69: Chapter 69 The Wonderful Use of the Soul! Rich Woman Xun'er's First Meeting with Little Fairy Doctor

"I've got it!"

Inside the Heaven-rank Number One guest room of the Mittel Merchant Guild station in Qingshan Town, Gu Han, who was within the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm, sensed Ling Ying's soul fluctuations reappear, and a bold idea suddenly sprouted in his mind.

Brute force could not break that layer of energy barrier, and it likely couldn't harm the Purple Nether Flame Snake's body during its transformation process, but that didn't mean its soul couldn't be harmed.

If he killed the current soul of the Purple Nether Flame Snake, what would happen?

First: A brand new soul consciousness would be born within the body of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, like a newborn baby. At that time, acting as both its mother and father, it would naturally be completely under his control.

Second: Losing its soul, the physical body would decay and the transformation would stop. Then, he could immediately take back the items swallowed by the Purple Nether Flame Snake.

Third: The snake's body would evolve as usual, but the soul would be destroyed and consciousness would cease to exist, making it just an empty shell—a "vegetative snake."

"No matter which case it is, it's worth a try. My things aren't that easy to possess."

Although the Purple Nether Flame Snake was a Fifth-Tier Magical Beast, it was still just a magical beast, and one only comparable to a Dou Wang at that; its soul wouldn't be too strong.

"This is doable!"

Gu Han took out the ice toad snow pearl and the hundred-year cold jade. He approached the Purple Nether Flame Snake, sat on the yuan crystal marrow, placed his hand on the colorful energy crystal barrier, and injected his own Soul Power.

To his surprise, his Soul Power entered as if into an uninhabited territory, unblocked by that layer of special crystal. It easily entered the Purple Nether Flame Snake's body, sensing its soul fluctuations.

Soon, Gu Han felt himself enter a mental space. This space wasn't large, only about ten zhang in size. In the very center coiled a Purple Nether Flame Snake, its eyes tightly closed in slumber.

As if sensing an outsider's gaze, the soul-form Purple Nether Flame Snake opened its eyes and met Gu Han's gaze directly.

A fitting look of confusion flickered in her purple eyes, followed immediately by shock: "You can actually enter the depths of my soul!?"

This was a place that even she had to exert great effort to perceive through introspection, let alone enter.

Today, by drawing upon the power brought by the transformation into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, she had successfully introspected her soul.

Only to find Gu Han there upon arrival.

"Your soul strength is truly pitifully weak."

Gu Han, formed of soul energy, found that he could still perceive the Xuanwu Shell. Becoming even bolder, he performed a full-scale perception.

Only then did he realize that the Purple Nether Flame Snake's soul realm was still some distance away from the Early stage of the Mortal Realm; it was just an ordinary soul without a realm.

In the mental world, the gap between the Purple Nether Flame Snake and him was even greater than the gap between their cultivation levels in the outside world.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for someone to allow him to touch them and invade with Soul Power.

But this Purple Nether Flame Snake was heavily injured and had begun its transformation, leaving it at his mercy.

Gu Han's gaze, which looked at her like an ant, provoked the Purple Nether Flame Snake. She immediately spoke: "Human, leave quickly, otherwise this Queen..."

"Otherwise?" Gu Han directly interrupted the words of the Purple Nether Flame Snake's soul form, raising his hand in an archery motion.

The natural energy of the outside world could be mobilized by his Soul Power, turning it into a bow and arrows.

With the help of the yuan crystal marrow, hundred-year cold jade, and ice toad snow pearl, a longbow quickly condensed, and a soul arrow carrying the power of frost was fired.

"Ah!"

Struck by the arrow, the Purple Nether Flame Snake immediately let out a shrill scream of agony.

Feeling her Soul Power begin to dissipate, the Purple Nether Flame Snake roared: "Human, you seek death! Stop at once!"

"Ah! Bastard, this Queen will tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

"Ah! Ah! Stop! This Queen will self-destruct and take you with me!"

"Ah!"

"..."

"I beg you, I beg you to stop! I am willing to acknowledge you as my master!"

As Gu Han fired arrow after arrow, the Purple Nether Flame Snake dodged repeatedly to no avail. Her body and the mental space rapidly shrank.

In just a few dozen breaths, this mental space was left with only a radius of three zhang, and the Purple Nether Flame Snake's soul was only a few inches long.

Gu Han's soul form stood before the Purple Nether Flame Snake's soul like a towering giant. He could crush the latter with a mere reach of his hand, causing the soul to dissipate entirely.

"Your life is now completely in my hands."

"For the time being, wait for death in fear."

With a thought, Gu Han left the mental space.

*Hiss!*

As his soul returned to his body, Gu Han gasped, feeling a sense of exhaustion for the first time since he began cultivating.

Attacking continuously with Soul Power, even with the help of three natural treasures, left him feeling hollowed out at this moment.

However, persisting until the snake's soul was destroyed wouldn't be a problem; he stopped because he was worried the Purple Nether Flame Snake's body would become a corpse.

Therefore, he planned to make two preparations. If he could turn Qing Lin into his Sword-bearing maid, he would wait for the right moment for Qing Lin to enslave this snake.

If he couldn't do it in time, he would wait for the Purple Nether Flame Snake to transform into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python before considering another attempt.

"Recover first."

Gu Han visualized the Xuanwu Shell and circulated the Ice Soul Profound Canon to restore his state.

In the blink of an eye, ten double-hours passed, and a new day arrived.

Gu Han felt refreshed, his Soul Power fully restored.

"The Xuanwu Shell can even serve as a tonic for restoring mental strength."

A light flashed in Gu Han's eyes as he chose to check today's opportunity, or rather, the intelligence.

[The female snake you killed was named Lisha. She was the daughter of the former Guard Commander of the Snake-People Clan. Her father fell while protecting the previous Queen Medusa. She was also the direct granddaughter of the Second Elder, one of the four Great Elders of the current Snake-People Clan, and was betrothed to Bai Liang, one of the eight Great Commanders.]

[Using her identity as a guard of the Snake-People Clan's Sacred Temple, she stole the sacred object, the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python magic core crystal. With the secret help of her fiancé and grandmother, she escaped the Snake-People Tribe. To absorb the power of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python magic core crystal, she fell into practicing the Snake-Luan Secret Method, and her appearance was ruined by the energy of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.]

[The origin of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python magic core crystal is that the previous Queen Medusa...]

Gu Han: !

So, by a stroke of luck, he had slain a Female Snake Person with an extraordinary identity within the Snake-People Clan.

And this Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python magic core crystal could be considered the final relic of Queen Medusa's mother.

"This must not be exposed," Gu Han thought to himself. Otherwise, it would be big trouble.

Fortunately, the only one who knew about him killing Lisha was Ling Ying.

Ling Ying knowing meant Xun'er and Ling Xiao knew.

So there shouldn't be a fifth person who knows, right?

[Gu Xun'er intends to nurture a genius capable of suppressing the younger generation of the Gu Clan. She has decided to increase her investment in you and will have Ling Ying find a suitable time to gift you the Earth Tier Low-rank sword technique, "Nine Profound Ice Sword Manual."]

Gu Han: !

A rich girl is indeed a rich girl.

If Zi Yan isn't counted under the circumstances of Zhu Kun's return, Xun'er is indisputably the number one wealthy young lady of the Fighting Qi Continent. Her generosity is truly extraordinary.

An Earth Tier Low-rank Dou Technique—she invests it just like that.

"I think the timing is quite suitable right now," Gu Han muttered to himself.

Xuan Tier Dou Techniques are means to face enemies of a higher level, and high-rank Xuan Tier techniques, if used well, can allow one to defeat enemies across a major rank in specific situations.

An Earth Tier Low-rank manual is a true trump card for defeating enemies of a higher rank.

"Continue cultivating."

Gu Han composed his mind and continued his cultivation.

He waited until the next morning before preparing to go out.

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out ahead.

"They're back! The mercenary group that took Xiao Yi Xian into the mountains is back!"