Chapter 912: Chapter 913: Soul Spirit Purifying Water
Originally, their attention was drawn to the matter between Bai Qi and Yan Qin.
Therefore, from the sky, they didn’t notice Lin Qian and Ye Xin’s steps, continuously moving forward at a rapid pace.
In everyone’s eyes, the focus remained on Bai Qi’s side, where the overwhelming killing intent had captured their full attention.
When they turned back, they almost shouted in astonishment, “Two hundred steps?”
On the stele, the first place was prominently Lin Qian’s name, with his step count already jumping to two hundred, right during the commotion.
Not only him, the second place was Ye Xin, though not reaching two hundred steps, but also at a hundred and eighty-nine, soon jumping to a hundred and ninety.
Simultaneously, Lin Qian’s step count continued to increase.
Everyone around the stele couldn’t move their steps away.
An outer institute student swallowed his saliva and said after a long while, “How far will this couple Lin Qian and Ye Xin go before stopping?
“Moreover, maintaining such a rapid pace of breaking the Illusion Realm!” Another person added.
The news gradually began to spread, and many outer institute students gathered around to take a look at the stele, eager to witness such a feat.
As the crowd grew, Lin Qian and Ye Xin’s step count on the stele had already broken through the five hundred step mark.
Latecomers, looking at the step count on the stele, were stupefied.
“Are you joking? Could it be that the Enchanting Soul Forest has undergone some changes?”
“Impossible, the Saint Institute has already announced, the headmaster personally stated, there is no problem with the Enchanting Soul Forest. Lin Qian and Ye Xin’s step count is the result of their own capabilities.”
“The count still increases, this couple seems to defy the heavens.”
“How far do they intend to go before they stop, could it be they plan to traverse the entire Enchanting Soul Forest?”
This remark rendered the surroundings silent, many eyes revealed astonished expressions.
Given the current situation, what was said might indeed be true, Lin Qian and Ye Xin truly planned to complete the Enchanting Soul Forest.
Once entering the Enchanting Soul Forest, everyone would find themselves on a dark path, leading to unknown depths.
Perhaps, Lin Qian and Ye Xin could see the end of that forest path.
The step count flickered, and Lin Qian and Ye Xin’s names hung high above on the stele, like two dazzling pearls.
“A thousand steps!”
Countless individuals gasped, staring fixedly at the two names on the stele, as if discerning the Enchanting Soul Forest’s details.
“A thousand motionless steps, as long as the endpoint deep within Enchanting Soul Forest is this thousand, right?”
“A thousand… how difficult it is, even at five hundred steps, it’s likely impossible for the entire Sea Spiral Star Domain to tread this place.”
“That’s an exaggeration. Let’s speak of the Hundred Battle Border Country’s Hundred Battle Emperor, who fought through countless bloody battles, establishing a vast country. The Enchanting Soul Forest shouldn’t be that problematic.”
Someone chuckled at this comment, “Haven’t you read the institute’s records, the first headmaster who established the Sea Spiral Holy Institute also tried to walk the Enchanting Soul Forest and halted at six hundred sixty-six steps, unable to advance.”
Just as they said, Wei Wushuang indeed attempted to traverse this cycle through the Purple Wood Forest, yet failed using an erroneous method, mistaking self-abandonment for success.
Despite being the owner of this Reincarnation Purple Wood Forest, he couldn’t conquer it and thus was unaware of what lay at the forest’s center.
In his eyes, the center of the Reincarnation Purple Wood Forest remained shrouded in dense purple mist, hazy and unclear.
“This youngster keeps performing earth-shattering feats, astonishing people,” Wei Wushuang mused, observing the Reincarnation Purple Wood Forest, “Hopefully, once out, I’ll learn from his words what lies within this forest.”
In the forest, Ye Xin finally took the thousandth step, completing the trial, and at this moment, the dense purple mist reward in her sea of consciousness had transformed into a Purple Crystal Mountain, quietly rotating within the Golden Phoenix’s belly.
Similarly, in Lin Qian’s sea of consciousness, the scenario was identical.
The trial reward’s purple mist continuously compressed and condensed, morphing into Purple Crystal Mountains within the golden phantom Xuanhuan Star, emitted through a secret technique, refining the spirit body, and strengthening oneself.
Having completed the thousand steps, after leaving this serene forest path, Ye Xin found herself in an open valley.
Surrounded by mountains, all planted with purple wood, like another world.
A familiar figure stood ahead, none other than Lin Qian himself.
“Husband?” Ye Xin stepped lightly, arriving at Lin Qian’s side in the blink of an eye, looking at him with puzzled eyes.
Lin Qian stood there by the lakeside, gazing at the water, lost in thought.
“Not slow, it seems my wife is quite impressive.” Seeing Ye Xin arrive, Lin Qian returned to his senses, smiling as he embraced her, holding her quietly by the purple lake.
Although the two hadn’t been apart for long, their experiences in the Illusion Realm equated to a separation of a thousand lifetimes in their perception, feeling as if parted for ages.
Thanks to their strong soul strength, otherwise they would have been lost even if they passed the Illusion Realm.
Entering the Illusion Realm is akin to entering the world; entering the world is a form of refinement, as is exiting it—a test through and through.
“Husband, what are you looking at?” Leaning lazily in Lin Qian’s arms, Ye Xin curiously asked, her beautiful eyes gazing at the purple lake before them.
Suddenly, an idea struck her, and she gasped, “Could it be, our reward is this lake?”
Lin Qian nodded, focusing on the lake, “The water in this lake isn’t ordinary; it’s Soul Purifying Waters. Normally, the reward should be just a small pool, but now it’s an entire lake. Such good luck.”
“Soul Purifying Waters, are they used for refining the soul like the trial reward?”
“Indeed, consuming these waters has remarkable effects on purifying the soul, and with our sea of consciousness rewards, the soul’s enhancement speed will skyrocket, with no worries whatsoever,” Lin Qian smiled, “This lake, the two of us can each use half.”
“However, there’s a knack to using the Soul Purifying Waters.”
Ye Xin nodded subtly, curiosity piqued, resting her head on her husband’s chin, “So, how should we proceed?”
“I’ll use it on my pupils, while you on the Xuanyan Flame,” Lin Qian smirked, “In this way, both of us will see a significant power increase.”