during the process, it was still under control."

Zi Yang spoke in a gloomy voice. Originally, according to his plan, he wanted to collect mineral essences to build a magic weapon as a shelter, but he did not expect to encounter the Five Elements Fairy Palace again.

With magical tools made of five-colored stones, other minerals naturally become less important.

"My dear friend, when I become a weapon spirit, I will be able to help you."

Although he was certain that Shen Lian was the reincarnation of a cultivator, Zi Yang pretended not to know when Shen Lian didn't say anything.

Even for a reincarnated cultivator, a magical treasure that can help him embark on the path to immortality is something that can only be encountered by chance.

Not to mention, what if he is a reincarnated cultivator? No one can tell what the situation will be like until the end of the immortal road.

"Of course, if I can't survive the catastrophe of becoming a weapon spirit, then just pretend I never said anything."

Shen Lian showed an interested look on his face, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.

As a human cultivator, he took it for granted that humans could refine spiritual treasures, raise spiritual pets, and cultivate spiritual plants.

But there are not only humans in the vast sea of ​​immortal cultivation. In the eyes of other races, humans are no different from cultivation resources and spiritual pets.

Weapon spirits can also be classified as alien races, so it will be hard to say who will control whom at that time.

In this world, whoever is strong will dominate.

Take the old monster Zi Yang for example. If it were any other Nascent Soul cultivator, they would just have to wait and die. The transformation from a human soul to a weapon spirit body is no longer a matter of taking over another's body, but is about abandoning the human destiny.

Even the old monster Zi Yang is willing to take such a difficult journey, which shows how firm his determination to cultivate immortality is.

Once such a person becomes a spirit of an object, he will most likely devour his master.

After all, even if he had become a spirit, his thoughts were formed when he was a human. Could Ziyang bear to be treated as a magic tool? "The Five Elements Magical Instrument I left behind is in the outer sea of ​​​​Wanxing. When can you go and get it?"

(End of this chapter)