landbeastnovel #370 - Kind Soul
#370 - Kind Soul
As Wang Ji Xuan allowed the other soul to separate a wisp of its phantom;
Arctic Circle, beneath the Silent Sphere of the Spirit Energy Capital, within Sabrina's subspace.
Amina looked at her two former companions and the Garino, sealed by the power of light, and felt a bit overwhelmed.
"Are you sure you want to do this? Sabrina?"
"Not sure," Sabrina said calmly, "but we can't overly rely on the power of the Black Storm."
Nielda Tamon said in a deep voice: "We must find a way to restrain the Blade Beasts, but we don't have the ability to study academics. I'm just a warrior, and you're too young. Sabrina is a qualified sociologist."
"But using a Spirit Slave Contract to forcibly make Garino a Spirit Slave..."
Amina raised her hand, pinching her chin in thought.
She wasn't sure if there would be any problems with doing this.
After all, she wasn't a professional spirit energy scientist, and only had a tiny bit of skill in researching her own core circuit.
"The Garino individuals, in a sense, are not simply living organisms."
Amina still couldn't help but advise:
"They are actually information processing nodes of the Blade Beast network.
"We don't know how Garinos are born, but they are born from Preachers. The individual thinking complexity of each Garino is comparable to a supercomputer of Earth humans.
"A Blade Beast group, from the Pillar Blade Beast, King-level Blade Beast, to the basic Blade Beast, is equivalent to the computing base unit of this computer.
"You're using a Spirit Slave Contract to bind this node... this may trigger a backlash from the entire Blade Beast communication network."
"We always have to do something."
Nielda Tamon said in a deep voice:
"I don't mind the Black Storm stealing all the limelight.
"In the entire starfield, we are already in a desperate situation. As time goes by, I can feel the despair of our spirit cultivation civilization, and I can feel the core circuits being violently destroyed one by one.
"We must do something."
Amina nodded: "I recognize your spirit, but the Black Storm clearly has better solutions. Why don't I take this Garino back?"
"No."
Nielda Tamon shook his head:
"Amina, we are the masters of this starfield, and he is just a passerby."
Amina was silent.
She said: "Alright, can you allow me to go back and briefly communicate with the Black Storm about the content of your bold experiment?"
"Listen to all sides and you'll be enlightened, we also want to hear his opinion."
Nielda Tamon looked at the Garino that was completely sealed:
"If you kill this thing, its mind will escape, and we can't stop this escape.
"Before you reply, I won't act rashly."
Amina nodded lightly to the two, then turned into a streak of dark light and escaped the vortex of subspace.
Sabrina sighed softly: "We are ultimately too passive."
"Circumstances are stronger than people," Nielda Tamon sat down in front of Garino, "Civilizations can't always prosper, nor can they always decline. The low points that can be overcome are just experiences."
Sabrina didn't say more and went to her own spire to rest.
On the other side.
As soon as Amina left the subspace, the simple communicator on her wrist began to chime.
She picked it up, glanced at it, and immediately sent a call to Mudan.
"What do you need me to cooperate with?"
"It's like this," Mudan simply recounted Wang Ji Xuan's experiences.
The owner of the magnificent palace appeared, suspected to be Spirit Cultivator Six, without the fluctuations of a core circuit, but with the unique power of a cultivation civilization.
Amina felt like she was in a fog.
But Mudan didn't give her time to digest it and continued: "The commander needs you to help act."
"Act... act? How to act?"
"The commander thinks that this Yezi has some understanding of the cultivation civilization, but probably not much, and it's very likely that she obtained relevant information from an ancient civilization."
Mudan paused.
She also felt that this plan was a bit rash.
Mudan said: "The commander wants to ask you to act, assuming that the commander's soul of goodness has been forced away by demonic arts, wandering in the world, and only when the soul of goodness returns to the body can his demonic thoughts be suppressed, so as to prevent him from becoming a murderous maniac."
Amina: ...
Acting? And this kind of abstract style?
"Can they believe it?"
"This," Mudan murmured for a moment, "If you bet on your honor as a spirit cultivator, it may be somewhat convincing."
Amina couldn't help but raise her hand to support her forehead.
She really is...
"Alright, I'll try, but I can't guarantee the performance effect.
"Soul of goodness, is there really such a thing? I feel like this is a reason to coax a three-year-old child."
Amina kept muttering, accelerating back to the Ruins of Fortress 76, and began to work on the script with Mudan.
At the same time.
'Yezi.'
Wang Ji Xuan stood behind the window of the large container room, looking at the beautiful scenery of the Sunset Sand Sea.
It's just that there's too much demonic energy around, and even on a sunny day, it looks like a cloudy day.
Yezi had just left that underground palace.
But that should be one of her residences. As long as it still exists, Yezi will definitely appear.
The soul of goodness script is now being prepared, constantly releasing news to the outside world, which will always reach Yezi's ears.
Then he will arrange an accidental encounter to allow his soul of goodness to be captured by Yezi.
Hmm, doing this is indeed good.
He doesn't even have to find Yezi.
He only needs to let his 'soul of goodness' be discovered by the Blade Beast civilization, and it should be possible to send the 'soul of goodness' to Yezi.
What is the relationship between Yezi and the Blade Beasts?
She can cultivate;
Then why take the outer Golden Core path?
Wang Ji Xuan went to the next room, found a simple writing board, held a marker for a few seconds, and began to write down information.
The information was a bit chaotic, and he needed to sort it out.
[His Mahayana remnant soul, Gao Hua Ting, Yezi, all appeared in Fortress 76];
[Yezi has mastered the outer Golden Core cultivation method];
[Yezi should also be a reincarnated body or a new body created by other methods];
[The situation of Spirit Cultivator Six and Yezi may be consistent];
[Spirit Cultivator Six once released her core circuit, saying that this method could enter the ancient civilization];
Doesn't releasing the core circuit of a spirit cultivator mean death?
Wang Ji Xuan took two steps back, looked at the writing board that was almost full, and his eyes flickered slightly.
All clues returned to that ancient civilization.
He really had to go to this place.
Assuming that Yezi is Spirit Cultivator Six, then the betrayal of the spirit cultivation civilization by the Blade Beast civilization may be driven by a group of spirit cultivators.
Essentially, it is still an internal strife of the spirit cultivation civilization.
According to the speculation from Yezi's conversation with Garino, Yezi should be a member of this group of spirit cultivators.
Approach Yezi;
Find a way to get information from Yezi;
Kill Yezi.
This plan, how wonderful!
However, the specific implementation steps still require collective wisdom, and everyone should discuss and promote it step by step.
Wang Ji Xuan's spiritual sense swept across the training base of the Heavenly Demon Soldiers, and what he saw was rolling demonic energy, with black qi soaring into the sky, making this place look like a demon lair.
—In essence, it is indeed a demon lair.
"Wu Man, Chi She, Lao Zheng, Ji Xiao, Shen Qiong Lin, Xiao Hua Ting."
Wang Ji Xuan transmitted his voice and shouted:
"Come over for a meeting at dinner time, um, bring me a portion of braised pork."
The busy crowd responded to the air at the same time.
...
When Amina found Wang Ji Xuan, it was already 10:30 in the evening.
She had already seen the meeting minutes given by Mudan, and also knew the subsequent specific operation steps.
There was just one thing...
"Xiao Hua Ting fully knows what we are doing?"
Amina stared into Wang Ji Xuan's eyes and asked with a frown:
"You trust her so much?
"Even if Xiao Hua Ting herself may not have problems, can you guarantee that the remnant spirit of the ancient civilization has not done anything to her?"
Wang Ji Xuan suddenly smiled: "Then guess why I have been calling Xiao Hua Ting for everything recently?"
"Uh."
Amina frowned and looked at Wang Ji Xuan.
The Daoist leaned against the wardrobe made of alloy and said calmly:
"I said before that I actually feel guilty towards Xiao Hua Ting now.
"I am improving, and the weight of our team, and me as a person, in her heart, using emotions to bind her to choose a camp.
"Haven't you noticed that the remnant spirit of the ancient civilization has been doing things around Xiao Hua Ting?
"For this ancient civilization, spirit cultivators are also creations, and the true heir is only Xiao Hua Ting."
Amina retorted: "But why should Xiao Hua Ting help us?"
"Isn't that what I said, use emotions to bind her."
"I don't think these are reliable," Amina puffed out her cheeks, "And what I'm saying is that if our plan for the soul of goodness is eavesdropped on by the ancient civilization and told to that Yezi who is suspected to be Six, we will be very passive."
"Actually, it won't, I have considered this point."
Wang Ji Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly:
"I actually just want an opportunity to approach Yezi now.
"I just want to confirm one thing."
"What thing?"
"Where did Yezi get the cultivation method from?"
Wang Ji Xuan walked back and forth with his hands behind his back:
"Her set of cultivation methods is the outer alchemy path, which is considered the bottom of the line in our cultivation world... I can't say the bottom of the line, but basically no one tries it."
According to the cultivation world, our realm originally emphasized both inner and outer alchemy. Cultivators were previously known as martial artists, and only the strongest martial artists could break through the void.
Later, twelve ancestral masters descended to the mortal world and passed down twelve inheritances, which we call the Golden Core Great Dao. They all follow the path of inner alchemy.
These twelve inheritances have developed over tens of thousands of years, branching out and producing many talented individuals in the cultivation world. Various orthodox, demonic, and heretical cultivation methods have emerged, but their roots lie in these twelve inheritances.
Therefore, I am very curious about Yezi obtaining the outer alchemy cultivation method.
I know a little about the outer alchemy methods. They involve using natural treasures and one's own soul to refine an outer golden core, which is then swallowed. Compared to inner alchemy cultivators of the same realm, they are weaker by about thirty to fifty percent.
Amina listened as if she were in a fog.
But she roughly understood Wang Jixuan's thoughts.
He was playing a semi-open hand, trying to deceive if possible, and coax if not, just to find an opportunity to communicate with Yezi.
"Alright then."
Amina breathed a sigh of relief:
"It's good that you know what you're doing. I was just worried that you would be reckless and too direct."
"Oh?" Daoist Wang squinted and smiled, gazing at Amina's pretty face.
His eyes revealed a hint of undisguised aggressiveness.
Amina's main persona had gradually adapted to emotional changes, but overall, she was still cold and aloof, which, combined with her beautiful features and temperament, always gave off a sense of detachment.
Wang Jixuan asked, "Are you worried about me?"
"Of course, you are my ally."
"Just an ally?"
Daoist Wang took a step forward.
Amina seemed a little flustered, subconsciously taking half a step back, her back against the alloy panel.
She looked at the man in front of her, her eyes flickering slightly.
Wang Jixuan suddenly raised his right hand and gently brushed a strand of hair behind Amina's ear, his fingers inadvertently touching Amina's earlobe.
Amina's body tensed up. She wanted to frown, but she could only barely purse her lips under Wang Jixuan's gaze.
"You… Ling Tong…"
Wang Jixuan blinked as if waking from a dream and quickly took half a step back.
He chuckled and said, "Sorry, I just realized you are very beautiful, and I couldn't help myself for a moment."
Amina inexplicably felt a little disappointed.
She looked aside and said softly, "Don't think I don't know, you were actually more captivated by the spiritual energy in my body just now."
"That's really not the case," Wang Jixuan swore, "I was purely moved by your beauty just now."
Amina's pretty face flushed red, and she spat lightly.
She turned to leave, but stopped at the door, turned her head to look at Wang Jixuan, with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.
"A hundred years won't feel too far away to me, and neither will two hundred years… Let's survive first, and then talk about it later."
After she finished speaking, she transformed into a black butterfly and flew away.
She looked a bit embarrassed no matter how you looked at it.
The smile on the corner of Wang Jixuan's mouth faded, his expression gradually becoming solemn as he sat down in the chair, raising his hand to cover his forehead.
'Her perception is so sharp.'
'If I could cultivate with her, I should be able to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm faster.'
'But she is ultimately an ally, and she has helped me a lot. I still need to have a bottom line. My cultivation can be improved over time.'
Wang Jixuan looked inward.
The 'infant' in his golden core was already complete with all its features. Beneath the golden core, there was a faint phantom of a red lotus, while above the golden core, there were three green flower buds.
The two should have been in conflict, but they were quite harmonious at the moment.
If one were to carefully comprehend it, there would be profound mysteries. Wang Jixuan had already comprehended them, so he had mastered the path to the Taishang Wangqing Dao heart realm.
This was also his greatest gain from this demonic transformation.
'Now, I can't overcome everything with brute force, so I can only use some underhanded means.'
The Daoist smiled calmly and called Mudan to arrange tasks.
He quickly shifted his mind to the alien soul, starting to refine the 'soul of goodness', paying attention to many details to make this remnant soul look real.
… …
And so, another month passed.
Wang Jixuan's Heavenly Devil Soldier plan was progressing smoothly, to the point where he no longer had to do everything himself.
The D5 war zone had recently been secretly organizing training exercises, using firepower to cover these Heavenly Devil Soldiers as they went to the front lines to kill Blade Beasts and level up. The more Blade Beasts they killed, the stronger they became.
At the same time, Wang Jixuan also learned that Fu Jian had not given up on the Doomsday Machine plan.
Various high-level machines were also being produced at full capacity.
Fourteen fortresses operated by purely mechanical bodies had completed site selection and preliminary development, occupying a large area ceded by the Blade Beasts.
This was the human commander, who would not place all his hopes on a single path.
Human civilization could not afford another investment failure.
Wang Jixuan's soul of goodness plan, although with stumbles and bumps, had finally managed to spread the message.
This was thanks to those scavenger camps.
The Spirit Energy Capital and the Blade Beast forces had been working hard in recent months to plunder the population within the scavenger camps, and the two sides had even fought fiercely over this.
That had become the best way to spread the news to the Blade Beast civilization.
Now, the Blade Beasts already knew about the news of the soul of goodness of the Black Storm, but the Blade Beasts had not responded to it.
They certainly could not help the Black Storm return to normal.
They were even looking forward to the Black Storm putting on a self-destructive performance.
The date of the second appearance of the Eye of the Sky was getting closer and closer, the Heavenly Devil Soldiers' training was coming to an end, and Wang Jixuan had to consider when to enter the ancient civilization.
If he could get some information from Yezi before that…
Hmm?
Daoist Wang, who was bored, suddenly perked up.
For no other reason than that the alien soul had once again captured the magic power fluctuations of the outer golden core!
He switched his mind over, releasing the completed soul of goodness, and carefully observed the girl who had arrived at this underground fortress again with his spiritual sense.
Soul of goodness, prepare to attack!