Chapter 308: The Blue Soul Pool

After speaking, she stepped toward the left path.

"Achoo!"

Xiao Shou suddenly felt a chill run through his body and sneezed.

Seeing this, Fu Young asked worriedly, "Master, what is wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"It is nothing. I just felt a bit cold a moment ago. I am completely fine now."

Xiao Shou shook his head.

He still felt a vague sense of unease rising from earlier.

Monk Tongchan reached out his hand with concern as well.

"Let this monk take a look. Cultivators do not easily fall ill, but when they do, it can be troublesome."

"I really am fine. If I were unwell, I would notice it myself."

Even so, Xiao Shou still extended his hand for him to check.

Monk Tongchan sent a gentle Buddhist energy into his meridians and carefully inspected his body.

He confirmed there were no problems.

However, instead of relaxing, his brows furrowed.

"Physically, there is nothing wrong. However, cultivators often speak of heavenly intuition. Your reaction just now may have been a warning. You should be careful next."

"Master, from now on you are not allowed to leave my side." Fu Young said.

After hearing Monk Tongchan’s words, Fu Young immediately became serious. He held Xiao Shou’s hand tightly and said, "No matter what happens, do not let go of my hand. I will protect you."

"Hey, hey, isn’t this a bit too much? Besides, I am your master. I am very strong, okay? I will not easily run into danger."

For the first time since that night, Xiao Shou had his hand held by his disciple and his heartbeat quickened slightly.

He felt a bit awkward and tried to pull his hand away, but Fu Young held on tightly and would not let go.

He silently regretted feeding him so many demonic beast cores.

Finally holding his master’s hand again, how could Fu Young possibly let go?

Seeing him trying to pull away, he quietly tightened his grip and looked ahead.

"It seems we have arrived."

"Amitabha. Indeed so."

Alas, my eyes are going to go blind from this.

That brat’s hand, I really feel like sealing it inside my alms bowl.

Monk Tongchan thought darkly.

Xiao Shou looked ahead when he heard this.

At the end of the path, a beautiful blue glow appeared.

He wondered what kind of trial would test their souls this time.

"It is blue. I wonder what we will encounter?"

"Is this water?"

The three of them quickened their pace and arrived at the end of the path.

At the entrance and surrounding area, everything was filled with a blue liquid.

Monk Tongchan cautiously reached out and touched it.

He frowned in confusion.

"It is sticky and viscous. It is not water. What exactly is this substance?"

Fu Young said, "Master, try wrapping it with divine sense."

"Eh! It’s not sticky anymore. It feels like moving through water, but the consumption of divine sense is very high, and it also requires strong control and refinement ability."

Monk Tongchan followed the instruction and tested it.

As expected, the earlier sticky sensation was gone.

The hand wrapped in divine sense moved through it like slicing through water.

The heaviness and stickiness disappeared, leaving only a refreshing feeling transmitted through his divine sense.

At this point, Xiao Shou and Fu Young also tested it one after another.

Xiao Shou had extremely strong control over pure spiritual energy.

This advantage proved very useful here.

After his hand was immersed in the strange blue liquid for a short while, he felt his divine sense seemed to absorb something from it.

Immediately, his divine sense became refreshing, and then grew slightly heavier, as if it had gained real substance.

Feeling this change, he carefully analyzed it and after a few breaths said excitedly, "There are two kinds of strange substances in this blue liquid. When we release our divine sense, one type continuously and massively absorbs our divine sense, while the other integrates into it and becomes its substance."

"A cultivator’s divine sense is originally formless and intangible. The earlier soul cutting wind taught us how to temper divine sense. The Soul Soothing Spirit Crystal taught us how to give it form. This place is probably teaching us how to give divine sense substance. However, this kind of substance is not something that can be easily obtained."

Fu Young carefully sensed it and began analyzing the two seemingly identical substances in the blue liquid.

"Heh heh..." Monk Tongchan laughed softly. "In short, we use divine sense to enter this blue liquid, absorb the beneficial substance, while protecting our divine sense from being swallowed by the other strange substance."

Xiao Shou shook his head. "Not exactly. I carefully sensed it just now. The aura and form of both substances are the same. In fact, they are originally the same species. However, after this substance absorbs our divine sense, it changes and automatically merges into the divine sense of the person it has absorbed from. In other words, it is our divine sense that causes it to transform. It can also be said that it changes the quality of our divine sense and then returns it to us."

"Amitabha. Little benefactor is truly extraordinary. In such a short time, he discovered such important information. Admirable, admirable."

Monk Tongchan praised Xiao Shou.

When Xiao Shou heard that, he felt embarrassed. "It was just slightly sharper perception. It is nothing special."

"Master is simply too modest. This is not something that can be discovered just by sharp perception. In fact, I only vaguely sensed that something was in this blue liquid."

Fu Young always liked to praise his own master.

Even if it meant downplaying himself, he would still praise him repeatedly without tiring of it.

As usual, he only finished praising Xiao Shou before moving on to the main point.

He stated his conclusion: "Since Master feels this way, it must be correct. In other words, the substances in this blue liquid can transform our formless divine sense into a tangible divine sense force. In that case, it is extremely beneficial to us. However, we must not forget that our ultimate goal is to pass through here and reach the next fork."