Chapter 657 He Is Stealing the Soul Water!
In the City Lord's Mansion, next to the Soul Washing Pond, the City Lord of Xianyuan City stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the Soul Washing Pond quietly. Those deep eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the fog and see into the depths of the Soul Pond.
The butcher was standing not far behind him.
He brought Lu Ye here before and placed him in the soul pool, but he never left. Although Lu Ye's body had not completely dissipated when he brought him here, he still felt a little uneasy after all.
There are Xianyuan guards who are reporting on the situation on the battlefields in various places in the city...
Now that the invading Zerg in the city have been basically wiped out, this war once again ended with the victory of Xianyuan City.
It's been like this for thousands of years...
What Lu Ye didn't know was that almost all the spirits in Xianyuan City were immortal. They had left their soul mark in the soul pool, so even if they died in battle outside, they could be resurrected through the power of the soul pool.
This is also the reason why the Butcher and others can come back from the dead.
The soul pool is the foundation of Xianyuan City.
If the Zerg want to capture Xianyuan City, there is only one way.
That is to use absolute force to destroy Xianyuan City's defense force, capture the city lord's palace, and destroy the soul pool!
Otherwise, no matter how numerous and powerful the Zerg are, it is impossible to capture Xianyuan City. The process of every Zerg invasion in history is surprisingly similar.
In the beginning, Xianyuan City was always at a disadvantage, because there were too many Zergs, and there were many powerful Zergs. However, the Zergs died when they were killed, while the monks in Xianyuan City could continue to walk away from the soul pool. Come out and rejoin the battlefield.
Under the ebb and flow of one another, the threat of the Zerg will gradually be eliminated, allowing Xianyuan City to win.
This war lasted for almost half a month, and the time when Lu Ye came in was when the war broke out at its most intense.
Now, the war is about to end, and the huge gap in the sky has disappeared without knowing when.
After the Xianyuan Guard reported the situation, he withdrew.
The butcher got bored waiting, so he asked: "City Lord, is this kid really the one chosen by...?"
Although he had muttered something in front of Liu Datong, Yu Qing and others before, it was because he heard it from the city lord.
The city lord still looked at the bottom of the soul pool and said: "The last time he came in, three of the four elephants had gathered. This time they have gathered, and he seems to have a powerful spiritual pattern master inheritance, which allows him to do whatever he wants. If he is not the chosen one, it is hard for me to imagine how high the requirements are for the chosen one." At this point, he changed the subject: "However, he should be just one of the candidates."
"Are there any other people chosen?" The butcher frowned.
The city lord said: "Eggs will not be put in one basket, especially for that kind of existence. Over the past thousands of years, there should be many chosen people... We have lived in Xianyuan City for a long time, and we are not aware of the outside world. I don’t know what happened to those who were selected, but judging from the current situation, none of those selected have ever truly succeeded.”
The Butcher nodded. If someone really succeeded, then they wouldn't have to defend Xianyuan City here, and they would have to be completely free.
"But there will be a result eventually, time is running out." The city lord sighed.
He also said this when he saw Lu Ye last time, but it was just his own words and no one heard him.
The butcher's expression was solemn: "How much time do you think you have left?"
"Who knows..." The city lord shook his head slowly, "You must have also felt that the number of Zerg attacking the city has increased over the years, and correspondingly, the power of the soul pool has been decreasing year by year. Perhaps a few decades later, The power of the Zerg will be too strong for us to resist, or in a few years, the soul pool will dry up and we will lose our immortality. No matter which case happens, Xianyuan City will fall, and Kyushu will be destroyed by then!"
The butcher's eyebrows were heavy.
As monks in Xianyuan City, they have been guarding this place for thousands of years. They in the Divine Sea Realm know many more secrets than those in the Divine Sea Realm in Kyushu.
The safety of Xianyuan City is not only related to Xianyuan City, but also to the entire Kyushu.
Perhaps the monks in Jiuzhou have never known that in such a place, there are many spiritual beings that have been fighting against the Zerg for thousands of years and guarding the safety of Jiuzhou.
Even if someone told them this at this moment, no one would believe it. After all, this kind of fact is a bit ridiculous.
As for the increasing number of Zerg that the city lord said, it must mean that the Zerg Hive has been able to devour the power of the outside world. This is not a good phenomenon. If the connection between the Zerg Hive and the outside world is strong enough, then it is not perfect in the first place. The protection will inevitably create bigger loopholes, and the consequences will be disastrous.
There is also a soul pool...
Although the energy in the soul pool is extremely huge, over the past thousands of years, the spirit bodies in Xianyuan City have been resurrecting from the dead and are consuming the power of the soul pool. One day, the power of the soul pool will be exhausted. At that time, the spirits in Xianyuan City will lose their immortality.
There are various signs that time is indeed running out. This world needs someone who can turn the tide, but no one knows whether those selected candidates can pass the final test.
After thousands of years of waiting with no results, who can expect any miracles?
For a moment, the butcher felt sad.
"That kid is awake!" The city lord suddenly said.
"Is it nothing serious?" the butcher asked quickly.
"He just has a serious consumption of soul power, what's the big deal? Sure enough, this kid has started to do bad things again!" The city lord suddenly felt itchy.
The butcher said: "He is stealing soul water?"
The soul-cleansing water, looking at the whole Jiuzhou, can only be produced in the soul pool. Before, Lu Ye gave him half a bottle of soul-cleansing water, and the butcher knew that the soul water came from the soul pool.
"Hmph!" The city lord snorted coldly and turned to look at the butcher: "You tell me what to do! He is not from Xianyuan City. Logically, he cannot enter the Soul Pool. Last time, I made an exception for him to help you out of trouble. This time, you said that he was incorporated into your team, so I let him enter the Soul Pool to recuperate. Now he has done such a shameless thing again. Tell me, should I slap him to death or slap him to death one by one?" The butcher laughed awkwardly: "He did help complete the mission of our team, and after we were all wiped out, he fought to the point of exhaustion alone. There is no problem for him to be an extra-member team member." When the butcher brought Lu Ye back before, the city lord was really surprised, because he didn't expect Lu Ye to enter Xianyuan City at this time. Later, he learned from the butcher how Lu Ye entered Xianyuan City. This is also the reason why the city lord concluded that Lu Ye was the chosen one. If he was not the chosen one, how could he enter Xianyuan City in that way, and the timing of entering was so clever, it was when the Zerg attacked the city!
If he had entered at any other time, the entire Xianyuan City would have been dead silent, and all the spirits would have been sleeping in the soul pool, and Lu Ye would not have been able to gain any benefits.
But it was precisely because he entered at a clever time that although he fought to the death, he also gained a lot of benefits.
However, as the city lord said, Lu Ye was not a cultivator of Xianyuan City, and logically he could not enter the soul pool. It was the butcher who made the decision and incorporated him into his team and made him an extra-member of his team, which allowed the city lord to let him go and enter the soul pool to cultivate his soul.
But the butcher never thought that after Lu Ye woke up, he would steal and do things right away...
This made him feel a little embarrassed.
After a pause, he said, "If you really want to kill him, just kill him!"
The city lord snorted coldly: "Do you think I can't?"
The butcher chuckled: "Since you think he is the chosen one, why not give him a chance? Maybe he can really make it to the end. Don't blind people often talk about cause and effect? We sow a cause today, and maybe we can reap a fruit tomorrow."
He was sure that the city lord would not really kill Lu Ye. Even the city lord himself had such an idea. Otherwise, he would have stopped Lu Ye as soon as he noticed that he was stealing the soul water. Why would he talk nonsense with him here?
Before becoming a spirit, although he was a butcher in the city, he was also a smart person. How could he not see the city lord's thoughts?
"Besides, he is alone. Even if he steals some soul water, it won't reduce the soul pool's foundation too much. It shouldn't be a big deal...right."
The city lord stared at the soul pool, his eyes twitching: "If you knew his methods, you wouldn't say that!"
Ordinary cultivators who enter the soul pool, even if they really have the means to condense soul water, will eventually get limited gains. But what did that kid do? He actually made a huge funnel, and endless soul mist poured into it, and soon condensed into soul water.
He also saw Lu Ye make a water bag and place it under the huge funnel, as if he was going to fill the water bag!
Too much!
Even a great cultivator like the city lord who has survived for thousands of years in the Divine Sea Realm, can't help but panic at this moment.
If this is really done, the foundation of the soul pool will definitely be reduced a lot. The original soul pool can't last for many years. Once the foundation is reduced, the time it can last will only be shorter!
The butcher thought for a moment and said, "But we can't let him get the soul water for nothing. He must have gained a lot of merits by killing the Zerg this time. Sir, you can let him consume his merits to get the corresponding amount of soul water."
The city lord was hesitating whether to stop Lu Ye. After hearing what the butcher said, he nodded and said, "Good idea!" He asked worriedly, "How many merits did he get this time?"
"I don't know, but at least tens of thousands."
Lu Ye killed so many Zergs before and after, so he should have tens of thousands of merits.
But what the butcher didn't know was that Lu Ye's current merits were more than tens of thousands, that was more than 300,000!