Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1302: Chapter 697: Interrogation_2

Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul no longer spoke, tightly closing his mouth as if prepared to resist.

Li Yuanba shook his head; if only the main body, Li Shiming, were here, it would be simple. With the means of the Heavenly Ghost, Tan Xian’s entire memory could quickly be obtained.

With Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul in his hand, he could only resort to various methods of torture to make Tan Xian speak up.

He took out a blank talisman, holding a talisman pen, looking at it with some nostalgia; it had been many years since he last created a talisman.

His eyes closed slightly and communicated with his main body, Li Shiming, finding the method for torturing Nascent Souls through talisman crafting from the IBMz15 database.

This ability to draw talismans was also shared from the main body, Li Shiming.

If the main body, Li Shiming, had not chosen the path of Alchemy and instead pursued deeper research into talismans, perhaps his level in talisman crafting could have reached the world’s peak.

Of course, given Li Shiming’s capabilities today, picking up talisman crafting again could quickly bring him to the world’s highest level.

Li Yuanba’s talisman pen was dipped in talismanic ink, all of which were found among spoils of war.

The talisman pen lightly wrote on the talisman paper, and when it was halfway finished, black mist eerily rose from the paper.

Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul naturally recognized what kind of talisman this was, and his eyes were filled with terror.

This was a talisman specifically used by Devil Cultivators to torture Nascent Souls, requiring Yin Cold Power for crafting, and only some Devil Cultivators practiced this power.

Li Yuanba naturally utilized part of the Yin Cold Energy from his Corpse Refining state to draw this talisman, achieving this effect.

”Tan Xian, you’re quite lucky; I succeeded on my first try!” Li Yuanba said with a smile, looking at the black talisman in his hand.

”You Devil Cultivator, you will meet a bad end and ultimately die under Heavenly Thunder!” Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul struggled frantically, shouting.

Li Yuanba ignored Tan Xian’s madness, and with a gentle tap of his finger on the talisman, it turned into a black mist that flew towards Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul.

”Ah!” A heartrending scream came from Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul’s mouth as the black mist roamed within the Nascent Soul, bringing hellish pain wherever it went.

If there is any pain that is most terrifying, it must be the pain of the soul.

When physical pain reaches a certain level, the body will self-protect and thus unable to transmit the pain to the soul.

But the pain of the soul cannot be shielded, and the level of pain far exceeds the extreme of physical pain.

Li Yuanba was unmoved; this was the enemy, and an enemy who hadn’t died on the spot in his hands could only be said to be exceptionally lucky.

As time passed bit by bit, Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul’s screams grew weaker.

Li Yuanba did not worry about Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul having any accidents and perishing because this talisman specifically developed by Devil Cultivators for torturing Nascent Souls does not cause much real harm while tormenting them.

Some Devil Cultivators even use this talisman to torture their enemies’ Nascent Souls for hundreds of years, which shows how low the real damage of this talisman is.

This is not good news for the tortured Nascent Soul; repeated torment would plunge the Nascent Soul into an unending hell.

”Can you speak now? If not, I can draw a few more talismans!” Li Yuanba asked indifferently.

The gaze that Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul cast at Li Yuanba now held no more hatred, only fear and dread.

Tan Xian was a genius Cultivator; within three hundred years, he advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

This was his greatest pride but also his weakness.

In those three hundred years, he spent most of his time in secluded cultivation using the best resources within the White Emperor Sect, leaving little time to roam the Cultivation World.

Even when venturing outside, it was always with fellow disciples, rarely falling into danger.

This meant Tan Xian had almost never truly faced death, missing much of the trials that other Nascent Soul Cultivators endured.

Perhaps, without truly facing death, he once held a little spirit to support his arrogance.

But after being tortured for a while, that spirit had long vanished, leaving only deep-seated fear.

”If I answer, will you spare me?” Tan Xian asked in a deep voice, trying to calm his emotions.

”No!” Li Yuanba answered honestly, without deceiving him.

Tan Xian was taken aback; he hadn’t expected Li Yuanba to give him no opportunity for negotiation, not even attempting to deceive him, which made him feel even more despair.

”If you don’t answer, I’ll keep tormenting you until you are willing to speak!” Li Yuanba continued.

After a long while, a bitter and helpless expression appeared on Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul.

Li Yuanba knew that Tan Xian was now willing to answer questions.

He hadn’t expected it to be this easy. He had thought if Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul really resisted, he would send it to his main body, Li Shiming.

It would only trouble the main body, given that there are plenty of matters to deal with on his side too.

”Why ambush Tang Xue Ning?” Li Yuanba asked his first question.

”It was a mission issued by the sect; Tang Xue Ning was involved in an important matter of the sect, and the sect demanded to capture her alive!” Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul felt that this question was not something that couldn’t be said.

Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul seemed to lose its spine, though a Nascent Soul indeed has no bones, but along with losing the bones of its form, the soul’s resolve was also gone.

”What is this important matter of the White Emperor Sect?” Li Yuanba asked the second question.

”The ’Xi Soil’ of the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate is missing, and the sect believes it is related to Tang Xue Ning!” Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul hesitated briefly, but upon seeing Li Yuanba’s cold eyes on him, he couldn’t help but answer.

Li Yuanba realized what the treasure he obtained was; it turned out to be ’Xi Soil.’

Though few texts mention ’Xi Soil,’ some do, yet he hadn’t linked the legendary treasure with the Spiritual Object he had acquired.

The main problem being that the descriptions of ’Xi Soil’ in texts provided no identifiable traits, leaving him unable to deduce it.

”What exactly is ’Xi Soil’? What is its function?” Li Yuanba casually asked a third question.

After answering the second question, Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul was relieved of mental burden.

Having already revealed the sect’s secret, the basic information on ’Xi Soil’ was inconsequential.

”’Xi Soil’ is an Earth attribute treasure. If used for cultivating Spirit Plants, it can grow Spirit Plants of any grade!” Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul replied.

”You’re still not being honest!” Li Yuanba said lightly.

Another talisman pen appeared in his hand as he prepared to draw another talisman.

Having always utilized ’Telepathy,’ though he cannot directly hear Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul’s thoughts, he could assess the emotional state to determine whether Tan Xian was withholding anything or deliberately hiding something.

”’Xi Soil’ can merge with Earth attribute spirit root seeds, greatly strengthening an Earth Element cultivator’s foundation, significantly enhancing their talents!” Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul nearly burst into tears from terror upon seeing the talisman pen and hastily spoke out.

Li Yuanba finally understood why the White Emperor Sect relentlessly pursued him; ’Xi Soil,’ a treasure for Earth Element cultivators, was too tempting.

The White Emperor Sect even sent a Great Cultivator to obtain ’Xi Soil,’ and he was just lucky to snatch it from the Great Cultivator’s hands.

’Xi Soil’ was with the main body, Li Shiming, and upon learning its use, the rest was for Li Shiming to consider.

Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul noticed Li Yuanba asking no further questions, despair flashing across his tiny face.

He realized that the questions he had just answered were what Li Yuanba wanted, and having provided the desired answers, he was of no further use.

But Li Yuanba did not destroy Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul as he imagined.

Tan Xian’s Nascent Soul, belonging to a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner, was a great tonic for the Heavenly Ghost, and a resource too valuable to waste frivolously.