Qin Fengming possessed quite a few divine abilities and secret techniques specifically designed to deal with essence souls and ghosts. Even now, if he faced a complete Mahayana essence soul, he was highly confident he could defeat it in battle. At worst, he could still escape alive.
There was only one reason: Jin Shi was with him.
This phantom could no longer be considered the essence soul of a cultivator. After losing the protection of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Dipper Star Formation, it fell into Qin Fengming's hands without offering the slightest resistance when he approached and struck.
After capturing the soul phantom of this cultivator surnamed Lian, Qin Fengming did not immediately look toward the bamboo tower shimmering with azure light atop the altar. Instead, he slightly furrowed his brows and gazed at the vast soul energy surging down from the stone platform.
Without the restraints of the formation, the gathered soul energy immediately began streaming wildly in all directions.
This soul energy was no ordinary soul energy. The exuberant vitality of plants and trees contained within it was something Qin Fengming had never encountered in any other soul energy.
Even the Qian Yuan Land he had once entered could not compare with this soul energy brimming with vitality.
Although the soul energy containing the vitality of plants and trees was not particularly useful to Qin Fengming, that did not mean it brought him no benefits.
Qin Fengming was almost certain that the cultivator surnamed Lian had primarily cultivated the power of the vitality of plants and trees.
Although he did not know whether collecting this soul energy now would preserve the vitality contained within it, Qin Fengming still intended to give it a try.
After glancing at the upright bamboo tower atop the distant, ruined altar, Qin Fengming