Chapter 19: Initial Soul Fusion, Crisis Emerges! Carefree

  In the depths of the soul, a blue human-shaped soul burst out with a dim light, while beside it was a cluster of green and hazy tree-shaped souls.

  Zhuo Yifan's thoughts were transmitted, and the Blue Man began to gnaw on the Lingmu Tree Spirit Body beside him.

  His face was expressionless, his pale blue hands grasped the green soul, biting it mouthful by mouthful, making "slurping" sounds, like a zombie gnawing on rotting flesh. At first, it made Zhuo Yifan feel uneasy all over, but he gradually got used to it.

  Fusing a soul or a variant of a high-quality primary spirit beast's soul for the first time. The task is quite arduous, aside from the slow fusion speed, one also has to resist some mutations that occur during the fusion of souls.

  As the variant soul dissipated, Zhuo Yifan's body began to condense a thin layer of pale green film, emitting a strange stench.

  The surrounding plants were affected by the intense fragrance, rapidly sprouting. The short grass grew several feet in an instant, and even the withered trees in the distance regrew tender buds.

  In no time, the green film on his body layered and thickened. It transformed into a semi-transparent hard keratin layer, just like soft armor, tightly wrapping around his torso.

  "Hmm...this is quite troublesome." Zhuo Yifan let out a bitter laugh, trying to move his body, only to find that this layer of keratin was solid and had elasticity. Without enough strength, it was impossible to break through. Even his body was completely stiffened under this thin membrane, and the flow of blood seemed to have slowed down significantly. Suddenly, his entire body became numb.

  This itchy and unbearable painful process lasted for nearly half an hour, but fortunately, the soul of the Lingmu Tree Spirit had already been absorbed by Zhuo Yifan for more than half.

  It is now the critical period for quality improvement, he does not dare to move randomly again, allowing these thin films to accumulate layer by layer. At the same time, it is also secretly accumulating strength, preparing to break through this stratum corneum at the moment of soul quality improvement.

  The longer time goes by, the more solid these calluses become, eventually becoming very rough and turning a tawny color, like tree bark. By then, even if they are peeled off, it's likely that another layer of skin will be pulled off with them.

  Zhuo Yifan's mind was quietly pondering, his spirit gathering into a single point.

  "The soul of the Lingmu Tree Spirit is finally going to merge with mine... My soul quality is being sublimated by this magic pupil, and it's indeed a powerful treasure. I really wonder what other magical powers it will bring me." Zhuo Yifan thought quietly in his mind, his spirit gathering into one point.

  The soul is something that dominates the body.

  It represents thought, it's a state of mind, a core, a character! It's also the most valued innate element for cultivators. Taoism talks about creation and transformation, emphasizing the naturalness of the Great Way, clearing one's mind and reducing desires. The soul is the origin of the Great Way, something that a person is born with.

  The soul is the foundation of creation. Every person's soul is different and it's not that just by clearing one's mind, a pure soul can be born.

  Even in the mundane, those high-quality souls that emerge from the muddy waters unscathed also have a model to follow.

  These people are born with the gift of heaven and earth, holding a golden key in their hands. But in some sense, they are also unfortunate.

  Just like that Zhuo Dian, if he had practiced diligently from the start, he would have had enough talent to trample Zhuo Yi Fan under his feet. For example, Zhuo Guan Ying thought he was a genius but didn't know how to utilize his natural ability through hard work and self-cultivation, his arrogant heart will eventually make him ordinary among others.

  So those who often have better talents don't appreciate them. Only when they feel frustrated, ready to start working hard, it's already too late...

  This is the same principle as the tortoise and hare racing.

  Soul, creation!

  Zhuo Yifan's soul is mid-to-high grade.

  He was neither blessed by heaven nor abandoned by it. The quality of his soul was at the average level of ordinary worldly people. But he was extremely lucky.

  Due to the Demon Eyes, he thoroughly changed the initial creation of heaven and earth, which was not tolerated by the creation. This also represents that his fate is destined to be fraught with crises.

  However, it is only after experiencing hardship and tempering one's willpower and physical body that one can become a true strong person.

  "Calm your mind and quiet your spirit, transform disturbance into emptiness. Create a soul of divine transformation, merge with the heavenly soul..."

  This quiet black night indeed provided a good venue for Zhuo Yifan's fusion, with only the sound of all things, all troubles dissolved in nature, a brief atmosphere, helping Zhuo Yifan's soul to merge, ending perfectly and perfectly.

  His mind was empty, staring at the faint figure in the depths of his soul, until the pale green completely disappeared, and Zhuo Yifan's body was also covered with a layer of green scaly texture, like a giant dumpling.

  "Boom!"

  The intense orange spiritual energy that had been accumulating and waiting to be released spread throughout the body, causing a layer of green scaly skin on the surface to completely crack open and fall off like watermelon rind.

  "Power! My power has increased! Although it's only the early stage of Xiantian, I've added another elephant's worth of strength! Six elephants' worth of strength!" Zhuo Yifan clenched his fist, and a crackling sound came from his knuckles. He exerted a moderate amount of spiritual energy and struck forward slightly.

  A fierce gust of wind howled and formed a violent storm, and the ground in front of me was plowed out with a deep ditch.

  Rumble!

  The river surface in front also made a loud noise, exploding out of a three-meter-high water column!

  "Soul Quality: Top-Grade Beginner!"

  When this line of small characters flashed out from Zhuo Yifan's mind, it made Zhuo Yifan extremely excited!

  If possible, he really wanted to give his demonic pupil a big kiss, it was so cool!

  High-quality soul, at least impacting the Three Mysterious Realms will have a certain probability, then you will also become a standard half-step Soul Repairer.

  "Next step! I want to make my soul even stronger, and raise the probability of the Three Mysteries Realm to its maximum!"

  A head of jet-black short hair was blown wildly by the storm of that punch, and the splashing water droplets refracted light under the moonlight, making the boy's face even more flushed with excitement, a red glow appearing. It made Zhuo Yifan burst into uncontrollable laughter.

  Bang...

  As the water column fell, a big crucian carp as long as half a meter was actually beaten out of the river by Zhuo Yifan.

  "Haha! Such a big fish, just right for breakfast!"

  Zhuo Yifan walked forward and reached out to hug the fish, when suddenly 'gurgling' sounds emerged from the water surface, followed by several large bubbles.

  A dark shadow suddenly emerged from the water.

  Roar! Roars!

  A loud roar like a drumbeat struck at Zhuo Yifan's heart, causing his face to change color.

  "What a thing!"

  Zhuo Yifan's eyes gleamed with an unusual purple light, and he stared intently.

  This is a blue water snake with a waist circumference of over 7 feet!

  Whoa! The triangular python head emerged from the water with great force, but at least half of its body was still submerged in the water. Its entire body was covered in blue crystal scales, and six transparent thin wings grew behind it. The ghostly snake pupils shot out waves of cold light.

  It opened its bloody big mouth and swallowed the big carp in one gulp.

  Judging from its appearance, this terrifying creature is at least several dozen feet long!

  After swallowing this big crucian carp, it still cannot satisfy its stomach, and decisively transfers the next assassination target to Zhuo Yifan.

  "What a fine Second-Order Primary Spirit Beast, Six-Winged Xuanjing Python! Soul Quality: High-Middle Grade!"

  Zhuo Yi took a deep breath as he saw the spiritual quality of this water python, and immediately became eager to try.

  Now, a high-quality Soul Beast that's evenly matched with him would be the best gift for Zhuo Yifan!

  "Hiss!......"

  The six-winged Xuanjing snake apparently took a strong interest in Zhuo Yifan, spitting out its snake letter to show its might. This young and masculine body emitted a strong male hormone that made the female six-winged Xuanjing snake go wild.

  Cold pupils flashed with a chill, staring intently at the human in front of him. However, at this moment, the water surface actually rippled again...

  Splash!

  Another six-winged Xuanjing serpent burst out!

  But what Zhuo Yifan didn't expect was that with the appearance of this six-winged Xuanjing snake, a slightly smaller water snake suddenly poked its head out of the water.

  "What the fuck! Three heads?" Zhuo Yifan felt his scalp numb, the whole family was mobilized to kill him, what kind of joke was this? His instincts made him want to retreat, and he didn't think that his current strength could withstand a prolonged battle with two adult six-winged Xuanjing pythons.

  But now, even if one wants to leave, they are powerless and unable to do so.

  Three-headed six-winged Xuanjing Mang, except for the young cub, the rest are a male and female, both of which are much more powerful than the Lingmu Tree Spirit just now. Because they are very young, their energy is strong, and their power is full. It's worth noting that the Lingmu Tree Spirit was old and declining, so it gave Zhuo Yifan an opportunity to take advantage of.

  Facing the imminent threat, Zhuo Yifan didn't dare to be slow for a moment.

  I thought I was only facing a six-winged Xuanjing snake, and I even thought I had picked up a great bargain. Who would have thought that the other party would actually mobilize the whole family to come and bother me?

  Two secondary primary spiritual beasts are quite a handful when it comes to dealing with them.

  And that small Xuanjing snake, Zhuo Yifan couldn't underestimate it either. Although its own strength was still at the mid-level of the first stage, looking not enough to be feared, but because of its light body weight, relying on its six thin wings, it could completely fly at low altitudes and play a disruptive role in battle.

  What Zuo Yi Fan Wan Wan didn't expect was that something terrible had just happened.

  He clearly felt that the light on the horizon suddenly dimmed, and the three Xuanjing pythons in front of him and everything around him disappeared into darkness, he lost his sight!

  "Blind at this critical moment?! How detestable!"

  When the last ray of light disappeared from Zhuo Yifan's line of sight, it suddenly made Zhuo Yifan feel a strong sense of crisis.

  "It must be the fusion of souls that made the Demon Eyes too heavy!"

  Although this was unexpected, Zhuo Yifan had already made up his mind and knew that it was only temporary blindness.

  After all, he had just merged with such a powerful soul body and reached the standard of an upper-grade primary soul. The consumed soul power had also been replenished.

  What Mo Ling needs now is a buffer period for Mo Ling to adapt to high-quality souls.

  " Devil's eyes! You can strike later too, why now... "

  Zhuo Yifan felt a wave of dizziness in his head and almost collapsed.

  Whoosh!

  Xiao Xuanjing suddenly stirred up six wings and flew out swiftly like lightning.

  That slender body of over one meter in length was full of energy, tightly wrapping itself around Zhao Yifan's neck.