Longevity: My Cultivation Talent Can Refresh Chapter 407: Soul Refinement - Novel Cool

Chapter 407: Soul Refinement

Chapter 407: Soul Refinement

"Friend Tang, please spare me!" The elderly Daoist Master Yi was understandably panicked. After all, the power that Chu Ning had displayed was truly astonishing.

Despite facing two opponents, he had rendered them utterly helpless. The ease with which Chu Ning had annihilated the monk Chu and the means by which he had done so also made Daoist Master Yi realize that he stood no chance against him.

Chu Ning casually caught the storage bag that the elderly Chu monk had dropped and fixed his gaze on Master Yi, who was still frantically casting spells in an attempt to break free from the sea of fire.

The Might of Blazing Inferno indeed lived up to its name. Moreover, the fact that Chu Ning, with his early Nascent Soul stage cultivation, could so effortlessly bewilder another cultivator at the same stage was a testament to its power.

This was further augmented by Chu Ning's Five Elements Spirit Body and his Noon Fire Spirit Body, which inherently doubled the might of his fire-attributed spells.

However, as Chu Ning had momentarily ceased his fire-enhancing techniques to deal with Monk Chu, Master Yi was now on the verge of breaking free.

Noticing this, Chu Ning quickly pinched a set of hand seals, causing the raging flames to surge in intensity.

Just as a hint of surprise flickered across Master Yi's face, he witnessed Chu Ning completing another round of spellcasting and casually flicking his hand.

A wisp of flame, so red it bordered on violet, shot out from his hand.

"No!" Although Master Yi didn't know what made this wisp of flame any different, he instinctively sensed that something was amiss and cried out in alarm.

But his cry did nothing to stop the Earth Vein Essence Fire. The already formidable sea of flames seemed to have found its focal point upon the addition of that wisp of essence fire.

Following its lead, the flames instantly converged on Master Yi. His defenses crumbled one by one in the face of the raging inferno.

In the next moment, Master Yi felt countless flames surging into his body, incinerating his physical form in an instant.

Simultaneously, the sea of flames in the sky vanished, leaving behind only an infant floating in the air—a perfect likeness of the elderly Daoist.

"My Nascent Soul is safe!" Relief flashed in the infant's eyes, and it instinctively attempted to flee.

However, its attention was immediately drawn to a frost flower of interwoven red and blue hovering before it. Recalling the demise of Monk Chu's Nascent Soul, Master Yi's countenance turned ashen.

"If you don't want your Nascent Soul obliterated, I suggest you refrain from any rash actions." A calm voice echoed in Master Yi's ear.

Master Yi dared not move, turning his head to see Chu Ning slowly flying towards him.

The infant's face bore a bitter smile, and his eyes held a hint of confusion. "Are you truly Friend Tang of the Nineflower Sect?"

Earlier, in the heat of battle, Master Yi hadn't given it much thought. But now, as he calmed down, a seed of doubt took root. According to his information, Tang Xuan was nowhere near as formidable as the person before him.

"You still don't seem to grasp the current situation, do you?" Chu Ning gave Master Yi a casual glance without answering his question or reverting to his original appearance. Instead, he formed another frost flower of interwoven red and blue at his fingertip.

Upon witnessing this, the infant's face once again paled. "I understand! I understand! Friend, if there's something you wish to ask of me, please do so. I will answer to the best of my ability."

Seeing Master Yi's cooperative attitude, Chu Ning didn't immediately speak up as he drew closer. With his right fingertip flickering with Mysterious Frost Flame, he reached out with his left hand to grab the infant.

Master Yi's infant soul paled at this, and his hairs stood on end. Instinctively, he tried to flee, but the sight of the distant flickering ice flame made him eventually submit, allowing Chu Ning to capture him.

"Now, you can tell me," Chu Ning said slowly, still holding the infant, "who are you, and why did you attack me?"

Chu Ning added, "I should remind you that it's in your best interest to be truthful. I'd rather not have to use a soul-searching technique on you."

Hearing the mention of soul-searching, a flicker of terror crossed the infant's face. He knew that such techniques, if not performed skillfully, could potentially erase all memories from a Nascent Soul.

As long as the Nascent Soul remained, there was still a chance for him to find another physical body and rebuild his cultivation. But if his memories were wiped away, he would no longer be who he was, and rebuilding his cultivation would be meaningless.

Master Yi took a deep breath and slowly said, "My surname is Yi, and the one you killed just now was Chu. We are both rogue cultivators from Green Peak Source."

Green Peak Source.

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning remained impassive, but his mind was racing as he recalled information about this place.

In the Western Alliance Continent, while most of the spiritual mountains were controlled by the Ten Alliances, there were still some smaller spiritual sites dominated by rogue cultivators due to various reasons.

Green Peak Source was one of the larger ones, known to house cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

Chu Ning didn't question Master Yi about why a cultivator from Green Peak Source had ventured here. Instead, he let him continue.

"We came here to attack you at the invitation of Friend Xiao Wanmo of the Blood Moon Sect. Our mission was to kill Tang Xuan of the Nineflower Sect."

Chu Ning furrowed his brows slightly and continued to ask, "The Blood Moon Sect? That's a major sect in the Demon Alliance. Why would they target a cultivator from the Nineflower Sect?"

"I'm afraid I don't know about that," Master Yi replied, shaking his Nascent Soul head. "Chu Daoist and I were just following orders."

"Is that so?" Chu Ning said indifferently as he reached out and grabbed Master Yi's left hand, applying a slight amount of force.

The Mysterious Frost Flame on his right fingertip disappeared, but a black glow flickered in its place.

"Soul Refinement technique!"

Although Master Yi himself did not possess soul-refining abilities, he could still vaguely guess what the black glow on Chu Ning's fingertip was.

Fear filled the Nascent Soul's small face, and after biting his lip, he said, "Friend, wait. The people from the Blood Moon Sect didn't tell me.

However, I overheard from other cultivators of the Demon Alliance that they seem to be planning something against the Nineflower Sect.

They wanted us to kill one of the Nineflower Sect's Nascent Soul cultivators first."

"Planning something against the Nineflower Sect?" Chu Ning's expression changed slightly, and he immediately asked, "What are they planning?"

"I truly don't know about that," Master Yi said with a bitter smile.

"After all, we're just rogue cultivators. How could we possibly know the inner workings of the Demon Alliance so clearly?"

Hearing Master Yi's words, Chu Ning's eyes flickered.

Although the man before him seemed sincere, Chu Ning wasn't about to take his words at face value.

With a calm expression, Chu Ning asked, "Where are your cave abodes located in Green Peak Source, and are there any others with you?"

As soon as he heard this, Master Yi's face changed again.

"Friend, you want to..."

"It seems like you're not willing to answer my questions anymore," Chu Ning said indifferently.

"I might as well find out myself."

Before Master Yi could react, the black glow that had been gathering in Chu Ning's right hand enveloped the old Daoist's Nascent Soul.

"Ah!" At this moment, even if Master Yi wanted to self-detonate his Nascent Soul, he couldn't. He let out a sharp cry.

"You broke your promise! I told you everything!"

"When did I say I wouldn't kill you?"

Faintly, Master Yi seemed to hear a soft murmur, and then he felt as if he had fallen into a boundless darkness.

Holding the old Daoist's Nascent Soul, Chu Ning's right hand, glowing black, hovered over Master Yi's head as he began to extract his memories using the soul-refining technique.

When he had learned the Divine Spirit Art, it had included records of this method.

Within the Nineflower Sect, there were also secret techniques for interrogation, which Chu Ning had also learned.

After a while, Chu Ning used a wisp of Mysterious Frost Flame to completely obliterate Master Yi's Nascent Soul.

Then, with an unsightly expression, he closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Divine Spirit Art to recover.

After some time, Chu Ning opened his eyes, his expression back to normal.

At the same time, he let out a soft breath.

"If it weren't for the fact that he mentioned the Demon Alliance's plans against the Nineflower Sect, I really wouldn't have wanted to use this soul-refining technique."

Chu Ning shook his head.

A Nascent Soul cultivator had experienced too much in their lives—not only a range of necessary emotions but also numerous negative ones.

These included darkness and slaughter as well.

All of these had a huge impact on the soul-refining cultivator's spiritual sense.

It was only because Chu Ning's spiritual sense was so strong that he was able to recover so quickly; otherwise, he might have needed more time to bounce back.

"However, that old Daoist didn't lie earlier.

He really doesn't know what the Demon Alliance is planning against the Nineflower Sect.

But according to what he heard from the cultivators of the Demon Alliance, it seems that they're not going to take action against the Nineflower Sect immediately.

They seem to be plotting something else."

Chu Ning muttered to himself, his brows furrowed.

Then, he took out a sound transmission talisman and recorded everything he had learned.

Next, he released a golden lightning eagle from his spirit beast bag.

"Big Jin, take this back to the sect. Don't fight with any cultivators or magical beasts along the way.

After delivering the message, stay in the sect and follow Zi Qin's instructions."

"Gu!"

The golden lightning eagle transformed into a beam of golden light and flew away.

Bai Ling, who had also been released, spoke up: "Master, why don't you let me go with Big Jin? We can come back to find you after delivering the message."

"It's fine. Big Jin is a sixth-rank magical beast comparable to a mid-Golden Core cultivator. He'll be safe on his own."

Chu Ning watched as the golden eagle disappeared into the distance, then turned his head to look toward the west.

"Since the Demon Alliance and the Nineflower Sect are so far apart, if they really plan to take action against the sect, there should be some signs.

We're already delivering a message, so we might as well go take a look at the situation. It won't be convenient for Big Jin to come find me later."

With that, Chu Ning urged the Eight Trigram Flying Wheel, swiftly flying away toward the west.

(End of Chapter)

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