The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2961 Remnant Soul
As Chen Mo approached the pool, he suddenly leaped up, wrapped his golden cloak around himself, and rushed towards the location of the tall, standing Yellow Springs Spider Lily.

Although flying is prohibited within the canyon's restrictions, brief gliding is still possible, and one can remain airborne for a short period of time.

This gave Chen Mo an abundance of opportunities.

As he leaped up, his divine sense controlled some pebbles, throwing them into the air. He then leaped up and stepped on these pebbles controlled by his divine sense, using the force to take flight.

Behind them, the nine-headed king-like beast also took to the air in an instant!

These strange beasts may possess the ability to hover in the air due to some special natural conditions. Of course, these beasts cannot actually fly. Just like initially, when the black clouds transformed into strange beasts, although they could remain in the air, they could not move.

In order to move or attack Chen Mo, these nine king-like beasts need to land on the ground before they can attack him.

This time, the nine-headed king beast also used this method to take off. After soaring into the air and hovering there, it formed a semi-encirclement around Chen Mo and then suddenly shot out many sharp spikes from its back.

In an instant, the air was filled with countless sharp spikes, which shot towards Chen Mo swiftly amidst the sonic boom.

The sound of "Bang!..." continued as numerous sharp spikes struck Chen Mo in mid-air.

However, this seemed to be something Chen Mo had anticipated. Despite being hit by numerous spikes, he remained completely unharmed. Not only in mid-air, but he also curled up, using his golden cloak to shield himself from the attacks, with his back to the spikes.

Therefore, many spikes shot at the golden cloak, and a few spikes grazed past Chen Mo and shot forward.

The spikes that struck Chen Mo's back were all blocked by the golden cloak, which also neutralized most of the impact.

However, due to the numerous spikes, a considerable amount of force remained after the attack was neutralized, directly impacting Chen Mo. Unexpectedly, this force propelled him through the air, propelling him towards the brilliantly colored, fiery red flower.

At that moment, a few sharp thorns struck the branches and leaves of the Lycoris radiata, piercing through many leaves.

"Ah, damn it, no!" Just after the thorns struck the plant, a shout suddenly echoed throughout the space.

Both Chen Mo and the nine-headed king beast were given a meal.

Instantly, the nine-headed king beast stopped attacking Chen Mo and stopped, hovering in the air, staring at Chen Mo's back. Its gaze suddenly became somewhat unfocused.

After the shout rang out, Chen Mo paused only briefly before a smile appeared on his face, which was covered by the golden cloak.

He made the right bet!

Sure enough, as long as I attack this spider lily, I can draw out the remnant soul hidden in the flower.

Despite the remnant soul's power and ability to control the nine-headed king-level beast, its true form still has significant weaknesses. While the nine-headed king-level beast is indeed formidable, Chen Mo was able to bypass it and directly target the remnant soul.

This is like a person with incredibly strong defenses, but with a weakness and absolutely no protection; how could they not be defeated?

The Yellow Spring Flowers don't have much defensive ability, and the remnant souls are even less so; they're already remnant souls, so they don't have many means of attack.

Originally, the nine-headed king beast was meant to guard the remnant soul of the Yellow Springs Flower, but unexpectedly, it was controlled by the remnant soul to hunt down Chen Mo.

However, after going around in circles, Chen Mo was able to seize the loophole in the defense and attack the flower directly.

In fact, the remnant soul had originally planned to use the nine-headed king beast to forcibly kill him. Furthermore, the remnant soul hadn't anticipated that Chen Mo would attack the flower.

The Yellow Springs Flower is extremely rare; there's only one on this planet. Therefore, the remnant soul didn't leave any guards behind, but instead had all nine-headed king-like beasts participate in the pursuit.

By the time Chen Mo leaped into the air and the spikes of the king-like beast struck the plant, the remnant soul had also reacted.

With a "whoosh," Chen Mo took a sharp spike out of his Qiankun bag and threw it forward.

With a "plop!" sound, the sharp thorn pierced directly into the Yellow Spring Flower.

Fortunately, Chen Mo didn't use much force, allowing the thorn to penetrate the flower but not pierce through, leaving a small part of its tail sticking out. Because of this, not much of the Yin Soul Water flowed out of the flower. This was intentional on Chen Mo's part; after all, the Yin Soul Water from the Yellow Springs Flower was a very valuable treasure with many uses. He possessed Lan Caijie and the Mother-Child Ghosts; giving them the Yin Soul Water would accelerate their cultivation.

Therefore, it would be best to kill the remnant soul within the flower and retain some of the yin spirit water.

Therefore, the thorn pierced the flower, but did not completely penetrate it; instead, the end of the thorn remained outside the flower for about a foot's length.

However, Chen Mo didn't expect that the thorn wouldn't destroy the remnant soul within the flower. So, he took out another thorn and threw it at the flower, using the same method as before. The previous thorn was the one he used to test the waters, so this one used roughly the same amount of force, piercing directly into the flower.

In this way, Chen Mo threw five thorns in total, poking five holes in the flower. If the thorns hadn't filled these holes, probably most of the Yin Soul Water inside the flower would have flowed out.

However, this attack terrified the evil spirits hiding in the flowers.

"No, don't attack me, I'll give you my treasure!" the remnant soul cried out to Chen Mo in a somewhat urgent manner.

In an instant, Chen Mo spun around in mid-air and landed on the highest leaf of the plant. He took out a few sharp thorns, gestured to the flower, and then said, "Make these nine-headed beasts retreat, or I will continue to attack. I don't believe you can continue to hide."

"Alright, alright, alright! I'll make them retreat!" Amidst a series of responses, the nine-headed beast hovering in mid-air suddenly regained its alertness, its previously unfocused eyes sparkling again. After glancing at Chen Mo, it could only turn and land, then slowly retreat.

Originally, after the remnant soul controlled the nine-headed king beast, it wanted to continue attacking Chen Mo, but it saw that the spikes in Chen Mo's hand were already pressed against the outside of the flower, and his eyes were fixed on the flower.

Therefore, after weighing the options, the remnant soul reluctantly controlled the nine-headed king beast to retreat.

Within the flower, the remnant soul hid in the position furthest from Chen Mo. Because of this, although Chen Mo could use his divine sense to examine the flower before him, the flower was three meters in diameter, and he was still outside the flower, creating a considerable distance.

Therefore, no remnant souls were detected. Only a large amount of Yin Soul Water, about half the height of the flower, was found inside the flower. Such a large quantity would be a waste if the flower were removed, which would be a real pity.

It's important to understand that collecting so much Yin Soul Water takes time; otherwise, there wouldn't be so much Yin Soul Water in the newly blooming Yellow Spring Flower.

After all, it's a wonderful thing that can be used for alchemy and to repair the soul. How could there be so much of it all at once? It takes time for it to gradually condense into so much.

The water of the dead must not only have spiritual energy, but also a mixture of yin energy and earth energy in order to break free from the Yellow Springs Flower and form the water of the dead.

"Come out, do you want me to keep attacking?" Chen Mo said to the flower.

For a moment, the entire underground space fell silent, as if the remnant soul had lost its breath. But he knew that this remnant soul must be inside the flower.

"Hmm?" Chen Mo hummed in response, then without saying anything more, picked up the thorn in his hand and prepared to attack the flower.

"No, wait, I'm coming out, I'm coming out!" The remnant soul in the flower could only shout out when it saw Chen Mo's actions, and then slowly crawled out of the flower.

This remnant soul really didn't want to come out. After all, once it left the protection of the flowers, as a remnant soul, it could only be slaughtered at the mercy of others.

After all, while remnant souls are also considered part of the divine soul, there are significant differences. For example, Lan Caijie is a soul, but she possesses a complete divine soul, meaning her spiritual body is intact. This allows her to have certain offensive capabilities and the ability to cultivate, only lacking a physical body.

Of course, at the beginning of the formation of the divine soul, the spiritual body is naturally very fragile. Only after cultivation can the spiritual body become more and more solid and powerful.

This is why Lan Caijie was able to be arranged by Chen Mo to follow Zhou Zixing after her soul was condensed. If this guy disobeys, Lan Caijie can also take action and kill him directly.

However, remnant souls are different. They suffer a more terrible fate after losing their bodies, and their divine souls also lose some of their essence before becoming remnant souls.

Therefore, not only can they not cultivate, but they also lack many means of attack, and even their memories will be lost.

Therefore, if the remnant soul leaves its hiding place and faces cultivators directly, it's tantamount to suicide. This is why the remnant soul remained silent just now; it was pondering how to protect itself.

Little did they expect that one wrong step would lead to another. The remnant soul was only focused on destroying Chen Mo using the King Beast, but forgot to protect its own body.

This is also due to the incompleteness of his soul, which leads to inadequate thinking. If his soul were intact, he would have left a few beasts behind to protect his main body while the other beasts pursued and killed Chen Mo.

Of course, this is also related to Chen Mo's strength. Otherwise, the king-level beast would have already killed Chen Mo when they were in the canyon, and the nine king-level beasts guarding the space wouldn't have shown up to attack him.