This is the martial arts world, what are you cultivators interfering in?

Chapter 514 Ancient Gods

"Second Elder, the scouts from before have returned."

On the northern wall of Winterfell, a soldier in black armor knelt on one knee, reporting the latest intelligence to an old man before him.

Standing before him was the same senior who had previously entrusted Li Lan to help Lin Yue'er.

The old man was also dressed in black armor, standing guard here in full readiness.

The annual beast tide is coming, and he has to stay here to prevent the invasion of monsters.

When he heard the guard's report, the cloudiness in his old eyes immediately cleared.

"Have him come over here quickly."

The guards below immediately waved to the back, and a soldier in blue armor walked up to the old man.

"Reporting to the Second Elder, no trace of any cultivators was found deep in the snowfield."

"However, on the summit of a snow-capped mountain, there seemed to be signs of a battle, and many dead snow demon apes lay on the path leading up the mountain."

Upon hearing this news, the old man's expression changed drastically, and he said:

"Have you found any trace of human cultivators atop that snow-capped mountain?"

The spy shook his head and said:

"Second Elder, there used to be a lake at the top of the snow mountain, but it has long since dried up and there are no traces of humans."

A month has passed since Li Lan and his group went to search for Lin Yue'er, but there has still been no news, which makes the old man very worried.

As the monsters on that snowfield began to dissipate, the old man sent many scouts to search for them, but to this day they have not found any trace of them.

This made the old man feel extremely guilty, as he felt that Li Lan and the others had all perished.

All of this happened because of his negligence.

"Hey."

The old man sighed deeply, and then said:

"Go down."

"Once this beast tide is over, I will personally go there to search."

The beast tide is now approaching a thousand miles outside Winterfell, and he still cannot leave easily.

To find out whether Li Lan and the others have died deep in that snowfield, we must wait for the beast tide to end.

The old man was extremely helpless, but he had no other choice now.

In the darkness, Li Lan felt as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss.

During this endless descent, his soul detached from his body and flew into the sky.

Li Lan's physical body continued to fall, endlessly.

hum!

A flash of golden light appeared, and Li Lan's physical body seemed to be suffering immense pain, which even affected his soul.

During the endless fall, Li Lan swallowed the golden stone.

The pain you are experiencing now is the result of that golden stone merging into your body.

Even though his soul had left his body, Li Lan still felt such intense pain.

hum!

The golden stone seemed to have completely merged into his body, and Li Lan's soul seemed to sense it, so he suddenly opened his eyes.

The blurry scene in his eyes gradually became clear. After an endless coma, Li Lan finally opened his eyes and saw the world before him clearly.

This is a lush, green world, where spiritual herbs rich in spiritual energy and abundant vegetation grow everywhere.

This is where?

Li Lan tried hard to recall everything that had happened before.

He retrieved the golden stone from the lake atop the snow-capped mountain, and then, along with Su Yao and the other two, they plunged into the spatial teleportation array.

The teleportation was extremely long, and it did not encounter any spatial turbulence in the void.

So Li Lan devoured the golden stone and integrated it into his divine essence.

He experienced intense pain when the stone entered his body, and then he fainted.

When Li Lan opened her eyes again, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar world.

Li Lan probed his body with his divine sense, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

Where is my physical body?

He discovered that he was now only a soul, and his physical body was nowhere to be found.

Li Lan hurriedly got up and looked around for his physical body.

This was the first time he had encountered something so strange; he had only used a spatial teleportation array, yet his physical body had been lost.

After searching for a while, Li Lan did not find his physical body in this boundless forest.

Even Su Yao and the others couldn't be found. Where did they go?

After some thought, Li Lan realized that they had most likely been teleported to other areas by a spatial teleportation array.

However, they should still be in the same world, not too far apart.

"That spatial teleportation array is truly strange; it can actually separate a cultivator's physical body from their soul."

Li Lan knew that everything that had happened must be related to that teleportation array.

I wonder who set up that grand formation, that it possesses such extraordinary power.

After getting up, Li Lan walked towards the forest ahead.

In this forest, he encountered all sorts of strange beasts he had never seen before.

Although he didn't recognize any of these demonic beasts, they were all, like him, demonic beasts in a soul state.

Li Lan's spiritual power is not considered strong among his peers; in fact, it is relatively weak.

Fortunately, these monsters were not of high level, and Li Lan was able to handle them.

As they traveled onward, none of the monsters they encountered could withstand a single blow from Li Lan; he shattered them all.

After Li Lan dispersed the demonic beasts, wisps of purple light emanated from their corpses and then flowed into Li Lan's body.

After these purple lights entered his body, Li Lan discovered that his spiritual power had increased significantly.

Even without the help of a physical body, the black cauldron still existed within Li Lan's soul, helping him quickly refine the purple energy.

Seeing his soul power growing so rapidly, Li Lan's eyes lit up.

It seems that this place is an excellent holy land for cultivating the power of the soul.

Although it is unknown who created it, the rules here are extremely complete, and it should be the work of an extremely powerful being.

Just as Li Lan finished absorbing the purple light, a cold shout suddenly came from ahead.

"Who dares to hunt the soul beasts here without permission!"

Li Lan looked up and was immediately surprised.

The person who appeared before him was not like him; he possessed a complete physical body.

Although this person only has the cultivation level of a Divine Disciple, his spiritual power has already reached the level of a Divine Servant.

This shocked Li Lan. Why was his soul power so strong that it could transcend the limitations of his realm?

"I have just arrived here and was unaware that these soul beasts already belong to someone. Please forgive me."

But a question suddenly arose in Li Lan's mind.

Were those monsters originally called Soul Beasts here?

Faced with Li Lan's apology, the man wasn't one to argue unreasonably; his tone softened, and he said:

"In that case, let's hand over some Soul Stones as compensation."

"Based on the number of kills you've made, a thousand Soul Stones should be enough."

Li Lan was completely bewildered. First, there was the soul beast, and now there was this Soul Gallstone. This world seemed to be completely different from the Four Heavens World he had been in before.

Just as Li Lan was about to ask the person in front of him what the Soul Stone was, a sudden change occurred.

Several dark clouds suddenly drifted into the once clear sky, and then they quickly spread, shrouding half the sky in darkness.

"Oh no, Shadow Fiend is coming!"

Upon seeing this, the local cultivator with a physical body instantly panicked.

He didn't see Li Lan as a bad person, so he said directly:

"Come with me."

Li Lan also sensed a dangerous aura coming from the forest behind him. Without hesitation, he followed the person in front.

Fifteen minutes later, they finally arrived at a wooden cabin in the forest.

Li Lan could clearly sense that there were strong energy fluctuations around the wooden house.

There was a magic circle carved next to the wooden house.

Moreover, Li Lan also discovered that the outer perimeter of the formation was sprinkled with a strange green fluorescent powder.

These powders have a very unique smell, emitting a special fragrance.

"Come in quickly."

Guided by that man, Li Lan entered the wooden house with him.

The interior decoration was extremely simple, suggesting that this person was not very wealthy in this world.

What exactly happened outside?

Li Lan asked with some curiosity, "Everything in this world seems to be very different from the Four Heavens."

The man wiped the cold sweat from his brow and finally relaxed after hiding in the wooden house.

"That's the Shadow Demon, the most terrifying being in the spiritual plane."

"A spiritual dimension?"

Upon hearing this term, Li Lan was immediately surprised.

Could it be that this isn't the Four Heavens World, but another world altogether?

"Yes, you don't know anything about how you got in?"

The person in front of him seemed somewhat speechless at Li Lan, and he continued:

"My name is Mu Ling, and I am a rogue cultivator in this spiritual plane."

"As for the Shadow Fiend outside, I don't know how it found this place."

"Generally speaking, it only appears in areas where a large number of soul beasts die."

"But you only hunted a few soul beasts, so why did you attract the Shadow Demon's pursuit?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lan suddenly felt a little guilty.

In fact, Li Lan had already hunted down over a thousand soul beasts along the way.

Because after he hunts, a wisp of purple light enters his body, enhancing his spiritual power.

Therefore, he would hunt down any soul beast he encountered, unwilling to miss any opportunity to improve his soul power.

"What exactly is that Shadow Demon, and why are you so afraid of it?"

Li Lan quickly changed the subject, afraid that the person in front of her would find out the truth.

Upon hearing Li Lan's question, Mu Ling did not press further, but instead replied:

"You must be from the outer Four Heavens world, so you don't know much about the spiritual plane."

"In the spiritual plane, almost all demonic beasts have no physical form; they only have a soul body that floats in this world."

"Of course, we three-eyed beasts are an exception."

As he spoke, a third eye appeared on Mu Ling's forehead.

This eye is a vertical pupil, and as soon as it opened, it emitted a ray of golden light.

Seeing Li Lan's shocked expression, Mu Ling smiled and said:

"This is the innate divine power of our Three-Eyed Beast clan. When the third eye is opened, we can greatly enhance our spiritual power and unleash an innate divine power."