Celestial being

Half a month later.

Yuan Ming returned to Wangyue City, waited and watched for a while, and received news that the team that captured Pu Zhengqing from Changchun Guan had returned to Dajin. After the Shahao incident calmed down, he, Hu Tu, and Mu Yang reopened the Lingxiang Shop in Wangyue City.

After he took care of the matters related to the store, he returned to the cave alone.

The new store opened, and the business was much quieter than in the past. However, now Yuan Ming has no shortage of spiritual stones and elixirs, and the store is just for the sake of a steady flow of water. Therefore, in terms of operation and publicity, Hu Tu and the two are only allowed to do what they can. There is no past. So attentive.

If nothing unexpected happens with Shahao's legacy, it should be able to support his cultivation to the late stage of foundation building. In the future, if nothing major happens, he will continue to practice in seclusion here.

His past experiences have made him more eager to improve his strength. Whether in Southern Xinjiang or Dajin, only absolute strength can have the absolute right to speak. The so-called fairness is based on equal strength. words.

If he had been trapped in the early stage of foundation building, he might not be low among ordinary monks, but facing the real strong men would not be enough. He didn't want to have to leave his hometown after killing Taoist Yuhu and throwing a rat weapon to happen again. .

The incense needed in the shop will only be delivered by Leiyu after it is made, and he will not leave the cave easily.

While Yuan Ming was thinking about future plans, he took out another stick of black incense.

A few days ago, he had used Heixiang to confirm that his parents were okay, but now he used Heixiang again because he wanted to know about Xiying's situation.

Whether it was the news of Sha Hao's death or the fact that he had accepted all the great elder's inheritance, Yuan Ming now had a lot of things to say to Xiying. Unfortunately, the mountains were far away and the road was far away, so his words could not be conveyed. To Xiying's ear.

On the Tiantian Cauldron, black incense burned slowly, and in the misty smoke, Yuan Ming's vision gradually changed, switching to Guoguo.

puff--

Just as the possession was completed, before Yuan Ming could react, a cluster of waves hit his face, and the salty and wet sea water slapped Guo Guo's face, drenching it from head to tail. Not a single hair on his body was dry.

"Meow!"

Guoguo screamed, seemingly complaining, but the waves still washed over its body mercilessly, forcing it unable to open its eyes. It could only pathetically pick at the scales of the giant beast beneath it with its claws. She pressed her body, which had become smaller due to the shrinkage of her hair in the water, to her.

Although it had its eyes closed, after Yuan Ming calmed down, he began to observe the surroundings with the help of his spiritual consciousness.

Not far in front of Guoguo, Xiying stood on the back of the giant beast, shrouded in pale white light, blocking out the incoming sea water.

But every time waves hit her body, Xiying would shout excitedly, her eyes full of excitement and anticipation.

And under her and Guoguo's feet, there was actually a giant monster fish several feet long, covered with solid blue scales. Its back was flat, like a long table, with eight pairs of fins on each side. Like a cattail leaf fan.

The strange fish jumped and shuttled on the sea, its powerful fins rolled up clusters of waves, and its huge body sometimes dived into the water and sometimes jumped out of the sea, which gave the passengers on its back a refreshing experience.

Seeing the blue sea and blue sky all around, Yuan Ming speculated that Xiying might have left Southern Xinjiang and arrived somewhere in the East China Sea. Unfortunately, the Wangyue Mountains were still far away from the East China Sea, so the transmission talismans should still not be used.

After an unknown amount of time, the strange fish tumbling in the sea seemed to attract the attention of others. A stream of green light suddenly flashed across the sky and hovered in front of the head of the strange fish.

However, Xiying didn't seem surprised when he saw this situation. He directly pinched the magic technique to stop the strange fish under his feet.

"Senior Xiao, my master is already waiting impatiently. You'd better get there quickly." In front of the strange fish, a female pedicurist wearing light green clothes stepped on the magic weapon and held her hands towards Xiying.

"Anyway, there is still time, so it doesn't hurt to let her wait a little longer." Xiying waved her hand with a look of reluctance.

"Senior Xiao..." The female cultivator in green shirt smiled bitterly and opened her mouth, as if she still wanted to persuade.

"Meow——" At this time, Guoguo suddenly called out weakly.

Xiyingliu frowned, turned around and picked up Guoguo, and said angrily: "Usually I can't walk when I see a fish, but this time I can't stand it even though I'm so good at lying on the fish's back? When I go back, I'll punish you for a month No fish allowed!”

Hearing this, Guoguo yelled again but obviously had no intention of getting out of Xiying's arms.

Yuan Ming, who was possessed by it, felt the vague thoughts in its heart. Apparently, Guoguo hated getting wet even more than not being able to eat fish.

Xiying carried Guoguo in her arms, drove away the strange fish, and then flew straight into the sky.

"Okay, I'm going over there, you should hurry up and catch up."

After saying that, she dodged directly, took out a gourd magical weapon, stepped on it, and flew towards the east, without any intention of waiting for the female cultivator in green shirt.

When the female cultivator in green shirt saw this, she had no choice but to hurriedly move her magic weapon and follow him.

The place Xiying wanted to go was not close, and she did not arrive until Yuan Ming's black incense burned out and the possession ended.

However, Yuan Ming originally wanted to confirm her condition, but now that he saw that she was safe and sound, he had nothing to worry about.

After Yuan Ming recovered his thoughts, he calmed down his mind, put aside distracting thoughts, and devoted himself to cultivation.

…

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the cave, Yuan Ming's spiritual power fluctuations have reached the level of the middle stage of foundation building, and are still some distance away from the peak.

Relying on the elixir left by Sha Hao, the Zi Xuan Xiang he refined, and the spirit gathering array he later exchanged for spirit stones by chance, Yuan Ming worked day and night and achieved mid-term success more than four years ago. , and with the continuous blessing of elixirs, the mana has increased by leaps and bounds, constantly moving towards the peak of the middle stage of foundation building.

In addition, with the nourishment of the soul by the Stealing Heaven Cauldron over time, coupled with the practice of Ming Yue Jue every night, Yuan Ming's soul has also been greatly improved, and today he has finally reached the fourth level of "Ming Yue Jue" The edge of the layer.

He was about to break through, so he didn't dare to show any signs of neglect, so he deliberately took out another incense stick from the storage ring.

In the past few years, he often read the great elder's cultivation experience and learned a lot from it.

The experience mentioned an elixir that could help break through the bottleneck of soul cultivation. Although Yuan Ming was not good at refining elixirs, through analysis and research, he was able to create another incense with similar effects.

This incense can stabilize the monk's state of mind. While dispelling distracting thoughts, it can also slightly enhance the strength of the soul. It can not only assist the breakthrough of soul cultivation, but also be of great benefit to the cultivation of ordinary monks.

Yuan Ming named this incense "Soul-Nursing Incense". It will also be available in spiritual incense shops in the future, but there is no rush now.

He lit the soul-nourishing incense and followed the smoke into his nose. He suddenly felt a cool feeling in his mind, all trivial matters were forgotten, and the nervousness of facing a breakthrough gradually calmed down.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Ming began to silently run the Ming Yue Jue, and the soul power in the sea of ​​consciousness surged up little by little. Soon, it washed away Yuan Ming's sea of ​​consciousness like a stormy wave, and at the same time, they all moved towards the soul void in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness. Shadow rushed over.

As the soul power entered, Yuan Ming's soul was gradually filled up, and soon reached the upper limit. The soul power in the sea of ​​consciousness was still surging, with no intention of stopping.

Soon, Yuan Ming's soul began to swell, and its appearance became unnaturally distorted.

Yuan Ming noticed that there seemed to be some kind of inexplicable restraint outside his soul, preventing it from growing further.

But this is not caused by external things, but the natural constraints of every monk.

The Great Elder mentioned this in his experience. He called it the Soul Shackles, which is the key to truly distinguishing Soul Cultivation from ordinary monks. From the moment you break through this shackles, the practice of Soul Cultivation will also be different from that of ordinary monks. Slowly and gradually distanced themselves, and finally distanced themselves completely.

In the sea of ​​​​consciousness, Yuan Ming's soul can no longer see its original appearance. However, the shackles that bind him still exist. No matter how Yuan Ming operates the "Ming Yue Jue", he can never break free.

Gradually, the soul power in the sea of ​​consciousness was exhausted, and the turbulent waves gradually subsided. A trace of anxiety flashed in Yuan Ming's heart. Although it gradually subsided under the comfort of the soul-nourishing smoke, it still failed to change the impending breakthrough. The fact of failure.

But at this moment, the mark of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron on Yuan Ming's arm suddenly lit up, and the familiar heat reappeared, rushing towards Yuan Ming's sea of ​​consciousness.

However, this time, when the warm current reached the sea of ​​consciousness, Yuan Ming discovered that there was a shadow of the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron suddenly appearing in front of the shadow of his soul.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw the shadow of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron slam into Yuan Ming's soul.

Yuan Ming felt a stinging pain in the middle of his eyebrows, making him feel dazed for a while. Before he could recover, he heard another loud noise in the sea, and it turned out that the shadow of the Thieving Heaven Cauldron hit his soul again.

Under the violent impact, there were subtle cracks on both the Heaven Stealing Cauldron phantom and the Divine Soul phantom.

The soul was damaged, and Yuan Ming became dizzy as a result. The "Mingyue Jue" that had been running stopped for a moment. However, at this moment, the phantom of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron hit the soul for the third time, completely destroying the two. They were all smashed into pieces.

Yuan Ming suddenly felt his eyes go dark, and he fainted.

Although he lost consciousness, he had completed the final steps to break through the shackles.

The soul power that had previously poured into the soul was no longer bound by the outside world, but it did not collapse because of it. Instead, it started to operate independently, sucking in the fragments of the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron and the soul fragments, and then quickly condensed and deformed, gradually turning into a human form again. appearance.

The whole process is like breaking a clay figure into pieces and then mixing it with mud to shape it. The newly born soul phantom is more solid than before. Although it is still far from being fully formed, it is already. There are some signs of becoming a physical entity.

In the cave, after an unknown amount of time, Yuan Ming woke up and sat up, holding his head. As soon as he recalled what he had just experienced, he immediately anxiously looked inside the sea to check the current situation.

When he saw the slightly solidified pale yellow shadow in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness, he was stunned for a moment, and then he became happy again.

He immediately released the soul crows, and sure enough, the number of soul crows he could control increased by two, and the range of the far journey was also increased, reaching a distance of forty miles.

In addition, his soul crow has also awakened a new ability called "Crow Cry", which can emit soul sound waves to attack enemies.