Liusu Condenses Her Soul

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The upgraded world of the painting is much broader, no longer just a patch of barren red rock. It now boasts vast green mountains and clear waters, with flowing rivers. The sky is bluer, and even the air has a fresh scent; everything feels incredibly real.

That red rock is located within the mountains, just like a mountain range where different landforms have suddenly appeared due to some natural change in the world, it looks very real.

Qin Yi felt that this place was getting closer and closer to a real place, rather than a painting that the artist had just imagined.

The final complete drawing should be a map entrance, with the key point located within these red rocks.

Qin Yi bent down, scooped up a handful of stream water, and it really was water.

How did this even happen...? It's absolutely amazing... If this were to continue, people could really live in this painting...

As I was pondering, the mandrill poked its head out from behind the rock. "Squeak!"

Qin Yi was still thinking when he was slapped out of the painting world.

"..."

Equivalent to a mountain demon at the peak of the Cloud Ascension Realm... its speed was so fast that it caught everyone off guard once again.

"You damn monkey, do you really think I'm afraid of you!" Qin Yi spat, took a pill, and charged back in with his Wolf Tooth Club.

The man and the monkey started fighting again.

The Liusu slowly awoke. Now residing in the body of the Wolf Tooth Club, it couldn't stray too far. The Wolf Tooth Club had been brought into the painting world by Qin Yi, essentially leaving this dimension. This feeling made it somewhat uncomfortable; even in its drunken stupor, it couldn't sleep soundly.

However, since it's not a true departure from the plane, there are still subtle connections emanating from the scroll, preventing a complete severance.

Liusu looked at the Nourishing Soul Flower covering her, clicked her tongue, and climbed out of the pot.

Soon, the white mist, which resembled a tiny human figure, became even more ethereal, vaguely growing larger and larger until it transformed into a humanoid phantom that was indistinct.

It vaguely resembled a slender silhouette, tall and graceful.

It looked at its empty hand and fell into contemplation.

A physical body cannot be created out of thin air; it can only Body Seizing another body or by reshaping it with extremely rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures. The latter is extremely difficult and the hope is extremely slim, so generally the former is the better choice.

In fact, Liusu had long since met the conditions to Body Seizing a mortal body, but for some reason, she had never intended to do so.

She's long past the time when she was trapped in the mountains, so hungry she'd take any man's body she saw. Now that she has a free Spirit Body, whether she has a physical body or not isn't so urgent. If she's going to Body Seizing, she'll have to find a body that truly satisfies her. And that kind of body is probably impossible to find. Where in the world is there a body that truly matches her, Liusu? Bah!

However, the restriction of not being able to stray too far from the Wolf Tooth Club is too great and makes one feel very restricted.

Of course, it had always wanted to leave; the world was vast and boundless, a place for dragons and phoenixes to roam freely. It didn't mean it wanted to leave Qin Yi; it found being with Qin Yi quite fun, but who wanted to be confined to a stick and unable to go far?

The world has changed so much, even geography has been completely transformed. Many treasure troves it once knew are gone, and much of its past knowledge is no longer applicable. By Qin Yi's side, it was both teaching Qin Yi helping him find what it needed to aid its recovery. At the same time, wasn't it also constantly absorbing new knowledge and nourishment to adapt to the changes in the world?

What Qin Yi sees is also what it sees. Qin Yi's growth process is also the process by which it, Liusu, observes and adapts to the new world, analyzes the world order and the current situation of its enemies.

Although Qin Yi seems to be exposed to more things now, he is still a very, very long way from uncovering the whole world. He doesn't know how much longer he will need to be tied to this man... But as he grows, that day is getting closer and closer.

Liusu pouted, and her transparent, ethereal body slowly shrank, becoming more and more visible as it shrank, until finally it became a tiny figure of white mist.

Unlike before, when the white mist looked like just a cloud of fog, now it looks more like solid white jade, round and cute.

Liusu looked at the pile of bottles and jars on the ground, some of which had been seized from the Great Joy Temple. One of the bottles was shaped like a jade Buddha. It glanced at the jade Buddha, then sat down next to it and struck the same pose, remaining motionless.

So it looks just like a real little jade Buddha.

Qin Yi stumbled out of the painting world with a face full of monkey claw marks.

"Damn it..." Qin Yi plopped down, grabbed a medicine bottle to take his medicine, but then froze, still holding the bottle in his hand.

The Liusu in the basin are gone?

Qin Yi jumped up in fright, looking left and right, but Liusu was nowhere to be seen. He picked up the basin and searched the area thoroughly, but she wasn't there. In his panic, he threw the basin down and rushed to other parts of the cave abode, calling out, "Bangbang! Where is she? Bangbang..."

He almost started crying as he shouted. Liusu watched him frantically running around the cave abode like a headless fly, her own feelings unknown.

It was just something I did to amuse myself and change things up, but I unexpectedly saw him on the verge of a breakdown.

Does he still remember that he once tried to take his body?

What an idiot.

Qin Yi rushed back anxiously and immediately saw a White Jade Little Person floating in the air, quietly watching him.

Qin Yi was overjoyed and instinctively hugged her tightly, saying, "It's alright, it's alright, you scared me to death..."

Liusu remained silent in his arms.

Qin Yi hugged her tightly, only then realizing that she was actually touching him; before, he hadn't even been able to touch her before passing right through her... He loosened his grip slightly in surprise, looking at the little person in his arms. "I can touch you now?"

Liusu finally said, "The Yin Spirit has been condensed. Well... it would be too troublesome to explain in detail. Just think of it as my current soul power being roughly between the peak of the Cloud Ascension Realm and the early stage of the Radiant Sun Realm. I'm just one opportunity away from entering the Radiant Sun Realm."

Qin Yi was taken aback. "So fast?"

"I told you, I'm only recovering, not starting all over again..."

Qin Yi barely heard a word, holding the White Jade Little Person high a couple of times. "Never mind all that, it's so good to have met you."

The sentence seemed to have a double meaning, as if it meant the hand could touch it, and also as if it referred to their encounter. Liusu could feel his ecstatic joy; being lifted up a couple of times by him made her feel inexplicably comfortable...

It suppressed this inexplicable feeling and deliberately put on a stern face, saying, "Do you know that you are about to embark on soul cultivation yourself? Your needs may conflict with mine?"

Qin Yi didn't care at all. "What conflict is there? Whatever you need will be prioritized. Isn't that common sense? What's the big deal if I'm a little slower?"

Liusu hesitated for a moment, intending to ask what I would think if I left after cultivating to a certain level. But seeing how anxious he was just now, almost crying, she figured there was no need to ask, so she didn't say anything more.

He then said, "While items for soul cultivation are valuable to me, they only serve as an aid in strengthening my soul, requiring years of continuous absorption and revitalization. However, if there were a specific item needed for restoration, it could have a transformative effect, like that wine from earlier... Therefore, my needs and yours don't actually conflict much."

"Oh dear, why bother with such trivial matters?" Qin Yi sat down, placed it on his lap, and chuckled, "That wine was effective, why don't you drink more?"

"Drinking more won't help, find something else later." A cute smile suddenly appeared on Liusu Su's face, which already had chibi-like features. "Did you get beaten up by the monkey again?"

"It's not that I couldn't beat it." Qin Yi, somewhat embarrassed, stubbornly said, "The first stage, breaking through the periosteum, was extremely painful. The pain distracted me, which is why it ambushed me..."

The Liusu.

Martial Cultivation and Daoist cultivation are two different paths of cultivation, but neither offers much joy in the process... Martial Cultivation is painful, and the pain only intensifies as one progresses. Daoist cultivation is tedious and lonely; the solitude of sitting in meditation for millennia can sometimes drive one mad.

But the latter can be adjusted, while the former has no way out.

It suddenly realized something... Qin Yi hadn't mentioned Daoist breakthroughs for a long time, as if he was wholeheartedly pursuing Martial Cultivation. He was clearly consciously prioritizing things that might involve soul cultivation for it, Liusu.