Chapter 220: The Special Ability of the New Realm
For cultivators below the Soul Formation realm, there was no other way to deal with mental attacks besides enduring them. Their own resistance to mental attacks was very weak.
But after cultivating to this realm and recognizing the existence of the soul, one’s self would undergo a world-shaking change. Not only would one gain resistance to mental attacks, but one would also naturally master some soul skills without being taught.
For example, soul pressure, soul power attacks, and mental defense were all instincts that one would naturally use after reaching this realm.
“When a cultivator reaches this realm, they can sublimate their fragile soul into a spiritual body with special abilities, initially recognizing the existence of the soul and possessing all sorts of incredible powers.”
Hearing Xiao Wu’s introduction, Su Yan’s face was full of envy. He also really wanted to become such an existence and make himself stronger. But it seemed there was no hope for that in the short term.
“I have another question.”
Su Yan suddenly said.
“What question?”
Xiao Wu turned to look at him.
Su Yan looked at Xiao Wu’s clear eyes, his mouth stammering. The words suddenly got stuck in his throat.
But thinking that the two of them were so familiar and knew each other inside and out, it was nothing to say some things. And he really did want to know.
“Uh… when you cultivate to the Soul Formation realm and your soul sublimates into a divine soul, can I touch it?”
Hearing this, Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment. She thought carefully for a while and then said, “The divine soul is the sublimation of the soul. It can affect the real world and drive the things in the real world. Since that’s the case, then according to common sense, it should be possible to touch it.”
After Xiao Wu finished speaking, she asked with some strangeness, “Why are you asking this?”
“Come closer.”
Su Yan leaned close to Xiao Wu’s ear and whispered a few words. The more Xiao Wu listened, the wider her eyes opened, and her face became flushed, almost steaming.
“Y-you… how can you think of such an evil thing!?”
Xiao Wu simply couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She had thought that Su Yan was already very shameless and had no bottom line in what he did to her. After experiencing so much, she had thought that no matter what Su Yan said in the future, she would not be surprised.
But now it seemed that she was still too young. Not only did he mess with her body, but he also wanted to defile her soul.
“Just say whether it’s possible or not.”
Su Yan’s face was full of expectation.
Xiao Wu was silent. If it were anyone else, of course, she would tell them to go and cool off somewhere. But he was the person she loved the most. She belonged to him, and he belonged to her. So it should be fine.
She would never say that she also wanted to try it, to see if her divine soul could do that with her junior brother.
“Mm.”
She hummed as softly as a mosquito, and then Xiao Wu covered her face with her hands. What on earth am I doing? I actually agreed! It’s all my junior brother’s fault! He’s the one who corrupted me!
“You can’t take this? I still have other ideas I haven’t said.”
Su Yan voiced his other thought. If the divine soul could have contact with the physical body, that was fine. But if it couldn’t, then he would change his thinking. When he also broke through to the Soul Formation stage, could a divine soul and a divine soul also get lewd?
Compared to a purely physical body, this kind of connection seemed to be even closer. Just thinking about it was exciting!
“Junior Brother, you…”
Xiao Wu was speechless. She hadn’t expected that just by saying that she was about to break through, her junior brother could think of so many things.
Compared to these, the things her junior brother had made her do recently were nothing!
It’s just…
“What’s with this strange sense of anticipation?”
Xiao Wu touched her chest.
Su Yan said with a smile, “It’s a deal then. I’ll be looking forward to you breaking through soon.”
Originally, it was just a simple blessing. But thinking of what Su Yan had said before, Xiao Wu felt her face heat up and didn’t know how to respond.
…
The daily teasing of his senior sister and seeing her shy expression made Su Yan feel very happy. But he couldn’t delay his proper business for this.
Long Bing was still busy, investigating the news of the person behind the scenes. Xiao Wu also went to help. As for Su Yan, of course, he was still reading, looking up the origin of the gu worm, hoping to find a way to break it.
But it was a great pity. Su Yan had finished flipping through all the books and still had found nothing.
“This is really unreliable!”
Coming back to his senses from the sea of books, Su Yan sighed deeply. Actually, just thinking about it, after the empress had fallen into a coma, many people must have been anxious. All the books here must have been flipped through once. How could there be any omissions?
“What should I do next?”
It was already impossible to find the origin of the gu worm. His senior sister was in charge of the investigation. He actually had nothing to do for a moment.
“I should just go out for a stroll.”
Su Yan took a deep breath.
These past few days, he had been immersed in the library. If it weren’t for his senior sister’s nourishment, his body might have rusted. He might as well take this time to go out for a good stroll and relax.
At this thought, Su Yan greeted the maid and then left the imperial palace.
Walking out of the palace gate, Su Yan saw a place that was different from usual. Before, the city had been filled with a tense atmosphere, and everyone had a worried look on their face, which made people feel oppressed. But now it had relaxed. It was really strange.
“Could it be that something happened in the city when I didn’t know?”
Su Yan was very curious about this. After a simple inquiry, he learned the truth.
“Such a big thing, and you actually don’t know? You’re from out of town, right?”
Su Yan nodded.
The person continued, “The triennial competition is about to begin. The city is so lively because the competition is being held. Everyone is eager to try. Even if they can’t participate, it’s good to join in the fun!”
Because the competition was being held, the atmosphere in the city was different. It was human nature to join in the fun. Su Yan did not find it strange. But the problem was…
“Didn’t they say they were going to war with the Vermilion Bird Kingdom? They still have the mood to participate in a competition at a time like this? It wasn’t stopped midway?”
Su Yan was very puzzled by this. With the border conflict being so tense right now, could the Dragon Kingdom really do this? Weren’t they being a bit too relaxed?
“You don’t know about this. War is war, and competition is competition. Even the people of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom wouldn’t dare to make a move on the contestants.”
Listening to the passerby’s explanation, Su Yan gradually understood the truth.
Simply put, this competition was not held by the Dragon Kingdom, but was just held here. The organizer was the great immortal sect, the Thousand Skill Sect. No one would dare not to give them face.
“The competition is divided into alchemy and formations. The purpose is to make friends through literature. If you can win the competition, you can become a guest elder of the Thousand Skill Sect, go to the Thousand Skill Sect to exchange ideas, and thus improve together, and enjoy a series of privileges.”
Hearing this, Su Yan completely understood.
The purpose of the Thousand Skill Sect holding this competition was actually to gather talented people from the folk. Not only would there be experts in the sect, but rogue cultivators were also the same.
“The reason why the Dragon Kingdom did not refuse is because this competition has great benefits.”
The Dragon Kingdom was the center of the surrounding several countries. Because of its geographical location, the Thousand Skill Sect had set the location of the competition here. If the contestants from the surrounding neighboring countries wanted to participate, they had to come here. These people were all talents, and of course, the Dragon Kingdom was happy to have them.
“Thank you.”
After understanding everything, Su Yan dismissed this tool person. At this moment, he was idle and bored. He might as well go to the competition site to have a look.
…
The Thousand Skill Sect was a great immortal sect, and its status was not much different from the Transcendent Immortal Sect. As a great immortal sect, the competition they held naturally attracted the attention of many cultivators.
Su Yan finally managed to squeeze through the crowd and saw a bustling scene. This was not a metaphor, but was really so.
Alchemy required flames. The more advanced the pill, the higher the grade of the flame required, because a high-grade flame could easily remove impurities.
The competition site before him was filled with all sorts of strange and wonderful flames. The alchemists present had all brought out their best skills. Su Yan watched with rapt attention.
“Alchemy can be done like this?”
Because he was an alchemist himself, Su Yan felt he had benefited a lot from watching these people’s refining process.
“Rogue cultivators cannot be underestimated!”
Su Yan couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. His alchemy skills were very strong, but compared to the people present, he was still lacking in many aspects and needed to continue to work hard.
And so, Su Yan watched the entire competition.
A morning passed, and the alchemy competition ended. Next was formations. Su Yan was also very curious about formation masters, so he stayed and watched until the end of the competition.
“This trip was not in vain.”
Su Yan only came back to his senses after the competition had ended. After layers of screening, the winner was a middle-aged woman. Su Yan had thought that her strength would convince everyone, but…
“I didn’t see that master. He didn’t come to participate until the end. Is there some shady business here?”
“Maybe he was held up by other things and didn’t have time.”
“Do you believe that yourself! What’s more important than the Thousand Skill Sect’s competition? I think something must have happened to her, for example, the champion did something.”
“You can’t say that!”
“…”
The people around were discussing. Su Yan found another tool person and finally understood what they were talking about.
It turned out that the reason why many people were dissatisfied with the champion this time was because of one person’s absence.
This was a famous formation master among the rogue cultivators. Before the competition, everyone had thought that she was the favorite to win and was very likely to win the championship. But she had not participated in the competition, which made many people unconvinced.
“If that master had participated, she wouldn’t have had a chance!”
“That’s right! Master Qi is the strongest!”
“What strongest? He didn’t even show up for the competition. Could it be that he knew he would lose and was too scared to come?”
An arrogant voice sounded, very conspicuous among the complaints.
“What did you say?”
From a verbal argument to a physical one, it was just a matter of a moment. Su Yan looked at the two groups of people fighting, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
