Chapter 393 - 233: Fairy Puppet, Golden Sword Talisman

She had yet to escape far before the Evil Soul’s terrifying punch caught up to her.

With a thunderous BOOM, Ye Mengxian’s body shuddered. Her face went deathly pale as she spat out a mouthful of blood, crashing heavily into the ground below and carving out a shocking crater.

This time, she was truly and grievously injured!

"WHOOSH..."

An eerie wind blew past, bringing with it chains formed from Soul Power that bound her tightly.

「Not long after.」

Ye Mengxian was thrown down before Li Chang’an.

She was covered in chains, her aura weak and her state wretched. All traces of her former ethereal, fairy-like grace were gone.

"Li Fan, you actually have a Tier Three Main Soul! You deserve to die! I can only imagine how many innocents you’ve slaughtered!"

"You are mistaken again, Daoist Ye."

Li Chang’an said calmly, his expression indifferent.

"The Souls in my Soul Banner were either purchased by me or belonged to my enemies. I have never taken it upon myself to slaughter the innocent."

"Such hypocrisy! Your crimes are unforgivable! All of you Tribulation Cultivators deserve to die!"

Even though she was now a prisoner, Ye Mengxian’s killing intent hadn’t diminished in the slightest.

"If it weren’t for that Tier Three Evil Soul, I... MMMMPH—"

Before she could finish speaking,

Li Chang’an sealed her mouth.

Li Chang’an said coolly, "Daoist Ye, you are a fairy descended to the mortal realm. You should maintain a fairy’s cool aloofness. Why chatter on so incessantly?"

With that, he waved his hand and tossed Ye Mengxian into his Spirit Beast Bag.

’If I use this Ye Mengxian well...’

’I might be able to create an opportunity to deal with Nie Wushuang alone.’

’The commotion from the fight was too great. I shouldn’t stay here long.’

Li Chang’an’s figure flickered, appearing in several spots to erase his aura before he sped away.

He headed straight for the Blood Stone Secret Realm. He quickly entered, avoided the various dangerous regions, and once again arrived at a familiar place.

Soul-breaking Cliff!

Li Chang’an sat cross-legged on the cliff’s edge and set up a Tier Two Array to conceal his aura and figure.

Then, he took out Ye Mengxian’s Storage Pouch, erased the restriction on it, and opened it to look inside.

"As expected of a Golden Core Seed, so many Treasures!"

A smile spread across Li Chang’an’s face.

Sorting through a Storage Pouch after a battle was his favorite part.

With a thought, thirteen rays of golden Spiritual Light flew out of the Storage Pouch, transforming before him into thirteen Tier Two Top Grade Gold Element Spiritual Swords.

Each of these Spiritual Swords was incredibly valuable.

And Ye Mengxian actually possessed a full set of thirteen, all identical.

Evidently, she had commissioned the same Artifact Refiner to craft them for her using identical materials.

Li Chang’an picked up a Spiritual Sword and flicked it with his finger.

"ZING—"

The blade trembled lightly, and Sword Qi overflowed from it.

He nodded, satisfied enough, and placed the Spiritual Swords into his own Storage Pouch.

Besides these Tier Two Top Grade Spiritual Swords,

Ye Mengxian’s Storage Pouch also contained a large number of Tier Two Middle Grade and Low Grade Spiritual Swords.

There were also countless Tier One Treasure Swords.

’What’s the point of hoarding so many swords? Don’t tell me she’s planning to practice the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root?’

Li Chang’an thought for a moment, then immediately shook his head.

’A Foundation Establishment Cultivator couldn’t possibly control ten thousand swords at once.’

’Not even with the Divine Splitting Technique.’

’I’ve had the Great Yi Wood Sword Array for a long time, but I can still only control twenty-seven Spiritual Swords. Any more is a struggle, and I’ve been unable to break through to the next stage.’

’Nie Wushuang is backed by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and lacks no cultivation resources, yet he’s even worse off than me, only able to control eighteen swords.’

’To control ten thousand swords at once, one’s Cultivation would probably need to reach the Nascent Soul realm, or even the legendary Divinity Transformation realm.’

’Unless... countless people cast it at once, distributing the pressure of the entire Sword Array among many Cultivators...’

Li Chang’an mulled it over for a moment and felt that this was probably how the Ancient Yin Yang Sect did it.

Numerous Sect Disciples would cast the Sword Array together, allowing them to simultaneously command tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands to millions, of Treasure Swords.

The very thought of such a scene was astounding.

’Most of the Treasure Swords in this Storage Pouch are useless to me. I’ll have to find time to sell them.’

Li Chang’an continued taking inventory of the Treasures.

A moment later,

his eyes lit up as he took out a fist-sized Treasure.

The object was a brilliant, shimmering gold, its surface covered in unique, dragon-shaped patterns. A single glance was enough to know it was extraordinary.

"Dragon Pattern Gold!"

The smile on Li Chang’an’s face widened.

This Dragon Pattern Gold was one of the five primary ingredients for refining the Five Elements Golden Condensation Pill.

’Refining the Five Elements Golden Condensation Pill only requires a thumb-sized piece of Dragon Pattern Gold, but this piece is as large as my fist. I can make over ten attempts, and I can trade the excess with other Cultivators.’

With this, Li Chang’an now had four of the primary ingredients for the Five Elements Golden Condensation Pill.

They were: Qinghua Wood, Red Feather Crystal, Celestial Pure Water, and Dragon Pattern Gold!

He was only missing the final ingredient: Profound Yellow Earth!

’It seems my luck is quite good. I’m destined to reach Core Formation.’

Li Chang’an put away the Dragon Pattern Gold and continued to inspect the remaining Treasures.

「About half an hour later.」

The inventory was complete.

With a thought, Li Chang’an took Ye Mengxian out of the Spirit Beast Bag.

He used the Spirit Testing Technique to examine her and found that Ye Mengxian only had twenty-one wisps of Spirit Charm.

According to Spiritual Root classifications, this could barely be considered a Middle Grade Spirit Root.

Logically speaking,

she shouldn’t possess such formidable strength.

’Looks like the rumors were true. This Ye Mengxian really does have a special constitution.’

Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up as he carefully scanned every inch of Ye Mengxian’s body, trying to see what was different about her.

Ye Mengxian’s heart trembled, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes.

She wasn’t afraid of death, only of something far more terrifying.

"Daoist Ye, you’ll have to bear with this for a moment."

Li Chang’an reached out and pressed his hand against Ye Mengxian’s head.

In an instant,

a vast torrent of Evergreen Magical Power, like a great river, surged from his hand and rushed into Ye Mengxian’s Meridians.