The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2966 Sneak Attack and Escape

"Damn it! Damn it! Why did you chase me in? Why won't you let me go?" The remnant soul shouted angrily when it saw Chen Mo enter the flower as well.

Originally, he planned to take advantage of the opportunity of taking out the pill to directly control the nine-headed king beast with his divine soul, surround and kill Chen Mo.

However, before the nine-headed mythical beast could leap up, Chen Mo followed and entered the flower.

In this way, Qingxuan Zhenren would not have time to control the nine-headed king beast to attack Chen Mo, and Chen Mo would also create his own remnant soul within the flower and then destroy it.

It's important to understand that if Qingxuan Zhenren wanted to control the nine-headed king-level beast, his remnant soul within the flower would be utterly powerless, completely submerged in the Yin Soul Water. Normally, when he wanted to go to the surface or move around in the canyon, he would let his remnant soul rest within the flower, leaving several king-level beasts to guard the Yellow Spring Flower, and then controlling one of the king-level beasts to go to the surface.

If the controlled beast is killed, the only loss to him is the pain felt by his remnant soul; there is no other damage. Then, he spends a considerable amount of time using the Yin Soul Pearl to synthesize another beast.

Previously, when Chen Mo destroyed a king-level beast in the canyon, the remnant soul, namely Qingxuan Zhenren, suffered a painful experience in the flower.

Fortunately, the Yin Soul Water allowed him to recover from the pain very quickly. However, because the synthesis process took time, he was only able to control one of the ten king-level beasts. This is why, after Chen Mo entered the underground space, Master Qingxuan immediately activated the nine king-level beasts to hunt him down.

Since you've already destroyed one of his king-level beasts, then you should at least pay with your life.

However, what Qingxuan Zhenren did not expect was that Chen Mo would use all sorts of tricks, and instead of dealing with the nine-headed king beast, he would deal with himself inside the Yellow Spring Flower.

This strike hit Qingxuan Zhenren's weakness, rendering him powerless to attack Chen Mo despite having such a powerful assistant as the nine-headed king beast.

What left Master Qingxuan speechless was that when he stood before Chen Mo in his remnant soul form, he was extremely cautious, fearing that Chen Mo would destroy him. The remnant soul truly didn't have many tricks up its sleeve, so it could only rely on various words to deceive the young man before it.

However, this young man was not easily fooled. He noticed a loophole in his story and demanded that he reveal what the treasure was.

Damn it, if you knew it was a treasure, why did you even ask? Treasures usually keep things for themselves, why would you give them to me?
Therefore, when Qingxuan Zhenren saw Chen Mo surrounded by a small sword and then entering the flower, he could only beg for mercy.

"Fellow Daoist, I'll give you the Nascent Soul Pill, please spare me." True Person Qingxuan's expression changed incredibly quickly, instantly shifting from ruthless to fawning, and he pleaded.

Chen Mo entered the flower, which allowed him to rediscover the Yellow Spring Flower.

The entire flower is more than three meters wide, but the center is the stamen, which is about thirty centimeters in diameter and is composed of many long stamens.

The stamens inside the flower are relatively hard, standing upright in the flower as if they are clustered together, while the part of the stamen that extends out of the flower becomes softer, exceeding several meters in length, and floats slowly in the air like a ribbon, while also releasing wisps of black mist into the space.

Around the flower's stamen, the space was quite large, at least one meter to two meters wide. Chen Mo and the remnant soul of Qingxuan Zhenren were standing in this space formed by the flower's stamen and petals.

Originally, most of the flower was filled with Yin Soul Water, but now there is very little Yin Soul Water, only about twenty centimeters high.

When Master Qingxuan entered earlier, he was heartbroken to see that there was so little Yin Soul Water. It had taken thousands of years to collect so much Yin Soul Water, but in just one day, that young man had taken away eight large jars of it!

Young man who lacks martial ethics deserves to die; he must be torn to pieces.

Unfortunately, before he could make a move, Chen Mo followed him in.

As soon as Chen Mo entered the flower, he felt comfortable. Although the Yin Soul Water within the flower was not much, it still emitted wisps of spiritual power, making the spiritual energy within the flower very abundant. Therefore, any cultivator who entered would feel comfortable.

It felt as if his entire body was being cleansed by spiritual energy, leaving him in a state of complete comfort. If the outside world possessed this level of spiritual energy, Chen Mo felt his cultivation speed would be incredibly fast. He wouldn't just be at the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment stage now; he might have already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Of course, abundant spiritual energy is one thing, but cultivating within the Yellow Spring Flower is another. After all, he possesses a physical body, so cultivating within it would consume a large amount of Yin Soul Water, which the Yellow Spring Flower cannot possibly keep up with his consumption.

The reason why Qingxuan Zhenren, also known as the remnant soul, can possess so much Yin Soul Water is because he is a soul body and cannot cultivate. He only uses Yin Soul Water to repair his remnant soul, so the consumption is very small, and naturally the amount of Yin Soul Water will increase as it accumulates.

If Qingxuan Zhenren completes his soul repair and masters a method of soul cultivation, then all this Yin Soul Water will be consumed.

Cultivation and repair are two different paths, and their consumption naturally differs as well. However, because the liquid within the flower is Yin Soul Water, it feels extremely cold. If an ordinary person were to soak in Yin Soul Water, it's uncertain whether they would gain any benefits, but they would certainly freeze to death!
When Qingxuan Zhenren saw Chen Mo's murderous aura, he quickly took out a Qiankun bag hidden in the gap of the flower stamen, untied the waterproof seal on it with both hands, and then probed into it with his divine sense, took out a palm-sized porcelain bottle, and respectfully handed it to Chen Mo.

"Fellow Daoist, this is the Nascent Soul Pill. Please accept it!" Qingxuan Zhenren said somewhat timidly, but his Qiankun bag was hanging on his left palm.

Chen Mo scanned the porcelain bottle with his divine sense and found a pill the size of a pigeon's egg, but he didn't know if it was a Nascent Soul Pill. Furthermore, he had no way of identifying Nascent Soul Pills, as he had never seen one before and had never studied them.

Although it is impossible to tell whether it is the Nascent Soul Pill, the porcelain bottle has the Nascent Soul Pill label in traditional Chinese characters.

So he scanned it with his divine sense, snatched the porcelain bottle, and put it into his Qiankun bag. Whether it was a good thing or not, he would keep it for now and take it out to study it when he had time.

If it really is the Nascent Soul Pill, then maybe I'll be able to use it in the future; if it isn't, then it doesn't matter.

Just as Chen Mo took the porcelain bottle, Master Qingxuan suddenly threw out a talisman, which exploded in front of Chen Mo.

Chen Mo swiftly dodged, disappearing directly from the flowers. He had been on guard against Qingxuan Zhenren all along, so how could he have fallen for his trick at this moment? If he hadn't wanted to get the porcelain bottle, he wouldn't have even retreated.

The fireball explosion didn't harm him, after all, he was wearing a golden cloak. Moreover, it was inside a flower, so perhaps Master Qingxuan didn't want to destroy the Yellow Spring Flower, so the fireball talisman he used wasn't very high-level, just a beginner to intermediate level fireball spell.

Of course, although it was a beginner-intermediate fireball, it still destroyed a lot of the flowers and stamens, and even created a large hole in the petals from the force of the explosion.

Seeing this, Chen Mo also felt a little regretful. However, now was not the time to regret. As he leaped out of the flower, he also saw out of the corner of his eye that True Person Qingxuan flashed out of the flower and then ran quickly towards the Nine-Headed King Beast on the ground.

Haha! I was already on guard against you!

"Master Qingxuan, why are you running?" With that, she flashed after Master Qingxuan.

The two were not far apart to begin with. Qingxuan Zhenren ran out first, and Chen Mo was a little slower, but the distance between them was only about five meters.

The remnant soul wasn't very fast, as it lacked a physical body and therefore moved slowly. However, perhaps because it was in a critical situation, it had cast several talismans on itself, significantly increasing its speed.

Therefore, it would take Chen Mo two to three breaths to catch up with him.

However, Qingxuan Zhenren was just trying to buy himself a little time. As long as he could get to the nine-headed king beast, he could use it to attack and block Chen Mo.

At this moment, in the air, the remnant soul was in front, and Chen Mo was behind. The distance between the two was constantly closing, and the remnant soul was about to reach the nine-headed king beast.

Chen Mo scanned the area with his divine sense and found that it was already within three meters. So he took out his golden spear and chased after the remnant soul.

Qingxuan Zhenren sensed the wind behind him and threw out a talisman without turning his head!
The talisman shimmered with golden light and looked very high-level. It seemed that this talisman was not comparable to the low-level fireball from before.

However, to Qingxuan Zhenren's surprise, the talisman he threw behind him was pierced by a golden light the moment it exploded!

With a deafening roar, the talisman, which was about to explode, was pierced through by the golden spear, severing its energy circuit. The talisman then lost its effect and drifted down, its light dimming.

With a "whoosh!" sound, the golden spear, its speed undiminished, pierced straight through Qingxuan Zhenren!

"Ah!" Qingxuan Zhenren screamed in agony. He felt his soul begin to burn, and the tearing pain stopped his remnant soul from moving forward at high speed.

"What is this?!" Master Qingxuan cried out in agony as he asked.

Although his remnant soul was weak, he released a number of protective talismans on himself the moment he leaped out of the Yellow Spring Flower, which is why he moved towards the nine-headed king beast without regard for anything else. Only when he sensed the wind behind him did he throw out a mid-level talisman, hoping to use it to block Chen Mo.

However, to his surprise, the talisman not only failed to work, but his remnant soul was also pierced through in an instant, and his entire soul began to burn. The pain after his soul was injured was unbearable.

Even Qingxuan Zhenren, who had experienced a shattered soul before, still felt pain so intense that his voice and expression were distorted.