The entire North Mountain was shrouded in the dense black fog, like a pool of black stagnant water, without a trace of flipper. Zhang Yan quickly moved to the mountaintop with the crystal lamp, like a white fish wandering in the water, fast and agile.
After a long distance from the mountainside, he finally found the second piece of the anti-soul stone, which was much larger, with the size of a football. He immediately picked it up in ecstasy and continued moving ahead.
The closer he was to the top, the thicker the black fog was and the more the anti-soul stones. Within about an hour, he had already discovered ten pieces of the stone and among them, the smallest was of a size of a football while the biggest had the diameter about one meter. After he felt the stone was enough, he quickly rushed to the top of the mountain under the guidance of the Purifying Lotus.
After another one hour, he reached the top of North Mountain. The Fengdu City was surrounded by mountains, and each of them peaked into the sky. But the North Mountain was covered by thick black fog, so it looked like a black boulder, seen from the outside. As for Zhang Yan, even standing on such a high mountain, he still couldn't see out.
The top of the mountain was a platform. In its center, there was a huge stone, about thirty feet high and ten feet long. It was black with two large words on it- Suppress Souls.
These two words seemed to contain the natural Taosim and Zhang Yan could felt a great pressure on his soul, that he had never met. He tried to take a closer look at this stone, but after only a second, his head was about to explode and his soul was shaking. Without the Purifying Lotus sitting in his Knowledge Ocean, his soul would be sealed by the stone.
He was scared to ask with a lot of sweat, "What is this? Why it possesses such a strong pressure? I feel that my soul energy is going to be swallowed."
The lotus replied with a smile, "It is normal. Even the soul energy of an emperor will be devoured by it, let alone yours. Don't you see the two words 'Suppress Souls'? Are they just decorations?"
"It must be a rare treasure. Is it what you asked me to find on the top? So you must know what it is." asked he.
"Of course I know. it was a stone on the Huangquan Road and was occasionally found by the Reincarnation Emperor. The Emperor felt its power to suppress souls and named it Suppress Souls with his reincarnation energy and immortal skills. Thus, the potential of the stone was fully activated. But it can't be used as a weapon."
It continued, "However at that time, the Emperor had already become an immortal and it was useless for him, so it is said he placed it on the top of the North Mountain to suppress an ancient monster in the Fengu City. I didn't expect this legend to be true."
"So you were not sure there to be a treasure! Then why you still vowed to persuade me?"
"I felt a trace of its message. And now it is exactly in front of you! This is a treasure of an Emperor. Don't you feel lucky?"
Zhang Yan responded helplessly, "So what? I can't even look at it. Is it useful?"
"You have me! I will figure out a method to let you keep it! Then you can bring it to the Huangquan Road and it will protect you from the attacks of any soul."
Its words excited him, "You're right! I will be safer on the Huangquan Road with it. Tell me how can I get it!"