Chapter 303 - 258: Slaying the Great Demon, Scheming for the Residual Soul! (Double - )
Chapter 303: Chapter 258: Slaying the Great Demon, Scheming for the Residual Soul! (Double Chapter)
"Powerless to even bind a chicken?"
The tablet shook, revealing slight cracks, and blood-red soul light slowly dispersed. Only then did Gu Yuan stop and coldly say a sentence.
This strike, which the body of a Great Demon that had endured lightning strikes couldn’t withstand, was stubbornly resisted by a residual soul within the tablet using Divine Soul Power.
The presence within the tablet, is imaginable.
Otherwise, before its death, the Black-Handed Infant Beast wouldn’t have asked it for rescue.
"I was wrong!"
"I was wrong!"
"Fellow Daoist, please forgive me. I may have a trace of Divine Soul Power hidden, but I absolutely cannot harm you. Please forgive me, forgive me!"
The presence within the tablet, after this strike, suffered great damage to its Primordial Qi, and a hundred years of cultivation were lost in an instant. It no longer dared to show even the slightest arrogance and spoke weakly.
"Who are you? Why is there a residual soul here?"
The Sword Pill hovered above the tablet, fifteen sword lights ominously descending, watchful and wary, Gu Yuan finally asked.
"Good for Fellow Daoist to know."
"I am a Loose Cultivator from the East Mountain Realm, who came to this place while adventuring with a friend in the South Mountain Domain, but never imagined, I was being plotted against by that friend, and my body turned to ashes, my Golden Core was destroyed, leaving only a wisp of residual soul to escape."
"To preserve my life, I was compelled to cooperate with this Black Water Infant Beast."
"Fellow Daoist, there is a treasure gourd within the venomous pool of Black Water Island, named Three Divine Treasure Gourd. I am willing to offer it to Fellow Daoist, only asking for Fellow Daoist to save me!"
The presence within the tablet, having witnessed Gu Yuan’s abilities, dared not conceal them, revealing its origins.
"Three Divine Treasure Gourd?"
Gu Yuan, through Stone Liquid, was already aware of the gourd’s existence on the island, but it was his first time hearing its name.
"This gourd is a Tier Three Exotic Treasure, a Heaven-Earth Exotic Species, from which three Divine Spirit Waters can be born within. For those whose Divine Soul is injured, consuming it instantly restores their injuries, leaving the Divine Soul unharmed."
"For those whose Divine Soul is unharmed, the power of the Divine Soul will surge immediately, dramatically increasing their Divine Thought, effecting several times its original influence."
"I previously made a transaction with this Black Water Infant Beast. The seeds of the Three Divine Treasure Gourd were provided by me. He helped cultivate the treasure gourd and assisted in restoring my injuries, and I would furnish him with a method to promote the Root Bone of the Demon Race, aiding his breakthrough to Mid-Stage Great Demon."
"But unexpectedly, this fool, ignorant of heavenly might, dared to provoke Fellow Daoist, truly deserving death!"
The tablet gently trembled as it spoke slowly.
"You offer the treasure gourd to me, but what will happen to you then?"
Gu Yuan wasn’t clear about the identity of the person in front of him, but indeed, he was left only with a trace of residual soul, and without nourishment, he would soon fade into nothingness.
What piqued Gu Yuan’s curiosity was how a cultivator who had lost his Golden Core could survive with a mere trace of residual soul?
Golden Core cultivators possess extraordinary means, living for millennia, greatly increasing their survival ability. Even if their body is destroyed, as long as the Golden Core remains, and the Divine Soul clings to it, survival is assured.
But even in such a case, they wouldn’t live long unless they acquired a body to forcibly possess.
However, the method of possession is extremely risky; even if successful, it results in discordance between spirit and flesh, only allowing an existence living on the edge and retreating in cultivation, with no further possibility of progress in this lifetime.
Unless some great force reconstructs their body, giving a slim chance of survival.
Yet such methods are too mysterious, unheard of, unknown at what realm such Power of Creation can be achieved.
Logically, with the Golden Core destroyed, the body disintegrated, the Divine Soul would instantly disperse, with no possibility of survival.
"I am willing to make a transaction with you."
"I have a technique, profound and unparalleled, that allows a Golden Core cultivator’s Divine Soul Power to surpass ordinary people, even enabling it to separate from the body. Even if the Golden Core is destroyed, the body disintegrated, the Divine Soul can survive in the world. With enough fortune, further cultivation and progress can be made!"
"It is by relying on this technique that I barely linger in the world."
"This Three Divine Treasure Gourd is an Exotic Treasure, transforming Yin and Yang, possessing the Power of Creation, ordinary treasures keep away from its poisonous miasma and vile waters, yet for it, it becomes a paradise.
"Extremes invert, and within the poisonous miasma and vile waters lies a rich vitality. The Three Divine Treasure Gourd grows from this."
"After Fellow Daoist retrieves the Spirit Water, the treasure gourd will not wither. As long as it is adequately nourished, it will continue to grow."
"I am willing to offer the Spirit Water from the first gourd to Fellow Daoist, only begging Fellow Daoist to bury the Black Water Infant Beast’s corpse beneath the treasure gourd."
"With the toxic corpse of the Black Water Infant Beast as a source, in less than a hundred years, another gourd of Spirit Water can be born."
"I beseech Fellow Daoist to leave the Spirit Water from the second gourd for me, to save me!"
After speaking, a blurred shadow slowly emerged above the tablet, bowing to Gu Yuan.
The shadow was obscure and faintly seemed to be a youthful figure with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes.
Gu Yuan listened quietly, saying nothing.
Yet his heart and spirit sank into his Dantian, using the surging Gold-Attribute Mana to stimulate the Divine Sense Heartless Seal.
The Divine Sense Heartless Seal was a special Dharma Seal passed down by the Three-Heart Daoist, within a hundred feet, if anyone harbors malicious thoughts towards oneself or murderous intent, this seal will sense it.
After Gu Yuan ascended to Golden Core, this seal could hardly sense the thoughts of Golden Core cultivators anymore, but for the person in front of him, with only a trace of residual soul, this seal could just barely be effective.
The Divine Sense Heartless Seal faintly trembled, and the originally clear Dharma Seal instantly revealed strands and traces of blood-red color.
An extremely hidden yet very tenacious malevolent thought quietly surfaced in his mind.
Seeing this, Gu Yuan felt a slight movement in his heart, yet outwardly showed no sign of disturbance.
"How many days have you been on this island?"