Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 246 The Second Soul: Essence
The second soul that Zhu Ju planned to connect with was the spirit soul, which was also the soul with the most experience in contacting it so far and the greatest chance of a successful connection.

Soul!

The place where human essence and blood reside.

This soul is connected and opened, the physical body is full of essence and vitality, and has a strong life force.

The Southern Barbarian's Ten Thousand Poisons True Skill integrates ten thousand poisons into one body. Those who cultivate this skill are unlikely to live long and often suffer from the backlash of poison gas, causing unbearable pain. However, as long as they open the Divine Treasury and advance to the Martial Saint level, they can avoid many defects and even prolong their lifespan. This is because the essence and blood provided by the Essence Soul can completely support the damage that ten thousand poisons cause to the physical body.

Let alone poison...

Even if all four limbs are severed, they can be reattached and healed as long as the severed limbs are retrieved within a certain time.

For a martial saint who has unlocked the essence of their spirit, the ability to regenerate broken bones and flesh is commonplace.

everything's ready.

time flies.

I do not know how long it has been.

"boom!"

On the isolated island, Zhu Ju's eyes were wide open, his long hair flying. With the connection of his essence and soul, he felt an endless flow of essence and blood, and his lifeless body was revitalized. His internal energy and blood surged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

a long time.

His breathing gradually calmed down.

"It's done!"

Zhu Ju smiled and flexed his wrists.

"Having had the experience of connecting with the physical body, connecting with the spiritual body this time went much more smoothly, almost without any problems."

"The physical strength includes the Great Ji Fist and the Mountain-Crushing Blade, which can bring out the advantage of great strength. The essence also includes the Eight Methods of Wrathful Battle, the Five Poison Palm, and even the Nine Flames Fist, all of which are techniques that can be used without fear of consuming essence and blood."

"I just don't know..."

"Are there any powerful cultivation techniques that excel in both physical and spiritual aspects?"

"If I were to absorb the three souls and seven spirits into my body in the future, would I have to learn different methods to adapt?"

He shook his head slightly as he spoke.

Definitely not!

A single cultivation technique can only unleash the power of one 'spirit' and cannot reveal the full potential of the soul.

"It seems we still need to find a cultivation technique that possesses all the advantages of the three souls and seven spirits, or perhaps create one ourselves?"

"Shh!"

With a flash, Zhu Ju appeared in front of a boulder several meters high and headbutted it.

"boom!"

The boulder, which had remained intact despite being eroded by the waves for countless years, was shattered by his headbutt.

Rocks tumbled and dust billowed.

"Zheng!"

Stone dust filled the air, and a flying knife shot out from it, slicing through the sky and striking Zhu Ju with a beam of light.

"Peng!"

The clothes were torn.

A deep gash appeared in his chest.

Zhu Ju was thrown backwards several feet away with great effort, crashing heavily into a boulder. He then swayed as he got up, and the wound on his chest had been mostly healed.

"My physical strength has become stronger, and even without using my strength to resist, the Horizontal and Vertical Blade can hardly cause serious damage."

"If one focuses their energy and exerts force..."

"It would probably require the skill of refining swords into threads to break through the defense."

"Although the vertical and horizontal blade is not the most powerful among top-grade magic weapons, it shows that my body tempering skills have been completed. I am not much different from a Dao Foundation cultivator who has reached the second level of body tempering hard skills. I can even compete with a mid-stage Dao Foundation cultivator without the help of formations."

"also……"

He closed his eyes and silently sensed it.

"My perception of the primordial energy of heaven and earth is becoming clearer, and my cultivation speed is also much faster. This is a side benefit of the soul entering my body."

"It's equivalent to having better cultivation talent. Even with the slow-progressing 'Hun Yuan Zhen Jing,' one can advance to the mid-stage of the Dao Foundation realm within a hundred years without the aid of elixirs."

"at last……"

He took a deep breath, gently shook his shoulders, and the Wind and Thunder Blade Wings suddenly unfolded, transforming into hundreds of flying blades that soared into the sky.

"Buzz!"

The air trembled.

It was as if a meteor had fallen from the sky above, as hundreds of flying knives transformed into hundreds of blades of light and hurtled toward the figure below.

Just as it was about to happen.

"Shh!"

A burst of five-colored light appeared and swept across the sky, causing the hundreds of menacing blades to suddenly freeze in mid-air.

Five-colored divine light!

The divine light not only suppressed the incoming flying knives, but also suppressed the divine thoughts on them, and directly captured them.

power……

Terribly strong!
"Although it hasn't advanced to a mid-grade magic weapon yet, its power is much stronger than before, which is cause for celebration!"

A smile appeared on Zhu Ju's face.

"Ok?"

"It is going to rain."

But then, without anyone noticing, the sky over the nearby sea turned pitch black and deep, like a heavy curtain that had been cast over everything, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"boom!"

"Crash..."

The wind and thunder roared, and the waves surged.

The blinding lightning that tore through the sky and the towering waves that stretched for hundreds of miles also brought Zhu Ju, whose strength had greatly increased and whose enthusiasm was surging, back to his senses.

In the face of such overwhelming heavenly might, what is his meager strength?
Shaking his head, Zhu Ju counted the directions with his fingers, his brows furrowed, and he let out a helpless sigh.

"The magnetic field is chaotic and the spiritual energy is restless. Should we wait until the storm subsides before returning?"

This practice of array formations and connecting spirits has already taken quite some time, and going back any later might be inconvenient, especially since the wind and rain clearly won't stop anytime soon.

…………

"boom!"

A sudden gust of wind arose, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

The calm waters were suddenly churned into towering waves, and a two-story merchant ship struggled relentlessly in the turbulence.

"quick!"

"Sail!"

"Turn left, let's break out of this vortex."

A wave crashed onto the deck, knocking several crew members to the ground, and the rudder was temporarily out of the crew's control.

The winch turned, making a creaking sound.

The sturdy merchant ship was tossed around in the current, leaving its crew dizzy and disoriented; a moment's inattention could send them flying off the deck. Oh no!
Tao Caiwei gritted her teeth, darted to the helm, reached out and grabbed the wildly spinning helm, using the immense strength unleashed from her eight orifices to firmly stabilize the ship's direction.

"Xiaoqin!"

"Go activate the formation!"

"Sister Caiwei!" Xiaoqin, who was clinging to the boat plank to steady herself, looked up at the sound of the wind and rain and shouted:

"We don't have many spirit stones left. Judging from the situation, this storm isn't going to stop anytime soon. Grandpa told us to use the spirit stones wisely. What will we do after we run out?"

"If we don't use them, morale will collapse." Tao Caiwei shook her head, glanced at the pale-faced, panicked crew members, and shouted:
"Go!"

“...Yes.” Xiaoqin reluctantly agreed and rushed into the cabin.

They are the most ordinary cultivation force in the East Sea, and their family doesn't even have a single Dao Foundation cultivator.

This trip was made because I heard that the Cloud Whale Chamber of Commerce had come to Green Lake Island, and I couldn't miss such an opportunity.

Although the Cloud Whale Chamber of Commerce is only a second-rate force in the entire East China Sea, it is a behemoth in the eyes of the Tao family.

Wherever the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild goes, it attracts cultivators from the surrounding area to gather and trade various resources.

Among them are many Foundation Building Pills.

That alone makes it hard to refuse.

If the Tao family had a Daoist foundation to rely on, they wouldn't have to live such a difficult life.

"Shh!"

Just as the merchant ship was struggling in the whirlpool, a blade of light descended from the sky and landed steadily on the deck, revealing a figure.

It was Zhu Ju.

Zhu Ju flicked his finger, and a string of pearls scattered in all directions, enveloping the entire merchant ship.

All of a sudden.

It was as if the wind had stopped and the rain had ceased.

The merchant ship stood firmly on the stormy sea.

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Tao Caiwei's breath hitched, and she hurriedly knelt down, speaking nervously:
"Thank you, senior, for saving your life."

"Get up." Zhu Ju waved his sleeve.
"I am a cultivator from the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild. I got lost in a rainstorm while hunting demonic beasts. Do you have any sea charts of the area? Do you know which direction Emerald Lake Island is?"

"Senior is a cultivator from the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild?" Tao Caiwei was overjoyed upon hearing this.

“I am Tao Caiwei from the Tao family of Xiaoye Island. We are also going to Cuihu Island, so why don’t we travel together?”

Xiaoye Island?
Zhu Ju looked completely bewildered.

"Um..." Tao Caiwei blushed upon seeing this:

"The Tao family has not had any Dao Foundation cultivators for three hundred years, which is why their Xiaoye Island is not well-known."

"So that's how it is!" Zhu Ju understood.
“Miss Tao is not old, but she has already opened up the eight orifices. She may well be able to attain the foundation of the Dao in the future.”

"Since we are going to Cuihu Island together, then I, Zhu, will trouble you."

"No, no," Tao Caiwei waved her hands repeatedly.

"If it weren't for your intervention, senior, we might not have escaped this calamity today. We should be the ones thanking you."

"Sister Caiwei!"

At this moment, Xiaoqin rushed in from the cabin:

"I felt the wind stop, so the array wasn't activated..."

"This is Senior Zhu from the Cloud Whale Chamber of Commerce." Seeing her surprised expression, Tao Caiwei quickly introduced her:

"It was thanks to the senior's intervention that the storm was calmed down. Hurry up and thank the senior!"

Senior Daoji?

Xiaoqin's eyes lit up, and she quickly bowed to express her gratitude.

She was wearing a tight-fitting fish-scale dress, and her outer blouse was already soaked with seawater, revealing her graceful figure.

The key is.

Unlike Tao Caiwei's reserved attitude.

Xiaoqin was bold in her demeanor, her beautiful eyes filled with excitement, and she made no attempt to conceal her thoughts.

'If we could get in touch with this Foundation Establishment cultivator, there would be many benefits in the future, and perhaps we could even leave the Tao family.'

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Zhu Ju had seen far too many such obsequious gestures, so he simply smiled indifferently.

Furthermore.

Although Xiaoqin was charming and had a graceful figure, she was far inferior to Tao Caiwei beside her.

"Could you please prepare a room for me to rest?"

"Yes."

Tao Caiwei rolled her eyes at the concubine who was showing off her figure.

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A few days later.

Green Lake Island.

The island is vast and contains a lake that is as green as jade, hence its name.

A light mist enveloped the entire Emerald Lake Island, serving as both an illusionary formation and a deadly array to block enemies at any time.

"senior."

Tao Caiwei began:
"It is said that the formation on Emerald Lake Island was set up with the help of the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild, and it is a mid-grade second-tier formation."

"With a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, unless a Golden Core Grandmaster personally intervenes, there's no way to forcefully break the formation."

"Hmm." Zhu Ju looked at the mist in front of him and nodded slowly.

"It should be the work of Master Tang."

"All right!"

"As the saying goes, 'Even after a thousand miles of travel, we must eventually part ways.' I have troubled you greatly these past few days, so I must take my leave now."

"Senior." Tao Caiwei knew they would part ways, but she still felt a void in her heart. She pursed her lips and asked:

"Will we meet again?"

During these past few days together, Zhu Ju's guidance has been like a guiding light for her, so it's understandable that she feels reluctant to part ways.

If fate allows, we will meet again.

Zhu Ju smiled.

He also had a good impression of Tao Caiwei, who was capable of handling things on her own, and the girl who always tried to seduce people but always overdid it was also quite interesting.

After thinking for a moment, he said slowly:

"Foundation Building Pills are extremely rare in the Cloud Whale Merchant Guild and are mostly not sold to outsiders, but if there are certain rare items, there is a great chance of being able to exchange them for them."

"in addition……"

“Buying the Foundation Establishment Pill does not mean final ownership; every year, people die because of the Foundation Establishment Pill.”

"careful!"

"Thank you, senior." Tao Caiwei's eyes lit up.
"I know how to do it."

Her primary objective for this trip was to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, but she lacked the means to do so. If it were a rare and precious item…

Someone has one!
(End of this chapter)