Chapter 302: Willpower
Yuan Ming ordered Huazhi to capture a monster nearby and conduct some experiments. He found that the "crow call" emitted by the soul crow could tremble the enemy's soul, making his consciousness sluggish and his body stiff. It would take a period of time before he could recover.
In addition, in his previous training, he has also initially completed the first stage of the Dream Butterfly Illusion, "Mirror Flower". Now, by combining it with the Soul Crow, he can make the enemy fall into the illusion without anyone noticing. .
In this way, it greatly extended the range that Yuan Ming could perform illusions, which made him very excited.
Yuan Ming put away the soul crow and was thinking about trying other soul cultivation abilities, but suddenly found that the mark of "Stealing Heaven Cauldron" on his arm was a little warm.
With a thought in his mind, he summoned the Heaven Stealing Cauldron.
As soon as the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron appeared, Yuan Ming found that his connection with the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron had deepened a lot. There were faint invisible forces in the air gathering from all directions, and they were submerged into the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron.
"What is this?" Yuan Ming looked surprised. Sensing this invisible force, he quickly discovered something.
This invisible force is very similar to divine consciousness, but somewhat different.
With a look of contemplation on his face, he held the Tiantian Cauldron in his hand, concentrated on trying to sense the inside of the Tiantian Thieving Cauldron.
With a soft buzzing sound, a layer of golden runic restrictions appeared around the Thieving Heaven Cauldron, blocking his consciousness and preventing him from moving forward at all.
When Yuan Ming was still in southern Xinjiang, he tried to refine the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron and encountered this golden restriction. That time he was severely knocked away. The reaction of the golden restriction at this moment was far less intense than before.
He was secretly happy. It seemed that as his Ming Yue Jue improved, his connection with the Heaven Stealing Cauldron also deepened. The resistance of this cauldron became weaker and weaker, and sooner or later it would be completely controlled by him.
Yuan Ming closed his eyes and sensed the gathering invisible power, and soon showed surprise again.
His consciousness came into contact with the gathered invisible power, and he actually absorbed a little bit of it and found it quite useful.
"Can these invisible powers be absorbed? It seems that they are indeed the same attribute as the power of divine consciousness. In the past, every time the soul encountered trauma, the heat flowing out of the incense burner should be the invisible power collected by the Tiantian Cauldron. Power." Yuan Ming suddenly understood.
It's a pity that there is a golden restriction around the Tiantian Cauldron, and he cannot penetrate it. There is still a long way to go before he can mobilize this power.
Yuan Ming put down the Heaven Stealing Cauldron and recalled that Xiying had told him the name of this cauldron. I wonder if she knew anything about this power?
He took out the communication talisman left by Xiying and wanted to send a message for questioning, but after thinking about it, he put it away.
He has been in seclusion in the cave for five years, concentrating on practicing in seclusion. Not only does he rarely contact the outside world, he rarely uses black incense, and he doesn't know where Xiying is now.
Then he thought about his parents at home. He hadn't seen them for many years and he didn't know how they were doing now.
He took out a piece of black incense and inserted it into the cauldron. He was about to possess his father to check the situation, but suddenly he felt that the invisible power from before was faintly lingering on the black incense, but it was a little thin.
"The black incense also has this power..." Yuan Ming murmured, and after thinking about it, he took out the only remaining original black incense.
As expected, the original black incense also had that invisible power, and it was extremely rich, even giving him a sticky feeling.
Yuan Ming seemed to have thought of something, and took out the incense ash used for making incense, and found that there was indeed an invisible force shrouding it.
"That's it...that's it." Yuan Ming suddenly realized and laughed.
He had long suspected that the magical power possessed by black incense was caused by some special power in the incense ash. The more that power, the better the effect of possession. Now it seems that it is indeed the case!
The power in the incense ashes is suspected to come from all living beings worshiping and making wishes. Yuan Ming decided to name the power "Wish Power".
His research on this power of wish was still very superficial, and he couldn't figure out anything for a while, so he temporarily put down his thoughts, lit the black incense, and possessed his father.
At this time, his father seemed to be sitting cross-legged in a quiet room practicing, and judging from the spiritual power running in his body, his cultivation had also advanced from the previous seventh level of Qi Refining to the ninth level. It has entered the later stage of Qi refining.
Yuan Ming noticed this and immediately felt happy. If his father could take another step forward and add some opportunities, it would not be impossible to advance to the foundation building stage.
But then he thought about it, his mother had no talent for cultivation, and now that he and his father had achieved immortality, how could he leave his mother alone with a short life?
He made up his mind in his mind that if there was a chance in the future, he would look for some longevity elixirs and send them to his mother.
My father was very attentive to his cultivation and was not in a hurry. He did not leave the quiet room until Yuan Ming's possession ended.
This also confirmed from the side that nothing major happened at home, which made Yuan Ming feel a little relieved.
After Yuan Ming's spiritual thoughts returned, he planned to continue regulating his breath with his eyes closed.
King Kong has been practicing in the spirit beast bag recently, and has eaten up all the copper skin pills he got from Liu Su. Now he can only practice diligently through ordinary methods.
As King Kong's spiritual wisdom gradually improved, the skills he practiced were recorded. Yuan Ming took a look and found that the skills King Kong practiced were incredible.
Yuan Ming had also collected some information about physical training before, and knew that the basic essence of physical training in the Central Plains was from the outside to the inside, first training the skin and flesh, then the muscles and bones, and finally the internal organs. However, the physical training method given to him by King Kong , the internal organs are directly tempered from the beginning, and the method is extremely rough. It is only suitable for monsters with extraordinary physical talents. It is impossible for ordinary monks to practice.
He had no choice but to give up the idea of physical cultivation for the time being, and planned to wait until he could find a regular physical cultivation method in the future.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he took out a communication talisman from his arms.
The talisman shattered with a "sizzle", and Hu Tu's voice came from it. It was about the Lingxiang Shop. A customer wanted to discuss a big business and asked to negotiate with the boss. He couldn't refuse.
Yuan Ming's Mingyue Jue had just broken through, and his soul power was not completely stable. He didn't want to end his retreat, but because of his previous overly optimistic estimate, the Xuejing Pill had been eaten up, and the previous 100,000 spirit stones were consumed like this. It was not a solution to eat up the mountain.
The higher the cultivation level, the more expensive the pills needed. If he wanted to maintain the previous high-speed cultivation state until he broke through the late stage of foundation building, he would still need a large amount of spirit stones. The big business of the Lingxiang Shop could not be given up.
As soon as he thought of this, he left Huazhi and Leiyu to guard the cave, and then left the cave and headed towards Wangyue City.
"I don't know who the other party is this time? I have asked Hu Tu to take full charge of the shop. What is there to discuss with me? Could it be someone with bad intentions?"
Yuan Ming was already quite surprised that someone strongly requested to meet with him this time. Now that he was getting closer to the shop, a series of thoughts suddenly flashed through his mind, making him subconsciously stop.
After a moment of hesitation, he released a soul crow, escaped into the underground of the city, and sneaked towards the Lingxiang Shop.
After breaking through the fourth level of the Dark Moon Art, the soul crow also improved in its physical transformation. Now it can be completely virtual, travel underground, and soon come to the Lingxiang Shop.
There was no one in the outer hall of the Lingxiang Shop, only Mu Yang was at the counter. The soul crow sneaked into the inner hall from the underground and half of its head popped out in a hidden corner.
In the inner hall, Hu Tu was talking to an old man in a gray robe. They seemed to be talking happily. He should be the guest who asked for a face-to-face meeting.
When he saw the man's face clearly, Yuan Ming's pupils suddenly shrank. The person who came was none other than Zuo Qinghui!
"Why is he here!"
Zuo Qinghui is a cultivator of Changchun Temple and is still in the Jindan stage. Since meeting him at the Tianxiang auction, Yuan Ming has been highly vigilant about this person.
If they just met by chance in Wangyue City, Zuo Qinghui should have reported his name. Now he is so secretive and asked to buy a large number of spiritual incense. I am afraid he is not here with good intentions.
Yuan Ming thought for a while and immediately sacrificed the white jade shuttle to return to the cave, and told Huazhi and Lei Yu to leave the cave and find a place to hide.
He then took out the bronze thunder pattern array and arranged it around the cave, interweaving it with the five elements illusion array.
After doing this, Yuan Ming used the hidden essence technique to suppress his cultivation to the peak of the initial foundation building stage, returned to Wangyue City, and went straight into the spiritual incense shop.
"A customer wants to order a spiritual incense? Hey, Senior Zuo?" Yuan Ming looked surprised.
"Haha, little friend Yuan, it's been a long time since we last met." Zuo Qinghui said with a chuckle.
Yuan Ming's expression was calm, and it was not surprising. He used his real name in Wangyue City. Zuo Qinghui could find out about this matter by asking a little.
Hu Tu, who was standing by, was stunned when he heard Yuan Ming say the word "senior".
He knew that Yuan Ming was already a cultivator in the foundation-building stage. Could this guest be a cultivator in the Jindan stage? Thinking of this, Hu Tu hurriedly found a reason and left tactfully.
"Senior Zuo, I challenged the former national teacher out of helplessness in the past. For the reputation of Changchun Temple, I used a pseudonym. It's better to keep a low profile. Please don't blame me." Yuan Ming quickly returned to normal and bowed.
"It doesn't matter. That's all in the past. You are meticulous and decisive. You killed Pu Zhengqing and made great contributions to the cultivation world of Dajin. Few of the younger generation of disciples in Dajin can match you." Zuo Qinghui's smile grew bigger.
"Thank you for your compliment, senior." Zuo Qinghui's words seemed to have other meanings, and Yuan Ming pondered secretly.
"Your Lingxiang shop was doing a booming business in Xiaohu City, why did you suddenly close it and come to Wangyue City to open a shop?" Zuo Qinghui looked around and asked.
"Lingxiang is not like elixirs, spiritual materials and other items. It is not a must-have for cultivators. Only some wealthy people buy it. Business in Xiaohu City is actually not good. If you continue to open it, you will not make much money." Yuan Ming said.
"Oh, I didn't expect that Yuan Xiaoyou not only has great strength, but also has a unique vision for doing business. It seems that I didn't make a mistake." Zuo Qinghui laughed.
"What do you mean by this, senior?" Yuan Ming was slightly startled when he heard the words and asked.
"To be honest, I came here this time because I need to discuss something with you, Yuan Xiaoyou." Zuo Qinghui sat down on the chair next to him, waved his hand to open a soundproof barrier, and said leisurely.
"Senior, please tell me if you have anything to say." Yuan Ming's heartstrings gradually tightened when he saw Zuo Qinghui like this, but his face was still confused.
"Refining spiritual incense is just a small matter. I came here to find you to bring up the old matter. Do you still remember the proposal from five years ago?" Zuo Qinghui said with a more friendly smile.