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Hearing this, Shi Yue furrowed his brows. After a brief moment of thought, he slapped the hilt of the Red Short Sword with his left hand. It shot out, hurtling toward the stone chamber.

With a bang, the Red Short Sword struck the stone chamber, leaving not the slightest mark.

Shi Yue's face filled with shock. The Red Moon Sword was a High-grade Magic Tool, yet it hadn't left so much as a scratch on the stone chamber.

"Little fellow, don't waste your effort. Forget a Qi Refining cultivator attacking with a magic tool—even a Core Formation Cultivator using a magic treasure couldn't damage this stone chamber in the slightest." A calm male voice rang out.

Shi Yue's expression darkened. At his command, the Red Moon Sword repeatedly hacked at the stone chamber, but it still couldn't leave the slightest mark.

Shi Yue drew a deep breath, then beckoned with his right hand. The Red Moon Sword circled through the air and returned to his hand.

"Who exactly are you, and what are you doing hiding in here?" Shi Yue asked in a low voice.

"Hiding? Ridiculous. I've been here the whole time. How can you call that 'hiding'?" The man's voice was full of disdain.

"You've been here the whole time? Then you know everything I've done in here?" Shi Yue furrowed his brows, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"I do. Don't worry, I won't harm you. If I wanted to, I'd have done it already. Little fellow, do you want to become powerful?" The man spoke in a coaxing tone.

"Of course I do. What, can you help me?" Shi Yue narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice.

"Heh heh. I can't promise you much, but getting you to form a Nascent Soul before you turn one hundred won't be a problem." The man chuckled, his words brimming with confidence.

"Form a Nascent Soul within a hundred years?" Shi Yue's breathing quickened.

Taixu Sect had established itself in Great Tang not only through its superb alchemy, but also thanks in large part to the Nascent Soul Realm Supreme Elder within its ranks.

It was no exaggeration to say that a Nascent Soul Cultivator could throw their weight around anywhere in Great Tang, and no one would dare offend them in the slightest.

If Shi Yue became a Nascent Soul Cultivator, not only would Steward Wang no longer dare bully him, even the sect master of Taixu Sect would treat him with respect.

But Shi Yue had never believed that good fortune fell from the sky. Someone had suddenly appeared, claiming he could help Shi Yue form a Nascent Soul before he turned one hundred. It sounded impossible. The man most likely had an ulterior motive.

Suddenly, Shi Yue thought of something terrifying: Body Seizure.

When his parents were alive, they had told him many tales and secrets of the Cultivation World. Body Seizure had come up repeatedly. Some high-ranking cultivators who made a mistake while cultivating or suffered grave injuries would abandon their own bodies and seize the bodies of cultivators with lower cultivation.

If the Body Seizure succeeded, the original owner of the body would naturally be gone from this world.

At the thought, Shi Yue's heart tightened. He hurried backward, staring at the stone chamber with a tense expression.

"Why are you standing so far away? I'm not going to eat you. I have a Top-grade Cultivation Method, and I know how to craft tools and refine pills. With my help, you'll have no problem forming a Nascent Soul before you turn one hundred." The man's voice brimmed with confidence.

"I don't believe good fortune falls from the sky. You have a purpose for helping me improve my cultivation, don't you?" Shi Yue's eyes were full of suspicion.

"Heh heh. Of course I do. I'll help you improve your cultivation, and you give me Spirit Stones. How about it?"

"How many?" Shi Yue thought for a moment before asking.

"That depends on what you want. If it's just an ordinary cultivation method, a few dozen Spirit Stones will do. A complete Top-grade Cultivation Method, on the other hand, will cost tens of thousands."

"Are you a Tool Spirit?" Shi Yue fell silent for a while, then asked.

He'd heard his parents say that, generally speaking, a powerful soul was sealed inside a magic treasure during its creation to increase its power and serve as its Tool Spirit.

"A Tool Spirit? Mm, more or less."

"This is the first I've heard of a Tool Spirit needing to eat Spirit Stones. Were you sealed here by someone, and do you need to absorb the spiritual energy in Spirit Stones to break the seal?" Shi Yue asked uncertainly, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Hmph. How could a Qi Refining cultivator like you know the wonders of the Heaven Controlling Bead? Believe what you want. Anyway, if you want advanced cultivation methods or other texts, you can come find me. But I'll make this clear: Spirit Stones first, goods afterward."

After hearing this, Shi Yue's expression shifted repeatedly. Then he left the Mysterious Space.

A mysterious person had appeared out of nowhere in the Mysterious Space, and Shi Yue's face was clouded with worry.

From the mysterious person's voice alone, Shi Yue judged that he was quite old, probably in his fifties or sixties. The other party definitely wasn't a Tool Spirit. Most likely, for some reason, he'd been sealed inside the stone chamber in the Mysterious Space and couldn't leave for now.

The mysterious person wanted Spirit Stones from Shi Yue. Shi Yue guessed that if he absorbed enough spiritual energy, he'd be able to break the seal. When that happened, Shi Yue would be the first to suffer.

The thought of a mysterious person lurking in the Mysterious Space, ready to seize his body at any moment, made Shi Yue's face darken. His excitement over gaining three extra mu of Spirit Fields vanished completely.

That was only natural. Anyone who knew they might have their body seized at any moment would hardly be able to feel happy.

After much deliberation, Shi Yue decided that until he came up with a way to deal with the situation, he'd better not enter the Mysterious Space. Otherwise, if the other party found an opening to seize his body, he'd be in trouble.

Of course, this was all just Shi Yue's guess. He knew too little about Body Seizure to make an accurate judgment, and he had no idea what was really going on.

Shi Yue never even considered seeking help from his sect elders. If he did, he'd be exposing the secret of the Mysterious Space. He might not even know how he'd died.

After thinking it over, he decided to visit the Scripture Repository and look up texts on Body Seizure to see if he could find a way to deal with it.

With that in mind, Shi Yue left the courtyard and flew toward the Scripture Repository on his magic tool.

Shi Yue spent the whole day at the Scripture Repository before finding a text on Body Seizure. He paid ten Spirit Stones to copy its contents.

Back at his residence, Shi Yue immediately took out the copied Jade Slip and pressed it to his brow.

A quarter of an hour later, Shi Yue lowered the Jade Slip, a thoughtful look on his face.

There were three ironclad rules of Body Seizure:

First, cultivators could not seize the bodies of mortals. Otherwise, the body being seized would be unable to withstand the process and collapse on its own.

Second, Body Seizure could only possibly succeed when a cultivator with greater magical power seized the body of one with lesser magical power. This prevented retaliation from the other party, and the greater the difference between their powers, the safer it was.

Third, a cultivator could only undergo Body Seizure once in their life, regardless of their level of magical power. If they attempted it a second time, their Primordial Spirit would inexplicably perish.

The Jade Slip listed several methods of resisting Body Seizure. The first was Talismans. Certain Talismans could guard against Body Seizure, but they were not only expensive, they were also single-use items.

There were also special magic tools that could provide a similar effect as long as they were carried on one's person. Of course, these tools cost even more.

Besides that, special Spiritual Patterns could be inscribed directly onto the body to resist Body Seizure to some degree, though this method had certain aftereffects.

Of these three methods, the third was naturally the easiest to carry out.