Chapter 4: The Land of Inheritance (Part 2)

Elder Shuai said, “Good, but quickly. I can only hold him in place for a short time… Hold!” The Dingkuo Pearl suddenly flew up, hovering above Guo Shier’s head and emitting countless tiny talismanic lights. With Elder Shuai’s command, the soul body trembled violently, and its chaotic movements suddenly calmed down.
Luo Jie exclaimed in joy, “Great!”
Snap… Boom!
The defensive talismanic shield shattered instantly, and the Soul Fire surged in, engulfing the soul body. The soul body let out a deafening roar. Soul burning was cruel; Luo Jie had no intention of preserving any of its memories. As the Soul Fire burned, he erased all of its memories.
Soon, the roar ceased. Luo Jie pulled the soul body out of the altar. Smiling, he said, “It’s done… I now have a sacrificial spirit too.”
But this sacrificial spirit was far inferior to Elder Shuai’s, as it was an unconscious one that could only act according to its master’s commands—completely uncomparable to Elder Shuai. Although Elder Shuai was weaker, he took initiative and offered many suggestions to his master.
As the soul body left, the entire altar began to collapse. After being scorched by the Soul Fire, no altar could survive.
Guo Shier said, “Uncle Eagle Demon, Uncle Luo, Nanyou—let me help you create a sacrificial spirit.”
Chen Tianyao watched them with envy. He didn’t have the ability to extract souls from altars. Extracting a soul body required special methods, something ordinary altar practitioners could hardly achieve.
Eagle Demon and the others understood the advantages of sacrificial spirits well and cheered happily.
Guo Shier said, “Masters, don’t rush. Wait until I extract the soul before destroying the altar.”
Luo Jie smiled. He always doted on this young disciple.
After selecting a suitable altar, Guo Shier flew up and extended countless tentacles from beneath it, piercing straight into the altar. Unlike that eight-layer altar, the soul inside was much weaker and in a state of soul slumber, unaware of what was happening outside. Inheritance also occurred unconsciously.
So when Gu Xi Bi’s tentacles pierced the altar, the soul body inside remained confused. It wasn’t until the tentacles touched it that the soul body woke up under their stimulation. When pulled out, it roared furiously in anger—just like someone who is sound asleep in bed and is suddenly dragged outside without reason. No one would want that, nor would anyone stay calm.

But it was useless for the soul entity to get angry—the tentacles of Guxi Bi were its deadly weapons, with extremely powerful abilities to restrain and lock down. Although the soul entity struggled desperately to retreat back into the altar, Guxi Bi, under the command of the handsome old man, still pulled it out forcefully. Countless tentacles wrapped around the soul entity. Only then did everyone realize just how powerful the soul entity from the eight-layer altar was; this one was clearly far inferior. The massive soul entity was gradually compressed. Guo Shier said, “Uncle Eagle Demon, get ready! Catch it!” After being compressed by Guxi Bi’s tentacles and further constrained by the old man’s spells, the soul entity became confused and was compressed into a small soul bead. This was different from the soul beads they usually used for absorption—it was a soul bead containing the entire soul entity, with all the qualities of a sacrificial spirit. Eagle Demon was overjoyed; he raised his hand to catch the soul bead and then pressed it against the top of the altar, storing it inside. Guo Shier knew this was just the beginning. Only when Eagle Demon had time later could he truly refine this soul bead and transform the soul entity into a sacrificial spirit—there was still a lot of work to be done in between. Luo Jie said, “That’s good. Nan Shan, you should find a target too. Hehe, it’s not easy to get a sacrificial spirit.” Qi Nan Shan asked, “Chen Tianyao, are there any other powerful altars here?” Chen Tianyao replied, “Yes, there is one left by a professional from a six-layer altar, over here…” Although he was envious, he didn’t dare say too much, as he was still under Luo Jie’s control. Guo Shier said, “Let’s find another altar to give Uncle Luo a sacrificial spirit, hehe.” The four of them searched excitedly throughout Qingdao City for inheritance altars. Most of the professionals in Qingdao City had left, with a few hiding in their rooms too afraid to go out, while countless talismans flew around in the air. Soon, Guo Shier and the others found an altar. Luo Zhan recognized it at a glance and said, “It’s this one!” Nan Youqi asked, “Why this one? It doesn’t seem special at all.” Luo Zhan replied, “I just like it…” It was a stupid answer, but if you liked something, it seemed fine—just like a turtle liking mung beans; there was nothing much to say. Nan You said, “Alright, alright. It’s not mine anyway.”

Guo Shier also wasted no time. He immediately took control of the altar and used the tentacles of Gu Xi Bi to trap the soul entity, forming a soul bead before throwing it to Luo Zhan. He said, “Nanyou, it’s your turn. Hehe, pick one yourself. This inheritance altar here is really good—not a single scratch on it, hehe.” He was extremely excited. Just like the handsome old man, once Nanyou obtained a sacrificial spirit as well, all the other soul entities would belong to him.

The handsome old man was thrilled. Once he devoured the soul entity in the inheritance altar, he could fully restore his own soul, and his strength might increase again.

Nanyou said, “Shier, I’ve already picked out an altar. I’ll take you there.”

The group followed him and flew over. It was a green altar, seemingly an ordinary inheritance altar. Guo Shier wondered, “Do you want the soul in this altar?”

Nanyou nodded vigorously and said, “I like this altar!”

Guo Shier looked at him speechlessly before saying after a long pause, “You all talk in the same way. Fine, let’s go with this one.” He quickly activated Gu Xi Bi to extract the soul from the altar, seal and compress it into a soul bead, and then throw it to Nanyou—his movements were smooth and extremely skilled.

Nanyou joked, “You can even sell sacrificial spirits now!”

Guo Shier was stunned for a moment before suddenly exclaiming, “That’s right! This stuff is rare—hard to even find. Great idea, great idea…” He leaped up from the altar. Sacrificial spirits were even rarer than the most precious materials.

The handsome old man shouted, “No! That won’t do… If they all become sacrificial spirits, what will I eat?”

Guo Shier said, “There are many altars… Let’s divide them up. You take some, help me collect some, hehe. We can exchange these for materials—it’s a great deal.” Among them, excluding Luo Jie and Qi Nanshan—who were soul altars and whose sacrificial spirits weren’t very useful—everyone else didn’t have any sacrificial spirits. It was evident just how rare they were among altar practitioners.

Hearing that he would get half of the soul entities, the handsome old man stopped complaining immediately. He said, “Hurry up, go first and collect them before dividing.” He knew there was plenty of time, so he wanted to seize the opportunity right away.

Guo Shier said, “Uncle Eagle Demon, stay with me. Uncle Luo, Nanyou, you go look for the warehouses here and see if there’s anything valuable. If not, just set them on fire.”

Luo Zhan and Nanyou replied cheerfully, “Okay!” The two immediately flew off to search for valuable items.

Guo Shier and Eagle Demon flew toward another inheritance altar. Guo Shier said, “Uncle Eagle Demon, keep watch.”

Eagle Demon smiled and said, “No problem, go ahead and do it.”
Guo Shier felt utterly confused—what did “go ahead and do it” mean? He shouted, “Elder Hero, let’s get started!”
Elder Hero replied, “Let’s do it!”
Guo Shier shook his head in silence. He flew the altar above the Heritage Altar and gritted his teeth, saying, “Let’s do it!” After a pause, he added, “Do it to the fullest!” Eagle Demon couldn’t help but laugh. Though he didn’t understand why Guo Shier was so determined, he knew the guy was actually thrilled inside.
The tentacles of Gu Xi Bi descended and pierced into the altar. In less than half a minute, it dealt with the soul entity inside and condensed it into a soul bead. This kind of soul bead was different from those used to strengthen souls—it contained a curled-up soul, a mass of human form like an unborn baby, with layers of talismanic light flickering on its surface.
After taking a quick look, Guo Shier tossed it satisfactorily onto the top of the altar, where it was immediately collected by Elder Hero.
They searched through about twenty altars and obtained over twenty special soul beads. Guo Shier said, “That’s enough, Elder Hero. With these soul beads that can be transformed into sacrificial spirits, we can exchange for many valuable things. You take care of the remaining altars.”
Elder Hero was overjoyed. With less than half of the altars processed, there were still enough left for him to use. He said, “Good, let’s go!”
Eagle Demon flew up with Guo Shier. He said, “It’s strange. Such an important place, yet the Gu Mi family didn’t send any strong troops to guard it. It’s unbelievable.”
Guo Shier was in high spirits. He said, “They didn’t have time… With too few people, they can’t defeat us. With too many, we’ll just leave. Hehe, what can they do?”
Eagle Demon said, “The land of inheritance… Hehe, we’ve destroyed their land of inheritance. Won’t the people of the Gu Mi family go crazy?”
Guo Shier laughed and said, “Go crazy? Haha, I think they should spit blood and die!” He didn’t expect half of what he said to come true. After hearing the news, the head of the Gu Mi family indeed spat blood from anger, but he didn’t die from it.
Eagle Demon shook his head and said, “If it were my family, I might go crazy. I guess they’ll come for revenge soon.”
Guo Shier said, “To retaliate, they need strength. If they don’t have the ability… Hmph, let’s see what they can do.”

The extracted soul entities were devoured one by one by the handsome old man. Soon, he could no longer swallow them, so he had to continue forming soul beads. The handsome old man’s soul entity was now indistinguishable from a living person; without close inspection, it was impossible to tell it was a soul entity. Having just devoured more than a dozen soul entities, his body was still somewhat unstable, twisting from time to time.
The handsome old man knew that he needed Guo Shier’s soul fluctuations to fully digest what he had acquired. Therefore, he stopped focusing on devouring more soul entities and instead turned to trapping and extracting Guo Shier’s soul entity.
Guo Shier said, “The last altar—hehe, this harvest is really good. It’s much more than what I got in Mixia City.”
Suddenly, the handsome old man said, “This altar is a bit strange!”
Guo Shier asked in surprise, “What? What’s strange about it?”