257: soul

“Amitabha, greetings to Supreme Holy Mother!”

An old man, sincere and devout, bowed to the man whose hand was still on his head.

There were four others around him, dressed similarly.

Their expressions were equally sincere and earnest.

Chen De slowly removed his hand from the old man's head, pressed his palms together, and his eyes held a compassionate sorrow.

He took two steps to the side, and, as if thinking of something, lowered his head and sighed.

The old man, who had just been enlightened by Chen De, asked with a devout expression, “May I ask what troubles Supreme Holy Mother?”

Chen De hesitated, a deeper bitterness in his eyes, “Alas, the world has long suffered under the Eight Clans, yet the common people are powerless, left to their enslavement.

We, who follow Supreme Holy Mother, should be free from all worldly attachments and always think of the common people.

But now, though I wish to change the world, I fear being accused of seeking fame and profit!”

Another old man, who was among those surrounding them, agreed wholeheartedly, “Yes, we act not for fame, nor for profit.

But once we take action, it's inevitable that some will think we do it for personal gain.

Wouldn't that tarnish our reputation for selflessness?”

This person was Ling Qi, a Spirit Clan Elder Chen De had previously enlightened, and one brought by Chen De.

Hearing this, Chen De also frowned deeply, “No matter what, even if we are slandered and misunderstood, I cannot bear to see the common people suffer any longer.”

The first Spirit Clan Elder enlightened by Chen De, Ling Zhun, heard Chen De's words and immediately changed his expression, quickly trying to dissuade him, “Supreme Holy Mother benefits the common people of the world, not hesitating to tarnish her own reputation; we have no doubt about that.

It's just, it's just…

It's just that our being misunderstood by the world is a small matter, but the righteous path of heaven and earth would be damaged by it.

One must know that the righteous path of heaven and earth cannot be slandered, and we represent the righteous path of heaven and earth!”

Chen De sighed, unsure what to do.

At this moment, the elder Ling Que, who had just been enlightened by Chen De, spoke, “Hmph, if you ask me, you are all too attached to appearances.

Right is right, wrong is wrong.

Since it's right, let's do it, and leave everything to time to judge.

Even if we suffer temporary humiliation, one day the truth will surely come to light.

And the common people will eventually understand our good intentions.”

Hearing this, a spark of light suddenly flashed in Chen De's eyes.

It was as if some will was forming, growing increasingly firm.

Afterward, Chen De said with an apologetic expression, “My fault, my fault, I didn't realize that, even now, I was being too stubborn.”

He turned his head to look at Ling Que, “You are right, we should do just that.

As long as there is goodness in our hearts and we know what we are doing.

If so, what do all misunderstandings matter to me?”

So, Chen De waited a little longer in place.

Two figures were seen approaching from a distance.

One of them asked curiously, “Brother Yan, you said you discovered a great opportunity, how much further is it?”

The other figure, with a gentle expression, smiled faintly and said, “Brother Wen, don't rush, it's not far ahead, we'll be there soon.”

Ling Wen nodded after hearing this; he didn't know what kind of opportunity it was.

Seeing Ling Yan's mysterious demeanor, he wouldn't say anything when asked, only that it was a great opportunity.

Ling Yan's seriousness made Ling Wen feel that Ling Yan had indeed found some great opportunity.

Normally, he and Ling Yan had the best relationship in the clan, so it wasn't strange for Ling Yan to seek him out for something.

“Alright then, I'm eager to see what this great opportunity you speak of is!”

“Hahaha, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!”

Soon, after reaching a certain spot, Ling Yan suddenly stopped and softly murmured, “We're here!”

Seeing Ling Yan stop, Ling Wen also stopped.

Although Ling Yan's voice was very soft, Ling Wen heard it clearly.

He looked around, peering in all directions, “Here? What's here? Have we arrived at the place?”

Ling Yan stood in front, his back to Ling Wen, and shook his head.

“Yes, it's here, your great opportunity is here!”

At this moment, Ling Wen gradually felt something was wrong, slowly retreated two steps, ready to flee at any moment.

“Brother Yan, what do you mean? Where is the opportunity?

I don't see it!”

Ling Yan tilted his head slightly to the left, then turned it 180 degrees to face behind him, staring directly at Ling Wen.

A strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, “Too late!”

Seeing this, Ling Wen was terrified, no longer hesitating, and frantically activated the power in his body.

Then, it was ineffective!

Yes, ineffective. Ling Wen felt as if all the energy within him had vanished.

He couldn't circulate or gather any of it.

The next moment, he found that he could no longer move.

No matter how frantically he struggled, everything was useless.

Just as Ling Wen didn't know what to do next, feeling at a loss.

Then, he saw a pair of eyes, a pair of blood-red eyes.

Next, all the restraints on Ling Wen's body disappeared.

However, he didn't move, nor did he plan to escape as he had moments before.

Subsequently, Chen De walked out from the side, followed by five Supreme Holy Mothers.

After Chen De emerged, Ling Yan also returned to his normal state, devoutly and silently moving behind Chen De.

Chen De looked at Ling Wen in front of him, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Just now, Chen De had used Ling Wen to conduct an experiment, which involved Chen De's current dual cultivation of the God Cultivation system.

He wondered if, by using soul methods, he could corrupt... or enlighten others.

After all, before this, Chen De had always used the black liquid to achieve this goal.

However, now, as his cultivation continued to improve, the power of his Evil God Essence was also increasingly unleashed and strengthened.

The Evil God Essence inherently provided a high bonus in soul aspects, and now Chen De also cultivated as a God Cultivation.

Combining the two might yield results.

And Chen De was quite satisfied with the experimental results.

The effect of using soul methods to enlighten others was much weaker than using black liquid.

For example, black liquid could enlighten individuals at the same realm as Chen De at most.

But using the soul could only enlighten characters whose cultivation was three minor realms lower than Chen De's.

However, fortunately, most of those Chen De went to enlighten were beings whose cultivation was far inferior to his.

Those whose cultivation was close to or on par with Chen De were personally dealt with by him.

So, this drawback wasn't really a drawback.

Looking at the Supreme Holy Mother who had just been enlightened by his soul methods, Chen De patted his shoulder.

He instructed them, “You all go back. Afterward, every once in a while,

one of you will bring a few unenlightened Pi Ming Realm cultivators.”

“Yes!”

Upon receiving Chen De's command, the Supreme Holy Mothers immediately turned and left.

A special fluctuation came from a distance. Chen De received it and nodded knowingly.

“Quite fast, aren't they!”