The Magician of Cultivation

The runes are arranged and combined with each other to form a huge and complex magic array.

The core of the magic array is a small platform located in the center of the altar, supported by eighteen steps.

It’s a small platform with an area of ​​only about ten square meters.

In the center of the platform, there was a throne made entirely of jet-black jade. The throne was very wide, and judging from the distance between the armrests, it was at least two meters away.

Li Yu immediately stopped the operation of the Nether Pupil.

With the help of the barrier-breaking ability of the Nether Pupil, he can directly see the origin of runes and magic arrays, but it consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness and Ziwei spiritual energy.

He would not use it easily unless it was absolutely necessary.

"The center of the formation is the throne."

Li Yu dodged and appeared on the altar.

Looking up, I saw a huge skeleton sitting high on the throne.

The bones of this skeleton were as black as ink, and wisps of black mist surrounded it, flowing in and out of the gaps between its bones.

In the chest bone of the skeleton, there was a one-handed sword more than four feet long.

The sword exudes a cool and dim light and looks extremely sharp.

The hilt of the sword was held by a slightly pale big hand, the fingers were long and strong, and the knuckles were slightly white.

The gauntlets and arm armor on his arms were somewhat damaged, revealing a large area of ​​bronze skin.

The owner of the big hand was wearing a dark red full body armor and a scarlet cloak with gold-embossed patterns on the back.

However, he was not wearing a helmet, revealing a handsome face in his thirties, who was none other than the leader of the Blood Rose Mercenary Group - Liu Hanfeng.

Although he had been dead for nearly three thousand years, Liu Hanfeng's body showed no signs of decay.

He was still handsome, and his resolute face was full of determination and sadness.

The eyes that were originally as bright as starlight now lost all their colors and became empty and lifeless.

He died after all!

Even though King Wu's body has not decayed after thousands of years, his soul is no longer there.

Next to Liu Hanfeng's body, a woman stood quietly.

The woman was wearing a bright red flowered gown, and her hair was as long as a waterfall, but her face was extremely pale.

She was only twelve or thirteen years old, but she had bright red lips, and crystal tears hung on her small nose. Her eyes, which were originally big and bright, were now white.

"Zhao Mengyao? Why is she here?" Li Yu was slightly stunned.

Then he remembered Nan Yanwu’s words.

Could it be that the woman in front of him was the girl Xiang'er he mentioned?

The woman ignored his arrival.

She just stared at Liu Hanfeng blankly, as if he was the only one left in the world.

"Three thousand years. I have waited and hoped for three thousand years, but in the end, this is the result."

Zhao Mengyao opened her mouth, her voice not as tender and crisp as before, but a little sharp and harsh.

She suddenly giggled.

"Brother Wu, you are so stupid. It has been three thousand years. The soul of that demon has already turned to dust."

"That's right. You haven't arrived here yet. Even if your soul is resurrected, you can't enter here."

The woman talked to herself, as if she was neurotic.

"Brother Feng, you are so stupid."

The woman's voice became low again, almost inaudible.

"In order to completely suppress it, you burned your entire soul. Not giving yourself the slightest chance of resurrection, is it really...really worth it?"

As she spoke, she actually began to sob slightly.

"It's really her," Li Yu was a little surprised.

The great goal pursued by cultivators is immortality.

With the advancement of each realm, the life level of the cultivator is constantly evolving.

People in the foundation-building stage can basically live to 200 years old, while those in the fasting stage can generally live to 300 years old, those in the enlightenment stage can live to 400 years old, and those in the golden elixir stage can live to 500 years old.

When one reaches the Nascent Soul stage, there will be a big leap in the cultivator's life level.

The life span of cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage is generally over 1000 years.

After that, every improvement in the realm can at least extend one’s lifespan by a thousand years.

When one reaches the ascension stage, the body is basically the same as that of an immortal, and the lifespan is almost infinite.

But according to Li Yu, the rules of this world are different.

Although the improvement of cultivation will also bring about a leap in the level of life.

But unless one reaches the sixth level, the life span of a cultivator is only 300 years at most.

"According to Nan Yanwu's memory, before they died, Xiang'er was only a powerful martial artist at the early stage of the fourth rank."

"How could she have lived for three thousand years?"

Li Yu frowned tightly, "The entire Netherworld Palace is extremely strange. The bodies of the warriors of the Blood Rose Mercenary Group outside have not completely decayed after three thousand years. Why?"

"Liu Hanfeng is fine. His body has already broken through to the sixth level, and his life level has made a big leap. Even though he has been dead for three thousand years, his body is still like a black hole, automatically devouring the surrounding energy."

Li Yu had countless doubts in his mind, "The woman's soul fluctuations are not stable, and her expression is a little strange."

His spiritual consciousness quietly observed the woman, who showed no reaction to his arrival or spiritual consciousness exploration.

The woman's expression was sometimes sad and sighing, sometimes a little crazy, sometimes calm, and sometimes showing obvious fear.

Like a schizophrenic.

"Schizophrenia?"

A flash of inspiration came into Li Yu's mind, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's actually soul symbiosis?"

"No wonder, no wonder I felt that Zhao Mengyao was a little strange when I was on the airship before."

"She doesn't have the aura of a living person at all, and the expression on her face is not what a twelve or thirteen year old girl should have. It turns out that she is a soul symbiosis."

The so-called soul symbiosis means that two souls with independent consciousness appear in one body.

Both souls are masters of the body and can fully control the body.

This is fundamentally different from taking over another's body.

Possession means taking over another person's body.

The soul of the person who possesses another's body is an alien to the physical body, and it takes a long time for it to perfectly control the body.

There are many limitations to possession of another's body. After possession, except for the soul consciousness and realm, all the power originally belonging to the practitioner will disappear.

Practitioners need to start their practice from the beginning.

Of course, with a strong soul and realm, there will be no bottleneck in cultivation and advancement will be fast.

Generally, if one wants to take over another's body, one must prepare a body that suits one's own in advance.

In this way, not only the running-in time is greatly shortened, but the properties are also the same.

In addition, the biggest difference is that after taking over the body, the body's original consciousness will completely disappear and the soul will also be devoured.

Soul symbiosis is the perfect coexistence of two souls.

You are me and I am you, there is no question of who devours whom.

However, if the strength of the two souls is not equal, the stronger soul will dominate the body for a long time.

Except that it cannot completely destroy another soul, it is actually not much different from taking over another soul.

"It should be Liu Hanfeng's wife's soul consciousness that is now in the dominant position."

Li Yu thought of soul symbiosis and immediately understood the woman's current situation.

When the woman ignored him, he looked at the black skeleton on the throne.