"Salutations, Master."
After Ye Yunfei had completely consumed the member of the Soul Race, the gazes of the living beings surrounding him, who had been desperately trying to break his formations, began to gradually change.
Upon devouring that Soul Race member, Ye Yunfei could clearly sense a close relationship beginning to form between himself and those beings. With a mere thought, he could control their every action, and even hold authority over their life and death. If he willed it, the Soul Bodies of these beings would directly explode and vanish into nothingness.
"Salutations, Master."
After a short while, the surrounding beings, now certain that Ye Yunfei was their new master, all stopped trying to break the formations. They knelt down in unison and paid their respects to Ye Yunfei with deference.
Their Soul Bodies were deeply entangled with a vast number of Puppet Soul Threads; everything about their Soul Bodies was controlled by these threads. Thus, they were unable to act according to their own will. Whoever could control these threads was subconsciously regarded as their master, for whom they would sacrifice everything, including their lives.
Ye Yunfei waved his hand, gesturing for these beings to rise. Then, he withdrew all the formations and transported all the surrounding beings into the Phantom Tower. Among these beings were some from the Wanmu Ancestral Land, but many more were members from various forces across different voids in the Chaotic Void Sea.
That Soul Race member had traveled the Chaotic Void Sea, occasionally subduing beings he found interesting as slaves and keeping them by his side. Moreover, from that Soul Race member's memories, Ye Yunfei knew he had either controlled or established several forces in numerous voids, with the high-level members of those forces being his slaves.
"That fellow seems to have left behind quite a lot of good stuff," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei.
"Yes, this Soul Race member must have had substantial wealth. He definitely left behind many precious items," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
Ye Yunfei then retrieved ten spatial rings. He had found these rings in the body of the Soul Race member during the consumption process. Ye Yunfei extended strands of Soul Power Energy to perceive and inventory the contents of these spatial rings one by one.
"His wealth truly is abundant," Ye Yunfei soon said with an excited expression.
The spatial rings were filled mostly with cultivation resources related to Soul Power Energy, especially Soul Power Energy crystals of various grades piled into small hill after small hill. A significant portion were crystals belonging to the Fifth and Sixth-Level Sovereign God grades.
Besides energy crystals, there were many other soul energy-related cultivation resources, such as pills, herbs, and various natural treasures.
Ye Yunfei also found several dozen jars of Soul Soup. This was the highest grade and best quality Soul Soup he had encountered so far.
"Could it be this guy also entered a Reincarnation Passage?" The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said, looking at the high-quality Soul Soup Ye Yunfei had taken out to share with everyone.
"That's not necessarily the case. In ancient times, before the Reincarnation Lineage declined, most world clusters and worlds had Reincarnation Passages. At that time, there were many such passages, so a large amount of Soul Soup flowed out from them. During that era, Soul Soup became one of the essential cultivation resources in some major forces.
Much of the Soul Soup circulating in the world today is legacy from ancient times. Especially this high-grade Soul Soup—most of it is an ancient heritage, as it's rarely found in the now-abandoned Reincarnation Passages," Hun Lao explained.
"I believe some major forces with long legacies might still have collections of high-quality Soul Soup. It's possible this Soul Race member obtained these jars by chance," Hun Lao added.
"So that's how it is," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said, understanding now.
"These are all very good Soul Force artifacts. Everyone, pick what you like and refine them to protect your Soul Body in the future," Ye Yunfei said to the others, taking out a large pile of Soul Force artifacts.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm immediately dashed forward and picked over a dozen artifacts that caught its eye.
Hu Miao, Huang Shang, Hun Lao, and the others also picked artifacts they valued. These Soul Force artifacts could be placed within the Soul Sea and used to protect the Soul Body when necessary, becoming a trump card for survival.
"Could these be the legendary Soul-Sinking Wood?" Ye Yunfei wondered aloud, taking out a pile of jet-black wood from one of the spatial rings.
Although Ye Yunfei knew the name of this wood from the Soul Race member's memories, unfortunately, he hadn't obtained all of that member's memories. The specific details about the uses of this Soul-Sinking Wood were missing.
"Soul-Sinking Wood? Indeed! This truly is Soul-Sinking Wood!"
"This type of wood is an extremely useful treasure for both the Soul Race and us ghost cultivators."
"The simplest use of Soul-Sinking Wood is that it can automatically absorb the wandering residual souls, Soul Force imprints, or fragmented wills and obsessions left behind by deceased beings that float in the world."
"Placing this wood beside oneself during cultivation allows it to gather and absorb the various energies and laws needed by the Soul Race and us ghost cultivators."
"Soul-Sinking Wood can also be used to set up specific soul arrays or ghost arrays with special purposes."
"Furthermore, if one wishes to preserve a residual soul or Soul Force imprint long-term after death, hiding it within Soul-Sinking Wood can prevent any loss or dissipation; it can exist forever."
"Of course, Soul-Sinking Wood has many other uses for the Soul Race or us ghost cultivators."
Hearing Ye Yunfei, Huang Shang rushed forward to observe for a moment and spoke excitedly.
"So that's it. Then, take this Soul-Sinking Wood," Ye Yunfei said, nodding.
Huang Shang immediately and unceremoniously stored all the jet-black wood pieces.
"I'll use this pile of Soul-Sinking Wood to construct a few large-scale ghost arrays. It will definitely bring me immense benefits during my cultivation in the future," Huang Shang said with great excitement.
"I found over a dozen excellent soul arrays in that Soul Race member's memories. Soul arrays of the Soul Race and your ghost arrays should share some common principles. I'll transmit them all to you; see if they offer any useful reference," Ye Yunfei said to Huang Shang after thinking for a moment. He pointed a finger, sending a stream of Soul Force information to Huang Shang.
"Could this be Soul-Cleansing Water?"
Ye Yunfei found several dozen barrels of pitch-black liquid in another spatial ring.
According to the memories left by the Soul Race member, this Soul-Cleansing Water had a special function: it could be used to cleanse the Soul Body, purging the impurities within.
During the process of cultivation and advancement, beings would also specifically cultivate their Soul Body, refining and absorbing a large amount of Soul Force Energy cultivation resources, including certain pills. Thus, it was inevitable that many impurities would accumulate within the Soul Body.
When the accumulated impurities in the Soul Body grew numerous, they would affect its future breakthrough and advancement, and could even hinder the being's future progress in realm and power.
The higher the realm and the stronger the power a being achieved in the world, the greater the difficulty for continued breakthrough and advancement. One reason was the accumulation of many impurities in the Soul Body from long-term cultivation. Naturally, the physical body would also accumulate many impurities left behind by prolonged cultivation and the refinement and absorption of various resources.
Soul-Cleansing Water could clear away the impurities accumulated within a being's Soul Body. It was a very useful yet extremely rare treasure.
Countless powerful experts in the world sought this Soul-Cleansing Water, but it was an encounter dictated by fate rather than something one could deliberately seek. Even with vast wealth, one couldn't necessarily purchase it.
Who would have thought this Soul Race member possessed several dozen barrels of Soul-Cleansing Water? With this water, the quality and level of our Soul Bodies could undergo another upgrade.
After cleansing our Soul Bodies with the Soul-Cleansing Water, cultivating them would become much easier.
Ye Yunfei was somewhat excited.