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Chapter 192 Second-Order Frost Dragon; Thousand Hearts Blood Demon [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

The original meaning of 凼 is a puddle or pond.

As for Ghost Searching Pool, it means that ghosts and monsters that enter it have a hard time finding a way out... This is what Ji Yuan heard from an old man in Da Ai City.

There are three dangers in Ghost Seeking Pool.

One of them is "ghost wall," which is the most common danger in Ghost Searching Pool. Once you accidentally enter it, direction and distance become completely invalid, and no matter which way you go, you can't find a way out.

This is also the place in Ghost Search Pool where the most Qi Refining cultivators have been trapped and died.

Foundation Establishment cultivators are alright; once they sense something is wrong, they can use their divine sense to find clues inside and break through the ghost wall to get out.

The second is "yin-eroding wind".

The eerie wind that occasionally rises within Ghost Seeking Pool carries a biting chill and a low, mournful wail.

It can directly dissipate the protective aura of low-level cultivators, freeze their limbs, and the fragments of resentment carried in the wind will impact their sea of ​​consciousness, triggering madness.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would find it extremely difficult to withstand this.

If a Qi Refining cultivator were to encounter this, it would almost certainly mean certain death.

The third is the "earthbound spirit".

The vengeful spirits that arise in specific locations in Ghost Seeking Pool may be an ancient tree, a pond, or even a small mound of earth by the roadside.

They cannot leave, but they can distort their surroundings, create illusions, and drag those who approach into their "domain" to torture them to death.

Legend has it that in the deepest part of this Ghost Seeking Pool, there is a bound spirit capable of killing even a Golden Core cultivator.

Whether it's true or not is unknown, but if an ordinary cultivator encounters it, and their mind is even slightly weak, they will die there.

Its main characteristic is its strong regionality; if detected in advance, it can be avoided.

For example, the information Qianxin provided marked the locations of many earthbound spirits.

"No wonder such an evil place can produce such sinister things as black coffins."

Ji Yuan muttered to himself as he headed toward Ghost Searching Pool.

Before leaving the Water Dragon Sect, he specifically asked Bai Piao where he obtained the black coffin. Now, he has obtained the map of Ghost Seeking Pool from Qian Xin.

Comparing the two... I can't find that place at all.

It seems that finding a treasure with such heavy Yin energy as the Black Coffin is now a matter of fate.

Ji Yuan didn't insist. Anyway, it was impossible to go on an adventure alone. Just like now, although they were going to Ghost Seeking Pool, there was a fake Core Formation cultivator leading the way, and a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators went together.

"Ghost Searching Pool is just ahead. Brother Qiu, this is your first time here, so please be careful and don't fall behind."

Ji Yuan, who was piloting a flying boat and protecting everyone in front of him, received a message from Qian Xin.

He glanced discreetly at the white-robed cultivator standing before him, who was riding a flying swallow, and replied via telepathy, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Qianxin."

Of the people present, Qianxin and Ye Zhiqiu were the only two who were not from the demonic path.

Ji Yuan felt that with Qian Xin's talent, he could have joined any of the Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong, so he didn't know why he was fighting to the death in Da'ai City.

As they pondered, the group flew over the top of a high mountain. Ji Yuan clearly felt that the clouds and mist ahead had become much thicker. Looking down, his gaze pierced through the layers of mist, and he could vaguely see a desolate swamp below.

The moonlight was blocked out, and the entire Ghost Searching Pool looked pitch black, with occasional ghostly wails and howls that made it even more eerie.

"Cheer up, everyone. Although there are no ghost walls or earthbound spirits in the sky, the yin wind can still blow up here."

The mourner at the front spoke up to offer some advice.

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan immediately activated the black demon armor he was wearing, and wisps of black mist appeared around his body.

Then he stuck three copper wall talismans on himself.

Ye Zhi Qiu, who had also landed beside him, couldn't help but glance at him upon seeing this.

Ji Yuan was still uneasy, so he took out the Bone-Melting Yin Claw and held it in his hand, as if he wanted to give anyone he didn't like a claw strike.

If it weren't for the worry of revealing too much, Ji Yuan would have even activated the mid-grade spiritual artifact armor wrapped inside the Black Demon Armor.

"I didn't realize you were such a cautious person."

Upon seeing Ji Yuan, he took out his offensive magical weapon again.

Ye Zhi Qiu finally couldn't help but transmit a message.

"If I hadn't been careful, I wouldn't be alive now."

"That's true."

Ji Yuan glanced at him and noticed that Ye Zhi Qiu was also holding several talismans in his hand, as if he intended to use them at any time.

He followed at the back of the group, traveling through the Ghost Searching Pool for more than a day.

From midnight to daytime, and then from daytime to dusk.

Finally, amidst the mournful words of the hermit, the group arrived near the Divine Vulture Palace.

The Divine Vulture Palace sect is located on the edge of a cliff on a high mountain, which is extremely high, but is still shrouded in the mist of Ghost Seeking Pool.

Halfway up the cliff, there is a huge ancient pine tree with a bird's nest at the top of its trunk.

Extremely large.

Ji Yuan, who habitually stood behind the group, squinted and could vaguely see a bald bird's head inside the nest.

The Divine Vulture Palace.

It is a late-stage second-tier flying monster named "Vulture".

It can be considered the guardian spirit beast of this Divine Eagle Palace.

As arranged by Qianxin, the Mourning Hermit raised a ghost that was also at the late stage of the second tier, specifically for this old vulture.

"I'll go break the formation first; you all wait for the opportune moment."

Without any unnecessary words, the point of coming here is to take action. So, after giving a few words of advice, the Mourning Hermit transformed into a thick cloud of black mist and swept away from the mountains, heading straight for the Divine Vulture Palace located at the summit.

Wherever it went, the cries of ghosts echoed.

"Come, come, bald bird, it's time to settle our old scores."

The mourner burst into loud laughter.

Then Ji Yuan saw a thick black shadow burst out from the mist and crash heavily into the formation on the mountaintop.

With a loud "boom".

The dark shadows spread out and lay flat on the formation, as if covering it with a black curtain.

As the mountains shook and the earth trembled, countless rocks tumbled down.

The old vulture halfway up the mountain was about to take flight.

The dark shadow that had been spread out on the array suddenly shrank back, transforming into a dark shadow once more, and swooped down towards the old vulture that had taken off.

In an instant, the two were locked in combat.

Clearly, that dark shadow was the late-stage second-tier ghost raised by the Mourning Hermit.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan couldn't help but wonder how this thing's strength compared to the giant toad.

After the Mourning Hermit's attack shook the Divine Vulture Palace, he did not make another move but instead withdrew.

As the thick smoke receded, he looked at the old vulture fighting the shadowy figure and slammed his paw down.

In an instant, a gigantic palm print shot out from the black smoke, slowly descending with boundless power.

Wherever the palm print passed, rocks rolled down.

Just as the palm print had already suppressed the ancient pine tree and was about to fall on the old vulture.

From the Divine Vulture Palace atop the mountain, a flying sword suddenly shot out.

With a "whoosh," the sword slashed through, and the palm print vanished into thin air.

The flying sword swept back to the mountaintop.

Outside the formation, a bald old man wearing a blue robe appeared out of thin air.

The flying sword hovered behind him. He glanced at the plume of smoke in mid-air and sneered:

"You old crybaby, what's wrong? You're still resentful that I didn't kill you with one sword back then, aren't you? Now you're rushing over to your death."

"Enough with the nonsense!"

"Prepare to die!"

The two, who already had a grudge against each other, didn't even bother to say a word.

The mourning hermit, enveloped in a cloud of black smoke, lunged forward, followed by the Palace Master of Shenjiu Palace, who drew his sword and led the way.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them descended from the mountaintop to the Ghost Seeking Pool at the foot of the mountain.

He was only a pseudo-core cultivator and couldn't control the escape light for long.

If you really want to fight to the death, you have to settle things on land.

"And what about us?"

Ji Yuan, acting like a novice cultivator who appeared bold but was actually quite timid, asked Ye Zhi Qiu, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, beside him.

"Just wait."

Ye Zhi Qiu replied coldly and indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Qianxin, who was at the front, transmitted her voice to the others, saying, "Wait for our people to make a move. As soon as they make a move... we'll go in."

It was as if it were a response to what Qianxin had said.

He had barely finished speaking.

Several explosions were heard in succession from the Shenjiu Palace located at the top of the cliff.

Then the formation protecting the entire sect suddenly shattered.

"boom--"

Another flame ignited, followed by a furious roar that resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

"Fuck you, you son of a bitch, you traitor!"

Seeing this, Qianxin, who was waiting in the dense forest, said in a deep voice, "Make your move!"

After saying this, the group immediately rushed out of the dense forest and, in the blink of an eye, had already arrived above the Divine Vulture Palace in their flying boat.

The leader, Qianxin, gently waved her feather fan, and a strong wind swept across the mountaintop.

The wind blows, making the ground feel cool.

Upon seeing this, the Qi Refining cultivators inside the Divine Vulture Palace quickly found places to hide nearby.

But those Foundation Establishment cultivators had nowhere to hide.

The sky has fallen, and the tallest one is gone; naturally, it's their turn to hold up the banner.

Ji Yuan glanced around and saw that there were already two places where battles were taking place inside the Divine Vulture Palace.

I reckon it's one of those other Da Ai Zong traitors.

Wasn't there supposed to be three? Why are only two fighting? Where's the last one?

"careful."

Ye Zhi Qiu, standing beside Ji Yuan, gave a word of advice and also urged the flying boat beneath his feet. Amidst the flashing fiery red magic, they head-on confronted a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had risen from the ground.

The others also went forward and found their respective opponents.

Upon seeing this, Ji Yuan turned and ran.

It wasn't that he actually ran away, but rather that a cultivator from the Divine Vulture Palace had his eye on him.

The place is in complete chaos, and even if Ji Yuan has a thousand tricks up his sleeve, he can't expose himself.

"Hehe, you dare to come here in the early stage of Foundation Establishment? You're really not afraid of death."

As luck would have it, the cultivator who had his eye on Ji Yuan was none other than the Yin Child that Qian Xin had arranged.

Although he had the cultivation level of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he looked like a four or five-year-old child.

Even the baby hair on the top of its head hadn't fallen off.

Its delicate skin was unusually white, just like... a stillborn baby!

The crimson dot between his eyebrows added an extra layer of eeriness.

Ji Yuan escaped in his flying boat, while the Yin Child stood on a skull emitting black smoke.

It was an unknown magical artifact, yet it moved with incredible speed.

In just a short while, he caught up.

Seeing that he was already some distance from the others, Ji Yuan slowed down.

"Take my paw!"

As soon as Ji Yuan landed, he swung the Bone-Melting Claw in his hand and slashed fiercely behind him.

Driven by spiritual energy, a huge bone claw phantom appeared and suddenly grabbed at the Yin Child.

The latter chuckled and stomped his foot, and the skull carried him into the dense forest, disappearing without a trace.

The bone claw missed its target, and Ji Yuan immediately unleashed his divine sense to sweep away.

In an instant, he had already located the Yin Child's position.

After landing, he crouched down and hid in the shadows. Not only was there no aura around him, but even his figure was extremely dim and barely visible.

If Ji Yuan's divine sense hadn't far surpassed that of a typical mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, it would have been difficult to find him so quickly.

So, are they planning to hide and launch a sneak attack?

"It's good that you're willing to hide. If you hide, I won't make a move. This is a good way to delay..." Ji Yuan was delighted, but on the surface he looked extremely panicked.

"Come out, you son of a bitch, what kind of skill is it to hide like this!"

The Yin Child landed to the north of Ji Yuan, but has now moved to the west.

So Ji Yuan activated the Yin Claw in his hand and swept it fiercely to the north, smashing countless ancient trees.

Seeing that Yin Tongzi had taken the opportunity to sneak up a distance, Ji Yuan retreated a distance without making a sound.

"You son of a bitch, come out here now!"

Ji Yuan swept across the area at will, and whenever Yin Tongzi approached, he would move away.

They appeared to have been exchanging blows for quite some time, but in reality, they had never actually met.

Ji Yuan was already being cautious, but what surprised him was that this Yin Tongzi was also being cautious.

Even a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator is this cautious when killing an early-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He runs away, he chases.

After about half an incense stick's time, Yin Tongzi finally realized that something was wrong.

It was one thing that Ji Yuan and he were always at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, but more importantly, although the two seemed to have walked quite a distance, they had actually only circled around the area.

"court death!"

Seeing this, Yin Tongzi could no longer restrain himself. He darted out from the shadows of the forest, holding a string of bells made from an infant's skull, infusing it with spiritual energy, and gently shaking it.

In an instant, a sharp cry of a baby rang out.

Ji Yuan, who wasn't far away to begin with, immediately felt a sharp pain in his brain, and his hands stopped moving.

He knew something was wrong and immediately activated the Five Elements Protective Talisman array on his chest.

In addition to the black magic armor he was already wearing.

Despite being protected by two people, he was still struck in the chest by a palm strike from the suddenly appearing Yin Child.

The Five Elements Protective Talisman Array shattered instantly.

He smashed several ancient trees before finally managing to stop.

Even the Black Demon Armor suffered some minor damage.

Fortunately, Ji Yuan himself was not harmed at all. He saw that Yin Tongzi had already charged up again, and his speed was extremely fast.

Ji Yuan slammed his hand on the ground, using the momentum to instantly disappear into the distance.

The two distanced themselves again.

Ji Yuan looked at the relentlessly pursuing Yin Tongzi and thought to himself, "Good method." Then, he took out a flag with a flick of his wrist.

A ghostly flag exuding an aura of yin energy.

Ji Yuan didn't release the Yin Ghost Formation, and he only released one Yin Ghost.

The moment the Yin Ghost, at the early stage of the second tier, appeared, it pounced towards the Yin Child.

A heavy, yin energy spread out.

Even the demonic cultivator Lian Yin Tong Zi was somewhat alarmed upon seeing him.

"Damn it, just how many people has this person killed to be able to create a ghost with such heavy Yin energy?!"

Yin Tongzi was surprised, but he did not pursue the matter further.

He clasped his hands together, and amidst the surging spiritual energy, he closed his hands again and opened them once more.

A human puppet popped out from his sleeve.

His appearance was exactly the same as his, and even his aura had reached the early stage of the second rank.

"You're not the only one who keeps ghosts!"

Yin Tongzi sneered and threw the human skin puppet in his hand away.

Thus, the ghost battles the human skin puppet.

Yin Tongzi still wanted to kill Ji Yuan.

"Friendly methods."

Ji Yuan made a hand seal with one hand, and his figure suddenly transformed into a cloud of black mist and dispersed.

The Great Love Sect's technique, "Black Mist Dispersion Technique".

"Trying to run? No way!"

Yin Tongzi sneered and transformed into a streak of blood as he gave chase.

Ji Yuan didn't go far. He simply rose from the dense forest and came to the top of the treetop, his divine sense sweeping out in all directions.

Previously on the ground, his view was completely blocked by the trees, so he couldn't see anything clearly and had no idea what the situation was like.

But now that he has unleashed his divine sense to investigate, he instantly has a complete grasp of the situation.

Half an hour had passed since the initial exchange.

Overall, the Da'ai Sect had the upper hand.

The only one at a disadvantage was Lu Ping, who was the most arrogant. At this moment, he was being chased around by Chen Mo and the second-tier demonic dog.

Under Ji Yuan's divine sense, he could also see that Ji Yuan's right hand was hanging down, as if it had been completely bitten off by the demonic hound, without even time to recover.

Lu Ping fled in all directions. Seeing Ji Yuan emerge from the dense forest, he assumed Ji Yuan had already defeated his opponent and immediately shouted:

"Brother Qiu, save me!!!"

Save you?!

You, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, want me, an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, to save your life? You're practically asking me to die!

Ji Yuan paused briefly, but was quickly caught by the Yin Child who had caught up and dragged back to the ground.

Lu Ping, who had originally planned to chase after Ji Yuan to ask for help, quickly changed direction upon seeing this.

If you follow, you'll have to face a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator all by yourself!

This is truly deadly!

So Lu Ping quickly changed direction and ran away.

The moment Ji Yuan landed, he used the "Shadow Follows" technique and vanished instantly.

Yin Tongzi wanted to give chase, but suddenly ghostly claws appeared all around him, as if they wanted to grab all five of his limbs.

"Damn it!"

Yin Tongzi originally thought he had picked an easy target, but he didn't expect that a mere early Foundation Establishment cultivator would be so difficult to kill.

He activated the Seven Fiends Baby Crying Bell in his hand, breaking through the five ghostly claws surrounding him.

However, this time he was not in a hurry to hunt down Ji Yuan.

He approached the human skin puppet that was battling the evil spirits and gently shook the baby whistling bell in his hand.

The ghost was stunned by the sharp sound, and he suddenly reached out and smashed the ghost into pieces with a single palm strike.

Just when he thought he had broken through Ji Yuan's scheme, he saw a ghost leap out of the dense forest and pounce on him.

"ah!!!"

Yin Tongzi was so angry that he looked up and shouted.

Deep in the dense forest, Ji Yuan was completely outmaneuvering Yin Tongzi, but his expression showed no sign of relaxation.

Because under his divine sense, he discovered that the fighting at the Divine Vulture Palace on the mountaintop... had taken a turn for the worse!

Suddenly, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator appeared out of nowhere from the Divine Vulture Palace and, in a surprise attack, instantly killed a traitor.

Then the two of them joined forces and killed another traitor.

In an instant, it meant that three Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Divine Vulture Palace were free to do their work, including one late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators!

In this way, the outcome is basically decided!

Ye Zhi Qiu and Qian Xin, who were fighting on the mountaintop, almost instantly shook off their opponents and then reunited.

So... how do we break this deadlock?

Just as Ji Yuan was puzzled, he saw Qian Xin smile and put her hands on her head, then suddenly tear the skin in half.

Then a monster emerged from the human skin.

With just one glance, Ji Yuan knew the origin of the name Qianxin.

Because this monster was made up of countless tiny hearts! From head to toe, from front to back, even its fifth limb was made up of tiny hearts.

The moment the monster appeared, a monstrous aura of blood permeated the entire mountain.

"I wanted to interact with you as a normal person, but you insisted on trying to kill me."

"Then I'll just have to...eat you all!"

A captivating voice emanated from Qianxin's mouth.

Ji Yuan was not the only one shocked by this scene. Even the Palace Master of Shenjiu Palace, who was fighting a Pseudo-Core Realm expert, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"The Thousand-Hearted Blood Demon!"

"You old wretch, teaming up with this thing? You're really courting death!"

Ji Yuan realized something was wrong just by hearing the sound. Just as he was thinking about running away, he suddenly sensed a strange movement.

The unusual activity originated from one of his spirit beast pouches.

This is... the Frost Dragon has advanced to the second rank?!

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(End of this chapter)