Chapter 1379: 1016: The God Who Governs Spirit Roots

They wanted to get some benefits, yet were afraid of being tricked by empty promises. The little abacuses in those nine Sect Leaders’ hearts were all laid bare before Jiang Yuan’s eyes—his System’s appraisal window would pop up a line or two every now and then, and the corner of his eye could clearly catch every detail.

Taking all of the Ancient Ten Great Sects under his own banner was naturally a good thing.

Not to mention anything else, just having them "work" in the Divine Mountain to repair the city ruins, then having the city ruins and the Divine Mountain complement each other and nourish the Spiritual Energy cycle, that alone was a huge boon for the little courtyard.

After the contract, he’d have more enforcers who’d never betray him. If he wanted to conquer somewhere, wouldn’t it just be a matter of saying the word? Setting things right would be much more convenient too!

"Mr. Jiang’s words are too shocking to the common sense of the world. It’s not that I don’t believe you, only..." Ever since the Qingfeng Hall Master saw his Direct Disciple, his heart had been restless and anxious. He was the first to hesitate and say, "It’s just that without seeing it with my own eyes, I simply can’t imagine how borrowing a corpse to revive a soul can be done.

I will be bold—may I ask Mr. Jiang to take my Direct Disciple Wei Ting’s remnant soul as an example..."

Before he could finish, the Black Tortoise Pavilion Master cut him off coldly: "Brother Chen, what a calculation. Your Direct Disciple fell and you feel heartache, but when so many of our Black Tortoise Pavilion’s disciples fell, we’re not supposed to feel heartache? If Mr. Jiang is to demonstrate the wondrous method of bringing the dead back to life, the choice naturally should come from our Black Tortoise Pavilion."

"That’s only half right. If Chenxi Valley can have one Sword Cultivator revived, their combat strength will skyrocket. Right now we desperately need powerful combat strength, so of course we should choose a disciple of Chenxi Valley!"

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Aside from Cang Rui, who was staring hopefully at Jiang Yuan, the other nine Sect Leaders had broken into a quarrel.

As the System-bound Guest, he trusted Mr. Jiang one hundred percent for no reason at all: if Mr. Jiang said he could borrow a corpse to revive the soul, then he could! If Mr. Jiang said that Guests who sacrificed themselves would still have a chance to resurrect from death, then there would be such a chance!

But on this trip to Snow Cloud Valley, the Cloud Concealment Sect also had disciples’ remnant souls among them. As Sect Leader, who could just watch their own good children eke out a living in the Scroll in the state of remnant souls?

"I know everyone wants to see it with your own eyes, to confirm whether or not I’m just making grand claims." Jiang Yuan took an unhurried sip of Spirit Tea and smiled slightly. "If we can borrow a corpse to revive a soul, then naturally we’ll have methods to revive a Guest who dies.

But with these hundred-plus disciples, you won’t be able to settle on a result in such a short while; and borrowing a corpse to revive a soul also requires a suitable corpse.

Why don’t we do this: let’s first take a look at an example of revival using a Puppet body. Once you’ve prepared suitable corpses and agreed on the quota, I’ll then perform the Soul Revival Technique. How about it?"

Being revived in a human body was definitely stronger than in a Puppet body.

Besides, whether the other party could truly bring the dead back to life concerned the major question of whether the whole Sect should submit and hang the title of Guest above their heads. The nine Sect Leaders looked at each other, silently waging several rounds of eye-battles.

In the end, it was still the Qingfeng Hall Master who stood up and said, "What a coincidence. Earlier, when I went to the Otherworld to recruit disciples from among the Human Race, I happened upon a Secret Realm and obtained a vajra glass indestructible body from it.

It’s said to be the true body of a Mahayana Realm Cultivator who failed his Tribulation Crossing. Because of a strange encounter he had in life, he cultivated this miraculous corpse. I originally treasured it in order to study the secret of the indestructible body, but today it can be put to use—to help my beloved disciple borrow this corpse to revive his soul and gain a new life."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and actually took out a crystal coffin from his Storage Bag. Inside lay a very young and handsome corpse. If not for the System appraisal, Jiang Yuan would’ve almost thought it was a living person just sleeping inside.

This scene made Jiang Yuan think of the time he dredged Yun Shu up from the sea and opened that crate.

"If you’ve finished discussing, and also have a suitable corpse prepared, I can actually demonstrate the Soul Revival Technique right now." He didn’t care much about which one was revived; they were all remnant souls anyway, and all needed to take soul-warming Elixirs.

That part would be charged separately.

He called Wei Ting’s soul out from the "Purple Qi Coming From the East" Scroll. The Qingfeng Hall Master first discussed with his beloved disciple whether he was willing to revive using this corpse. Once everything was agreed on, he sincerely asked Mr. Jiang to perform his divine technique and promised a great reward.

Jiang Yuan had just ransacked Snow Cloud Valley tonight and was so rich he could practically drip oil; he didn’t care about so-called great rewards. What he wanted was simply for the entire Qingfeng Hall to be willing to bring all of their people to work in the Divine Mountain repairing the city ruins—that was better than anything!

The System still had the task hanging there.

He was really looking forward to seeing what the repaired Divine Mountain and Turquoise Pool would look like after all the tasks were completed!

"First swallow this soul-nourishing Elixir. The more damaged your soul is, the easier it is for the revival to fail." Jiang Yuan took out an ordinary Soul Nourishing Pill and handed it over.

Wei Ting’s half-transparent soul thanked him, took it with both hands, then wrapped the Elixir with his soul and slowly devoured it, stabilizing himself.

The ten Sect Leaders didn’t even dare breathe loudly. They looked at Wei Ting, then at that indestructible corpse, all extremely curious what the next step would be—could it be that he would just forcefully stuff the soul inside?

After clicking the latch open and lifting the crystal coffin, Jiang Yuan glanced at the body and reminded them, "This body’s preservation is quite good, but after all it’s a corpse that’s been long dead. The Spirit Root within has already withered and shattered. What was Wei Ting’s Spirit Root in life?"

Hearing that the Spirit Root was broken, the Qingfeng Hall Master’s face turned green.

Even if his Direct Disciple revived using this body, without a Spirit Root he wouldn’t be able to do Cultivation! He’d finally come back to life only to live as a Mortal for a mere hundred years, still having to go through birth, aging, sickness, and death—how tragic was that!

"Disciple... had a Metal Spirit Root in life..." Wei Ting also trembled slightly. For a once-in-a-generation prodigy, not being able to cultivate was worse than just dying outright.

Yet among the many senior brothers and sisters who died unjustly in the Scroll, he was the one chosen for borrowing a corpse to revive the soul. It must have been a chance his master fought hard to obtain.

If he gave it up, where would that leave his master’s wholehearted kindness?

"Metal Spirit Root is no problem!" Jiang Yuan rummaged through his inventory, then grinned from ear to ear. "You’re lucky—I still have a treasured supreme-grade Metal Spirit Root.