fairy family

Chapter 281 Misfortune Does Not Exclude Me, Heavenly Soldiers and Generals

Yu Que hesitated for only a moment, then made up his mind: "Let's take a gamble!"

Looking at his unassuming little black gourd, he decided to believe in its mystique.

After all, it was just a few drops of soul liquid, yet it was enough to make that old Taoist's remnant spirit enter a state of demonic possession.

If the old Taoist's lingering resentment were truly stuffed into the gourd, the gourd would probably be able to refine it!

As soon as Yu Que's thought settled, a storm arose within his inner world!

All the spiritual energy within was ignited, and the raging Earth Raven True Fire rushed madly towards the old Taoist's face.

Strands of sword energy transformed into threads, tightly binding the opponent.

Yu Que was using all his strength to drive the old Taoist's lingering spirit into the small black gourd.

Even so, he still couldn't do anything about the old Taoist's lingering resentment.

Although the other party was in a state of demonic possession and delirium, he still sensed Yu Que's intentions.

"Trying to outmaneuver me? Dream on!"

The beast roared and spewed black gas, forming an insurmountable barrier around them, blocking all of Yu Que's abilities from entering.

This situation is as if the old Taoist priest had carved out another "inner world" within the inner world of Yuque.

Faced with this situation, Yu Que remained calm, as if he had anticipated this scene.

Then a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

With a series of crackling sounds, the vast inner world suddenly collapsed.

Within a radius of thirty miles, the inner world began to collapse inwards from all sides, generating a tremendous force that shook everything within it.

The old Taoist's black energy barrier collapsed on the spot amidst the immense force of the inner world's collapse, and could not be reconstituted.

And that's not all.

Because of the collapse of the inner world, the Earth Raven True Fire, sword energy, and other things that Yu Que released within it immediately became more concentrated, and the old Taoist's room to maneuver also shrank.

By the time the old Taoist realized what was happening, he was already being burned by flames and torn apart by sword energy, and it was difficult for him to escape.

"You brat! Stop right now!"

The old Taoist priest, somewhat flustered, shouted:
"How dare you destroy your inner world?!"

At this point, this fellow was not worried about his own situation at all; instead, he was shocked and furious that Yu Que was "ruining" the inner world.

As for Yu Que, his heart was bleeding as he watched his inner world shrink continuously.

Although he still only has a superficial understanding of the inner world, he knows that the bigger the object, the better.

His current actions are directly destroying his own foundation.

And he doesn't know if he'll ever have the chance to expand this thing. If he doesn't, he'll be at a huge loss.

However, with a formidable enemy at hand, Yu Que had no other choice but to do so.

As long as his inner world hasn't completely collapsed, he hasn't truly lost.

Ahhhhh!

The old Taoist priest, with a lingering resentment, watched as the promising "celestial being" he had his eye on was ruthlessly destroyed by Yu Que, and he kept shouting angrily:

"What a waste! What a waste!"

However, the more agitated he became, the stronger his tendency to go astray became.

In addition, the disturbances caused by things like crows and fire made it difficult for them to move forward.

Finally, a sense of fear arose in the old Taoist's heart.

"Damn it! Enough already. To avoid provoking this guy too much and causing him to destroy his inner world, I'd better back down for now."

However, even when the old Taoist priest had the intention to retire, his greed did not diminish much.

He used black energy to hook Yu Que's small black gourd, attempting to take it out of the place.

Little did the old Taoist know that his actions were exactly what Yu Que wanted.

Yu Que's eyes lit up, and he immediately seized this rare opportunity. He manipulated the small black gourd to release its power to absorb the old Taoist's remnant spirit. Then, he channeled his inner energy to push the old Taoist's remnant spirit into the gourd.

There was a thud.

The old Taoist's lingering spirit paused in his inner world, his body momentarily unsteady, and he indeed fell into the small black gourd's collection range. Then, due to the pressure from the surroundings, the small black gourd emitted an indescribable temptation, and he involuntarily burrowed into it.

"Let me see for myself what's inside this extraordinary treasure! And whether there's more spiritual liquid inside."

Boom!

The enormous ghost face, along with the densely packed secret text on it, was forced into the belly of the little black gourd.

Yu Que was overjoyed. He immediately put the gourd lid on and quickly pressed the entire gourd down to the center of his inner world, using all his strength to suppress it.

At that moment, a series of roars suddenly came from inside the gourd:
"Where...where is this place? Why can it melt my soul?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! I am a celestial being by birth, and even though I am on the verge of my soul being scattered, I am not someone below the level of a true immortal who can refine me..."

These sounds were the roars of the lingering remnants of that celestial immortal.

Once inside the gourd, the other party immediately sensed a strange corrosive power emanating from the surroundings. This corrosive power continuously dissipated his lingering will, drained his spiritual energy, and even caused a tingling sensation throughout his body. He wanted to escape but dared not.

Amidst the bursts of angry roars, Yu Que calmed himself down, regained his composure, and tightly sealed the little black gourd.

So a quarter of an hour, a quarter of an hour... an hour, two hours.

After an unknown amount of time, the commotion inside the little black gourd completely disappeared.

Instead, the gourd's belly was filled with a steady stream of soul liquid.

Yu Que did not open the gourd lid immediately. He first breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed from the inside out.

"That was close!" he muttered to himself.

Yu Que looked around and realized that although he had escaped from the remnant of that immortal old Taoist and even managed to refine him, the price he paid was not small.

Apart from the Rakshasa-headed ship, the small black gourd, and the white-spine sword, everything else on him was destroyed in this incident. Furthermore, the inner world, which was originally thirty miles in diameter, has now collapsed two-thirds of its original size, leaving only a ten-mile radius.

Although the price paid was considerable, it was worth it compared to being possessed and having one's inner world become a plaything of an old Taoist.

After this battle, Yu Que was filled with indescribable emotions.

He thought to himself, "No matter who it is, even if it's a celestial being trying to scheme against me, I'll knock one of their teeth out!"

After calming down, Yu Que still didn't open the black gourd, continuing to resist the urge to see what kind of soul liquid had been extracted from it.

A thought struck him, and he secretly shifted his attention from his inner world to the outside world.

Inside the main hall outside.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in Yu Que's eyes, which had been empty for a long time.

He glanced around and found that the other cultivators and immortals around him were not in much better shape than him. They were all covered in blood and looked haggard, clearly having suffered serious injuries that had lasted for quite some time and had not yet recovered.

After surveying the cultivators and immortals around him, he turned his gaze to the misty wall.

To his horror, a blurry figure was still sitting cross-legged on the wall of mist, its face fixedly staring at Yu Que.

"Is this guy alright?" Yu Que was immediately alarmed.

At this moment, the old Taoist priest standing in front of the wall of mist, his face now shrouded in mist again, was also filled with astonishment and doubt.

The old Taoist priest couldn't understand why he had already sent a wisp of his main spirit into the boy's body, allowing it to usurp the boy's newly formed inner world.

Why did the spirit disappear completely and remain silent shortly after entering the room?

Because of the special nature of the inner world, anyone whose spirit enters it will temporarily lose contact. Therefore, the Celestial Immortal could not know what exactly happened inside Yu Que's body.

The old Taoist stared intently at Yu Que, scrutinizing him for a few moments before his heart pounded:
"Hmph! As expected, those who were able to enter my mausoleum in the last batch are all people with great fortune."

"He can even devour my old man's sliver of consciousness; this kid is not to be underestimated."

His heart was filled with murderous intent, and he desperately wanted to take action again, erase Yu Que's soul, and seize his inner world.

However, the portion of his spirit that was just lost to Yu Que was the maximum amount he could currently divide.

Even if he were to transfer all the fragments of his consciousness that he had left outside into Yu Que's body, it would still be far less than what he had done earlier. Unless he were to extract a significant amount of the fragments of consciousness from the bodies of others, he could not match what he had done earlier.

However, this resulted in a pitifully small number of his last batch of students.

With a flicker of his eyes and deep thought, the old Taoist priest forcefully suppressed the covetousness and hatred he felt for Yu Que.

"With this last bit of my attention, I'd better play it safe and first make sure I can possess someone before thinking about anything else."

His gaze darted back and forth between Ling Yunzi, Tian Cejun, and the others.

Finally, the celestial immortal looked intently at the Heavenly Register: "Your bones are crystal clear, your aptitude is extraordinary, and your aura is even more abundant; you are the one!"

Inside the main hall, under Yu Que's watchful gaze, the old Taoist's figure suddenly swayed, then transformed into a wisp of gray smoke, drifting gracefully above everyone's heads before finally disappearing into the skull of the Heavenly Book Lord.

Buzz!
A golden light burst forth from Tian Ce Jun's body, accompanied by a roar like that of a dragon, causing Yu Que, who was watching from the sidelines, to pause slightly in his thoughts.

An angry and bewildered expression also appeared on Tian Ce Jun's face, but Yu Que couldn't see it.

However, Yu Que could clearly see that Tian Ce Jun's body was trembling, but he didn't know whether it was because of anger or fear.

"Ugh!!" A low growl came from Tian Ce Jun's mouth, its sound shrill and mournful.

This commotion immediately reminded Yu Que of everything he had just faced.

He instantly understood: "That old Taoist priest doesn't just want to possess me!"
This guy is also trying to seize the body of the Heavenly Lord?!

Yu Que's heart stirred, and he immediately wanted to help that person, but before his thoughts could fully take shape, he suppressed them.

Even if he could stop the other party now, the person being possessed would be Tian Ce Jun, who had a grudge against him!

Although the two had never actually fought each other, their mutual animosity was astonishing.

Yu Que thought to himself, "Perhaps, letting that old thing possess Tian Ce Jun's body is not necessarily a bad thing."

According to his understanding, regardless of the type of possession, in the process of possession, in addition to the suffering and misfortune of the possessed person, the person who possesses the body also faces great risks and expends considerable energy!
Yu Que was pondering that once the remnant soul of the Celestial Immortal was confined within the body of the Heavenly Emperor, it would no longer be able to leave at will, making it much easier for him to deal with it.

Once the thought of observing aloofness arose, Yu Que no longer had any ridiculous idea of ​​wanting to intervene.

He glanced around the hall and saw that everyone was listless and didn't know how long they would need to recover. So he simply focused his attention on his inner world and tried to recover as well, in order to prepare for the changes to come.

Finally, after looking around the inner world, Yu Que focused his gaze on the small black gourd.

His possessions have been wiped out by the old Taoist's lingering resentment, leaving him with little wealth, except for the soul liquid in the gourd.

He checked the gourd repeatedly, and after confirming that the old Taoist's lingering spirit inside had been refined to death, he carefully opened the gourd lid and poured out the liquid inside.

A wisp of purplish-black spiritual liquid with a hint of platinum appeared in the inner world, immediately emitting an indescribable spiritual essence.

Upon seeing this, Yu Que felt an overwhelming sense of greed welling up within his soul, as if his soul could instantly become an immortal simply by refining this item.

Fortunately, he remembered the lesson that the soul liquid was poisonous and forcibly looked away.

However, he suppressed his greed, but his inner world began to tremble. Streams of invisible power gathered around the purplish-black soul liquid, trying to refine it.

A feeling welled up in Yu Que's heart.

This elixir of soul liquid was not only refined from the old Taoist's lingering resentment, but also contained countless blood-red spiritual energy, incense, spirit stones, and so on. If his inner world were to consume and refine it, he would surely be able to recover to his original state, and even gain considerable benefits.

Moreover, after the soul liquid is refined by the inner world, he can consume it again!
Without hesitation, Yu Que divided the gourd of purplish-black soul liquid into a thousand portions, allowing his inner world to slowly refine it.

With a deafening roar, the devastated inner world, spanning ten miles, was once again engulfed in chaos.

This time, however, it did not collapse, but became more stable and rapidly expanded outward, growing more than three or four miles in the blink of an eye.

The floating islands that had gathered within it had also transformed into a perfectly round and smooth pill, with no trace of bricks or stones visible on it.

Not only was the inner world changing, but Yu Que also thought of the Six Ding and Six Jia Divine Generals.

This soul liquid, formed from the remnants of a celestial being, is surely a top-grade material for refining divine generals!

Who knows, after this experience, he might actually be able to create the so-called "heavenly soldiers and generals".

Yu Que was intrigued and immediately took out two divine generals whose cultivation levels could no longer be improved, and had them consume soul liquid on the spot to see if they could break through their cultivation levels...

(End of this chapter)