Soul Space

Tang Waner and Qing Yu distributed the Tendon-Solidifying Pills refined by Long Chen to everyone, and now the entire guild was quiet.

Because everyone was hiding in their own Immortal Caves, using the power of the Tendon-Solidifying Pills to accelerate the stabilization of their Realm.

Only when their Realm was completely stabilized could they continue to Cultivate, so that their Foundation would be solid.

Tang Waner and Qing Yu had also begun their secluded cultivation in their own rooms. Since they were stabilizing their Realm, the Spirit Stone arrays were turned off to avoid waste.

Now, Long Chen was the only one in the entire guild who did not need to undergo secluded cultivation. However, he had more important things to do. He was currently in his room, using his Soul power to read the information in the jade tablet.

"Damn it, this is too much of a scam, is it really that simple?"

Long Chen couldn't help but curse; he hadn't expected the principle of opening a Soul Space to be so simple.

Opening a Soul Space meant splitting one's Soul power into two streams, forming a positive and negative opposition, to open a third space within the Sea of Consciousness.

This space was somewhat similar to a Storage Ring, but Storage Rings carried space fragments themselves, and one only needed to connect to the space within those fragments.

In this world, there were many scattered space fragments, said to be remnants left over from the ancient era when the gods fought, shattering space and crumbling stars.

However, no one knew for sure if that was the case. People only knew that by integrating space fragments into a ring using a unique method, it became a Storage Ring that could hold objects.

But the only regret was that the space inside a Storage Ring was static and could not store living things; even plants would die quickly if placed inside.

But a Soul Space was different. It was a space constructed from a person's Soul power. This Soul Space was located at the center of one's brow and was connected to one's mind.

However, it could not store objects; it could only store pets that were connected to one's mind. To put it plainly, it was just a pet space.

No wonder that Senior Brother had specifically warned Long Chen when he saw him buying this Secret Manual.

"I curse the person who set this price, may their son have a bottom larger than their top," Long Chen couldn't help but mutter and curse.

At the same time, he secretly hated himself; why hadn't he tried it beforehand? Even without the Secret Manual, there was a fifty percent success rate.

Sixty-three thousand points, just to buy such a simple principle. Long Chen felt his heart bleeding.

Taking a deep breath, he cleared his mind. He had to find a way to earn back the money he had spent. Regret was useless; it was more important to condense the Soul Space.

The Sea of Consciousness was located at the center of a person's brow. It was the place where the "Spirit" of the body's Essence, Qi, and Spirit resided, also known as the Divine Soul.

This place was the most important part of a person. The hardest part of a human skull was the forehead, while the most fragile part was the center of the brow, where the bone was extremely thin.

Precisely because of this, a person's Divine Soul power was emitted from the center of the brow, allowing them to sense danger first.

If someone held a steel needle and hovered it over any part of the body, there wouldn't be much feeling.

But once a steel needle or sharp object was held in front of the center of the brow, the center of the brow would immediately tighten, instinctively trying to avoid it. This was the sensing of the Divine Sense, which was the same for everyone.

The thin bone allowed the Divine Soul power to enter and exit freely without obstruction; it was the most direct path.

And the Sea of Consciousness was not a real Acupoint, but a general term for a person's Soul power, which could also be called the Sea of Consciousness.

Practitioners could see their own Soul power surging like an ocean when looking inward; that was where the name came from.

In Long Chen's Sea of Consciousness, he slowly gathered his Soul power, as if the ocean were being parted, forming two Soul Dragons.

Driven by Long Chen, the two giant dragons roared and charged towards each other. The two giant dragons spun rapidly, forming a vacuum zone in the center of the Sea of Consciousness.

As the two giant dragons spun faster and faster, like a huge tornado, the core part of the tornado actually began to change.

Outside, the Soul power surged like a raging sea, but inside it was silent. As Long Chen's Soul power became stronger and stronger, a vacuum zone with a diameter of a hundred zhang formed inside.

According to the records in that Secret Manual, this vacuum zone was his Soul Space. As long as he placed his Soul imprint on the Soul Space, it would be completely finished, and he could store pets that were connected to his mind.

No wonder Long Chen wanted to curse; this was too simple. The Branch Courtyard was too good at swindling money. If someone had just given Long Chen a casual hint, he wouldn't have had to spend this wasted money at all.

"Since I've opened it, I might as well make it bigger."

Anyway, it was the same amount of effort. To make Xiao Xue more comfortable inside, Long Chen continued to urge his Soul power, crazily operating the two Soul Dragons.

As Long Chen's Soul power poured in, the Soul Space began to grow rapidly. Not until it grew to a diameter of a thousand zhang did Long Chen stop. He felt that his Soul power had been pushed to the limit; if he continued, he wouldn't be able to bear it, and his Soul would be injured.

The thousand-zhang diameter Soul Space was like a transparent sphere. A strange pattern slowly landed on the sphere; that pattern was Long Chen's Soul imprint.

It was like a big lock, tightly locking this space so that only he, the owner, could open it freely.

When the pattern landed on the sphere, it immediately turned into billions of specks, rapidly covering the sphere.

Long Chen discovered that those small specks were scaled-down versions of the original pattern, and those patterns were rapidly absorbed by the sphere.

When those patterns completely disappeared, Long Chen immediately discovered that the entire Soul Space was a part of his own body, which he could use as he pleased.

"It's a pity that Xiao Xue isn't by my side."

Long Chen sighed. Now that they had been separated for so long, he missed this fellow very much. It had followed him since it was the size of a palm, and he had even crossed mountains and rivers to find it, nearly losing his life. They had an incredibly deep bond.

Before entering the assessment, Long Chen had let Xiao Xue go to a place outside the Branch Courtyard's territory to wait for him, and he would go pick it up after arranging everything here.

Although he missed it, Xiao Xue was a Scarlet Flame Snow Wolf and had already Advanced to the third Rank. It was a third-Rank Demonic Beast King with powerful combat strength, so there wouldn't be any danger.

After opening the Soul Space, Long Chen pondered for a moment. Now that he had refined a Beast Fire and possessed the Fire Lizard Blue Flame, ranked ninety-seventh on the Beast Fire List, his combat strength had greatly increased once again.

However, thinking back to the battle with Wu Qi that day, he felt it was still far from enough, because the strength of the Pill Flame was related to Long Chen's cultivation.

Now that the Pill Flame had merged into Long Chen's meridians, the more vigorous Long Chen's Spiritual Qi was, the greater its power would be.

The vigor of Long Chen's Spiritual Qi was more than ten times that of a Blood Condensation Realm expert, but compared to an Tendon Transformation Realm expert who had crossed the barrier, it was still far behind.

As the first hurdle for a practitioner, the Tendon Transformation Realm barrier could cause a person's Spiritual Qi to skyrocket dozens of times over.

Long Chen had now been left far behind. Long Chen felt very frustrated right now; according to the Branch Courtyard's rules, new Disciples were not allowed to go out within one month, so he couldn't go find Xiao Xue yet.

As for the medicinal ingredients on the Yuheng Pill Formula, Long Chen had seen quite a few at the Xuantian Pavilion, but unfortunately, those medicinal ingredients were expensive as hell, often costing thousands or even tens of thousands of points, which was simply life-draining.

And the Nether Ghost Shadow Step he had swindled from Gui Sha, he couldn't Cultivate it yet because his meridians were not wide enough. Once he followed the Qi circulation method on it, his meridians would feel as painful as if they were about to burst.

This not only didn't make Long Chen feel discouraged, but instead made him even more pleasantly surprised. He was certain that he had definitely found a treasure this time.

I'm afraid this Nether Ghost Shadow Step is even more Advanced than Sky-Opening. The fact that he couldn't Cultivate it, combined with Gui Sha's previous furious expression, told him that this thing was definitely a priceless treasure.

Xiao Xue couldn't be found, the Ghost Shadow Step couldn't be learned, medicinal ingredients couldn't be bought, third-Rank Demonic Beast blood essence couldn't be obtained. Fine, now I can't do anything.

Thinking about it, Long Chen suddenly remembered that there was a place in the Xuantian Branch Courtyard. Long Chen glanced at Tang Waner and Qing Yu, who had drunk the Jade Bee King Crystal and had all entered a state of meditation, rapidly consolidating their Realms.

Long Chen quietly ran out of his Immortal Cave and arrived at a building on the west side of the Xuantian Square. This building was very ordinary, looking just like a cluster of residential houses.

Above the door, a large plaque read — Task Assignment Office.

This was the place. Long Chen walked into the room and saw two women chatting. Surprisingly, there was no one else in the entire room.

"Excuse me, is this the place to accept tasks?" Long Chen thought he had gone to the wrong place and couldn't help asking.

"That's right, this is where the Branch Courtyard posts tasks. You can accept tasks here, and after completing them, you can earn points," one of the women smiled and said.

Long Chen discovered that the two women had powerful auras; they were clearly both Tendon Transformation Realm experts. It seemed they were Senior Sister level figures again.

"Can you let me see what kind of tasks are available?" Long Chen asked.

"No problem, all the tasks are here." The woman smiled slightly, took out a large book, and handed it to Long Chen.

Long Chen opened the book and looked. It was filled with dense text, marking various tasks.

Behind each task, the task points were marked, ranging from a few tens to several thousands. That is to say, by completing the task, one could receive the corresponding experience points.

Moreover, the tasks were also ranked, divided into four levels in total. The fourth-Rank tasks were very simple, consisting of some guarding, patrolling, and other jobs, with a daily point reward ranging from twenty to fifty.

And the third-Rank tasks were things like gathering medicinal ingredients, raising Demonic Beasts, or acting as an assistant to an Alchemist or Weapon Refiner. These jobs required a certain level of technical skill. After completing the task, one could obtain around one hundred to five hundred points.

The second-Rank tasks were mostly external assignments, meaning going to the outside world to act as a bodyguard, escort, eliminate pests, etc. These tasks had a relatively long time cycle, but the rewards were very generous, and one could earn thousands to tens of thousands of points.

When Long Chen saw the first-Rank tasks, he was surprised to find that it was a large blank space, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"First-Rank tasks are equivalent to emergency tasks. They aren't used all the time, and one might not even be posted in a year," the woman explained.

Long Chen nodded and asked, "I wonder what kind of tasks a junior brother like me can accept?"

Since he was idle anyway, Long Chen had to find something to do.

"Sorry, you are currently not qualified to accept any tasks," the woman shook her head and said.