The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2963 The Origin of the Remnant Soul

Qingxuan Zhenren was also a person who refused to admit defeat. Which cultivator who could cultivate to the peak of the Golden Core stage was simple?

If it weren't for this time, when he misjudged people and placed too much trust in his friend of over a hundred years—a friend who had even saved his life before—he wouldn't have been so trusting. But it was precisely this excessive trust that led to this calamity.

Although it had become a remnant soul, it still retained its intelligence and knew who it was. However, some memories had been lost, but fortunately, most of its previous memories remained, so it remembered that it still had a seed of the Yellow Springs Spider Lily in its storage bag.

Given his current state, with the aid of the Yin Soul Water and the addition of cultivation techniques, he might be able to cultivate successfully.

However, the Yin Soul Water is easy to obtain; it can be automatically produced as long as the Yellow Springs Spider Lily blooms. But the Yellow Springs Spider Lily takes at least two hundred years to bloom! Master Qingxuan looked at the Yellow Springs Spider Lily seeds, which were about the size of an infant's fist, and fell into deep thought.

The seeds are there; all that's needed is to plant them, and if they survive, two hundred years will pass. But how does he plant them? Also, the growth and sprouting of the Yellow Springs Spider Lily requires not only Yin energy but also life force and flesh.

At first glance, this thing really doesn't look like a good thing. But thinking about it, the Water of the Wraiths can repair the soul, so all these processes are just minor details and not that important. What matters is the result, isn't it the Water of the Wraiths?

However, the sect had already evacuated, and even if he wanted to ask for help, it would be impossible. After all, he had missed the last evacuation time, and he was still in the underground space, not only as a remnant soul, but also because the entrance and exit between the underground and the sky had collapsed.

There was simply no way out; they could only wait to die.

Yes, even a remnant soul can die. It just needs to exhaust its soul power before its spirit body dissipates into the world.

However, there is always a way out. When Qingxuan Zhenren thought of the Ghost King he had just killed, he was immediately pleased. This Yin Sha Qi was readily available.

Since the Ghost King had just been killed, the Yin energy that had condensed within his body remained in the underground space, not yet dissipated. It could be said that the entire underground space was now filled with Yin energy. Furthermore, the underground space had collapsed, forming a sealed space, so this Yin energy had no way to escape and could only remain within this space.

And what about life and flesh? Aren't these ten dying Qiongqi king beasts right in front of us ready-made flesh and flesh? As long as we collect this flesh and flesh and supply it to the seeds of the Yellow Springs Other Shore Flower, it should be enough for the seeds to develop and grow.

Ten king-level mythical beasts, already large in size, would yield plenty of flesh and blood if collected.

As for the planting location, the pond in the middle of the ground is fine.

This pool actually existed in the underground space before; it was just an ordinary underground pool, very deep, but the water was water that seeped from the walls of the space and gathered in the middle of the pool. It accumulated over many years to form this pool.

Perhaps the great being from before was in seclusion here and dug out this pool for the convenience of drinking water, or perhaps it was formed naturally and then used by someone.

This very pool, after being arranged by his friend with an array, led him to believe it contained treasure. It seems that Master Qingxuan's judgment of people was truly questionable in the past.

When Qingxuan Zhenren thought of the friend who had framed him, he felt a surge of anger and really wanted to slap himself a few times.

But the friend who betrayed him is dead, and he is living a life worse than death, so in order to survive, he can only slowly grind himself down.

The formation had been destroyed in the previous battle, so True Person Qingxuan planted the Yellow Springs Spider Lily in the pool as planned. Then, he used a new formation to collect the Yin energy in the space and gather it into the pool.

Furthermore, the bodies of the ten Qiongqi king beasts were dismembered, and their flesh and blood were collected and added to the pool.

In this way, the entire planting base for the Yellow Springs Spider Lily is completed, and all that is needed is to wait.

In addition, when he killed the ten king-level beasts, he also collected the souls of these dying beasts and combined them with the seeds of the Yellow Springs Flower. In this way, when the Yellow Springs Flower plant grows, it will be able to generate specific creatures.

He can also control newly born king beasts by using the same method he used to control the souls of king beasts.

The Yellow Springs Flower can generate Yin Soul Pearls, which then nurture new life. By controlling the soul of a king-level beast and allowing it to merge with the seed, he can control all the spirits nurtured by the Yin Soul Pearls and even travel to other places through the beasts.

Thinking about it, it's actually pretty good.

However, setting up the array to gather Yin energy, dissolving the body of the king-level beast, collecting flesh and blood, planting seeds, and the method of making the soul compatible with the seed all require restrictions and true essence. Since he has lost his physical body and has no true essence, he can only consume his spiritual body to perform these methods.

Therefore, although a small part of his soul had been torn away by the Ghost King, the method described above resulted in the further depletion of his soul.

By the time he had finished all his work and was just waiting for the seed to sprout, his soul was only half intact.

At this moment, he discovered that his soul was exposed in the space, like a candle flame flickering in the wind, about to be extinguished. With his soul unprotected and in a space filled with malevolent energy, it was easy to see why he might become the next Ghost King. Of course, before becoming a Ghost King, he would first become a mindless spirit, and then... heh heh!
Therefore, Qingxuan Zhenren had no choice but to once again expend his own soul power to set up an array to protect his soul.

Only in this way can one finally observe the seeds next to the seeds of the Yellow Springs Flower, wait for them to bloom and produce the water of vengeful spirits.

Before that, he could also try to comprehend the methods of cultivating the soul, that is, cultivating through the soul.

But why can't I remember this method of spiritual cultivation? I clearly had collected a pretty good method of soul cultivation before, so why can't I remember it?

Damn it, my soul was consumed too much, so some memories were lost, including the methods of soul cultivation.

Qingxuan Zhenren fainted from crying inside the protective formation.

Two hundred years later, the Yellow Springs Spider Lily finally produced a drop of Yin Soul Water, which brought much-needed rain to Qingxuan Zhenren, whose soul was on the verge of collapse, and stopped his spiritual collapse.

However, his divine soul was also reduced again over the past two hundred years; these were lost in order to protect his divine soul from destruction.

While the Water of Yin Souls can repair the soul, it cannot restore lost memories. His soul was already weak and diminished, so he could only slowly repair it using the Water of Yin Souls. This process was very long and required a great deal of time.

And so, year after year, through the Yin Soul Water, Qingxuan Zhenren's soul was finally repaired into a remnant soul, and it also became much more solidified. However, there was still a part that was not completely repaired. The remnant soul that Chen Mo saw was actually the part of Qingxuan Zhenren that was not yet fully repaired.

During the soul repair process, because Qingxuan Zhenren forgot the method of cultivating the soul, he could only begin to control the Qiongqi beast, which was reborn through the Yin Soul Pearl, to open up a passage from space to the ground.

Of course, making this breakthrough is quite simple; you just need to keep digging.

Qingxuan Zhenren was able to exchange souls with the newly born Qiongqi beast, but the beast needed to grow to the level of a beast leader. The newly born and weak beast had no intelligence and therefore could not control his body.

So, after spending some time, he finally opened the passage and arrived at the space above. Just when he was very excited and wanted to climb up the canyon and go to the sect to take a look, he found that while he was in control of the alien beast's body, he could not leave the canyon!

Once he leaves, the beast will escape his control, and he can only regain control after the beast returns.

Master Qingxuan wanted to curse, but the canyon was completely silent, with nothing but plants around.

Looking at the cliffs on both sides of the canyon through the eyes of the strange beast, he felt like dying.

Originally, he planned to use his control over the beast's body to explore the sect. Although the sect had relocated, there might still be something left, or perhaps some cultivation techniques could be found in the sect's buildings.

Even if not, could I at least contact the sect? That way, I might be saved!
Unfortunately, he couldn't leave, but the strange beasts could.

However, while these strange beasts can issue simple commands, they are completely unable to understand or execute complex commands.

Disappointed, he could only live one day at a time, so he began to wait for the newborn alien beasts and then control them to dig tunnels.

The dense network of passages and caves beneath the canyon were his creations born out of boredom.

They also searched the entire canyon by controlling the strange beasts, but found nothing else.

Year after year, a large group of strange beasts formed in the canyon, but for him, they were just something to play with when he was bored.

As for what these many strange beasts eat and how they survive, it's simple. These beasts are all created from Yin Soul Pearls, so as long as they devour Yin Soul Pearls, they can survive. They can also survive and evolve by devouring each other.

The ten king-level beasts were created by devouring a large number of Yin Soul Pearls.

Furthermore, the stamens of the Yellow Springs Spider Lily can also generate some ghostly energy, namely the black mist. After absorbing this black mist, it can also allow strange beasts to survive and evolve.

Without any cultivation techniques, they could only soak in the Yin Soul Water to repair their souls. Eventually, after countless years, the Yin Soul Qi generated by the Yellow Spring Flower, which was essentially black mist, floated through the passage above the canyon, covering the entire canyon and obscuring it.

The strange beasts are also numerous, numbering in the millions, and are scattered throughout the entire canyon.

He, Qingxuan Zhenren, could only lie flat among the Yellow Spring flowers, idly counting his fingers.