Mythology

Chapter 284 Completes the Ten Deadly Ghosts of the Classics

The Ten Deadly Formations quietly ushered in their eighth expansion.

Compared to the previous expansion, there was almost no disturbance in the city, but that was not because no trouble arose. In fact, all the vegetation within the entire magic array area withered.

No matter how well food is preserved, it will eventually decay.

All water sources have turned into swamps.

Life has come to an end, in just a few days.

The formation was like a petri dish for bacteria, creating millions of people in a short period of time, and then completely ending just as quickly.

Rumble.

The edges of the Ten Deadly Formations were swallowed by darkness, like a bottomless abyss.

Yang He experienced a sudden surge of consciousness before death, witnessing the city's demise firsthand. A sense of melancholy welled up within him, for the Ten Absolutes City was indeed remarkably similar to the steel metropolis of his previous life.

'All cultivators within the formation must leave within two days.'

It was Guang Chengzi who spoke. Immediately, the Heaven-Turning Seal opened a breach in the clouds, and the immortals returned to reality in an orderly fashion through the breach.

Yang He scanned the devastated world and noticed an old man on a rooftop in the suburbs.

The old man was wearing a trench coat, and his body was covered with traces of ghosts. Seawater was constantly surging within five meters of him, forming a simple ghost domain.

A cold wind blew in gusts, causing the white hair to sway.

The rate at which the edges of the Ten Deadly Formations collapsed accelerated, and the twelve suns rose higher in the sky.

The old man, seeing the sunlight for the first time in a long time, couldn't help but cover his cloudy eyes. The deep lines on his skin showed that he was over a hundred years old.

He was none other than Liu Zhishang, and the aura he exuded was comparable to that of the Returning to the Void Realm.

To outsiders from the Chan and Jie sects, the Ten Deadly Formations had only been in place for a month, but for Liu Zhishang, it had been decades.

"So... I've been living in a fake world."

Most of the colleagues who worked together to exorcise the ghost realm died or were injured. The ghost tamers fought one after another to suppress the evil spirits, but it turned out to be just a dream.

One after another, streaks of light disappeared into the clouds, and the survivors of the Chan and Jie sects withdrew from the Ten Deadly Formations.

Standing at the end of time, Liu Zhishang felt incredibly melancholy, as if all his strength had been drained away. He barely managed to light a damp cigarette.

pat pat pat.

He heard footsteps on the stairs and noticed Du Chang push open the door and walk onto the rooftop.

"Old man, I thought you had died years ago."

Du Chang remained silent, still maintaining his appearance of being thirty years old. As a Jie Sect cultivator who had regained his memories, he was naturally unaffected by the magic array.

Realizing that it would be difficult to contact the Plague Master, he chose to fake his death on the eve of the sixth expansion.

“Liu Tou’er, you and I are both outsiders, but your memories are obscured. Once they are restored, you will be able to leave the Ten Deadly Formations.”

Liu Zhishang stubbed out his cigarette, his eyes turning cold.

"Du Chang, don't let the last bit of affection between us be worn away."

Du Chang didn't reply. He silently took out a lighter and lit a new cigarette for Liu Zhishang, then turned to leave.

Snapped.

Liu Zhishang grabbed Du Chang's wrist, his nails digging into her skin.

"Xiao Du, I don't believe our relationship is fake, and I don't believe we've been dreaming for decades. You know... you know?"

Du Chang couldn't help but burst into tears, and several times he opened his mouth but no sound came out.

Perhaps he initially infiltrated the Ghost Tamer as a member of the Plague Master, but he would occasionally forget his identity as a Jie Sect cultivator and travel with Liu Zhishang and the others throughout the city to exorcise the ghost realm.

"Do me a small favor."

Liu Zhishang took out a crumpled book from his pocket.

"This is the legacy of the Ghost Tamers. Help me take it out. There's no need for the legacy itself, just take it out to prove that we existed."

"it is good!"

Du Chang glanced at the contents of the book and found them to be mostly dubious.

He can only be described as 'extreme'.

Even if the Chan and Jie sects consider it a heretical path, taking shortcuts by engaging in blood sacrifices or alchemy with living people... the essence of heretical paths cannot avoid the practice of breathing exercises and cultivation.

The lineage of those who control ghosts is excluded.

The entire story revolves around how to increase one's cultivation level by going astray in cultivation, a content that gave Du Chang a chilling feeling.

This method is fundamentally impossible to establish unless the world's traditional doctrines are rendered worthless.

No, it's impossible to practice this method if it becomes worthless paper.

Nine lives wouldn't be enough to kill.

Du Chang nodded slightly and caused the Yin artifact to disappear above the magic array.

Liu Zhishang smoked one cigarette after another, staring ahead, seemingly lost in thought. Because the building was located in the suburbs, it wasn't long before he fell into the abyss and disappeared into the darkness at the edge.

Yang He witnessed the whole thing but did not intervene.

Unsurprisingly, the lineage created by Liu Zhishang is the prototype of the resurgence of evil spirits. However, the time is not yet ripe. Before the separation of Yin and Yang in the world, it is likely that no one will be able to enter this path.

"What if I destroy this method? Will the cultivation systems of later generations become completely different?"

"The inevitability of history dictates that future generations must revive if they wish to cultivate themselves."

"This method was developed through trial and error based on the experience of going into qi deviation. As long as someone goes into qi deviation and survives, a cultivation method that allows humans and ghosts to coexist will eventually emerge."

"Even the origin of later cultivation methods may not necessarily be the Ten Deadly Formations."

Yang He respected Liu Zhishang's last wishes. In a sense, the Ghost Tamer, who was attached to the ten sons of the Yang family, could be considered his own disciple and grand-disciple.

"What about the ten sons of the Yang family?"

He swept his divine sense across the ghost realm, only to find that the ghost realms transformed from the Ten Heavenly Lords had all fallen.

The whereabouts of the ten sons of the Yang family are unknown.

Yang He transmitted the message to Yang Jian and the others, while simultaneously releasing the shackles of flesh and blood.

After saying goodbye, the Chan Sect cultivators withdrew from the Ten Deadly Formations one after another, taking Longxuhu with them.

Half a day later, part of the Immaculate Ghost Buddha's body was destroyed along with the magic array, resulting in a sharp reduction in his lifespan and the mutation gradually spiraling out of control.

Yang He had lost control of his body and was on the verge of death.

At this moment.

He saw ten figures playing and frolicking in the center of the Ten Deadly Formations; they were all children.

"It's a pity that we haven't had any formal contact with Dalang, Erlang, and Qilang. There will be opportunities in the future to meet again."

Yang Dalang was the eldest, and his appearance was eight or nine parts similar to that of the Corpse-Taoist Boy.

Yang Erlang looked like he hadn't woken up yet, but he was handsome.

Yang Qilang has a loud and boisterous personality, and he gets red in the face at the slightest friction.

As Yang He ceased his efforts and his life was extinguished, the ten children turned their heads in unison, waving their little hands excitedly.

[The story "Ten Deadly Ghosts" is complete. Should we create a permanent character for it?]

Yang He chose the Qiankun Yanyue (a mythical creature) as his permanent character.

[Generate a permanent character: Ten Deadly Cities]

"What the hell?"

Yang He was slightly surprised. As the Celestial Court established by the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the Qiankun Yanyue's intestines and stomach should not have changed in theory.

"Never mind, let's go back to the main world and study it later."

[The permanent characters <Flesh and Blood Temple> and <Ten Absolute Cities> are compatible and meet the fusion requirements. Would you like to spend 500 points of Spirit Vision to fuse them?]

[After consuming 500 points of Spirit Vision, the permanent characters will undergo initial fusion, creating a <link> between the characters. This will not affect the role-playing of <Flesh and Blood Temple> and <Ten Absolute Cities>.]

[For deep immersion, please enter the world of the classic tales in your true form.]

"Confirm fusion."

When the Immaculate Ghost Buddha's lifespan was exhausted, his consciousness spun around and then returned to his small courtyard at home.

(End of this chapter)