Chapter 400: Chapter 400: Soul Light Cluster
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"After you absorb this soul origin, you should be able to unleash battle strength at the Dou Zun level, right?" Wei Yang asked.
"Reporting to Master, for a short period of time, yes." Ah Da replied quickly.
"A short period, huh, that’s enough." Wei Yang nodded.
"Brother Yang, have you thought of a way to enter the wind’s eye?" Xian’er asked softly.
"Do you still remember, on the way here, how the Black Storm would sometimes weaken for a while?" Wei Yang asked with a smile instead of answering directly.
Hearing this, Xian’er and the others’ eyes lit up instantly.
They immediately understood what Wei Yang meant.
"The reason the Black Storms on the Great Plains of the Black Region appear intermittently rather than raging endlessly, is because of this."
Wei Yang smiled, "In other words, this Vortex of Wind has a weakening period every so often, and that... is our chance."
Xian’er nodded, thought for a moment, then said, "This weakening period doesn’t have a fixed duration, usually around two to three days, then it returns to normal."
"And every time it returns to normal, there’s usually a strong phase, when the wind becomes several times fiercer than usual, lasting anywhere from a few hours to a day!" Qing Lin added.
"And that so-called strong phase is the source of the Black Storms on the Great Plains of the Black Region." Ah Da also spoke up.
At normal strength, the wind isn’t enough to reach the Great Plains of the Black Region — it usually dissipates along the way. Only during that brief strong phase will the wind finally blow onto the plains.
But even then, after traveling such a long distance, by the time it reaches the plains, its power is already greatly diminished.
"So, we enter during the weakening phase, and we must get out before the wind returns to normal. Otherwise, once we’re caught inside and the strong phase comes, we’re dead!"
Wei Yang nodded, "If the weakening phase lasts two to three days each time, we’ll count it as the shortest — two days. That’s enough!"
At a distance of over five hundred li, even moving forward under such heavy pressure, two days is more than enough for a round trip.
Time passed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had gone by.
During this month, they patiently waited. Waited for the refinement of that soul origin to be completed.
And as the refining continued, the impurities within the Origin were burned away bit by bit, becoming ever more pure.
In this process, from high in the sky, they also carefully observed the operation of the Vortex of Wind. For each weakening period and strong phase, they made detailed records.
Finally, at a certain moment—
When the last wisp of smoke, so faint that it was nearly invisible to the naked eye, was refined out from that soul origin and drifted upward—the soul origin wrapped in black flame trembled lightly. It was as if it had undergone a transformation and sublimation, the whole of it now radiating a hazy, soft glow.
This glow gave off an extremely pure and crystal-clear feeling, like the cleanest light in the world, able to purify all things.
Through the black flame, gazing at that unbelievably pure, transparent, egg-sized Soul Origin Light Cluster, even one’s soul couldn’t help but surge with an intense, instinctive desire.
It was a craving born from the very depths of the soul — the desire to devour it.
At the same time, it released a faint, mysterious aura — colorless and scentless, yet undeniably present — slowly spreading outwards. Just by sensing it, that craving to devour grew even stronger.
Even Wei Yang nearly lost control several times, wanting to swallow it down.
His eyes narrowed to slits, locking tightly onto the soul origin.
"This thing’s allure is truly terrifying."
At this moment, even he couldn’t help but have the thought of claiming it for himself.
It was a bit like being addicted to drugs — knowing its harm and lethality, yet still unable to resist the temptation.
And this temptation didn’t come from the flesh, but from the soul itself!
"Hmph!" Wei Yang suddenly let out a cold snort.
The sound was like a thunderclap, exploding abruptly in the hearts of Xian’er and the others. It was as if a bucket of icy water had been poured over their heads, instantly waking them up.
Once awake, they were startled, quickly looking away, not daring to gaze at the soul origin again.
"Yao Lao once told me, I’d better not touch this thing." Wei Yang took a deep breath and said slowly, "I’m not saying this thing is definitely bad, but... I certainly won’t use this method to improve my soul for now."
"Any shortcut inevitably comes with a price. That, I agree with — the only question is whether the price is great or small."
"But—"
Speaking, Wei Yang first glanced at Xian’er and Qing Lin, then glanced at Du Jiao and Ah Da.
After thinking for a moment, he finally said: "This is just my personal opinion. In the future, if you want to use this method to raise your soul realm, I have no objection, as long as you’re not heartlessly slaughtering innocents, that’s fine."
Wei Yang had no intention of forcing his own views onto the others.
He was merely putting forward some of his own thoughts, he would not force them.
Because he understood that with his talent on the path of the soul, even without using this method, it did not matter.
He had the luxury of choice.
But Xian’er and the others were different.
Even Qing Lin, whose soul talent was quite good, would not dare say she could one hundred percent achieve a Spirit Realm soul.
The path of the soul was elusive and intangible. Many at the peak of Dou Zun still had their soul realm stuck in the Mortal Realm, unable to advance an inch.
To cultivate to the peak of Dou Zun — was that not already a genius?
Such a level of talent already surpassed countless others.
It was far beyond 99.999% of the people in this world.
Truly one in hundreds of millions.
Yet even such geniuses still had their souls stuck in the Mortal Realm, unable to cross that heavenly chasm.
Beyond that lay Spirit Realm, Heaven Realm, and even Emperor Realm — those were even harder.
In this world, how many Spirit Realm souls truly relied on themselves to slowly cultivate bit by bit to reach it? If you truly had to rely on slow cultivation alone, the vast majority of people would likely die without ever touching it.
And the heavenly treasures that could raise the soul, such as the Bodhisattva Heart, were incomparably rare, appearing perhaps once in hundreds or thousands of years.
Like in the original story, even Xiao Yan had once used the method of devouring soul origin to improve his soul. When he broke through to the Heaven Realm soul, he consumed the origin he had seized from the Hall of Souls.
Therefore, Wei Yang had neither the qualification nor the reason to forbid Xian’er and the others from choosing this shortcut.
The group fell silent.
Du Jiao had no particular opinion.
Ah Da didn’t care — after all, he himself had always taken shortcuts, and the title "You Hun Zun Zhe" was hardly for nothing.
Soul Shock, Soul Devour, Soul Control — these three moves were his trump cards.
When it came to raising his soul through devouring soul origin, he had no psychological burden. As long as Wei Yang allowed it, he would have no scruples.
After all, Han Feng had been swallowed alive by him.
Only Xian’er and Qing Lin felt a bit of inner conflict.
Devouring another’s soul origin was something that, for the two women, was hard to decide on in a short time.
Psychologically, it was something a little hard to accept.
Wei Yang did not interfere with them, letting the two decide for themselves.
He flipped his hand and put away the inverted jade bottle, but did not immediately give the soul origin cluster to Ah Da. Instead, he continued to temper it slowly with a gentle flame.
Very soon, several more hours passed.
After hours of tempering, that pure soul origin cluster had no trace of impurity left.
Clearly, it was pure to the point that it could be no purer.
Only at this point did Wei Yang give a slight nod.
Forming seals quickly with his hands, he put away the black flame.
With the black flame gone, in mid-air, a pure and transparent origin light cluster the size of an egg quietly floated there, radiating a hazy glow.
A faint, pleasant scent slowly spread out, making one’s soul tremble slightly upon smelling it, as a desire surged up from the depths of the soul.
Wei Yang cast a glance at Ah Da, who was already so restless that his drool was about to drip.
"Pathetic." He couldn’t help but curse with a laugh.
Privately, he also couldn’t help swallowing a little himself.
"Master, it’s ready, we can eat it now." Ah Da said shamelessly, grinning and rubbing his hands together.
When it came to the control of tempering heat and purity of soul origin, he had the most authority to speak.
"Take it and get far away from me." Wei Yang waved his hand impatiently, tossing the origin cluster toward him.
"Thank you, Master." Ah Da let out a cheer, reached out like lightning to carefully catch the origin cluster, then turned and ran far away.
That look of his made it seem as though he was afraid Wei Yang might change his mind.
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