Chapter 304: Paths of Wailing Ghost Valley

At the same time, her cultivation broke through a minor realm, reaching the peak of late Nascent Soul stage.

She was now only a step away from the Spirit Transformation stage as if she could cross it at any moment.

Xiao Ran was not surprised by this at all.

After Broken Soul Mountain disappeared, she moved her divine sense and sensed that the entrance to a valley behind it had not been absorbed.

Her eyes flickered slightly.

She thought to herself, "I almost forgot. There seems to be the Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal Xiao Shou mentioned inside. If I accidentally absorbed them just now, that would have been a huge waste. I should find the Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal first, then continue absorbing everything else."

In any case, since escaping Crimson Dusk City, she had already absorbed many spiritual mountains, blessed lands, and spiritual veins along the way.

Once she reached the Spirit Transformation stage, she would no longer need to hide in this world.

Those who had humiliated her, those who had hunted her down, whoever they were, she would repay them a hundredfold.

Xiao Yu thought coldly, while her footsteps did not slow.

She directly activated her defensive soul protection artifact and rushed into the strange valley entrance that had appeared after Soul Severing Mountain vanished.

The soul cutting wind instantly swallowed her figure and in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran disappeared.

A day later, another large group of people arrived at the valley entrance.

There were nearly a thousand of them, led by two women.

Among the known treasures of Wailing Ghost Valley, the Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal that could strengthen the soul were the most valuable and also the rarest.

So they planned to find all of them first.

Under the influence of some strange element within the soul cutting wind, the three of them could not fly using spiritual energy.

It took them two full days just to pass through the wind and reach the true entrance of Wailing Ghost Valley.

As he standing at the entrance, Fu Young carefully sensed his surroundings and said with some surprise, "How strange. Along the way, the wailing ghost cries within the soul cutting wind never stopped. But once we reached here, all those sounds completely disappeared."

"That is why this place is considered so strange. There are still many hidden mysteries within it."

Xiao Shou looked at the scenery ahead, which matched the description in the original story, and said, "There are a few known characteristics of Wailing Ghost Valley. First, there is only one path at the entrance. After walking along it for a full day after truly entering the valley, the path will split into two."

"From the moment the second path appears, all roads inside Wailing Ghost Valley become soul draining paths. Soul draining is exactly what it sounds like. These paths suppress all techniques. Cultivation and physical strength become useless. With every step, a portion of your divine sense is consumed. How far you can go depends entirely on how long your soul can endure."

Xiao Shou specifically emphasized the key characteristic of the paths inside Wailing Ghost Valley.

Fu Young joked after hearing this, "First it is soul cutting wind, then soul draining paths. Everything here seems to be related to the soul. Could this be some kind of treasure land related to soul inheritance?"

"Amitabha. That is unlikely. From ancient times to now, there has never been any record in the Heaven Origin Realm of cultivators who specialize purely in the soul."

Even though he knew Fu Young was joking, Monk Tongchan still replied in a serious tone.

Hearing this, Xiao Shou asked curiously, "Not even ancient cultivators?"

"Yes. There are no records in the temple of such cultivators appearing."

Seeing Xiao Shou’s curiosity, Monk Tongchan explained further.

"Actually, the founding ancestor of Fanghu Mystic Isle, as well as the cultivators of the Heaven Origin Realm and even some demonic beasts, did not originally originate from this world."

"According to secret records in the temple, they all migrated into this newly born small world due to the destruction of their original worlds."

"Ancient cultivators refer to those who brought cultivation inheritances from their original worlds. Because different worlds had different cultivation systems, the later generations who inherited their techniques received very different legacies. Some were even completely incompatible with this world’s system."

"In fact, the cultivation methods circulating in this world today were all created by ancient powerful cultivators after adapting to the rules of this world."

"They are the most suitable techniques for the majority of cultivators born here. The major sects and clans today were also founded by those ancient cultivators from other worlds."

"That is why there are records of the world’s changes. However, only a few people at the very top of each major force are allowed to view them."

"Oh, so that is how it is. That is quite a major secret."

Xiao Shou suddenly understood.

While reading in the past, he had always found it strange.

The major sects of this world often claimed their existence in the Immortal Realm or Spirit Realm stretched back tens of millions or even billions of years.

But the actual age of the Heaven Origin Realm itself could not possibly support such timelines.

If they had migrated from other worlds, then it made sense.

Just as Xiao Shou was about to reflect further on this revelation, he looked up and saw the two paths ahead.

He immediately pressed a hand to his forehead and sighed. "Hey, now is not the time to talk about this. The real question is, which path are we taking?"

"Huh? Master has not decided yet?"

Fu Young asked in surprise.

He had thought his Master already understood the situation here very well and had long decided which path to take.

Xiao Shou gave a wry smile.

"I only know that if you take the left path, it is completely cut off from sunlight, magnetic fields are chaotic, and all timekeeping methods will fail. After consuming roughly the amount of divine sense of a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, you will reach the Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal location."