The Book Soul Chronicles: Godslayer

Seeing the two of them working together so smoothly, it seemed like they were plotting something. Li Minghan looked at their interaction with a blank expression, and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.

Li Minghan cautiously asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Yu Bingwen and Qingwu did not rush to answer his question. Instead, they looked at each other and then approached Li Minghan with malicious smiles on their faces.

Li Minghan felt the unease growing stronger and stronger, staring at them with a bewildered and somewhat frightened expression.

Finally, Li Minghan realized that these two people were not only exceptionally talented, but also incredibly courageous.

These two actually planned to make a big deal out of one of their unique techniques—the Art of Summoning. They intended to modify their creation to give their clone the talents and memories of their current self, and then allow themselves to re-enter the path of immortality and start cultivating from scratch.

His current body is sealed away, forever slumbering until he is strong enough, becomes whole enough, and finds a way to return.

This way, the Heavenly Dao or the laws will not be aware of its existence. Even if it is eventually discovered, it will only be considered as having no threat, so an extra layer of seal will be added to let it sleep longer, thus reducing trouble for itself.

Secondly, it satisfies his own need to go out and find the truth and a solution, and also allows him to take the two of them out to achieve their goals.

Thirdly, they want to recruit him. They share a common enemy and both need to find the same truth and a solution, which inevitably requires someone's help.

Clearly, they are now in the same boat, allies with shared interests, and neither can afford to stand idly by.

Li Minghan couldn't help but admire the two men's extraordinary intelligence, and even more so their audacity.

Li Minghan said with a serious expression, "Do you know how difficult it is to modify a cultivation technique? Don't you know how tortuous and dangerous this process is? This is not child's play. If you are not careful, your cultivation will be damaged, or you may even lose your life."

Qingwu and Yu Bingwen exchanged a glance, both appearing completely unconcerned, as if they had no idea how difficult things were going on.

Qingwu clicked her tongue and said nonchalantly, "Modifying cultivation techniques is much simpler than creating them. Even if there are risks, we can just modify them more often. There's always a solution!"

Li Minghan was startled. The woman in front of him spoke of creating a cultivation technique so casually, as if it were a very simple matter, or even insignificant.

To be honest, it wasn't that he didn't want to believe it, but rather that he saw that Qingwu was only a few hundred years old, and even a thousand-year-old powerhouse wouldn't dare to say that he wanted to create his own cultivation technique.

Even a prodigy like himself only gained some insight and began to propose the concept of guiding techniques after the age of 1200. It took him more than a thousand years of exploration to perfect it.

But now the woman in front of him is telling him that she is creating her own cultivation method. How can this not be shocking?

In contrast, Yu Bingwen remained calm, as if everything was perfectly reasonable and nothing to be surprised about.

Li Minghan watched all of this unfold, and thought to himself, "I really am out of touch with this world. Creating my own cultivation technique at such a young age has probably become a trend and is not something to be astonished about."

Finally, he sighed, realizing that he was really out of touch.

In fact, Li Minghan didn't know that it wasn't that he was out of touch, but that Qingwu was just that amazing. She could be funny and quirky, but her talent and strength were undeniable, and she was destined to be extraordinary.

Seeing Li Minghan's utterly shocked expression, Yu Bingwen felt he needed time to process things, so he quietly watched him until Li Minghan felt he had made up his mind, and then began to explain.

"My uncle is creating and exploring the 'Heaven-Slaying Technique' and has achieved some success."

Li Minghan said to himself, "The Heaven-Slaying Technique! That name sounds pretty imposing!"

Qingwu rolled her eyes at him and began her science lesson.

"I was not the one who proposed the concept of the 'Heaven-Slaying Technique'; I merely inherited and developed it. By practicing this technique, one can freely sever causes and effects and change one's destiny."

Li Minghan was even more incredulous. It was unbelievable that someone in the world would come up with such a concept and actually create such a technique. At the same time, he understood why he couldn't see through her fate. He originally thought it was that kid Yu Bingwen, but unexpectedly, he gave him such a big surprise.

After the initial shock came immense joy, and Li Minghan burst into wild laughter.

"You old dog of the Heavenly Dao, you didn't expect this, did you? Besides me, someone else will take your place. One day, your privileged position will become a thing of the past."

Looking at the person in front of him who had gone mad, Yu Bingwen couldn't help but feel worried. He then looked to the side and saw Qingwu, who was calmly eating sunflower seeds and watching Li Minghan go crazy.

Yu Bingwen and Qingwu never expected that Li Minghan, who was clearly insane, would suddenly go berserk and take control of them.

The incident happened so suddenly that the two of them didn't even have time to react before Li Minghan took control of them. They couldn't move or mobilize their spiritual power, and could only watch helplessly as they were about to suffer a terrible fate.

"Damn it, a sneak attack! That's so immoral!" Qingwu cursed directly.

"Li Minghan, what do you want to do?" Yu Bingwen asked.

The two of them weren't worried that Li Minghan would kill them, since they still had some use to them. But they were just making sure they wouldn't die. Who knew what this lunatic would do to them?

What if they need to be controlled, or cursed like in the stories, and made into slaves? They don't want to fall into the hands of this lunatic.

But on the other hand, it seems they can't beat him either, so let's see how things go first.

Li Minghan stopped laughing and said to the two of them.

"Since you both practice heaven-defying techniques, I also have a gift for you two. I hope you won't disappoint me!"

Upon hearing Li Minghan's words, Yu Bingwen and Qingwu immediately felt a bad premonition.

Qingwu said with a forced smile, "Let's forget about the gift! If we're going to give a gift, it should be something we juniors do to show respect to our seniors. It's not something a senior would give us. We would feel ashamed to accept it."

Upon hearing Qingwu's words, Li Minghan raised a single eyebrow. How come he didn't know this woman would send him gifts?

Of course, he also expressed his thoughts directly in this way.

"Oh, how come I didn't know someone as stingy as you would give me anything? It's already a miracle you didn't take everything from me. You didn't even know what I was going to give you, and you're already so eager to refuse?"

Yu Bingwen also spoke up.

“We’re not curious, but this is truly the first time we’ve seen such a way of giving gifts.”

When Li Minghan heard Yu Bingwen say that, he laughed again, pointing at Yu Bingwen as he laughed.

"You two are really from the same family. Birds of a feather flock together. As expected of people who come from the same school, you are both very good at being two-faced."

Qingwu was speechless for a moment, thinking to herself, "What's wrong with her? What does Yu Bingwen, this hermaphrodite, have to do with her, Qingwu? Why is she being dragged into this?"

Qingwu also directly expressed her dissatisfaction, saying sarcastically, "What do you mean he's a 'yin-yang person'? Aren't we all family? Birds of a feather flock together! There are so many 'yin-yang people,' are they all my family?"

"If you keep saying that, you might end up like that in the future, and then I can try to claim kinship with you!"

Li Minghan also prided himself on being a sharp-tongued handsome man, but he couldn't win an argument with Qingwu, so he simply gave up and decided to take action instead.

As soon as they saw the power of law surging from Li Minghan's body, strange red lightning bolts wrapped around his inky black spiritual power, slowly approaching the two of them.

Yu Bingwen and Qingwu's hearts sank at the same time. Li Minghan had just said that the power of the law could annihilate everything and could not be challenged.

They were likely going to die here today. Both of them were filled with resentment, but they had no choice but to close their eyes and wait for death to come.

A strange lightning bolt, accompanied by inky spiritual energy, approached the space between the two people's eyebrows. In the end, the two forces of law entered the space between their eyebrows and drilled into their sea of ​​consciousness, where they ran rampant.

Yu Bingwen and Qingwu's faces immediately turned pale, and large beads of sweat slid down their foreheads. They looked extremely painful.

The sea of ​​consciousness is the most important place for every cultivator. It stores the spiritual world and inner power, which is what we usually call spiritual power and primordial spirit.

Cultivators can develop and expand their sea of ​​consciousness through meditation, cultivation, and other methods to enhance their spiritual power and primordial spirit cultivation.

The sea of ​​consciousness also has multiple functions, including storing information, enhancing comprehension, cultivating the primordial spirit, and improving combat abilities.

The sea of ​​consciousness is an important manifestation of a cultivator's spiritual power. For cultivators, expanding and strengthening the sea of ​​consciousness is the key to improving their cultivation level.

The sea of ​​consciousness is usually closely related to a cultivator's spiritual power and primordial spirit. It is also the most vulnerable part of a cultivator's body. Once it is damaged, the degree of pain will increase continuously, ranging from dozens to hundreds of times, and may even lead to dementia or suicide due to unbearable pain.

That's why the two of them have such painful expressions. If they weren't unable to move, they would probably be screaming and rolling around on the ground in pain.

The power of the laws is formidable and terrifying, and Li Minghan was not exaggerating when he said that. Just a thin wisp of lightning with an eerie red light almost caused their relationship to fall apart. The spiritual energy in his body also felt it, and it surged and crashed around, trying to escape the power of the laws.

At this moment, not only were the two in excruciating pain, but their bodies were also in agony. The spiritual energy in their meridians was rampaging everywhere, and many parts of them were on the verge of collapse and shattering.

The two of them gritted their teeth, occasionally letting out muffled groans. Their spiritual power was beyond their control, and they could only endure it.

In the end, the power of the laws released by Li Minghan circulated through their bodies for a full cycle.

At this moment, the two of them were practically on the verge of death. If it weren't for Li Minghan's spiritual power supporting them, they would probably have collapsed to the ground.

Their meridians were almost completely severed, their dantian was nearly shattered into dust, and the color of their nascent souls had faded to the point of being almost nonexistent. Their entire sea of ​​consciousness was like a raging storm, with each wave causing it to vibrate and churn, its energy extremely unstable.

They both wished they could just faint, but the intense pain kept coming, and although they were somewhat dazed, they would soon be woken up by the pain.

Just when they thought they were finally over the pain and ready to face death, an unusual phenomenon occurred.

Something seemed to be about to emerge from their sea of ​​consciousness, and the entire sea of ​​consciousness was constantly spinning, like a vortex.

Then, one could vaguely see a red light emanating from the center of the vortex. Upon closer inspection, it was the same eerie red light as the power of law emanating from Li Minghan's body.

"This is... the power of laws!" Yu Bingwen and Qingwu were both shocked, their thoughts aligned.

As the vortex's speed increased, the power of the laws also grew stronger, eventually transforming into a terrifying net of lightning that intertwined with the sea of ​​consciousness, appearing extremely bizarre.

The sea of ​​consciousness slowly stopped spinning and eventually returned to a calm and still state. The power of the laws above split into several streams, heading towards the shattered meridians and collaterals in the body.

Wherever it passed, it healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually repairing the meridians and dantian, and the nascent soul that was about to dissipate gradually solidified.

Li Minghan also noticed their changes, and his eyes revealed fervor and excitement.

He reclaimed the source of their suffering, and the two forces of law obediently returned to his body. In addition, he spoke while channeling his spiritual power.

"I will use my own power of law to draw upon the hidden power of law within you, putting you in a life-or-death situation. Only by truly facing death and understanding death can you ultimately break through and rebuild, and embrace new life."

Yu Bingwen and Qingwu listened to Li Minghan's words and checked their own bodies. They found that their meridians had become wider and more resilient, their dantian had been repaired, and their sea of ​​consciousness had calmed down. However, the reason for their condition was slightly different. In addition to being more solid, all the power of the laws had turned into a small bead and lay quietly inside their nascent souls.

The two also found it strange and investigated carefully, but found nothing unusual, not even the nascent soul felt anything strange.

They were curious, and Li Minghan knew this and offered an explanation.

"With the power of the laws, you can instantly kill any being of the same level. This is your greatest asset. At the same time, I gave you this power early because I don't want you to die too quickly, and also to urge you to grow. If your growth rate is not fast, then that old thief, the Heavenly Dao, will find out, and your final fate will be death. Do you understand?"

After he finished speaking, he started laughing maniacally again, whether it was because someone else was suffering as much as he was, or because he had finally found a kindred spirit who was just as unwilling to give in, and he was happy about it.

Li Minghan was happy, but Yu Bingwen and Qingwu were not so happy; in fact, their feelings were quite complicated.

The power of laws can be seen as both an aid and a constraint. Being invincible among their peers is a tremendous temptation for them, and also their greatest trump card.

However, this comes at a terrible price. Once discovered by the Heavenly Dao or the laws, one's fate is to be imprisoned in the taboo for eternity.