Humanoid Pill

"You want to possess me?"

A disdainful smile curled at the corner of Song Wen's lips.

"Xugeng, you're courting death!"

Before he could finish speaking, a deep, gaping hole suddenly appeared in Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness, as dark as ink and as profound as the endless void in the Ye Kong.

An irresistible force locked onto Xugeng's soul, violently dragging him towards the abyss of the Black Hole.

The Black Hole's devouring power was incredibly strong; Xugeng appeared so insignificant before it, utterly powerless to resist.

A sense of fear rose from the depths of Xugeng's heart. He knew that once he was sucked into the Black Hole, his soul would be completely annihilated.

"What kind of bizarre being is this!" Xugeng cried out in terror, "Spare me! Please don't devour my soul! I don't want to be annihilated!"

The Black Hole suddenly vanished, and its devouring power abruptly ceased.

Instead, a 1-inch-long, transparent blade was pressed against Xugeng's brow.

"Xugeng, tell me everything you know. Otherwise, I will make your soul experience the agony of being slowly sliced to death."

It was as if the powerful soul force that had just erupted had exhausted all of Xugeng's soul power.

At this moment, his soul became extremely weak, like a flickering candle in the wind, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

Xugeng looked at the Divine Sense Blade in front of him, his eyes revealing deep fear and helplessness.

He has no trump cards left and is completely at the mercy of others.

"I am not Xugeng, nor am I the Lord of the Nether God Temple, nor am I the Vice Lord of the Divine Blood Sect. Bie Chou is my real name. I am merely a Blood Nether Guards of the Nether God Temple."

"Blood Nether Guards?"

Song Wen suddenly remembered that he had heard this name from Blood Brow.

"On the surface, the Blood Nether Guards are the strongest Law Power of the Divine Blood Sect; but in reality, they are merely tools used by the core members of the Divine Blood Sect Blood Nether Guards absorb Law Power and improve their cultivation."

At this point, Bie Chou seemed to have been touched by some ancient memories buried deep in his heart. His voice was filled with anger, yet also revealed a touch of sorrow.

"Back then, my cultivation had already reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage. I had few rivals in the entire Heavenly Origin Realm. However, in the eyes of the Divine Blood Sect, I was still nothing more than a walking pill."

"They not only devoured the Law Power within me, but also imprisoned my soul, attempting to use it to replace the demon soul and refine Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill. However, for some unknown reason, the entire Nether God Temple's forces in the Sea of Disorder suddenly vanished, allowing my soul to survive..."

Bie Chou's experience was very similar to Blood Brow's; both were imprisoned in their soul forms. Then, the Divine Blood Sect's power suddenly disappeared, allowing their souls to survive.

Bie Chou's words resolved many long-held doubts in Song Wen's mind.

The Corpse King Reincarnation Art was split into two Cultivation Method by the Divine Blood Sect: the Longevity Art and the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art.

The Longevity Art was widely disseminated by the Divine Blood Sect, solely for the purpose of plundering the lifespan of cultivators who Cultivation Method it.

The <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> is used to cultivate Blood Nether Guards. Firstly, it provides combat power for the Divine Blood Sect; secondly, it serves as a humanoid elixir for the upper echelons of the Divine Blood Sect to enhance their cultivation.

At the same time, it also confirmed another conjecture in Song Wen's mind.

Only when the Blood Nether Guards raise the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to the Foundation Establishment stage can they absorb the spiritual power within the Blood Nether Guards. It is impossible to extract spiritual power from Blood Nether Guards in the Qi Refining Stage.

This is why the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> was not widely disseminated.

"You just said that 'there is no inheritance of the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art> in the entire Sea of Disorder. Back then, in the Living Soul Cave on Limitless Island, you personally promised Yinshuo that he could successfully cultivate the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art> by taking the Life-Breath Pill. So where did Yinshuo get the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>?"

Bie Chou said, "Yinshuo doesn't possess the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art> at all. The Cultivation Method he has is one I taught him, the one I just told you about. It's something I comprehended on my own during my tens of thousands of years of imprisonment, based on the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> and the <Longevity Art>."

"You've cultivated the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>, so you naturally know my Cultivation Method is fake, but Yinshuo has never cultivated it. Even if my Cultivation Method, which I spent tens of thousands of years comprehending, contains errors, no one can discover them without personally trying to cultivate it."

Upon hearing Bie Chou's words, Song Wen felt extremely disappointed.

He went to great lengths to find the whereabouts of 'Xu Geng', traversing most of the Chaotic Sea and the Inner Sea, traveling thousands of miles to the Cui family, only to find a fake Xu Geng in the end.

"Looks like you're no longer of any use!"

Song Wen's icy voice rang out, his killing intent surging like a tidal wave.

Bie Chou hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist, wait a moment. Although I do not possess the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>, I am familiar with many other cultivation methods. For example, the <Undying True Corpse Transformation>, which is the strongest close-combat secret technique of the Divine Blood Sect."

"Give me the Cultivation Method for <Undying True Corpse Transformation>!"

Song Wen's tone was unquestionable.

"Unless you Soul Oath to let me leave An Ran after obtaining the <Undying True Corpse Transformation>, I will not reveal a single word of the Cultivation Method."

"Stubborn to the end! It seems you don't fully understand your current situation."

As soon as Song Wen finished speaking, the Divine Sense Blade in his Sea of Consciousness trembled slightly, suddenly piercing into Bie Chou's soul chest, and then slowly began to move downwards, cutting into his soul body bit by bit, leaving scars on it.

This kind of damage, originating from the soul, caused Bie Chou Fa Yan pain; it was a pain that struck straight to the heart.

Bie Chou's soul began to tremble violently, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

His consciousness gradually faded, but the excruciating pain clung to him relentlessly, leaving him no escape.

"Ah... please... give me a quick death."

Bie Chou's mournful cries.

Tell me all the Cultivation Method, secret arts, and Pill Formula you know, and if they satisfy me, I may spare your life.

Song Wen stopped torturing Bie Chou, fearing he might accidentally cause the other's soul to be scattered.

Bie Chou began to dictate the <Undying True Corpse Transformation> cultivation method, the formula for the Life-Sustaining Pill, and some spells. However, Song Wen mostly looked down on these spells.

The Life-Breath Pill was of little use to Song Wen. However, cultivators who practiced the Longevity Art and reached the Nascent Soul Realm could take this pill with a certain probability of breaking through the bottleneck of a minor realm.

"Where is the Pill Formula for the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill?"

After recording all of Bie Chou's dictation onto Jade Slip, Song Wen asked a question.

"I am Blood Nether Guards, not Alchemist. I am not qualified to access the formula for the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill Formula," Bie Chou said.

Song Wen asked, "Based on your knowledge, in the current Cultivation World, where do you think the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivation Method, the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>, is most likely to exist?"

Bie Chou answered without hesitation, "It must be the former site of the Divine Blood Sect."

"Where is the Divine Blood Sect located?" Song Wen asked.

"On the other side of the Endless Desert, there is a place called the Vast Azure Mountain Range. But I don't know exactly where it is. I have never left the Sea of Disorder, nor have I ever been to the other side of the Endless Desert."

Upon hearing this, Song Wen felt that his trip had been a waste.

He knew absolutely nothing about this Bie Chou.

Song Wen was also unable to determine whether what he said was true or false.

Although Bie Chou's soul was weak, his cultivation level was higher than Song Wen's, which prevented Song Wen from performing a soul search on him.