Once mastered, this art could control evil spirits and demons and bend them to one's will. Though it wasn't as domineering as the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, it was an exceedingly bizarre technique.
It controlled people's minds, its strength lying in one word: strange.
Top-tier in the entire plane?
Those four words struck Fei Luo right in the heart.
Suddenly, Fei Luo looked again at the Great Freedom Primordial Dao Sect's comprehension rate, which had only reached a fraction of a percent so far, and immediately understood.
The Great Freedom Primordial Dao Scripture clearly required one to reach a certain threshold in cultivation.
Take the Soul Capture Art, for example. He was currently in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. What if he reached the late stage?
The cultivation technique trained automatically every day, and with Ten Thousandfold Amplification, would his cultivation realm affect its progress?
With that thought, Fei Luo wasted no time. He took out a Heaven Origin Soul Gathering Pill and swallowed it.
Boom!
In an instant, Fei Luo felt his internal energy surge out of nowhere once more. The Heaven Origin Soul Gathering Pill transformed into pure spiritual energy, flooding every limb and bone.
At the same time, the system's voice rang out again in Fei Luo's mind.
"Ding! With your human-grade, fifth-tier spiritual root amplified ten thousandfold, your Nine Heavens Thunder Invocation Art has reached 15% progress!"
"Ding! With your human-grade, fifth-tier spiritual root amplified ten thousandfold, your Soul Capture Art has reached 100% progress! You have comprehended it perfectly."
"Just as I thought." Fei Luo's eyes lit up. A flash of inspiration had struck him.
At the late stage of Foundation Establishment, a full day of cultivating the Nine Heavens Thunder Invocation Art could automatically advance it by ten percent. The Soul Capture Art, meanwhile, was a technique he could master perfectly at this stage.
Fei Luo understood. If he used the Soul Capture Art on someone now, he could seize their mind and learn everything in their heart. He could even control their actions.
This...
What a domineering method. If it fell into the hands of an evil cultivator, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Fei Luo thought it over, and a chill crept up his back.
Cultivation techniques couldn't be released automatically, just as knives and swords couldn't hurt people on their own.
Whether a technique was evil or not depended entirely on the person using it, not on the technique itself.
"Next time I run into a ghost or demon of about the same level, I can give it a try," Fei Luo murmured.
The Soul Capture Art had a low floor, but its ceiling was extremely high.
He couldn't control people or ghosts whose cultivation surpassed his own, but against weaker ones, it was a hundred percent effective—and its power would rise automatically as his cultivation improved.
"I should find a chance to give these two Heaven Origin Soul Gathering Pills and the three remaining Marrow Cleansing Pills to Master."
Fei Luo thought it over and made up his mind.
His master was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Fei Luo knew that his master would grow powerful in the future, but that would take far too long.
Uncle Nine had treated him like his own son. Fei Luo shouldn't hold back, either.
There were three Marrow Cleansing Pills left, just enough for Master, Qiusheng, and Wencai to each have one. The two Heaven Origin Soul Gathering Pills could also help Master advance his cultivation.
A sharp glint flashed in Fei Luo's eyes. With the system, he couldn't possibly stay by his master's side forever.
This vast world was full of ghosts, spirits, and strange creatures waiting for him to hunt down.
Staying by his master's side all the time would do him no good.
Meanwhile, Qiusheng had gone out to buy glutinous rice and stumbled into a romantic adventure.
Riding his foreign-made bicycle, Qiusheng traveled along the narrow path toward the rice shop he remembered.
The bright full moon hung in the night sky like a round plate. Its light spilled over the earth, making everything clearly visible.
Whoosh~
A night breeze seemed to pass by. A woman in a white dress suddenly appeared behind Qiusheng, her eyes glinting as she sized up the man riding along.
Qiusheng had no idea any of this was happening.
"Dong~"
"Dry weather and tinder-dry conditions—mind your candles and lanterns!"
A night watchman's cry rang out from not far away.
In the old days, night watchmen announced the time and warned people to guard against fires and thieves. Bandits were also rampant back then, and if they encountered any, the watchmen could sound the alarm at once to prevent losses.
At that moment, the woman in white smiled as an idea came to her.
She raised her delicate hand and gently waved it. In an instant, she disappeared from where she stood.
"Help!" A woman's cry rang out in the distance.
Qiusheng stopped short, his face changing dramatically. He saw a woman in white being ** by the night watchman.
"Stop right there!" Qiusheng was young and hot-blooded. How could he stand by and watch? He immediately stopped his bicycle and charged forward in a single bound.
"Hah!" Qiusheng launched a flying kick, sending the bewildered night watchman flying, then helped the woman in white to her feet.
"Ow!" The night watchman was kicked away and fled in a panic.
"Miss, are you all right?" The woman before him had a graceful figure and gentle features. When he touched her, he felt how soft and boneless she was, and his heart filled with tenderness.
That's right. At that moment, Qiusheng was simply lusting after her body.
"I'm fine. Thank you for saving me, young master. If not for you, I'm afraid I would've..." Dong Xiaoyu lifted her sleeve and pretended to be shy, making Qiusheng's heart race even faster.
"Miss, it's so late. Why are you out here alone? Where do you live? I'll take you home." Qiusheng looked at Dong Xiaoyu and asked gently, his eyes full of concern.
"My home is just a little farther ahead. Thank you, young master," Dong Xiaoyu said in a coy voice.
"All right, I'll take you."
Qiusheng didn't stand on ceremony. He helped Dong Xiaoyu onto the bicycle, then rode in the direction she had indicated.
Dong Xiaoyu's jade-white arms wound around Qiusheng's waist, her body leaning against his back. Her delicate nose twitched as she breathed in the manly aura from his body, her eyes growing hazy.
"What a rich source of yang energy. I never expected him to be a cultivator, too. I'll slowly drain you dry and make you ** **!" Dong Xiaoyu gazed at Qiusheng's back, thinking to herself.
Qiusheng, however, had no idea what was going on.
Before long, Qiusheng rode the bicycle to Dong Xiaoyu's "home."
"Young master, why don't you come in for a cup of tea? I haven't properly thanked you yet." Dong Xiaoyu stood at the doorway. When she saw Qiusheng about to leave, she called out anxiously.
"Well..." Looking into Dong Xiaoyu's tender, affectionate eyes, Qiusheng felt himself losing control. "All right, but I'll have to leave soon. My master is still waiting for me."
Silence.
The front door of Dong Xiaoyu's home slammed shut, and the two had entered the courtyard.
On the other side, Fei Luo got up and went to Uncle Nine and Wencai's room.
From inside came Wencai's muttering.
"Master, where did Qiusheng go to buy glutinous rice? It's been two hours, and he still isn't back." Wencai gritted his teeth through the pain in his arm as he grumbled.
Uncle Nine sighed quietly. "That's right. Given the distance, he should've been back long ago."
Knock, knock!
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
"That must be Qiusheng." Uncle Nine's eyes lit up as he went to open the door. "Hm? Xiao Luo?"
Fei Luo smiled faintly. "Master, I have two pills here. They should be able to get rid of the corpse poison."
Uncle Nine was taken aback. "Xiao Luo, you have pills? The lowest-grade pill that can cure poison is the Lesser Restoration Pill, and only someone in the Golden Core Realm can refine one..."
But halfway through his sentence, Uncle Nine seemed to have something stuck in his throat. He couldn't get another word out.
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