238: Chapter 238 The Illusory Spirit Spring, the Invincible Demon Soul

Forbidden Realm of Qin!

Hun Tiandi walked out of the cave and sped toward the depths of the inner layer of the Qin Realm. Along the way, he collected every weapon embryo he saw without hesitation.

"Brother Li, look, who is that?"

"I don't know. Looking at his age, he's just a youth. To enter the perilous Qin Realm so boldly..."

Just then, two young men in the distance watched Hun Tiandi, shocked by his efficient and decisive killing, and began to discuss him.

These two young men had survived in the Qin Realm for quite some time, which was already quite impressive.

In the outside world, they would be considered the cream of the crop within a sect. Over the past ten days or so, they had gained a deep understanding of the dangers of the Qin Realm that the Elder of Sound Valley had warned them about.

Within the mist, ambushes occurred from time to time, with endless methods employed.

There was even fighting and killing among the youths over those strange weapon embryos.

Countless people had lost their lives within, killing one another.

Seeing Hun Tiandi alone immediately caught their attention, but Hun Tiandi also noticed them instantly.

Since the Soul Weapon Art advanced to the second stage, his perception of soul power had increased tenfold.

"Let's rob him. The weapon embryos we collected were stolen by others. Maybe this youth has weapon embryos on him too. These things can be exchanged for many treasures outside."

"You're right. This youth is all alone. Let's rob him first!"

This was the rule of the Fighting Qi Continent: survival of the fittest, where the strong are respected. There were no grand principles; whoever had the bigger fist and greater strength was right.

Whoever spoke was the voice of reason.

The two exchanged a glance and quickly rushed toward Hun Tiandi. One held a long spear while the other held an iron hammer, their movements smooth and practiced.

"Kid, hand over the weapon embryos on you..."

The two were filled with chilling killing intent. Hun Tiandi furrowed his brows and turned his head. With a thought, the pale orange Soul Sword surged out with immense soul power.

It charged directly into their seas of consciousness, crushing their soul power and tearing through the space of their minds. Their bodies were struck as if by lightning.

Their bodies, which had been flying forward rapidly, came to a bizarre halt and collapsed limply onto the ground.

Hun Tiandi made no other move and simply walked forward. This scene was witnessed by two other young men in the distance.

They looked at each other, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes. It was truly too bizarre.

Those two were charging mid-air when their figures suddenly stiffened and they collapsed.

Three or four days later, every young talent who provoked Hun Tiandi had, without exception, met a bizarre end.

Many people who crossed paths began to exchange information.

Within the Qin Realm, there was a devil who killed invisibly; it was too terrifying.

Ding-dong...

Suddenly, a high-pitched zither note rang out, permeating the entire Qin Realm. All living beings saw it clearly, carrying an aura of peace and nature.

It instantly purified everyone's murderous aura, and all eyes turned toward the source of the zither sound.

They followed the sound of the zither.

The Qin Realm was vast, with crisscrossing mountains and forests. Within the Qin Realm, an incredibly grand Spirit Spring pool appeared before their eyes, its waters crystal clear.

The Spirit Spring water before them was seven-colored, with light flowing through it, sparkling and translucent like seven-colored glazed glass.

It was brilliant and colorful, with wisps of water vapor drifting about.

Backed by a mountain range, the Spirit Spring pool sat at the foot of a mountain. Behind it was what looked like a karst cave; if one didn't observe closely, it would be hard to notice.

Beside the Spirit Spring, various men and women were either sitting cross-legged or standing, though none were submerged in the water.

They held musical instruments: zithers, vertical flutes, transverse flutes, suonas...

From time to time, phantoms danced gracefully above the Spirit Spring, looking like immortals or gods, exceptionally beautiful.

However, these people lacked the aura of the living. Instead, they carried wisps of demon qi. Their expressions were cold and heartless, without the slightest emotion.

It was as if they were born without feelings, making one's skin crawl.

The zither music was pleasant to the ear. Occasionally, demon souls would follow the sound into the Spirit Spring pool, faintly obscuring the cave as if guarding something.

"The zither sounds, and the demon souls emerge!" The Noble Lady looked toward the Qin Realm while standing in the Maple Leaf Forest and sighed softly, as if she had long known this would happen.

"Mother, why did the Ancestor's legacy forbid the descendants of Sound Valley from entering, yet allow outsiders in..."

Tian Yin asked, her face filled with confusion.

"I do not know either. The Ancestor of Sound Valley must have had a reason for doing this!"

The Noble Lady spoke slowly.

"The term is one month. Twenty days have passed, and there are ten days left. I wonder who will be able to bring out the ancient zither!"

Tian Yin said worriedly.

"If someone obtains it, it means the opportunity for the cold jade ancient zither to emerge has arrived. If not..."

"In the Spirit Spring pool, as long as bamboo, spirit wood, or jade from the Qin Realm is placed inside, a weapon embryo will condense and a demon soul will be born. But getting past those demon souls is no easy task."

The Noble Lady gave a bitter smile. If the ancient zither was not in hand, the seal would be difficult to suppress.

If Sound Valley encountered any difficulties and hid within the forbidden realm, they would never be destroyed no matter what.

The difficulty lay in the fact that the Forbidden Realm of Qin was not completely controlled by Sound Valley. The demon souls would attack any outsider they encountered.

They wouldn't care if you were from Sound Valley or not. Therefore, the people of Sound Valley could not reside inside.

The Spirit Spring pool was the seven-colored pool of the Qin Realm, named the Spirit Spring Demon Soul Pool. It possessed a mysterious power that transformed bamboo, spirit wood, and jade thrown into it.

weapon embryos would be born, and from them, demon souls. These demon souls were very powerful, their strength depending on the quality of the weapon embryo.

They were originally even stronger, but they had been suppressed by some seal, leaving them with only seventy percent of their power.

As the zither music resonated, many people gathered there.

"We aren't the first to arrive..." Huang Quan walked out of the mountain forest with his two protectors behind him.

As time passed, more and more people gathered. Almost all of the strongest individuals appeared, and their numbers were increasing.

Hun Tiandi stepped out of the forest, looked at the crowd, pondered for a moment, and then boldly made his move.

Swoosh!

He transformed into a bolt of thunder and charged into the Spirit Spring Demon Soul Pool, fast as lightning. Seeing someone move first, the others also attacked the demon souls.

Low-level demon souls shattered, turning into jade-light essence that surged into the weapon embryos.

The seven-colored Spirit Spring water exploded as sword qi erupted around him, circling incessantly. Any demon soul that approached was shredded to pieces.

"Those who trespass into the Spirit Spring pool shall die!"

Among the demon souls, there were three powerful ones—two males and one female—holding a suona, a pipa, and a large drum.

The aura they emitted was definitely not from ordinary quality weapon embryos, but something even higher.

With cold expressions, the three demon souls shouted and attacked upon seeing the charging Hun Tiandi, sending waves of terrifying killing intent toward him.

The instruments sounded—the pipa, the drum, the suona... all sorts of instruments rang out at this moment.

They transformed into sound blades, all flying toward Hun Tiandi and any nearby living beings.

There were as many as several thousand, blotting out the sky.

Hun Tiandi's figure flashed as he vanished from his spot. The terrifying killing intent nearly solidified the air, and the sound blades all rushed toward the people present.

"Bastard..." Huang Quan shouted sternly, forced to take action against the sound blades.

"That youth in green has no martial ethics! He triggered the demon soul riot and then ran off himself..."

The young talents present shouted in anger as the slaughter continued. The air was constantly torn apart, the water surface exploded, and the sound of booming was incessant.

The terrifying slaughter caused the faces of even the Dou Wang level experts to change drastically.

Puchi...

Hun Tiandi's reckless actions caused the young talents present to lose their lives on the spot. At this moment, the invincible demon souls engaged in a life-and-death battle with the elites of the various major factions of the Central Plains.

"Yellow Spring Finger!"

Huang Quan boldly struck, his cold Dou Qi surging out to condense into a black finger that pierced through the air and struck the body of a demon soul.