"Master, let's not talk about that. By the way, do you feel a chill down your spine, as if something is blowing cold air on the back of your neck?" Ning Beichen asked his master.
"Yes, I do. What is it? Did you encounter it too?" Chen Xingyun said immediately.
"Yes, all the way here, I always felt like something was behind me. When I attacked it, I didn't see anything. Master, did you also encounter it?" Ning Beichen quickly asked.
Chen Xingyun nodded and described his feeling, which was exactly the same as Ning Beichen's.
"Master, do you also think something is following us?" Ning Beichen said.
"Definitely. If it were just you, or if I only felt it myself, then there might be a mistake. Now that both of us, master and disciple, have this feeling, it's not an illusion," Chen Xingyun said.
"Master, what do you think it could be?" Ning Beichen asked in a low voice.
"I don't know. The world is so vast, and there are too many unknown things. However, it seems that thing is just following us and has no intention of attacking," Chen Xingyun replied.
"Master, should we..." Ning Beichen made a throat-slitting gesture.
Chen Xingyun gave Ning Beichen a look that implied "if you can, you do it yourself," letting him understand. If it were that easy to deal with, he would have acted long ago.
"Forget it, it seems that thing doesn't have any ill will anyway," Ning Beichen said, backing down. In fact, it wasn't that he was admitting defeat, but rather that he had no choice and could only ignore it.
"By the way, Master, why are you here?" Ning Beichen asked curiously.
"I'm here to cultivate. This is the only place I've found so far where one can cultivate the soul." "It's just that it's usually full of storms, so I can't cultivate. I saw that the storms have stopped now, so I rushed over," Chen Xingyun said.
"This place can cultivate the soul?" Ning Beichen was a little surprised, as this reminded him of the marks left on the stone wall. Could they be pointing to some special function here? Thus, Ning Beichen thought of the mysterious substance emerging from the well and said to his master,
"Master, then you hurry up and cultivate. I'll guard you."
"Alright, be careful. Shout if anything happens," Chen Xingyun did not stand on ceremony. He had to seize the time, as he didn't know when the storms would appear. Therefore, every minute was extremely precious to him.
"With me here, Master, you can cultivate with peace of mind." Ning Beichen nodded.
Chen Xingyun no longer lingered and immediately sat down cross-legged by the well to begin cultivating. Ning Beichen did not go far and stayed nearby to guard him.
However, guarding was boring. Ning Beichen looked at the mysterious substance emerging from the well and had a sudden thought: could he also cultivate? Thinking of this, Ning Beichen's heart itched. Seeing that there was no danger around, he began to absorb the mysterious substance emerging from the well.
However, Ning Beichen soon found that it was useless. Absorbing this substance had no effect, no different from absorbing air.
"Something's not right!" Ning Beichen muttered in his heart.
"Could this not be for cultivating the body, but for cultivating the soul?" Ning Beichen thought to himself.
"Should I try again?" Ning Beichen couldn't resist the temptation and released his soul from his body. He saw a small figure the size of a fist. This figure looked exactly like Ning Beichen, except it was naked and looked like it was made of dough.
After the little figure came out, it sat cross-legged on the ground and began to absorb the mysterious substance emerging from the well. As expected, Ning Beichen's soul immediately felt a powerful force penetrating into his soul, nourishing and strengthening it. However, Ning Beichen only tasted it briefly before stopping, as he still had to guard his master and couldn't afford to have any accidents due to greed. After all, he didn't know if the thing blowing cold air behind him was good or bad, and Ning Beichen had to be on guard.
Just as his soul was about to return to his body, a huge soul entity suddenly rushed out from the side and lunged at Ning Beichen's soul. Ning Beichen was startled and immediately dodged, avoiding the attack of this giant soul entity. Enraged, Ning Beichen immediately wanted to draw his bronze ancient sword to slay this thing.
But he drew nothing but air, because he was currently in a soul state and could not hold the bronze ancient sword. At this moment, the giant soul entity was once again lunging at him, and Ning Beichen's soul quickly fled. However, his soul was too small to be a match for the giant soul entity, and Ning Beichen's soul was instantly captured by the giant soul entity. Just as Ning Beichen was wondering why this thing was grabbing him, he saw the giant soul entity open its mouth, and Ning Beichen was instantly terrified. This ghastly thing was going to eat him!
Ning Beichen immediately panicked and started punching and kicking the thing. However, compared to it, his soul entity was like a child facing an adult, completely useless. Just as Ning Beichen's soul was about to be eaten, a flash of inspiration struck Ning Beichen.
"Bronze ancient sword, yes, the bronze ancient sword can be controlled by spiritual power." Thinking of this, Ning Beichen had no time to think further and immediately used his spiritual power to control the bronze ancient sword on his body. As expected, the bronze ancient sword immediately connected with his soul. At the critical moment, the bronze ancient sword turned into a cold glint and instantly stabbed the giant soul entity. The giant soul entity twitched, then hastily released Ning Beichen's soul and fled forward.
"Hmph! You're asking for death." Ning Beichen, having escaped death, said defiantly. After all, he was only a second away from being eaten just now.
"Oh no! Master is still ahead." Just as Ning Beichen was feeling proud, he suddenly remembered that his master was cultivating ahead, which immediately made him panic. He quickly controlled the bronze ancient sword and pursued. At this moment, Chen Xingyun was cultivating and was completely unaware that danger was approaching him. The giant soul entity also discovered Chen Xingyun, and immediately opened its mouth wide, fiercely lunging towards Chen Xingyun's soul.
"You beast, how dare you!" Fortunately, Ning Beichen arrived in time and immediately controlled the bronze ancient sword to attack. The giant soul entity, seeing Ning Beichen pursuing, had no choice but to abandon the plan to devour Chen Xingyun's soul and quickly fled. Ning Beichen chased for a while but couldn't catch up. He dared not go too far, so he immediately returned his soul entity to his body and then quickly checked on his master's condition. Fortunately, Ning Beichen arrived in time, and the soul entity did not harm Chen Xingyun. This commotion also caused Chen Xingyun to end his cultivation. Ning Beichen then recounted the events to his master.