After discussing with Old Lin, Li Chonglou's consciousness also retreated to reality.
What happened just now seemed to have taken a long time, but in the outside world, only a few seconds had passed. Li Chonglou hadn't noticed this characteristic yet, but it didn't stop him from taking action.
"Don't move yet."
Li Chonglou said softly, then walked towards Hua Zi.
Although the latter looked bewildered, his life had always been in the hands of others, so he could only comply.
Li Chonglou walked within half a meter of him, then suddenly raised his hand and pressed it on his Tianling Gai.
A sense of mortal danger instantly surged from the depths of Hua Zi's heart. He thought Li Chonglou was going to silence him. A deep despair instantly spread in his heart, and then he closed his eyes in despair.
If you're going to do it, at least make it quick!
However, the next second, he heard Li Chonglou's voice.
"If you don't want to die, give up all resistance. No matter what happens later, don't try to resist! I'll only say this once."
Although the voice was somewhat indifferent, the content rekindled a spark of hope within his heart!
He doesn't intend to kill me?
The strong contrast made Hua Zi instinctively do as Li Chonglou said, placing his whole body in a relaxed state.
After a while, he felt a mysterious power entering his head from Li Chonglou's palm, and this power felt very familiar.
"This is, a remnant soul?"
As a half-cultivator, he was no stranger to soul energy. The Heavenly Eye he opened was also developed through research on remnant souls.
As soon as Old Lin entered his head, Hua Zi instantly captured his figure.
It was at this moment that his face changed dramatically.
"No, this is not a remnant soul!"
This is a complete soul!
A strange, complete soul entering his body, the consequences of which could be imagined by anyone!
However, Old Lin was indeed an old hand. In the blink of an eye that Hua Zi was stunned, he had already skillfully entered a wisp of the sea of consciousness.
In that vast white space, Hua Zi stared at the suddenly appearing body, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Of course, this was just his instinctive feeling; there was no physical fluid in the sea of consciousness.
What terrified him even more was what happened next. Old Lin merely glanced at him coldly, then suddenly opened his hands, his whole body vaporizing and emitting white light.
The white light first appeared at the edges of his body and then gradually expanded inward, the entire process looking as if Old Lin was suddenly evaporating or disappearing.
Hua Zi had never seen such a maneuver before, but after all, this was his own territory. His instinct told him that he was not disappearing.
"He's trying to merge into my sea of consciousness, he wants to take over my body!"
Just as Old Lin was halfway through vaporizing, Hua Zi suddenly reacted and shouted anxiously, "No!"
All his willpower was mobilized. The previously calm white world was suddenly hit by violent storms and turbulent waves. The visible space even became distorted!
This was a sign of the sea of consciousness nearing its limit. All energy was converging towards Old Lin's position, as if intending to eliminate or expel him from this world!
But Old Lin's fusion was already halfway done. He could now be considered one with this sea of consciousness. If it were to reach that point, it would be like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred for Hua Zi!
This was not why he had come here.
Old Lin spoke at the opportune moment, "Don't get agitated. I won't take your body. As long as you follow Little Li's arrangements and complete the task, I will naturally leave."
Hua Zi didn't react at first, but when he truly used all his consciousness to attack the part that Old Lin was merging with, the soul-piercing pain instantly sobered him up!
In reality, from the moment Hua Zi closed his eyes until he started to tremble all over, the entire process took less than ten seconds. Li Chonglou had already retracted his hand and stood aside, awaiting the outcome.
Hua Zi, who had been trembling for a while, suddenly opened his eyes, his face pale. He staggered back a few steps, his eyes filled with terror.
Hua Zi's head snapped up, and he stared at Li Chonglou, "What exactly do you want to do!"
Li Chonglou said calmly, "Didn't we just agree? This is my solution."
For the first time, a trace of fear flickered in Hua Zi's eyes. Even when he first encountered Li Chonglou and thought he was going to die, he had never shown such an emotion!
This person's methods were too terrifying! How did he possess a complete soul? And it seemed to obey his commands perfectly?
Who exactly was he!
Hua Zi stared intently at Li Chonglou, unable to recover for a long time.
The sea of consciousness was something every cultivator knew existed, but they mostly only knew about it. Few had ever truly experienced it.
What had just happened had not only shocked him with the soul, but also with his own sea of consciousness, which Hua Zi was seeing for the first time!
With all these things beyond his comprehension piled together, Hua Zi was frozen there largely because his brain had crashed. Li Chonglou didn't rush to speak.
It was only when Hua Zi had managed to somewhat accept reality that he asked, "Who are you, and how did you do it?"
Two questions from the soul, but Li Chonglou did not answer.
He had no obligation to answer these. He only said calmly, "If there are no other questions, then hurry up and act. I can't guarantee how long he can remain calm."
Hua Zi's heart clenched, "What do you mean!"
"Literally."
Hua Zi fell silent. Recalling Li Chonglou's previous behavior, he had no doubt that the latter would do anything.
However, since things had come to this point, Hua Zi quickly forced himself to calm down.
"Then, before we act, let's settle the compensation first."
Li Chonglou nodded, "How about adding this snake gallop? These are the only two things I can give you right now."
The treasure yet to be picked and the snake gallop in his hand were what Li Chonglou could offer as compensation at this moment.
As for the four orbs he obtained from Wei En, if they were not a set of equipment, he could have given away two. But after listening to Wei En, he had no intention of giving these four to anyone else.
Coincidentally, Chen Pao, Eagle Eyes, and the others were also four people. One item each would definitely elevate their team's strength by another level!
However, to his surprise, Hua Zi shook his head and refused.
"I don't want the snake gallop."
Li Chonglou's brow furrowed. What he had left now were the four orbs, but he truly had no intention of parting with them.
Even by forceful means!
"I want a favor from you."
Li Chonglou's expression froze.
"What?"