Chapter 103: Soul-Confusing Sorcery

  Zhong felt as if he had a very long dream, in which he seemed to have returned to his childhood again, with the pampering of his father and the doting of his mother, making him feel the warmth that had been absent for so long once more.

  Then, the cruel bailiffs and the sinister officials once again ruthlessly destroyed his home and took away his parents. The helplessness, the terror, and the heart-wrenching pain descended upon him once more, even more fiercely than before; for back then he was still young and didn't fully understand what it meant.

  Then, the tragic experiences of wandering the streets reappeared before his eyes: hunger, cold, ferocious wild dogs, ruthless shopkeepers, and those beggars who snatched away the little food he had. Endless coldness and helplessness surrounded him.

  Suddenly a familiar yet strange figure appeared in his dream, sympathizing with him, helping him and encouraging him.

  In his dream, Zhong Hui was like a drowning man, desperately trying to grasp the only figure that could bring him warmth and hope. However, this figure seemed elusive, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch it, nor could he see it clearly. He became more and more anxious, feeling as though he couldn't leave it behind, as if even his loving parents in memory were not as important to him as this person.

  Finally, the figure stopped in front of him, and the blurry silhouette gradually became clear. The tall and straight body, the cold and handsome face, and the cyan Taoist robe all made Zhong Hui feel more at ease and satisfied than ever before.

  Suddenly, Zhong felt the dream was about to wake up, no, he didn't want to wake up, he struggled and shouted; but he couldn't resist leaving that dream, the warm and hopeful figure disappeared.

  Zhong shut his eyes tightly, and that cold reality had never made him feel so fearful at this moment.

  "Zhong Hui." A familiar yet strange voice reached his ears; his body trembled, was it really him? What if it's an illusion. Zhong Hui hesitated, he didn't dare open his eyes, afraid that when he opened them, there would be nothing in front of him!

  "Zhong Hui." When this voice reached Zhong Hui's ears again, he recklessly opened his eyes; it was him! It really was him, right in front of him, with a cold and handsome face, a majestic physique, wearing a green Taoist robe.

  Zhong Hui only felt his heart was about to burst with joy. But immediately, a wave of endless grievances surged up in his mind. He threw himself at his feet, hugged his legs and wailed loudly, as if he wanted to cry out all the grievances he had suffered over the years.

  Zhou Ji looked at the scene in front of him, his soul almost flying out. Seeing Xiao Ziyang turn around to look at him, he subconsciously wanted to turn his head to avoid, but only saw a blue light flash through Xiao Ziyang's eyes, and then he knew nothing.

  When he woke up, he only felt that Xiao Ziyang had become the closest person in this world. Even if Xiao Ziyang asked him to die immediately, he wouldn't have any hesitation...

  The blue light that flashed in Xiao Ziyang's eyes was a technique called "Mihun Shu" from the book "Minghuo Jue" he obtained from Xie Qingcang in Taifu Mountain, which is a second-level technique.

  The spells recorded in "Minghuo Jue" mostly require unique Minghuo abilities to activate, but this Soul-Confusing Technique is not limited by the type of ability, as long as one's divine thoughts are strong enough, they can cultivate it.

  The Soul-Confusing Technique was a second-tier spell. At first, Xiao Ziyang, who had been driven mad by the two first-tier spells "Invisible Slash" and "Invisible Escape", didn't even dare to try this second-tier spell.

  Until he was about to leave Nanba County, he felt that this magic was very useful for his revenge, so he tried to practice it with a lucky heart. As a result, he succeeded in one try without any difficulty and found it much simpler than the invisible slash.

  Was it because Xiao Ziyang's mental strength had become exceptionally powerful after cultivating the Clear Mind and Refine Spirit Mantra? Or was it due to the unusually complex magic within the Violet Jade Smoke? Without a second, unrestricted second-tier spell experiment, he couldn't know for sure.

  The Soul-Controlling Technique is a domineering and bizarre art. To cultivate this technique, the practitioner's mental energy must be twenty times stronger than that of an ordinary person. If an ordinary cultivator without any special talent in terms of mental energy wants to achieve such strong mental energy, they would have to reach the fifth layer of the Qi Refining stage, the Pure Law phase.

  When casting this spell, first use the Soul-destroying Divine Light to destroy the enemy's will to resist, then draw out the weaknesses in their heart and soul, expand on them, and finally, at the moment when the recipient's heart is most vulnerable, imprint the information that the caster wants to leave on their heart.

  After that, the recipient will act according to the information left by the spellcaster after waking up, and no matter what information the spellcaster leaves, the recipient will think it is reasonable and act firmly and unswervingly until death.

  According to the "Ming Huo Jue", in ancient times, the Soul Confusion Technique once wreaked havoc in the Xianxia world. The cultivator who created this technique caused a bloody storm among low-level cultivators with it.

  The Soul-Confusing Technique is useless against high-ranking cultivators, but for those below the Nascent Soul stage who are unguarded, it's extremely easy to fall prey.

  At that time, the monk who created this technique had already controlled hundreds of low-ranking monks when the East Window incident broke out. What's even more frightening is that at that time, he had already spread this evil technique outward.

  This incident shook the cultivation world, and low-level cultivators were in a state of panic, unable to trust each other anymore.

  Later, several major sects in the Xianxia world jointly studied this technique and finally created a special technique to break it, which was made public, calming down the storm.

  The spell to break the Soul Confusion Technique is called the Mind Stabilizing Technique, a first-class spell that is simple and easy to practice. Once mastered, one no longer needs to fear being affected by the Soul Confusion Technique. Even if one is affected by it, as long as they cultivate the Mind Stabilizing Technique, they will immediately regain consciousness.

  Since then, this calming technique has become a compulsory skill for every cultivator.

  As the prevalence of calming techniques and the attitude of the immortal world towards those evil cultivators who harm cultivators with soul-mixing techniques, the once-dreaded soul-mixing technique has become a useless technique that can only be used on ordinary people.

  Ding Xin Shu is recorded in both "Wu Xing Dao Shu Chu Jie" and "Ming Huo Jue", but for some reason, it is not included in "Zi Yu Sheng Yan".

  Xiao Ziyang used the Soul-Confusing Technique on these two rascals, merely because he was momentarily inspired to test its power.

  The legendary Soul-Controlling Technique was indeed unparalleled and did not disappoint him.

  However, since these two damned thieves have already been controlled by themselves, Xiao Ziyang naturally did not need to kill the two.

  He had originally planned to let Zhou Ji take himself to the carriage company and then abandon the two, but looking at Zhong Hui's eyes, which had been shining with a lonely and fierce light like a hungry wolf just now, were now looking at him like a small dog, couldn't help but laugh, and an evil idea rose in his mind.