True soul

Sun Tianfu smiled immediately when he heard the question.

Then he cupped his hands and said, "That was an oversight on my part. Our Liangyi Sect excels in spells, and relatively few of our cultivators pursue the path of the soul. You may not know much about true souls."

After offering an apology, he continued, "A true soul is the second form of the soul. Whether it is the Daoist Sect's secret arts for nurturing the soul, the Buddhist Sect's method of purifying the soul through the power of vows, or the Soulless Sect's soul-refining techniques, their ultimate goal is to transform the soul into a true soul. As for its benefits, there are far too many to name. Calling it a transformation from mortal to immortal would be no exaggeration."

At that point, he stopped explaining and picked up the withered wood.

"I won't go into the details. If you're interested, you can consult the relevant texts yourselves. But I must stress again that this true soul wood was left behind by ancient cultivators. There is no guarantee that it contains any true soul origin, and even if it does, that does not mean you can refine it and advance to a true soul!

Seeing the lack of enthusiasm below, he added, "A true soul is something only immortals possess. For cultivators like us, acquiring even a trace of its properties would be enough to raise our strength by a whole level!"

The cultivators below exchanged looks, but not one offered a bid.

Five hundred spirit crystals was no small sum—roughly half the price of an ordinary spirit-transforming grade spirit treasure. Nobody wanted to gamble that much on something of uncertain use.

Most of those present might have been spirit transformation cultivators, but their fortunes were hardly vast. Few