Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

After learning that he was going to the Nether Bone Domain, Lin Zhao made a special trip to True Monarch Feixue to get a more detailed map.

Although the Wuya lineage is weaker than the seven major lineages of the sect, that is in comparison to the seven major lineages of the sect.

If you take it out, it will be far superior to any other immortal city outside.

Information about the Nether Bone Domain has naturally been accumulated.

As Lin Zhao passed through the outer area of ​​the Nether Bone Domain, he encountered many dangerous places.

There was an area covered with bottomless cracks, and eerie green will-o'-the-wisps lingered at the edges of the cracks, burning for hundreds of years without going out, emitting a chilling aura that even made one's divine sense feel stinging.

This is probably the work of a fourth-tier ghost king who went mad. Don't think that ghost kings can't go mad; the longer they live, the more terrifying they become when they go crazy.

There was another area, stretching for miles, that looked as if it had been gnawed by something, full of pits and the soil was an abnormal dark red.

Lin Zhao didn't linger and steered the Heavenly Treasure Spirit Boat directly past.

There is no distinction between day and night in the Netherworld Bone Domain; the sky is always gray. Moreover, there are occasional tides of yin energy that sweep across the entire area like ocean waves, causing a large number of ghosts and spirits to awaken.

The best time to go out is when the Yin energy is low; when the Yin energy is high, the activity frequency and strength of ghost cultivators will increase significantly.

Even he was unwilling to forcibly resist such power of heaven and earth, and sometimes he would find a place to avoid the yin energy tide.

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A month later, Lin Zhao arrived at a desolate plain that few people knew about.

The area spans thousands of miles and is flat, but on this plain stand countless mounds of earth.

That's a tombstone.

The gray-white stone tablets stand like a forest of withered bones, each surface bearing the marks of time's erosion.

Some tombstones were mostly broken, revealing the entrances to the burial chambers beneath, from which faint gray mist wafted.

Some tombstones are still intact, with blurry inscriptions on the surface, most of which are no longer legible.

Lin Zhao glanced around and roughly estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of tombs on this plain.

This is a special area in the Nether Bone Domain.

Those cultivators with lineages will build special tombs for themselves in advance to help them transform into ghost cultivators.

Some succeeded, broke open the tombstone and left, leaving the tomb empty.

Some people failed and were trapped inside, where they were nurtured by resentment for hundreds or even thousands of years, transforming into ghosts and evil spirits.

Some ghost cultivators who successfully advanced to higher levels did not leave and still live here.

For them, this place is like home.

The biggest advantage of this area is that as long as you don't make too much noise, you won't be besieged by a large number of ghosts.

Each tomb is an independent barrier, isolated from one another, and the ghosts each have their own territory.

With Lin Zhao's current strength, few can rival him at the Core Formation stage.

But if they are besieged, that's a different story.

Moreover, if the commotion gets too big, it might even provoke a fourth-tier ghost king.

The Five Sacred Mountains clones' fighting style, whether in their domains or various forms, often affects an area of ​​tens or hundreds of miles, creating a truly massive commotion.

Fortunately, he now has the Heavenly Treasure Jade Talisman.

This top-grade, third-tier magic weapon can transform into countless forms.

He started out using talismans, and although he has rarely used them in recent years, it's only because his fighting style has shifted to various runic forms.

That doesn't mean he can't.

Over the years, he had long since become a third-tier talisman master, and today he was simply returning to his old profession.

He chose a leaning stone tablet, its surface mottled, the entrance to the tomb beneath it half-hidden by rubble.

With a casual flick of her wrist, Lin Zhao turned the pebbles into dust without a sound.

The cave extends downwards, and the space is much larger than it appears from the outside. The surrounding walls are covered with array patterns, most of which have become ineffective, leaving only faint fluctuations of spiritual energy.

Four guardian stone statues, each about ten feet tall, stand at the entrance, each holding a stone halberd.

The moment Lin Zhao stepped in, a scarlet light shone from the eye sockets of the guardian statues. The four statues moved at the same time, their movements slow but each step incredibly heavy, causing the ground to vibrate and hum.

The stone spear, accompanied by the sound of wind being cut, slashed at Lin Zhao from four directions simultaneously. The guardian stone statue, a late-stage second-tier cultivator, was equivalent to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Lin Zhao raised his hand, and the Heavenly Treasure Jade Talisman flew out from his sleeve and hovered above his palm.

The runes on the surface of the jade talisman lit up and flew out one after another, arranging and combining on their own in the air.

Dozens of runes were arranged in an instant, and the rune structure of four first-grade high-level Li Huo runes took shape in the air.

Although it is only a first-grade superior-quality item, with the blessing of the third-grade supreme-quality magic weapon, the Heavenly Treasure Jade Talisman, the power of each Fire Separation Talisman is no less than that of a second-grade talisman.

Four blazing flames formed in the air, trailing long tails of fire as they slammed into the chests of the four stone statues.

The flames exploded, and the stone statue was blasted backward, its chest charred black.

However, the stone statue was clearly not made of ordinary stone—the scorch marks began to fade within a few breaths, and the flow of spiritual energy automatically repaired the damaged parts.

Lin Zhao became interested.

The first-grade superior Gengjin sword qi talisman was enhanced to the second-grade power with the Heavenly Treasure Jade Talisman.

Golden sword energy pierced the air, cutting several cracks in the stone statue.

The stone statue recovered more slowly than before, but it was still restored within a few breaths.

It seems that the guardian stone statue is connected to the spiritual vein beneath the cave, and it will be difficult to completely destroy it unless its core is destroyed in one go.

Lin Zhao then switched to another type of talisman, and ten first-grade mid-level Ice-Breaking Talismans flew out simultaneously.

The biting cold froze the four stone statues in place, slowing their movements several times over.

Ten first-grade superior Geng metal sword qi talismans followed closely behind.

The sword light poured down on the stone statue like a torrential rain, sending fragments of stone flying. The spiritual patterns on the statue's surface flickered violently before finally extinguishing with a low groan.

The four stone statues crashed to the ground, shattering into countless stones.

Lin Zhao patted off imaginary dust from her body.

He muttered to himself, "Using a first-tier talisman to kill a second-tier stone statue, that can be considered killing an enemy above one's level, right? Killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator while refining Qi doesn't seem so difficult after all."

As for the fact that he had already reached the Core Formation stage and was wielding a top-grade third-tier magic weapon, he selectively ignored it.

Lin Zhao continued deeper into the cave.

Along the way, they broke through three traps set by the original owner: a spirit-sealing barrier, a yin energy trap, and a divine sense barrier.

The Spirit Sealing Restriction was a mid-grade second-tier item, which was easily opened by a top-grade first-tier barrier-breaking talisman.

The Yin energy trap was hidden under the floor tiles of a corridor. He found the trap with a mid-grade first-level spirit detection talisman and then dealt with it with a fire-removing talisman.

The Divine Sense Barrier was created by the original owner using a secret method to attach a ghost to the restriction, forming a level-two illusion array that would automatically attack.

Lin Zhao used the Heavenly Treasure Jade Talisman to condense several first-grade high-level illusion-breaking talismans and threw them, shattering the entire illusion array.

Therefore, cultivation level is the ultimate key. Even a Core Formation cultivator using Qi Refining level spiritual power can easily defeat a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As for Lin Zhao, even if he is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, he can be defeated with a first-tier talisman.