The more than ten thoughts of Ying An that had possessed Cai Die, after leaving the Purple Orchid House, did not return to the Qin State Assembly Hall at all. Instead, they appeared directly in a small alley not far from the Purple Orchid House.
Under the moonlight, a figure loomed in the dim alley.
This figure had long, pale hair and wore armor with countless scratches, as if it had endured countless fierce battles.
Its eyes were covered by a black cloth strip, making them impossible to see.
In its hand, a longsword, though shattered into countless fragments, stubbornly maintained its sword-like form under an invisible force.
If Han Fei were here, he would instantly recognize this figure as none other than the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, who had protected him several times!
Reverse Scale, with its eyes covered, stared intently in the direction of Purple Orchid House, as if waiting for something.
A gust of cold wind swept over.
At this instant, Reverse Scale seemed to be stimulated by something; sword energy instantly surged around its body, and it charged directly towards the cold wind.
Just as Reverse Scale was about to collide with the cold wind, the moonlight pouring down from the sky gathered like flowing water.
In an instant, it condensed into a majestic Buddha statue.
This Bodhisattva statue was incredibly mighty, with one foot stepping on a five-clawed, two-horned golden dragon and the other on a white elephant.
Its entire body was rippling with muscles; although it held no weapons, its fists were tightly clenched, striking a posture of a sudden, powerful punch.
Its imposing aura seemed to embody all the might in the world.
The moment this Bodhisattva statue condensed, Reverse Scale, which had charged over, instantly scattered and flew backward like smoke in front of a powerful fan.
Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Contemplation!
As Ying An raised his fusion level to the Ghost Immortal Realm, he gained access to more inheritances.
For instance, what Ying An was now performing was the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Contemplation, the supreme technique within the Great Chan Temple of the Yang God World.
This was one of the very few scriptures that allowed for dual cultivation of both soul and martial arts.
The Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva, once condensed, combined the immense power of dragons and elephants, making it incredibly mighty, strong, and boundless in strength.
It was both an unparalleled visualization for soul combat and an unmatched martial art for physical combat.
Just by condensing the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva with dozens of thoughts, Ying An instantly scattered the Reverse Scale Sword Soul's first wave of attack.
This clearly showed how formidable the Yang God World was in soul cultivation.
With his soul condensed into the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva statue, Ying An gazed at the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, which was about to reform in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "So that's it, you are actually a deity!"
Yes!
The reason Ying An suddenly left Cai Die's body just now was because he sensed the Reverse Scale Sword Soul's unique soul fluctuations.
However, when Ying An personally appeared before the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, he was surprised to discover that the Reverse Scale Sword Soul was not a Ghost Immortal Realm soul as he had initially thought, but a deity formed through a rather complex process.
On the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, Ying An felt a few peculiar thought fluctuations belonging to soul cultivators, but more predominantly, he sensed thoughts of incense and faith.
It could be said that the Reverse Scale Sword Soul's ability to endure was not due to the strength of its soul, but because incense and faith provided the support for its continued existence in the world.
Unfortunately, what made it would also break it.
Due to its long-term existence and the necessity of absorbing incense and faith, the Reverse Scale Sword Soul's essence had become thoroughly muddled.
Even its original nature had become lost within the incense and faith.
Essentially, the former Reverse Scale might indeed have been a rare existence in the Qin World that enhanced its own soul power, and its realm might not have been much inferior to a Ghost Immortal.
But for some unknown reason, after losing its physical body, it had no choice but to attach itself to the Reverse Scale Sword.
The Reverse Scale Sword was like a deity's statue, becoming Reverse Scale's vessel.
This also prevented the Reverse Scale Sword Soul from existing for extended periods in the Qin World; once it appeared, it would inevitably be accompanied by the phenomenon of soul dissipation.
The black mist-like substance floating around its body was a manifestation of the Reverse Scale Sword Soul's soul leaking away.
Once it separated from the Reverse Scale Sword Soul for too long, its power would continuously drain, its thoughts would weaken, eventually leading to its demise.
Even with its soul contaminated by the incense of Xianyang, the instinct for survival led the Reverse Scale Sword Soul to find a very unique path: attaching itself to other powerful soul realm existences.
For example… Han Fei!
That's right!
The reason Ying An felt that Han Fei's soul realm was powerful, yet unlike other experts of the Hundred Schools, his realm improvement did not necessarily bring a corresponding increase in power, was because of this.
One must know that a powerful soul and intellect, even without prior exposure to martial arts cultivation, can lead to self-taught mastery.
Even Huang Chang, who compiled the Daoist Canon in Huang Rong's world within the Chat Group, was able to comprehend the Daoist teachings of the world without a teacher through years of meticulous proofreading, ultimately creating the Nine Yin Manual.
There was no reason why Han Fei, who would go down in history as a great master of the Legalist School among the Hundred Schools of Thought, remained a powerless scholar in the martial arts-prosperous Qin World.
The true cause of all this was none other than the Reverse Scale Sword Soul.
Its presence, while making Han Fei incredibly intelligent, prevented his soul power from passively increasing.
Even if he comprehended something in the ethereal, he couldn't convert what he understood into accumulated power.
It was precisely because Han Fei, this great master of the Legalist School, served as a host-like existence that the Reverse Scale Sword Soul was able to display its power, which was so out of place in the entire Qin World.
Unfortunately, at this moment, Reverse Scale had encountered Ying An, the unique soul cultivator in the Qin World, and one who had already stepped into the Ghost Immortal Realm!
In a single encounter, Reverse Scale's trump card had been almost completely seen through by Ying An.
Unaware that he had been completely seen through by Ying An, the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, after being scattered by the power of the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva condensed by Ying An's thoughts, reformed again but did not rashly charge over.
Instead, holding the Reverse Scale Sword, it seemed to fall into hesitation.
By observing the number of times the Reverse Scale Sword Soul appeared, it's not difficult to deduce that each appearance was due to Han Fei facing a life-or-death crisis.
And this time, Ying An's thoughts had already left Purple Orchid House, insufficient to threaten Han Fei's safety.
Perhaps this was also why the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, after testing an attack on Ying An once, remained still.
However, the Reverse Scale Sword Soul's decision not to attack again did not mean Ying An would let it go.
After all, an existence like the Reverse Scale Sword Soul, which could be said to have pioneered another path of cultivation in the Qin World, even if it had gone astray and lost its self-awareness in the incense and faith, still held immense value for Ying An.