Chapter 303: Nine Months of Soul Tempering

Tch. He almost got tricked by that monk again.

Fu Young reacted quickly and cleverly, once again earning Xiao Shou’s approval.

This little brat actually tried to imply that he did not trust Xiao Shou and needed to test it first.

He clearly trusted him and only tried it because of that.

This mischievous kid really could not be careless with.

Monk Tongchan, after repairing his soul with a secret Buddhist technique, smiled and said, "Amitabha. This wind truly has a miraculous effect on soul recovery."

As he spoke, his gaze shot like lightning toward Fu Young.

Their eyes met.

It felt like thunder and fire colliding, sparks flying in all directions.

The slightly relaxed atmosphere instantly turned cold again, like a sudden storm of ice and snow.

Seeing this, Xiao Shou no longer even felt like changing the topic.

He could not understand it at all.

One was a high monk from Fanghu Mystic Isle, and the other was his usually smart and reliable disciple.

Why did they act like children whenever they were together, constantly clashing?

Confused and a little helpless, he simply said, "Since that is the case, why not use this time to temper our souls first before going in?"

"Alright, I will listen to Master."

Fu Young seized the opportunity before Monk Tongchan could speak.

Monk Tongchan paused for a moment, then silently nodded.

"That is also good. As the benefactor said, a stronger soul will make it easier to handle things inside. I also have nothing urgent to do recently."

As for the temple’s other tasks, his senior brothers could worry about them.

Monk Tongchan thought lazily to himself.

This attitude was really not very monk-like at all.

Thus, with just a few short exchanges, the three of them decided on their next period of action.

As cultivators, they did not need rest.

Once they began tempering their souls, they worked without stopping, day and night.

Each time they entered the valley entrance, their divine sense would be torn apart by the soul cutting wind.

Then they would retreat to repair it, only to go back in again.

Repeatedly, over and over.

Under such tempering, their souls gradually began to change.

Fu Young progressed the fastest.

He had excellent talent, high comprehension, and had also learned the Hidden Spirit Returning Soul Art created by Xiao Shou.

His endurance was extremely strong.

Each time, he only came out after pushing himself to the absolute limit of what he could bear, before circulating his technique to repair his soul.

Unlike Xiao Shou who would retreat the moment the pain became unbearable, Fu Young’s training speed was extremely fast.

Monk Tongchan’s endurance was not inferior to Fu Young’s.

However, his problem was different.

He did not even need to reach his limit.

Often, once his divine sense was damaged by more than half, he would experience a tearing pain as if his soul had split apart.

It felt as though there was a conflict between his spirit soul and essence soul.

Once his divine sense was injured past a certain point, the two would become incompatible.

At this stage, no explanation or inspection was needed.

Monk Tongchan already knew there was indeed a problem with his soul.

He had simply never shown it.

While tempering his soul, he silently separated the portion of his essence soul that was rejecting his spirit soul.

Using a secret Buddhist technique, he temporarily sealed it within the Buddhist domain of his sea of consciousness.

Thus, he only tempered his spirit soul.

Because he had to deal with the issue of the essence soul while cultivating, his progress slowed significantly.

In this situation, Fu Young became the fastest.

In just three months, his soul had been tempered to the point where it could materialize outside the body.

It was an astonishing development.

Even more shocking was that under such conditions, Fu Young was still able to multitask.

He actually derived a technique for soul materialization used for both offense and defense.

Just a glance at its power made it feel unpredictable and impossible to guard against.

Of course, this technique was only told to Xiao Shou.

He did not share it with Monk Tongchan.

However, through observing Fu Young’s experiments with soul materialization, offense and defense, Monk Tongchan gained preliminary insight into a possible solution for the separation of his spirit and essence soul.

In short, all three of them gained greatly.

After another six months, Fu Young had long completed his soul tempering.

The soul cutting wind could no longer refine him.

While waiting for Xiao Shou to finish his cultivation, he grew bored and idly designed several magical tools and spiritual artifacts specifically for soul materialization, planning to refine them when he had time.

Finally, Xiao Shou, now twenty five years old, and Monk Tongchan also completed their soul tempering.

After nine months in total, all three of them had reached the stage where their souls could be released externally and materialized.

Without any need for defense, they passed through the heavily concentrated soul cutting wind at the entrance of Wailing Ghost Valley and stepped into the true interior.

They began searching for the Wind Eye Stone mine and Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal, preparing to fully explore the valley.

Following Fu Young’s suggestion, they even planned to investigate the origin of the soul cutting wind itself in order to further refine their souls.

Not long after the three entered Wailing Ghost Valley, a figure in blue also arrived at Broken Soul Mountain.

Looking at the dense soul cutting wind, Xiao Ran raised her hand and pressed it against the mountainside.

"Whether it is Broken Soul Mountain or the soul cutting wind, all of it will become my power. I will raise my cultivation as quickly as possible and return all humiliation to them."

As her words fell, the eerie Broken Soul Mountain and the densely swirling soul cutting wind were absorbed into her palm like a painting, disappearing without a trace.