Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 157: Soul Cultivation - 2

Swoosh!

As Lin Xian'er and Ye Chen started to cultivate, the female saint's eyes narrowed.

'They are really fast!' She muttered inwardly and then frowned as she looked at Ye Chen.

She was a Spiritualist; how could she not notice the cultivation technique he was using was not hers? But she did not care too much since she was already dead.

Just like this, both of them continued to cultivate.

Lin Xian'er did see something else inside her sea of consciousness; however, her reaction was not of danger but of curiosity, as she felt a strange connection.

With a thought, she teleported in front of her second soul, which still held the appearance of her previous life.

"What a beautiful woman. But why is she here? Hey, don't you have a home?" She asked with a cute look and started to poke her second soul.

If Ye Chen knew what she was doing, he would wonder if she was stupid or extremely stupid.

Whoosh!

As soon as Lin Xian'er poked her second soul, it opened her icy blue eyes and glanced at the little girl.

Seeing this, Lin Xian'er stopped poking and looked into the woman's eyes with complex emotions.

She herself does not know why she was feeling this but somewhere in her heart she understood what was happening and there was a sense of rejection.

The second soul knew what the little girl was feeling; however, she did not move nor did she say anything but just kept looking.

Who knows how much time passed but the little girl bit her lips and disappeared from her place, leaving the second soul alone in endless darkness.

"She is not ready yet."

A soft voice echoed.

…

"Hmm?"

The female saint couldn't help but feel surprised as she saw the little girl starting to cultivate without any problems.

'Did she choose to accept? That's really rare,' The saint thought.

Ye Chen, who was keeping an eye on Lin Xian'er, also noticed this and became relieved. As long as she did not fight or reject her second soul, everything was easy to handle.

Nonetheless, he did not let his guard down, as the little girl might change her mind midway.

Swoosh!

Just as he was keeping an eye on her, he was also cultivating, which made his real soul shroud in a veil of pure white particles.

In the Soul Gathering Realm, all one had to do was absorb soul power, which can be converted into spiritual consciousness.

If someone has already reached a limit, then the soul power would gather in the form of white particles.

As for the breakthrough? It would depend on the cultivator itself. The soul of a person, after all, was not the same; some had powerful souls similar to Ye Chen, while some had weaker ones like mortals.

So for every cultivator, the early stages of breakthrough depended on them. If they think the soul power is enough for stepping into the next realm, then they can start to break through.

But what if their soul power is not enough? Then they had to consume spirit fruits and pills with soul nourishment properties. If they don't, then they might be injured or even face death, especially if their soul is weak.

Such cases were really rare because once you reach the nascent soul realm, your soul gets baptized and becomes strong, which meant extremely low chances of death if they started to cultivate their soul.

This also meant early soul cultivation was not for everyone, especially if they did not have a strong soul.

But here comes one more problem and that was the stronger the soul was, the more resources it needed.

Ye Chen did not know how powerful his soul was but if he could say, then it would be above the nascent soul realm. However, since he had not cultivated his soul, his spiritual consciousness was not as powerful as theirs, and also he could not use some spiritual techniques.

Nonetheless, he needed as many resources as a soul cultivator above nascent soul needed. For this reason he was not keen on cultivating his soul but since there was an opportunity, he decided to try.

What he was going to rely on was none other than the tier-9 soul-nourishing fruit and he did not hesitate to consume it once he was finished with the resources he could consume.

The female saint's eyes could not help but light up at this. As long as Ye Chen broke through, she could notice and conclude how strong his soul was.

However, one minute passed, then ten, then half an hour, then three hours! Yet there was no breakthrough.

Now she was shocked and when her gaze landed on the little girl, her shock only increased because she too was not breaking through even after consuming tier-9 spirit fruit.

'These little monsters,' she sighed inwardly.

For the little girl, she could still accept this result but for Ye Chen, she did not understand what was happening. No matter what, there was still a limit for gathering soul power and once they reached it, they had no choice but to break through.

…

Just like that, a few hours passed by and Ye Chen completely gathered the soul power from the tier-9 fruit, which filled his sea of consciousness with white particles.

He now felt reaching the limit but still it was not enough. Furthermore, someone wanted to devour these white particles.

It was none other than the nether beast egg, which got slapped by Ye Chen after it tried to devour him.

As for Lu Feng? He could not even move lest he do something like this.

"Do you have some more spirit fruits for me?" Ye Chen opened his eyes and asked.

While in response, the female saint rolled her eyes.

"They are not some beans; you should already consider yourself extremely lucky for even getting that much," she stated.

Hearing her, Ye Chen shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and glanced at Lin Xian'er, who was going through a breakthrough.

She was, after all, a human, not a spiritual mountain so her limit was reached quite a while ago.

"Did anyone receive the recognition yet?" he asked.

"No. The trials are at least three days long, which means only you two are the first ones to get inheritance and see a saint," she replied with a smile.

In response, Ye Chen nodded and closed his eyes to observe the recent changes. The soul cultivation did not affect his body too much; however, his spiritual consciousness did change drastically.

At first he had to focus but now his spiritual consciousness was like a hand that he could move anytime. Furthermore, he can condense it in solid form, which means he can attack physically without even touching someone. It's just the consumption was a little high.

As the time passed, the little girl finally broke through the Soul Refining Realm, after which she cultivated for a few more hours, as there was still some soul power from the tier-9 fruit remaining.

"Wuuu, brother Ye Chen, I was so lonely!"

As soon as she opened her eyes, she threw herself in the arms of Ye Chen along with some fake tears.

"The path of cultivation is filled with loneliness so get over it," Ye Chen pinched her chubby cheeks and spoke.

"Ugh, I don't want to be lonely," the little girl muttered as complex thoughts flashed in her eyes but she made sure no one noticed it.

It's a pity everyone here knew what she was worried about.

"Don't worry, you will never be," Ye Chen assured with a soft smile and pulled out the needles he placed.

In the eyes of the little girl, Ye Chen did not have another part of her soul but still, with his assurance, she felt relieved.

"Ahem, enough with your reminiscence episode; it's been only a day," the female saint rolled her eyes a little and continued.

"Since you have gained the inheritance, it is time for you to leave," she stated.

"Wait, at least tell me your name."

The little girl shouted.

But the female saint waved her hand, teleporting both of them inside the carven with six doors.

…

"Y-you are done?" The old man, Yang Wuji, was dumbfounded.

All he could do was talk to the saint's will and since she promised him to inform him about the condition of the little girl, he was waiting for the time the little girl would clear the trial and start cultivating.

"Of course we are done," the little girl replied with a proud look, then suddenly her eyes were attracted to the 'Dao' token floating in mid-air.

"Ahh, brother, Ye Chen, we forgot to take the recognition from Saint. Now how can you take the last trial?" She exclaimed with worry.

Watching her like this, Ye Chen chuckled faintly and ruffled her hair.

"Don't worry, I received the recognition already," he replied and flicked his sleeve.

In that instant a golden Qi flashed through and entered inside the dao token.

This Qi was given to him at the last moment of teleportation, as the female saint clearly wanted him to feel disappointed. She even went as far as hiding this Qi, a pity that Ye Chen was a spiritual mountain extremely sensitive towards any Qi.

"Oh, so you received it," the little girl sighed with relief and then glanced at the dao token, which illuminated brightly.