12dz Chapter 274: An Unexpected Joy
Chapter 274: An Unexpected Joy
"Mr. Yang, please have mercy!" Immediately, Zhu Yaqin's divine consciousness emanated from within her sphere of spiritual light.
Her voice was tinged with panic, as if she were quite concerned about the insect.
"Show mercy?" Within Zhu Yaqin's sea of consciousness, Yang Jiuli's divine sense spoke coldly, "Fellow Daoist Zhu, we have no grudges against each other, yet you attempted to kill me. Now that you've fallen into my hands, do you still expect to live? Do you really think I'm kind-hearted?"
His voice was icy, carrying a murderous aura.
The tide of souls surged and rolled like waves, seemingly about to annihilate Zhu Yaqin's soul at any moment.
Within her sea of consciousness, Zhu Yaqin's spirit trembled.
After his spiritual consciousness reached the pseudo-core level, Yang Jiuli's power in using the secret technique "Soul Tide" far surpassed that of his previous Qi refining.
This surging tide of souls already possesses supernatural power.
The terrifying pressure made Zhu Yaqin tremble.
"I..." Zhu Yaqin was terrified, with a thousand words and various excuses in her heart, but she dared not speak.
They were afraid of angering the other party and being wiped out in an instant.
"Mr. Yang... Yaqin's actions this time are indeed unforgivable... But if you kill me, it will only be a momentary pleasure. Spare my life, and I will not only serve you like a slave, but also offer you a great opportunity!"
Zhu Yaqin said.
"I don't need cattle or horses. As for opportunities? I can find your secrets simply by searching your soul," Yang Jiuli said.
"Sir, you may search my soul..." Zhu Yaqin said, "but if you do so, I will self-destruct immediately."
"Self-destruct?" Yang Jiuli chuckled and said, "Are you sure you can do it?" As he spoke, a powerful divine sense pressed down on him.
Under that oppressive force, Zhu Yaqin's consciousness stagnated, and she was unable to circulate or utilize any of her soul power.
At this point, even if she wanted to end her life, she was powerless.
This is the pressure exerted by a pseudo-core-level divine sense on a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
There is an insurmountable chasm between the two.
Unless, protected by a supreme treasure.
Just like Qin Zhixue in the past, who, with the help of the fourteen-character mantra, not only blocked the "Ice Silkworm" from possessing her body.
And it will be annihilated.
But such a treasure is not something an ordinary person can possess.
However, Yang Jiuli quickly withdrew his oppressive aura.
"Mr. Yang's spiritual power is so strong... I naturally cannot self-destruct... However, I have multiple strands of my soul fused within the Gu worm. If the Gu worm activates its restriction and self-destructs... I will also perish, and you will not be able to obtain my opportunity!"
Zhu Yaqin said.
"Oh, a Gu worm!" Upon hearing this, Yang Jiuli showed some interest.
He had no intention of killing Zhu Yaqin.
This woman, having been stranded far from home, managed to successfully exact revenge; she is quite a character.
Now that she was in Yang Jiuli's hands, he wanted to observe her for a while longer.
Otherwise, even if this woman reveals herself, all it would take to obtain her secret is a talisman from her past life.
However, everyone needs subordinates to help with trivial matters.
If possible, Yang Jiuli also wanted to cultivate a sword.
"Even if you self-destruct your soul... I can still observe your entire life and gain your opportunities!" Yang Jiuli said coldly.
"This..." Upon hearing this, Zhu Yaqin panicked, sensing the fluctuations in Yang Jiuli's spiritual consciousness.
It seems they want to know whether the latter's statement is true or false.
However, Yang Jiuli's consciousness remained completely calm, exuding an air of majesty.
"To be honest, the opportunity that Yaqin obtained required a special kind of Gu worm..."
Even if you know the path, sir... it would be difficult to obtain this opportunity in a short time...
"After all, cultivating Gu worms is extremely time-consuming!"
"The world of cultivation is ever-changing; what will happen in a few decades is unpredictable."
"Why don't you spare Yaqin's life, sir? In that case, Yaqin is willing to help you seize this opportunity."
"Even if I were to become a slave or a maid, Yaqin would have no complaints!" Zhu Yaqin said in a panic.
"It requires Gu worms to obtain..." Upon hearing this, Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened.
His divine sense turned towards Zhu Yaqin.
However, the latter showed no fluctuation in his consciousness, and seemed not to be lying.
"If the opportunity you speak of catches my eye, I, Yang, wouldn't mind sparing your life!"
Yang Jiuli said, "After all, I also need someone I can command..."
"Sir, the opportunity that Yaqin spoke of will definitely satisfy you!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Yaqin was overjoyed.
"Whether I am satisfied or not, I will wait until I have witnessed your entire life before I say!" Yang Jiuli said.
"Open your mind and do not resist!" he said.
"Yes!" Although Zhu Yaqin was surprised, she still chose to accept.
Now that things have come to this, she can only hope that Mr. Yang will spare her life!
After all, even if she did have a wisp of her soul left outside, coexisting with the Gu worms.
Without a master soul, the advancement of the Gu worm will be extremely slow.
Without a great opportunity, I fear I will find it difficult to achieve anything in this life.
Furthermore, she also found it difficult to accept that she would spend the rest of her life as an insect, barely surviving.
She was quite satisfied with her current appearance!
Yang Jiuli himself made a hand gesture, and a talisman seed appeared between his eyebrows.
This is a second-tier past life talisman seed.
The Past Life Talisman can summon not only the spirits of fallen cultivators.
Even living cultivators, if they cooperate, can forcibly gather the soul of the living person using the talisman seed, and control it to help them fight off enemies.
However, would a living cultivator cooperate so easily?
Therefore, Yang Jiuli rarely used it.
This time, Zhu Yaqin is willing to cooperate, so there is no problem with using this talisman.
After all, if one were to use the Soul-Searching Technique to search for the soul, and the woman were to resist, it would harm oneself.
Using a past life talisman avoids this drawback.
His life was but a fleeting moment.
hum!
The talisman seed flashed and was planted into Zhu Yaqin's soul.
In an instant, the power of the three lives enveloped Zhu Yaqin, and she felt her consciousness becoming hazy, as if she had entered a state of chaos.
It was as if it had fallen into a deep sleep, like a "false death".
Immediately, Yang Jiuli activated the 'Past Life Talisman'.
In an instant, a river of time appeared beside the Three Lives Stone in Yang Jiuli's sea of consciousness.
Zhu Yaqin's illusory image coalesced here.
There was also a 'previous life seed' manifesting between her eyebrows.
Yang Jiuli activated his divine sense and chose to begin observing the person's entire life.
……
hum!
He seems to have traversed the river of time.
It was as if they had gone through reincarnation.
Then, Yang Jiuli transformed into an infant.
You were born in Huanyuan Peak, Nanling Mountains...
When you are 55 years old, you will be ambushed by a fake elixir master.
You feigned being critically injured and on the verge of death, and when the fake Core Formation cultivator approached, you unleashed the second-tier superior forbidden artifact, the Poison Flame Pearl... successfully repelling him for a moment.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, you use your second-tier mountain armor beast to escape into the earth's veins.
However, the fake cultivator was too powerful, suppressing the poison and continuing his pursuit.
You sensed a tremendous threat within the earth's veins. Already severely injured, you knew in your heart that this was a life-or-death ordeal, and that the slightest carelessness would lead to utter annihilation. As your thoughts raced, a thought arose in your mind, and you escaped into 'Spirit Stream Peak'.
They planned to control Mr. Yang using the "Parasitic Spirit Gu".
In this way, you can control its will and have the third-tier immortal sect, Ice River Valley, protect you.
In this way, when the time is right and one obtains that ancient inheritance, one might be able to compete with the fake alchemist.
But who knew:
Just when you thought you had succeeded and had everything under control, the unconscious Mr. Yang suddenly made his move...
A moment later, Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened, and he withdrew from Zhu Yaqin's life.
"He was forced to wander at the age of 18... 26 years later, he returned and successfully exacted his revenge..."
"After much deliberation, I incorporated the cultivation of 'parasitic spirit gu' into the spirit flower... to help my cousin, who had already defected to the enemy, build her immortal foundation."
"Thus, the enemy will be infected with 'Spirit Gu'..."
"Such meticulous thinking...such a patient and reserved nature..."
After observing her life, Yang Jiuli gained a deeper understanding of Zhu Yaqin.
"Fortunately, I didn't agree to join forces with them back then... otherwise, with my strength at that time... I'm afraid I would have been tricked."
Yang Jiuli secretly rejoiced.
At that time, his strength was weak, but even with the talisman of his past life, he could forcibly summon the spirit of a hero who had reached the Core Formation stage in his past life to possess him.
But ultimately, it couldn't last.
It's impossible to guard against this woman all the time.
Now that his spiritual sense has reached the pseudo-core level, he has fewer concerns.
At this moment, facing Zhu Yaqin, he was not only calm and composed, but also in a superior position.
His gaze shifted, and he looked at the woman in front of him.
And opposite him.
Zhu Yaqin was drenched in cold sweat and filled with fear.
She felt as if she had just entered the underworld, her consciousness had vanished, and she had completely fallen into oblivion, as if she had truly perished.
When she regained consciousness, she gasped for breath repeatedly.
Within the sea of knowledge.
Yang Jiuli's consciousness remained.
Zhu Yaqin sensed something and left, feeling terrified.
When they looked at Yang Jiuli's wisp of divine consciousness, they felt only awe and deep apprehension.
That look was as if he were looking at a grim reaper.
Yang Jiuli's divine sense looked at Zhu Yaqin's soul light.
He gave a strange look.
Looking at his life, he experienced everything about Zhu Yaqin.
Her thoughts were completely transparent to him.
Years ago, his rejection caused this woman to harbor resentment.
However, she had no intention of taking revenge on Yang Jiuli.
After all, Yang Jiuli had a third-tier immortal sect behind him, and Zhu Yaqin did not want to cause any trouble.
It wasn't until Yang Jiuli destroyed the "Evil Blade" that Zhu Yaqin began to look at him with new respect, recognizing his extraordinary abilities.
They also lamented that they could not make use of it.
They were still fantasizing that if the two of them cooperated, they would surely achieve great things.
A few months ago, Yang Jiuli rejected Tan Jiuling.
Later, a fake Dan Master appeared at "Nanyan Peak".
This incident made Zhu Yaqin respect him even more and look at him with higher regard.
They believed that only such a person was worthy of working with them to create a great empire.
At the same time, she was also sighing.
Such a person cannot be used for my purposes.
His resentment towards Yang Jiuli deepened, and unknowingly, he developed a strong obsession with him.
When the fake immortal attacked, his soul was injured.
He himself was also affected by the force of the explosion of the "Poison Flame Pearl" and was seriously injured.
Zhu Yaqin knew that she would have difficulty escaping the pursuit of the fake Dan Zhenren, so she changed her mind and decided to launch a surprise attack on Yang Jiuli.
Firstly, Yang Jiuli's identity could be used to intimidate the fake alchemist.
Secondly: If we can control Mr. Yang with Gu worms.
So, this Mr. Yang, who is as steady as a mountain and possesses great wisdom.
Isn't he just at her mercy?
He then noticed Yang Jiuli's skin, which shimmered with a metallic sheen.
Her mind was filled with wild fantasies.
In the instant the latter fell into a coma, she was overjoyed, feeling that her grand ambitions were about to be realized.
however……
"To be able to come up with such a way to survive in a life-or-death crisis..."
"If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have been controlled by him long ago," Yang Jiuli thought to himself.
He sized up Zhu Yaqin, his mind racing.
"This woman is a talented individual; if she were born into a prominent family, she could become a powerful and influential figure!"
"If he is properly nurtured... perhaps he can achieve great things in the future," he murmured to himself.
Zhu Yaqin is indeed no ordinary person.
If she were born into a prominent family, her future achievements would surely be extraordinary.
However, in this vast world, there are countless cultivators with extraordinary wisdom and innate talent, as numerous as carp crossing a river.
Without a background, only a handful of people can rise to prominence.
However, Yang Jiuli currently possesses abundant resources and a profound foundation, clearly surpassing ordinary Foundation Establishment families.
Furthermore, he possesses the immortal bodies of two third-tier great demons, making his foundation comparable to that of an ordinary third-tier immortal sect.