Chapter 566 – Baptism
”Not bad. I obtained a jade slip from the young master of the Qingyang Sect, which recorded that there was a Soul Nurturing Wood hidden in the Hall of the Void Sky, so after I made some preparations, I purposely went to the Hall of the Void Sky to retrieve this divine wood. However, I did not expect that this hall is much more dangerous than the rumors, if not for the rescue of fellow Daoist Han several times, with the cultivation of Yuan Yao not long after the completion of dan, I am afraid that I really have to be buried in the hall. Now, after the nourishment of the Soul Nourishing Wood over the years, Yan Li’s spirit has finally recovered most of its soul power. Although it is still unable to actively seize the body, it is possible to use the ‘Soul Return Technique’ to allow Senior Sister to regain her physical body.” Yuan Yao’s face revealed another look of hope when she said this.
”Soul Return Technique? It’s the type of secret art that allows the soul to enter the newly dead physical body and return to the sun again.” Han Li’s expression changed slightly.
”Not bad, it is this spell.”
”Fellow Daoist Yuan, do you know what you’re doing? I’ll put aside the dangers of this spell. The cost of casting this spell alone is not something that an ordinary cultivator can afford anymore. Not only does it require a cultivation level of JieDan or above to cast, but because this spell is so heaven-defying, after casting it, the cultivation level of the caster will be lost to a point that is hard to bear. Basically, cultivators at the JieDan stage will fall by as much as one realm. With Fellow Daoist Yuan’s current cultivation, once this technique is cast, nine times out of ten, he will immediately shatter his dan and fall back to his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation.” Han Li stared at this woman’s face and said in a cold, morose voice.
”This is something that Yuan Yao certainly knows. This technique is not the same as seizing a body, when seizing a body the body of a living person is still seized, as long as it doesn’t violate the Three Iron Rules, basically you can still be safe and sound. However, the Soul Return Technique is a spell that allows the body of a newly dead person to be resurrected once more, so naturally, there is a small price to pay.” Yuan Yao was silent for a moment when she heard Han Li mention this matter, but then said gently.
It seemed as though this woman had come to her senses about the outcome of the shattered dan.
”Your senior sister has the Soul Nurturing Wood to assist her, could she not also take the initiative to seize her body? Or perhaps Miss Yuan can wait until after the middle stage of conjugation and then start performing the Soul Restoration Technique for Miss Yan Li, so that she won’t end up with a shattered dan. You have to know that it would be strangely difficult to form a dan again after shattering it. It’s even several times more difficult than forming a dan for the first time, and it can basically be said that this life is hopeless.” A glint exploded in Han Li’s eyes as he solemnly warned.
”Senior sister suffered too much damage earlier, and the Yuan Shen has existed in soul form for too long, and has intermittently begun to lose her sanity. This is not something that the Soul Nurturing Wood can stop. In another year or two at most, she would have completely lost her nature. By that time, even if the Soul Restoration Technique is performed, Senior Sister will become demented. Moreover, recently I also happened to find a very suitable body, and have already spent a great deal of effort to finish arranging the Soul Restoration Technique spell formation. If no one disturbs me, I had already planned to start performing this technique in a month or two.” Yuan Yao said calmly, with a faint trace of sadness between her brows, but with a look of determination.
Hearing this, a trace of color flashed in Han Li’s eyes.
”Miss Yuan suddenly said these things to me, can you want Mister Han to help?” After a long time, he asked with a light exhale.
”Brother Han has just given Yuan Yao a helping hand, so I shouldn’t have been asking for help out of my mouth. However, the Soul Restoration Technique can only be performed in a place of Xuan Yin, and it’s very taboo to be disturbed. And this technique before and after the casting of the movement is very great, even if there is a spell formation to hide, but still easy to attract other cultivators peeping. Because Yuan Yao was wanted by the Qingyang Sect, she didn’t know any other high-ranking cultivators other than Han. Therefore, Yuan Yaoyao does not dare to expect Brother Han to help out, and only hopes that Brother Han will delay for a few days to protect my daughter when she casts the spell. This matter is related to the life and death of Yan Li senior sister, as long as you can agree to this matter, brother Han have what conditions can be mentioned. Yuan Yao will absolutely comply with each and every one of them if she can.” This woman’s eyebrows raised, and her jade-like face was filled with the color of perseverance.
Han Li remained silent, revealing a hint of contemplation. According to his previous behavior, he was naturally unwilling to delay anything here. After all, he himself was also a pile of trouble, and it would be better to do more than less. But Yuan Yao, this woman does not hesitate to break her own Dan, but also want to save the life of his friend’s intention, so that the heart of his heart hidden a trace of inexplicable things were touched up.
After slightly weighing the powerful relationship, he felt that with his current cultivation. As long as he didn’t run into a mid YuanYing cultivator, basically there wouldn’t be any danger. If an ordinary cultivator came to spy on him, he would naturally be able to destroy them easily. There didn’t seem to be any inconvenience if he helped this woman protect her for a few days.
Thinking of this, Han Li had an idea in his heart and rubbed his nose as he said with a bitter smile, ”It seems that Mister Han is not hard-hearted, and really can’t say the words to refuse. Since Miss Yuan is going to help Miss Yan Li return her soul even if she breaks her dan, then I will help you protect the law for once! Mister Han will not ask for any other conditions from you. Fellow Daoist will just tell me what is strange about that soul resonating bead. Mister Han has scruples and has not yet refined this treasure. Moreover, the Xuan Yin place you mentioned is not on this island, is it? This place has already been exposed, so it’s better to find another place to cast the spell!”
Yuan Yao’s flowery face blossomed when she heard Han Li’s words, and then her eyes revealed a look of gratitude.
”Brother Han’s help, Yuan Yao is truly grateful! However, rest assured that the Xuan Yin Land is not here, but on another island. Although it’s only a few days away from here, it’s enough to avoid the Qing Yang Sect’s tracking for a while, allowing me to finish casting the spell with ease. As for the soul beads, it is even simpler. This crowing soul beast is also the young master of the Qingyang thing, in fact, has not been refined completely, only half completed, so even the control of its soul beads also have some flaws, so that the refinement of this bead will be a headache at regular intervals difficult to endure. And with the deepening of the sacrifice, this headache will be more and more difficult to suppress. I was in order to cope with the Void Sky Hall of the ghost fog a pass, only slightly refined a small half of this bead, but just like this, but also let the little girl sleep and eat, day and night sleepless. Crowing Soul Beast rear side of the sacrifice and refinement of the art, I also have the same here, although I think it is unlikely to be accomplished by brother Han alone, but still send it to you.” Yuan Yao touched out a green jade slip and threw it to Han Li with an explanation.
Some realization dawned in Han Li’s heart. No wonder that although this beast can devour souls and swallow ghosts, but the power and rumors of a comparison, it seems that some name is not really, the original is actually a piece of unfinished goods.
Han Li received the jade slip with some disappointment, casually glanced at it, and threw it into his pouch.
”Miss Yuan Yao, this place has already been exposed, in order to prevent accidents, let’s immediately leave the cave to go to that Xuan Yin land, so as to save any late changes.” Han Li said in a deep voice with a straightened expression.
”Good! If Brother Han didn’t say so, I was planning to mention this suggestion as well. When Yuan Yao slightly packs up her cave, we’ll set off without delay.” Upon hearing these words, Yuan Yao was first stunned, but then agreed with comprehension.
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Three days later, on another relatively barren island, Han Li was high in the sky on this island, gazing down.
”This island does have a very thick Yin Qi appearance. It’s really not easy for Miss Yuan to even find this place, perhaps with the help of the massive Yin Qi here, it will allow Daoist Friend Yuan to avoid reducing some of her losses.” Stroking his chin, Han Li suddenly turned his head and said to the beautiful person beside him.
”This is a natural thing. I once looked up information on the waters around here before realizing that this nameless island had been known as a demonic beast’s tomb a long time ago. When humans hadn’t yet gained a foothold in the Sea of Chaotic Stars, the nearby low-ranked demonic beasts would automatically go to the vicinity of this island and wait for their demise once their big day was approaching. Later on, after we human cultivators completely ruled the Inner Sea, the low-ranked demonic beasts were killed off, and this kind of thing naturally disappeared. But that’s the case, after so many years of dissipation, the heaviness of this island’s Yin Qi is still appalling. However, this island is too small and is located somewhat far from the normal island routes, which is why it is rarely known.” Yuan Yao took a look at the island and said with a faint smile.
After saying this, the woman no longer hesitated to lightly float down, and Han Li followed closely behind without panic.
After landing on a corner of the island, Yuan Yao brought Han Li to a small empty valley, surrounded by black fist-sized rocks.
When Yuan Yao arrived here, she pinched her hands together, and with a wave of her jade hand, a red light was emitted. After the red light rippled in front of the valley, the scenery suddenly changed, revealing a complex array of more than ten feet in size. This array looks complex, array set array, runic profound, at a glance is not trivial.
But let Han Li care is, in the middle of the formation there is a crystal scenery white jade coffin across there. About seven feet long, about three feet high, the whole body was silky white lingering, is actually made of rare and unusual cold jade, absolutely worth a lot of money!
Han Li’s eyes flashed with a hint of a strange color! There was no doubt that within this cold jade coffin was the physical body Yuan Yao had found for Yan Li.
As far as Han Li knew, the body conditions required for the Soul Restoration Technique were very restrictive, not only did they have to involve the attributes of the spiritual root, the hour of birth, and even whether or not the original owner of the body had died unjustly, and whether or not there were any grievances and sinful qi infecting the body, all of which had to be pinpointed accurately and incomparably. In this case, only then can we talk about performing the Soul Restoration Technique!
While Han Li was carefully sizing up the cold jade coffin, Yuan Yao pulled out a black wooden box from her bosom with a precious expression, placed it on the jade coffin lid, and immediately took a few steps back.