Li Dai possessed a very strong sense of crisis. The murderous sound of the zither instantly triggered her reflexes; she pulled Lei Liushang and the others close, throwing up a spiritual soul-isolation barrier over them and herself to keep everyone safe.
Of course, Li Dai’s spiritual soul-isolation barrier was far from ordinary. She used the soul-isolation technique from *Soul Refining*, which is fundamentally different from the standard divine sense isolation barriers released by ordinary cultivators. A divine sense isolation barrier can block other people's gazes and prying eyes, but it cannot isolate sound. Her spiritual soul-isolation barrier, however, could do just that.
Not only that, but the underlying principles were also entirely different. Much like its name implied, the spiritual soul-isolation barrier required Li Dai to drive her spiritual soul outward using a special set of techniques. As everyone knows, a cultivator's spiritual soul is normally in a solid state, but the moment Li Dai employed the special technique from *Soul Refining*, the surface of her soul would transform from a solid state into a vaporous mist. Although this process caused a bit of pain and minor damage to her soul, this kind of barrier was truly remarkably useful. By releasing those atomized fragments of her soul to form the barrier, she could completely vanish and wipe away her scent and aura down to the absolute nothingness if she so desired. It not only blocked other people's divine sen…
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