Underground Yin Souls

"You talk too much nonsense."

The giant ape Dao Lord Rending Cloud from the deep pit and Dao Lord Rending Cloud into minced meat with its five fingers. However, the blood that flowed out did not drip down but seeped into the giant ape's palm, leaving only some bone fragments and flesh scraps, which were burned to ashes by a ball of flame that emerged from the giant ape's hand.

Song Wen transformed back into human form and headed towards Jiang Wanyue's location.

When he arrived, the battle between Jiang Wanyue and Ye Hongyi had already ended— Ye Hongyi was frozen in a thick block of ice, his soul still intact, but his Dantian was destroyed.

"You've already killed Rending Cloud?" Jiang Wanyue asked.

"Hmm." Song Wen nodded.

"Then I'll leave Ye Hongyi to you. I see your Life-Bound Treasure seems to be able to absorb human Essence Blood to increase its power."

Without further ado, Song Wen unleashed a torrent of Blood Tide beneath his feet, encasing Ye Hongyi in the solid ice.

A moment later, the Blood Tide surged back into Song Wen's body, but Jian Bing and Ye Hongyi's physical bodies had already disappeared.

"Let's go, we shouldn't stay here any longer!" Song Wen said.

The two immediately set off and quickly left.

While speeding along, Song Wen took out three storage rings, a bronze lamp, a large bell, and three jade boxes.

"Madam Jiang, the spoils from killing Qingwei and the other two, along with the three Glazed Immortal Fruits, are all here. I've already checked their storage rings, and they only contained ordinary pills, Law Treasure, and immortal Immortal Spirit Stones. I didn't find spirit medicine related to the Grand Clarity Soul-Nourishing Pill. It seems these three must have just entered the Fengdu Poison Sea and headed straight for the Glazed Immortal Fruits. Let's divide these things among ourselves."

Jiang Wanyue seemed hesitant, as if unsure how to begin.

"Gu Huang... could you give me two Glazed Immortal Fruits? Everything else is yours."

As if worried that Song Wen wouldn't agree, she paused slightly, then quickly added.

"I have been preparing for the Grand Clarity Soul-Nourishing Pill for many years. Most of the spirit medicine are already gathered, and the Glazed Immortal Fruit happens to be one of the spiritual herbs I am missing. As we all know, mistakes are inevitable in Alchemy. If you only have one set of spirit medicine, it is easy to fail due to carelessness. If you have two sets of spiritual materials, the chances of successfully refining the pill will be much higher..."

"Can."

Before Jiang Wanyue could finish speaking, Song Wen agreed.

Song Wen already possessed the spirit medicine of immortality, the Glazed Immortal Fruit, and more than one of them.

Therefore, Song Wen did not value these three Glazed Immortal Fruits. Instead, he valued the silvery True Fire in the bronze lamp, as well as the treasures and Immortal Spirit Stones on Qingwei and the other two.

"You agreed?" Jiang Wanyue's expression brightened. "Thank you."

Jiang Wanyue then accepted the two Glazed Immortal Fruits.

As for the rest, they all belonged to Song Wen.

"Where are we going next?" Jiang Wanyue asked again.

Song Wen took out a Jade Slip map slip, and a topographical map immediately appeared in mid-air.

After scanning the map, Song Wen pointed to a rather distant place.

"Let's go check that out first. People from the Purple Star Immortal Sect discovered the Biluoqingxin Leaf there."

"Isn't that... a bit too far?" Jiang Wanyue said. "There are several places nearby where heavenly materials and earthly treasures have been discovered. Why not go and take a look instead of going all the way here?"

Song Wen said, "When I was chasing Dao Lord Rending Cloud, he mentioned that the Purple Star Immortal Sect sent out Purple Star Immortal Sect Profound Lord Guyun to protect its disciples who entered the Fengdu Poison Sea. Profound Lord Guyun should be with the rest of the Purple Star Immortal Sect, but they shouldn't be too far from here. It would be best if we didn't linger in this area for too long, lest we run into Profound Lord Guyun."

The real reason, which Song Wen did not explicitly state, was that Song Wen already possessed three of the four main ingredients needed to refine the Grand Clarity Soul-Nourishing Pill, and was only missing the Biluoqingxin Leaf, a spiritual spirit medicine.

"Okay, we'll do it your way." Jiang Wanyue agreed without suspicion.

The two then continued deeper into the Fengdu Poison Sea, following the directions given by Song Wen.

According to the intelligence provided to Song Wen by Bai Jinge, the threats in the Fengdu Poison Sea, besides miasma and poisonous insects, also include Yin Soul.

The place where the Biluoqingxin Leaf grows is an underground cave filled with dense Yin Qi, where wandering Yin Soul can be seen everywhere.

The entrance to the cave is a huge Vertical Tunnel that stretches for tens of miles. The Yin Qi inside is so heavy that even the omnipresent miasma cannot penetrate it.

The Vertical Tunnel descends for a hundred miles to reach its bottom, but the bottom of the cave and the surrounding cliffs are filled with caves of all sizes.

These caves are winding and intertwined, and the excessive Yin Qi severely restricts Divine Sense, making it impossible to determine where they ultimately lead underground.

Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue descended straight down the Vertical Tunnel, where a topographical map appeared in the air before them.

The area is filled with countless caves, resembling a maze. Fortunately, the map clearly marks the entrance to the cave Biluoqingxin Leaf was discovered, as well as how to navigate the cave after entering.

The two landed at the bottom of the pit and chose the entrance to a cave several meters in size in the southwest corner of the pit.

The cave passage wound its way down, occasionally branching off into two different paths, but with a map to guide them, the two weren't worried about getting lost.

Furthermore, while the spirits of the Yin Soul are generally not very intelligent, they are still much smarter than the completely mindless Wraith in the Source-Qi Death Domain, at least knowing how to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

The wandering Yin Soul were generally not very strong, and they would avoid Song Wen and his companion from afar once they spotted them. Occasionally, a few foolish ones would be hunted by the scarlet tentacles that were surging from Song Wen's eyes and become nourishment for the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole.

The two ventured deeper and deeper, descending for an unknown distance, until they finally reached the end of the cave.

This is a huge underground cave with numerous openings in the dome, indicating that there is more than one way to get here.

Although the cave is located deep underground, it is not completely dark.

The ground was littered with jagged rocks, but some vegetation that emitted a faint fluorescent glow grew on it.

Near the center of the cave, there is a small river that flows slowly from west to east.

The two appeared on the river, looking around with their eyes down.

"According to intelligence, the Biluoqingxin Leaf was discovered on both banks of this river," Jiang Wanyue said.

The Yin Qi here is too heavy; Divine Sense can only perceive a distance of about twenty miles. After sensing for a while and finding nothing, Song Wen said.

Let's search downstream along the river.

The river flowed gently, occasionally making a gurgling sound.

However, the seemingly calm water surface suddenly exploded, and a Yin Soul rushed out.

The Yin Soul resembled an ape, standing over ten feet tall, but its entire body was covered in thick, black fur.

"Roar!"

The Yin Soul burst from the water and rushed straight at the two of them.

Song Wen's right hand surged with golden lightning, pressing down on the Yin Soul.

"Boom--"

Golden lightning struck the Yin Soul's head.

The Yin Soul was struck hard, its hair stood on end, and it squeaked and squeaked incoherently.