I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 42 The Soul Cauldron

"..."

They did not lower their guard even though the owl had turned into a skeleton.

Li Boyang lowered his right hand, which was holding a sword, slightly, assuming a posture ready to attack at any moment.

The hundreds of flying swords surrounded the skeleton, threatening to continue their slaughter.

sizzle...

Just as Li Boyang was on high alert, the skeleton, as expected, underwent a strange change.

Faint arcs of electricity emerged from the surface of the bone, then swiftly enveloped the entire skeleton.

"Moo!"

It sounded like some kind of mantra, yet it also seemed like just a simple moo from a cow.

Click...

The two arm bones on the back of the skeleton fell off naturally.

Two thick cow horns also grew out from the sides of his temples.

However, Li Boyang did not immediately attack the mutated skeleton.

As early as during his fight with Youxiao, Li Boyang had vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the opponent's condition.

Mingming transformed into a four-armed demon.

However, the opponent did not use any supernatural powers or spells from beginning to end, but instead kept trying to fight him in close combat.

Refer to the previous evil god, the Gnaw.

Li Boyang was not naive enough to believe that ghosts and gods only had an indestructible body.

In addition to the omens transmitted by the primordial spirit, and the divination by the Destiny Bone Armor...

Li Boyang realized that it wasn't that Youxiao didn't want to use supernatural powers and spells, but rather that someone was restraining or limiting his use of them.

"Are you the Yin God that Xi Luo mentioned?"

Looking at the two fully formed bull horns, Li Boyang asked in a deep voice.

At the same time, the Divine Firmament Sword in his hand was also subtly pointing at the skeleton, waiting for the other party's reply.

"This is truly a huge embarrassment..."

It seems to be in response to Li Boyang's question.

Blood vessels, muscles, and vocal cord tissue first grew in the throat of the skeleton.

It was a deep, hoarse voice, yet one could clearly hear both its ruggedness and kindness.

Therefore, even before the other party's physical body had recovered, Li Boyang already had an image of a rough-looking but kind-hearted strong man in his mind.

"If no other Yin spirit arrives at this place, then it should be me."

He said it in a slightly self-deprecating tone.

A giant bull's head gradually took shape during this process.

Although it is depicted as having the head of a bull and the body of a human, this Yin deity is actually different from the "bull-headed" figure that Li Boyang had in mind.

Huge horns, a broad forehead, and a classic upturned nose...

These all fit Li Boyang's stereotypes.

His body is described as human, but it is actually more like that of a bipedal beast.

His strong physique was made up of muscles as hard as steel.

Although its hands have five fingers, they also have sharp claws.

Needless to say, the lower body was basically an upright, recurved bull hoof.

Even just standing there quietly, the flesh and blood tissue that was growing little by little fully demonstrated its inherent ferocity and majesty.

To be honest, looking at that bull's head taking shape little by little...

Even with the divination endorsement of the Heavenly Mandate Bone Armor, Li Boyang somewhat regretted allowing the other party to recover.

He realized that compared to this bull-headed creature, describing the four-armed demon as a "deformed child" was an overestimation.

Similarly, without using supernatural powers or spells.

Li Boyang had no doubt that this robust bull-headed creature could easily defeat the four-armed demon. [So...brother, you're so strong, how exactly were you managed to be refined by that ghost owl back then?]

Perhaps the astonishment and disbelief in Li Boyang's eyes were too obvious, because he could actually see a hint of shyness on Niu Tou's rugged face.

"Ahem, don't look at me like that..."

"I was too careless; I thought it was just an ordinary evil spirit."

"Who would have thought that he would be the high priest of the Ghost Kingdom, and that he would also possess such a powerful artifact as the 'Soul Cauldron of Hell'?"

As he said this, Ox-Head deliberately cast his gaze toward the overturned cauldron not far away.

The giant cauldron was ten zhang tall and weighed tens of thousands of tons, making it comparable to the ocean-going cruisers that Li Boyang remembered.

"The Prison Soul Cauldron?"

Although I had long suspected that the large cauldron was of extraordinary origin.

But Li Boyang still didn't expect that Niu Tou would ultimately fall into that thing's hands.

"Yes, that is a sacred ritual artifact of the Ghost Kingdom, the 'Soul Cauldron' which only the successive high priests are qualified to use."

With a hint of awe in his eyes, Niu Tou took the initiative to explain to Li Boyang.

According to legend, this thing was a national treasure bestowed upon the Guifang Kingdom by the Five Gods.

"Born with the ability to refine ghosts and gods, it is a national treasure that will never be used lightly."

"The last time it appeared was thirty years ago when the Ghost Fang Kingdom and the Tu Fang Kingdom were at war..."

"In that battle, the Ghost Fang Kingdom destroyed the Tu Fang Kingdom and transformed the entire nation's inhabitants into a true ghost god."

"The entire underworld was thrown into turmoil for several years until a ruler personally intervened to stop the unrest."

Trying hard to understand the meaning behind the bull's words, Li Boyang couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression.

The amount of information conveyed in those few short sentences from Niu Tou was more than all the information Li Boyang had encountered since birth.

"Why are you telling me this?"

After a moment of silence, Li Boyang looked up at the bull's head again.

From any perspective, Niu Tou didn't really need to explain so much to Li Boyang.

"Because you are a 'primordial god,' you are qualified to know these things..."

When he said this, Minotaur's expression was slightly strange.

"Of course, your current state is a bit strange, unlike any of the 'innate gods' I know."

“But the ‘innate gods’ are all kinds of strange and unusual, so one more outlier like you is not much of a difference.”

Before he finished speaking, the bull-headed creature reached out and beckoned to the Soul-Piercing Cauldron.

At this point, the Minotaur had been reborn, and although its strength had not returned to its peak, it was not far off.

Rumble…

With just a gentle wave of his hand, the colossal cauldron, weighing tens of thousands of tons, tipped over.

Immediately afterwards, the Prison Soul Cauldron shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the leaked alchemical fire nearby surged back into the furnace.

buzzing...

Only when the Soul-Piercing Cauldron shrank to a size of ten feet did it slowly spin and fall into the bull-headed man's hand.

"This Soul-Refining Cauldron possesses the ability to refine ghosts and gods..."

"Even I almost got turned into a 'demon egg'."

"Fortunately, that evil spirit was not skilled enough, otherwise a great disaster would have occurred!"

With one hand supporting the Soul Cauldron, which was a third of his own size, the Bull-Head still seemed to be handling it with ease.

"I've been lingering in the mortal world for too long; I reckon things are about to fall apart in the underworld..."

"Now that you have destroyed that evil spirit, I will entrust this Soul-Binding Cauldron to you for safekeeping!"

"However, let me make this clear from the start..."

"Although I have no intention of interfering in the affairs of the mortal world, if one day you are like that evil ghost and try to use this Prison Soul Cauldron to overturn the balance of Yin and Yang, then don't blame me for being impolite."

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