Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

"The area here is indeed larger!" Mo Juren released his spiritual sense and explored in both directions several times, and found that the range of more than a thousand miles was far from the end.

"According to the map, although this Soul-Annihilating Valley is long and narrow in shape, its width is not small, about 100,000 miles. In addition, this valley is not flat, but there are valleys within valleys, with ups and downs, and the terrain is extremely complex." While Xue Rou explained, he also handed over a black jade slip.

"There are valleys within valleys, with ups and downs. It is indeed quite complicated." Mo Juren nodded, and his spiritual consciousness briefly browsed through the jade slip, and then began to think.

The Soul Annihilation Valley was not small in size, and it was filled with inky black soul-devouring energy that blocked the vision greatly, making it impossible to see very far.

The only thing he could rely on was his spiritual sense. Fortunately, there was no interference or suppression in this aspect. But even for him, the maximum search range of his spiritual sense was only about a thousand miles. Compared with the width of one hundred thousand miles, it was still far behind, not to mention the other people present.

In this case, the difficulty of finding the missing Tianyuan Guard team naturally increases greatly.

The best way is actually to act separately, with each person responsible for a part of the area, and then moving forward along the valley. In this way, only a few trips back and forth are enough to explore the entire valley.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up this plan. The reason was simple: the uncertainty was too high.

This Soul-Annihilating Valley is not a good place. The greatest danger comes from two aspects. One is the overwhelming soul-devouring energy, and the other is the special life form 'Soul Devourer' that exists in it.

The former has taken precautions in advance, so as long as nothing unexpected happens, there will not be much impact.

The real trouble is the latter. It is invisible and indestructible. Without targeted means, it is extremely difficult to eliminate it.

Fortunately, there are not too many so-called soul-eaters, and most of them are of ordinary level. Even if you encounter them, they will not pose a threat as long as you are well defended.

But if you are unlucky and meet someone stronger than you, then you will be in trouble.

As the rumor Xue Rou mentioned before, if there really is a Soul Devourer comparable to the Refining Void level, it would definitely not be easy to deal with.

Mo Juren himself didn't care, but he had to consider the safety of his teammates. Besides, it was not urgent and he could search slowly. It would be safer to act together.

Thinking of this, he immediately expressed his thoughts. This was out of protection for everyone, so naturally no one would be stupid enough to disagree.

"We might as well start from the east side. According to the records, the side close to the east of the valley contains the richest resources. We can also mine some during the search."

"Fellow Daoist Xue is right. I remember that the famous 'Soul Cleansing Spring' originated from this Soul Obliteration Valley, and it seems to be located inside a small canyon in the middle of the valley, near the east side."

"I have also read about this in the information. It is said that the Soul Cleansing Spring has a certain chance of producing the legendary 'Soul Nourishing Milk' given enough time. Taking it can nourish the soul and make it more condensed. It also has a certain effect on improving spiritual consciousness. The only pity is that this thing takes too long to produce. I don't know if it still exists now?"

"It's hard to say whether such a rare thing can be bred. Even if it is, it must have been taken by others first. How can it be our turn?"

"That's true, but it's a pity that I came here with great difficulty..."

"..."

Everyone expressed their suggestions one after another, and they all unanimously chose to start the exploration from the east side of the valley.

Mo Juren naturally had no objection to this, and immediately asked everyone to head straight to the eastern area.

As they moved forward, everyone felt the complex terrain of the Soul Valley. There were also countless small mountain ranges crisscrossing each other in a disorderly manner.

Fortunately, the flight was not affected, otherwise I might have gotten lost.

Apart from the complex terrain, they did not encounter the so-called soul-eating creature during the journey. Everyone was naturally relieved, except Mo Juren, who couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

He was also thinking of catching one and experimenting with it to see if it could be used to refine the Xuanyin Liquid?
Unfortunately, the number of Soul Devourers was not large to begin with, and this place was still on the edge of the Soul Valley, so there were no signs of Soul Devourer activity.

After flying for tens of thousands of miles, they finally reached the eastern edge. At this time, they could vaguely see the huge mountain wall on the east side, as if it had been cut by a knife or an axe.

Mo Juren couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Why did this Soul-Annihilating Valley not seem to be formed naturally, but rather was deliberately opened up by some being?

He put away his thoughts and was about to ask everyone to start searching, but unexpectedly at this moment, a black shadow suddenly shot out from the black air in front and headed straight towards Jiao Wan'er who was standing on the edge.

Its speed was incredibly fast, and ordinary escape techniques might not be able to match it. Fortunately, Xue Rou was by Jiao Wan'er's side, and she reacted immediately.

"Soul Devourer!" Xue Rou snorted coldly, without any panic. She immediately raised her hand and waved it, and actually sacrificed a net-shaped treasure that was shining with golden light.

The golden net grew against the wind, and in a blink of an eye it reached a square of about ten feet. Then it wrapped up the attacking black shadow at lightning speed.

"Roar..." The black shadow was trapped inside the golden net, constantly moving left and right, twisting and struggling, but still unable to break free.

Suddenly, its body exploded with a bang, turning into dense black airflow, trying to rush out of the golden net.

Unexpectedly, Xue Rou was obviously prepared. At the moment of the explosion, she immediately moved her slender hands, and in an instant, golden flames rose inside and outside the golden net.

Accompanied by screams, the black shadow was burned to ashes in an instant.

That’s not right. It seems that a black crystal bead the size of a bean was left behind.

"Uh..." Mo Juren opened his mouth. He originally planned to ask the other party to "show mercy" temporarily so that he could give it a try. However, he did not expect the other party to be so fast that it was over before he could even open his mouth.

He had no choice but to give up temporarily. Since the first one had appeared, the second one should not be too far away, so there was no need to rush.

However, Xue Rou was really surprised by how clean and neat the opponent's attack was, how calm he was, and how decisive he was.

In addition, there is the remaining black crystal bead, and I don’t know what it is.

"This treasure is extremely powerful, but I have never seen Fellow Daoist Xue use it before. Could it be that he obtained it recently?" Lu Shan on the side suddenly asked curiously.

"Brother Lu's guess is correct. This 'Golden Cloud Net' was purchased at the auction after the last mission. This is the first time I use it." Xue Rou nodded slightly, then raised her hand and recalled the golden net. After checking it, she continued,
"It seems to be the same as recorded in the information. As long as we can isolate the Soul Devourer from the surrounding Soul Devourer Aura in time, we can prevent it from recovering quickly, and the so-called immortality will be broken without an attack." "That's true, but the Soul Devourer just now was obviously not of a high level. Its strength was probably only equivalent to the Jindan level. It was easy to deal with it. If it had reached the Yuanying level or even the Huashen level, that might not be the case." Zhou Heng on the side analyzed.

"Maybe. Of course, it's also possible that we are just worrying too much! This thing is not that strong at all." Lu Shan laughed and said again,

"After all, this is the first time for us to enter the Soul Oblivion Valley. Our understanding of Soul Devouring only comes from information, so it is normal to have some deviations."

"The Soul Annihilation Valley is so famous, it can't be so simple, Brother Lu, you'd better not be careless." Xue Rou quickly reminded him, then turned to look at Mo Juren, and handed the black crystal bead in her hand forward.

"This is the soul bead condensed from the Soul Devourer's body. I'll give it to the captain for safekeeping for now."

"Soul bead?" Mo Juren looked slightly surprised, but he did not refuse the other party. He directly took the black crystal bead. Suddenly, the prompt sound of the auxiliary device sounded in his mind.

"I found a low-level soul bead. Should I put it into the material library?"

"Is it really a soul bead? And it's a low-level one, but what's the use of it?" Mo Juren frowned, then looked at Xue Rou. The other party obviously saw his doubts, then smiled and said,

“This soul bead is what the Soul Devourer absorbs and refines as it grows, condensing into something that is roughly equivalent to the inner elixir of the demon race.

As for its effect, according to current research, we, the human cultivators, are unable to absorb and refine this substance. We can only use it as a spiritual material to refine magic weapons, which can greatly enhance the spirituality of the treasures. "

"Is that so!" Mo Juren nodded without comment, but he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. Perhaps the situation was different from what he had guessed, and the Soul Devourer might not be able to refine the Xuanyin Liquid.

If this is true, the gains from this trip will be greatly reduced.

While thinking so, he put it away. Although this item was obtained by Xue Rou when he killed the Soul Eater, it was also public property and would be distributed after the mission was completed.

After doing all this, everyone started searching without further delay.

Of course, they did not gather together completely. They were still scattered, with an average of one person every hundred miles or even several hundred miles, moving forward simultaneously along the valley.

This way, the target can be searched over the widest range while also ensuring safety.

Mo Juren naturally chose the most central position, while Xue Rou, Zhou Heng and Lu Shan, three mid-stage Jindan cultivators, were interspersed among the other teammates.

In this way, if someone is in danger, timely support can be provided.

Such an arrangement was naturally the most reasonable, and even two Yuanying stage juniors were put to use, positioned on both sides of Mo Juren, but closer in distance.

Everyone continued to move forward as fast as possible, and every place they passed was scanned several times with their spiritual sense, trying to miss nothing. Unfortunately, apart from occasionally encountering one or two low-level soul-eating creatures, no other discoveries were made.

During this process, Mo Juren finally had the opportunity to take action and completed the experiment.

As he had guessed before, the Devouring Soul could not be refined into the Xuanyin Liquid, and he could only obtain a Soul Orb after being killed.

He also secretly asked Tiandao Patriarch to try it, but the other party was also unable to absorb it. The reason was very simple. This thing was not pure and was far from comparable to the Xuanyin Liquid obtained after being refined in the conversion furnace.

If you try to absorb and refine it by force, not only will you fail to repair your own defects, but it will damage your foundation.

From this we can see that although this soul-devouring creature originated from the soul of a cultivator, it grew by absorbing and refining the soul-devouring energy, and its own characteristics had already changed, becoming a completely new life form.

In this case, it is understandable that it cannot be refined into the Xuanyin Liquid.

At this point, Mo Juren had no choice but to give up his original idea of ​​collecting a large amount of Xuanyin Liquid and instead focus all his attention on searching for other resources.

The resources in this Soul-Annihilating Valley are extremely rich, many of which are not available outside. The value is self-evident. Since everyone has come here with great difficulty, of course we must plunder them to our heart's content.

Just like this, time passed slowly and unnoticed as everyone was investigating...

……

About half a month later, outside the Yinsha Mountains, a giant flying boat with a strange shape flew at high speed.

On the deck, a Yaksha man who was ten feet tall suddenly waved his hand, folded up the flying boat, and then flew to the ground carrying the beautiful woman.

"We're finally here, but I've already sent a message before, so why didn't that guy come out to greet us?" The Yaksha man frowned and muttered to himself in a muffled voice.

"Did he reply?" The beautiful woman frowned slightly.

"This..." The Yaksha man suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a special token that was half a foot square. After checking it, he shook his huge head helplessly.

"no reply."

"That's the problem. The other party either didn't receive the message, or even if they did, they were stuck with something and couldn't get away for a while."

"Then what should we do? Are you and I supposed to just go in and search aimlessly?" The Yaksha man shook his head. The Soul Annihilation Valley was vast and was shrouded in nearly endless soul-devouring energy. Even a being like him at the Void Refinement level would not be willing to be in contact with it for a long time.

"Besides this, there is really no better way. Besides, with our strength, it won't take too long even if we search the entire Soul Valley." The beautiful woman shook her head slightly, and the scarlet flesh wings behind her suddenly trembled slightly, and she flew straight to the ground with a scarlet rainbow of light.
"That's true." The Yaksha man sighed and stopped dwelling on the matter. He then changed the subject and said,

"Let's go in without further ado! I plan to refine a batch of 'Holy Soul Pills' soon. The 'Yin Mang Grass', 'Soul Purifying Fruit' and other rare spiritual medicines required are quite special and hard to find in other places. Maybe there is still hope here."

"I hope so..."

After saying that, the two flew straight ahead and disappeared in the rolling gray fog in the blink of an eye. (End of this chapter)