During these three months, Wang Lin had borrowed the pressure from the spirit vein to increase his cultivation level and break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Once his origin soul recovered, he would be able to return to the Soul Formation stage.
There were only three tea marks left on his face. Sun Tai's seal was on the verge of collapsing.
Compared to this, his biggest gain was that he could feel that the entire Soul Refining Peak seemed to be enveloped by a huge invisible thing.
This invisible thing would occasionally release some soul fragments. Every time a soul fragment appeared, hundreds of strands of spiritual energy would rush out from the Soul Refining Peak to fight for it.
These souls did not appear at the same place, but were scattered across the Soul Refining Peak, allowing them to appear at any location.
After sensing this, Wang Lin's heart skipped a beat. He immediately took out the soul refining jade and carefully examined it. Gradually, he saw some clues.
The three techniques of the soul flag were soul refining, soul extracting, and soul locking.
Among them, Soul Refinement was to refine all the dead souls in the world and seal them in the Soul Banner. Using a special method, they would not dissipate in the Soul Banner and would instead gradually grow stronger.
Soul extracting wasn't the same. This technique couldn't refine dead souls, but it could extract the living soul from the body of a living person and seal it inside the flag.
As for soul locking, Wang Lin didn't have anything to compare it with, so he couldn't figure it out.
For the Soul Refining Peak, the soul flag was divided into ten, hundred, dry, ten thousand, and so on. The more souls there were, the more powerful it was.
Ten and hundred soul flags were very ordinary and there was nothing special about them. However, once the dry soul flag was formed, it would gain some abilities and its power was closely related to the primary soul.
In order to refine a dry soul flag, one had to have a primary soul. This was also the reason why there weren't many thousand soul flags. Normally, a hundred soul flag would have 999 souls, but due to the lack of a primary soul, it wouldn't be able to form a thousand soul flag.
As for what a primary soul was, there was no other requirement. The primary soul had to be stronger than all the souls in the flag combined.
As Wang Lin studied the Soul Banner, he thought of the qilin-like demonic beast in the depths of the spirit vein. This beast was obviously the main soul of the golden Soul Banner!
During these three months of cultivation, Wang Lin had collected a large amount of soul fragments. For some reason, these soul fragments were all gathered in the spirit vein. When Wang Lin checked earlier, he didn't see a single one. It was obvious that the moment the soul fragments appeared, they were taken away.
After collecting these souls, Wang Lin understood where the souls in the spirit vein had gone. They had been absorbed by the soul banner in the depths of the spirit vein!
During the three months, one man and one flag frequently fought over each other's souls. However, because the soul flag was fixed to a single point, it naturally wasn't as nimble as Wang Lin. During the three months, almost all of Jiuwei's souls were taken away by Wang Lin.
There were strong and weak souls. During the three months, Wang Lin found an early stage Nascent Soul soul. After collecting it, it became the primary soul.
There weren't many Nascent Soul Cultivators' souls, only two or three a year. In the past, once a Nascent Soul Cultivator's soul was found, the powerful disciples of the Soul Refining Mountain would fight for it.
Guo Dongjian's words made Wang Lin's heart tremble. The disciples of the Soul Extracting Peak were obviously using souls to refine the flag as he had expected. He made up his mind to find an opportunity to get a Soul Extracting Jade Slip to study.
As for the soul vortex, it was one of the three divine abilities on the Soul Refining Jade Slip. These three divine abilities were Condensation, Soul Vortex, and Blood Sacrifice.
Condensation was relatively simple. Although there were only ten Soul Refining Jade Slips on the Soul Refining Peak, there were people who made copies of the condensation divine ability and sold them outside.
This spell was the foundation of refining the soul. Only by using this divine ability could the formless soul be condensed into a physical form and be placed into the soul flag.
The Soul Vortex was a relatively rare divine ability, at least on the Soul Refining Peak. This divine ability could only be mastered by Nascent Soul cultivators, but not all Nascent Soul cultivators could learn it. For example, Guo Dongjian had never been able to understand it.
Once this divine ability was used, it could absorb a large amount of souls. Whether it was fighting or stealing souls, it was a great advantage.
Finally, there was Blood Sacrifice. This was the ultimate divine ability of the Soul Refining Peak's soul flag. Using this technique would increase the power of the soul flag by several times.
Although the Soul Refining Sect had few disciples, they were very famous. One third of the reason was because of this technique.
However, cultivating this technique was even more difficult. Even some late stage Nascent Soul disciples couldn't master it.
Wang Lin waved his right hand and the Soul Vortex disappeared. A soul flag appeared in his hand and with a wave, a large amount of souls were sucked into the flag.
Guo Dongjian's expression was unsightly, revealing a trace of bitterness. The soul banner that he had spent many years collecting was snatched away just like that. Guo Dongjian could only sigh and smile bitterly.
This was the rule of the Soul Refining Sect. He originally came here to steal Wang Lin's soul flag. Now that he had failed, although he felt bitter, he could only sigh. He clasped his hands at Wang Lin and left dejectedly.
Wang Lin slapped the Nascent Soul in his hand and sent it into the soul flag. Suddenly, the Nascent Soul and the original primary soul began to fight each other.
Wang Lin didn't look at the flag anymore. He knew that there would be a winner between the two Nascent Soul souls. The winner would become the new primary soul and the loser would become a vassal.
Xu Yun and Liu Wei were nervous and didn't dare to say a word.
Although Xu Yun was full of confidence before, she couldn't be confident anymore. She didn't think that Senior Brother Qing Mu had mastered the Soul Vortex.
Wang Lin's gaze swept the surroundings. This place was very elegant and had its own charm.
"You changed the layout of my palace without permission. This matter is over and the two of you must leave immediately." Wang Lin's tone was calm as he spoke slowly.
Xu Yun had a pleading look on his face as he said, "Senior brother Qing Mu, the two of us won't disturb you. If we go out now, the souls we worked so hard to collect will definitely be taken away. Senior brother, we just want to find a safe place to cultivate and won't cause you any trouble."
Wang Lin didn't speak, but his gaze turned cold.
Xu Yun's heart trembled when his gaze landed on her.
Liu Wei was a timid person to begin with. Now, she couldn't help but cry. She was a talented person and her cultivation speed was extremely fast. Although she was timid, with her cultivation level of the intermediate stage of the Core Formation Stage, she managed to win a competition among the outer disciples and became famous among the inner disciples.
However, after entering this place, she realized that everything was different from what she had imagined. The Soul Refining Peak was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. This place was far from the ideal Cultivation Sect she had in mind.
Wang Lin frowned. He waved his sleeves and was about to throw the two women out of the palace when he suddenly raised his head and stared at the sky.
A green silhouette, like a fairy, slowly floated over from the sky and landed 10 feet away from Wang Lin.
"Liu Mei!" Seeing this woman, Wang Lin frowned even more.
Liu Mei smiled and said, "Brother Qing Mu's cultivation has recovered by more than half. Congratulations!"
The moment Liu Mei spoke, Wang Lin pointed at the air with his right hand. Instantly, Xu Yun and Liu Wei's bodies fell to the side and they fainted.
"Liu Mei, what is your goal? Just say it. There is no need to be so pretentious and ruin my impression of you." Wang Lin stared at Liu Mei and said coldly.
Liu Mei stared at Wang Lin and softly sighed.
"Wang Lin, you are faced with a disaster. Go … leave Suzaku …"
Wang Lin's expression remained the same. He didn't speak and waited for Liu Mei to continue.
"I don't want to lie to you. You already know that I am from the Country of Rosefinch, but you don't know that my master is no ordinary person. He is the number one cultivator on Suzaku, the son of Rosefinch!" Liu Mei softly said.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed and his mind became clear. He suddenly asked, "After the battle between Red Butterfly and me, how is she now?"
After hearing Liu Mei's words, he connected it with his previous thoughts and suddenly came up with a terrifying guess.
Liu Mei's eyes flashed with a trace of admiration. She looked at Wang Lin and softly said, "Red Butterfly … was killed by my senior."
Wang Lin sucked in a breath of air and confirmed his guess. He said in a low voice, "It seems that my battle with Red Butterfly was only a beast fight in the eyes of some people."
Liu Mei bit her lower lip and softly said, "Brother Wang, you should leave. The faster the better …" With that, she looked deeply at Wang Lin, let out a sigh, and left.
"Wang Lin, Liu Mei was ordered by my master to leave my shadow in your dao heart. This is a fate that Liu Mei can't resist … I can't go against my master's orders … In this battle of dao heart, unless your shadow is left in my dao heart, you have no chance of winning … However, I, Liu Mei, have comprehended the Thousand Illusion Merciless Dao. Everything on the outside has emotions on the outside, but my heart is merciless. How can you win …" Liu Mei let out a sigh as she left. There was a hint of coldness and ruthlessness in the depths of her eyes. However, this ruthlessness was covered up by her appearance and couldn't be seen through.
Wang Lin looked at Liu Mei's back and frowned. Liu Mei's words seemed to have pointed out the problem, but in reality, it left countless questions unanswered.
"This matter is strange. I have a strange feeling about this Liu Mei, strange …" Wang Lin frowned and muttered to himself.
After a while, he looked at Xu Yun and Liu Wei, who were not far away. He waved his sleeves and took the two of them 100 feet away from the cave.
However, the moment he took the two of them away, Wang Lin's heart suddenly trembled as if he had thought of something.
He reached out with his right hand and the two of them pulled him back. He took a closer look and saw that the two of them had different expressions on their faces.
Xu Yun's previous performance had always been rather firm. When she spoke to the other woman, she gave off a sense of strength. However, at this moment, she was unconscious, and a trace of weakness and helplessness could be seen on her face.
In contrast, the feeling the other woman gave Wang Lin was that she was always soft and weak. However, at this moment, there was a hint of ruthlessness and determination in her expression. It was clear that she was someone who was soft on the outside but hard on the inside.
It was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed through Wang Lin's mind. His eyes lit up as he looked in the direction Liu Mei left and revealed a cold smile.
"I understand now … why do I have such a strange feeling every time I see Liu Mei? It's because Liu Mei's actions seem to be pitiful and sentimental, but in reality, it's to hide the true ruthlessness in the depths of her heart!"