Besides Xia Ning, Xia Pingan also sensed the astral souls of Mo Yanshao, An Qing, Li Yunzhou, Guo Wei, and a few of his former colleagues and friends. Those astral souls were in the east, and An Qing's astral soul was very close to Xia Ning. The two of them seemed to be together.
The other astral souls that he didn't sense shouldn't be in a sleeping state.
This kind of excitement was completely indescribable.
Xia Pingan originally thought that he would never see these friends again, as well as Xia Ning. He didn't expect to reunite in such a way — in the same world, they were in the material world, while he was in the spiritual world on the other side of the material world. These two worlds were like two sides of a coin.
To be honest, at this time, Xia Pingan's mind was in a mess. He wanted to say many things, but he didn't know where to start.
In the end, after standing blankly in the wilderness for a while, Xia Pingan used the Dream Relaying Technique to give Xia Ning a dream, telling Xia Ning that he was fine and that she didn't need to worry.
The Dream Relaying Technique was a secret technique that could be used by Spirit Herders as long as they were in the same space and could lock onto the position of the other's astral soul.
Of course, the Dream Relaying Technique was only in one direction, like sending a video message.
… …
After giving the dream, Xia Pingan returned to the stronghold. Elder Mu was already standing at the entrance of the stronghold, waiting for him.
Earlier, the stronghold had only opened a small gate, but now, the entire stronghold's gates were open.
The stronghold's gate was very wide, allowing four carriages to run side by side.
Elder Mu was at the gate of the stronghold, looking at Xia Pingan with an indescribable language.
"Greetings, Lord of the Dream Realm …" To Xia Pingan's surprise, Elder Mu actually knelt down before him and bowed deeply when he saw him again.
"Ah, Elder Mu, what are you doing? Get up …" Xia Pingan, who was still immersed in the excitement of meeting Xia Ning and the others, was suddenly awakened by Elder Mu's actions. He wanted to pull Elder Mu up from the ground, but when he stretched out his hand, it passed through Elder Mu's body that was suffused with white light. Elder Mu's body was a piece of nothingness, and he couldn't help it.
Old Mu raised his head to look at Xia Pingan. It was only then that Xia Pingan discovered that at some unknown time, Old Mu's face was covered in tears as he howled towards the heavens. "The heavens have eyes! After my Spirit World was destroyed countless years ago, the new Master of the Dreamland, the Spirit World Monarch, has finally arrived!"
Is there something wrong with this old man's head!?
Seeing Elder Mu's agitated expression, Xia Pingan didn't know what to say. "Elder Mu, are you mistaken? I'm just a Spirit Shepherd who was lucky enough to enter the Spiritual Realm. I'm not the Lord of the Dreamscape or the Lord of the Spiritual Realm. Stand up and speak!"
Elder Mu stood up and wiped his tears. He calmed himself down a little, but he still shook his head resolutely and stubbornly said, "I'm not mistaken. Since ancient times, everyone in the Spiritual Realm knew that only the Lord of the Spiritual Realm could grasp the Spiritual Mountain Divine Text. Your Majesty, you recognized the Divine Text in the Spirit Husbandry Hall and the Spiritual Weapon Vault. Furthermore, you were able to absorb the soul power of the horseshoe beetles and zombies after killing them. This means that Your Majesty hasn't been tainted by the Demonic Qi. There's no mistake!"
Xia Pingan felt goosebumps all over his body when he heard Elder Mu address him as "Your Majesty."
It turned out that Xiaozhuan was known as the Spiritual Mountain Divine Text in the Spiritual Realm. Only the Lord of the Spiritual Realm's bloodline could grasp it. If that was the case, the Spirit Herder named Xu Jiu that he had encountered before should be a descendant of the master of the Spirit Realm. No wonder his bones were golden.
Previously, he thought that Xiaozhuan was very common in the Spiritual Realm and didn't pay much attention to it. It seemed like that wasn't the case. In other words, those who could grasp Xiaozhuan were all royalty of the Spiritual Realm and descendants of the gods.
Xia Pingan recalled this information in his mind and was slightly stunned. He then said, "What if someone else told me?"
"The Spiritual Realm of the Yuanqiu World is already a dead land. After so many years, not a single Spirit Shepherd has survived. Even if Your Majesty entered the Spiritual Realm's fortress in the Yuanqiu World, no one told Your Majesty. How would Your Majesty know what those Divine Texts mean?" Elder Mu shook his head.
Being addressed as "Your Majesty" was too headache-inducing. Xia Pingan shook his head. "Ahem, don't you know it too?"
"I don't know many Divine Texts. There are only a few that have been passed down since ancient times. Now, Your Majesty is the only Spirit Shepherd in the entire Spiritual Realm. At the same time, Your Majesty also grasps the Spiritual Mountain's Divine Text. According to the rules of our Spiritual Realm, Your Majesty is the Spiritual Realm's monarch, the Lord of Dreams. You have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of inheriting the Spirit Shepherd's orthodoxy and revitalizing our Spiritual Realm!"
Seeing Elder Mu's burning gaze staring at him, Xia Pingan felt a little dizzy. Accidents kept happening one after another.
Xia Pingan smiled bitterly and rubbed his face. "I'm only a beginner Spirit Shepherd now. The heavy responsibility you mentioned is a little too far for me …"
"It's not far at all. As long as Your Majesty can still fight and absorb soul power, we have hope!" Elder Mu said seriously as he stared at Xia Pingan.
A Five Sun Realm Summoner who was chased by the Blood Demon Church to the point of having nowhere else to go, and an old man who lived like a ghost in the Spiritual Realm's fortress, wanted to dominate the Spiritual Realm? And revitalize the Spiritual Realm?
Such a combination couldn't even be considered a grassroots team. Those who wanted to cause trouble casually put together a grassroots team that was ten times stronger than this …
And Your Majesty? This title is too shameful.
Sigh, but … there's no one else here. As long as you like, you can treat it as a child playing house. You can call me whatever you want!
"Ahem, Elder Mu, do you have any plans to save the Spiritual Realm?" Xia Pingan asked.
Elder Mu frowned and thought for a while before shaking his head. "Not at the moment. Even if I did, with Your Majesty's current strength, I'm afraid you can't do anything. Therefore, the most important thing now is for Your Majesty to become stronger as soon as possible!"
"So you don't have one either!" Xia Pingan rubbed his face and suddenly thought of a question. "Speaking of strength, I have a question that I would like to ask you!"
"Please speak, Your Majesty!"
"I've killed some horseshoe pests before and realized that my soul power had increased by a lot. After my soul power increased, my physical strength in the real world also increased. Is there a certain connection between the two?"
"Indeed. Our physical body in the material world can only exist by relying on the spirit body. Soul power can strengthen the spirit body, and when the spirit body is strong, it will release the powerful strength of the physical body bit by bit. All Spirit Shepherds are very powerful existences in the material world!"
"Can the soul power of us Spirit Shepherds in the material world be injected into magic tools to upgrade them to soul tools?"
"Your Majesty, are you talking about the Soul Refinement Technique?"
"The Soul Refinement Technique?" Xia Pingan was stunned for a moment.
"It's been too long, and I don't know what the current situation in the material world is like. However, tens of thousands of years ago, the methods of refining soul tools, sacred tools, and divine tools used by the summoners in the material world came from the Spirit Realm. Those ordinary magic tools can only be considered to have a true soul after being refined by the Soul Refinement Technique. They can erupt with great power. From the lowest level summoners to the highest level demigods and even the gods, they all use the Soul Refinement Technique of our Spirit Realm to create powerful weapons!"
"You're saying that the secret method of making soul tools is originally unique to our Spirit Realm?"
Elder Mu nodded solemnly. "Yes, Spirit Shepherds are masters of controlling souls. The Soul Refinement Technique is actually a way of using soul power in the material world!" Speaking of this, Elder Mu's face revealed a look of reminiscence. "I remember that a long, long time ago, there was a Spirit Shepherd who created a sect in the material world. I think it was called the Dream Spirit Sect or the Soul Dream Sect. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I'm old and my mind is not as bright as before. That sect spread part of the method of refining soul tools …"
Damn!
He's found his roots!
Xia Pingan was once again dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the methods of refining soul tools, sacred tools, and divine tools actually came from the Spirit Realm. He was a Spirit Shepherd, yet he didn't know about it. He was even worried about a soul tool even now.
Damn it, as the Monarch of the Spirit Realm and the Master of the Dream Realm, he really had a hard time.
"Can I learn the Soul Refinement Technique?" Xia Pingan asked carefully, full of expectation.
"Your Majesty, how can you say that? The Soul Refinement Technique was originally a secret method of our Spirit Realm. Of course Your Majesty can learn it, but I think Your Majesty's current soul power isn't dense enough. If you force yourself to learn it, I'm afraid you won't be able to grasp the essence of the Soul Refinement Technique.
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