After pondering for a while, Qin Shi nodded in agreement. Instead of searching aimlessly, it was better to wake the Undying Taoist up and see if he could get any clues from him.
After making up his mind, Qin Shi took a deep breath and channeled his psychic power into the Undying Taoist's body, followed by ten giant dragons. But this time, he didn't summon the Sky Devourer. After all, what the Blood Shaman said just now had some influence on him. He didn't want to lose control because of the Inauspicious Qi one day. He still had many things to protect and three women waiting for him to fulfill his promise.
The Blood Sorcerer also saw through this and felt gratified that Qin Shi was willing to listen to his advice.
"Roar!"
Under the pressure of the giant dragons, the Inauspicious Qi in the Undying Taoist's body gathered into thousands of poisonous snakes. They guarded the entrance of the nine spiritual veins with all their might and fought against Qin Shi.
Qin Shi frowned and sneered. "Hmph, you still want to resist?
If I can destroy you once, I can destroy you a second time! "
"Break!"
A powerful voice came out of Qin Shi's throat. Then, the ten giant dragons became more violent and their strength increased.
Bang!
Under Qin Shi's powerful attacks, after a few clashes, the venomous snakes couldn't appear in time and were suppressed by Qin Shi. The ten dragons pierced through the Undying Daoist's spirit veins and gathered near his spirit crystal, occupying most of the territory in his dantian.
"Hmph, collect!"
Qin Shi leaped up and sat on the head of a huge dragon. He arrived in front of the Spirit Crystal of the Undying Daoist. Then, he clenched his hand and used the Demonic Totem as the foundation to form a huge whirlpool, devouring the scattered Baleful Qi into his stomach.
After that, he condensed another fist-sized demonic energy crystal and handed it to the Blood Magus. After the previous experience, the Blood Magus was much calmer this time, and did not feel the slightest bit ashamed before consuming the crystal.
Upon seeing this, Qin Shi smiled in satisfaction. Then, he didn't say anything. Instead, he lowered his head and scanned the Undying Taoist's Dantian.
After probing for a while, he was secretly shocked. He had to admit that the Undying Daoist was really powerful. He was the Soul Incantation Talisman Master with the highest cultivation level that Qin Shi had seen in all these years. Of course, that didn't include him.
Within the Undying Daoist's dantian, there were already three spiritual veins that had turned into palaces. Moreover, the spiritual might nurtured within was extremely dense and pure. Even though it had been occupied by the baleful aura for a long time, the fragrance within was still so alluring.
"No wonder he's called an old monster. With his talent, he's comparable to you. You're both monstrous." The Blood Shaman grinned.
Qin Shi shook his head helplessly. He finally realized that he couldn't get rid of the word "monstrous" no matter what. But anyway, he was relieved. After all, people were always vain. When they heard others praising them, they would more or less feel happy. Qin Shi was no exception.
However, he understood what it meant to be neither arrogant nor rash. Even if everyone praised him for his talent, he knew his own limits. At least, with his current cultivation level, he was still far from being able to compete with the Chaotic Realm and the Ma Group.
So, he had to keep working hard.
"Let's wake this old guy up first. If this continues, I'll have no choice but to kill him."
Qin Shi raised his hand and brushed past the Undying Daoist's Spirit Crystal. Then, using his soul as a medium, he grafted it into the Undying Daoist's sea of consciousness.
This was a vast territory. As far as the eye could see, it was roughly five hundred thousand meters wide. It was not far from Qin Shi's sea of consciousness. However, the spiritual fluctuations within these five hundred thousand meters were extremely intense. This was something that Qin Shi could not look down on.
"This is the sea of consciousness of the Eight Curses Talisman Master?
It's really terrifying. "
Just think about it, being able to control the slightest movement within five hundred thousand meters, and having the thoroughly meticulous soul reserve, this was absolutely terrifying for ordinary people.
Qin Shi sighed in admiration, while the Blood Shaman smiled. "Little fellow, don't be anxious. Sooner or later, you'll also have such a sea of consciousness. Furthermore, I feel that with your soul cultivation, you've only comprehended six incantations, but it's already comparable to many of the seven incantations. If you really reach eight incantations, your sea of consciousness should be even stronger than this."
Qin Shi was stunned for a moment. Then, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, in that smile, there was a trace of confidence that belonged solely to him. He nodded. "Yes, I believe that too. However, there's still a long way to go."
"If you want to be a dragon or phoenix among men, how can you not suffer a little?"
Hearing this, Qin Shi was very clear in his heart.
He smiled and didn't say anything else. Instead, he turned his gaze to the vast sea of consciousness that spanned 500,000 meters.
"There's something strange about this old fellow's body. I need to awaken his consciousness as soon as possible. Otherwise, I can't be sure where the killing intent will gather and seal his spiritual meridians in a while."
As he thought to himself, Qin Shi started to increase his speed. If this chore was handed to someone else, even if it was an almighty being with eight or nine heavens, it would probably take at least three days and three nights to find a person within 500,000 meters. Furthermore, this was under the condition that they were lucky. After all, this area was just too vast.
Fortunately, Qin Shi was different from ordinary people. Although his sea of consciousness was less than five hundred thousand meters, it was still more than three hundred thousand meters when it was fully expanded. Therefore, for him, as long as he used the center as the furthest point and circled around two hundred thousand meters, he would gain something.
Furthermore, his luck was not bad. After walking in the boundless sea of consciousness for only a few minutes, an extremely weak withered remnant soul was reflected in his sea of consciousness. This caused his black eyes to open abruptly, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. "Is it here?"
After saying that, he was like a sharp arrow on a taut bowstring. After a trembling buzz, he stepped on the ground and turned into a flash of lightning and disappeared towards the south.
When he stopped, he was already in an extremely dark corner. There was a blood-stained altar formed by a phantom image. Above the altar was a cross that was covered in black Sanskrit. The cross was pierced by many Soul Locking Nails, and an old man whose face couldn't be seen clearly was nailed to it.
This old man's head was lowered. His hair was unkempt and his face was dirty. He looked extremely filthy and pathetic. If it wasn't for the fact that Qin Shi could vaguely feel the flow of air at the tip of his mouth and nose, he would probably have thought that he was already dead.
"What a cruel method." Qin Shi's heart tightened.
The Blood Shaman nodded. "Yes, this method is indeed frightening. It seems like my previous guess was right. This old man isn't simply being invaded by the baleful aura."
"Moreover, I can feel that this old man's life force is almost extinguished. If this body wasn't controlled by his soul, I'm afraid he would have already been killed. Now, this baleful aura is completely seducing his soul forcefully, which is why he's still alive."
Qin Shi's cold eyes narrowed, and a hint of killing intent flashed across his eyes.
Although the Undying Daoist had almost injured Xiaomi Cai previously, that wasn't his intention. Instead, the real mastermind behind all of this was the baleful aura.
"Let's wake him up first and see if we can get any clues from him."
Qin Shi's body flashed, and he leaped onto the top of the altar. His gaze was fixed on the four chains that trapped the Undying Daoist for a moment. Then, he flipped his hand and slashed down from the void.
Bang!
The four chains broke under the huge shockwave, and only then did Qin Shi put down his pride and stopped in front of the cruel cross. He opened up his fingers, and a strong suction force was released, preparing to remove the Soul-Locking Nails that were nailed onto the Undying Daoist's soul.
However, at this moment, the Blood Shaman hurriedly stopped him. "Little fellow, don't do it first."
"Hmm?
Why? "Qin Shi frowned.
The Blood Shaman stared at the Undying Daoist for a moment, and then let out a long sigh. "I've already said that this old man's life force has already dried up. The reason why he's still alive is because of these Soul-Locking Nails."
"Although these Soul-Locking Nails are used to seal his soul, it also has the effect of seducing his soul. Given the current state of his soul, once these Soul-Locking Nails are removed, his soul will definitely scatter. So, if you do this, you'll not be helping him, but harming him instead."
"There's such a thing?"
Qin Shi was quite surprised, but when he carefully examined the Undying Daoist's soul, he found that the Undying Daoist's soul was in a miserable state. Probing from the outside to the inside, he found that the Undying Daoist's soul had already lost the power to unite. Ordinary people's souls had a very strong pulling force between them, which prevented their souls from dissipating. However, this pulling force could not be felt in the Undying Daoist's body at all.
If that was the case, it would be really troublesome.
"Then what should I do?"
"Think of a way to heal his soul first. Otherwise, even if we dispel all the evil aura in his sea of consciousness, he won't wake up at all, and will die directly."
Qin Shi was rather helpless, and he shook his head. "I really owe him."
However, he still did as the Blood Shaman said. After all, he still had many things to learn from the Undying Daoist, and he could not let him die so easily.
Fortunately, although the Undying Daoist had been eccentric all these years, he had nourished many soul healing herbs in the Yangtan Bamboo Forest. Qin Shi withdrew his psychic power and scanned the surroundings. There were dozens of eighth and ninth grade soul herbs.
He crushed these herbs and used the Sweet Pouring Raindrops Array as an opportunity to graft them into the Undying Daoist's soul in his sea of consciousness. He used his body as a cauldron to refine a medicinal fragrance, and sent the medicinal power into the Undying Daoist's soul.
This process lasted for half a day, and the Undying Daoist's soul in his sea of consciousness gradually became more real. Only then did Qin Shi heave a sigh of relief.
"Is it almost done?"
"Yes, you can try to wake him up now."
"Forget it, I'll just be a little more generous and help this old man one more time."
Qin Shi was still slightly worried. He set up an extremely powerful Soul Locking Formation around the Undying Daoist. Only then did he feel more at ease.
"Break!"
When everything was ready, his five fingers generated a great force, and his index finger quickly pointed three times in the Undying Daoist's sea of consciousness, removing all the Soul-Locking Nails that trapped the Undying Daoist.
Clang!
Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! The magnetic sound of metal resounded, and Qin Shi withdrew his psychic power. Then, he noticed that the Undying Daoist's complexion had started to recover, and there was a faint luster in his eyes. Only then did he reveal a happy expression.