Chapter 38 is strange.

Inside the cave, the two sized each other up, and suddenly their Divine Souls became unstable!

Two different expressions appeared on each of their faces; one half was terrifyingly ferocious, while the other half was chillingly gloomy. The original Luo Sheng and the An Family Head were fighting for control of their bodies.

At this moment, the gloomy half of Luo Sheng's face said to the An Family Head, "Madam, quickly put on the Soul-Entrusting Jade Finger and use the Blood Soul Power inside to suppress the original soul!"

Their left hands tried to reach for the jade fingers from the skeletons, but the other side of their faces stopped them, making it difficult to reach out.

The gloomy half of Luo Sheng's face snorted, "Mere Qi Refining!"

Then, as if using some technique, the ferocious half of Luo Sheng's face suddenly felt pain.

At this moment, the possessing Luo Sheng calmly picked up the two jade fingers from the skeletons and put them on his and the An Family Head's middle fingers.

"Luo Sheng" activated the jade finger, and a wave of blood-colored Spiritual Qi invaded his entire body, causing the ferocious half of his face to also become gloomy, completely suppressing the original soul.

The "An Family Head" performed the same operation, and three minutes later, both of them stabilized.

The possessing Luo Sheng said, "Madam, I didn't expect it to be two Qi Refining Cultivators! The Formation we set up was a Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation, wasn't it? We intended to lure in a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"

That "An Family Head" seemed somewhat disgusted with his own body; the resentful expression on a man's face was difficult to look at.

"It seems we didn't go very deep into the Boundless Forest either! We waited bitterly for two hundred years only to lure in two Qi Refining Cultivators. Sigh! It will take quite some time to Cultivate back to the Golden Core stage!"

"Luo Sheng" comforted him, "I have wronged you, Madam. In the end, it was the only way. Back then, we were in the Early Stage Golden Core with little Lifespan remaining. We stumbled upon these two Soul-Entrusting Jade Fingers and this Spirit Entrusting Soul Transfer Great Method, which allowed us to luckily escape the cycle of life and death of the Heavenly Dao. It is just a pity that we cannot perform Possession like a Nascent Soul expert; we have to rely on the Soul-Entrusting Jade Finger to stabilize our Divine Souls and then slowly exterminate the original souls."

The "An Family Head" asked, "I wonder what you plan to do next, Husband?"

"Luo Sheng" pondered for a while and said, "From the original souls' memories, I can only extract the memories from the last few days; they are somewhat fragmented. However, I have learned some information. We are both heads of Qi Refining Immortal Clans in Yuanwu Prefecture of the Nanwu Kingdom; you are from the An Family, and I am from the Luo Family. As for how our Formation was broken, in the blurred memories, it seems a Third-Rank Formation Master named Chen Li told them how to break it!"

The "An Family Head" also captured some memories, "This Chen Li is also a Qi Refining Family Head in Yuanwu Prefecture. It seems these two Late Stage Qi Refining Cultivators were able to get in thanks to him! Hehe, it seems our ability to see the light of day again is also thanks to this person!"

"Luo Sheng" suggested, "Madam, the strength we can exert now is only at the Late Stage Qi Refining, and the Blood Soul Power has been depleted quite a bit over three hundred years; it needs to be replenished. Why don't we keep using the identities of these two for now, Cultivate our cultivation base, and completely exterminate the original souls before we plan our next step?"

The "An Family Head" said helplessly, "That is the only way. It is a pity that we can only transfer souls once; otherwise, I would definitely have found a female Cultivator!"

"Madam, please just make do. As long as we can be together, why should we care about being men or women?"

Three days later, the An Family Head and the Luo Family Head of Liangxi County returned from exploring the ruins and visited Chen Li to thank him. Chen Li received three hundred Spirit Stones.

In front of the Guest Welcoming Pavilion, Chen Li sized the two up and felt something was strange, but he did not know what was strange about it.

When saying goodbye, the An Family Head suddenly asked Chen Li, "Fellow Daoist Chen, are you really at the Mid-stage Qi Refining?"

Chen Li was shocked. Could he have seen through his Qi Concealment Art?

That shouldn't be possible; he had already cultivated it to Perfection, and only a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator could discover it if they paid close attention!

However, Chen Li's tone remained steady as he said, "Yes, Chen is at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. Is there something wrong?"

Seeing that Chen Li did not seem to be lying, the An Family Head said, "Then your talent in the way of the Formation is truly high!"

Chen Li watched the two leave, confused. He still could not see any problems, so he shook his head and returned to the mountain.

The two who had left gathered together again not far away.

At this moment, Luo Sheng said, "Madam, is there any problem with this person?"

The An Family Head said, "I just probed him with my Golden Core Divine Sense, and there is indeed a layer of obstruction blocking the intrusion of the Divine Sense. However, our Divine Sense is unstable now, so we don't know his full cultivation level, but it should still be the Qi Refinement Stage!"

"That is fine. As long as it is not Foundation Establishment, we have the ability to kill the other party!"

"Yes, Husband. In the next few days, we need to extract Blood Soul. I feel that the original soul has shown signs of reviving recently, so we must strengthen the Blood Soul Power!"

"The original souls have quite a few clan Cultivators; let's target them first! But do not attract the attention of others first!"

Extracting Blood Soul requires the Cultivator to be alive; one must cast the Soul Devouring Great Method to strip the Cultivator's Divine Soul and essence blood from their body.

The two nodded in tacit understanding and revealed greedy smiles.

In Black Magpie Mountain, besides condensing the Qi of Returning to the Origin and feeding Chen Songmei, Chen Li also studied the Puppetry Art, Insect Rearing Art, and Pulse Seeking Art over the past few days.

As someone with excellent Comprehension Ability, Chen Li put a lot of thought into it and basically read through everything below the Third-Rank. Although he had not practiced it, there was no problem with him being an instructor.

Time flowed like water, and a month passed in a hurry.

Inside Black Magpie Mountain, in Chen Songyan's room at Immortal Learning Tower, a wave of Spiritual Qi overflowed from the room; he had reached the Third Level of Qi Refining!

With Chen Songyan's Three Spiritual Roots Aptitude, coupled with sufficient Medicinal Pills, there were no obstacles to his Breakthrough!

After coming out of seclusion, Chen Songyan came to pay respects to Chen Li. Seeing Chen Songyan break through, he was very happy.

While happy, he also taught him the Insect Rearing Art. When Chen Songyan saw that his father had learned the Insect Rearing Art better than him in just over a month, the thought of playing for a while after just breaking through died.

Ten days later, in Concentric Heart Hall, Chen Songmei was almost two years old and was crawling everywhere.

At this time, Chen Songli came out of seclusion and arrived at Concentric Heart Hall. Seeing Chen Songmei, she picked her up directly into her arms and said to Chen Li, "Father, Songli has successfully broken through to the Third Level of Qi Refining."

"Not bad. Next, you should stabilize your cultivation base before breaking through to the Mid-stage Qi Refining, or you can contemplate the Second-Rank Formation!"

"Okay, Father! I haven't seen Songmei for two months, and she has grown even cuter. Father, let me, as her big sister, take care of her for a few days!"

"Haha, sure, sure!"

Three days later, the third, Chen Songxuan, and the fourth, Chen Songxiao, came out of seclusion one after another.

Both of them had broken through to the Qi Refining Second Layer. As soon as they came out of seclusion, they went to find Chen Li immediately. Chen Li was also quite happy and told them to stabilize their cultivation base first.

Then, in his happiness, he also taught them the Puppetry Art and Pulse Seeking Art.

When they learned that their father had almost mastered these low-grade Puppetry Art and Pulse Seeking Art in just over a month, the two were shown up by their father again!

Alright, their father was indeed a Genius; there was no comparison at all!