Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 365 Source Crystal
Spirituality!
The powerful spiritual energy was like a dagger, piercing into the sea of ​​consciousness and ruthlessly perusing the memories of others.

For a Golden Core Grandmaster, soul-seizing and spirit-devouring is nothing unusual; it can be done with a mere thought.

However, the people in this world seem to be quite special; Zhu Ju could feel considerable resistance when he used his Soul-Capturing Technique.

Just like...

There was an invisible barrier repelling the probing of the divine soul power.

Fortunately, this force was not too strong and was still within the range that could be broken through. In an instant, many memories surfaced.

Safe City!
Gene therapy!

Monster Hunter Team!
Chamber of Commerce!

……

As Zhu Jusu predicted, this world was indeed once a world with extremely advanced technological civilization.

They even possess highly advanced extraterrestrial technology.

However, for some reason, things changed.

Some powerful and terrifying beings suddenly descend upon the world, bringing disasters and plagues, destroying everything from the past, and indirectly causing the entire world to change. All sorts of strange and unusual creatures appear all over the world, crowding out human living space.

Today, the survivors live in secure cities with strong firepower, relying on the new technologies of the new world to survive.

"what!"

The man, held by Zhu Ju with one hand, struggled desperately, roaring angrily, and several afterimages suddenly shot out from the ground.

The phantom image, like a sword, swiftly thrust forward.

Shadow Control!
The new humans in the new world undergo genetic modification at birth, making their physical bodies far superior to those of the old humans.

If a person takes a gene-editing drug after birth, there is a very small chance that their genes will mutate, giving them some special abilities.

That's the man!

His special ability is to manipulate shadows.

The shadow possesses attack power no less than that of a physical entity, and it is silent and fast as lightning.

Using this ability, he turned defeat into victory and killed his opponents several times, especially at night when he was invincible.

"Ding……"

There was a crash.

Zhu Ju continued to peruse the other's memories with an expressionless face, seemingly unaware of the approaching phantom.

Until no new clues were found.

"Peng!"

With a single squeeze of his hand, the man's head exploded, and the headless corpse swayed before collapsing to the ground.

"Evolution! Mutation!"

People in the New World refer to methods such as martial arts training, physical transformation, and gene enhancement as evolution.

Some beings that have lost their humanity are called mutants.

The mutants are often extremely powerful, and the destruction of some safe cities is even closely related to them.

This demon-hunting team mistook Zhu Ju for a mutant, which is why they attacked him without hesitation.

Zhu Ju touched his chin.

In his view, the so-called mutants are actually possessed by demons, except that technology can also be possessed by demons.

After taking care of the remaining few, he lightly raised one hand, and a ring flew out from one of the corpses.

Accept the ring!

Similar to a storage bag in the main world, it has a special space inside where you can store items.

Opening the storage ring based on the retrieved memories, some exotic beast meat, potions, and source crystals came into view.

The so-called Source Crystal is the crystal that Zhu Ju obtained after killing the human-faced spider.

This substance is also a key ingredient in gene-enhancing potions and can fetch a high price in Safe City.

The demon-hunting team was hired by the merchant guild to hunt down strange beasts in the outside world, with their main objective being to obtain source crystals.

The price of source crystals varies depending on their size and color.

White source crystals can help with physical evolution; they are the most common and relatively the cheapest.

Black source crystals can increase mental power, are relatively rare, and their price fluctuates greatly.

Increasing one's mental strength may lead to the evolution of special abilities, such as the ability of the man to manipulate shadows, but it may also cause one to go astray, which is why the price fluctuates so much.

Also.

There is also a blue source crystal, which is extremely special and can even make inanimate objects evolve.

The underlying principle is unknown.

Zhu Ju dug out a white source crystal from the corpse of the 'Thunder Rhino' beside him, and put the corpse into his storage bag. Instead of exploring the other world, he flashed back to the main world.

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Zhu Ju unfurled the Wind and Thunder Blade Wings on his back. With a gentle flap of his wings, composed of more than three hundred flying knives, accompanied by flashes of lightning, he transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning and sped away into the distance.

Driven by the Golden Core, the Wind and Thunder Blade Wings were several times more powerful and faster than when they were at the Foundation Establishment stage. They covered several miles in the blink of an eye.

a few days later.

Zhu Ju appeared in the sky above a market town, brandished his Immortal Alliance token, and was led inside.

"Knock knock..."

"Enter!"

The wooden door opened, and an elderly man with white hair came into view.

"senior."

Zhu Ju clasped his hands in a respectful gesture.

The old man was Fang Zhong, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator who had once served as an elder in the alchemy workshop of the Tianyu Sect.

To avoid the demonic calamity, the Tianyu Sect sealed off the mountain, but he chose to stay outside.

This old man was over eight hundred years old; if he hadn't taken elixirs to prolong his life, he would have died long ago.

"Zhu Ju!"

Fang Zhong looked up and smiled.
"I knew you would advance to the Golden Core stage, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. Congratulations!"

"Senior, you are too kind."

"Don't call me senior. We are not from the same sect or clan. Let's stick to the custom of addressing each other as fellow Daoists."

"This……"

Zhu Ju hesitated for a moment:
"Fellow Daoist Fang."

"Haha..." Fang Zhong stroked his beard and chuckled:
"Sit down and let's talk. What brings Fellow Daoist Zhu here today?"

"Fellow Daoist." Zhu Ju sat down opposite him, flipped his hand, and took out three Source Crystals, placing them in front of him:
"Back then, I, Zhu, also stumbled into the Jade Void Cave and found these items in a former residence."

"This item is called Source Crystal. It contains powerful energy, similar to a demon core, yet not quite. I wonder if you are familiar with this item? Can its energy be refined? Are there any problems?"

“Yuan Jing?” Fang Zhong sat up straight.

He has lived for over eight hundred years and is extremely knowledgeable; very few things can arouse his interest.

He picked up a Source Crystal and examined it for a moment. His expression gradually became solemn. Then he took out several magical treasures and carefully examined the three Source Crystals.

a long time.

Fang Zhongcai exhaled a long breath and stopped what he was doing.

"Incredible! Such a thing actually exists in this world?"

"senior."

Zhu Ju spoke:
"But what did you discover?"

"Hmm." Fang Zhong stroked his beard and said:
"Thousands of years ago, the Great Dao collapsed and the immortals and gods perished. In our view, the reason was most likely that the Great Dao was poisoned by an unknown entity, and all those who were tainted perished."

"This Source Crystal..."

"It has a trace of Dao poison and Dao evil, though extremely faint, it is undeniable."

Ok?
Zhu Ju's expression darkened.

"This item contains powerful energy; it can indeed be refined." Fang Zhong picked up a source crystal and said:
"However, there is a risk of becoming a demon after refining them. Fortunately, there are only three of them, and the quantity is small, so there is no need to worry."

Possessed by the devil!

Zhu Ju touched his chin.

Refining source crystals carries the risk of demonic possession. Is this how mutants from other worlds are created?

"Fellow Daoist, is there no way to solve this?"

"Sure." Surprisingly, Fang Zhong gave a positive answer, shrugging his shoulders.
"The Dao poison cannot be removed, otherwise the immortal would not have died. However, this source crystal only contains an extremely weak and diluted trace of it, so the Cleansing Spirit Spell can theoretically remove the Dao poison inside."

"A spirit-cleansing spell?" Zhu Ju's eyes flickered slightly.
"Theoretically?"

"The so-called Cleansing Spell is actually related to the Jade Void Sect. It is said to have been created by a powerful figure in the Jade Void Sect in an attempt to extract the deadly poison from the Great Dao. However, before he could perfect the technique, he perished due to the poison, leaving only the current version for future generations," Fang Zhong explained.

"Fellow Daoist should know that condensing the Nascent Soul is to align with the Great Dao, but theoretically, achieving the Nascent Soul stage inevitably leads to death!"

"Then why do both the righteous and demonic paths still have three Nascent Soul cultivators?"

"A cleansing spell?" Zhu Ju's eyes lit up.

"Excellent!" Fang Zhong nodded.
"It's precisely because of the Cleansing Spirit Curse."

"Condensing the Nascent Soul and inscribing the Spirit Cleansing Array can resist the invasion of Dao Poison. After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, every time a Nascent Soul True Person makes a move, they will be tainted by Dao Poison. Therefore, they will immediately go into seclusion after making a move and use the Spirit Cleansing Incantation to wash away the Dao Poison in their body before they can make a move again."

This is so!

Zhu Ju suddenly realized.

"This is the Cleansing Spirit Incantation." Fang Zhong took out a jade slip and handed it to him. Seeing the puzzled look on his face, he smiled and said:

“This incantation is useless to us, and every late-stage Golden Core cultivator has mastered it. Since you have this opportunity, I will naturally not be stingy.”

"However, fellow Daoist, please remember that I cannot guarantee whether the Cleansing Spirit Spell can truly remove the Dao poison from the Source Crystal."

(End of this chapter)