Chapter 1212 - Lost Soul Ruins Tale

"Ye Mo, do you have a way to remove the spirit sense marks?" Bian Fengta asked. It was extremely difficult for Cauldron Filling state cultivators to remove Truth Realization state spirit sense marks, but to Bian Fengta, Ye Mo was not an ordinary Cauldron Filling state cultivator at all.

Teng Yi also looked at Ye Mo worriedly, hoping for a certain answer. Ye Mo nodded. "Yes, I have a way to remove it, but I can't do it now."

"Why?" the two asked at the same time.

"If I remove it now, we'll have to leave immediately and won't be able to go to the Lost Soul Ruins," Ye Mo replied. If he removed it now, Teng Xiong and the other Truth-Realization Realm cultivators would find out and might lie in wait for him at the Lost Soul Ruins.

If he indeed couldn't go inside the Lost Soul Ruins, he would remove the spirit sense mark and run away. If he could go inside, he would leave it inside the Lost Soul Ruins and the two would think he died there.

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Ye Mo placed eight top-grade spirit stones on the Blue Moon, and with his cultivation essence, it sped through the sky above the Heartless Sea.

A few days later, Blue Moon stopped.

This was the first time Ye Mo saw the Lost Soul Ruins, and he immediately knew it wasn't a place ordinary people could enter.

The entire Lost Soul Ruins seemed to be covered in a grey mist, it seemed like a city torn apart by war. Crumbled buildings lingered in the mist and even the entire island seemed to be swaying as well.

"Don't scan your spirit sense in..."

Teng Yi said it too late and Ye Mo had scanned his spirit sense in already. As soon as he did, he felt his sea of consciousness hurt. There seemed to be a voice calling him to go into the Lost Soul Ruins. His face was dazed and he subconsciously wanted to walk forward.

But then, Three Birth Chant started running itself and Ye Mo immediately noticed things were wrong. He cut with Purple Eye Soul Sever and that voice was severed off.

At this moment, Teng Yi already came to pull him.

"I forgot to tell you, you can't scan your spirit sense in. Did you do it just now?" Teng Yi asked.

Ye Mo nodded. "Yes, it's indeed powerful and eerie."

"You scanned your spiritual sense in and were able to sever it?" Teng Yi was shocked again. Usually, if one scanned their spiritual sense in, it would mean death without someone else's help, but Ye Mo could break free. This was unbelievable!

Ye Mo swallowed a Spirit Recovery Pill and nodded. "My spiritual sense is unique, so I can sever it, but this Lost Soul Ruins is truly extraordinary. How can a place like this contain ninth-level spirit herbs? That's impossible."

Lost Soul Ruins was an abandoned city, he would believe it if there were ores there but not level nine spirit herbs.

Teng Yi said seriously, "It's true there are level nine spirit herbs inside. Once, someone saw a disaster transformation state tertiary stage cultivator grab three level nine spirit herbs and charge out, but it was a pity that his soul was gone and he became a zombie. Many people went in later but no one came out. Eventually, everyone knew there were level nine spirit herbs inside but fewer and fewer people went in."

"Do you know how it came to be? Why does it look like a city?" Ye Mo asked again.

Bian Fengta looked at Teng Yi as well.

Teng Yi nodded. "I know a little, but it's more of a legend. In ancient times, the Lost Soul Ruins were once a beautiful city known as Bright Moon City. It was a human city, and its lord was Feng Chun. Feng Chun had a very close friend named Li He, and the two were sworn brothers. Because of this bond, Li He gave his only daughter, Li Hun, in marriage to Feng Chun's only son, Feng Xi."

It was already very quiet here, and the seemingly swaying buildings within the Lost Soul Ruins added to the mysteriousness of Teng Yi's tone.

Teng Yi continued, "Feng Xi and Li Hun, due to their fathers' relationship, grew close every day and became lovers bound by life and death. But the unexpected happened: Feng Chun and Li He faced a powerful enemy in the Heartless Sea. Even combined, they were no match for him. At that moment, Feng Chun pushed Li He away and held off the opponent himself. He entrusted Li He with the care of his daughter and Feng Xi. Li He didn't want to leave but was forced away. Meanwhile, Feng Chun self-destructed using his essence blood, engulfing the enemy."

Bian Fengta sighed, "This Feng Chun senior is indeed a real man."

Teng Yi nodded. "Yes, that Li He heard the explosion and realized there was no point in returning. He immediately went back to Bright Moon City. Fearing the enemy would come seeking revenge, he waited for several months, but they never appeared. Li He assumed the enemy had fled, severely injured by his friend's self-destruction. He then left Bright Moon City to return home, intending to marry off his daughter to Feng Xi. But at that very moment, another incident occurred."

"What?" Bian Fengta quickly asked.

Even Ye Mo was desperate to know what happened.

Teng Yi continued, "When Li He returned, he found that something had happened to his daughter. His daughter had fallen unconscious during cultivation and lost her soul; she became a living corpse without a soul. Even though Li He sought out the greatest pill king in the entire Heartless Sea, he could not save his daughter. In his despair, Li He lived with his daughter on his own island and refused to leave."

"This Li He is a pitiful person," Teng Yi said, comparing his father with Li He.

Ye Mo frowned. He was a pill king, usually there could be problems during cultivation, but it was really rare to have one lose his soul during cultivation unless there was some outside influence. But then Ye Mo realized, it was a tale and might not be real.

Teng Yi sighed. "Feng Xi was extremely sad knowing that his father died. But a year later, he didn't see Li He bringing Li Hun to Bright Moon City so he went to where she was. Learning her situation, he was even more sad. Eventually, he asked Li He to let him take Li Hun away. He was willing to take care of her for the rest of her life. Li He thought that he was planning to marry his daughter to Feng Xi anyways, so he agreed."

"When Feng Xi brought Li Hun back, he wanted to save her at all costs. He flipped through all of his father's books and finally found a secret technique to recover the soul: set up a Soul Nourishing Formation and place the person who had lost their soul inside it, then use one's own soul to nourish them. After ninety-nine days, the person who had lost their soul might regain part of it and could further strengthen it through cultivation. However, there was a grave flaw: if you used your own soul to nourish someone else, after some time your soul would suffer severe damage to its essence blood. If you were lucky, you would lose eighty percent of your lifespan; if not, you would lose your soul entirely and become an idiot."

Bian Fengta sighed. "This Feng Xi is an emotional man."

Ye Mo knew of the Soul Nourishing Formation. But the injured person must have at least a sliver of their soul remaining, or it would be useless. The best way to treat such an injury wasn't the Soul Nourishing Formation but the Soul Nourishing Pill. It could cultivate a cultivator's lost soul and even restore the souls of deceased cultivators. It was a Heaven-grade Level Seven pill, yet its value rivaled that of Heaven-grade Level Eight pills—or even Level Nine ones.

It needed the Soul Return Fruit, a level eight spirit herb which was rarer than ordinary level nine spirit herbs.

"Did Feng Xi succeed?" Bian Fengta asked.

Teng Yi shook his head. "If he had succeeded, the Lost Soul Ruins wouldn't exist."