A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 177

Chapter 174 Forget it, I’ll just have to check my memories myself (add 2k words)

After three whole days of soul searching, Han Li gained so much.

From combat experience to alchemy and formation techniques.

From secret arts and methods to all sorts of experiences.

It was like reading an encyclopedia.

“Is this the wisdom of an old monster who has been struggling for thousands of years?”

Xiao Cha was already over five hundred years old before the last time at the Void Heaven Palace. After the Void Heaven Palace, he recuperated for a period of time, only to be tricked and killed by two disciples. Trapped here, never seeing the light of day, he was forced to dissipate his Nascent Soul and switch to cultivating the Ghost Dao method, the “Mysterious Soul Refining Demon Great Method,” thus cultivating the Mysterious Soul Body.

He was unaware of the years outside.

He mistakenly thought that only four or five hundred years had passed.

In fact, almost six hundred years had already passed.

“More than three hundred years of experience in Core Formation, more than two hundred years of experience in Nascent Soul, nearly five or six hundred years of Ghost Cultivation experience…”

“Unfortunately, what you learn from books is never enough…”

“Just watching videos during soul searching, without personally experiencing and experimenting, is ultimately a veil in the sand.”

Looking back.

Whether it’s alchemy, weapon crafting, or talisman making, without hands-on experience, all the knowledge gained from soul searching is merely theoretical.

Furthermore, Xuan Gu’s experience might not be suitable for him.

Many things ultimately vary from person to person. In short

, he had to try it himself.

However, regardless, what he gained this time came from a thousand-year-old demon. Many aspects of it were valuable and worth learning from.

Of course,

three days were far from enough for him to thoroughly search the soul.

Not nearly enough.

He had only skimmed through a short film of life.

And the most important part of this film, without a doubt, was: Did Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha leave behind any fragmented soul?

The answer from the soul search was: Yes!

Inside the stone pillar where he had previously hidden!

“Sure enough, after suffering a great loss, he knew to keep a backup plan.”

What a cunning old fox.

If he had been careless, he might have missed this remnant soul.

Thousands of years later, this fragmented soul might be nourished by the Yin energy of this place and grow stronger again. At that time, Xuan Gu Shangren could be resurrected.

As for now?

Han Li summoned the little monkey, Ti Hun.

“Absorb all the yin spirits here.”

Upon hearing this, the little monkey’s languid demeanor vanished, and it immediately perked up.

Its master treated it very well, allowing it to feast again.

Then, a yellow light that absorbed souls shot from its nostrils, heading towards the stone pillar where the remnant soul of Xuan Gu was hidden.

The yellow light entered the stone pillar and quickly rolled back out.

At this moment, the yellow light contained a ball of blackish-green flame.

This was the backup plan that Xuan Gu Shangren had left for himself.

As a result,

the little monkey opened its mouth and went into its stomach.

The backup plan of a generation of heroes was thus rendered useless.

After eating this remnant soul, Ti Hun’s eyes shone even brighter:

Delicious!

It then began to attack the yin spirits hidden in the surrounding walls.

These were created by Xuan Gu Shangren through his Xuan Hun Refining Demon Technique.

Each one contained a considerable amount of yin energy.

Once inside Ti Hun’s stomach, they became Ti Hun’s food.

Various yin spirits were robbed, with nowhere to escape, and for a time, the place was filled with the constant wails of ghosts.

Finally, all was quiet.

The previously eerie atmosphere had subtly become more normal.

“Speaking of which, Xiao Cha’s Profound Soul Body is quite interesting. If I hadn’t prepared the Fiend Core clone beforehand to lure him into a trap from which he could never escape, I might not have been able to capture him this time.”

Han Li felt a little fortunate about this.

The Profound Soul Body has an extremely strong concealment effect. If it doesn’t actively reveal itself and leave any clues, it’s simply impossible for a Nascent Soul cultivator’s divine sense to detect it.

Even a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator might not be able to accurately detect the existence of a Profound Soul.

After forming his Nascent Soul from Extreme Yin, he did try to enter this place to kill his master’s remnant soul, but he just couldn’t catch Xiao Cha’s Profound Soul.

He, on the other hand, took a clever approach. He

used that eunuch clone as bait and caught a big fish. Xiao Cha’s possession of the Fiend Core clone was like the fish taking the bait. Once hooked, it was restricted by the many restrictions within, and this person’s main soul could not break free in a short period of time.

Here, he swiftly suppressed the opponent before the numerous restrictions within the Demon Core’s clone could be broken.

Otherwise, Xiao Cha, without a physical form, would have been difficult to capture.

“Time is almost up.”

“This place is not safe to linger.”

The Extreme Yin Island has only been here for a little over three months.

It seems like there’s still plenty of time, but the possibility that Extreme Yin is in the nearby sea cannot be ruled out.

He doesn’t want to run into Extreme Yin at this time.

Immediately, he extracted the soul of Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha from his Sha Dan clone and resealed it into a specially prepared magical bottle for sealing souls. During this process, he didn’t forget to double-wrap the soul and the bottle with various sealing talismans to prevent Xuan Gu from causing trouble with his Xuan Soul body.

Before leaving, he couldn’t help but glance at the pool.

“What a pity about this pool of thousand-year-old stalactite.”

Thousand-year-old stalactite has many uses.

It was also a key bargaining chip that Ji Yin and Xuan Xuan used to design Xuan Gu.

Unfortunately, it was all contaminated by poison.

Turning around, he scanned the area behind the archways on both sides with his divine sense, but found nothing else of value.

He no longer lingered there.

With a wave of his hand, he left a jade slip:

“Ji Yin, Ji Xuan, my two good disciples, wait for your master, you two wait for your master… We will meet again soon.”

Having finished, he prepared to leave.

But just then,

an ugly, burly man appeared and blocked Han Li’s path.

“How dare you! Who dares to sneak into my island lord’s cave?”

The burly man roared angrily, his eyes filled with malice and his face contorted with rage.

Han Li, upon hearing this, paused for a moment, then smiled:

“I was originally thinking about how to get my hands on the Flower Basket Ancient Treasure, but I didn’t expect you to return so quickly.”

Sensing the unrestrained aura emanating from the man opposite him, the burly man’s ferocity vanished, replaced by deep terror:

“A…a Nascent Soul old monster?”

His previous confidence vanished like that of a frightened quail:

“Senior, senior, it’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding…”

The burly man was almost crying.

“How could there be a misunderstanding between us?”

Han Li stepped forward.

The burly man turned and fled.

After a few breaths of chase,

Han Li grabbed the guard dog that Ji Yin had left there like a chick.

Then, he slammed it onto the burly man’s forehead.

“Let me see where the Flower Basket Ancient Treasure is…”

The Flower Basket Ancient Treasure is a rare gem among gems.

Its functionality is no less than many high-level ancient treasures.

It’s even above the Five Elements Ring of high quality.

How could he miss it?

Having another ancient treasure would give him more confidence.

…

More than ten days after Han Li left.

On a nearby island.

Jin Qing and Hu Yue, who had been knocked unconscious and imprisoned separately, woke up slowly from their slumber after the talisman between their brows burned out.

The two checked their storage bags and found that some things were missing. All

the valuables were gone.

They were devastated.

They hadn’t gained anything from the treasure hunt; instead, they had lost a lot of money. A huge loss.

“But at least we’re still alive.”

This was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Then,

the two saw a jade slip beside them.

It warned them not to go to that ancient cultivator’s cave again.

After thinking for a moment, Jin Qing suppressed his ambition and fled far away.

But Hu Yue, on the other hand, headed towards the Thousand Mile Island.

He wanted to see what was going on.

Since the other party hadn’t killed him, they probably wouldn’t make things difficult for him anymore.

He was just going to take a look, just a glimpse from afar…

he wouldn’t be satisfied without seeing it.

Just as Hu Yue entered the island’s territory and flew towards the northwest, a middle-aged figure shrouded in a gray robe appeared on a side of the mountain.

“Eh? You seem to have come specifically for this? Then, can you tell me what happened here?”

The middle-aged man looked up, revealing a face with slender eyebrows and a pale complexion.

His fingernails were a deep, almost black, dark green.

Upon seeing the man, Hu Yue was terrified.

His heart sank to the ground.

“Senior…”

“Forget it, too much trouble. I’ll examine your memories myself.”

(End of Chapter)