I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 234 Suppressing the Starving Ghosts

"You mean there's a powerful hungry ghost outside, so you need to seal it away with that coffin nail?"

"That's good, I hope the teacher will grant my permission!"

Yang Jian glanced at the coffin nails stuck in the ground, holding the mummified corpse's scalp, paper banners, and other items in place. He felt that these things weren't as precious as he had imagined; otherwise, why would his teacher have just casually tossed them on the ground?

"Alright, you can take it!"

Seeing this, Xiao Wuji planted his white bone staff in the ground to suppress the ghosts on the ground, then grabbed them from afar and sucked them up before handing them to Yang Jian.

He had seen these coffin nails before; they were also magical artifacts crafted from "ghosts," but they seemed to be only a part of a ghost, and it appeared to have lost its own consciousness. Just like the ghost shadows he had refined, they were missing a piece.

Although the suppressive power of the coffin nails was strong, a single one was not as powerful as the bone staff in his hand, which is why he gave it up so easily.

"Alright, I'll go out with you and take a look. These coffin nails are extraordinary; if possible, it's best not to waste them!"

He used his staff to lift up the "ghosts," then hoisted the staff onto his shoulder and slowly walked toward the distant gate.

Only when he got close did Yang Jian see clearly what the cane that had just hit him looked like. It was shaped like a human spine, but with many more vertebrae, and was nearly two meters long.

The end of the cane, shaped like a human tailbone, was exceptionally sharp, and several other ghostly figures were impaled on it. The other end was covered with countless branches, and strangely, it resembled a skull from every angle.

After several months, Xiao Wuji finally emerged, only to find himself in an even larger barrier.

"Wow? This guy's pretty strong!"

Xiao Wuji scanned the area with his divine sense and immediately spotted the figure of the main body. However, before he could get a good look, he felt a sharp pain in his divine sense, as if a piece of it had been torn off by something. He exclaimed in surprise, "The Devouring Law?"

Although Yang Jian didn't know what the Devouring Law was, he saw his teacher frowning, which meant he must have suffered a loss. So he immediately told him what he knew.

"Teacher, this starving ghost has four stages, and the rules for killing are different in each stage. Now, she can even devour supernatural power to strengthen herself..."

"Wow! This is incredible!"

After hearing Yang Jian's explanation, Xiao Wuji exclaimed that it was incredible. If Yang Jian could devour other laws, wouldn't he be a perfect "Ancestor of Symbols"?

"Teacher, do you have a way to suppress this evil spirit?" Yang Jian looked at Xiao Wuji with hope. In his opinion, the one who could knock the ghost in his body into silence with a single blow must be a being no weaker than the starving ghost.

"Suppress? I think it's better to just destroy it." In Xiao Wuji's opinion, even he couldn't guarantee that he could suppress this ghost permanently. In comparison, it would be safer to refine it directly.

These words greatly puzzled Yang Jian. "Teacher, aren't ghosts immortal?"

"Immortal? That's only in your eyes!"

Xiao Wuji didn't know how the people of this world dealt with ghosts, but since he had become his disciple, he had to learn how to cultivate!

"Today, your teacher will teach you a lesson!"

"Nothing is immortal. If it is, it's only because you're not strong enough to achieve it!"

With a thought, Xiao Wuji sent the White Bone Staff flying out of his hand. To prevent it from reversing time, space was also distorted at the same time. The moment the White Bone Staff left his hand, the invisible heart fire had already started burning on the hungry ghost.

The White Bone Staff pinned the starving ghost to the ground as expected, and the ghost realm formed by the starving ghost dissipated at the same time.

"Today, I'll show you how to refine a ghost!" Xiao Wuji used spatial laws to teleport the two of them to the hungry ghost's side, then tossed a ball of chaotic fire onto the ghost. He then began refining it while saying:
"What you call ghosts are not real ghosts at all!"

"True ghosts are the souls of all living beings after they die. They have their own instincts and intelligence, and some of them are even no different from ordinary people in terms of intelligence."

"But the kind of ghost you're talking about is entirely formed from the convergence of laws and yin energy. The laws form the skeleton, and the yin energy forms the flesh and blood, the energy. Only in this way can a ghost be created that kills people according to fixed laws be created!"

"Because the laws of the Great Dao have their own operating rules, that's why the way ghosts kill people is so fixed!"

"And yin energy is the energy of ghosts. Only when the energy is greater can the laws exert greater power?"

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some ghosts' rules involve the soul, causing them to develop considerable intelligence!"

"To kill a ghost, you must start from these two points: refine the ghost's yin energy and refine the ghost's laws!"

"Now, I will teach you the first method: refining the yin energy of ghosts!"

Xiao Wuji pointed a finger at Yang Jian's brow, transmitting the portion of the *Xuan Yin Jing* (Scripture of Profound Yin) before the Nascent Soul stage into his mind, and then continued:

“Someone like you can first absorb the yin energy of the ghost within you to cultivate a golden core, and then refine the laws within it.”

"But remember to proceed gradually, otherwise the ghost may easily lose control!"

Ghost controllers like Yang Jian are essentially carrying a "cauldron" with them, allowing them to quickly complete the cultivation process from Qi Refining to Core Formation.

Once he perfects his cultivation technique and preserves the laws of the ghost within his golden core, he can directly master the power of the laws, which won't be difficult for him.

However, this method also has drawbacks, because the nascent soul can only bear one law. Any extra laws would probably have to be refined into magic treasures, which would be a waste!
He himself felt he didn't have enough of the laws of nature, so how could he allow others to refine them into magical artifacts? Therefore, he had no intention of passing down the methods for crafting magical artifacts. At most, he would bestow a few as rewards...

After experiencing a moment of dizziness and headache, Yang Jian could not contain his joy and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to circulate the first level of Qi Refining technique.

"I knew it! If ghosts have appeared, how could there be no gods or immortals?"

"I just don't know if headquarters really doesn't know, or if they're pretending not to know? If it's true, then wouldn't I be the first person to meet an immortal? If it's fake, then there's no need for this headquarters to exist!"

Before Yang Jian could enter a meditative state, the phone at his waist suddenly rang, causing his calming emotions to surge again.

"Oh shit!"

Although Yang Jian was furious, he still pressed the answer button.

"Hello, this is Wang Xiaoming. Yang Jian, the ghost realm outside has been displayed. Have you suppressed the starving ghosts?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian glanced at Xiao Wuji, only to see him nod. Reassured, he said:

"The starving ghost has been suppressed by my teacher. The starving ghost incident has been resolved..."

"your teacher?"

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(End of this chapter)