Chapter 80 Soul Gathering
"Dian Ding (Dian Chu) of the Sea Demon Gang pays homage to the envoy."

Dian Chu and Dian Ding had been waiting on the deck. As soon as the black light landed on the deck, the two of them rushed forward to greet it.

"You are the first and second in command of the Sea Demon Gang? Why don't you see the others?"

The messenger looked like a middle-aged man, around 40 or 50 years old, which was the prime of life for a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of Qi training.

He glanced at Dian Ding and Dian Chu, then released his spiritual sense, but did not detect anyone.

The spiritual consciousness of a person who has reached the great perfection of Qi training can only cover a radius of nine meters. The room where Fang Chen and Wang Changlin are located is not within this range.

"Report to the envoy, they are all digging for holy objects in the Absolute Spirit Swamp."

According to the excuse previously agreed upon with Fang Chen and Wang Changlin, Dian Ding responded with a flattering look on his face.

For him, telling such a lie is as easy as eating and drinking, and he is not nervous at all.

"So that's how it is. Since you guys take the matter of the holy object so seriously, I will report the matter to the higher-ups truthfully, and I'm sure you'll get a reward."

The messenger stroked his beard and said a few polite words before bringing up the matter of the holy object again: "In that case, I won't bother you any more. Please hand over the holy object quickly."

"All the holy objects are here. Please check them, messenger."

Dian Ding took out a spirit beast bag, which contained the soil from the Jueling Swamp.

The reason for using a spirit beast bag is that the storage bag is not ventilated, the oxygen will quickly run out, and the forbidden spirit grass in the soil will not survive long.

The messenger did not suspect anything. After taking the spirit beast bag, he scanned it with his spirit mind and his expression changed drastically. He shouted at Dian Chu and Dian Ding: "How dare you, the Sea Demon Gang, betray us!"

The two were confused and didn't know what was going on. They knelt down and kowtowed: "Emissary, please understand. Since we, the Sea Demon Gang, came to the swamp, we have worked hard day and night and never dared to betray you!"

Fang Chen and Wang Changlin, who were listening in the room, also realized that something was wrong and took out their magic weapons to prepare to fight the enemy.

What Wang Changlin didn't expect was that Fang Chen didn't take out anything else except the Jade Talisman of the Forbidden Divine Spell.

"He doesn't even need to use a magic weapon to face a Qi training master. Could it be that his strength has reached this level?"

Wang Changlin had no idea that Fang Chen didn't have any magic weapon at all.

Although he has spiritual thoughts and sufficient magic power to drive magic weapons, once he buys a magic weapon in Lianyunfang City, he will be coveted by others, and his disguises will be useless.

What's more, up to now, he hasn't encountered many situations that require fighting.

Now I can only use the Jade Talisman of the Forbidden Divine Spell to provide assistance.

If all else fails, he still has a trump card.

"Don't dare to betray? Then let me ask you, how did you put this holy object into the spirit beast bag?"

The messenger sneered and told the problem he had discovered.

Although he was not quite sure what the sacred object of the Demon Cultivator Alliance was, his spiritual thoughts dissipated instantly as soon as he probed into the spirit beast's bag.

This fits the description of the holy object.

The problem also followed.

The spirit beast bag also needs to absorb spiritual energy to work, although the amount of spiritual energy required is not much.

But the holy object has been isolated from the spiritual energy. How can they put the holy object into the spirit beast bag?

This is obviously inconsistent with common sense.

He also figured it out instantly. With so many physical cultivators in Mingming Star Moon Sea, why did the Demon Cultivator Alliance specifically designate the Sea Demon Gang to do this?

Because they have a boat.

It is only with this ship that the holy relics can be transported back.

"This……"

Dian Chu and Dian Ding looked at each other. They realized that there was indeed no way to put the soil from the Jueling Swamp directly into the spirit beast bag. Following Fang Chen's instructions, they exposed it to the sun first, then added water, sprinkled in the seeds of the forbidden spirit grass, and put it into the spirit beast bag.

Anyway, the rooting and sprouting of the forbidden spirit grass has nothing to do with light and can be done in the spirit beast bag.

But I never expected that the messenger sent here was so smart and could see the flaw just by this point.

Fang Chen and Wang Changlin also looked at each other. They didn't expect that they were so careless here.

Especially Fang Chen, he was misled by his past experience.

When making the beggar version of the immortal palace, one of his clever moves was to use plants with soul-killing properties to prevent the spiritual energy in the immortal palace from leaking out.

At that time, he put the plants with absolute spiritual properties into the first generation immortal palace, and nothing happened.

However, at that time, he put the plants into the immortal palace one by one, which naturally would not affect their absorption of spiritual energy.

But the soil in the Jueling Swamp is different. It contains countless Jueling Moss spores, which have formed a Jueling magic array. Naturally, it cannot be simply put into a storage bag or a spirit beast bag.

"Master Envoy, it's unfair. As physical cultivators, we used primitive methods when using the spirit beast bag. Maybe this is the reason why we were able to put the holy object in it."

Realizing that this envoy was not easy to fool, Fang Chen immediately ordered Dian Chu through the Blood God Vine, asking him to prevaricate with this excuse.

The so-called primitive method is to open the bag and take items out with your hands.

Not only physical cultivators, but also many cultivators below the fifth level of Qi training who have no spiritual thoughts, also use storage bags in this way.

However, the storage bag is a magic weapon after all, so the latter can also use magic power as a medium to load and take out items, but physical cultivation cannot do so.

"Is that so? Then I'll try."

After listening to Dian Chu's explanation, the messenger felt that it made some sense, so he opened the mouth of the spirit beast bag and reached in to grab it.

"It really works. It seems that I misunderstood you before."

He did grab a handful of dirt, and as a result he was less guarded against Dian Ding and Dian Chu.

"It's now!"

While he was off guard, Dian Ding and Dian Chu attacked together, punching him in the throat and lower body respectively.

Both of them are physical cultivators and are extremely fast. Even though this messenger has reached the great perfection of Qi training, his reaction speed is still far inferior to that of a physical cultivator.

Both punches landed solidly on the body.

"what--"

The severe pain made him scream, but the two brothers had no intention of stopping and attacked him at these two weak points.

However, a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of Qi training is not someone who just sits there and does nothing. Despite the extreme pain, he still reacted at the first possible moment.

Release magic power to protect the whole body.

This is an ability that a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi training possesses, but the magic power of a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of Qi training is more powerful. Even if two physical cultivators attack at the same time, they cannot break his defense.

"Okay, okay, I didn't expect that a small Sea Demon Gang like you would actually dare to rebel. If that's the case, then go to hell!"

The demon cultivator who reacted spoke viciously, while releasing his spiritual thoughts towards the two brothers.

To deal with physical cultivators with weak soul power, using spiritual thoughts to wipe out their souls is the best option. Although the power of qi and blood can defend against spiritual thoughts, there is a huge gap in their cultivation after all. With the strength of his spiritual thoughts, the two brothers Dianchu cannot defend themselves at all.

However, to his surprise, his spiritual thoughts immediately vanished as soon as they approached the two brothers.

It’s similar to the reaction of coming into contact with the sacred object in the spirit beast’s bag.

Even the speed at which spiritual thoughts dissipate is even faster.

"How can it be?!"

The demon envoy was greatly surprised and had no idea what was going on.

He could not think of it, this was the result of the Absolute Spirit Array, which was also the real holy object that they, the magic cultivators, dreamed of. In order to prevent any accidents, Fang Chen collected a lot of Absolute Spirit Moss spores and smeared them in the hair of the two brothers.

Anyway, these two people are physical cultivators and do not need to use spiritual energy. This layer of protection can also help them effectively resist attacks from spiritual thoughts.

It was originally just for emergency use, but I didn't expect it to come in handy at this moment.

When the previous demon cultivator used his spiritual sense to investigate, he did not know that the Dian Chu brothers had already rebelled, so he deliberately avoided them.

Using spiritual thoughts to investigate others is ultimately a very offensive act, and even demon cultivators rarely do this.

It was because of this oversight that he did not notice the soul-killing formation on the two brothers, which also determined his failure at this moment.

He was surprised that the two brothers did not just stand there in a daze, but continued their attacks.

The magic shield can protect the whole body, but this demon messenger obviously forgot that there is still a loophole in his body.

That's his hand.

Just as he stretched out his hand to grab the mud with the forbidden grass, part of the mud got stuck on his hand, causing the magic power covering this place to dissipate directly.

He didn't realize that the two brothers were very perceptive.

All the moves were directed towards this hand.

"what--"

As the saying goes, the ten fingers are connected to the heart. The pain from the hands once again stimulated the nerves of the demon cultivator, making him almost crazy.

But thanks to the attacks of the two brothers, he noticed this vulnerability in himself.

He immediately shook his hands vigorously to get rid of all the dirt on them, leaving no loopholes in the mana shield.

"I must admit, you succeeded in irritating me."

The demon cultivator suppressed the energy and blood running wild in his body and calmed down at this moment, no longer letting anger drive his brain.

He looked at the two brothers Dian and Chu with eyes so cold as if he was looking at two dead people.

“Why are you pretending? Your body’s energy and blood must be running wild right now. You’d better surrender quickly. I can still give you a chance to recuperate. Otherwise, your foundation will be damaged and you won’t be able to build your foundation in this lifetime.”

After saying this, Dian Ding felt very relieved. Thinking back to the two months since he came to Jueling Swamp, there was hardly a single smooth day.

Now I can finally vent my anger.

As for the other party's cold eyes, it was commonplace for the two brothers.

What kind of business are they in? The people they interact with on a daily basis are not good people. Who wouldn't say harsh words?

Although this messenger had reached the highest level of Qi training, he was still successfully ambushed by them.

It looked as if he had only suffered a few superficial blows, but in fact their energy and blood had already entered the other's body and was now wantonly destroying his body.

What's more, the reaction speed of physical cultivators is much faster than that of magic cultivators. Therefore, during the stage of training Qi and body, physical cultivators can fight against magic cultivators across levels.

Unless you are a cheater like Fang Chen, who possesses the Blood God Vine, which can restrain all physical cultivators.

Speaking of Fang Chen, he and Wang Changlin also appeared silently behind the demon envoy at this moment, and the jade talisman of the forbidden god spell in their hands had already been activated.

The golden light enveloped the demon messenger, but unexpectedly, a black token flew out from his mind and absorbed all the golden light.

"There are actually two helpers, oh? They are righteous thieves!"

After such an incident, the demon envoy also noticed Fang Chen and the other man, and determined their identities based on their clothes.

"Friend Wang, your Jade Talisman of the Forbidden Divine Spell has never seemed very reliable."

Seeing this scene, Fang Chen couldn't help but laugh and complain to Wang Changlin.

"Friend Fang, it's already this hour, are you still in the mood to joke?"

Wang Changlin now only wanted to escape from this place. The person in front of him was a person who had reached the great stage of Qi training. Even though he had been ambushed by the two brothers Dian Ding and his strength had been weakened, he was still not easy to deal with.

Now even the Jade Talisman of the Divine Forbidden Spell was ineffective, so he began to think of retreating.

Perhaps the four of them could join forces to capture this demon cultivator who had reached the great perfection of Qi training, but they would also suffer heavy casualties, and Wang Changlin did not want to risk his life.

Just looking at Fang Chen's confident look, he couldn't help but feel a little curious. No matter how powerful the prince was, he couldn't allow him to have the power to fight against the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

"My Taoist friend, my name is Xia Chen. May I ask your name?"

Ignoring Wang Changlin, Fang Chen looked at the demon cultivator in front of him and asked with a smile.

"Humph, you righteous bastard, remember, my name is Su Ming!"

Su Ming shouted loudly. The reason why he was willing to talk was that he wanted to take this opportunity to suppress the Qi and blood in his body.

Otherwise, only 60% to 70% of one's cultivation can be utilized, and one might really fail here.

"So it's Brother Su. What a pity! If you had just taken the spirit beast bag and left obediently at the beginning, you wouldn't have ended up in this situation."

Fang Chen sighed, snapped his fingers, and countless souls emerged from his body.

"Ghost cultivator? You righteous bastards are indeed hypocritical. How many people did you have to kill to get so many souls?"

Seeing these souls, Su Ming was stunned for a moment, then cursed fiercely.

As for the harsh words Fang Chen said, he didn't take them to heart. The cultivation of these ghost cultivators was only equivalent to the second level of Qi training. What use would it be no matter how many there were?

A single thought can scare them to death.

Fang Chen didn't care what Su Ming was thinking, as souls were still continuously emerging from his body.

Each of them has a cultivation level equivalent to the second level of Qi Refining, wearing Yin Ling Armor, holding a Yin Ling Sword, and a Yin Ling Lock on the waist.

There are more than 1,100 of them.

These are exactly all the souls in the two ghost spaces.

Originally, their cultivation level was only equivalent to the first level of Qi training, but they were already very close to the second level of Qi training, and they had made some breakthroughs in these ten days.

Seeing that no new ghost cultivators appeared, Su Ming laughed and said, "You don't think that you can do anything to me with more than a thousand second-level Qi Refining ghost cultivators, do you?"

As he spoke, he concentrated his spiritual thoughts and attacked these ghost cultivators.

A faint light appeared on the Yin Ling Armor, blocking his spiritual attack.

Su Ming's eyes widened again.

He was not a magic cultivator who was good at playing with souls, so naturally he did not know the power of the Yin Ling Armor.

"Using spiritual thoughts to attack the Yin Lingjia is a really creative idea. Since you think these ghost cultivators can't do anything to you, how about adding him?"

Fang Chen smiled and summoned his spiritual clone.

With the blessing of the Ghost King Palace and the endless power of Yin spirits, the cultivation of the spiritual clone has reached the third level of Qi training, which is one level higher than these ordinary ghost cultivators.

Moreover, that’s not all, Fang Chen also activated the power of the Ghost King Palace.

"Ghost King Palace - Gathering Souls."

With his order, more than 1,100 souls poured into the spiritual clone and merged into one with it.

With the blessing of these souls, the cultivation level of the spiritual clone has reached the twelfth level of Qi training, and it is only one step away from the great perfection of Qi training.

Sweat immediately broke out on Su Ming's forehead.

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