Chapter 302: Soul Attacks
With their eyes covered with soul power, the group could now see the true appearance of the fog area.
All around them, there were many trees and strange beasts were lurking behind the trees.
"Brother Xuan should have been attacked by that beast." Jiang Yue said and pointed at a beast that stood close to the puddle of soul marrow.
"Hmmm." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
Although there were many soul beasts in the forest, only one was close to them.
Since Xuan Ke was approaching the puddle when he was attacked, it was only natural to assume he was attacked by that soul beast.
"What should we do?" Bing Lan asked.
She had also used soul power to observe the area and could see the soul beasts around them.
"I want to go forward." Yu Nianzhen quickly stated his opinion.
"I also want to go forward." Jiang Yue followed.
This soul beasts’ forest was a heaven-sent opportunity. He would be too stupid if he didn’t take advantage of it.
"I also want to forge ahead but we can’t be careless." Yang Xu said with a frown on his face.
They had just entered the soul beasts’ forest and were still at the edge of the fog area.
At the moment, they could easily deal with lone soul beasts.
However, all of them were qi cultivators and not soul cultivators.
If they encountered a group of soul-beasts, they may not be able to handle the matter.
Yang Xu didn’t want any of them to die so he didn’t allow any carelessness.
"I will talk to Hongzhu and ask her to refine a batch of soul power replenishing pills." Yu Nianzhen said.
He also thought about the same thing as Yang Xu.
Unlike qi, it wasn’t easy to replenish soul power.
If they fought too many soul beasts and exhausted their soul power, they would have to rest for many days to replenish.
Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to take unnecessary risks so he planned to get some soul power replenishing pills before they continued to explore the forest.
"Nianzhen, we need soul gathering herbs to refine soul replenishing pills." Bing Lan said and sighed.
Soul gathering herbs were extremely rare.
It was difficult to find a single stalk and even if one did, one stalk could only refine twelve pills at most.
In their situation, twelve pills were not enough to get them through the soul beasts’ forest.
"Master’s wife doesn’t need to worry. Azhen and I previously found more than a hundred stalks of soul gathering herbs."
"What?" Bing Lan asked in shock.
"We found them in a field in the Thousand Herbs Garden." Jiang Yue explained.
However, he was lying.
He and Yu Nianzhen only found one stalk in the Thousand Herbs Garden.
After that, they planted it in the jade box and its quantity multiplied over time.
"The two of you are too lucky." Bing Lan said with a sigh.
She once heard her husband say that Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were favoured by the heavens.
At that time, she thought the man was exaggerating.
However, the more she stayed around them, the more she realised they were truly favoured.
The two often encountered treasures and always found a way to escape danger.
It was like the heavens were watching them and leading them along the best path to the peak.
However, everything came at a price.
As the favoured children of the heavens, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen would surely pay a heavy price.
When she thought of that, Bing Lan couldn’t help but fear for them.
She worried that something would go wrong and the two would be eradicated from the face of the world.
With such thoughts in mind, she quickly sent a voice transmission to her husband.
However, Yang Xu only sighed.
He had already discovered the problem and thought about it for many years.
Unfortunately, he didn’t come up with a solution and could only wait to see what would happen.
[Nianzhen and Jiang Yue have their own paths. If they persevere, they will eventually stand at an unimaginably high peak. As elders, we can only support them.] Yang Xu said and Bing Lan nodded.
Since she and Yang Xu couldn’t interfere with the way of heaven, they could only help the two boys.
"Nianzhen, why don’t you go talk to Hongzhu while we wait here?" She asked but Yu Nianzhen shook his head.
"I am a little interested in the soul beast core. Let’s deal with a soul beast before I go." He said and Yang Xu almost rolled his eyes.
However, he didn’t say anything.
He was also interested in the soul beasts and their soul core.
"Azhen, do you suspect we can use the soul beast core to replenish soul power?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
When he heard the question, Yu Niazhen smiled.
’As expected, XiaoYue is the person who knows me best.’ He thought.
"I think so. However, I may be wrong."
Although demonic beast cores could be used to replenish qi, it was rare for human cultivators to use them.
This was because they contained the lingering thoughts and violence of the demonic beasts.
When these lingering thoughts accumulated in a cultivator’s body, they would destabilise the mind and cause heart demons.
At best, the cultivator would go mad and at worst, they would experience qi deviation and dies.
It was because of this that Yu Nianzhen wasn’t sure about using soul beasts’ cores to replenish soul power.
"I will try it first to make sure." He said.
If soul beast cores could be used, Hongzhu wouldn’t need to refine too many soul replenishing pills.
"Okay. Let’s try it with the beast guarding the soul marrow." Jiang Yue said.
He had long been greedy for the soul marrow and the expectation in his heart could no longer be held back.
"Alright, let’s deal with it." Yu Nianzhen agreed and chuckled.
From Bing Lan, they knew that soul beasts could only be killed using soul power.
Fortunately, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen had practised soul-refining techniques.
Jiang Yue’s technique enhanced his illusions while Yu Nianzhen’s purified his soul power.
However, Yu Nianzhen’s sword body refining technique included all aspects of his body.
From this refining technique, Yu Nianzhen learned a soul power attack called soul sword.
Although Yu Nianzhen had learned it for many years, he never had a chance to use it.
At this time, he was eager to try.
"I wonder if my illusion attacks can affect them." Jiang Yue muttered under his breath.
Essentially, illusion attacks could either be qi attacks or soul attacks.
Since he started to practice, Jiang Yue had either used qi attacks or a combination of soul power and qi.
However, he had never used a pure soul power attack and was a little worried.
"Just try it and you will know." Yu Nianzhen said and subconsciously rubbed his head.
"You are right. If I have time to wonder, I should try it."
With that, Jiang Yue took a deep breath and exhaled it to clear his mind.
A moment later, his entire being turned a little ethereal and a pleasant song came out of his mouth.
The song created a floating atmosphere and the ethereal notes rushed towards the soul beast guarding the soul marrow.
At first, the soul beast didn’t react.
It only looked at Jiang Yue and his group without making a move.
However, its expression soon changed.
The vigilance in its eyes dissipated and it became a little sluggish.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue could only do this much.
He wasn’t too skilled at using soul power attacks and he found he couldn’t kill the soul beast.
However, it was enough to hold it for a few breaths.
When Yu Nianzhen saw the effect of Jiang Yue’s attack, he didn’t hesitate.
He condensed a soul sword using soul power and soon after, the sword rushed out of his eyebrows.
The sword was a dazzling silver and it rushed between the eyes of the soul beast.
For a moment, the soul beast regained its vigour but it was already too late.
As soon as Yu Nianzhen’s soul power entered the beast’s body, it began destroying the soul from the inside.
In the blink of an eye, the soul beast lost its life and collapsed on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Yu Nianzhen turned to Jiang Yue and asked.
"I am fine." Jiang Yue said.
’Coming here is really a godsent opportunity.’ He thought.
This chance would not only help him increase his soul power but also help him practice his soul attacks.
If things went well, he would be able to use soul attacks as well as he used qi attacks.
When that happened, he would have another way to protect his life and increase his survivability.
"What about you, are you fine?"
"I am fine." Yu Nianzhen said.
However, he also felt that he wasn’t skilled at using soul attacks. If he was, the previous attack wouldn’t have required half his soul power.
