Junior sister, I really need to control you.

Inside the grotto.

Li Yinsheng's soul hovered above his seated body. With a thought, his figure appeared and disappeared irregularly within a radius of several hundred feet.

A moment later, the soul reappeared, raised its hand and tapped lightly, and dozens of sword lights silently appeared.

"That sword light..."

Li Yinsheng looked at the almost transparent, clear sword lights in front of him, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes.

These sword lights were unleashed by his soul, consuming less mana than when unleashed with his physical body, yet possessing greater power.

After his soul completely left his body, only a hollow human-shaped outline remained in the space where his soul had originally been in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Seventy percent of the magical power and pure divine light within his body flowed into his soul.

Although his magical power was only 70%, he estimated that, disregarding the physical cultivation aspect, his pure soul spellcasting might be stronger than his physical spellcasting.

The same magical power flows much more smoothly in the soul than in the physical body; it is almost as if the power flows as one wishes.

Moreover, after his soul left his body, his control over his consciousness instantly became many times stronger.

Therefore, casting and manipulating spells involves ascending several steps.

Compared to spells, changes in divine sense and magical power undoubtedly have a greater impact on the manipulation of magical artifacts and treasures.

After the soul leaves the body, its power to manipulate magical artifacts and treasures will inevitably increase greatly.

Moreover, the soul is different from the physical body, and its speed is unmatched by the physical body.

For the soul, it is merely a movement of the level of "walking," but in the external world, it is already appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Li Yinsheng flicked his finger, and dozens of black and white chess pieces appeared around his body, surrounding his physical form below. In the blink of an eye, his physical form disappeared, and his aura vanished.

Shadow Array.

After nearly a century of refinement by the Go Soul, this Shadow Concealment Formation has been perfected. It can be formed in the blink of an eye, concealing everything and everything within it.

but……

With a thought, Li Yinsheng's soul became transparent, and his aura completely disappeared, making him even more difficult to detect than the Shadow Concealment Array below.

His soul could easily detect his physical body within the Shadow Concealment Formation, but the soul's concealment was far superior to that of the formation.

An array designed specifically for concealment and escape is, in its own field of expertise, less effective than the inherent concealment of a soul.

The consumption of spells and magical artifacts has decreased, their power has greatly increased, their divine sense is clearer and sharper, and they are difficult to find, with a speed far surpassing that of the physical body...

Li Yinsheng estimated that if he were like an ordinary cultivator, not a physical cultivator, and possessed a magic weapon, his combat power when his soul was separated from his body would likely surpass that when his soul and body were united.

only……

He sensed the speed at which his internal magical energy was recovering.

Although it is recovering, it is incredibly slow, less than half the rate it was when it had a physical body.

Even his divine sense, although it became much clearer and more agile, actually decreased in recovery speed.

It seems that the physical body is still extremely important to the soul.

After dancing a few more times in the air, Li Yinsheng confirmed something else.

As long as the soul is not in the body, it will constantly consume divine consciousness and magical power, but it consumes very little when it is completely still.

However, as long as there is any "movement," even a simple movement, the consumption of spiritual energy and magical power will increase accordingly.

However, he now possesses three hundred years of cultivation, and his Heart Seal Scripture has reached the sixth level. His magical power and divine sense are extremely profound, so he hasn't consumed much at this moment.

Moreover, even in this state where his soul is separated from his body, he can still sense and control his physical body.

However, under such circumstances, the senses and actions of the physical body become noticeably sluggish.

"Interestingly, the Heart Seal Sutra clearly states that its effect is only to temper the soul and strengthen the sea of ​​consciousness and divine sense, without any fancy effects."

Li Yinsheng looked at his own soul in his palm and muttered to himself, "In other words, my soul leaving my body is not an effect of the Heart Seal Sutra, but a natural phenomenon after my soul has become powerful enough."

"No, it shouldn't just be about the soul. The soul needs magical power to leave the body, so there should be a requirement for magical power as well."

"At least with my two hundred years of cultivation, I absolutely could not have done it."

Li Yinsheng found this state of being quite novel, and the feeling that a barrier between himself and the world had been removed gave him a wonderful illusion of breaking free from his cage and becoming one with the world.

Just as he was about to wander around in his spirit form, he received a warning from the grotto-heaven—

Time to slack off, time to start cultivating, or this cultivation session in the grotto will be over.

Although there's not much time left for this training, every little bit counts, so we can't give up.

Li Yinsheng had no choice but to suppress his curiosity and return to his physical body, intending to continue his cultivation.

But after returning to his physical body, he felt something was wrong.

After the soul returns to the body, it naturally no longer experiences the same unrestrained feeling as when it left the body, and its consciousness is no longer as clear, but...

It doesn't seem like it has completely fallen back to its original state.

After he returned to his physical body, his consciousness and magical power became sluggish again, but they were much more agile than when he had never experienced his soul leaving his body.

If I had to describe it, before his soul left his body, his consciousness and magical power were dragged down by shackles.

When the soul leaves the body, it means that the divine consciousness and magical power are freed from their shackles.

Now that it has left the body and returned, the shackles are still there, but they are obviously lighter and looser.

Presumably, after this separation of his soul from his body, both his physical body and soul underwent qualitative changes.

Having quickly grasped this point, Li Yinsheng devoted himself to cultivation.

……

On Bamboo Forest Peak, at the Shouyi Temple's residence.

The blinding lightning that had been traversing the net gradually dimmed, and most of the Shouyi Temple cultivators within it had already fainted from the lightning.

The deacon and the deputy abbot, who had been given special attention by Li Yinsheng, were the ones who fainted the most.

Mu Xiaoyu watched this scene with a look of satisfaction on her face, hands on her hips.

Serves them right! These wicked people! They even tried to rob our Xuanzhen Temple! Let's teach them a lesson!

Her father taught her from a young age that cities and territories are the foundation of one's existence, and that one should not cede even a small part of them to others. If an enemy comes to invade, one should only use weapons to repel them!

Back then, the Xiongnu people on the frontier grazed their horses on the grasslands of Dayong and raided border cities. It was only after my father led tens of thousands of elite cavalry and fought for many years that he was able to reclaim that grassland.

My father calls this "expanding territory and opening up new frontiers".

Therefore, she felt no guilt whatsoever in teaching these bad people who coveted Xuanzhen Temple a lesson.

"Senior brother, you're so amazing!" Mu Xiaoyu looked up, a hint of pride in her voice. "Now they shouldn't dare to have any more ideas about our Xuanzhen Temple, right?"

Li Yinsheng, who had just come out of the cave, was slightly stunned. Hearing Mu Xiaoyu speak, he raised his hand and touched her head.

"Well, that's hard to say."

He helped Mu Xiaoyu straighten her hair and said, "Given the style of Shouyi Temple, I'm afraid they'll find it hard to swallow this insult. But it's alright, we'll deal with whatever comes our way."

Actually, he quite hoped that Shouyi Temple would come to his door seeking revenge.

Given that the deputy abbot was easily captured, those seeking revenge will undoubtedly be top-tier figures.

Although there are many True Immortals in Shouyi Temple, they probably wouldn't make a big fuss over something like this, especially since most of them are in seclusion year-round.

If a real person does come, it will most likely be just one or two ordinary real people.

In the Xuanzhen Temple, a senior who achieved the True Man level through the True Blood Secret Manual left behind a note recording that although he was always half a step away from the tenth level, his combat strength surpassed that of most True Man levels.

Li Yinsheng felt that he and that senior colleague each had their own strengths.

That senior possessed broad vision and profound knowledge, profound combat skills, rich battle experience, and excellent magical weapons.

He, on the other hand, possessed the eleventh level of the True Blood Secret Manual and had cultivated for three hundred years.

Therefore, Li Yinsheng felt that with his current cultivation level, plus being a body cultivator, plus the sword intent given to him by his uncle, plus the Yin-Yang Cave Profound Array which he had already mastered, and the secret techniques of the ninth level of the True Blood Scripture...

Facing an ordinary real person, if not completely dominating, at least the chances of winning are not small, right?

If I gain another hundred years of cultivation by then, I will have four hundred years of cultivation.

On the contrary, if Shouyi Temple swallows this insult, Li Yinsheng can only sigh longingly at the last two tiers of rewards for his cultivation aspirations.

Whether it's the abbot of Shouyi Temple or the monks who practice Shouyi Temple, they should all reside in the temple year-round.

Although he was confident that his current cultivation level was not bad, directly charging into someone else's hometown would be a bit reckless.

However, whether or not someone would come to seek revenge at Shouyi Temple was not something he could decide.

Compared to the uncertainties of the future, there are still some minor issues to resolve at hand.

Although he caused a scene at the Shouyi Temple's residence, it was still within the territory of the Huangzhu Temple, so naturally, he still had to give Fellow Daoist Qi and that Vice Abbot Liang an explanation.

He held Mu Xiaoyu's hand, and his divine sense spread out, landing on the mountaintop and the mountainside respectively.

Vice Abbot Liang and Qi Jiushan were each riding their own magical artifacts, rushing over from two different directions.

Moreover, according to Li Yinsheng's divine sense, Qi Jiushan was still carrying the stall owner who had previously sold training materials on the Vajra Pestle.

However, his attention was not on that point; instead, he was drawn to the bamboo forest peak itself.

He had scanned the mountain with his divine sense many times before in search of the demon, but he didn't find anything wrong with it.

But at this moment, his spiritual sense was greatly enhanced and far more acute than before. After releasing his spiritual sense again, he felt that something was wrong with the mountain.

There was something strange about him that he couldn't quite put his finger on.