Chapter 367: Chapter 342 Terrifying Aura_1
"Fifty miles, I’ve just broken through, my spiritual sense can actually extend a range of fifty miles, ten times further than the spiritual sense of ordinary people."
Lu Yan was exhilarated.
The common cultivators in the Primordial Spirit Realm, during the First Transformation of the Primordial Spirit, can only extend their spiritual sense five miles. The Second Transformation - Manifestation, can extend it ten miles. Out-of-body, the third transformation, allows it to extend twenty miles, while in the Fourth Transformation — Divinity Transformation, their spiritual sense can extend up to fifty miles.
During the Fifth transformation - Dharma Appearance, they can extend it up to one hundred miles.
His current spiritual sense was comparable to that of a cultivator at the Fourth Transformation — Divinity Transformation.
Spiritual sense is related to the soul’s strength, the further the spiritual sense can reach implies the more powerful the soul is.
In other words, the might of his soul now is comparable to someone in the Fourth Transformation — Divinity Transformation.
Even though he had been mentally prepared for this, Lu Yan was still appalled.
Shen Yinuo had speculated in advance that his soul was far beyond ordinary people. However, who would have thought that its strength was such an aberration?
He had only just broken through, and the intensity of his soul was already comparable to that of the Fourth Transformation. Such a feat was unheard of.
If this gets out, it would scare people to death.
"Ordinary people can manifest their souls when they reach the Second Transformation of Primordial Spirit, and they can leave their bodies and wander outside at the Third Transformation. I wonder if I can do the same?"
Lu Yan pondered and then commanded his soul to step out. His soul shot out from the center of his eyebrows and stood in the high sky above.
Suddenly, the intense energy of the world fell upon his soul, causing piercing pain, as if it were about to dissolve.
However, his soul was powerful. Although it felt a bit uncomfortable at first, it quickly adapted and withstood the pain.
Moreover, it seemed like a certain kind of energy was permeating from the great tree within his soul, wrapping around his soul, and shielding it from the external harsh and masculine energy.
The pain disappeared completely.
Whoosh!
His soul flew to a far place, light as a feather and fast as lightning, it moved with remarkable agility.
Eventually, his soul flew towards the sky’s Vault, soaring tens of thousands of metres high.
In the high sky, the Gang Wind was howling and the cold current was stirring. His soul became slightly unstable, but once again, the energy from the great tree within him blocked the Gang Wind and the cold current.
His soul continued to climb, and only stopped when it was tens of thousands of meters high in the sky.
Up here, the Gang Wind and the cold current were very terrifying.
From time to time, they would encounter the Gang Wind and cold current as massive as a river, and even some terrifying thunderbolts.
"There are only two ways for a soul in the Primordial Spirit Realm to improve: one is to absorb and refine external objects, like Soul Crystals and other treasures, and the other is to go out of the body, refine itself with the great power of nature, and absorb the essence of heaven and earth."
"Now, can’t I walk the second path?"
Lu Yan was deep in thought.
Generally speaking, those who are in the first and second transformation of the Primordial Spirit Realm had no choice but to absorb and refine the foreign matter, because they could not even leave their bodies. Once their souls leave their bodies, they would be injured or even disperse.
Only at the Third Transformation, when their soul can depart from their bodies, can they use the force of nature to refine themselves.
However, few people do this in the Third Transformation because their souls are not yet strong enough. A slight carelessness could lead to soul damage.
Usually, those who dare to use the energy of nature to temper themselves must be at least in the Fourth Transformation — Divinity Transformation, where their soul has transformed into Primordial Spirit with a significant increase in power.
Obviously, the second route was better than the first one.
For example, refining foreign objects, such as the Soul Crystal.
Where does the Soul Crystal come from?
They are made from the souls of other powerful creatures that have undergone a special metamorphosis, and many of them contain the mental will of other creatures.
After refining and absorbing them, one’s spirit would also be affected.
Many people would go crazy, experience mental disorders, fall into demonic possession, or even self-destruct due to this.
Therefore, most people eventually choose the second path to temper their souls using the energy of nature and to remove the impurities and grind their mental will.
"Huh, why hasn’t the Soul Acupoint dissipated yet?"
At this moment, Lu Yan was somewhat surprised to find that the Soul Acupoint was still shining brightly.
Generally speaking, when the Soul Acupoint is opened, the spirit and the soul merge, and the Soul Acupoint will dissipate on its own.
But now, the light emitted by the Soul Acupoint was even brighter than before.
A thought crossed his mind, his soul flew back into the sea of consciousness, and he observed the Soul Acupoint attentively.
The next moment, Lu Yan was greatly shocked.
In the deep part of the Soul Acupoint, he saw a towering tree.
The shape of the tree was very similar to the one inside his soul, almost identical.
However, the tree in the deepest part of the Soul Acupoint was many times larger, rooted in the void, breaking through the sky’s Vault, like a world tree.
Under the tree, a majestic figure was standing, his back toward Lu Yan.
It was a man with long hair spread out casually, a tall figure, holding a long spear in his hand, with the tip of the spear pointing downward.
Just a silhouette, just standing there casually, yet Lu Yan felt a breath that could swallow the heavens and the earth. The attitude exuded was that of unsurpassed superiority, an undefeated spirit.
Suddenly, the man moved. He slightly turned his head back and looked at Lu Yan.
However, for some reason, the man’s face was a blur, as if twisted by time and space, totally unclear. Only a sigh echoed faintly, "Has it failed again?"
The next moment, the man and the tree quickly blurred and completely disappeared from the Soul Acupoint.
The Soul Acupoint also made a sound and turned into a rainfall of light, dissipating.
At this very moment, above the boundless sky of the Da Chu Dynasty, a light suddenly flashed and disappeared. A frightening aura permeated the area but quickly disappeared without a trace.
Even though it was just an instant, some of the most powerful beings in Da Chu sensed it.
"What was that? Such a terrifying aura."
In the deep parts of Wangu City, the capital of the Da Chu Dynasty, a burly old man looked up at the sky, his face solemn, and sweat was seeping from his temples.
In the Purple Wing Immortal Ruins, the largest purple bird suddenly bristled its feathers, and with a look of fear, he gazed at the sky above: "This aura... How terrifying is this entity? Could it be that an unparalleled powerful being has descended on this world?"
"No, no, such an entity would never descend on such a filthy place; it’s just some remnant aura, thank God, thank God..."
At the same moment, the lords of various Immortal Ruins, the Hierarch of the Spirit Sect, and the hidden powerhouses in various places, all sensed that breath above the sky’s vault, their minds were shaken and they were filled with shock.
In the central part of Da Chu, above the sky, within the clouds, there hovered an ancient city.
Not many people knew that this was the headquarters of the World Bank.
In the city center, at a certain garden, a teenager who appeared to be only in his teens, wearing a Daoist robe, stood there with his hands behind his back. Yet at this moment, he looked up at the skies above, his eyes wide open and mouth agape, before bursting into hysterical laughter.
"It’s appeared, it’s appeared, I’ve waited for countless years but it’s finally appeared."
"Hahaha, at last...at last there’s hope for me to leave."
The teenager laughed so much that his body was badly shaking, and he finally ended with tears streaming all over his face.
"Someone."
The teenager sent out a spiritual signal.
The next moment, an old man appeared in front of the teenager, kneeling on one knee, he said, "Master, any orders?"
"That breath just now, you sensed it, didn’t you?"
The teenager asked.
"Yes, it was truly ancient and dazzling, impossible to fathom."
The old man replied.
"That was just a breath, what if it was the real body...hehe."
The teenager chuckled a few times and said, "Find out for me, identify the origin of that breath, or rather, who it came from. This breath, it definitely came from someone."
"But...Master, that breath seemed to appear out of nowhere, how do we investigate?"
The old man said uneasily.
Although the World Bank has immense power and can literally control weather and other elements within the territory of Da Chu, they can do nothing without a single clue.
"I can narrow down the range for you. Just now, I sensed that the breath should have originated from the eastern part of Da Chu, and the source of it must be an unparalleled prodigy. Investigate within this scope."
"After finding the person, bring them here. No, if you find them, do not reveal yourself. Just observe in secret."
The teenager instructed.
"Yes."
The old man bowed, and with a flash of light, his figure vanished without a trace.
...
"Who is that? Why is there a tree and a figure in my Soul Acupoint?"
Lu Yan’s brow furrowed.
This completely unfathomable situation that remained inside his body made him uncomfortable. He felt as if he had no control over himself.
Fortunately, it had already disappeared. Otherwise, he would have had sleepless nights.
After thoroughly investigating and finding no traces, Lu Yan finally relaxed.
More than ten days later, Lu Yan had full control over his current power.
All the Dao Food and Immortal Bones he had collected were refined by the Dao Book, and the ’Demon Hunting’ had been upgraded to the fifth level.
The process became increasingly difficult as the levels increased. To upgrade to the highest level of the thirteenth level, he didn’t know how many Immortal Bones he would need or how long he would have to wait.
"Take it slowly."
Lu Yan sighed.
In his hand appeared a black crystal, a Soul Crystal.
Lu Yan planned to refine one Soul Crystal first, then let his soul be tempered by the natural forces of the world, to see if the miscellaneous spiritual will within it could be eradicated.
If it could, then the Soul Crystals should not be wasted.
After all, refining Soul Crystals was a shortcut to improving the soul.
If there were no aftereffects.
With a thought, his soul moved out from the Sea of Consciousness. He opened his mouth and sucked in, and the Soul Crystal was sucked into his mouth by the soul.
As soon as the Soul Crystal entered the mouth of the soul, it was entwined by the branches of the tree within the soul, and the energy within the Soul Crystal was absorbed by the tree, turned into pure energy, and moved into the soul’s body.
Lu Yan felt that his soul had obviously grown a bit.
"Could it actually be like this?"
Lu Yan was delighted. He hadn’t expected that the tree within the soul body could be so useful.
Then he sat cross-legged, carefully observing his soul, and eventually found that his mental will was extremely pure, without any impurities, nor any other miscellaneous mental will.
Against the heavens.
He hadn’t discovered the other functions of the tree yet, but just this one was against the heavens. It had the same effect as Shen Yinuo’s Yin Yang Melting Furnace Method.
That is to say, as long as he had Soul Crystals, he could quickly refine them without worrying about being affected by the residual spiritual will within them.
"Excellent."
With a smile on his face, Lu Yan took out another Soul Crystal for refining.
In Nanjiang, at the Nanmang Immortal Ruin.
An incomparably huge serpent was coiled round a mountain peak, its body even larger than the mountain.
Below, some people were reporting to it.
"Lord Immortal, the person that the Purple Wing Immortal Ruin has asked us to find, has been found."
With a wave of a hand, a portrait soared into the sky, unfolding in the air. The person painted on it was none other than Lu Yan.
"This person, named Lu Yan, comes from the Mansion of King Ming, he’s currently the Lingdong General, overseeing the six counties of Lingdong in Xuan Zhou."
The person reported.
