The atmosphere by the Time Spring suddenly turned somewhat somber.
Ye Ling fell into silence, delaying his reply to Gui Que, which made Gui Que impatient.
Gui Que said in a deep voice, "Boy, what's your situation? I've strengthened your soul, and I've shown you my strength. You're dawdling here, still don't believe me?"
Seeing Gui Que getting angry, Ye Ling immediately collected himself and appeased him, "Senior, please calm your anger. This junior is merely shocked by your strength and cannot extricate himself."
"It is this junior's fortune to be strengthened by Senior. This junior will now allow Senior to possess him."
With that, Ye Ling immediately separated a portion of his strength and merged it into the ground, cleaning up all the corpses in the Ruins of Time. At the same time, he set up rune restrictions deep within his soul to ensure his consciousness would not be breached by Gui Que immediately.
After completing a series of protective measures, Ye Ling walked to the Time Spring, reached his hand into the spring, and said, "Senior, please proceed. I have lifted all spiritual power barriers and will no longer obstruct Senior's possession."
Gui Que, seeing Ye Ling finally put his hand into the spring, said with satisfaction, "That's more like it! Boy, rest assured, after I take you as my disciple, I will never mistreat you. Just follow me, and you'll be fine."
Although Ye Ling scoffed at Gui Que's promise in his heart, he outwardly agreed, "Then Senior will have to take good care of this junior in the future."
"No problem, no problem, it's a small matter!"
Gui Que chuckled, and a large number of bubbles rose from the crimson spring water. Subsequently, several blood vessels emerged from the water, pierced Ye Ling's wrist, and began to input blood into Ye Ling's body.
A large amount of blood surged into Ye Ling's veins from the Time Spring, causing his arm to bulge with veins and his skin to turn purplish-blue.
'This cunning old fox is clearly trying to take over my body, and he's still playing games!'
Ye Ling looked at his purplish-blue wrist and cursed Gui Que in his heart. However, he pretended to be oblivious and asked Gui Que, "Senior, what are you doing?"
Gui Que chuckled, "Don't worry, boy. I've been dormant for too long and cannot directly possess you, so I have to use some special methods. This blood can strengthen your body and will be very beneficial to you."
"This junior understands. Thank you for your kindness, Senior."
While Ye Ling played the role of an innocent lamb to appease Gui Que, he secretly carved ignitable runes on various parts of his body. As soon as Gui Que showed his fangs, he would immediately detonate this body.
Fortunately, the runes were extremely well-hidden. Even if Ye Ling made moves under Gui Que's nose, he wouldn't be discovered. Otherwise, Ye Ling truly didn't know what else he could do to counter the remnant soul of this Creation God.
As for this body that was about to self-detonate, since it was taken over by Ye Ling anyway, he didn't feel any heartache even if it was blown up.
However, Ye Ling also knew that simply detonating his body would at most cause a little damage to Gui Que's remnant soul and would not be able to erase Gui Que.
And without a body, Ye Ling would be even less of a match for Gui Que!
Therefore, if Ye Ling wanted to kill Gui Que, he needed to find another way.
Thus, Ye Ling and Gui Que each harbored their own plans, and time in the Ruins of Time flowed by.
The Time Spring, which had turned crimson, became clear again, and all the bloody water in the pool was injected into Ye Ling's body.
Although Ye Ling's body was greatly strengthened at this moment, he only felt his blood vessels swelling, and intense pain continuously stimulated his nerves, forcing him to collect his thoughts and reduce his control over his body.
And Ye Ling doing so was exactly what Gui Que intended.
At this moment, Gui Que's voice echoed in Ye Ling's mind again, "Boy, I have completely entered your body. You can take your hand out of the Time Spring. As for the pain you're feeling now, it's the necessary pain for body strengthening. Bear with it, it will pass soon."
"This junior understands."
Ye Ling suppressed the surging blood within him, tore off the blood vessels connected to his wrist, and stood up.
Gui Que did not seem to want to fall out with Ye Ling immediately and did not attempt to possess him right away. Instead, he said to Ye Ling, "Alright, boy, I have possessed you. Take me to find Li Xiaomei first. I need to retrieve my body."
Ye Ling replied, "I apologize, Senior. I cannot fulfill your request. Li Xiaomei has already left the Ruins of Time."
What a joke! Li Xiaomei was already dead and gone. Where would he find Li Xiaomei for Gui Que?
"Left the Ruins of Time?" Gui Que was slightly surprised and quickly asked Ye Ling, "Do you know where she went?"
Ye Ling said with a straight face, "Huang took Li Xiaomei outside the domain. Huang said he needed to return to the Void Palace. He didn't tell this junior what he was going to do."
"Return to the Void Palace?"
Gui Que was stunned for a moment, then, as if he had figured something out, he smiled at Ye Ling and said, "I know what they are going to do. They are truly good children, working diligently for me. After I recover my strength, I will definitely reward them handsomely."
"You are also very good, boy. By the way... I still don't know your name?"
"This junior is Wang Li Ren, an operative of the Void Organization."
Ye Ling replied quickly. Although he hadn't figured out what Gui Que understood, it was what he needed now that Gui Que was not suspicious.
Gui Que chuckled, "Wang Li Ren... Not bad, not bad. I've remembered your name. When I recover my strength, you will be my first disciple in this era!"
Ye Ling smiled and agreed, "Then this junior congratulates Senior in advance. I wish Senior a speedy recovery of your body and strength!"
Gui Que laughed heartily, "It seems you are quite sensible, boy. Then I will accept your good wishes. However, I estimate that Huang and Li Xiaomei will not return for some time. You also shouldn't be idle. I will teach you something first. Your current body is too weak, and you are not qualified to be my disciple yet."
Ye Ling naturally knew Gui Que's intentions. However, he also needed time to devise a plan to trap and kill Gui Que. He could only feign delight and say to Gui Que, "Thank you, Senior!"
Gui Que said, "Sit down and meditate here. I will first impart a cultivation technique to you. Cultivate according to this technique to temper your body."
"Yes."
Ye Ling sat down on the spot, and then all the information of a cultivation technique flooded into his mind.
"Soul Devouring Body Tempering Technique..." Ye Ling murmured the name of the technique once and then began to read its specific content.
While Ye Ling was reading the technique, Gui Que continued, "Boy, don't think that this cultivation technique will consume the soul. It can greatly enhance physical strength. If a Chaos Master cultivates this technique, their body strength can be tempered to be comparable to that of a Creation God!"
'Then the soul will become as fragile as that of a mortal child, turning into an idiot, easily possessed by any cultivator.'
Ye Ling muttered to himself. He finally understood that Gui Que, the old fox, intended to use his soul to temper this body.
It was likely that once he mastered the Soul Devouring Body Tempering Technique, Gui Que could erase his soul with just a breath and completely occupy his body.
However, although Gui Que's intentions were extremely malicious, it also allowed Ye Ling to see a glimmer of hope for victory.
Gui Que was currently extremely weak, to the point where he could not seize his soul immediately, which was why Gui Que had to resort to such roundabout methods.
In this regard, Gui Que's previous help in strengthening his soul was likely a pretense to intimidate him.
Gui Que was not as strong as Ye Ling thought!
Moreover, the appearance of the Soul Devouring Body Tempering Technique also gave Ye Ling an idea on how to completely eliminate Gui Que!