Chapter 2129: Transformed Into a Cauldron
Lin Feng's soul was inside the ancient cauldron. He could clearly see everything happening outside and could also feel that the ancient cauldron was trying to refine him. The wildly spinning cauldron seemed enraged, continuously emitting deathly cauldron sounds, causing the distant crowd to retreat further and further away, not daring to approach.
"This ancient cauldron is definitely a terrifying Imperial Weapon, a supreme treasure. I wonder why it was guarding outside that tomb. What exists inside that tomb?" Lin Feng wondered if he was still safe, that he still had the mind to think about other things. Lin Feng indeed seemed very safe, because given the terrifying level of this ancient cauldron, it could easily kill a peak Martial Emperor level figure and could even kill an Emperor Realm expert with its cauldron sounds. If this deathly ancient cauldron could truly refine his soul, it should have done so already.
The ancient cauldron seemed unable to refine his soul, and thus appeared to be enraged.
Within Lin Feng's soul, there seemed to be a clear world map—that was his Martial Soul World. The Martial Soul was originally one with the soul, an important element of the soul. When Lin Feng's soul was swallowed into this place, his Martial Soul followed him inside.
"Senior." Lin Feng tried to communicate with the Ancient Saint of Qin Mountain.
"Since this ancient cauldron can't refine you, let it refine you." A voice drifted into Lin Feng's eardrums, causing his pupils to contract slightly. He felt grateful in his heart. He knew it was difficult for the Ancient Saint's consciousness to emit sounds; usually, he had to merge his soul into the other's consciousness.
"Alright." Lin Feng responded. He knew the Ancient Saint would not respond to him again, so he released his defenses, no longer deliberately resisting with his will, but allowing the ancient cauldron to refine him. In this way, Lin Feng discovered that the ancient cauldron could indeed refine him, causing his soul to seem to merge bit by bit into the ancient cauldron, as if about to become one with it.
"No way, if I really become the cauldron's spirit, can I still get out?" Lin Feng thought, somewhat depressed. However, it seemed he had no other choice. His soul had been sucked into the ancient cauldron, and he couldn't escape anyway. He could only accept the fate of being refined. Of course, Lin Feng was still somewhat panicked; he didn't know what terrible outcome might occur.
Finally, as time passed bit by bit, the distant onlookers noticed that the ancient cauldron seemed no longer so violent, gradually calming down. Lin Feng also felt himself being refined bit by bit by the ancient cauldron. His soul seemed about to become the cauldron's spirit, an indispensable part of the ancient cauldron.
After some more time, the ancient cauldron completely settled down. Lin Feng's soul had fully merged into the ancient cauldron. Lin Feng thought that he still wanted to step forward, but discovered that the ancient cauldron was flying forward a bit.
"Uh..." If Lin Feng had a physical body, he would surely be breaking out in cold sweat. He found that he was no longer a person, but a cauldron. He had become the cauldron's spirit, the life of the ancient cauldron. From now on, his form of life would appear as this ancient cauldron?
This thought made Lin Feng tremble uneasily. Consequently, the distant crowd showed expressions of astonishment. They saw the ancient cauldron wobbling unsteadily, constantly shaking, looking extremely comical. What kind of ancient cauldron was this, behaving like this?
But soon, the movement stopped. Lin Feng's form drifted forward, or rather, the ancient cauldron drifted forward, seeking the place where Lin Feng's body had been. He wanted to find his physical body and see if he could return to it. He certainly didn't want to stay inside this ancient cauldron.
However, when Lin Feng returned to the tomb from which the ancient cauldron had brought him out, he was shocked to find that the tomb had already collapsed. The ancient cauldron had directly shaken into the tomb, but there was no trace of his physical body. Lin Feng was stunned. His physical body was lost, taken by someone.
"What happened here?" Lin Feng thought, but he couldn't make a sound. He was now a cauldron, not a person...
"Yang Xiao, he was outside at the time, wanting to capture me. Since this place has collapsed, as long as Yang Xiao isn't dead, my physical body must be with him." Thinking this, Lin Feng soared up again, rising straight up, heading out of this cave heaven.
The distant crowd was all stunned. Although the ancient cauldron no longer emitted deathly sounds, their hearts were full of questions. This ancient cauldron was too strange, wasn't it?
It had rushed into the ruins, as if searching for something, and then left again, as if it weren't a cauldron but a living person. If Lin Feng knew that those following him had such thoughts, he didn't know how he would feel.
Lin Feng continued forward, but he soon discovered that people were starting to take notice of him. There were still many people in this cave heaven. When they saw an ancient cauldron flying through the void on its own, how could they not pay attention? Especially those who hadn't experienced how terrifying the deathly cauldron sounds were.
At this moment, an Emperor Realm figure stepped toward the ancient cauldron.
Lin Feng snorted in his consciousness, and then the cauldron sounds rolled out, like deathly funeral chants, striking directly at the other's heart, causing his face to turn ashen, as if he were about to die. His expression stiffened slightly. This ancient cauldron was so terrifying.
The deathly sounds continued to spread, but Lin Feng was very frustrated. He found that after he took control of this ancient cauldron, it was actually not as powerful as before. Otherwise, at such close range, those terrifying cauldron sounds would have already killed the opponent.
Lin Feng didn't know that this ancient cauldron originally had its own conscious form. It had once been refined by a terrifying figure as his Imperial Weapon. Even after countless years, a wisp of its consciousness remained. So the power it had displayed before was the cauldron's own terrifying power. But now that he had become the cauldron's spirit, how much power the cauldron could exert depended on how strong his soul was. The stronger his soul, the more powerful the ancient cauldron could become.
Of course, although this ancient cauldron was not as terrifying as before, it could still kill an Emperor Realm figure without issue. Soon, the person trying to seize the cauldron died beneath it, becoming the first sacrifice of Lin Feng's cauldron transformation.
This would certainly not be the only sacrifice. On Lin Feng's journey to find his physical body, many others tried to seize the cauldron. Lin Feng later learned to be clever: when the opponent approached, he would directly kill them, annihilating them in one blow. However, such human-like attacks caused the powerful figures tracking him to tremble violently in their hearts.
"This ancient cauldron truly has intelligence, has life." That was the thought arising in their hearts.
At this moment, within the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion, terrifying fluctuations also occurred. All eighty-one mansions of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion were shaken. All the strong figures of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion who were present appeared, including even the supreme mansion masters. All of this was because of the dragon-python and the innate spirit body that had broken through the cave heaven.
At this moment, in the vast, endless space, a group of strong figures surrounded the dragon-python and the innate spirit body, along with a group of guardian array demons. They all appeared simultaneously within the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion, forming a lineup that was terrifyingly powerful.
"Who exactly are you, sir?" At this moment, a strong figure spoke coldly, his voice shaking heaven and earth. His gaze was fixed on the dragon-python, which was a terrifying existence.
"Are all the people here? My king needs to choose a physical body." The dragon-python spoke for the first time. As for the "my king" in his mouth, everyone knew he was referring to the innate spirit body on top of his head. Only that spirit body could be called "my king" by him.
However, the crowd couldn't understand why this powerful dragon-python would call this born spirit body "king."
"This guy is doing it on purpose, choosing a physical body." The crowd thought to themselves.
"That spirit body wants to possess someone?"
"No need to put it so harshly. My king will also be the king of your Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion in the future. He will become a formation master king. Shouldn't your Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion bow to the king?" The dragon-python continued coldly, causing the crowd's pupils to condense. The strong figure spoke again: "Do you mean that after this spirit body possesses someone, it will join our Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion and become a disciple of our Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion?"
"Not become a disciple of your Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion, but become the king of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion." The dragon-python's huge, icy eyes stared at the speaking strong figure, causing the strong figures of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion to show contemplative expressions. A born formation master wanting to join their Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion was indeed extremely rare. If the other party could truly become a formation master existence, becoming the king of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion was not impossible. It could lead their Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion to glory. What they worried about was that this guy wanted to become king directly, making them submit, an unknown existence that was completely uncontrollable.
Those strong figures began to communicate through voice transmissions. After a moment, the previous person spoke: "Which body do you want?"
At that moment, the dragon-python's massive body suddenly lunged out, as if it had been prepared long ago. Seeing this, many strong figures released terrifying auras. But then a roar sounded: "Who dares to stop me? Do you want my king to join another force?"
These words caused the crowd's movements to pause, and the dragon-python had already coiled around one person. A cry came from the void: "Master, save me!"
"Not good."
"He actually chose him. How ruthless."
Among the crowd, Yang Xiao's pupils also contracted. The other party had actually chosen him, someone of equal fame to himself.
"It can't be him. Can you let him go and choose another?" This person was a human martial artist with an innate array spirit body, extremely talented in array dao.
"Hmph, what use would a person with mediocre talent be to my king? Being able to become my king's body is his fortune." How could the dragon-python possibly let him go? The spirit body directly rushed into the other's body. In an instant, that layer of skin and flesh seemed to wrap the other inside, devouring him bit by bit. This scene made the crowd stiffen. What a terrifying existence. They decided that from now on, they would stay far away from this terrifying creature, keeping their distance.
PS: Too unhappy reading, continuing to code.