Chapter 288

Chapter 288: Restoring Immortal Lord Chang Li’s Divine Soul

In today’s Cultivation World, where could a huge number of Heretic Cultivators hide for tens of thousands of years without being found? At first glance, there seems to be no such place.

Of course, the Cultivation World is so vast that unknown regions must still exist, just like the Starfield Plain.

Shen Sang Ruo believed this: as long as Heretic Cultivators had acted, they would leave traces. She would never let them get their way.

She ended the topic for now and walked up to Immortal Lord Chang Li, a ball of glowing Divine Soul Power rising in her palm, then said: “Master, I should be able to repair your damaged divine soul now.”

She added another way to put it: Soul Nurturing, which was the same idea as nurturing Little Koi.

This Soul Method was fairly simple, and she had already learned it.

She had just nurtured Little Koi once and fully restored its divine soul; right now the little thing was happily blowing bubbles in her sea of consciousness.

Immortal Lord Chang Li hesitated, because at his level, Soul Nurturing would consume a lot of Divine Soul Power, and he was worried it would harm Shen Sang Ruo.

Besides, the tiny piece missing from his soul wasn’t affecting him for the moment.

Shen Sang Ruo saw his concern and lifted her chin with a bright smile, saying: “Master, don’t worry. Let’s try first. If it doesn’t work, I’ll stop right away. I value my life, Master, so relax.”

He chuckled and pointed a finger at her, saying: “Alright, alright. So filial you will be the death of this Immortal Lord.”

She kept smiling as she replied: “This is what a disciple should do.”

Even so, when she began Soul Nurturing for Immortal Lord Chang Li, he still tensed up and stayed ready to cut the link with her at any moment.

A steady stream of Divine Soul Power flowed with Shen Sang Ruo’s movements and sank into Immortal Lord Chang Li’s body.

Her Divine Soul Power, shaped by her nature, felt warm like a gentle flame.

The part of Immortal Lord Chang Li’s soul that had been depleted began to recover rapidly. He felt as if he were wrapped in fire, and his divine soul relaxed as never before.

He didn’t forget to watch Shen Sang Ruo’s condition. Seeing no abnormal reaction from her, he finally let go of his worry.

Maybe the Divine Soul Power she had absorbed was especially pure, and maybe Ya Lan’s soul gave extra support, but in just a quarter of an hour Immortal Lord Chang Li’s damaged soul was fully nurtured.

Of course, the main reason was that her control over Divine Soul Power had grown more and more skilled.

Shen Sang Ruo pulled back her hand and stopped the flow of power, then asked: “Master, how do you feel?”

Immortal Lord Chang Li closed his eyes for a moment and then curved his lips, saying: “This Immortal Lord’s divine soul has completely recovered.”

Ye Huai and the others, who had been watching tensely, all let out a breath and showed the same relieved smiles.

Shen Sang Ruo said: “It’s good that Master has recovered.” After all, Immortal Lord Chang Li had once used Soul-Burning for her sake and fought across a realm gap with Master Ling Xiao.

Immortal Lord Chang Li tugged at the corner of his mouth, a hint of mockery in his eyes, and said: “I wonder how that guy is doing.”

“‘That guy’” meant Master Ling Xiao.

He had burned his soul and seriously injured Master Ling Xiao. Now his own soul had been restored by Shen Sang Ruo, but what about Master Ling Xiao’s wounds? Did someone fix them for him? [No way, would the great Master Ling Xiao really have no little disciple to patch him up? Sorry, this Immortal Lord does. Hehe.]

Immortal Lord Chang Li could hardly keep the smugness off his face.

What was more, not only had Master Ling Xiao not simply recovered, he would also have gained a new Heart Devil.

The contrast between both sides was obvious.

Seeing her Master like this, Shen Sang Ruo could only smile helplessly, then turned to the others and said: “My Divine Soul Power is very strong right now. When the Flying Cloud Sect publicly tests Bai Mu Mu, I want to try pulling the Malevolent Spirit out of her.”

She added: “Ya Lan yanked my soul out of my body, which gave me some ideas.”

From everything before, they were almost certain the Malevolent Spirit on Bai Mu Mu existed in a soul-like state.

Daoist Wu Wei’s eyes lit up as he said: “With Sang Girl’s Divine Soul Power, it might really work.” They had all just witnessed how strong her soul was.

Right now, the only Heretic Cultivator related clue in their sight was Bai Mu Mu. Maybe they could find some hints from her.

Even if she had nothing to do with those Heretic Cultivators’ plot, she was still tainted by a Malevolent Spirit and could not be left alone.

Shen Sang Ruo continued: “But I need some time to practice the Soul Extraction Technique. I’ve only had my soul pulled out before. I still need to study how to cast it myself.”

Daoist Wu Wei waved his hand in his generous way and said: “Our sect has a few books on Soul Methods. When we return, I’ll bring them to you. Take your time studying them.”

She grinned and said: “Great, thanks, Sect Master Wu Wei.” Then she shifted the topic: “But I might return to the sect a bit later. I need to visit the Phantom Mirage Domain first.”

She explained: “I’m going to find the Old Shaman and deal with the Spirit Pact between Zhu Miao and me.”

At that moment, the black and white dumpling being Soul Nurtured in her sea of consciousness suddenly opened its eyes. Its reaction was strong, and it was full of refusal.

It tried to come out, but Shen Sang Ruo pressed it down and kept it inside.

To stop Zhu Miao from making trouble and to help it nurture better, they had to return the bear whole and sound to the Phantom Mirage Domain.

She had said before that she wanted to go there, but hadn’t found the chance.

Now they were already at the Starfield Plain. The Starfield Plain was in the west, and the Phantom Mirage Domain was in the Southwest, so it wasn’t too far.

Immortal Lord Chang Li nodded and said: “Then I’ll go with you. We’ll be faster.”

Shen Sang Ruo thought about it. Since Immortal Lord Chang Li could use Teleportation, having him along would save a lot of time.

There would be a pile of things to handle once they got back to the Ninghua Sect. With plenty of work waiting, she didn’t refuse.

She handed the Giant Beetle along with the Swift Snails to Ye Huai and said: “Senior Brother, once you arrange proper places for those Spirit Vein ores, let them restore the veins. I already told them what to do.”

The Giant Beetles, like Little Black Dot, bobbed their heads at Ye Huai like crazy, full of enthusiasm.

Ye Huai took the cloth bag and said: “Go early and come back soon.”

She answered: “Okay.”

Right after that, Immortal Lord Chang Li took her and they vanished from the group’s sight.

With Immortal Lord Chang Li at Late Divine Transformation going all out, they reached Wuqing Stockade in only half a day.

The Old Shaman seemed to sense them coming and was already waiting in front of the Floating Cloud Tower.

Seeing Shen Sang Ruo and the bundle on her shoulder, he was overjoyed and hurried over, not even bothering to put on airs.

She had just finished nurturing Zhu Miao’s soul and had let it out of her sea of consciousness.

The little fellow wore a sour face and wouldn’t even chew bamboo.

The Old Shaman said in a wounded tone, looking like a lonely elder: “Little Sang Ruo! Little Zhu Miao! You finally came back to see me!”

When he got close, his eyes fell on Immortal Lord Chang Li beside her, and he asked: “And this is… your Master?”

That overwhelming presence, just standing there, made people feel awe.

The Old Shaman couldn’t help thinking that this person somehow had even more flair than him.

He added with a squint: “The cultivator who broke through to Late Divine Transformation not long ago was him too, right?”