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Chapter 157: Kill the True Spirit Living in the Gourd

Shi Chen, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly stood up. His body, which was injured by the strong wind, was barely healed after three days of treatment.

He looked up at the sky, and although he could only see twenty feet away, he seemed to be able to feel the powerful force of the gale.

With no other choice, he could only enter the valley. After all, the murderous aura of the ancient battlefield outside would affect his mind, and he could not stay in that murderous aura all the time.

The passage in the valley is very long and the road surface is relatively flat. The mountains on both sides are extremely smooth and feel as if they were newly carved.

After walking for most of the day, the passage finally came to the end.

The valley is extremely large. After walking out of the passage, the field of vision is expanded and you can see the entire valley clearly.

There are steep mountains all around me, about three hundred feet long from front to back and two hundred feet wide from left to right. The exit of the passage is more than ten feet higher than the valley, and a sloping road passes through the valley.

The valley is full of jagged rocks of varying heights. A small path weaves through the rocks and leads to the opposite side. There seems to be another passage on the opposite side, but it is different from the skylight behind you. It is a cave.

The entire valley was lifeless and devoid of spiritual energy, and the murderous aura had disappeared without a trace. It was much brighter than the ancient battlefield outside.

After entering the valley, Shi Chen's spiritual sense was able to cover the entire valley, but he did not find any living creature.

Continue along the middle path towards the opposite side.

At the end of the path is a three-meter-long cave entrance. It is not dark inside, and the walls emit a faint light.

The cave is hundreds of feet long, and you can see light coming from the other side.

Passing through the cave, the outside of the cave is bright and sunny. In the distance, there are a dozen thatched houses scattered around. Near the houses, spiritual fruits are hanging on the branches and spiritual herbs form a garden.

The entire valley is five hundred feet long and three hundred feet wide. The thatched house is located at the back end of the valley and is surrounded by mountains.

Shi Chen walked out of the cave. The doors of three thatched huts opened and three old men walked out from them. In Shi Chen's consciousness, the three of them seemed not to exist.

In an instant, Shi Chen only saw them open the door and walk out with slightly surprised expressions, and then the three of them appeared in front of him at the same time.

"After so many years, someone finally comes in." The speaker was an old man with hair scattered on his chest and back.

"I remember the last person to come in was Jin Qing, it seemed like 60,000 to 70,000 years ago." The old lady standing in the middle said with shining eyes.

"Where are you from? What's the situation outside now?" The old man Huo Yi frowned slightly and asked anxiously.

"I entered the Black Vortex on the Chaotic Sea and finally came here. May I ask where is this place?" Shi Chen asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hmm?" Ma Min, the old woman in the middle, looked puzzled and asked, "Sea of Chaos? Ink Vortex?"

"Young friend, you're new here and don't know what's going on here. Let me introduce you first." The last old man, Qian Xue, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "This is inside the Killing Gourd. The old man with hairy hair is Huo Yi, the one in the middle is Ma Min, and I'm Qian Xue."

"Hello, senior. My name is Shi Chen. Isn't this the ancient battlefield in the center of the Mo Vortex, a valley?" Shi Chen widened his eyes in surprise.

"An ancient battlefield?" Qian Xue raised his eyebrows, a puzzled expression on his face. "Oh, that's right. After all, so many years have passed. Time has changed, and the world has changed. The war back then has become an ancient battlefield now."

"That's right. After going through so many vicissitudes, tens of thousands of years have passed. The changes outside should not be the same as when we were there. I wonder if you could tell me about the situation outside first?" Qian Xue's eyes were full of anticipation.

"Then please listen to me slowly and carefully, seniors." Shi Chen said solemnly.

"Wait a minute, the outside should be very different. We still have many old friends. Let's wake them up and listen to the description of this young man. Mr. Shi, please follow us to the thatched hut. We still have more than a dozen old friends trapped here. Call them over to listen to what you say about the outside world." Huo Yi's eyes flashed with excitement and he said quickly.

Qian Xue waved his hand, and Shi Chen felt the environment in front of him change instantly, and he came to the back of the thatched hut several hundred feet away.

This place looks like a Taoist temple, with a cushion placed on a platform in the middle, surrounded by two circles of cushions, for a total of thirty-three cushions.

The doors of the thatched huts behind him opened one by one, and an old man walked out of each thatched hut that opened its door.

"Friend Shi, let me introduce these old friends to you. This is Xinggong, and this is Suwei..."

Qian Xue introduced the old man who came to the Taoist temple to Shi Chen. There were fifteen thatched huts, but only seven people came out, and the doors of five huts were not open.

After waiting for another half a cup of tea, two people came out from the cave at the bottom of the cliff at the back of the valley.

"Everyone is here. Mr. Shi, you can start telling me about the situation outside." Qian Xue said as he sat on a cushion.

Shi Chen looked around and saw a total of twelve old men, three women and nine men, sitting casually on mats, all with joy on their faces, waiting for Shi Chen's story.

Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Shi Chen bowed to them and said, "I don't know how long you seniors have been here, so I'll start with what I know."

Shi Chen paused and continued, "Old Qian said before that this is inside the Killing Gourd. Outside the Killing Gourd is a battlefield. It's dark and full of murderous aura, with rotten armor everywhere. I was transported to the ancient battlefield from the center of the Ink Vortex. The Ink Vortex is located in the Chaotic Sea, which is a sea area in the cultivation world. The cultivation world includes four continents, namely Yuanling Continent, Dayu Continent, Chiyan Continent and Kangyao Continent, and six major sea areas, namely Xiyuan Sea, Jingxi Sea, Chaotic Sea, Lingzhou Sea, Yao Sea and Hundong Sea. I am from Yuanling Continent and a disciple of Qingxuan Sect."

"Old Qian calls me Little Friend Shi, so we'll follow suit," a thin old man said. "I wonder if Lingzhou Immortal Court still exists?"

The thin old man who asked the question was called Situ Xiaoran.

"Lingzhou Immortal Court?" Shi Chen asked doubtfully, "The cultivation world has never heard of an Immortal Court."

The thin old man Situ Xiaoran fell silent after hearing Shi Chen's answer.

"Is there a Xianjian Sect?" asked an old man with a sharp aura.

Shi Chen looked at the old man who was hiding his sharpness, like a sword with its edge hidden. His name was Jian Ming.

"There is a sect in Yuanling Continent called Lingjian Sect." Shi Chen said as he recalled the map of the cultivation realm.

"What is the highest level of cultivation in the world of cultivation?" asked an old man in gorgeous clothes.

This is an elderly woman named Ji Mo Ran.

"As far as I know, the highest level of cultivation in the entire cultivation world is only the perfect fusion. However, I was forced into the ink vortex by the royal ancestor of the sea monster clan. I guess the sea monster royal ancestor who was chasing me may have a cultivation level higher than the perfect fusion."

"Are there any famous mountains or sacred places in the entire cultivation world?" asked the old guard.

"There is a high mountain in the Yuanling Continent, the most famous one is called Qingming Mountain, there is also the Mo Vortex in the Chaotic Sea, the Seven-Colored Divine Light Island in the Monster Sea, the Red Cave in the Chiyan Continent, and the Donghai Lingshan in the Hundong Sea." Shi Chen said after thinking for a while.

"Qingming Mountain?"

Of the twelve people present, eight were immediately surprised.

"Friend Shi, can you use your spiritual power to demonstrate the map of the cultivation realm?" Qian Xue said.

Shi Chen waved his hand and used his spiritual power to display the map of the boundaries he knew.

After a cup of tea, the spiritual power was withdrawn and the boundary map dissipated in the air.

"As you can see, the outside world has changed. The region is no longer what it was a hundred thousand years ago. According to what Shi Xiaoyou said, and referring to the realm map, I infer that the Lingzhou region has already separated from the Xuanxian Realm. The great war that year tore the Lingzhou region apart, forming its own small realm. Its rules are incomplete, so cultivation can only reach the level of perfect fusion." An old man named Lu Le said, "The Lingzhou Immortal Court no longer exists, and the Lingzhou region is no longer what it used to be. With incomplete rules, cultivation cannot advance beyond the fusion level, and even the Xuanxian Realm is inevitable."

"Old Lu is right," Qian Xue echoed, "Back then, in order to ascend to the upper realm, all the immortal courts participated in a great war, which shattered the Xuanxian Realm. In the end, no one was heard of being able to ascend to the upper realm."

"We are only true spirits now. Our physical bodies are destroyed and we cannot take out the killing gourd. It is difficult for us to reincarnate and cultivate again!" The speaker was an old woman named Ling Kun.

"It's a pity that Mr. Shi's cultivation is too low, otherwise he could refine the Killing Gourd, lead us out of the battlefield, break the Hunyuan Formation, and then he could reincarnate." A light flashed in Ma Min's eyes.

"I wonder what kind of martial arts you are practicing?" Lu Le asked.

"The Secret Book of the Five Elements." Shi Chen said.

"I wonder how far I can cultivate the Five Elements True Lord's skills?" Lu Le asked again.

"The fusion is perfect." Shi Chen replied.

"It seems that after becoming a separate realm, the rules are lost, and even the cultivation methods restrict one's cultivation." Lu Le said calmly, "I see that your spiritual roots are not very good. You have low-grade five-element spiritual roots. Practicing the Five Elements Secret Code is suitable for you, but the spiritual energy required is five times more than that of normal cultivation methods. If you want to improve your cultivation quickly, you must find a place with abundant five-element spiritual energy. The Five Elements True Lord has a soul-transforming innate magic weapon, which can help him improve rapidly through cultivation. Unfortunately, with his death in battle, the innate magic weapon was lost."

"The rapid improvement in cultivation depends on the quality of one's spiritual roots, the matching of one's cultivation techniques, and the support of spiritual energy." Huo Yi was willing to explain, and continued, "Friend Shi's spiritual roots are too poor. This is innate and difficult to change. His cultivation techniques are relatively compatible, but as for spiritual energy, we can gather ten high-grade spiritual veins for him to cultivate. Based on the quality of his spiritual roots, he will be able to achieve perfect fusion within a thousand years, and then he can force his way through the Hunyuan formation."

"That's not appropriate. We, who are at the level of Dongxu, haven't been able to break out of the formation yet. By that time, he will be at the Fusion stage, so the chances of success are slim." Qian Xue objected.

"After waiting for a hundred thousand years, there are only twelve of us left out of the thirty-two fellow Taoists. Taoist Master Lu and Taoist Master Qian only have a few hundred years left, and most of us only have less than three thousand years. No matter what, I think we still have to make one last fight." Xing Gong said angrily.

"Stop arguing! Fellow Daoist Qian and I are not in a hurry, but you are the first to get anxious." Lu Le glared at Xing Gong and said, "Let little friend Shi laugh at us. We were originally fighting on the battlefield, and our physical bodies were destroyed. Finally, we entered the innate spiritual treasure, the Killing Gourd, together to suppress the immortality of our true spirits. However, we were trapped by the Hunyuan Formation on the battlefield. As long as we walk out of the Killing Gourd, we will be attached to the murderous aura and resentment in the formation, and finally turned into the basis for the advancement of the Hunyuan Formation's spiritual treasure. Fellow Daoist Qian and I have a lifespan of only three to five hundred years. Little friend Shi's cultivation is too low, and it is unlikely that he will be able to break through the Hunyuan Formation." Lu Le said sullenly.

"Friend Shi, ah!" Qian Xue said helplessly, "We all hope to leave the Hunyuan Great Array and reincarnate into a new life. Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned. Many fellow Taoists give up in the end. When their lifespans come to an end, their spirits dissipate and their souls return to the world."

"I only felt murderous aura outside, but didn't sense any large formation." Shi Chen said doubtfully.

"Your cultivation level is such that you can't sense the Hunyuan Great Formation," Lu Le explained, "This formation is hidden between heaven and earth. A deceased formation master said it was some kind of void formation. Those who haven't encountered it have no idea where the formation is."

"Friend Shi, if we can provide you with spiritual veins for cultivation, how long do you estimate it will take for you to reach the fusion stage?" Huo Yi looked at Shi Chen and asked.

"If there are no restrictions and if there is enough spiritual energy, it will take fifty years to reach the fusion stage. It may take another fifty years to reach the perfect fusion stage." Shi Chen said.

"Can you really improve your cultivation to the level of perfect fusion in a hundred years?" Lu Le asked in surprise.