"You...you know me?"
Below, Zhai Shuo, who heard the eerie voice, gradually regained his normal calmness. If the person who came knew his real name, and presumably knew his identity as a member of the Lin family, then there would be room for maneuver in everything.
The reputation of the first family in Huansha City is not just a matter of talk.
"You are Miss Lin's Lingyi's younger brother. Who in this Huansha City doesn't know your name?"
Sensing Zhai Shuo's doubts, the black mist swayed, then slowly descended, slowly spinning around Zhai Shuo, as if looking at him wantonly.
"With the strength of a two-star fighter, he can kill an eight-star fighter in an instant. He is indeed a genius cultivated by the Lin family."
Before Zhai Shuo could continue to speak, Heiwu continued with some appreciation.
"Are you following me?" At this time, Zhai Shuo had removed all his defenses and his face was extremely calm.
He could feel that at his current level, all struggles were in vain in front of the black mist.
And he is not dead yet. It is estimated that the visitor also has needs, so it is better to speak frankly instead of opening the skylight.
"bingo."
The black mist stopped in front of Zhai Shuo. As it squirmed, it gradually gathered into a human-shaped black shadow...
This black shadow's entire body was shrouded in black mist, and even the outline of its body was blurred.
"You are able to refine fifth-grade elixirs at such a young age, and your soul power is extremely weird. Little guy, you are really special." Black Shadow continued to smile.
Hearing this, Zhai Shuo swallowed with fear. In this way, when he was refining batches of medicine, this person was already following him unknowingly...
And the most important thing is that she can also detect abnormalities in her soul!
"Who are you?"
Without responding to the black shadow's words, Zhai Shuo tilted his head slightly and said.
"Haha...Is this important?" The black shadow said with a smile, and the sinister voice continued to sound:
"All you need to know is that I can hold you down with just one breath."
Hearing this, Zhai Shuo became calmer, because this could already explain that this person probably did not come to kill him, but had other purposes.
Otherwise, with her strength, she would just do it directly, and there would be no need for such ink.
"Senior, it's better to speak directly if you have something to say. There's no point in hanging on to me all the time." Zhai Shuo took a deep breath and said.
"Smart little guy."
The black shadow nodded imperceptibly, and then a layer of black mist immediately surged under Zhai Shuo's feet. After the black mist spread, he appeared in an abandoned pavilion without any warning.
This kind of method... I'm afraid there are not many people in Huansha City who are qualified to be her opponents...
"Although I am extremely curious about you, before getting to the point, can you tell me why you changed your surname to Xiao?" In the pavilion, a dark figure stood quietly in front of the window and asked curiously.
"Well... with my current reputation, if I show up in a normal capacity, I will probably cause a lot of trouble." Zhai Shuo was stunned and hesitated a little shamelessly.
"Okay, forget it if you don't say it. Go ahead and get rid of your shame. It's quite unpleasant to look at people through a bedbug corpse." However, Heiying didn't believe Zhai Shuo's explanation at all.
In response to this, Zhai Shuo, who had become a turtle in an urn, could only smile bitterly and took off his face-swapping mask at her request.
This kind of transformation technique has no effect at all in front of some high-level experts.
"Your soul has a devouring power. Do you know this?" After Zhai Shuo took off the mask, the black shadow asked directly.
"really…"
Hearing this, Zhai Shuo couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart, secretly thinking that what is supposed to come will come...
The thing about his body that can interest the people in front of him is most likely his weird soul.
Unexpectedly, he had just walked out of the Lin family and was so unlucky to be noticed...
"I...do know." Zhai Shuo replied.
"Since you know, why are there only two-star masters now?" Heiying asked in shock and surprise.
"This...I don't know what senior means by this." Zhai Shuo scratched his head and said blankly.
His two-star fighting master's strength is due to his long-term suppression and polishing. What does it have to do with his soul?
"Forget it, let the professionals explain it to you..." The black shadow shook his head imperceptibly, then raised his right hand, and an almost transparent illusory soul body appeared in front of Zhai Shuo.
"Here, it's what you're looking for." The black shadow pointed at Zhai Shuo, and there was a hint of treating the goods in his words.
"Ahem...can you please don't wake me up so suddenly next time..." After the illusory soul appeared, he coughed his throat first, and then looked at Zhai Shuo with surprise.
At the same time, Zhai Shuo was also looking at him.
This is the first time Zhai Shuo has seen a soul body. The ordinary old man in front of him, although his soul is almost transparent, is still extremely powerful. Faintly, it can also give Zhai Shuo a sense of coercion from a strong man. .
"Hey! It's really that thing. I didn't expect that after so many years, I would be able to meet such a magical physique again." The illusory old man walked around Zhai Shuo, stroking his non-existent beard, nodding and smiling. road.
"Physique? What did the old gentleman mean?" Zhai Shuo was a little frightened by what he saw and said cautiously.
Could it be that this old guy wants to regain his strength by swallowing his own soul?
"Oh, I forgot to explain it to you. I'm really sorry, but before that, should I introduce myself? Uh... I can't seem to remember my name, hehe, haha..." The illusive old man shook his head. , all talking useless nonsense, leaving Zhai Shuo speechless for a while.
It seems that this soul body may have existed for too long, and some memories have been blurred.
"You are the chief alchemist of the Swallowing Spirit Tribe..." The black shadow casually reminded Zhai Shuo in front of the window, but it shocked Zhai Shuo.
The Spirit Devouring Clan…
This thing is an amazing thing...
It is said that in those ancient times, this race specialized in devouring the blood of other races to continue its own blood. The ancient races targeted by it, except for a few major races, almost all could not escape the end of genocide.
Such a terrifying ability is almost to the point of being frightening.
Therefore, they were naturally attacked by other ancient races later on. The remnants of them scattered and fled to various parts of the continent. As the years passed, they gradually declined...
"This remnant soul is actually from the Spirit Devouring Clan, and was an alchemist during his lifetime?" Zhai Shuo muttered secretly in his heart.
"Oh, yes, yes, I am from the Spirit Devouring Tribe." The old man Xu Huan patted his head, then looked at Zhai Shuo and said with a smile:
"Little guy, your physique is incredible. In our era, as long as humans with this kind of physique don't die prematurely, they will definitely have a place among the top powerhouses in the continent..."
Speaking of this, the old man Xu Huan paused again, seeming to be remembering something.
"This Dou Qi Continent has existed for countless thousands of years, and has produced countless strange physiques. But in terms of the degree of abnormality, your 'soul-swallowing ancient body' is enough to rank among the top three."
"Soul-swallowing ancient body?" Hearing this unfamiliar word, Zhai Shuo frowned. When his eyes glanced at the black figure, he could only feel a pair of extremely indifferent eyes staring at him. He could not see it at all. Any emotion that person is feeling.
"You are the first one who dares to look at me like this." Sensing Zhai Shuo's gaze, the black shadow smiled sinisterly, without any intention of explaining anything to him.
"Ahem..."
The old man Xu Huan coughed awkwardly twice to highlight his presence, and then continued:
"The so-called soul-swallowing ancient body, as the name suggests, is actually a mutated soul body. Its characteristic is that it can devour the souls of others with its own soul, thereby increasing its own strength and achieving the goal of rapid promotion."
"Little guy, I see that your soul is pure and flawless. You must have never experienced the feeling of devouring other people's souls, right?"
Hearing the old man's explanation of the so-called "soul-swallowing ancient body", Zhai Shuo was stunned for a moment. It seemed like he had seen such a soul somewhere before?
Moreover, why does it always feel like a demonic cultivation to improve one's own strength by devouring other people's souls?
If this ability spreads, it may lead to some fatal disaster, because it is essentially not much different from what the Spirit Devouring Tribe does...
No wonder this dark shadow found him...
"It was only after I broke through the Great Dou Master that I realized that my soul was abnormal..." Zhai Shuo thought for a while and replied.
"I see, it's normal for the great fighting master to have just awakened." The old man stroked his beard and nodded, then said:
"However, although this kind of physique is strong, it also has many limitations. As the soul power continues to increase, it becomes more and more difficult to suppress the devouring power of one's own soul. If the soul power is too weak, it will not even be able to get close to you. Contact... And if you swallow and absorb too many soul bodies, the improvement of your fighting spirit will not keep up with the improvement of your soul power. The final result will be that your physical body will be overwhelmed and you will self-destruct and die, leaving only your soul body floating in the vast sky and earth. …”
"But it doesn't matter. As long as you don't swallow a soul, you can still enjoy the benefits brought by this soul. If you are an alchemist, then this benefit should be more obvious." The old man chuckled.
Hearing this, Zhai Shuo tensed up again, a little speechless and a little scared.
After all, apart from being stronger than ordinary people and increasing the success rate of refining medicine, does his soul have no other use?
Is it possible that he really wants to be born by swallowing souls?
It’s not impossible to reach the point where we are really at the end of our rope...
But now Zhai Shuo just wants to be a normal cultivator, and if her sister finds out that the emperor's favored son she has worked hard to cultivate for ten years becomes like that, the consequences...
"There must be other reasons for the old gentleman to find this junior, right? It's impossible to say that he came here specifically to inform this junior about these secret things." Zhai Shuo thought for a while and said hesitantly.
"Indeed, and you don't have to refuse this, otherwise she will kill you first." The old man floated in the air and pointed at the black shadow.
"There's so much nonsense, hurry up and get down to business!" Heiying saw this and shouted impatiently. It seemed that if Zhai Shuo didn't agree to what she said was the business, he might really die here.
What else can Zhai Shuo do about these two robbers? Of course, he could only let them do whatever they wanted. Even if these two people wanted to rob them, he would have to break his teeth and swallow them in his stomach today.
"Ahem..."
The old man cleared his throat and muttered:
"Isn't that what I'm talking about... Hehe, little guy, you must be able to tell something from the information I just revealed. There are some similarities between your soul-devouring ancient body and my spirit-devouring clan. place."
"Old sir, please continue talking." Zhai Shuo nodded.
"Since I am the chief alchemist of the Swallowing Spirit Clan, I naturally had some abilities that ordinary people could not reach during my lifetime. Although many things have been lost in the long river of time, the most precious thing was given to me by me. I tried my best to preserve it.”
When the old man said this, his unreal expression was filled with undisguised pride.
"Um...please give me back my things..." The old man floated slowly in front of the black figure and said with some evasive eyes.
This great spirit-swallowing god who had the power to reach the sky during his lifetime was so groveling in front of this black shadow. These strange things happened one after another, and Zhai Shuo's head almost turned into a ball of paste...
Seeing this, the black shadow did not hesitate, raised his hand, and a mediocre dark scroll was caught in his hands by the illusionary old man.
"Um..." Zhai Shuo looked at the old man in front of him. He was stroking the scroll as if he were stroking his own descendants...
Is his most precious thing just such a featureless scroll?
As if he noticed the disdain in Zhai Shuo's eyes, the old man's expression showed an angry look for the first time, blowing on his non-existent beard, and said sternly:
"You are such a young baby, do you know that if this skill in my hand is spread, the Dou Qi Continent will have to shed a layer of skin?"
