Good heavens!
Yun Ze was completely stunned.
So, you old man wanted revenge, not for the annihilation of your sect, but for this?
Although it was hard to say if this grudge was worth avenging, this... this was too outrageous!
The image of the Gui Wu Emperor Venerable in Yun Ze's mind had completely collapsed.
But as the saying goes, rumors are always rumors. If you don't see it with your own eyes, who can know what a real person is like?
Yun Ze was speechless.
He looked at Tu Xiu with a helpless expression.
"Do you have any more questions?" Tu Xiu asked again.
"One more question."
Yun Ze sat down cross-legged helplessly, not absorbing the demonic liquid in the pool, but looking up at the ceiling. "What should I call you from now on..."
"Great-grandfather."
Tu Xiu replied as a matter of course. "What else would you call me?"
As expected, he couldn't escape it.
To be honest, Yun Ze still had a mental block. It was a bit too much to ask him to call a nine-year-old child great-grandfather.
"Alright, I was joking."
Tu Xiu frowned. "My identity needs to be hidden now. You should still call me Ji Xiu in front of outsiders, and I'll still call you Master."
"This... isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"What's the big deal! I told you, in the face of life, all dignity is not worth mentioning."
"Okay."
Yun Ze agreed helplessly.
Calling him Ji Xiu was better than calling him great-grandfather, wasn't it?
He looked up, not yet seeing Shi You and Bu Bu's figures, and asked, "By the way, did you see the old man and the young man outside just now? Why didn't they come in?"
"They probably wanted to give us some time."
Tu Xiu replied, and then reminded him, "By the way, don't trust Shi You too much. That old fellow has no less schemes in his heart than I do."
"Whatever he says, you'd better think it over a few times before you speak."
"Okay, I understand."
"Since you have no more questions, I have a question for you."
Tu Xiu spoke again, and Yun Ze listened quietly.
"Actually, I didn't reincarnate or reincarnate this time. In a sense, it should be considered soul possession."
"Soul possession?"
Yun Ze frowned again.
Soul possession and reincarnation were completely different concepts.
Reincarnation required going through a cycle of rebirth. Although one reincarnated with memories, the body was still one's own.
But soul possession was different.
The Nascent Soul needed to find a body that already possessed a soul and then seize it. The body originally belonged to another soul.
"Yes, soul possession."
Tu Xiu continued, "Logically speaking, after I possessed this body, the original soul of this body should have dissipated. But because this body is too perfect, besides having a four-attribute heavenly spiritual root, its soul is also a bit special."
"I can't directly erase it, so I can only suppress it deep within my sea of qi. Sometimes I disappear, and he takes control of this body. At that time, you will need to guide him."
"Don't worry, after so many years, he has already accepted my existence. It was also him who knelt and pledged allegiance to you at that time."
"Wait."
Yun Ze seemed to remember something and asked, "Then what about the dream that Ji Xiu mentioned back then..."
"I instilled that into him."
Tu Xiu did not deny it and said directly, "So don't feel any pressure. It was him, not me, who kowtowed to you at that time."
Was this a matter of pressure!
Yun Ze said nothing, just looked Tu Xiu up and down.
He seemed to understand why Tu Xiu appeared that way in the eyes of others.
A ruthless, deep-scheming Emperor Venerable.
Although he was a love-struck fool, he seemed to have no mercy for anything in the world.
Let alone the mere soul of Ji Xiu, even all living beings in the world were just words to him.
"By the way, I think someone gave you some spiritual essence just now, right?"
"Yes."
Yun Ze replied, and then took out the Sumeru ring containing thirty-five souls and spirits. "If there's nothing else, I'd like to start refining spirits. I can't waste this pool of demonic liquid."
Although one soul and spirit was missing, refining spirits required three times, and each time only needed twelve souls and spirits. The first two times were enough for refining spirits.
"Also, call down the two little guys from above. Take out the immortal jade and soak it in the water for a while, then you don't need to mind us."
"Okay."
Yun Ze agreed and took out the Miao Jue, holding it in his hand and placing it in the demonic liquid pool to soak.
Although he believed everything Tu Xiu said, when he took out the immortal jade, he was still somewhat wary of him.
But after a quarter of an hour, there was no more demonic energy in the demonic liquid pool, and Tu Xiu did not attack him or snatch the immortal jade.
Yun Ze felt a little more at ease. He looked up and said, "Junior Sister, Xiao Yu, you can come down now."
Dan Chen Yu and Yun Xiao heard this and said nothing more, then jumped down from above one after another.
The previous demonic liquid pool had now completely turned into pure spiritual liquid.
Although demonic energy was still surging from below, it would take at least a month to turn so much spiritual liquid back into demonic liquid.
This was enough for Yun Ze to refine spirits.
The two fell into the spiritual liquid pool and looked at Tu Xiu and Yun Ze. Neither of them spoke first.
Tu Xiu was cultivating with his eyes closed. Yun Ze then said, "Don't worry, our matter has been resolved."
"Let's not worry about those things for now. Let's try to absorb more spiritual liquid first."
As Yun Ze spoke, he took out a blank jade slip, inscribed a method of refining spirits in his mind, and handed it to Dan Chen Yu. "Xiao Yu, this is a method of ancient spirit refinement, which is perfect for the current situation."
"It doesn't require collecting various spirits. It only needs to condense pure spirits from pure spiritual liquid. It is suitable for any spiritual root constitution and only needs to be refined three times to achieve the goal."
Dan Chen Yu's eyes lit up, and she took the jade slip and smiled at Yun Ze. "Thank you, Comrade Yun!"
"You're welcome."
Yun Ze said, then took out a second jade slip, inscribed another method of spirit refinement into it, and handed it to Yun Xiao.
"This is a method of condensing the Dao. Each time a Dao is condensed, a Dao spirit can be condensed from it. By integrating the Dao spirit into the body, the effect of refining spirits can also be achieved."
This was exactly what Yun Xiao had been dreaming of!
Yun Xiao took the jade slip, his hands trembling unconsciously, and cupped his hands towards Yun Ze to thank him. "Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
Yun Ze replied, then turned to look at Tu Xiu.
"You don't need to worry about me for now. I'll talk to you after I reach the peak of Foundation Establishment."
"Okay."
Yun Ze agreed, then took out twelve souls and spirits and prepared to refine them.
According to the method recorded in his mind, refining spirits with souls and spirits was the most difficult. Each time, one had to withstand the soul impact of twelve souls and spirits simultaneously. Only by enduring it could one successfully refine spirits.
He didn't know if it was difficult or not.
Yun Ze sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and simultaneously absorbed the twelve souls and spirits into his sea of qi.
A wave of dizziness washed over him!
Yun Ze felt as if countless ants were crawling behind his head, nibbling at his brain again and again!
He could only grit his teeth and endure, with no other option.
One hour, two hours, three hours...
A full twelve hours passed before Yun Ze slowly opened his eyes.
His face was as pale as snow, and he was drowsy.
His sea of qi, which he had finally filled, was now empty, but in its place were four soul pills swirling in his sea of qi!
The first refinement was successful!
A smile finally appeared on Yun Ze's lips, but the next moment he fainted into the spiritual liquid pool.
He had no choice; the spiritual power he had consumed was too great.
When he woke up again, Yun Xiao and the other two were still cultivating. Judging by their auras, Yun Xiao and Dan Chen Yu should be close to entering the Core Formation realm.
And Tu Xiu was also close to reaching Qi Refining Level Nine... Wait, why was he back at Qi Refining Level One!
Yun Ze rubbed his eyes and looked at Tu Xiu with disbelief.
"You don't need to be surprised."
Tu Xiu spoke as if he knew Yun Ze was staring at him. "This is a cultivation technique I designed for myself. This is the seventy-fourth cycle. After thirty-four more cycles, I will be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm from the peak of Qi Refining."
A cultivation technique designed for himself?
Alright, he couldn't learn this great master's methods.
Yun Ze said nothing more and continued to sit cross-legged, greedily absorbing the spiritual liquid below to fill the empty sea of qi within him.
As he absorbed the spiritual liquid, the four soul pills also began to rotate, helping him absorb the surrounding spiritual liquid.
This method of refining spirits was difficult, and there was a reason for its difficulty.
The absorption efficiency of one soul pill was equivalent to one-tenth of Yun Ze's own absorption efficiency.
Four soul pills could increase the efficiency by 40%.
Once the refinement was complete, it would increase the absorption efficiency by 120%, and this efficiency would increase with the improvement of his own cultivation efficiency!
No wonder Di Sha had wanted the Soul Condensing Pill back then.
In the circulation of the sea of qi, without this soul pill, who knew how long it would take to cultivate to the Golden Core stage.
About a day later.
Dan Chen Yu and Yun Xiao, who were beside Yun Ze, broke through to Core Formation one after another. After breaking through, they continued to absorb the spiritual liquid in the spiritual liquid pool to stabilize their cultivation and also aimed to break through to higher realms.
Yun Ze also refilled his sea of qi and began the second refinement.
With the experience of the first time, the second refinement was much easier.
He only took eight hours to successfully refine spirits again, and this time he did not faint. Instead, he gritted his teeth and entered the cultivation state directly.
With the boost of eight soul pills, his cultivation speed increased again.
By the time he refilled his sea of qi, Bu Bu and Shi You had finally come down.
As soon as Yun Ze opened his eyes, he saw Shi You carrying a furnace.
Just as he was wondering, he heard Bu Bu say, "Take out the monk's golden body."
"Ah?"
Yun Ze was stunned for a moment, but still took out the golden body of Monk Du Zhi and handed it to Bu Bu. "What is this for?"
"To extract the souls and spirits."
Bu Bu replied calmly, and Shi You had already started.
He put the golden body into the furnace, and the spiritual fire instantly boiled. He also took out an immortal jade and held it in his hand, while dripping a drop of his essence blood onto the immortal jade.
Instantly, Yun Ze saw the golden body in the furnace change rapidly. In just a few breaths, the golden body turned into a soul!
A soul and spirit!
Shi You seemed very tired, took out the soul and spirit from the furnace, handed it to Yun Ze, and said, "Now that the souls and spirits are complete, let's start the third refinement."
Yun Ze was stunned, but he nodded.
Core Formation!
He thought he would need to find another soul and spirit, or find some way to substitute for it to form a core.
He never expected it to turn out like this.
But this was good!
It was just that after forming the core, he would need a large amount of spiritual energy to impact the Golden Core again.
Yun Ze looked at the spiritual liquid pool, which had decreased by about 10%, and thought... he didn't know if the spiritual liquid in the pool was enough.