Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 1064

1065. Soul Summoning Pill and Nirvana Sacred Spirit Great Method

Having learned that the Great Tribulation was imminent, Han Li revised his cultivation plan, starting today. He resolved to do his best to raise his cultivation level as quickly as possible.

‘That’s all the news I have to deliver. Now, I’d like to invite my aunt and Senior Han to become Supreme Guest Elders of our Ye family on behalf of my mother,’ the girl suggested with a smile before Han Li and Liu Qing could even process the new information.

‘Supreme Guest Elder? Ye Ying, did you not hear from your mother? I joined the service of the Spirit Sovereign back then to repay a favor. Now that I’ve finally gained my freedom, I have no intention of belonging to another power,’ Liu Qing said, shaking her head in refusal without a second thought.

‘Of course, I know that. However, my mother has a separate message to convey. She said that if you still refuse after hearing this, she will not force you,’ Ye Ying replied.

‘Haha, a separate message? It’s been a long time, but she’s still full of tricks. Let’s hear what it is,’ Liu Qing said with a laugh. Ye Ying moved her lips and sent a voice transmission. Han Li watched Liu Qing’s reaction with curiosity, and the young woman’s cheeks suddenly began to flush slightly.

‘Is that true? Your mother isn’t trying to deceive me, is she?’ The Celestial Spirit Immortal, who had maintained a calm demeanor, was surprised and raised her voice, which was slightly trembling.

‘It’s absolutely not a lie. My mother knows that you’ve kept that matter in your heart all this time. Although it’s a bit risky, she said that if you join the Ye family, she will gather the family’s strength to help you,’ Ye Ying replied with conviction.

‘Alright, I will become a Supreme Guest Elder of the Ye family. Even if there’s only a sliver of a chance, I never intended to give up,’ Liu Qing said, her face looking somewhat pale.

‘It’s great that you’re coming to the Ye family, Aunt. I’ll be able to learn puppetry from you,’ Ye Ying said. Liu Qing smiled at her, but she still seemed confused by the content of the voice transmission.

‘What about Senior Han’s intentions?’ Ye Ying asked.

‘I’ve received similar offers from various places, but I’ve never accepted any of them. It seems that Ye Fellow Daoist has made a wasted trip this time,’ Han Li said, turning his head towards Ye Ying and immediately refusing as if he had been waiting for it.

‘I was wondering if your thoughts might have changed after hearing about the Great Tribulation. If not, please listen to the conditions my mother asked me to convey, and then make your decision. If your mind still hasn’t changed, then we’ll consider the offer as if it never happened,’ Ye Ying said.

‘Oh, let’s hear what the conditions are,’ Han Li said, raising an eyebrow at the girl’s words. He was curious what conditions they would use to persuade him, who had ascended to the Spirit Realm alone and had nothing to hold him back.

‘Senior Han, have you heard of our Ye family’s Soul Summoning Pill and Nirvana Sacred Spirit Great Method?’ Ye Ying asked.

‘I’ve certainly heard of the Soul Summoning Pill. It’s one of the few pills that can enhance the magic power of Integration stage cultivators in the Human race. However, the Ye family doesn’t release it, so I’ve never seen it traded on the market or at auctions. But I’ve never heard of the Nirvana Sacred Spirit Great Method,’ Han Li replied.

‘Since you know about it, I won’t elaborate on the effects of the Soul Summoning Pill. If you join the Ye family, my mother said she would immediately give you thirty pills. That amount should be quite helpful when overcoming the mid-stage bottleneck. Hmm… The Nirvana Sacred Spirit Great Method is a technique that can produce strange effects when practiced together by a man and a woman with the Ye family’s Heavenly Phoenix True Blood.

It awakens the potential within a cultivator’s body, gradually improving their physical constitution, and when it reaches its peak, it’s a miraculous technique that leads to an immortal body. It’s like a phoenix transforming into flames, undergoing nirvana, and being reborn,’ Ye Ying finished her explanation, her face flushed for some reason.

Han Li’s heart was moved by the mention of an immortal body. If he could perfect the Mortal True Devil Art to maximize his physical strength and then achieve an immortal body with the Nirvana Sacred Spirit Great Method, it would be like a tiger growing wings!

However, the girl’s expression was somewhat strange. Liu Qing, who had been listening to Ye Ying’s words, looked back and forth between him and the girl, and then burst out laughing.

‘Ye Ying, if Senior Han joins the Ye family, you’ll be the one to practice the Nirvana Great Method with him! Well, the Heavenly Phoenix True Blood of an ordinary disciple would be insufficient for an Integration stage cultivator. I heard that among the Ye family disciples this time, there are only a few who truly inherited the Heavenly Phoenix True Blood, and there’s no woman who meets the conditions as well as you,’ Liu Qing said with a smile, temporarily escaping her worries.

‘T-that’s… I don’t know. If Senior Han comes to the Ye family, it’s up to my mother to decide,’ the girl stammered, her face completely red, while Liu Qing’s face was full of laughter.

Han Li was not a fool, so he realized that the Nirvana Sacred Spirit Great Method was a kind of dual cultivation technique practiced by men and women.

Looking at the girl’s embarrassed appearance, it was clear that if he became a Supreme Guest Elder of the Ye family, Ye Ying would be the one to practice the technique with him. Han Li suppressed the strange feeling and shook his head.

‘I appreciate the Ye family’s kindness, but I must decline this offer. I dislike being bound, so I have no intention of joining any power,’ Han Li said.

Ye Ying felt a sense of relief at his refusal, but also a faint disappointment.

‘Since you’ve given your answer, I won’t mention the position of Supreme Guest Elder any further. However, what do you think about the condition of helping the Ye family just once in ten years?’ Ye Ying asked.

‘Ten years from now, are you perhaps referring to the True Spirit Assembly?’ Han Li asked with a wry smile at the girl’s words.

‘Ah, could it be that you already…!’ Ye Ying was also a clever girl, so she quickly realized why he was reacting like this.

‘The Immortal has been one step too late. I’ve already promised to help the Xiao Feng Immortal of the Qu family at the True Spirit Assembly,’ Han Li said.

‘The Qu family? That’s fortunate. We have a friendly relationship with the Ye family, so even if you appear at the True Spirit Assembly, you won’t be opposing the Ye family,’ Ye Ying said, relaxing after Han Li’s apologetic reply.

‘Then I’m relieved,’ Han Li said.

With that, the girl had finished delivering her message. Han Li did not stay long at the Celestial Spirit Immortal’s residence and soon got up from his seat. The young woman and the girl personally escorted him to the teleportation array.

After his figure disappeared from the teleportation array, Liu Qing sighed.

‘What a pity,’ she said.

‘Aunt, what do you mean?’ Ye Ying asked.

‘Of course, I’m saying it’s a pity that your mother failed to win over Senior Han. He’s at the early Integration stage at such a young age, so if he survives this Great Tribulation, his future is boundless,’ Liu Qing said.

Liu Qing gave a warm smile at Ye Ying’s puzzled look.

‘Although Integration stage cultivators are at the top of the Human race, our grandmother is also a mid-Integration stage cultivator, and when she activates her Heavenly Phoenix True Blood, she can even compete with late-Integration stage cultivators. Now that you’ve joined the Ye family, it’s the icing on the cake. Even without Senior Han, the Ye family will be safe in the upcoming True Spirit Assembly and the Great Tribulation. Moreover, if we offer such good conditions, we’ll have another chance to recruit other Integration stage cultivators,’ Ye Ying said confidently, although she was secretly upset.

‘That might be true. Perhaps your mother values Senior Han because she simply sees his potential. But in my eyes, it seemed like Senior Han didn’t care about the conditions the Ye family offered. There might be something special about him. If I could have met him directly instead of in a puppet avatar state, I could have had a martial arts exchange to see his true strength…’ Liu Qing said.

‘Oh, what’s the point of testing him? How long could a cultivator who just reached the Integration stage last against your strength! Besides, I heard from my mother that the Heavenly Mystic Spirit Sovereign gave you the puppets he painstakingly refined before he passed away. Now you have divine powers comparable to the Three Sovereigns and Seven Kings,’ Ye Ying said.

‘The Ye family knows everything! There are only a handful of people who know about that, but the story has even reached your mother,’ Liu Qing said, her expression changing for a moment before shaking her head.

At the same time, Han Li, who had returned to his residence, gave a few instructions to Hai Da Shao and Qi Lingzi, who were waiting in the main hall, and then entered the secret chamber and sat down in a meditative position.

The plan to gradually accumulate magic power after reaching the Integration stage had long been canceled due to the imminent Great Tribulation. He had to revise his cultivation plan for the next few hundred years and increase his strength before the Great Tribulation arrived.

Many of the Three Sovereigns and Seven Kings had died in the last Great Tribulation, so it was impossible to know how terrible things would be this time.

Moreover, what was even more troubling was that he had already formed a bad relationship with the Devil Realm’s Origin Slaughter Saint Ancestor back in the Mortal Realm. The avatar of the Origin Slaughter Saint Ancestor, who had descended to the Mortal Realm with a wisp of consciousness, had been devoured by Yin Yue because of him.

The Saint Ancestors of the Devil Realm were powerful figures comparable to the Great Ascension stage cultivators of the Human race. If the Great Tribulation arrived and the Devil Realm and Spirit Realm overlapped, it would not be difficult for the opponent to release his subordinates to find him.

Therefore, he had to raise his cultivation level to at least the late Integration stage before the Great Tribulation arrived. Only then would he be able to use various divine powers and treasures to resist the Devil Saint Ancestor.

However, after interacting with several Integration stage cultivators recently, he had no idea how difficult the subsequent cultivation would be.

Many ordinary Integration stage cultivators could not reach the mid-stage even after cultivating for thousands, tens of thousands, or even until the day they died in the Heavenly Tribulation.

Fortunately, if he used the Immortal Realm spirit medicines he had obtained in the Guang Han Realm to refine a large number of Integration-level pills, he could greatly reduce the hardship of accumulating magic power.

The problem was overcoming the bottlenecks.

No matter how many spirit medicines he consumed to improve his constitution, his aptitude was still inferior to other cultivators who had reached the Integration stage normally. Therefore, he had to secure as many methods as possible to forcefully break through the bottlenecks.

For now, he had high hopes for the one Void Spirit Pill he possessed and the Divine Essence of the Underworld he would receive from Qing Yuanzi.

‘Hmm…’ Han Li suddenly had an idea and took out the Spirit Beast Ring. He scanned the inside with his consciousness and frowned involuntarily. A small, pitch-black monkey was sleeping soundly in the black fog. It was none other than Jie Hun.

It had not yet awakened since it had killed the Heavenly Devil with its transformed body. Considering the amazing abilities it had shown at the time, it was a spirit beast that would be of great help when facing a powerful enemy.

Fortunately, there was still a long time before the Great Tribulation, so it would awaken within a thousand years. He retrieved the Spirit Beast Ring and this time took out the golden Myriad Sword Diagram, spread it out in the air, and quietly gazed at the painting.

It contained vast divine powers related to sword techniques, and simply incorporating some of the insights he had gained from it into the Azure Bamboo Sword Formation could greatly increase its power. If he could fully comprehend the Myriad Sword Diagram, he would definitely be able to increase his strength in a short period of time.

Now that he had interacted with quite a few Integration stage cultivators while waiting for the Myriad Treasures Assembly to be held, he intended to focus on cultivation. Most of them were rogue cultivators or cultivators belonging to sects and aristocratic families, but he would need fate to meet cultivators of the Three Sovereigns or Seven Kings level anyway.

In particular, whenever he thought of the Heavenly Kui Wolf King, whom he had never met, he felt very uncomfortable thinking of Yin Yue. As his consort, she would be by his side, so he might encounter her at the Myriad Treasures Assembly.

He could not help but feel bitter when he recalled the look she had given him just before they parted in the Mortal Realm. He was no longer a young boy, so he could not have been unaware of the meaning of her gaze.

After spending so many years by his side and sharing life and death, it was inevitable that they would develop special feelings for each other. At the time, he was only a Nascent Soul stage cultivator and could do nothing, but now he was in the Spirit Realm as an Integration stage cultivator.

Han Li deliberately erased the thoughts of Yin Yue. He was worried that it would disturb his peace of mind and become a heart demon. He controlled his emotions and returned to a calm state of mind, immersing himself in the study of the Myriad Sword Diagram.