54: Medicine Man (Part Two)

Cang Yu's retreating figure disappeared outside the mountain gate.

The deference in Si Yun's eyes instantly faded, replaced by an icy calm.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately turned and rushed into Cang Yu's Immortal Cave.

The Alchemy room, the study, the bedroom.

He practically turned every place upside down. Cabinets were pulled open, and Jade Slips were examined one by one.

The result: nothing.

There was no record of Possession, not even a single clue related to it.

"This old fellow is quite cautious."

Si Yun stood in the middle of the chaotic room, muttering to himself. He understood that the other party would not carelessly leave such a fatal handle lying around.

He slowly sat down, forcing himself to calm down.

What should he do now?

The old fellow, under the pretext of his Physique being flawed, forbade him from Cultivating any Cultivation Technique and never let him touch true Alchemy, only teaching him some basic pharmacology.

This meant he was currently a Mortal, completely powerless to resist.

Even if he started to Cultivate now, what good would it do?

The other party was a renowned Pill King, with strength comparable to the Heavenly Spirit Realm. Even with his Heavenly Elixir Precious Body, trying to catch up in a short time was nothing short of a pipe dream.

What's more, the old fellow could return at any time and make a move against him at any moment.

Once an anomaly was discovered, and the snake was alerted, the best outcome would be to be completely imprisoned, becoming true fish on the chopping block, just waiting to be carved up.

Run? Even more impossible.

Could a Mortal escape the grasp of a Heavenly Spirit Realm expert?

A dead end.

It seemed to be a complete and utter dead end.

Si Yun's fists slowly clenched, his mind in turmoil for a moment.

Was he just going to wait for death?

In this life, he had invested all three thousand Reincarnation Points into his Aptitude, only to obtain this extremely rare Heavenly Elixir Precious Body.

He didn't want to be a stepping stone for someone else!

Moreover, although that old dog Cang Yu harbored ill intentions, the medicinal baths of countless rare precious medicines over the past fifteen years were not entirely without benefit.

While those medicinal powers eroded his Divine Soul, they also genuinely tempered his Physical Body to an unbelievable degree.

His Precious Body was even stronger than the rumored ordinary Heavenly Elixir Precious Body.

Such great talent, such a perfect start, was it going to end so vaguely and meaninglessly?

How could he be reconciled? He couldn't be!

Si Yun's gaze swept across the room, finally landing on an inconspicuous medicine basket in the corner.

Inside were the clothes he had just changed out of, soaked with the residue of the medicinal bath.

Medicinal bath... That's right!

Medicinal bath!

A flash of lightning seemed to cross his mind, and he suddenly stood up, walking quickly to the large wooden tub that held the medicinal bath.

Some turbid medicinal liquid and incompletely dissolved dregs still remained in the tub.

Si Yun squatted down, picked up a bit of the residue, sniffed it lightly at his nose, and then finely ground it with his fingertips.

In these fifteen years, the only thing he had learned was pharmacology.

Under the tutelage of Cang Yu, this Pill King, his ability to identify various Spirit Medicines was probably no less than that of an ordinary fifth-tier Alchemist.

The properties of various medicinal ingredients flashed rapidly through his mind.

"Blood Coagulation Grass, solidifying the Foundation and nourishing vitality... Dragon Tendon Vine, strengthening tendons and bones... This is... Soul Dissolving Saliva?"

Si Yun's movements abruptly halted.

He rummaged through the dregs again and soon found several black petals shaped like ghost faces.

"Soul Corroding Flower!"

These two Spirit Medicines had only one purpose.

That was to silently erode and dissolve the Divine Soul power of living beings!

The previous Si Yun, without his memories Awakened and with a pure heart, how could he have suspected the master who had adopted him since childhood and treated him like his own son?

He would never have investigated the ingredients of the medicinal bath.

Now, the evidence was conclusive!

The chill in Si Yun's heart intensified.

Now that the old fellow harbored ill intentions towards him, this matter was set in stone.

How to break the situation?

How exactly could he break free from this certain death situation?

His mind raced, connecting all the pieces of information.

Dissolving the Divine Soul... Possession... Why dissolve his Divine Soul?

Because Possession requires choosing someone whose Divine Soul power is far weaker than one's own, to ensure success and reduce the risk of backlash.

What if... what if the Divine Soul of the person being Possessed was not inferior to the Possessor, or even stronger?

That would undoubtedly be... seeking death!

A thought flashed through his mind!

That's right!

Divine Soul!

The old fellow wants to weaken my Divine Soul, so I'll do the opposite and strengthen my Divine Soul until his Possession fails, leading to his demise!

An unprecedented light erupted in Si Yun's eyes.

He immediately delved into his vast ocean of Soul memories, searching frantically.

Found it!

His Divine Sense locked onto a damaged Jade Slip. That was a trophy he, as Chi Yun in his previous life, had risked his life to obtain in the Secret Realm trap of that Guiyi Realm expert.

A Cultivation Technique for Cultivating the Divine Soul.

The Millstone Soul Forging Great Method!

Secret techniques for Cultivating the Divine Soul were as rare as Phoenix feathers and Qilin horns anywhere; it was rumored that even top-tier Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands might not possess them.

In his previous life, after obtaining this method, Chi Yun encountered the Possession of a Guiyi Realm expert's remnant Soul. He exhausted all his means to escape, but his Foundation was damaged, and his Lifespan was sharply reduced.

All his subsequent time and energy were devoted to Breaking Through his Realm in pursuit of extending his Lifespan, leaving him no opportunity to Cultivate this Divine Soul method.

In this life, it had become his only lifeline!

Si Yun then rummaged through his memories of the past fifteen years.

He recalled that although his master Cang Yu's Dao of Alchemy attainments were extremely high, even among the top Pill Kings, he had been unable to Breakthrough to the Pill Emperor Realm for a long time.

He had lamented more than once while drunk that his Divine Soul power had reached its limit and could no longer advance.

This indicated that the old fellow himself did not possess a Cultivation Technique for Cultivating the Divine Soul!

The plan was completely clear.

This was the key to breaking the situation!

Si Yun wasted no more time. He returned to his room, closed the door, and sat cross-legged.

He fully immersed his mind and began to circulate his Divine Soul according to the method of the Millstone Soul Forging Great Method.

Buzz—

Almost the instant the Cultivation Technique began to circulate, an indescribable sharp pain seized his Soul.

He felt as if his Divine Soul was grasped by an invisible large hand, forcefully pressed onto a giant, rough millstone.

The millstone slowly turned.

Creak... creak... That was the sound of his Soul being crushed, torn, stretched, and ground.

Si Yun's body trembled violently, his face ashen, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

But he gritted his teeth, not uttering a sound.

Having lived for several lifetimes, his Dao Heart was firm; what was this pain to him?

He had to persevere!

Just as he was struggling to endure, with the circulation of the Cultivation Technique, a new piece of information slowly flowed into his consciousness from the method.

That was about the division of Divine Soul Realms.

The Dao of Divine Soul, from weakest to strongest, is divided into: Soul Gathering Realm, Soul Stabilizing Realm, Soul Wandering Realm, Yang Soul Realm, Indestructible Realm...