A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Chapter 175 Artifact Spirit

At this moment, four green-haired monsters were entangled with two warrior puppets, while two other blurry ghostly figures attacked Xin Ruyin and the infant carp beast respectively.

"These two ghostly figures were probably both early-stage Core Formation cultivators in life, and the green-haired monster was probably the legendary Ghost Yaksha."

"Wow, Sister Ruyin actually has the upper hand! That's unbelievable!"

Although the infant carp beast was on land, the power of its water-based magic was reduced. However, it was still a level six spirit beast, and its true strength was comparable to that of an ordinary level seven spirit beast. In the face of the attacks from the two ghostly figures, it actually gained the upper hand.

Zi Ling was somewhat surprised to see this, while Ge Li was stunned. If the Yin Ghosts were to use such a lineup against him, he would definitely perish here. However, the woman in blue was actually able to handle it and even gained the upper hand, which surprised him greatly.

Lin He nodded, then pointed at the Soul Gathering Banner. A gust of yin wind appeared and quickly subdued the four ghost yakshas.

The two ghostly figures seemed to realize they had encountered a powerful opponent, and hurriedly transformed into two gusts of yin wind to escape. However, at that moment, Lin He casually waved his hand, and two golden lights flew out, striking them with incredible speed. After two screams, they were swept up by a gust of yin wind and taken into the Soul Gathering Banner.

Lin He dealt with them effortlessly, as easily as eating and drinking. Even the two Yin Ghosts at the early stage of Core Formation couldn't withstand a single move from Lin He.

"Young Master!"

Xin Ruyin quickly threw herself into Lin He's arms. Lin He patted her shoulder and said, "Zi Ling is still watching from the side."

Xin Ruyin blushed upon hearing this and quickly released him. "Ziling!"

"Sister Ruyin!" A strange light flashed in Ziling's eyes, followed by a cheerful greeting. Soon, the two women were chatting enthusiastically.

Ge Li, who was standing to the side, suddenly realized why the woman in blue was so powerful; it turned out that she had a close relationship with this Senior Lin.

"Let's go, let's collect as many ghosts as possible while we can!"

Upon hearing this, Xin Ruyin seemed to have thought of something and quickly nodded. Zi Ling and Ge Li naturally had no objections either.

Over the next period of time, Lin He deliberately made a roundabout way, subduing all the vengeful spirits and ghosts he encountered, including the Ghost King that Han Li had encountered in the original story, which was equivalent to the late stage of Core Formation. Lin He casually struck it and then put it into the Soul Gathering Banner.

"A spirit!" Lin He thought to himself as he walked, pondering the ghost king he had just encountered.

Each magical artifact, once crafted, offers one opportunity to seal the spirit of a ghost or monster within it.

When facing an enemy, one can command the magical artifact to merge with this spirit, transforming it into the form of the artifact spirit in its previous life, and also gaining the artifact spirit's supernatural powers.

However, each magical artifact only has one chance to seal its spirit, and the more powerful the spirit, the lower the chance of successfully sealing it. Therefore, the vast majority of magical artifacts do not have spirits.

For example, the Silver Moon in the original work is the spirit of the top-tier ancient treasure, the Wolf Head Jade Ruyi. Lin He guessed that it was created by the founder of the Beiye Xiaoji Palace, the Ice Soul Fairy.

Ancient treasures are also magical artifacts, only they are magical artifacts refined by ancient cultivators, and of course they can also seal artifact spirits.

Lin He had always wanted to find a powerful demonic beast, kill it, and then seal its demonic spirit into a magic weapon. The spirit of the weapon would then possess the same supernatural powers as in its previous life, which would be equivalent to having a powerful helper.

Lin He's greatest desire was, of course, for a celestial beast like a dragon. An eighth-level dragon was strong enough to fight against ordinary ninth-level demonic beasts, making it the ideal choice for a spirit weapon.

Therefore, Lin He had the Miaoyin Sect make arrangements on Qiyuan Island in advance, all for the sake of that level eight poisonous dragon. Even if they couldn't find the poisonous dragon, they could find other level eight demonic beasts, which would be acceptable to Lin He, because it would be equivalent to having an extra Nascent Soul stage helper, instantly increasing his strength.

However, the stronger the artifact spirit, the lower the success rate of sealing it, which is a significant problem.

Lin He thought of so many things in an instant, then put those thoughts aside and focused on collecting Yin Souls. After the Soul Gathering Banner had turned pitch black, Lin He took out the Soul-Crying Beast and let it absorb Yin Souls so that it could advance to the next level as soon as possible.

After all, the method of advancement for this Soul-Crying Beast is very different from that of ordinary spirit beasts, because it is cultivated later and not born, so Lin He cannot nurture it and can only let it continuously devour Yin Souls to advance.

Xin Ruyin already knew about this, so she wasn't surprised. Zi Ling and Ge Li were both taken aback, having witnessed the Soul-Crying Beast's innate abilities, and were filled with envy.

With plenty of time to spare, Lin He deliberately took a long detour, allowing the Soul-Crying Beast to absorb a large amount of Yin Souls, and he looked quite satisfied.

As they approached the exit, Lin He put away the Crying Soul Beast and then grabbed Ge Li. Ge Li was startled and tried to dodge, but it was too late. He could only watch helplessly as Lin He caught him.

Zi Ling and Xin Ruyin were both taken aback, but then seemed to realize something and showed little surprise.

Lin He used the Dream Guiding Technique to completely seal his memories of encountering Lin He and the other two, and even altered his memories, making him only remember that a master with an unclear face led him through the first trial.

Zi Ling looked at the incredible dream-inducing technique, but said with some concern, "Brother Lin, are you also going to alter our memories? Zi Ling doesn't want to forget what happened before."

Arbitrarily altering memories is a terrifying thing, and Lin He certainly wouldn't do such a thing recklessly. He simply shook his head and said, "Of course I wouldn't do that, but this Fellow Daoist Ge is not familiar with us, so it's safer to do it this way. He'll wake up soon, so let's go."

Lin He and his two companions quickly left the area. After a while, Ge Li slowly woke up, looking bewildered. Then, as if remembering something, he muttered to himself, "It seems that expert has already left. We were lucky this time; this trip was enough to gather some spiritual herbs."

Ge Li also walked towards the exit.

The area was surrounded by exotic flowers and rare herbs, and in the middle were seven or eight pavilions, where sixty or seventy cultivators were already standing or sitting.

When Lin He and his two companions arrived at this place, they were also taken aback.

There were over a hundred cultivators before, but now only sixty or seventy remain. Many of them are pale, injured, and their clothes are stained with blood, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.

Compared to them, Lin He and his two companions emerged unscathed, which was truly astonishing. However, considering Lin He's Nascent Soul stage cultivation, no one was surprised.

Wan Tianming and his two companions walked towards Lin He with smiles on their faces, showing great concern and enthusiasm, which made everyone envious.

Ji Yin and the others' expressions darkened upon seeing this, while Jin Kui and Jia Chen gave Lin He a deep look before looking away.

Before long, a teleportation array appeared. Everyone was already used to it, so they weren't surprised.

Jia Chen glanced at Jin Kui, and seeing him nod, he said loudly, "This teleportation array is the only path to the next level, the Ice and Fire Path. However, once you pass the first level, you will naturally receive a reward. You will have one day to gather spiritual herbs and fruits before heading to the second level. Of course, if you find the second level too difficult, you can teleport back here. You can teleport back to the main hall and leave the Void Heaven Palace a month later."

After saying that, the two teleported away. Lin He called out and led Zi Ling and Xin Ruyin into the teleportation array.