Chapter 291 Soul Island

A brilliantly burning sun infront of which every source of light may fade into bleakness was what old man Liyang felt when his soul sense made contact with Zhan Chen's soul.

A stinging pain came to his eyes and he. hurriedly pulled away his soul consciousness but the brief contact with Zhan Chen's soul was enough to give him a life time of scare.

"Little Zhuyan, send this brat back. I have a urgent matter to inform you before you open the soul island", old man Liyang sent a mental message to Chi Zhuyan. He tried to sneak a glance at Zhan Chen and a wary look appeared on his face when he saw the smile on Zhan Chen's face.

Chi Zhuyan didn't know what was happening but he still decided to follow his grand uncle's wish. He promised Zhan Chen to meet him after a while and sent him away with Tao Shang.

"Grand uncle Liang, what happened? Why have you suddenly used your Mystic eye technique?", Chi Zhuyan asked after Zhan Chen left. There was little frustration hidden in his voice as he looked towards his grand uncle.

"Zhuyan, you may not beleive me but let me warn you. That brat may be the most terrifying existence hidden in the Northern desert continent", elder Zhuyan spoke. There was a genuine shock and fear on his face as he thought about the experience with Zhan Chen earlier.

"What happened actually? What did you see when you use your Mystic eye technique?", Chi Zhuyan asked as a baffled expression appeared on his face. He felt concerned as his grand uncle was one of the protectors of the Spirit palace.

"The soul of that brat is absurd. It appears like his soul is burning when I looked at his soul", old man Liang spoke.

"A burning soul!", Chi Zhuyan exclaimed as he couldn't understand what his grand uncle was saying. A brief silence fallen in the room as old man Liang took some time to organise his thoughts.

"Little Zhuyan, I hereby giving you permission to use our resources to help Zhan Chen. No one is allowed to antagonize him as we can only make a friendly relationship with such a monster", old man Liang spoke. He didn't speak anymore and vanished from the great hall.

'A burning soul!", Chi Zhuyan tried to find some meaning behind his grand uncle 's words but he couldn't come to any conclusion despite wracking his brain for a while. "Forget it, the intention of grand uncle is clear. We should grasp every possible opportunity to make a friendly relationship with Zhan Chen", he thought to himself.

"Elder Shang, where are we going?", Zhan Chen asked after leaving the ancient looking palace. He was riding a flying treasure along with elder Shang as their destination was unclear to him.

"We are going to the entrance of the soul island. There is an ancient teleportation formation which will be activated once every participant in the top ten list gathered", Tao Shang replied.

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"Is this the entrance?", Zhan Chen asked after Tao Shang stopped the flying treasure above a narrow valley. Tao Shang nodded his head and moved downward with his flying treasure.

Zhan Chen found a group of familiar looking cultivators standing inside the valley. There were few Spirit palace cultivators who were keeping an eye on the group of nine.

The young cultivators immediately noticed the changes in the air as their eyes went towards the sky. Their eyes fell upon Zhan Chen who was being accompained by one of the experts of the Spirit palace.

Zhan Chen noticed the gaze of a cold beauty on him as a smile appeared on his face. "She is also here", he thought to himself while descending towards the ground.

"Greetings senior", all the experts of the Spirit palace along with the the participants of the grand sect competition bowed towards Tao Shang after the flying treasure reached the ground. Tao Shang nodded his head in acknowledgement after seeing the juniors infront of him.

"Everyone, thanks for your patience. The entrance to the soul island will be opened once our palace master arrive", Tao Shang spoke as he looked towards the top ten participants.

"Senior sister Lingyi", Zhan Chen greeted the cold beauty of the Xuantian sect after getting close to her. "Junior brother", she faintly acknowledged his presence without any emotion.

Zhan Chen knew it was futile to talk to her. So, he shifted his gaze towards others. Few participants in the top ten list were eager to talk to him. So, he walked towards them to kill his boredom.

Half an hour later, a commotion started among the participants. Zhan Chen tilted his head upward and found a lotus shaped flying treasure flying towards them with a breathtaking speed.

The flying treasure stopped just above the valley and descended towards the ground in a slow speed. The onlookers immediately knew who had come because it was the signature treasure of the Spirit palace.

Contrary to everyone 's expectation, the first to emerge was a pretty looking girl. She looked towards each participant with curiousity in her eyes.

"Second princess", Tao Shang called out after seeing Chi Shuying coming out from the flying treasure. A middle-aged man emerged after her and all the Spirit palace cultivators and the participants of the grand sect competition bowed towards him.

"Thanks for your patience. Without any delay, I am giving permission to open the entrance to the Soul island", Chi Zhuyan spoke.

"Thanks senior", all the participants bowed towards Chi Zhuyan once again. Zhan Chen didn't need to show so much formalities. So, he just stood on his place and waited for the entrance to open.

A cultivator of the Spirit palace walked into middle of the valley and did some hand incantation. A small circle lit up faintly after he did the complex looking incantantions.

"Bring in the Spatial stones", Chi Zhuyan ordered.

Another cultivator walked towards the small circle and crouched near it. He took out some grey coloured stones and put them inside the small circle.

The faintly lit circle, lit up brilliantly after the grey stones were added. Zhan Chen ft spatial fluctuation coming from the circle after the grey stones were added to it.

"The entrance will remain open for one day. So, cultivate ardously and do not squander any opportunity to cultivate", Chi Zhuyan spoke.

All the cultivators nodded their heads as they already knew what to do in such situation. Cultivating in a treasured land was always a chance encounter for cultivators. So, no cultivator would squander such opportunities if he or she was in a sane condition.

"The deeper you go in the soul island, the better the benefits will be. But I will urge you to remain cautious and don't go much farther than your limit", Chi Zhuyan warned.

The first to go inside was Jia Lingyi of the Xuantian sect. Her figure disappeared amidst the multicoloured brilliance coming from the small circle. Other cultivators in the top ten list followed after her and the remaining ones were Zhan Chen and Chi Shuying.

"Zhan Chen, we will talk after you come out. But before that you need to cultivate properly", Chi Zhuyan spoke. Zhan Chen nodded his head and bid farewell to Chi Zhuyan. Chi Shuying hopped after him as she followed him towards the small circle.

"One last thing. Please look after her after you enter the Soul island. Thus little girl has a tendency to go overboard", Zhan Chen heard the voice of Chi Zhuyan before walking into the small circle.

"Uncle Zhuyan, don't worry about it", he spoke before walking into the teleportation formation. Chi Shuying followed after him as their figure disappeared amidst the multicoloured brilliance.

Zhan Chen felt as if he was walking in nothingness for a moment. A jolt came to him after the brief moment was over.

He looked around and found nothing but hazy surrounding. Even the ground was filled with white mist like substance.

"Soul essence!", Zhan Chen felt surprised for a moment. He spread his soul consciousness and found nothing but the white mist like substance all over the place.

The white mist like substance was made up of soul essence and Zhan Chen became baffled by the quantity of soul essence in the air.

Such an scenario was generally impossible because soul essence was quite a rare thing for a cultivator. But in the soul island, common sense altered as the entire place was filled with mist made up of pure soul essence.

He felt someone looking at him and turned to look at the culprit. It was Chi Shuying who was looking at him with her big pretty eyes.

"Big brother, don't you want to cultivate?", she asked with a curious look on her face. Zhan Chen chuckled after hearing her hilarious question.

"Miss Shuying, follow me. Let's find a place when we can cultivate properly", Zhan Chen spoke. Chi Shuying nodded her head and followed after Zhan Chen.

They came across participants from the top ten list in their way but they didn't stop. Their goal was to reach the innermost location of the soul island.