God-Slaying Blade

"A puppet body is troublesome to cultivate, and its potential is also very limited. You might as well just insert it into her and absorb the remaining blood spirit power in her body," Liu Qingxue said dismissively.

Qin Jue laughed and said, "I still want to keep her. With such a perfect body, if I were to drain all her blood and spirit, even if her body didn't decay, it would surely wither and become unrecognizable."

"That's natural," Liu Qingxue said with a smile.

Qin Jue's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately began to condense the main soul seal!

hum!

A moment later, Qin Jue's face paled slightly, and a black light imprint reappeared in front of him.

"Soul Fusion, Master Establishment!"

boom!

Qin Jue pushed with both palms, and the main soul imprint slammed into the woman's brow!

The woman's soul had already departed, and her mind was completely empty, so there was no resistance whatsoever.

Soon, Qin Jue's main soul imprint took control of the woman's corpse and manipulated her to stand up.

hum!

The woman's eyes suddenly snapped open, and a flash of black light swept across her pupils.

A wicked smile curved her lips.

"How can such a beauty have such a sinister smile?" The woman's voice rang out in a clear, crisp tone.

"Xiao Jue, you're quite the player!" Liu Qingxue said irritably. "Now that you have such an obedient and well-behaved female puppet, do you no longer need your older sister?"

"Ahem. Sister Qingxue, what are you saying! How can this female puppet compare to you? I was just testing how difficult it is to control her body," Qin Jue said with a smile.

Liu Qingxue chuckled, "It shouldn't be difficult for her to massage your shoulders and legs, rub your back, and undress you. However, controlling her to fight will require practice. Also, we need to brand three array patterns onto her corpse before she can be considered a true death puppet. But we'll talk about that after we get out. Right now, your soul power is being continuously depleted, so we should focus on recovering it first. As for gathering spiritual materials, leave that to the master and apprentice."

Qin Jue chuckled and said, "That's a good idea."

He looked at the woman and said, "From now on, you'll be called Sword Maiden! Hmm, take off that storage ring from your hand!"

Sword Maiden expressionlessly removed her storage ring and handed it to Qin Jue.

There was no soul restriction on the Sword Maiden's storage ring, so Qin Jue's spiritual sense could directly probe into it.

But soon, his face was filled with disappointment.

"What? No good stuff?" Liu Qingxue asked in surprise. "That shouldn't be the case."

How could a Nascent Soul Realm expert not have a rich collection?

Qin Jue shook his head and said, "Apart from the woman's clothes, there's nothing of value. She didn't leave herself even a single burial item!"

Liu Qingxue said, "Either they were taken by someone else, or she gave away all her collection before she died. Apart from these magical treasures, she didn't even have a single spirit sword by her side."

Qin Jue's heart stirred, and he took out a silver-white longsword from the Sword Demon's storage ring.

"Changyuan".

The words "Changyuan" are branded on this silver-white longsword.

"This sword seems very suitable for her. Or perhaps, it is her destined flying sword."

Qin Jue's eyes flickered slightly as he placed the Long Abyss Spirit Sword into the Sword Maiden's hand.

hum!

The once quiet Changyuan Sword suddenly began to hum, emitting a mournful sword cry!

"It seems that this sword is indeed her former natal flying sword. Although her soul has scattered, the spirit within the sword still recognizes its former master, which is why it let out a mournful cry," Liu Qingxue said.

Qin Jue felt a little heavy-hearted, never expecting that a spiritual sword could still cherish its former master.

"You should hold this sword!" Qin Jue said to the swordswoman in a deep voice.

The Sword Maiden remained silent, only gripping the Long Abyss Sword tightly.

"Now, you two go and collect all the spiritual materials here for me. Be careful not to damage them."

Swish!

Upon receiving the order, the Sword Demon and Sword Maiden immediately rushed towards the herb field.

Qin Jue waved his hand and put the spirit marrow stone in front of him into his storage ring.

He sat down cross-legged and swallowed a pill that could restore his soul power...

Forging two main soul seals in succession did indeed consume a significant amount of his soul power.

However, obtaining a living puppet at the peak of the ninth level of the Spirit River Realm and a dead puppet with the corpse of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator makes the expenditure of soul power worthwhile.

Ten hours later.

Qin Jue left this space.

In these ten hours, Qin Jue not only recovered to his peak condition, but also completely stabilized his first level of the Spirit River Realm.

The Sword Demon's storage ring contained many high-grade spiritual pills of superior quality. If it weren't for the domineering nature of his Blade Chopping Technique and his exceptionally strong physical body, he wouldn't have dared to consume these pills so casually...

High-grade spiritual pills, although containing powerful medicinal effects, are not suitable for everyone.

Those who cannot refine the immense medicinal power in time and rashly swallow one will most likely have their bodies burst by the force of the medicine!

Beside the dry well, next to the well cover.

Qin Jue was followed by the Sword Demon and the Sword Maiden.

"You two, go and stay in the spirit beast pouch first. After we get out, I'll go to Yinshan and ask them for two puppet-raising coffins. I'm sure they'll be happy to oblige." Qin Jue's lips curled up slightly, and with a wave of his hand, he put the Sword Demon and Sword Maiden into the spirit beast pouch.

Although the Sword Demon and Sword Maiden are not living beings, they possess a soul aura and therefore cannot be stored in a storage ring.

But there was no problem putting it into the spirit beast bag.

However, in the cultivation world, there are special spaces called puppet coffins specifically for storing puppets!

However, this kind of thing is generally not available on the market, but the Yinshan Sect definitely has it.

Swish!

Qin Jue flashed down from Broken Head Mountain.

Although there were no soul treasures within the Soul Locking Array, Qin Jue was already quite satisfied with obtaining a Spirit Marrow Stone and over three thousand top-grade spiritual materials.

……

Half a day later.

Qin Jue slew three Spirit River Realm demons and returned to the Blackwater River.

The last demon he slew was a giant black spider.

At this moment, he stood by the Blackwater River, looking at the dozens of mangled corpses on the riverbank, his brows furrowed slightly.

"The people from the Spirit Refining Sect and the White Profound Sect actually managed to cross the Blackwater River? I underestimated them."

Qin Jue originally thought that the remaining people from the three major Heavenly Sects would stop at the banks of the Blackwater River.

After all, the demons that roam the Blackwater River have reached the sixth or seventh level of the Spirit River Realm. With the remaining Spirit River Realm members of the three sects, it should be difficult for them to kill demons of this level.

"If I had known you were this brave, I would have waited for you a little longer. It's better for me to kill you than for the demons to kill you; at least you would have left with intact corpses." Qin Jue shook his head, raised his hand, and pulled the storage rings on those severed hands toward him.

Of the nineteen storage rings, eighteen were of average quality, and only one had a fairly substantial collection!

"It seems only one Spirit River Realm cultivator died here. The rest must have retreated."

Qin Jue's eyes flickered slightly as he leaped across the Blackwater River.

Not long after returning to that barren land, Qin Jue's spiritual sense detected more than a dozen auras moving about fifteen miles away.

hum.

Upon recognizing them as members of the Spirit Refining Sect, Qin Jue waved his hand, and the Sword Demon's figure flashed out.

"Sword Demon, go and deal with them."

"Yes, Master!"