C766 Continuing to Refine the Body!

Yu Yuan's mind was crystal clear as he quietly activated the Evil Body Refining Skill, focusing his spiritual awareness to track the elusive Yin Sunflower Essence.

Almost immediately, he detected numerous tiny silver sparkles darting through the mountain's rocks.

These so-called Yin Sunflower Essences resembled diminutive silver fish, darting within the stone walls.

Upon deploying the Evil Body Refining Skill, the nearest essences were startled, scattering away from him as if in flight.

"They truly possess a spirit!" Yu Yuan marveled inwardly, his curiosity about the Yin Sunflower Essence, as described by Yu Yiyi, deepening. "I refuse to believe that you tiny creatures can truly slip through my grasp!"

With this resolve, his concentration intensified, and he tapped into the heightened perceptiveness of his Heavenly Soul.

Among the three souls—Heaven, Earth, and Man—the Heavenly Soul is the keenest, imbued with wisdom and spirit. His Heavenly Soul, honed by the Soul Forging Technique, was far more remarkable than that of an average person.

He first opened his Eye of Wisdom, then sent a myriad of spiritual tendrils from his Heavenly Soul, weaving through the earth beneath him and penetrating the rock wall's interior.

The spiritual awareness emanating from his Heavenly Soul raced through the rock, pinpointing the Yin Sunflower Essence's movements and their hidden recesses.

Yet, his spiritual awareness alone couldn't seize the Yin Sunflower Essence, unable to draw it into his body.

He could sense it, could "see" it, but not capture it.

"It's because my realm is too low, limited to just spiritual awareness, rendering many sophisticated secret techniques beyond my reach," Yu Yuan realized, recognizing his disadvantage without the Yin God and unrefined soul power.

With soul power, he could easily ensnare the so-called Yin Sunflower Essence.

"It seems the Evil Body Refining Skill is my only option!"

With that thought, he fully engaged the Evil Body Refining Skill, his flesh and blood transforming into a magnetic field of palpable vibrations.

Back in the Fallen Moon Forbidden Area, merely invoking this Devil Spell would attract a myriad of bizarre energies for him to refine.

But here, within Dark Mountain, the magnetic pull of the Evil Body Refining Skill seemed insufficient to draw in the Yin Sunflower Essence.

"This isn't what you described. When I activate the Evil Body Refining Skill, the Yin Sunflower Essence flees," Yu Yuan internally exclaimed, a sense of frustration washing over him. Despite his ability to detect the essence with his spiritual sense, to almost see it, it eluded him at the crucial moment, contrary to Yu Yiyi's claims.

"I'm at a loss myself," Yu Yiyi's perplexed thoughts transmitted from the cauldron's base above. "My fragmented memories assured me that the Evil Body Refining Skill could assimilate the Yin Sunflower Essence within. Yet, I'm baffled as to why it's escaping."

"If it can flee, it must possess rudimentary intelligence. In that case..." Yu Yuan pondered before decisively invoking, "Ghosting Arts!"

His mindset shifted, and seated on the chilly stone floor, he transitioned to a different Soul Art.

Within his Consciousness Little World, his Earth Soul, distinct from his main and Heavenly Souls, began radiating a chilling, enigmatic aura of ancient depth.

It was as though a primordial Demon God was stirring from an endless slumber, awakening gradually.

A gleaming black radiance emanated from his Earth Soul, rippling outward in expanding circles, reaching beyond the cauldron's confined space.

"Hmm?" Yuan Lianyao's expression subtly shifted. As Yu Yuan employed the Ghosting Arts, she innately sensed the danger emanating from him, his presence causing an unsettling thrill.

"It's effective!" Yu Yuan felt a surge of excitement.

With the Ghosting Arts in motion, his spiritual sense, which had seeped into the rock walls, intensified manifold.

The Yin Sunflower Essence scattered throughout the mountain lit up, shining brilliantly, each strand precisely targeted by his Spiritual Sense Eye.

"Return!"

The commanding Earth Soul, overseeing the Consciousness Little World, hovered aloft and uttered a cryptic, resonant demonic chant.

The note vibrated across the mountaintop.

Whoosh! The command "Return," akin to an ancient demon's incantation, carried the weight of cosmic law, compelling the Yin Sunflower Essence to heed its call.

Thus, the twinkling silver lights found themselves irresistibly drawn towards Yu Yuan, flying to him of their own accord.

"What's this?"

Yuan Lianyao, suspended midair, watched in amazement as the ground beneath the cauldron's cover sparkled with silver lights, converging from all directions like swarms of fireflies.

Beneath Yu Yuan, a resplendent starry river seemed to be taking shape.

The silver lights shone like diamonds scattered across a starry sea, numerous and brilliant.

The small space, enclosed by the cauldron, was suddenly aglow with these converging lights, transforming it into a place of radiant mystery.

"Is this the essence of the Yin Sunflower?" Yuan Lianyao asked, bewildered.

"Yes," came the gentle voice of Yu Yiyi from above.

Looking up instinctively, Yuan Lianyao saw a little girl in grey cloth perched high above, as if on a distant platform in the sky, her face hidden, yet seemingly smiling down at her.

"And you are?" Yuan Lianyao inquired.

"I am the cauldron soul of the Evil Cauldron, named Yu Yiyi by my master. City Lord, you may simply call me Yiyi," the little girl said with a sweet smile. "Master has already begun refining the Yin Sunflower Essence. Please be patient for a short while, City Lord."

"It has started already?" Yuan Lianyao expressed her astonishment.

"Yes, indeed."

During their conversation, tiny silver lights began to rise from the ground and merge into Yu Yuan's body, disappearing as if moths drawn to a flame.

"Boom! Thunderous roars!"

The Dark Mountain, already modest in height, trembled violently as the silver lights departed.

Huge boulders tumbled down the slopes, bursting into clouds of dust and smoke upon impact.

The Dark Mountain itself seemed to be shrinking, inch by inch.

"Is the Dark Mountain collapsing because the Yin Sunflower Essence is vanishing?" Yuan Lianyao asked, her voice tinged with panic. "Yiyi, is your master going to be okay?"

"Rest assured, my master will be fine," Yu Yiyi reassured her with a smile. "City Lord, haven't you noticed? Master's body is also radiating a silver glow."

Looking down, Yuan Lianyao cried out, "Indeed, it is!"

With another resounding boom, the Dark Mountain quaked more violently, and additional rocks burst apart, turning to ash.

In just half an hour, a small Dark Mountain, towering dozens of meters high, was reduced to a landscape of silver-gray dust.

Amidst the dust, the Evil Cauldron lay overturned, its dark, demonic glow flickering ominously.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Blood Moon, commanding two thousand Evil Devils, orchestrated a vast formation, enveloping the cauldron in its outer ring. At the heart of the formation, spirits and ghosts with the potential to become Evil were drawn to the cauldron's walls and vanished in succession.

Soon after, all the captured spectral beings were ushered into the cauldron's inner sanctum, a tiny world under Yu Yiyi's command.

Time passed, and suddenly, the cauldron flipped direction, its mouth now open to the heavens. Yu Yuan, bathed in a silvery ethereal glow, emerged within the cauldron.

With curiosity, he raised his arms, exploring the exquisite utility of the Yin Sunflower Essence, his brow smoothing in satisfaction.

His face then lit up with a smile, "This spectral substance is truly extraordinary. Since merging with my skin and flesh, I feel my Evil Body Refining Skill has ascended to a new level!"

"But it's not enough, still not enough. We must seek out more Dark Mountains rich in Yin Sunflower Essence!" Yu Yiyi exclaimed.

Yu Yuan nodded decisively and declared, "Onto the next one!"

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