#1796 - Demon Soul Refining Gourd

"Alright, I can let you into the Divine Mountain, but you have to hand over the gourd you just obtained first, and then tell me, what kind of divine powers do you possess?" Ji Dongfeng said with a smile.

"You don't look honest. Are you trying to trick me?" Little Zishu said in a deep voice.

"What kind of talk is that! I, Ji Dongfeng, have always treated living beings with sincerity, colluding with evildoers, bah, with complete sincerity! You suspecting me like this will break my heart. Rest assured, I will definitely let you enter this Divine Mountain," Ji Dongfeng said with a smile.

While speaking, Ji Dongfeng rushed to the location of the Demon Emperor Hongshu, clearing the Demon Emperor Hongshu's negative emotions while listening to Little Zishu's story.

"I come from the Rat Clan. As you should know, cultivation is not easy for Rat Clan beings. Among all living beings, we belong to those with extreme difficulty in cultivating immortality. Only by relying on our numerical advantage can we barely maintain our clan's strength. In the First Heaven, the Rat Clan has many factions, some wholeheartedly devoted to cultivation, and others specializing in stealing treasures. The former are called Bitter Rats, and the latter are called Thief Rats. The two factions originally didn't interact with each other until one day, a unique individual appeared in the First Heaven's Rat Clan, named Zishu. He told us that there were other Rat Clans in the Divine Mountain, and these Rat Clans were the ancestors of all Rat Clans in the First Heaven," Little Zishu said.

"Zishu told us that only by returning to the Divine Mountain could we fully activate the bloodline within our bodies. At that time, the Rat Clan's cultivation would no longer be so difficult."

"Since then, the First Heaven's Rat Clan began to frantically search for the Divine Mountain's traces, but unfortunately, even until Zishu disappeared, the Rat Clan still hadn't found the Divine Mountain. As time passed, the Bitter Rat Clan slowly gave up on the Divine Mountain, but the Thief Rat Clan didn't give up. We regard finding the Divine Mountain as our mission. My parents named me Little Zishu, just to make me the new Zishu, leading the Thief Rat Clan into the Divine Mountain, but even after I ascended to the Third Heaven, I still couldn't find the Divine Mountain..."

"After arriving in the Third Heaven, my cultivation speed became increasingly slow. The gains that ordinary beings could obtain in one year of cultivation, I need to cultivate for ten or even twenty years... Don't look at my current Open Aperture Realm cultivation, but if I hadn't stolen many treasures to extend my lifespan, I'm afraid I wouldn't have lived to this day. But I know in my heart that I can only live for less than a hundred years at most. A hundred years is not enough to cross a major realm, so if I can find the Divine Mountain and replenish my bloodline, perhaps I can become the first Rat Clan to ascend into the Fifth Heaven!"

"I've been searching for the Divine Mountain for hundreds of years... Whether it's in the sky or underground, I've traveled everywhere. I would turn every place with clues about the Divine Mountain upside down... But unfortunately, I haven't had any gains. I didn't expect to find it here today..."

As his voice fell, Little Zishu took a deep breath, looked up at the Divine Mountain, and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, I must enter this Divine Mountain! This is an opportunity to change my... even the entire Rat Clan's fate!"

"Opportunity? You're in the Third Heaven. Even if you enter the Divine Mountain, how can you influence the Rat Clan in the First Heaven?" Ji Dongfeng asked.

"It seems you don't know the power of the God Realm in the Fifth Heaven. As long as you can cultivate to the God Realm in the Fifth Heaven, it means that this being has the strength to protect an entire race with their own power. This protection is not only superficial, but also includes blessing future generations of the same race. I can choose to end myself, and my power will return to heaven and earth, then transform into potential, pouring into my fellow clansmen, making their path to immortality easier," Little Zishu shouted with excitement.

Zhao Guanlan frowned upon hearing this and said in a deep voice: "I have also heard of this saying, similar to 'non-killing three lives', you can only ask for one life, using the power of one life to exchange for the potential of future generations. But very few beings do this... The reason is very simple, they've already reached the Fifth Heaven, how many are really willing to give up their cultivation base."

"Then have you ever thought that even if their potential is improved, it may be difficult for them to cultivate to the Fifth Heaven or even the Third Heaven like you," Qingfeng asked.

Little Zishu smiled lightly upon hearing this and said: "Of course I've thought about it, but it doesn't matter. If there is one Little Zishu, there will be a second and a third. Don't underestimate the number of our Rat Clan. As long as we continue to work hard, one day, we will definitely make the Rat Clan one of the most promising races. At that time, the Third Heaven will be easy, the Fifth Heaven will be within reach, the Seventh Heaven, with a little effort, can also be touched, and the Ninth Heaven will no longer be an unattainable existence!"

Ji Dongfeng's heart stirred upon hearing this. He could feel that Little Zishu was not just talking empty words, he really thought so in his heart.

"If it were really that simple, the Human Race's path to cultivation wouldn't be so difficult," Zhao Guanlan said.

Ying Long sighed upon hearing this and said: "There are countless races of living beings in the world, and the Human Race is the best among them, but they have too many thoughts. It is said that the human heart is unpredictable, but the Human Race does not know that even in the entire Honglin, the human heart is probably the most unpredictable thing."

Ji Dongfeng frowned upon hearing this and said: "Take out the gourd, and then I will take you into the Divine Mountain."

Little Zishu's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly took out the black gourd.

[Demon God Soul Refining Gourd (Special Supreme)]: A special treasure personally refined by the Demon God Chen Qingxiong. It can only be used in conjunction with a specific ritual. After activation, it can absorb all the dead souls in the space and refine the dead souls into Soul Fixing Power. 1 portion of Soul Fixing Power can give 1 soul the power of eternal existence (the soul can exist forever without being forcibly destroyed by external forces, the power and consciousness will not be weakened, and the soul can also cultivate and continuously improve its strength). Soul Fixing Power ignores whether the soul has restrictions, and each soul can only use Soul Fixing Power once, and the second use is invalid. The current gourd stores 0.3 portions of Soul Fixing Power]

Ji Dongfeng's heart stirred upon hearing this and said in a deep voice: "This treasure is not bad, but... what do Wu Yuntian and Chen Qingxiong want this thing for, and it needs to be used in conjunction with a specific ritual. What is this ritual?"

"That ritual is a formation. It seems that many cultivators in the God Opening Realm are needed to activate it. This... I'm afraid only Chen Qingxiong and Wu Yuntian know how to arrange it," Liao Wusheng said, while looking at Chen Qingxiong, who was still in a state of unconsciousness.

Ji Dongfeng smiled upon hearing this and said: "As long as the mark is not removed, he won't wake up. I need to think carefully about how to maximize his value."

While speaking, Ji Dongfeng cleared the Demon Emperor Hongshu's negative emotions, and then, carrying the sky full of firepower, rushed towards the east of Honglin.

"Now we can see what that damn leather bag Hongshu really is!"