Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

The inner core of the ancient fire toad beast has been obtained, and the soul-sealing curse within the demonic nascent soul has been mostly lifted.

The remaining stubborn restrictions cannot be forcibly broken.

Therefore, before Mu Yu absorbed the demonic nascent soul into his body this time, he added many restrictions to it.

At the same time, the Golden Thunder Bamboo Flying Sword was used as the array's core to set up an isolation array.

This was to prevent any unexpected events from occurring with the remaining restrictions of the Soul-Sealing Curse, which could affect the main body and nascent soul.

Although the probability of this is extremely low, and Mu Yu has the talent to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune as insurance, adding a little something can make Mu Yu feel more at ease.

Mu Yu knew very well that although his talent was powerful, it was not omnipotent. He absolutely could not rely too much on his talent and lose his original vigilance.

With the matter of the Demonic Nascent Soul resolved, the next step is to search for the Spirit Candle Fruit.

Even before entering the valley, Mu Yu had arranged for Han Li and the others to meet the people of the Ghost Spirit Sect. They should have found most of them by now.

After taking out the tracking token from his storage bag and confirming Han Li's current direction, Mu Yu set off.

When passing by the Yuanguang Cave in the Arctic, Mu Yu took the opportunity to retrieve the 800,000 Gold-Devouring Insects and also collected a large amount of Gangyin Sand Crystals.

Then it was the same as always. When they encountered some strange restrictions or formations, they would stop and let Xin Ruyin record them.

Occasionally, Mu Yu could find some treasures left behind by predecessors in the Fallen Demon Valley, or some rare spiritual plants.

Even with this delay, when Mu Yu arrived at Han Li's place, she found that the Ghost Spirit Sect still hadn't found the whereabouts of the Spirit Candle Fruit.

This is normal, though. Back then, the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Ghost Spirit Sect only managed to escape from the Fallen Demon Valley; he died not long after returning.

As for the Spirit Candle Fruit, it was discovered by chance when the other party was in the Nascent Soul state. Given the Nascent Soul's teleportation ability, it is perfectly normal that it cannot accurately record the route.

After exchanging a few words with Linghu Patriarch, Han Li, and Nangong Wan, Mu Yu decided not to wait for the Ghost Spirit Sect members and to search for the whereabouts of the Spirit Candle Fruit himself.

Leaving Zi Ling and Xin Ruyin behind, Mu Yu prepared to deal with the Ghost Spirit Sect group by himself.

If you're not strong enough, you naturally have to be more submissive, for your own safety.

But now that you have enough strength, what should you do if someone still wants to steal your treasure?

Of course, we should nip it in the bud!

While I'm at it, I'll use a soul search to see where the Spirit Candle Fruit is, and then I'll find it myself.

After all, in order to find the Spirit Candle Fruit, Mu Yu should know the general area.

Although Mu Yu's talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune is already extraordinary enough, it is not so extraordinary that he can accurately find the corresponding spiritual plant just by giving it a name.

At the very least, there needs to be a general range.

If you only look at auspicious or inauspicious omens, you are very likely to go to the wrong place.

After thinking it over, Mu Yu, though prepared to silence everyone, still didn't want to reveal her true identity.

To reiterate, he himself is not afraid, but the others in Huangfeng Valley cannot bear the consequences of retaliation from others.

Mu Yu simply released the demonic nascent soul, and after thinking for a moment, he also took out the corpse demon.

Since Mu Yu obtained this corpse demon, he didn't make many modifications. He simply removed the corpse energy and then refined it to complete the missing arm.

This thing can temporarily serve as the physical body for a demonic nascent soul, which is fine.

"This corpse demon, it was originally a woman, wasn't it?"

The Nascent Soul cultivator was somewhat unwilling, and this was also Mu Yu's own idea, since they were ultimately the same person.

If he were to enter the corpse demon's body, he would complain a bit.

"It's just a corpse demon, it doesn't have any gender distinction."

"To be honest, I'm not even sure what the original genders of the other nascent souls within me were. The cultivation process for the Five Elements Spiritual Infants was a bit too ruthless."

Mu Yu said with some emotion, while the demonic nascent soul could only reluctantly enter the corpse demon's body.

Immediately afterwards, the Illusionary Form Technique recorded in the Profound Yin Scripture was used, and the somewhat ferocious face of the Corpse Demon gradually transformed into the ugly appearance of the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

"Next time, let's switch to Xuan Gu. The Extreme Yin looks a bit disgusting."

Although the Extreme Yin Ancestor was the first Nascent Soul cultivator Mu Yu killed, he really didn't like that appearance.

"So what if it's disgusting? It's even more disgusting to others."

After saying this, the Nascent Soul cultivator took out the Myriad Soul Banner and rushed towards the Ghost Spirit Sect members not far away.

Upon hearing the answer from the Demonic Nascent Soul cultivator, Mu Yu was taken aback.

"Is this what it feels like to discuss an issue from different perspectives by the same person?"

"It seems that this second Nascent Soul technique isn't just for saving one's life and acting as a henchman."

"Sometimes, it can also be used as a better mirror."

Because of the synchronization of memories, the demonic nascent soul and the original body are completely identical, with the same thoughts and will.

Therefore, it is a wonderful thing to see yourself from a different perspective when another version of yourself appears.

In addition, talking to yourself can be quite interesting sometimes.

Meanwhile, Mu Yu's main body was still contemplating using the demonic nascent soul as a mirror.

Meanwhile, the Ghost Spirit Sect members on the other side had already been routed by the massive number of souls that had emerged from the Myriad Soul Banner.

That's right, what Mu Yu is raising in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is not a vengeful ghost, nor does he intend to cultivate any ghostly energy in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

That kind of thing is inherently dangerous and is also very easy to control.

If Mu Yu were to encounter another creature similar to the Crying Soul, wouldn't his Myriad Soul Banner be rendered useless?

Therefore, Mu Yu's goal is to collect one hundred soul spirits within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and later he can add some true demonic energy to refine them into demonic spirits.

As for demons, there are fewer things they can counter.

It would be best if it could reach the level of the Five Elements Unity Demon.

However, it is estimated that he will reach that level after he reaches the Great Ascension stage or after he reaches the Immortal Realm.

After all, ten thousand is indeed a rather excessive number.

"As expected of the Myriad Soul Banners I crafted. Can just three Ghost Banners achieve such an effect?"

"Once all eighteen Ghost Banners are collected, the power of this Myriad Soul Banner should be no weaker than that of the Myriad Demon Banner."

Before long, the battle below was over.

As the myriad souls released by the Myriad Soul Banner swept across, the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators on the scene were left with only withered bodies.

Everything else has been completely absorbed by the spirits within the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Although the Ghost Spirit Sect elder surnamed Zhong put up some resistance, that was all he could do.

Sometimes, even in the world of cultivation, quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes.

In particular, the demonic Nascent Soul cultivator specifically sent nine thousand soul spirits to attack Elder Zhong of the Ghost Spirit Sect in order to target him.

Nine thousand is really too much of a bullying number.

Faced with the powerful demonic energy released by the nine thousand souls gathered together, Elder Zhong of the Ghost Spirit Sect did not put up any significant resistance and was quickly defeated, without even having time to separate his nascent soul from his body.

No, actually his nascent soul escaped, but before he could teleport, he was trapped by the black exorcising divine lightning driven by the demonic nascent soul.

Before Mu Yu could even fully appreciate the magical artifact he had crafted, the demonic nascent soul, controlling the claws of the corpse demon, brought back the nascent soul bound by the black exorcising divine lightning.

In addition, Wang Chan and her husband were also brought back.

The entire battle was a complete rout, making it impossible to discern much from the outcome.

To test the true power of the Myriad Soul Banner, one would need to find at least a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

"It seems that having you put on the body of a ghoul was a bit unnecessary."

"The power of this Myriad Souls Banner is somewhat beyond my expectations."

"Now it seems that this thing should be able to fight even against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

"After all, it took more than a million living souls to refine this treasure, so it's normal for it to be more powerful."

"However, the strength of these spirits varies too much. The weakest is only at the Qi Refining stage, while the strongest is at the late Core Formation stage."

After summoning the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, Mu Yu couldn't help but examine it closely.

It should be noted that these souls have not been nurtured for a long time, and Mu Yu has not yet used a large amount of demonic energy to transform them into demonic spirits.

If Mu Yu's plan is followed to achieve the final effect, the power of this item will be almost comparable to the completed Azure Origin Sword Formation.

"Alright, stop being so happy."

"This thing consumes mana at an alarming rate. In just a short while, I only have 10% of my mana left, and the nascent soul's spiritual consciousness has also been depleted by more than half."

"Forget it, stop explaining. Let's synchronize the memories. I need to go back into my body and calm down."

The demonic nascent soul detached itself from the corpse demon's body and returned to Mu Yu's body.

After Mu Yu waited until the demonic nascent soul returned to its physical body, he activated the memory synchronization.

Sure enough, the feeling of personally taking control is much more comfortable than watching from the sidelines.

It just consumes a bit more magic power.

However, there's no way around it; the demonic nascent soul isn't the original nascent soul, so its magical power isn't as pure, and its reserves are only equivalent to those of an ordinary early-stage nascent soul. It's normal that it can't support this type of magical treasure.

In fact, Mu Yu was already quite satisfied with being able to release all ten thousand souls.

As for the issue of magic power...

Once you reach the late Nascent Soul stage, the problem of excessive mana consumption will disappear.

First, Mu Yu removed Elder Zhong's nascent soul from the Corpse Demon's palm, then searched his soul to learn about the Spirit Candle Fruit. After that, Mu Yu threw him into the Myriad Soul Banner without any mercy.

Immediately, a series of battles broke out within the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and before long, one of the souls was replaced.

After acquiring its first Nascent Soul stage soul spirit, the Myriad Soul Banner briefly entered a dormant period.

Next, the Myriad Soul Banner will automatically erase all of Elder Zhong's memories, completely refining him into a member of the Myriad Soul Banner.

In theory, Mu Yu only needs to kill 10,000 Nascent Soul cultivators to achieve his ultimate vision for the Myriad Soul Banner.

Only ten thousand, that doesn't seem like a very large number.

Mu Yu looked at the Myriad Soul Banner in his hand with satisfaction, then put it into his demonic nascent soul body to continue nurturing and refining it.

Next, Mu Yu turned her gaze to Wang Chan.

Wang Chan was almost scared out of his wits, but the female cultivator beside him managed to remain calm.

"Senior Mu, my husband and I are possessed by the sect leader's divine sense."

"if……"

Before the woman could finish speaking, Mu Yu directly unleashed two golden lightning arcs, precisely shattering the possessing divine senses on Wang Chan and her husband.

"You two are really unlucky."

Mu Yu said with some emotion, then first completed the soul search on Wang Chan and his wife, and then used the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to extract their souls and put them into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Lady Wang Chan's soul was unlucky; it was directly eaten by a soul in the Core Formation stage.

On the contrary, Wang Chan was very lucky to replace a Qi Refining stage soul spirit, and is currently undergoing the assimilation process with the Myriad Soul Banner.

Of course, after the assimilation is complete, Wang Chan will have nothing left and will only become an ordinary soul spirit among the Myriad Soul Banners.

The next time she's released, Mu Yu probably won't even recognize her as Wang Chan.

As for their remaining core formations and physical bodies, they were completely incinerated by a single Asura Sacred Flame, ensuring that nothing was left.

……

Next, based on the information obtained from the soul search, Mu Yu began to search for the Spirit Candle Fruit.

After about half a day, Mu Yu successfully found the Spirit Candle Fruit and casually killed a strangely shaped, rotten-flesh-like ancient beast that guarded the treasure.

This beast possesses excellent concealment abilities. If Mu Yu hadn't had the Clear Vision Eye that allowed him to see the beast's shape directly, even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator might not have been able to detect it.

The demonic soul of this ancient beast was absorbed into the Myriad Soul Banner, and it actually replaced the soul of a Core Formation stage cultivator.

Having consumed two souls of this strength at the same time, the Myriad Soul Banner will probably be unable to exert its full power for some time.

But it's not a big problem; the function of absorbing souls will not be affected.

Mu Yu picked up the strange black and white inner core inside the ancient beast and began to study it.

This strangely shaped monster is not recorded in any human records.

Although they are also on the verge of extinction in the spirit world, there are still some records of them.

This beast is called the Evil-Shaped Beast. Its inner core can be refined into something called the Mind-Nourishing Bead, which can increase a person's spiritual awareness in a short period of time.

Although it can only be used once and takes a long time to recover afterward, if one can refine this bead, it can be considered as having a trump card in terms of divine sense.

"Unfortunately, the method for refining this bead only exists in the Spirit Realm."

"I wonder if my current skill in weapon crafting is enough to deduce the method for crafting this Mind-Containing Bead."

After carefully storing the black and white inner core, Mu Yu turned to look in the direction where the Spirit Candle Fruit was located.

This Spirit Candle Fruit doesn't grow on trees, but is the fruit of some kind of spiritual herb. It's only the size of a thumb, fiery red all over, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, resembling a red candle.

This spiritual herb has four fruits growing on it, and there are two chewed marks at the very top, which are probably where that monstrous beast ate them.

Mu Yu took out a box made of spirit wood and put the four spirit candle fruits inside.

This is not a place for alchemy.

After returning and reuniting with Han Li and the others, Mu Yu took out the blue silkworm robe from the ancient cultivator's remains and casually tore it open to reveal the map hidden inside.

Mu Yu quickly looked around and found a relatively secluded place, where the group went together.

Next, they needed to find a place where Mu Yu would be in charge of refining the pills.

Although there are only four Spirit Candle Fruits, with Mu Yu's alchemy skills, it shouldn't be a problem to refine enough Creation Pills for everyone.

It only took Mu Yu about half a day to complete the alchemy, and there were no unexpected events along the way.

The problem is that a cultivator can only consume one Creation Pill in their lifetime.

Zi Ling is alright; she's at the late Core Formation stage, so taking this will allow her to experience the Nascent Soul stage ahead of time.

Linghu Ancestor's lifespan was already limited, and if he could break through to the late Nascent Soul stage, he could gain another one or two hundred years of lifespan, so naturally he had no need to hesitate.

But the others were a little embarrassed...

Han Li and Nangong Wan are both at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while Xin Ruyin has only recently broken through to the Core Formation realm, so taking this Spirit Candle Fruit will indeed not be of much use to her.

But the others were a little embarrassed...

Han Li and Nangong Wan are both at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while Xin Ruyin has only recently broken through to the Core Formation realm, so taking this Spirit Candle Fruit will indeed not be of much use to her.

"Han Li, you're only at the early Nascent Soul stage. Are you sure you want to take this Creation Pill at this time?"

Mu Yu sent a telepathic message to inquire, her tone suggestive.

Clearly, Mu Yu was hinting at the existence of the little green bottle.

Although the spiritual herbs that produce Spirit Candle Fruit cannot be transplanted, if Han Li wanted to, he could come back in the late Nascent Soul stage and use the little green bottle to encourage the growth of new Spirit Candle Fruit without any problem.

Clearly, Han Li understood Mu Yu's meaning.

But after thinking it over, Han Li finally decided to take the Creation Pill now.

Seeing this, Mu Yu didn't remind him of anything further. After giving the two remaining Spirit Candle Fruits from the alchemy to Linghu, he distributed a Creation Pill to everyone.

Apart from Han Li, no one else has this choice.

After all, if we don't eat it now, we might never have the chance to do it again.

So even though it's a bit of a pity, I still have to take it.

After all, once the Creation Pill is refined, it cannot be stored for too long.

"Master, even if you take the Spirit Candle Fruit raw, it will still enhance your cultivation. If you take it together with the Creation Pill, you might have a chance to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage."

Linghu instinctively wanted to refuse, but looking at the two guys in front of him who had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and the one who had reached the Nascent Soul stage at around three hundred years old, he couldn't bring himself to refuse.

These people, who needs a little time to upgrade and repair?

"Alright, then I will accept it."

Linghu Laozu was very excited and wanted to say something emotional, but in the end he didn't speak.

"Accepting you is the best thing I've ever done in my life."

After saying this, Patriarch Linghu opened up a cave for himself and went to consume the Creation Pill.

The others did the same. Mu Yu waited until everyone had gone into seclusion before returning to his own seclusion.

The question Mu Yu asked Han Li earlier was actually the same question that Han Li was hesitating about.

Should we take the Creation Pill at this moment?

If this pill is taken in the late Nascent Soul stage, its effects will certainly be maximized.

After much hesitation, Mu Yu finally decided to refer to the answer given by her talent.

Take it—great fortune!

Du Yong... Xiao Ji! Wait until the late Nascent Soul stage to refine the Creation Pill.

"Even you agree to let me take it now? In that case... then I'll take it now."

After receiving the final answer, Mu Yu didn't hesitate much and immediately took the Creation Pill in her hand and began refining it.

The medicinal power of the Creation Pill gradually spread, enveloping Mu Yu's nascent soul...

But at that moment, the automatic rotation of the five elements among the five nascent souls took effect, and the medicinal power of the Creation Pill spread to the five nascent souls in an instant.

Mu Yu, meanwhile, was immersed in a profound understanding unique to the Nascent Soul stage.