Chapter 316: Flute Sound Mind Control

Chapter 316: Flute Sound Mind Control

After Venerable Qing Hai was knocked down, the remaining three Honorable Elders from the Hall of Souls were undoubtedly the most anxious.

The energy fluctuations in the hands of the two three-star Dou Venerates against Venerable Tian Huo became more intense, and layers of energy ripples spread out, causing most of Xiao Ming's gathered thunderclouds to disperse.

The two Honorable Elders were doing their best, but they couldn't break away from Venerable Tian Huo's relentless attack.

They knew they needed to work together if they were to have any hope of defeating him. If they were separated, the other would not be able to hold out for more than a few rounds.

On the other hand, the Honorable Elder who was fighting against the Sky Demon Puppet was feeling extremely pressured.

He was the one who had just warned Venerable Qing Hai to be careful, and it was from his battle circle that the Sky Demon Puppet had broken free to attack him.

Being only a two-star Dou Venerate, he was already struggling to fight against two puppets. He had hoped that Qing Hai would kill Xiao Ming directly and then come over to assist him, but the situation had taken a turn for the worse.

"The situation is not good now. Shall we run?" he suggested.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming didn't pay attention to the elegant lady's gaze and ordered the Sky Demon Puppet by his side to attack the Honorable Elder. Afterwards, he flew to the pit where Venerable Qing Hai had fallen.

As Xiao Ming approached the pit, he saw Venerable Qing Hai's body embedded in the rock wall. He was barely conscious and struggled to speak, "Cough, you..."

Chi-chi!

Without waiting to hear the rest of the sentence, Xiao Ming pointed his finger, and a white light burst from his fingertip, piercing through Venerable Qing Hai's forehead. The light in Venerable Qing Hai's eyes gradually dimmed, and finally, his head slowly tilted to the side.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Ming brought his corpse to him. He then extracted a slightly dimmed soul from the top of his head.

'Was his soul damaged because his Soul Spirit Lock was broken?' Xiao Ming muttered to himself.

Without giving the other person a chance to speak, he directly sealed the soul in a jade bottle and put both the corpse and the bottle in his storage ring.

After completing all this, Xiao Ming flew back to the woman in the palace dress.

"Thank you for your help earlier. May I know your name, Senior?" he asked politely.

"Let's not worry about titles; you can call me Sister Qing..." The woman in palace dress replied with a gentle smile.

"..."

Why did he feel that this woman's personality was quite peculiar?

"Cough, Senior is joking. I will first focus on dealing with these Honorable Elders and then I will thank you properly, okay?" Xiao Ming coughed and said.

"Okay, let me assist you then..." The woman in palace dress nodded and took out a jade flute from her hand, putting it to her lips to play.

A ripple of invisible energy followed the melodious flute sounds emanating from the jade flute. As the ripple spread outward, Xiao Ming felt nothing special when it passed through him. However, the three Hall of Souls' Honorable Elders were struck as if by a sudden blow, and they stiffened in place.

Although the duration of this effect was brief, in a battle in the Dou Venerate realm, a single moment could determine the outcome of the fight.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Venerable Tian Huo and the Sky Demon Puppets dealt a deadly blow to the trio.

...

Several minutes later, after collecting the souls of the three Honorable Elders, Xiao Ming bowed to the elegant lady.

"Once again, thank you for your help, Senior."

"No need to be so polite. After all, I stopped them earlier, and killing them saved me a lot of trouble," the elegant woman said with a smile.

'Xiao Ming, be careful. She is very strong and has changed her appearance...' Venerable Tian Huo glanced at the woman in palace dress and transmitted a message to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. He could naturally see that she was very strong. She had played a crucial role in the battle just now.

Several times when the Honorable Elders were about to escape, she stopped them. Her strength should be as high as Venerable Tian Huo, or even slightly higher.

He just didn't know why this woman was helping him.

As if understanding what Xiao Ming was thinking, the woman smiled and said, "My name is Qing Yi."

'Qing Yi?' Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he had seen this name in a simulation before.

Facing such an attack, Xiao Ming didn't even blink. Venerable Tian Huo immediately flashed in front of him and blocked it.

It was easy for a five-star Dou Venerate like Yao Tian Huo to resist this kind of snake. However, the snake seemed to have triggered some kind of switch, and silver snakes three meters in size rained down on the mountain peaks.

"Xiao Ming, let's leave now," Yao Tian Huo said, barely able to hold on any longer. A single Dou Venerate-level lightning snake was one thing, but the entire sky was filled with them. Who could withstand that?

"Let's go down. These mountains seem to have the ability to absorb lightning, and the lightning should be weaker at the lower part of the mountain range," Xiao Ming said, glancing at the dwindling lightning snakes coiled around the mountain peaks. He had a few thoughts brewing in his mind.

Venerable Tian Huo followed Xiao Ming's instructions and descended to a lower part of the mountain.

This place was covered in gray boulders, obviously fallen during the previous battle, making it a bit messy. However, the lightning was much weaker here, and it had almost no effect on the two of them.

As soon as they stopped on a boulder, Venerable Tian Huo heard Xiao Ming's voice.

"Senior Yao, do you think all the lightning snakes dissipate naturally once they hit the mountain?"

Venerable Tian Huo was taken aback by the question, but then he recalled the scene where electric arcs appeared on the ground as soon as they landed.

"They shouldn't all dissipate. It seems like the mountains here can store some of the energy, but not much," he replied.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly in response and continued, "If these mountains can store energy, it doesn't make sense that they can only store such a small amount, given the situation in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range."

"Are you suggesting that the energy has been transferred or absorbed by something else?" Venerable Tian Huo asked in surprise.

"Yes, I once read in the ancient texts that there is a lightning attribute heavenly treasure in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range," Xiao Ming explained.

"But even if there is, it should have been taken by someone already," Venerable Tian Huo replied, glancing at Xiao Ming. The powerful individuals in the Central Plains were not foolish.

The locations of heavenly treasures were generally very special, and those who knew this fact would often search various strange places to find them. The Falling Thunder Mountain Range, which clearly matched the description of a unique site, would have already been thoroughly searched.

Xiao Ming was not discouraged by this. After all, he knew well whether or not the heavenly treasures in the simulator had been taken.

'Maybe I can simulate it again and see if I can find it,' he thought.

During the few days he spent refining pills, he had accumulated another opportunity to simulate.

Venerable Tian Huo looked at the contemplative Xiao Ming, understanding that he already had an idea, and simply asked, "So do you have any ideas?"

'Ideas?' Xiao Ming thought to himself, 'I don't have one right now, but I will have one soon.'

'Simulator.'

[Ding, the host has a chance to simulate life. Would you like to start the simulation?]

'Start the simulation.'

[Simulation begins -]

[Day 1: You refine intermediate seventh-tier Healing Pills and Energy Recovery Pills at the center of the Falling Thunder Mountain Range. This attracts seventh-tier Pill Lightnings and the attention of the Hall of Souls' Honorable Elders. In response, you quickly command your Sky Demon Puppets to follow your companion to eliminate the threat.]

[Day 2: You control the Sky Demon Puppets to dig a hole in the center of the Falling Thunder Mountain Range. After digging for half a day, you discover that the puppets' direction is wrong, which makes you very angry.]

[Day 3: You control the Sky Demon Puppets to dig a hole in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range, and this time they don't dig in the wrong direction and make rapid progress.]

[Day 4: While the Sky Demon Puppets are digging, you feel like it's a waste of time just watching. You take out a scroll of a three-colored eighth-tier pill recipe, the "Heavenly Blend Pill", and start studying it.]

[Day 5: You sit on a rock in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range all day...]

[Day 6: You sit on a rock in the Falling Thunder Mountain Range all day...]

...

[Day 10: After following the flow of lightning energy, you finally dig into the underground lightning pool. In the pool, you discover a flower. Venerable Tian Huo identifies the flower as the lightning attribute heavenly treasure, "Pure Lotus Flowing Lightning". You absorb the Pure Lotus Flowing Lightning directly using your Spirit.]

...

[Day 12: The lightning energy flows through your body. After over a day of absorption, your strength greatly improves.]

[Day 13: You absorb the energy expelled by the Spirit for a whole day.]