Chapter 1567: Chapter 985: Great Fortune_2

However, even so.

The deterrent power brought by a truly powerful Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator is not something an ordinary Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator can compare to.

And He Song, relying on the corpse of someone whose strength in life had already reached the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm,

could refine a Nascent Soul Puppet whose base strength matched that of a typical Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator.

If He Song were fortunate enough,

he could undoubtedly use the corpse of someone who had reached Nascent Soul Perfection in life to add a powerful Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator to his forces.

And when we speak of “powerful” here, it might even surpass those with extraordinary strength within the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm.

After all,

when He Song uses the Spiritual Artifact Refining Puppet Skill to create a Nascent Soul Puppet, he has consistently surpassed minor realms in the past.

With good fortune, He Song could refine the corpse of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator into a puppet that reaches late-stage Nascent Soul power.

Qing Feng and Ye He are prime examples.

Thus, if He Song were to refine the corpse of someone who had reached Nascent Soul Perfection during their lifetime into a puppet,

if luck were on his side, the Nascent Soul Puppet he crafted could possess incredibly shocking strength.

It might even reach the level of crushing late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

After all, if a Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator were to ascend a minor realm further, they would indeed gain crushing power against late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

At that point,

the puppet’s strength would far exceed even the mightiest Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivators.

And under such circumstances,

slaying those two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators would naturally leave He Song with nothing more than gaining their corpses to refine into puppets as an advantage.

What’s more, should He Song truly refine those two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators into puppets,

he would at most obtain two additional puppets at the power level of a Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator.

Though such puppets are indeed powerful,

for the present-day He Song, they are not quite so indispensable.

Currently,

He Song already possesses Qing Feng, a puppet whose strength has reached Nascent Soul Perfection.

Afterward, He Song might even have another puppet at the Nascent Soul Perfection level, or perhaps even stronger.

With these two formidable puppets at his disposal,

He Song’s own power is already terrifyingly vast.

Adding more powerful puppets could significantly boost He Song’s strength, but it would also bring its own problems.

Two strongholds,

or even one powerful Nascent Soul Upper Sect, would not be so easily dealt with.

While He Song’s current strength ensures he wouldn’t fear them, such matters would indeed become considerably troublesome.

Of course,

the primary reason lies elsewhere.

According to He Song’s investigations,

these two Nascent Soul Upper Sects may be mortal enemies, but they have each made great contributions to fighting against diabolism.

Thus, knowing the tendencies of these two Sects and understanding that neither is wholly villainous,

He Song naturally developed a certain fondness for the Nascent Soul cultivators within the two Sects.

The Sect is like this.

The Nascent Soul cultivators within the Sect are likely honorable individuals.

In such a scenario, after careful consideration, He Song ultimately decided to let the two cultivators go,

rather than killing them outright or sparing one and slaying the other.

After all,

He Song held no deep grudges against them.

Moreover, the Sects they belonged to had also made significant contributions in resisting diabolism.

These two might very well become key fighters against diabolism in the future.

In such a situation, if He Song were to kill them here and now,

how would his actions differ from those of a Demonic Cultivator?

With such thoughts flashing across his mind,

following a moment of reflection, He Song quickly dismissed the Xuanyang Ice Soul Array. Under their surprised gazes, he left the scene with Xianyun and Ye He.

Yet, with He Song’s departure,

the two cultivators, who had been locked in fierce combat, also ceased fighting. Instead, they left separately.

Similarly, Qing Feng, Xianyun, and Ye He, He Song’s three Nascent Soul Puppets, soon returned to the Nine Abysses Ruins Array where He Song resided.

They delivered all the treasures acquired on this occasion directly into He Song’s hands.

The entire lifetime’s wealth of a Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator,

along with a corpse at Nascent Soul Perfection,

comprised the spoils of He Song’s venture.

The gains were monumental.

Even He Song, as calm as he had become, couldn’t help but feel gratified upon realizing the scale of his harvest.

Furthermore, this opportunity had resulted in no loose ends for He Song to handle.

He had obtained so many resources and treasures without spilling a single drop of blood.

Such outcomes made He Song begin to reevaluate his perspective on destiny.

Previously,

He Song always believed that encountering such Nascent Soul Cave Abodes would inevitably lead to life-and-death struggles with other Nascent Soul cultivators.

But to his surprise,

this time broke such assumptions entirely.

In this contest, while He Song did encounter several Nascent Soul cultivators,

most of them fled without hesitation upon seeing Qing Feng, Xianyun, and Ye He arrive together.

Even the final two opponents refrained from fighting rashly when they saw the trio.

Of course, this was also because He Song had set up the Xuanyang Ice Soul Array afterward,

allowing him to secure all the opportunities within the cave abode without injury.

Nevertheless, it still vividly demonstrated He Song’s formidable strength,

as the mere appearance of his three Nascent Soul Puppets could drive most solitary Nascent Soul cultivators to immediate retreat.

Even for the occasional tough adversary, He Song could completely rely on the Xuanyang Ice Soul Array to claim the opportunities without breaking a sweat.

In fact, even without deploying the Xuanyang Ice Soul Array,

Qing Feng, Xianyun, and Ye He alone might have been sufficient to secure the majority of the treasures with ease.

In retrospect,

opportunities where he didn’t have to lift a finger and could simply intimidate others into submission felt akin to picking up money off the ground.

Of course,

the reason He Song could obtain these opportunities so effortlessly

lay primarily in his overwhelming strength.

With Qingfeng, Mingyue, and Xianyun, three Nascent Soul Puppets with the capability to slay Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivators,

it was only natural for He Song to secure these rewards with ease.

For other cultivators, things wouldn’t be so simple.

Lurking on the verge of death would be a commonplace experience,

and escaping with one’s life against all odds would be the usual outcome.

This starkly reflected the advantage He Song held through sheer power.

If he hadn’t reached his current level of strength,

and had instead pursued such opportunities during his Foundation Establishment or Golden Elixir stages,

his fate would likely have been none other than narrowly escaping death.

As fleeting thoughts raced through his mind,

He Song suddenly felt a sense of movement within himself.

This tremendous opportunity now lay safely in his storage bag, yet had not been fully tapped or explored.

The Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator’s corpse he had acquired had yet to be refined into a puppet.

The abundant resources he had gained were still untouched, waiting to be traded for those he urgently needed.

As such,

when this realization struck He Song,

and he reviewed his recent achievements,

he immediately found himself itching to convert all these gains into resources for his own cultivation.

Nonetheless, He Song was not in a hurry.

With those items securely within his storage bag, there was no risk of losing them to theft.

After indulging in his thoughts for a moment and quietly marveling at the turn of events,

He Song began to methodically take action.

With his movements,

the many treasures He Song had seized from the Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator’s cave abode appeared before him.

How much wealth could a Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator accumulate in a lifetime?

He Song had never pondered this before.

But as He Song began to empty his storage bag,

a mountain of resources piled up before him in no time.

And even with this mountain of riches on display, the total wealth of the Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator had yet to be fully unloaded from He Song’s storage bag.