The road is vague

Chapter 210 The Vengeful Ghost of the Nine Yin Cave

"The Six Yang Evil-Repelling Barrier can inflict massive damage on intangible ghosts. If someone is enveloped by the core area of ​​the barrier, let alone that ghost general who is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, even if he were at the late-Foundation Establishment stage, the Six Yang Evil-Repelling Barrier set up by the six of us would be enough to reduce him to ashes..."

Li Mo and the others listened attentively as Lü Ping narrated her story.

During the event, everyone interacted and practiced together, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

With only six people forming a barrier, and all of them being Foundation Establishment cultivators, the difficulty was naturally not high.

Just three days later.

The six people completed their initial drills and arrived in Gusha County.

The Zhanghe County of Muzhou can be described as two extremes.

On one side are the surrounding counties, led by the prefectural capital Anle City, which can be described as the most prosperous area in Muzhou. Nearby are Qingming Mountain Lingmumen and Zhanghe Sect, making it a thriving region.

On the other side are the surrounding counties, with Muzhou County as the leader. These are the most barren areas in Muzhou. Miaoquan County, where Wild Wolf Valley is located, is like this, as is Gusha County, which we are visiting. It is sparsely populated.

"Do you know that there is a legend about this place?"

"what?"

Everyone turned to look at Chen Rong.

Chen Rong sat in the white jade flying chariot, looking down at the desolate land.

"According to the deductions of the Lingmu Sect cultivators throughout the ages, several southern counties, including Zhanghe County and most of the Southern Barbarian and Miao regions, experienced a super earthquake thousands of years ago, burying many relics of the ancient Great Zhou Dynasty underground. As for whether this earthquake was man-made or a natural disaster, it is unknown."

"If it were man-made, wouldn't that be a bit too exaggerated?"

After marveling at the discovery, Chen Zhen's judgment clearly leaned more towards a natural disaster.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he simply couldn't imagine that such a massive disaster could be man-made.

"That's not necessarily the case."

Lü Ping seemed to be deep in thought.

"Among array masters, there is a legend that the ancient Mountain and Sea Realm was far more vast than the current Mountain and Sea Realm, and the days were also longer. It is said that in ancient times, cultivators could complete a full cycle of the Heavenly Cycle in only about half an hour."

The fact that Lü Ping could say such things shows that she has a high level of expertise in formations, but it is unknown how skilled she is in runes.

"Is there such a thing?"

Wang Ping, Chen Zhen, and Xiao Fan were all hearing about it for the first time.

"Does Senior Sister Lü mean that the area of ​​the Mountain and Sea Realm has shrunk compared to ancient times, and the days have become shorter?"

"Cough cough!"

Such an uninhibited discussion made Li Mo frown slightly and cough lightly.

The crowd noticed and looked over.

"You may not know this, but when it comes to the secrets of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is not a big deal to dabble in them or study them privately. It is also not a big problem to delve into them out of personal interest. However, it is absolutely forbidden to discuss them publicly. The same applies to matters involving ancient cultivators. The more ancient something is, the more careful you must be, otherwise you will surely bring disaster upon yourself in the future."

"Uh?"

"Why?"

Li Mo's expression was serious, and he wasn't joking.

"The secret cannot be leaked."

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances.

Although they didn't completely believe Li Mo's words, since Li Mo was so wary of this, they naturally wanted to avoid clashing with him.

Wang Ping once served as an inspector of the Tianming Division of Bai'an County. He had a deep understanding of worldly affairs and gained much knowledge and experience when he traveled to various places to complete his missions.

Upon hearing the taboo topic that Li Mo was unwilling to discuss, he immediately began to change the subject.

"I've heard that if an outsider trespasses into the ruins of some ancient sects, they may suffer so-called karmic retribution and ultimately die a terrible death. When I was working at the Heavenly Fate Bureau, I handled a related case, and it was indeed quite eerie."

After hearing what Wang Ping said, Li Mo couldn't help but feel a bit moved.

Whether it was Jiujiang Leilong Taishou, who unearthed the Lingzhaoshan Mausoleum, or Huang Tong, who excavated a corner of the ancient city of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their endings certainly didn't seem to be very good.

I don't know if this is a coincidence or if it really involves some profound realm.

The other four people's expressions changed slightly after hearing what Wang Ping said.

"Pah! You bastard, you're always saying such unlucky things. If there really is retribution, you'll be the first one to die!"

Chen Zhen and Wang Ping had a good relationship, and upon hearing this, Chen Zhen couldn't help but roll his eyes.

About an hour later, the white jade chariot sped along, and the earth grew increasingly dark and desolate.

Chen Rong looked down at the earth and frowned.

"The spiritual energy is so gloomy, it looks so lifeless. It's not surprising that the Nine Yin Mushroom grows in such a place."

"Alas, the people of Muzhou are suffering too much. Those who live here are frequently exposed to the yin energy here, and I'm afraid they won't live to be sixty years old. Even the plants and trees are full of decay."

Lü Ping also offered her comments.

Li Mo noticed the mass grave in the distance and couldn't help but look at Wang Ping.

"Is it over there?"

“Yes.” The white jade flying chariot quickly landed and flew straight towards a black mountain. Finally, under Wang Ping’s command, it came to a steady stop on a protruding boulder.

An inconspicuous cave appeared before them.

Around the cave, a layer of dark gray ice crystals had formed, constantly emitting a chilling aura.

When Li Mo and the others activated their spiritual eyes, they discovered that the black yin energy here was almost tangible, constantly surging outwards. This greatly limited their vision after activating their spiritual eyes, making it less effective than perceiving the surrounding environment with their physical eyes and divine sense.

"There is no need for you to worry."

Wang Ping already has two previous exploration experiences and is full of confidence in this.

"I have entered this cave twice and collected quite a few hundred-year-old Nine Yin Mushrooms, so I plan to name this cave Nine Yin Cave. There are only some scattered low-level ghosts around the Nine Yin Cave. Only after going deeper will you encounter hordes of fierce ghosts. Last time, the three of us encountered a ghost general comparable to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage after entering a large hall. He led a horde of fierce ghosts to attack us, and we had no choice but to flee. Before we fled, I noticed a Nine Yin Mushroom garden deep inside the hall, which may have been a thousand years old..."

When Li Mo, Chen Rong, and Lü Ping heard that there was a medicinal garden inside, which might be nurturing the thousand-year-old Nine Yin Ganoderma, their eyes lit up.

The value of a thousand-year-old spiritual herb is at least three thousand spirit stones, which is no small sum for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"In that case, let's set off!"

"If we encounter that ghost general again, we will follow the plan and form a Six Yang Evil-Repelling Barrier to purify it in one fell swoop!"

Everyone then unleashed their respective magical artifacts.

Chen Rong's magical artifacts are twin rings of the sun and moon, which seem to have different abilities and can be activated together.

Lu Ping's magical artifact was a pure white ice bead that could actually convert the surrounding yin energy into its own. Under these conditions, the power of this magical artifact increased by almost three percent out of thin air.

Li Mo also summoned the Heavenly Golden Sword.

The sword exuded a righteous and righteous aura. Normally it was kept in a restrained state, but now it seemed to be stimulated by yin energy, forming a righteous yang domain of about 10 feet. Its power was truly considerable, causing Chen Rong and Lü Ping to turn their heads slightly and show surprise.

As for Wang Ping, Chen Zhen, and Xiao Fan, they were all Foundation Establishment cultivators who had only advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage in recent years.

After witnessing the power displayed by Li Mo, Chen Rong, and Lü Ping, the three immediately realized the gap between them. They couldn't help but look at each other with helpless smiles, and then they also summoned different magical artifacts and followed.

As the group stepped into the Nine Yin Cave and gradually went deeper inside, the so-called yin wind around them gradually disappeared.

More accurately, this place is completely occupied by yin energy, so no yin wind will form.

But the bone-chilling cold did not disappear; instead, it became even stronger.

Wang Ping, Chen Zhen, and Xiao Fan instinctively moved closer to Li Mo, using the positive yang energy of the Tiancheng Huajin Sword to resist the yin cold and conserve their magical power.

In the dense yin energy.

A disheveled, humanoid ghost, as an invisible entity, slowly floated out from the wall covered with black ice crystals, breathing in pure, chilling power.

Its cold gaze fell upon the six people in the distance.

In this environment filled with yin energy, the blood and qi of the six people were particularly conspicuous. To this ghost, they were like a few hot flames in the eye of a mosquito, full of hot blood and vitality. It immediately let out a sharp cry and pounced on Chen Rong, who was closest to it.

Chen Rong sensed something and instinctively summoned the Sun Ring.

The crimson sun ring emitted rolling heat waves, and after swirling and sweeping through the air, the vengeful ghost vanished into nothingness.

Immediately afterwards, another vengeful ghost emerged from the ground, but was frozen by Lü Ping's ice beads, turning into countless ice crystals and dissipating.

Wang Ping, Chen Zhen, and Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

It seems this exploration will be much easier than the last one; dealing with that ghost general shouldn't be too much of a problem.

However, this is only the outer area.

As the group continued to advance, a group of fierce ghosts appeared in the dark area ahead, numbering at least twenty. In addition to the humanoid ghosts that could be seen everywhere, there were also several beast-shaped ghosts, whose strength was obviously much greater.

Upon seeing this, the six people paused briefly, unleashed their respective magical weapons, and killed the vengeful spirits.

Jingle Bell.

Li Mo actually took out the evil-repelling bell again.

Although it is only a mid-grade magic artifact, it is quite suitable for this environment and saves more magic power.

After these vengeful ghosts vanished into thin air, Li Mo revealed a thoughtful expression.

"These so-called vengeful ghosts seem rather strange."

"Instructor Li noticed it too?"

Lü Ping also looked surprised and echoed her words.

Chen Rong, Wang Ping, Chen Zhen, and Xiao Fan looked bewildered, wondering what was strange.

"Calling them ghosts isn't wrong; they are indeed naturally formed, but they also seem to have some human elements, mixed with some peculiar aura. In short, they're not quite normal."

"indeed so."

After retrieving the Snow Essence Plant, Lü Ping kept looking around.

"The situation here is indeed a bit strange. It seems that ancient cultivators may have left behind some unclean things here, or... there is a natural ghost formation here?"

Formations are something that naturally exist between heaven and earth.

Human beings who call themselves array masters are merely inspired by this, and then create all kinds of large arrays, forming a set of theoretical knowledge.

(End of this chapter)