Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

"I never imagined that someone could cultivate such a vast spiritual sea these days. Tsk tsk tsk, good, good, very good indeed."

"And this physique...tsk tsk tsk, it's unheard of! This time, I'm sure I can return to my peak!"

The old man excitedly muttered to himself.

Ye Chen couldn't bear to interrupt the old man, who was so engrossed in his own world.

"Uh, well, are you done rambling? If you're done, let's have a normal chat!"

The old man was somewhat displeased that Ye Chen had interrupted his thoughts: "Boy, for the sake of your perfect physique, I'll let you say one last wish, and I'll find a way to fulfill it!"

"Can I ask you a question?" Ye Chen chuckled.

"Ask whatever you want," the old man said with a kind smile.

You can tell he's in a good mood right now.

"Who are you?" Ye Chen asked in a harmless manner, seemingly with a hint of fear and timidity.

Seeing Ye Chen's expression, the old man's smile became even brighter.

"Telling you won't hurt, so you can die knowing the truth. My surname is Li, and I'm known as Physician Li!"

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback; this answer was different from what he had expected.

He thought it was Senior Qi from the Big Dipper...

However, this also allowed Ye Chen to breathe a slight sigh of relief, preventing the heroic image he had just established from collapsing.

"Your surname is Qi, right?" Ye Chen asked tentatively.

The old man snorted lightly: "Hmph, I have roamed the martial world for hundreds of years, never hiding my true identity, and I have never changed my surname!"

Ye Chen thought to himself, "Not hiding? If not hiding, then I'll launch a sneak attack?"

However, he believed that the old man had no reason to lie to him, because in the old man's eyes, he should already be a person who was destined to die.

Therefore, there is no need to tell this lie.

At this moment, the old man muttered, "You mentioned someone surnamed Qi. I do remember one. There was indeed someone surnamed Qi who came before. His cultivation was quite good, but unfortunately he was too old and seriously injured. His body was useless to me, so I saw him off."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. The person the old man was referring to must be Senior Qi from Beidou.

It turns out he was harmed before he even underwent the tribulation!

The old man seemed to sense Ye Chen's emotional fluctuations and smiled slightly: "Oh, you still know that old man surnamed Qi? Well, I'm really sorry, but don't worry, I'll send you to reunite with him soon."

After calming himself down slightly, Ye Chen finally asked, "I wonder what level you cultivated to in your previous life?"

Ye Chen's words seemed to touch the old man, who recalled the past for a moment and slowly spoke:

"I once reached the Golden Core stage, but unfortunately, I was ambushed by a powerful demon and my Golden Core was swallowed up, which led to my current predicament. However, meeting you today is a blessing from heaven. With your physical condition, I am fully confident that you can return to the Golden Core stage or even go further."

"A powerful demon?" Ye Chen was slightly surprised. "You've already reached the Golden Core stage, what powerful demon could possibly harm you?"

"Hmph, what do you know, kid? This world is far more complicated than you see," the old man sneered.

Ye Chen was genuinely puzzled. Was this old man just spouting nonsense?

"Alright, even I am still exploring this world. You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Get ready and let's hit the road."

After the old man finished speaking, he was about to begin refining Ye Chen's spiritual sea.

If he were to refine it, wouldn't that be what's known as possession?

However, Ye Chen's biggest trump card right now is the Sea of ​​Spirit.

This old man was powerful in life, but he's not enough to possess my body!

"There's no need to resist. You're just a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Although I don't know why your Sea of ​​Spirit is so vast, it's useless. Your control over your Sea of ​​Spirit isn't even at the beginner level. You can't do anything to me!"

"I am already at the Golden Core stage, and the level of refinement of my soul is beyond what can be compared to in terms of quantity."

"To put it simply, I can devour you, but you can't do anything to me. Right now, you're like a fat pig ready for the New Year, just waiting to be slaughtered!"

"As long as I slowly refine your spiritual sea, sooner or later I will completely control this perfect physical body, and that day won't be long!"

The old man's eyes lit up with enthusiasm as he spoke.

"Oh, alright, then let me show you why my spiritual sea is so vast!" Ye Chen said calmly.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and an extremely dangerous aura instantly appeared.

A Bagua mirror emitting a faint white light had appeared in the sky at some point.

A soft white beam of light enveloped and surrounded the old man.

The old man's expression changed drastically; he sensed a deadly danger and wanted to flee.

"Trying to leave now? Too late. Since you're here, stay and become nourishment for my spiritual sea!" Ye Chen said calmly.

At this moment, the old man was enveloped in white light and had lost the ability to move.

He struggled desperately, but it was no use.

What is this? How could this happen? No!!!

The old man began to panic completely; the main events were already out of his control.

So this kid had been distracting him all along just for this one move. What a cunning little rascal.

"Wait, wait, young friend, let's talk this out, let's talk this out!"

The old man hurriedly begged for mercy, saying he would even kneel down if he could escape from here.

At this moment, he finally understood why Ye Chen was so calm.

So this kid had a trump card up his sleeve!

He originally thought Ye Chen was relying on the vastness of his spiritual sea.

But now it seems he was wrong, terribly wrong!

This kid not only has a powerful spiritual sea, but he also has a spiritual treasure that specifically attacks the soul!

How could there be a spiritual treasure in the Sea of ​​Spirit?

This is too unbelievable. He has never even heard of it, let alone seen it.

This time, he's completely outmaneuvered!

However, Ye Chen would never give him that chance.

Ye Chen remained unmoved by the old man's pleading expression.

"Since you no longer belong to this era, then return to dust!"

As Ye Chen spoke, he manipulated the Bagua Mirror to transform the old man into specks of starlight.

"No--"

A look of inexplicable terror appeared in the old man's eyes, and then he began to disintegrate and dissipate.

Some of the starlight was expelled from Ye Chen's body, while some drifted down slowly above the sea of ​​consciousness.

In the end, only a small, unconscious ball of light remained, which was directly sucked into the Bagua mirror.

The life of a powerful Golden Core cultivator has come to an end!

The scattered starlight slowly merged into Ye Chen's spiritual sea.

Ye Chen's originally green spiritual sea, which was at the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment stage, now had an added touch of purple.

It finally doesn't look so green anymore!

It's so green it's almost purple...

Just then, Ye Chen's spirits jolted, and he looked at the sea of ​​spirit with some surprise and uncertainty.

At this moment, his spiritual sea seemed to slowly become solid, more solid than ever before.

It looks like a thickener has been added!

This change is undoubtedly for the better.

In terms of solidification alone, it is still somewhat inferior to that old man overall, but it already bears some resemblance.

You must know that the opponent is an old monster at the Golden Core Realm!

The two are worlds apart.

Holy crap, no wonder he was a Golden Core Realm expert; even in death he's so valuable, such a great tonic...

We made a fortune this time!

Ye Chen finally understood those evil cultivators in TV dramas. Wasn't this faster and more convenient than his own cultivation?