In the Secluded Dark Forest, ancient trees towered into the sky, and all around came all manner of strange noises.
Lu Xuan stood quietly beside a massive Spirit Tree more than half a zhang in diameter, a hollow little white-bone ball floating before him.
Suddenly, the eerie white-bone ball transformed in an instant, becoming a white-bone shield. With a bang, it solidly blocked a thick black snake that had launched a sneak attack from behind the Spirit Tree.
Just as the Third Grade demonic snake tried to flee, the white-bone shield continued changing, turning into a white-bone net that entangled the demonic snake, tightening more and more until the snake was on its last breath.
"The freshest buffet. Eat up."
Lu Xuan smiled at the pale-red meatball by his feet. While the Flesh Spirit God absorbed the blood mist formed from the demonic snake's flesh and blood, a strange lantern appeared in his hand.
Inside the lantern, a section of pale candle seemed to sense something, causing the countless slender tassels below it, like tentacles, to sway faintly.
Lu Xuan infused a thread of Spiritual Power. The pale flame atop the candle burned even more fiercely, and the soul of the demonic snake that had died not long ago gradually revealed its form, looking as if it might disperse at any moment in midair.
"I'll find you a place to stay, a dwelling for your Yin soul. In return, when I need you, it wouldn't be too much for you to become nourishment for my Netherworld Spirit Plant, would it?"
Lu Xuan said blandly, watching as this Fourth Grade Soul Guiding Lamp Magic Tool drew the demonic snake's Yin soul into the lantern, where it became one of the countless densely packed Grievance Souls beneath the candle.
"This is the