"The Eye of the Netherworld: a High Earth Tier Soul Technique. It highly compresses and condenses powerful soul energy within the eyes, then, through a gaze, fires two soul impacts directly from them, damaging the opponent's soul!"
"Your soul must reach the Spirit Realm to cultivate this technique. Otherwise, you will certainly suffer a backlash. Be warned! Be warned! Be warned!"
After briefly glancing over the description on the scroll in his hand, Ling Xi couldn't help clicking his tongue in amazement.
Among the Ancient Races, High Earth Tier Dou Techniques weren't especially rare.
But a High Earth Tier Soul Technique that attacked the soul was on an entirely different level. It couldn't be compared to a Dou Technique of the same tier.
"In ancient times, this kind of Soul Technique was the Alchemists' primary means of attack. Most of them have since been lost."
Ling You shook his head, his expression full of wistfulness.
"Though the Eye of the Netherworld is only High Earth Tier, its power is absolutely no weaker than that of an ordinary Heaven Tier Dou Technique."
"I'd planned to pass it on to you after I died, but since your soul energy has now reached the required level for cultivation, take it and learn it."
"Thank you, Master!"
Ling Xi was quite interested in this kind of Soul Technique.
He wouldn't be able to raise his Dou Qi rank anytime soon, but at least his Spirit Realm soul could hold its own against ordinary Dou Zong experts.
If he learned this Soul Technique, which let him attack with soul energy, he would have another trump card.
"Not only have you refined a Heavenly Flame, but your soul has also reached the Spirit Realm. Even your body was tempered while you refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire."
Ling You stood and patted Ling Xi on the shoulder.
"For now, get some good rest. You can study the Eye of the Netherworld while you're at it."
"After some time, I'll come and reshape your bloodline!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master."
Ling Xi pressed his lips together, then bowed to Ling You as he spoke.
"There's no need for that between master and disciple."
Ling You reached out and ruffled Ling Xi's hair twice, then left the room with a smile.
Watching Ling You leave, Ling Xi's heart was a tangle of emotions.
Even an organization like the Pill Tower was powerless to do anything about Ling You's problem. What could Ling Xi possibly do right now?
"sigh!"
He let out a long sigh. Even though Ling Xi wanted to place his hopes in the system, it had gone silent ever since he signed in and obtained the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
"Worrying won't help. I should focus on cultivating first."
Ling Xi shook his head and simply tightened his grip on the scroll.
In a softly lit room, Ling Xi sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion. After hesitating for a moment, he pressed the scroll recording the Eye of the Netherworld to his forehead.
Silver light flowed across the scroll. The next moment, Ling Xi felt his mind shudder with a rumble.
"Boom!"
A deafening crash echoed in the depths of Ling Xi's mind, and at the same time, his soul trembled violently.
His vision gradually blurred.
When he came to, he found himself in a strange space.
The space was not large and held not the slightest trace of life, yet it was surrounded by a strange silver glow.
"No wonder this is a High Earth Tier Soul Technique. It's truly wondrous..."
Ling Xi swept his gaze over the space, but found nothing.
Suddenly, Ling Xi's body shuddered.
As though he had sensed something, Ling Xi hesitantly raised his head and looked up at the sky.
A pair of silver pupils hung high above, like some colossal creature.
"What on earth is..."
Ling Xi's mouth fell open. Before he could finish speaking, the silver pupils in the sky suddenly blazed with dazzling light.
"Ugh!"
In an instant, all Ling Xi could see was a sea of silver. Nothing else was visible.
"The Eye of the Netherworld is an inherited Soul Technique of my clan. During cultivation, you must use Spiritual Qi to temper your eyes. Otherwise, you will certainly suffer a backlash!"
An aged voice echoed throughout the space.
"Shit!"
A sudden, excruciating pain struck Ling Xi's eyes, as though someone were gouging them out of their sockets.
He couldn't see what was happening to him, but blood mixed with tears streamed constantly from the corners of his eyes.
A strange circulation route for soul energy also took shape in Ling Xi's eyes.
"Vmmm!"
As if something had stirred it, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, which had been resting in Ling Xi's mind, suddenly began to move.
Terrifying Devouring Power erupted from Ling Xi's eyes.
Even the pair of silver pupils suspended above the space were slowly drawn into Ling Xi's eyes by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's power.
"Rumble!"
The entire space shook violently, as if it would shatter at any moment.
"I heard Ling Xi went straight into seclusion after coming out of that space."
Outside the room, Cao Ying looked at the room, as quiet as ever, and furrowed her brow.
"Is he obsessed with cultivation?"
"Didn't he get enough cultivating in that space? The first thing he did after coming out was cultivate again?"
"Ying'er, is that Ling Xi you mentioned the boy who found the Purple Abyss Cauldron in that space?"
The tall young man beside Cao Ying, who looked to be about twenty, asked with some curiosity.
But when he mentioned the Purple Abyss Cauldron, a flash of greed crossed his eyes.
After all, Purple Abyss ranked among the top three on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking. To Alchemists, it was practically a divine treasure.
"That's right. He really is lucky."
Cao Ying had naturally noticed that flash of greed, but pretended not to see it.
"He traded just one Form-Shaping Grass for the Purple Abyss Cauldron. His luck is truly enviable."
As she spoke, Cao Ying turned to the tall young man beside her, smiling sweetly.
"What, Senior Brother Song Qing, are you interested in the Purple Abyss Cauldron too?"
"The Purple Abyss Cauldron is a divine treasure that our Pill Tower lost, and it was found in a space opened by our Pill Tower."
Song Qing immediately puffed out his chest and spoke with righteous indignation.
"Since it's a divine treasure of our Pill Tower, how can we let it remain in someone else's hands?"
"Then what does Senior Brother Song Qing plan to do?"
Cao Ying's eyes glittered as though they could speak.
"President Xuan Kongzi is highly respected. Even if he's unhappy about this, he can't possibly show it."
Looking at Cao Ying's alluring face, Song Qing didn't hide his intentions at all.
"Why don't you let me play the villain and make him hand over the Purple Abyss Cauldron?"
"I can compensate him afterward. That way, our Pill Tower can welcome its divine treasure home."
"Senior Brother Song, to come up with an idea like that—you really are a pillar of the younger generation of our Pill Tower."
Cao Ying giggled behind her hand, already looking forward to the spectacle.
She still remembered how Ling Xi had taken sixty percent of the Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk and the ingredients for refining the Blood Lotus Pill from her in the Pill Realm.
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