Looking at the translucent figure that suddenly emerged from the ground, flashing with white light, and the stone statues of the guards of the Spirit Castle suddenly became dangerous. Although Xia Pingan was a little surprised, he did not panic. He only released the breath of the Zhanwu Sword on his body. The Zhanwu Sword was ready to be used as it stared at the translucent figure …
"Zhanwu Sword … Zhanwu Sword …" The translucent figure looked at the aura on Xia Pingan's body and was slightly excited.
"You're right. The Spirit Mountain has collapsed, the Lord of the Dream Realm has fallen, and the former Spirit Herders of the Yuanqiu World have all become skeletons. At least, after I entered the Spiritual Realm, I did not meet any Spirit Herders who survived. However, the legacy of the Spirit Herders has not been lost. After I merged with 22 Dream Master's Realm Pearls, the Spiritual Realm Temple appeared in the secret mandala. Then, I was able to enter the Spiritual Realm and learn the secrets of the Spiritual Realm …"
"You merged with 22 Dream Master's Realm Pearls?"
"Of course, otherwise, we would not be here!"
The translucent figure looked at Xia Pingan, suddenly opened his hands, and laughed wildly. "Hahahaha, the gods have eyes. It seems that there is still a chance for the Spiritual Realm … My brothers … Do you see … How many years has it been … A new Spirit Herder has come … The legacy of the Spirit Herders has not been lost …" The translucent figure laughed wildly and cried again. He even ran around the huge square crazily, so fast that his figure could not be seen clearly.
At this time, the Spirit Castle guards in the square all closed their eyes and turned their heads, turning back into silent stone statues. ,
The translucent figure turned into a stream of light and ran around the square a few times before suddenly standing in front of Xia Pingan.
"What's your name?"
Xia Pingan thought about it and felt that there was no need for him to use an alias in the Spiritual Realm. This was because his current spiritual body was his original appearance. The secret technique of transformation could change the physical appearance, but the spiritual body's appearance could not be changed. "My name is Xia Pingan. How should I address you?"
"Sigh, I don't know how many tens of thousands of years have passed. Names have become meaningless to me. I've almost forgotten them!" The translucent figure sighed, "I've been the Spirit Master of this Spirit Fortress for tens of thousands of years. My spirit body was destroyed in battle, and now I can only continue to guard this place in this half-spirit body state, to prevent the Spirit Husbandry Fortress from being invaded by the zombies and insects outside. I'm neither human nor ghost now, so you can call me Elder Mu!"
Hearing Elder Mu's words, Xia Pingan secretly guessed that the so-called Spirit Husbandry should be a high-level Spirit Husbandry profession. The scale of this Spirit Husbandry Fortress seemed to be much larger than the Spirit Husbandry Fortresses he had seen before. Elder Mu must have been a very powerful person to have been able to guard this place for so many years.
"Elder Mu, may I ask what a zombie is?"
"You came from the Spirit Realm of the Yuanqiu World. Have you never seen a Zombie Puppet?" Elder Mu asked.
"I've only seen insects in the Yuanqiu World. What are Zombies? I've never seen one!" Xia Pingan shook his head.
"No wonder the Spirit Realm of the Yuanqiu World was the main battlefield. Since the collapse of the Spirit Mountain, the Spirit Realm of the Yuanqiu World should have been completely destroyed. There's no spiritual energy and it's barren, so only insects can survive …" Elder Mu muttered to himself, then explained, "The Zombies I'm talking about are the creatures of the Spirit Realm that have been corroded and poisoned by the Demon Qi. Some Spirit Husbandry and Spirit Husbandry Masters will also degenerate into Zombies. Come with me, I'll show you …"
After speaking, Elder Mu turned around and floated in the direction of the fortress. Out of curiosity, Xia Pingan followed Elder Mu and walked towards the fortress.
As Xia Pingan walked, he looked around. The Spirit Husbandry Fortress was empty, like a ghost town. However, the fortress was well-preserved and not seriously damaged. Next to the square were empty military camps. Inside the fortress, there were stone statues of the guards of the Spirit Castle.
Suddenly, Xia Pingan's eyes twitched. After passing through the square, he saw a tall gray building on the other side of the square. There were three words at the entrance of the building — Spirit Husbandry Palace.
The style of the Spirit Husbandry Palace was very similar to the Spirit Husbandry Hall in the Spirit Husbandry Castle where one could learn the Spirit Husbandry Mystic Skills. Through the open door of the Spirit Husbandry Palace, Xia Pingan could vaguely see tall black stone tablets in the Spirit Husbandry Palace.
"Spirit Husbandry Hall …" Xia Pingan muttered to himself as he stared at the three words on the Spirit Husbandry Hall.
When Elder Mu, who was floating in front of him, heard Xia Pingan's muttering, his body suddenly stiffened and he stopped in his tracks. He turned around and looked at Xia Pingan in disbelief. "What … what did you just say?"
Xia Pingan was stunned for a moment before he replied subconsciously, "Spirit Husbandry Palace …" Xia Pingan said as he pointed at the Spirit Husbandry Palace. "Isn't it written on the palace?"
Elder Mu's body and voice trembled imperceptibly at this moment. He stared straight at Xia Pingan. "You … you recognize the words on it?"
"Yes, isn't it written on it? Spirit Husbandry Palace …" Xia Pingan said before he suddenly realized that the three words on the Spirit Husbandry Palace were also in Xiaozhuan. He had seen so many Xiaozhuan characters on the Realm Bead that he was already used to it. When he saw the same words, he instinctively reacted.
Elder Mu stared at Xia Pingan for a while with a weird look. As he stared at Xia Pingan, tears flowed out of his eyes. Even the luster on his translucent body became slightly disordered, which made Xia Pingan's hair stand on end. He didn't know what was wrong with Elder Mu.
After a while, Elder Mu wiped his tears and said, "Follow me." Then, he continued to lead Xia Pingan up the wall of the fortress.
After walking for a while, they passed by a tall building with three Xiaozhuan characters on it. Elder Mu stopped and turned around to look at Xia Pingan expectantly. Then, he pointed at the three slightly damaged Xiaozhuan characters on the building and asked Xia Pingan, "Do you know what those three characters mean?"
Xia Pingan gritted his teeth and went all out. "Those three characters should be Spiritual Weapon Warehouse. However, the left side of the character 'Spiritual Weapon Warehouse' and a small part of the character 'Warehouse' below the character 'Spiritual Weapon Warehouse' are damaged. However, I can still see them!"
The luster on Elder Mu's body became slightly disordered again. However, he didn't say anything else and continued to lead Xia Pingan forward. A few minutes later, Elder Mu led Xia Pingan up the tower of the fortress. From the tower, they went up the wall and arrived at the top of the wall.
Xia Pingan finally saw what was outside the wall of the fortress.
Outside the wall of the fortress was also a wilderness. However, the wilderness here was overgrown with weeds and many trees. However, the weeds and the leaves of the trees weren't pure green. Instead, they were slightly black as if they had been contaminated by something.
In the wilderness, there were more than 10 weird figures wandering more than 400 meters away from the fortress wall.
The reason why the figures were strange was because they didn't look like humans. Instead, they were humanoid creatures that were less than a meter tall. They had green skin, pointed ears, and a large head. Their bodies were thin and shriveled.
These creatures were holding short swords and daggers in their hands. Among them, there were two humanoid creatures with half of their bodies showing their black skeletons. However, they were still wandering in the wilderness. They wanted to approach the stronghold, but they were afraid, so they could only wander in the wilderness.
"Are those zombies that have been corroded and poisoned by Demon Qi?"
"That's part of the zombies!" Elder Mu nodded. His eyes were filled with sorrow as he looked at the wilderness outside. "They were originally the most adorable creatures in the world, but now, they have all become bloodthirsty monsters. I can feel that their souls are imprisoned in their depraved bodies. They are filled with pain and desire to be free. At this moment, my body can no longer leave the fortress. Can you help them and free them?"
"How can I help them?" Xia Pingan scratched his head.
"Use the sword in your hand!"
"The Killer Bird Sword?"
"The Killer Bird Sword is used to deal with insects. It's useless against them. They only need the sword. If your body and soul haven't been corroded and poisoned by Demon Qi, then you have the ability to free them!"
Xia Pingan understood. "You always want me to prove myself?"
"Only a clean body and soul that haven't been contaminated by Demon Qi can receive the gift of their souls after they are freed."
A gift?
Thinking of the increase in soul power after killing the insects, Xia Pingan licked his lips. He looked at the zombies in the wilderness and grinned. "That's good. I was just about to give it a try!"
Elder Mu didn't say anything. He just pointed his finger and the small door at the bottom of the fortress opened. It was just enough for one person to enter and exit.
"Haha, leave that door open for me when I come back!" Xia Pingan laughed as he flicked his Flying Awns longsword and jumped down from the 20-meter-high wall of the Stronghold. As he landed in mid-air, he slashed the wall with his longsword, causing sparks to fly in all directions. Xia Pingan's body slowed down at once. After that, he stepped on the wall and pounced on the nearest puppet worm like a ferocious tiger coming down from the mountain.
It took less than a minute for Xia Pingan to cover a distance of a few hundred meters.
A zombie saw Xia Pingan running out of the fortress and made strange noises. Then, it rushed over. It wasn't slow at all. When it reached Xia Pingan, it stabbed the dagger in its hand at Xia Pingan's lower abdomen.
Xia Pingan waved his longsword and the head of the green-skinned zombie flew up …
When the zombie's head flew up, Xia Pingan saw a faint black gas drifting out of the zombie's body and dissipating. Then, the zombie's body fell to the ground and turned gray in an instant. In the blink of an eye, it turned into fine sand.
A light green shadow appeared on the gray corpse of the zombie. In the shadow, it was the zombie's face that was relieved of a burden. However, there was no longer any hostility and madness on its face. Instead, it was peaceful. The shadow bowed slightly to Xia Pingan, leaving behind a golden light spot and then dissipating.
Then, that golden light spot, like a firefly, flew toward Xia Pingan's chest and sank into Xia Pingan's chest. It made Xia Pingan's body warm up.
This was soul power!
It was about 0.1 slash.
Xia Pingan's spirit was greatly lifted.
Killing zombies was the same as killing insects. It could increase one's soul power. The difference was that killing zombies only required a longsword and didn't consume soul power.
The other zombies also ran toward Xia Pingan.
"Hahaha, come at me all of you …" Xia Pingan laughed heartily. He brandished his sword and charged forwards. In just a few minutes, the dozen or so wandering corpses outside the stronghold had all been killed by Xia Pingan. Xia Pingan's soul force had also increased by more than one slash.
After killing the zombies, Xia Pingan stared at the two insects in the sky.
Xia Pingan waved his hand, and the Astral Soul that was entangled by the two Mythical Horned Beetles seemed to have received a summons, and descended from the sky. The two Mythical Horned Beetles also discovered Xia Pingan, and fiercely rushed towards him.
"Killer Insect Sword …" Xia Pingan roared. A flying light left Xia Pingan's palm and turned into a giant blue sword in the air. It slashed through the void. With just one move, two slashes, the two insects were cut down from the void at the same time. They turned into black smoke and dissipated.
Two balls of golden light entered Xia Pingan's chest. After many months, Xia Pingan once again tasted the soul power of insects.
The two astral projections each shone a brilliance on Xia Pingan's body. Xia Pingan now had two more astral projections to guard.
After getting rid of the nearby Zombie Puppets and the two Horseshoe Mites, Xia Pingan was still not satisfied, but there were no more targets nearby that were worth his time.
After having the two astral souls that he had just rescued from the nightmare return to the sky, Xia Pingan directly summoned another astral soul that was having a good dream and entered the dreamland of that astral soul.
Because Xia Pingan didn't know which world this spiritual realm corresponded to until now. However, the contents of the dreams of those astral projections could help Xia Pingan peek into which world those astral projections lived in.
…
The owner of that astral projection was a 30-years-old middle-aged man. In his dreamland, it was a beautiful beach. He was watching the beautiful sunset and the frolicking crowd on the beach with his beloved.
Regarding the intrusion of Xia Pingan, the owner of the dreamland was still immersed in his dream and didn't notice it at all.
As soon as Xia Pingan entered and saw the world in the man's dream, he was stunned. This was because he seemed to have seen this beautiful beach before. The surfboards and sailboats used by the crowd on the beach, as well as the words on the signboard of the snack shop not far away, were all so familiar. He didn't feel unfamiliar at all.
"Honey, when do you think we can buy a beautiful house on the beach and live here?"
"Soon, as long as there's no space invasion and those magical creatures are eliminated, we can live like this!" The owner of the dreamland said as he tightly hugged the woman beside him, "Yesterday, our head told us a piece of news. Our summoners in Hua country have already established a joint command with those in the Great Fire Country and are clearing out the remaining magical creatures. Now, only Europe and Africa are in trouble, but there won't be any space invasion on Earth for a long time in the future …"
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Earth, Hua country, Great Fire Country, Europe, Africa …
This … this is … the Spirit Realm of the Earth I came from?
No wonder the beach in front of me looks so familiar. This beach should be the most famous tourist island in Hua country …
In the wilderness outside the fortress, Xia Pingan withdrew from the dreamland of the astral soul and stood there in a daze. He almost couldn't believe what he had just discovered.
Illusion, was it an illusion? Could it be that he missed his old friends and Xia Ning so much that he unknowingly affected that person's dreamland?
Spirit Herders had a strong ability to control the dreams of these ordinary people. Sometimes, they could influence the contents of other people's dreams with just a thought, so Xia Pingan couldn't believe it for a moment.
He took a deep breath and summoned another astral soul in the dreamland and entered that astral soul.
The person in that astral soul was dreaming that he was eating a big meal in a restaurant, and his so-called big meal was spicy crayfish and roast chicken. The environment of the restaurant in the dreamland was also in Hua country.
Xia Pingan withdrew from the astral soul's dreamland again, and the expression on his face was one of shock.
That's right, the Soul-seeking Technique!
Xia Pingan slapped his head hard.
For a Spirit Herder, the Soul-seeking Technique came in handy if he wanted to lock onto and find a particular astral soul in the vast sea of stars.
As soon as the Soul-seeking Technique was used, Xia Pingan immediately sensed the person he was looking for — Xia Ning!
Xia Ning was in the dreamland and was immediately locked onto and sensed by Xia Pingan's Soul-seeking Technique.
It was just that Xia Ning's astral soul was rather far away from here, about ten thousand kilometers to the east.
This was really … Earth's Spirit Realm!
He actually used this method … to come back!
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