Soul-nourishing Jade

The ethereal figure gently lifted him, helping him up. "Since you acknowledge me as your adoptive father, though I now possess nothing, I can still grant you a stroke of good fortune."

With that, he pointed a finger, and an unnamed Cultivation Technique was deeply imprinted in Qin Feng's mind.

"This is the Everlasting Creation Scripture. As long as a single breath remains, one can endlessly regenerate. Cultivate it to Major Achievement, and as long as your Divine Soul persists, even if only a drop of blood or a strand of hair remains, you can directly reshape your Physical Body."

"I was quite unlucky; my Divine Soul was crippled, and my Physical Body was also poisoned, extinguishing its vitality. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ended up like this, barely surviving within the Five Elements Exquisite Pagoda."

"If I could Cultivate to the final chapter, even if only a wisp of remnant soul remained, I could live another life. It's just a pity that I can never comprehend the final chapter, 'Soul's Return.'"

The remnant soul said with some helplessness.

The profound Cultivation Technique appeared in his mind, and Qin Feng only felt its boundless mysteries and wonder. The grade of this Cultivation Technique was definitely not something a Mortal could possess.

As for the remnant soul's words, he just listened to them.

However, the important matter now was not to Cultivate, but to obtain the supreme treasure.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Qin Feng continued to explore forward.

Under the guidance of the remnant soul, he quickly arrived at a dimly lit cave.

In the center of the cave, a golden longsword was plunged straight into the brow of a seven to eight zhang tall, purple-scaled, green-faced, fanged Great Demon with two wings on its back, pinning it to death within the cave.

Faintly, with the golden longsword as the formation's core, a Sword Array was formed, suppressing the violent Devilish Qi within and preventing it from rampaging and bringing chaos to the world.

"This is bad. I didn't expect this golden longsword to be the eye of the formation."

"If the longsword is pulled out, the grand array will surely be destroyed. Although this lesser demon is dead, the overflowing Devilish Qi will likely give birth to many Demonic Beasts," the Immortal King remnant soul said in a deep voice.

When Qin Feng saw the golden longsword, his eyes immediately lit up. What a magnificent divine sword!

But listening to the Immortal King, it seemed that pulling out this divine sword would have negative consequences.

However, what do negative consequences have to do with me? I only care about enjoying life while I'm alive; I couldn't care less about the deluge after I'm gone.

He must take this longsword!

However, it would not be good to anger this Immortal King and leave a bad impression.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"Adoptive Father, this place is only eight thousand li away from Tai Xuan Holy Land. One of the purposes for Tai Xuan Holy Land being established here is to suppress the Demon Cave. This Sword Array treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Why not cut the Gordian knot, release it, and let Tai Xuan Holy Land deal with it?"

The Immortal King remnant soul fell silent, as if what he said made sense.

Qin Feng looked down and saw a greenish stone below the golden longsword, round and lustrous, like a Medicinal Pill.

"Adoptive Father, look at that green thing. Is it a treasure?"

The Immortal King remnant soul concentrated his gaze and couldn't help but be shocked.

"soul nourishing jade! It's actually soul nourishing jade!"

"It nourishes the Divine Soul and strengthens Divine Sense. This soul nourishing jade is extremely useful."

Strengthens Divine Sense! Qin Feng's heart also itched when he heard that. If he used it on himself, a great increase in Divine Sense would surely lead to a great increase in strength.

However, this item seemed to be of great use to the Immortal King remnant soul as well. He couldn't take it, and he had to get it for him.

Qin Feng said, "Since it can nourish the Divine Soul, it must be of great use to Adoptive Father. I will go and retrieve it for you now."

He would show his filial piety first.

However, entering the Sword Array required extreme caution.

One careless move and he would trigger the Sword Qi, being torn to shreds by it.

He explained this situation to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was overjoyed and said, almost with a suicidal resolve, "One day my Adoptive Father, you will be my Adoptive Father for life. If I don't go when there's danger, wouldn't I be an unfilial son?"

Such filial piety also brought comfort to the Immortal King remnant soul.

He did not want Qin Feng to take risks.

But Qin Feng insisted on going.

The two were at a stalemate.

Qin Feng suddenly spoke, "Adoptive Father, if I were to destroy this Sword Array and pull out the golden divine sword, wouldn't I be able to safely retrieve the soul nourishing jade?"

"That's true, but..."

Qin Feng said without a doubt, "Adoptive Father, I know you possess great righteousness and are unwilling to release Devilish Qi into the world for your own selfish gain. But I have acknowledged you as my adoptive father, and if I don't show some filial piety, I will feel guilty."

"On one side is the people of the world, and on the other is my respected and revered Adoptive Father. My choice is to rather bear the world's scorn than to retrieve this soul nourishing jade to nourish your Divine Soul!"

He said resolutely, taking all the blame upon himself, and calling it: Filial Piety!

"Adoptive Father, just tell me the method to retrieve the golden divine sword."

Hearts are hidden, and even an Immortal King cannot fathom human intentions.

What scorn? As long as he got the golden divine sword, he would simply leave, not caring about the deluge that followed.

This Immortal King was also very eager for this soul nourishing jade. With this soul nourishing jade, he would be able to strengthen his Divine Soul again, and there would be more hope for him to reshape his Physical Body in the future.

Moreover, could he refute such a filial adopted son?

"Alright, I'll tell you the method."

Qin Feng said righteously, "Today, for the sake of obtaining the soul nourishing jade, I bring disaster, but when my Cultivation is successful in the future, I will surely bring benefit to all."

The Immortal King remnant soul was somewhat comforted. With a clear beginning and end, and a heart for the world, this adopted son was quite decent.

Finally, under the guidance of the Immortal King remnant soul, he pulled out the golden divine sword and picked up the soul nourishing jade.

Although his heart yearned for it, he unhesitatingly handed it to the Immortal King remnant soul, as if it were just an ordinary stone, of no great importance.

He understood trade very well. The soul nourishing jade was a treasure, but compared to the trust of an Immortal King remnant soul, it was insignificant.

After Qin Feng pulled out the golden divine sword formation and picked up the soul nourishing jade, he immediately fled the Northern Underworld Demon Cave.

Because he knew that once the Sword Array was broken, the Devilish Qi suppressed there would erupt before long. At that time, even if he wore a demon-proof tree garment, he would not be able to withstand the erosion of the violent Devilish Qi.

A day later, centered around the Northern Underworld Demon Cave, a Devilish Qi eruption, tens of thousands of feet high and thousands of feet thick, occurred.

This Devilish Qi poured out wildly, spilling into the surrounding mountains and forests. Countless Yao Beasts were demonized, turning into bloodthirsty and cruel Demonic Beasts.

The Soul Transformation Deacons and Void Refining Elders of Tai Xuan Holy Land immediately surrounded the area, but they still couldn't stop the Devilish Qi eruption. Finally, the Grand Elder was alarmed and used Tai Xuan Holy Land's supreme treasure, expending countless divine materials, and took a month to stop the tumultuous Devilish Qi.

Afterward, the Grand Elder asked, "Has the cause been investigated?"

"Reporting to Grand Elder, the Geng Metal devil subduing divine sword that suppressed the Demon Cave was stolen by someone unknown, which caused the Devilish Qi disturbance."

The Grand Elder's gaze was profound as he looked at the Demon Cave. If it hadn't been discovered and re-suppressed in time, it was feared that the entire area within a thousand li radius, centered around the Northern Underworld Demon Cave, would have turned into a demonic realm.

He recalled what Xuan Ji Elder had said a few days ago, that many people with shining stars would appear around the Saint, bringing him disaster.

Presumably, this was the beginning of the disaster.

The Grand Elder ordered, "Strictly investigate. If the person who stole the divine sword is found, they must be brought back to the Holy Land. If they resist to the death, their life or death does not matter."

"As you command!"