Chapter 528 - 527: Yin Sha Cave
Clang——!!!
With a crisp sound, the silver needle pierced Gu Yuan’s forehead, emitting a ringing clash like metal striking metal.
Gu Yuan’s forehead seemed to become as hard as iron stone, blocking the silver needle magical artifact outside.
Then, Gu Yuan reached out and pointed at Xiu Yanqing’s forehead.
Xiu Yanqing’s body quickly crumbled into a heap of ashes, silently scattering in the wind.
Only a faint black-gray mist appeared in Gu Yuan’s hand.
"Ahhhh!!! Who are you..."
Accompanied by a series of faint yet piercing voices emerging from the mist, Gu Yuan flicked his finger, sending out a pure white smoke to envelop it.
The pure white smoke rapidly spread and transformed into wisps of mist, seeping into the black-gray mist.
This black-gray mist was naturally Xiu Yanqing’s divine soul.
Gu Yuan deliberately preserved it to obtain the information within Xiu Yanqing’s divine soul.
Therefore, after destroying his physique, Gu Yuan immediately used the great divine technique, Illusory Flower in Dreams, to infiltrate Xiu Yanqing’s divine soul.
Xiu Yanqing’s cultivation was not particularly high, and even his divine soul was far inferior to Gu Yuan’s, appearing as just a phantom mist.
Suddenly, when the white mist seeped in, the divine soul trembled violently, like a beggar in thin clothes shivering in the dead of winter.
Simultaneously, faint weak screams were emitted, as if experiencing some pain.
"As expected..."
Gu Yuan’s gaze shifted, sensing something unusual.
He originally intended to use the great divine technique, Illusory Flower in Dreams, to inspect Xiu Yanqing’s memory, yet unexpectedly discovered a restriction placed within the soul, firmly guarding the memory.
However... this naturally posed no difficulty for Gu Yuan.
With the Illusory Flower in Dreams great divine technique, its greatest feature is the ability to bewilder others, and even steal their thoughts, including memories.
These abilities naturally derived from Meng Yanzi’s Nightmare Demon, appearing rather sinister.
Gu Yuan hadn’t used it much before, but this restriction clearly posed no challenge for him.
Because Gu Yuan wanted to steal the other’s memories, he could entirely accomplish it through the dream realm.
His divine technique was entirely different from the soul searching technique commonly available.
That soul searching technique, although direct, was somewhat crude and simple.
While direct, it could easily damage the divine soul, and once encountering someone with strong willpower, often the person would self-destruct their divine soul, or if the divine soul had a restriction placed on it, a soul search failure was inevitable.
In contrast, Gu Yuan’s Illusory Flower in Dreams was subtly transformative, quite covert, capable of guiding one into a dream realm and gently steering them.
This way, people would slowly reveal the information he wanted to know within the dream.
Soon, Gu Yuan grasped with his hand and compressed Xiu Yanqing’s divine soul, stuffing it into a jade bottle.
As for Xiu Yanqing’s memory, he already obtained it.
Come to think of it, this guy’s identity wasn’t unimpressive; he was the grandson of Xiu Daozhen, and one of the most talented and favored grandchildren.
On Little Iron Cloud Island, Xiu Yanqing held a considerable status, leading to what happened earlier.
Several disciples worked relentlessly for him, while Xiu Yanqing was indifferent.
Moreover, Gu Yuan now knew all kinds of conditions, regional distributions, and various secrets on Little Iron Cloud Island, including some matters of Xiu Daozhen.
As for Xiu Yanqing himself, Gu Yuan temporarily decided not to kill him, because this scoundrel had a high status and might ignite treasures like soul lamps upon being killed, inevitably alerting some people, including Xiu Daozhen.
This would likely alarm the enemy, which was not ideal.
Next, Gu Yuan transformed into Xiu Yanqing’s appearance.
Then, he flew towards Luofu Immortal Island.
Indeed, it was Luofu Immortal Island.
Next, he planned to do something—to kill Xiu Daozhen.
However, to kill Xiu Daozhen, even with Gu Yuan’s methods and abilities, it posed some difficulty.
It’s not that his strength was weak, but the opponent was a figure on the Dragon List, having achieved the prototype of great divine techniques and a Yin God Giant, unlike any Ku Quan Hermit.
If a fight broke out, Gu Yuan’s odds of victory were not high.
Moreover, Xiu Daozhen had some disciples and offspring, some of whom were highly cultivated Golden Core Great Cultivators, who would also cause difficulties for Gu Yuan.
Additionally, Little Iron Cloud Island had a restriction array set up.
Thus, Gu Yuan intended to use intelligence to win.
Fortunately, with all of Xiu Daozhen’s memories, Gu Yuan was already quite familiar with the situation on Little Iron Cloud Island, being able to "administer the right medicine," designing carefully next.
When Gu Yuan arrived at Luofu Immortal City, entering the city, he directly entered a shop selling various cultivation resources and spiritual objects.
Shortly after, Gu Yuan came out, his brows slightly furrowed, and went to another shop.
But shortly after, he came out again.
Next, Gu Yuan wandered through several shops, failing to purchase what he wanted, finally exiting the city and flying in another direction.
About two days later, Gu Yuan arrived at a shallow reef area.
Compared to other regions, the skies here were noticeably dimmer, even the temperature was significantly lower.
The reason was actually because of this reef area.
Specifically, it was due to the Yin Sha caves within these reefs.
The Sha Qi of Earth was a special Primordial Qi of heaven and earth.
Furthermore, there are various types of Earth Sha Qi, including Nine Yin Earth Sha, Profound Yin Cold Sha, Profound Darkness Black Sha, Underworld Ghost Sha, among many other types of Evil Qi.
Of course, there existed some Qi of Heavenly Gang, being more valuable.
And within this reef area, there were actually several Yin Sha caves, connecting deep underground, being natural caves.
The Yin Sha caves contained numerous types of Evil Qi, often of considerable value, suitable for cultivating various magical divine techniques or integrating into certain magical artifacts or treasures to enhance their power.
Regularly, some cultivators would come here to collect various types of Evil Qi.
After all, the value of Evil Qi here was notably high.
Naturally, this area belonged to Luofu Immortal Island, stationed by some people, necessitating the payment of Spirit Stones.
After Gu Yuan paid some Spirit Stones, he obtained permission to enter and went straight into a Yin Sha cave.
Inside the Yin Sha cave, the light was dim, accompanied by faint wailing cries of ghosts and wolves, haunting in their keenness, frightening individuals with timid hearts.
Legend has it, the Yin Sha cave connects underground, and the Yin Sha Qi deep underground often results from battlefields formed during ancient, medieval, and near-ancient battles between divine demons and cultivators.
Various corpses accumulated beneath the earth, changing over time, forming various types of Earth Sha Qi.
Thus, such occurrences were not surprising.
