Chapter 424: A Blessing in Disguise
“To be honest, master, you’re really bold. If I hadn’t stabilized your soul at the critical moment, you might have become a walking corpse. No one has ever fed a soul to the spiritual pedestal realm at once like you,” said the mountain spirit.
“Cut the c.r.a.p. What should we do now? Staying in the Small World isn’t a solution.”
In the sea of consciousness, Victor’s damaged soul was very depressed. He sat in a corner and sighed.
“Master, you’re too soft-hearted. To put it bluntly, whether that woman lives or dies has nothing to do with you. You almost killed yourself. Now, you can only repair your soul with my help.”
The mountain spirit curled its lips and helplessly sent a part of its soul power into Victor’s soul.
“There’s nothing I can do. When I saw that scene, it brought up some of my memories. In the end, I got emotional…
“Forget it, let’s not talk about this. What methods do you have that can allow me to recover as fast as possible?”
Victor raised his head and looked at the mountain spirit, his eyes filled with hope.
“I’m very sorry, but there’s nothing I can do. This time, you’ve directly injured the foundation of your divine soul. This is a very serious problem. If you don’t properly repair it, it will have a huge impact on your cultivation in the future. Not only that, when you advance to the nascent soul realm in the future, this will be your biggest stumbling block. Therefore, this matter can only be done slowly. You can’t rush it.
“Moreover, this encounter is not without benefits, master. After the soul is dispersed and rea.s.sembled, it will be more resilient. This is a blessing in disguise.”
The mountain spirit explained while diverting its attention to repair Victor’s soul.
Logically speaking, in Victor’s current state, if the mountain spirit wanted to leave, Victor would not be able to stop it.
Of course, it was not that the mountain spirit had not thought of taking this opportunity to escape, but after discovering that Victor actually owned so many treasures, it gave up on the idea of escaping.
Sword spirit, true phoenix blood essence, Thousand-year Mystic Ice, were all top-grade materials, but they were all in the hands of this person. This made the mountain spirit even more curious, what kind of heights Victor would reach in the future?
Moreover, Victor even had a Small World. This was probably the most surprising thing to the mountain spirit.
In the entire nine plains, there were only a handful of people who had a Small World!
Moreover, Victor was actually a strength cultivator. That powerful existence that had dominated ancient times for nearly a hundred years was now perfectly replicated by Victor. It also wanted to know how terrifying Victor would be if he were to cultivate his strength to the extreme!
However, even though that was the case, ever since the mountain spirit had followed Victor, it could be considered to have done its duty. It worked endlessly every day. It did not rest for even a second. It either nurtured the sword spirit or helped Victor temper his qi and blood power. Now, it still had to help him restore the mountain spirit.
Fortunately, it did not feel tired as it was a mountain treasure. Otherwise, it would have already sued Victor, lest it died of exhaustion.
“Speaking of which, there’s something I’m curious about.”
“Master, tell me, I will tell you everything I know.”
“Well, it’s like this. What exactly are you? I checked the information and found that a mountain treasure has never appeared in this form before. You’re the first.”
“Master, are you joking? Of course, I’m not an item. No, I mean I’m an item… No, in short, I’m in the same state as you now. I’m a broken soul. After coming into contact with the ley lines, I became a mountain treasure.”
“You’re a remnant soul?”
Hearing this, Victor instantly felt his hair stand on end.
The divine soul of another person had been residing in his body, and he actually did not know about it!
Moreover, this was fine. The key point was, a mere divine soul, and it was a broken one at that. How could it have such powerful soul power?
It was even clear about the magical spell of refining a soul into a spirit soul. This made Victor even more suspicious of its ident.i.ty!
“Master, are you asking me whose remnant soul I am? I’m sorry, but I don’t know about that either. I only know that I’m a wisp of a weak soul. I don’t have any memory. It took me more than a hundred years to recover to this level. However, the memory of who I was hasn’t been awakened yet.
“However, you can rest a.s.sured. After absorbing the entire ley line, I have only recovered to this level. I won’t be a threat to you for the next one thousand years.”
“No, what I care about more is your ident.i.ty.”
It was too powerful. At the same time, it was able to nurture the sword spirit, the qi and blood power, and Victor’s soul. The mountain spirit could still talk to Victor normally. If it was Victor, he probably would not be able to do that.
“My ident.i.ty… If one day, master, you grow to be strong enough, you might as well help me find my suppressed soul. Perhaps, at that time, I will be able to know my true ident.i.ty.”
“Suppressed soul?”
“Yes… I remember someone pulling out my soul. As for where it was suppressed, I can’t remember clearly. I only remember that I used all my strength to send out this remnant soul.”
“To be able to suppress you, it must be at least at the soul formation realm, right?”
“Soul formation realm? Master, are you kidding? Although I’ve forgotten who I am, I can guarantee that when I was alive, I could kill a soul formation realm cultivator with just a glance.”
“Wait, what do you mean? Isn’t the soul formation realm the end of cultivation?”
“Of course not. If you have to say it, the soul formation realm is at most the beginning of cultivation. Only after transcending the tribulation can one truly become an expert. Master, don’t tell me you don’t know this?”
“It is indeed my first time hearing this.”
Although Victor had long been suspicious ever since his master told him that the soul formation realm was the strongest in the nine regions, how was this possible?
Whether it was the sword immortal Li Hanlin, the Dao leader, or the son of Buddha, their strength had probably long surpa.s.sed the soul formation realm. Otherwise, how could only these three people be famous in the three hundred years of the Northern Plains?
Therefore, in Victor’s opinion, the soul formation realm was definitely not the end of the road of cultivation. Today, his opinion was finally verified.
“Then what realm were you in when you were alive?” Victor suddenly noticed that if the soul formation realm was just the beginning, this remnant soul was probably not just at the transcending the tribulation realm when it was alive!
“Me? I forgot. Cultivation level, name, these sorts of things are all very vague. I can’t remember them for now.”
“Forget it, I won’t force you. I’m a little tired again. I’ll leave the restoration of my soul to you.”
Due to his incomplete soul, Victor often felt unusually tired. According to the mountain spirit’s explanation, this was a form of self-protection for the soul.
“Leave it to me, master. You can sleep in peace.”
The mountain spirit agreed to Victor’s request. It immediately shut its mouth and focused on nurturing Victor’s soul.