Chapter 453: Powerful Effects

"Rest assured, it will be like this the first time; you'll get used to it gradually later on!"

Lingyun looked at the three young women sprawled on the bed and shook his head with some helplessness. Their bodies were drenched in sweat, soaking their clothes through and faintly revealing their graceful curves. Their faces were pale, and they lacked even the strength to move a finger; it was clear they had undergone unimaginable tempering in the Soul Grinder.

"Get used to it gradually later on?" Upon hearing Lingyun's words, Chen Jing's body couldn't help but tremble, clearly still having lingering fears about the feeling of her soul being shattered just moments ago.

Lingyun extended his right hand and drew a strange rune in the Void. The moment the rune took shape, a faint radiance emanated from it, enveloping the three women. After the radiance vanished, the cold sweat on their bodies had completely disappeared, and even their clothes had become dry.

"Eh, Lingyun, what was that light just now?" Chen Jing asked with some curiosity.

"You can think of it as a simplified version of a Cleaning Array," Lingyun explained.

"Lingyun, do you think we can still go to the auction tomorrow in this state?" Feeling her own withered Mental Power, Su Wanyue asked listlessly.

"Rest assured, with me here, there won't be any problems at all!" Lingyun said with a smile.

A low humming sound was heard, and a wisp of faint light overflowed from between Lingyun's brows, enveloping Chen Jing and the others.

The moment the light enveloped the three, they all felt their exhausted souls suddenly throb, greedily absorbing these wisps of light. As these wisps were absorbed, they all felt their souls, weakened by the tempering of the Soul Grinder, suddenly grow strong, and the intermittent sharp pains that had been coming from their souls also vanished along with their act of absorbing this light.

"Lingyun, what are these lights?" Chen Jing asked with some curiosity.

"Well, you don't need to know that; for now, you should just get some good rest!" Lingyun waved his hand and said.

This substance emanating from between Lingyun's brows was the purest Soul Power he had extracted from his own soul. This power was of immense benefit to anyone. Now that Chen Jing and the others had lost quite a bit of Soul Power due to using the Soul Grinder to temper their souls, it was just right for them to absorb Lingyun's Soul Power to recover.

Watching the three women who had fallen into a deep sleep while digesting his Divine Sense, Lingyun chuckled, then left the room and closed the door.

"Lingyun!" Lingyun's door was suddenly pushed open, and Chen Jing's figure appeared at the doorway.

"Are you awake?" Lingyun glanced outside the window; the sun had already set, and it was just time for dinner.

"Lingyun, what is going on?" Chen Jing stepped into the room, her Mental Power spreading out from her body and enveloping the direction of Lingyun.

"Oh?" Feeling Chen Jing's Mental Power, a trace of surprise also appeared on Lingyun's face.

Having undergone the tempering of the Soul Grinder, Chen Jing's Mental Power had improved significantly, and its conversion toward Divine Sense had increased by a full ten percent—this was a quite remarkable effect. However, Lingyun knew that this was only the case for the first tempering; in the future, this effect would gradually decrease.

What surprised Lingyun was that within Chen Jing's not-yet-fully-converted Mental Power, he sensed a wisp of the Immortal Power unique to his own soul. Although this wisp of power was extremely thin and had almost no effect, once Chen Jing's Mental Power was completely converted into Divine Sense, this wisp of Immortal Power would also manifest unusual effects. But Lingyun clearly remembered that to prevent Chen Jing and the others from being unable to bear his Soul Power, he had wiped away all the marks and characteristics belonging to himself from the Soul Power he passed to them, letting it become the most ordinary Soul Power; so why would this situation occur now?

"What, are you surprised to see this effect?" Lingyun asked with a smile.

"But, but this is just too exaggerated!" Chen Jing's expression was not calm at all.

She and Su Wanyue had already spent quite some time practicing the Mental Power conversion method Lingyun gave them, but they had only converted ten percent of their Mental Power; yet now, after just one tempering with the Soul Grinder, there was such a huge improvement—how could she not be surprised?

"It's only the first time that has this effect; as your Mental Power continuously converts into Divine Sense, this effect will constantly decrease!" Lingyun said. "And this method cannot be used continuously either; your soul cannot bear it yet!"

"Oh, oh!" Chen Jing nodded, but the amazement in her eyes had not yet faded.

"It's getting late, we should go eat, right?" Lingyun said.

Chen Jing nodded, then followed Lingyun out of the room.

Outside the room, Su Wanyue and Aiweier were already waiting for him. Lingyun's Divine Sense swept over the two, and he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow; in his perception, there was also a wisp of Immortal Power in Su Wanyue's not-yet-fully-converted Mental Power, but this situation did not appear in Aiweier.

"Could it be the effect of the Eternal Contract?" Lingyun thought it over, and only the Eternal Contract could explain this situation.

Aiweier looked at Lingyun with some astonishment as well; after waking up, she discovered that her Mental Power had actually grown much stronger, a situation that made her greatly surprised. One had to know that her Mental Power was at the level of a Great Archmage; having reached this level of strength, it was almost impossible to make a significant increase in Mental Power, but just by undergoing one tempering of the Soul Grinder, her Mental Power had such a huge improvement—this was simply an incredible thing.

"It seems you have also gained quite a lot!" Lingyun said to Aiweier.

"The gains are not small, but that process was truly very uncomfortable!"

Recalling the pain that came when her soul was crushed time and again in the Soul Grinder, even Aiweier, as a Great Archmage, could hardly bear it. Not even when she had made mistakes in drawing Space Scrolls in the past and her body was torn by spatial forces was the pain as intense as this.

"Lingyun!" Su Wanyue walked in front of Lingyun with a smile on her face, and invisible Mental Power unfolded around her; this was her showing her results to Lingyun.

"Very good!" Lingyun looked at Su Wanyue before him, a smile appearing on his face.

Su Wanyue's gains were clearly greater than Chen Jing's; after all, she still had a Phoenix Wood Carving gifted to her by Lingyun. After undergoing this tempering of the Soul Grinder, her insight into the power within the Phoenix Wood Carving had also reached a higher level, and there were already faint signs of Nirvana Fire forming within her body.

"Looking at it this way, you have all gained a lot this time!" Lingyun said with a smile. "If you continue like this, it won't be difficult for you to completely convert your Mental Power into Divine Sense before you advance to the Saint Domain!"