Chapter 25

Xu Sa glared at Su Jingdan, his eyes flashing with a murderous intent. If not for the rules of the sect, he would have immediately rushed forward to rape and kill this despicable woman!

To find a Spirit Doctor? How? Xu Sa was arrogant but not stupid! He knew that the Spirit Doctors would not be afraid of him, would not give him any face, and would not help him cheat or lie.

Not to go? Xu Sa looked at Su Li with a guilty conscience. If he continued to stand his ground, this old man would certainly award the skull to Zheng Shi Yi and the others!

Xu Sa suddenly realized that he had become somewhat unclear in his head due to the huge benefit! I can't snatch it in front of Su Li, but I can snatch it in secret! At that time, I'll find a way to not only snatch the soul stone but also take Zheng Shi Yi to the Life and Death Platform to kill him!

The sect has a rule that disciples are not allowed to kill each other.

If the conflict between disciples reaches an irreconcilable stage, they can agree to a battle on the Life and Death Platform.

Once on the Life and Death Platform, life and death are left to fate, and no one can interfere!

Thinking of this, Xu Sa waved his arm and said, "No need! You bunch of despicable scoundrels! You might have already bribed the Spirit Doctor! Even if I'm right, you'll say I'm wrong!"

"You, you, and you! I'll remember you all!"

He pointed at Zheng Shi Yi, Wu Dong, and Su Jingdan, then ran off in a huff.

Su Li put away the skull and asked Zheng Shi Yi, "You will receive a thousand soul stones as a reward. For convenience, I will give you a soul stone ticket. Do you have any soul stones you want to withdraw now?"

Zheng Shi Yi thought for a moment and said, "Then give me fifty to try out. If the effect is good, I'll come back for more."

"Fifty? Training? Try out?"

These three words were like a thunderclap, almost suffocating those who heard them.

Everyone had contributed so much to the sect and were reluctant to exchange for soul stones, yet this guy asked for fifty right away.

Moreover, he said he would use them for training!

Soul stones were always used only when one reached the peak of a realm and wanted to break through.

This guy casually took fifty to try out?

This is indeed, a case of people comparing themselves to others and getting angry!

After Zheng Shi Yi received his reward, the other martial artists, except for Wu Dong and Su Jingdan, left one by one.

Zheng Shi Yi looked at the two who showed no intention of leaving and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I am your dedicated Spirit Doctor. How can you protect me if I don't follow you?" Su Jingdan walked to a room in the courtyard and said, "This room will be mine from now on!"

"And you?" Zheng Shi Yi smiled bitterly at Wu Dong.

Wu Dong had an even more matter-of-fact expression, casually putting his arm around Zheng Shi Yi's shoulder and said, "Who are we to each other? Look... do I choose my own room, or do you assign it? Forget it! I don't want to trouble you! The room on the left looks nice! I'll stay here!"

Zheng Shi Yi was speechless. This was indeed quite impolite!

Wu Dong, who had entered the chosen room, suddenly turned back, his face showing a bit of shyness, and said, "Brother, there's something I want to tell you..."

"You don't seem shy. What is it?" Zheng Shi Yi smiled at Wu Dong.

Wu Dong extended his hand, rubbing his thumb and index finger together, and said, "Brother, I haven't used soul stones before. Can you..."

"Twenty-five taels enough?" Zheng Shi Yi quickly took out the soul stones.

"Too much, too much! One tael is enough." Wu Dong pushed back the soul stones Zheng Shi Yi had taken out, picked out one tael, said thanks, and skipped away.

Zheng Shi Yi turned to Su Jingdan, "And you?"

"One tael too." Su Jingdan happily picked up one tael of soul stones and skipped away like Wu Dong.

Zheng Shi Yi shook his head in confusion, "Is one tael of soul stones a lot? Why are they so happy?"

With various curiosities, Zheng Shi Yi sat cross-legged, holding the soul stones. A thread of red soul power flowed through his arm and was absorbed into his dantian.

A series of the purest spiritual energy swirled in his dantian like a vortex.

At this moment! The dormant soul seed suddenly moved!

A powerful suction force erupted from the soul seed, which vigorously pulsed, bringing a sense of joy, and crazily drew out the purest power from the soul stones!

What is this? Zheng Shi Yi had not fully reacted when the soul power that had just entered his dantian was completely drained by the soul seed, which devoured it all.

As the soul seed suddenly burst, the soul power in the soul stones was rapidly sucked away, and the soul stones gradually changed from red to gray.

"Boom"

A crisp sound, and the soul stones exploded into powder, scattering on the ground.

Looking at the powder on the ground and feeling the extremely small amount of soul power left in his dantian, Zheng Shi Yi's face was full of surprise, "Forty-eight taels of soul stones, absorbed in an instant? The problem is, my cultivation hasn't increased at all..."

Soul seed! Zheng Shi Yi 'looked' at the newly born soul seed in his body. If it weren't for its existence, he would have long been exiled by his family. If it weren't for the soul seed, he would have already died in the mountains while searching for beast cores.

If it weren't for the soul seed, neither the Eight Directions Step nor the Shadowless Blade could have been cultivated.

This soul seed, which had always helped him grow... now... in the matter of soul stones, had become the biggest obstacle! He could hardly absorb any soul stone power before it was all taken away... how could he improve his cultivation?

"I need to get a bit more to try."

He quickly left the room and went to Su Li to exchange for a hundred taels of soul stones.

Looking at Zheng Shi Yi, who had come again to exchange for soul stones, Su Li's eyes were full of surprise.

This kid had just exchanged for fifty taels, and now he was back? Could he have already used them up?

In this surprise, Su Li handed the soul stones Zheng Shi Yi wanted to him.

"Thank you."

Zheng Shi Yi maintained the proper etiquette, bowed, and quickly returned to his room to start training again.

Just like last time, the soul power that entered his dantian from the soul stones was mostly sucked away by the soul seed, a thief. Despite Zheng Shi Yi's efforts to prevent the soul power from being sucked away by the soul seed, he still only retained a small part of the soul power.

"Boom!"

A dull sound, and the soul stones exploded into powder again.

This time, the soul seed pulsed much more intensely than before.

"Is my soul seed about to hatch?" Zheng Shi Yi held his chin, thinking about the situation, "If I can hatch the soul seed with soul stones, it would be a great gain for me! I'll take out the rest and go all out!"

Zheng Shi Yi got up and ran to Su Li again to take back the remaining soul stones.

Su Li was so surprised he couldn't speak. No matter how many soul stones there were, they shouldn't be used like this!

Even for those at the peak of a realm preparing to break through, a typical martial artist would only take a few dozen taels, which would be enough.

This kid, in less than half a day, had taken a thousand one hundred and fifty taels from him!

Zheng Shi Yi had received one hundred and fifty taels of soul stones from Huang He and Zhou Qiang, and a thousand taels from exchanging Qiu Tianlang's head, totaling one thousand one hundred and fifty taels.

In Zheng Shi Yi's view, absorbing the soul power from these soul stones would surely allow him to enter the eighth level of the Qi Wheel Realm.

But an unexpected situation occurred! The soul seed, like a bottomless pit, crazily absorbed the spiritual energy entering the dantian.

In the end... with the help of a thousand taels of soul stones, Zheng Shi Yi barely reached the seventh level of the Qi Wheel Realm.

"This... is too ridiculous..." Zheng Shi Yi sighed, "A thousand taels of soul stones, just to reach the seventh level? How many wanted criminals do I need to kill to reach the ninth level?"

The active pulsing of the soul seed interrupted Zheng Shi Yi's complaints, shifting his attention to the newly born soul seed. It was much larger than before, and its pulsing frequency and rhythm were much more intense.

The pulsing of the soul seed could repair injured bodies. Now that it was pulsing so intensely, would the recovery time be shortened?

Thinking of this, Zheng Shi Yi decisively raised his hand and broke his right arm.

"Crack!"

The excruciating pain almost made him cry out, but this pain instantly disappeared due to the intense pulsing of the soul seed.

The wound at the broken point quickly healed, taking less than half the time it usually took to fully recover.

"What a fast speed!"

Zheng Shi Yi marveled at the speed of his arm's recovery and then raised his hand to break his left arm.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

The intense pulsing of the spirit soul made the recovery speed even faster this time!

Zheng Shi Yi's eyes were full of joy, and the frustration of his slowed cultivation progress was swept away: "Soul stones are indeed a good thing! They have made the soul seed's recovery speed reach such a level. If I let it absorb more soul power, how terrifying would its recovery speed be?"

"Short-term recovery of a broken arm. If the soul seed absorbs more soul power, will I not even feel pain when injured and recover immediately?"

Zheng Shi Yi looked at his quickly recovering arm, getting more and more excited.

"But where can I get so many soul stones?"

Zheng Shi Yi quickly sobered up, holding his chin and thinking. This time, due to luck, he had earned some soul stones from Zhou Qiang and Huang He and exchanged for many soul stones with Qiu Tianlang's head.

But after using up the soul stones, where could he quickly obtain more?

Entering the Immortal Spirit Mountains to take chances again?

This was clearly not a long-term solution!

Like other disciples, contributing to the sect could exchange for some soul stones, but given the soul seed's demand for soul power, the soul stones obtained would clearly not be enough!

"Qiu Tianlang, one of the top twenty on the wanted list, could be exchanged for a thousand taels of soul stones. If I kill a wanted criminal ranked higher than him, will I get even more soul stones?"

Zheng Shi Yi's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously snapped his fingers, unable to resist praising his own intelligence.

"Damn it! Zheng Shi Yi, get out here!"

A rough voice, accompanied by "thud, thud, thud" footsteps, came from outside the room.