Chapter 306: Soul Crystal Extraction

At the same time, Xiao Shou also manifested several hands made of divine sense, demonstrating his ability to multitask.

Using those constructed hands, he controlled the small tools and worked on the rubble at the same time.

Under the combined assault of the translucent divine sense hands and tools, Fu Young and Monk Tongchan heard a rustling sound.

In less than two breaths, gray powder continuously fell away.

A clear, transparent, crystalline object the size of a thumb appeared in Xiao Shou’s divine sense hand.

"This is the true Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal."

Xiao Shou proudly reached out and took the thumb-sized crystal from the divine sense hand, then showed it to the two of them.

Fu Young glanced at Xiao Shou’s satisfied expression and suddenly felt a little unhappy.

He blinked his eyes, picked up another piece of rubble, and said, "In the end, it is just about making divine sense sharper. Cutting it open is enough."

As he spoke, his divine sense moved.

A very simple knife made of divine sense appeared before them.

Swish, swish, swish.

The knife flashed rapidly a few times.

In less than a breath, a brilliant Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal was peeled out from the rubble.

Fu Young then showed an even more satisfied expression and said, "It really is quite simple. Using fewer tools is actually faster."

"Young’er, you, you actually dare to mock your master. This is disrespectful behavior."

Seeing Fu Young’s speed, then looking at his own results, and then at the thumb-sized Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal in his hand compared to the fist-sized one Fu Young had obtained, Xiao Shou felt his face heat up in anger.

Young’er was too wicked.

How could he strike his master like this?

Fu Young looked at Xiao Shou’s slightly flushed face from anger and felt his heartbeat once again become uncontrollable.

His eyes brightened as he said, "Who told Master to tease me first? Master should not..."

"Amitabha. There is no need for master and disciple to argue for now. The important thing is whether all of these are Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal, and whether we must use divine sense to cut them one by one to take them out."

This was not arguing between master and disciple at all.

It was clearly shameless flirting.

For some reason, Monk Tongchan felt increasingly irritated as he spoke.

Hearing this, Xiao Shou looked at him as if he were very clever.

"Congratulations, you guessed correctly."

"Whether this is a natural restriction or a man-made formation, spiritual energy is sealed here. Uncut Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal cannot be stored in storage artifacts or brought into the deeper paths. Only the processed Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal can be taken as our own."

In the novel, Xiao Ran had only managed to extract fewer than a thousand Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal before pursuers arrived.

She was forced to flee this area, planning to return later to collect more.

Unexpectedly, after she dealt with Yu Lin and the others and exited through the narrow winding path, she found that she could no longer re-enter this place no matter what she tried.

...

"More than nine months at the valley entrance, all this slow grinding work is probably going to take a lot of time. Sigh, this really is torture for someone impatient." Monk Tongchan said slowly.

Xiao Shou looked confused and asked, "Among the three of us, is there even anyone impatient? Besides, there is no urgent matter waiting for us outside. We can take our time. If there are benefits, what is there to rush about?"

"It seems the owner of this place wants us to properly temper our souls here. Master, we should not disappoint their good intentions." Fu Young said with a slight curve of his lips.

He completely ignored the monk’s complaint.

As his divine sense was being heavily consumed by the path, he suddenly materialized over a hundred small knives and sent them flying toward the larger Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal around them.

Seeing this, Xiao Shou also materialized more than eighty carving knives and began extracting the Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal while working. He asked as he worked, "From what you say, it sounds like this place might have been deliberately arranged."

"Who knows? But such an orderly layout, where everything can temper the soul... so many coincidences gathered together, it is hard to believe it is purely accidental. Master, there is no need to rush. We will definitely find the answer in the end." Fu Young said confidently.

Monk Tongchan also formed hundreds of needles from his divine sense and shot them outward.

"Amitabha. No rush. We will take our time."

"Heh..." Fu Young glanced at the monk who clearly had a short temper yet kept forcing himself to act calm, and could not help but let out a soft laugh.

At the same time, Xiao Ran stood at the true entrance of Wailing Ghost Valley, still shaken as she looked back at the wailing, soul tearing passage filled with the soul cutting wind.

She thought to herself that below was the real Wailing Ghost Valley.

According to Xiao Shou, if one took the left path, every step would consume a portion of divine sense.

With her Golden Core peak cultivation in her previous experience, it had taken her a long time to reach the Soul Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal area.

She wondered how long it would take her current Nascent Soul peak cultivation to pass through.

Fortunately, she had accumulated many pills from her usual alchemy work.

Although soul restoring pills were rare, she had managed to refine some.

If that was not enough, she could enter her spatial realm to refine more.

Thinking of her spatial realm, her expression darkened slightly.

Ever since she had used the Fate Devouring Array in that secret realm to absorb it into her own talent and cultivation, and had not responded to the strong demands of the Heavenly Orb, she had felt that using it had become less smooth.