Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 380 Old Demon Qiu Has Arrived Too [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

The streaks of light rose up one after another, like moths drawn to a flame, and crashed into the bronze gate, disappearing without a trace.

Initially, it was the three sects of the demonic path, and later it was the three sects of the righteous path.

Finally, there were the two Nascent Soul cultivators brought by the Lord of the Xuan Snake Palace.

Even now, Yunya Temple has still not arrived, but now it is obvious that no one cares or pays attention. The Rakshasa Sea has been opened, so why bother with so much?

After the disciples of the Holy Land entered from the seven high platforms, the scene fell silent for a moment.

Then, those Core Formation cultivators who were originally standing on the edge of the desert couldn't hold back any longer. They transformed into streaks of light and flew up, rushing into the bronze gate.

They were afraid that if they were even a little too slow, they would miss the opportunity.

Meanwhile, underground, inside the deep pit.

The Core Formation stage cultivators of the Black and White Temple were lined up in rows, forming square formations, and entered the bronze gate in front. On the left and right sides of the bronze gate, several Nascent Soul stage cultivators stood.

There are doors in the sky and roads underground.

All entered the Rakshasa Sea.

"..."

"Um?"

When Ji Yuan came to his senses, he found that ancient trees towered in front of him, ghostly mist swirled around him, and from the depths of the dense forest came the sounds of ghosts wailing and howling.

He immediately activated his protective aura and summoned the Thunderstrike, Azure Wave, and Blood Slaughter swords, which formed a triangular shape around his body.

Lightning crackled across the sword's surface.

Only then was he able to release his divine sense, intending to explore in all directions.

But as soon as his divine sense was released, Ji Yuan felt a sense of suppression.

For his nascent soul consciousness, this suppression might not be so obvious, but it definitely existed.

Just then, before Ji Yuan could even fully perceive it, he discovered that a mysterious aura had descended upon him.

Then a cold voice rang out above his sea of ​​consciousness.

"Two Yin Ghost Tokens and three Passes are sufficient to grant you entry into my Yin Ghost Sect. Are you willing?"

...Just as the Bone Nightmare Demon said, those who possess the skull ring and token can choose their own faction!

Ji Yuan was about to say "I'm willing," but then he suddenly remembered something and quickly said:

"Senior, Ghost Messenger Senior, it's me, Xiao Ji!"

When Ji Yuan entered that small secret realm with Xing Shuang, he had already met the spirit of the formation called "Ghost Messenger" because he had killed all the Yin Beasts.

It also instructed that once the Rakshasa Sea opened, Ji Yuan should go to that small secret realm to find it.

After Ji Yuan finished speaking, his voice disappeared for a few breaths before reappearing, but it no longer had that cold feeling.

"It's you. Didn't I tell you to come find me along that same road?"

"I was in a weak position outside and was coerced into coming here by force, so I was unable to enter through the same route I came from."

Ji Yuan said with his head down.

"Alright."

The ghost messenger casually said, "Since it's you, there's no need to choose. You are a disciple of my Yin Ghost Sect."

As soon as the voice fell, Ji Yuan found himself wearing a silver-trimmed gray-patterned robe, which not only covered him but also added to his majestic and domineering aura.

In addition, Ji Yuan discovered that the token had fallen back into his hands, but the token that was previously black iron had now turned into a golden token.

"The Silver-Robed Deacon allows you to command the Bronze-Robed Disciples, while the Golden Ghost Token allows you to travel between the three regions within the Rakshasa Sea."

"Alright, go ahead."

Seeing that the ghost messenger seemed about to leave, Ji Yuan immediately said, "Ghost Messenger, we're on the same side, on the same side!"

If we don't ask for something now, when will we ever get anything?

Besides, these are truly our own people, not outsiders.

"Oh? The Yin Ghost Sect has its own rules, and even I am no exception."

The ghost immediately refused.

Just when Ji Yuan thought there was no other way and this was the only option.

But then the ghostly messenger said, "If I remember correctly, you don't seem to be from this Black and White Temple?"

"No, this disciple was born a member of the Yin Ghost Sect, and will die a ghost of the Yin Ghost Sect."

Ji Yuan straightened up and said with a serious expression.

"Alright, alright."

The ghost messenger didn't believe it at all. After a moment or two of silence, he spoke again:

"Alright then, since you really are a disciple of our Yin Ghost Sect, we'll give you the proper status."

As soon as the ghost's voice fell, Ji Yuan felt a lightness spread through his body.

He hurriedly looked down and around, only to find that there was no change in his body at all.

"Senior, this is...?"

"You can take your clothes off by yourself now. Okay, there are too many bastards coming in, I have to go and deal with them. You can handle it yourself."

After the ghost finished speaking, it left the place completely.

Ji Yuan was still wondering what it meant to be able to take off one's clothes.

As he was thinking, he realized that the silver-trimmed gray-patterned robe he was wearing had disappeared, and in its place appeared the blue shirt he had been wearing before.

With another thought, he found the silver-trimmed gray-patterned robe on his body.

No... what kind of identity should this be?

Ji Yuan was puzzled when a sudden thought struck him.

Wearing these clothes proves that I am a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect.

But if I put it away... wouldn't that make me a rogue cultivator?

Does that mean that once other Yin Ghost Sect disciples put on their clothes, they can't take them off?

Before Ji Yuan could think further, he found a suction force descending upon him out of nowhere, pulling him up slowly.

He didn't understand why, but he quickly changed the shape-changing talisman that was stuck to his body.

That is, Hu Beizhi changed into the appearance of Li Changshou.

Regardless of the circumstances, I promised Old Demon Bone Nightmare not to join the Yin Ghost Sect. It would be bad if I were discovered after joining.

As his body rose higher and higher, and when he was about a foot off the ground, the scene in front of Ji Yuan suddenly changed.

He had just been in an ancient, dense forest, but now he found himself in a vast, open square.

After landing, he immediately released his divine sense and extended it in all directions.

At the same time, they were also curiously looking around at the scene.

A series of white lights flashed.

With each flash of white light, another person appeared in his field of vision. These people wore the same gray robes as him, except that the silk edges of their robes were slightly different.

The vast majority of people were wearing clothes with copper-colored silk trim.

Only a small number of people wore the same grey robes with silver trim as him.

There were also those wearing gold-trimmed clothes, but there were even fewer of them. Ji Yuan looked around the whole place and could count them on one hand.

"So this is the gathering place of the Yin Ghost Sect disciples? According to Old Demon Bone Nightmare... all the people I can see now are from the Black and White Temple."

As Ji Yuan released his nascent soul consciousness to perceive, he secretly pondered in his heart.

"One ring signifies a bronze-robed disciple, two rings like mine make me a silver-edged deacon, and three rings make me a gold-robed elder."

"Judging from their cultivation levels, the bronze-robed disciples are all in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, the silver-edged deacon is in the late-stage of the Golden Core realm, and as for the few golden-robed elders... they're at the peak of the Core Formation realm. I recognized a few; they're all formidable characters from the jade slips given by the Bone Nightmare Old Demon... Wait! Damn it, how come there's also a Nascent Soul old monster!"

Ji Yuan's divine sense probed further and further.

Until he probed the body of a golden-robed elder, he roughly sensed that this person was at the peak of the Core Formation stage. He had intended to take a closer look to see if he could discern the person's identity...

After all, it couldn't be safer for Ji Yuan to use his Nascent Soul stage divine sense to probe a peak Core Formation cultivator.

But just then, as he was about to carefully sense it, he suddenly noticed that the old man raised his head, and the aura of the early Nascent Soul stage flashed by on his body.

Startled, Ji Yuan immediately withdrew his divine sense.

He had originally planned to use the "Concealing Breath Technique" again to reduce his cultivation level to the early stage of Core Formation, but then he thought that the silver-robed deacons present were all in the late stage of Core Formation.

My status as a mid-stage Core Formation Silver-Robed Deacon is already conspicuous enough. If I were to lower my cultivation level further, I would become an eyesore!

After Ji Yuan withdrew his divine sense, he, like the other black and white... oh no, Yin Gui Sect disciples, curiously looked around.

He also noticed that the Nascent Soul stage monster's divine sense swept over him without lingering at all.

In the square, Yu Lu Sanren, dressed in a golden robe, frowned deeply.

He had clearly sensed the divine sense of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator probing him, but when he tried to counterattack, he found that the other party's divine sense had vanished without a trace... That was fine.

What's frightening is that he couldn't even find the other party's location.

Not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators, there wasn't even one more Core Formation peak cultivator; they were all from their Black and White Divine Palace.

What does this tell us?

Either the other party is hiding their strength too well, or it means that the other party's cultivation level far exceeds that of oneself... Even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator doesn't have this strength; it must be at least a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But how is that possible?

If he truly possessed the strength of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he would have already gone to snatch the "Secret of Deity Transformation" from the Black and White Divine Envoys. How could he possibly be playing house with me here?

Unconvinced, Yu Lu Sanren searched carefully with his divine sense again, but still found nothing.

...I am in the light, the enemy is in the dark.

It seems we need to be extra careful.

The previously indifferent Yu Lu Sanren immediately sat up straight, becoming alert to her surroundings.

On the other hand, Ji Yuan, having failed to investigate, immediately gave up the opportunity and instead stood obediently in place, looking around.

"Fellow Daoist, you look unfamiliar; you don't seem to be from my Black and White Temple."

A gentle male voice rang out from Ji Yuan's left.

Ji Yuan had noticed this person long ago. He was in the late stage of Core Formation and wore a silver robe just like Ji Yuan. This person had been staring at him ever since he appeared.

Finally, I couldn't resist and came over to talk to him.

Ji Yuan turned to look at him, and said expressionlessly, "Do I have to tell you whether it's true or not?"

"That's not it."

The visitor quickly changed his tune, intending to say a few more words, but seeing that Ji Yuan didn't seem like an easy person to talk to, he simply clasped his hands in a slight gesture of respect.

"Sorry to bother you."

He then withdrew.

Ji Yuan remained arrogant, not even glancing at him twice.

What does it mean when someone in the mid-stage of Core Formation wears a silver robe?

They were either lucky cultivators from elsewhere who obtained the two rings by chance, or they were cultivators with considerable backgrounds within the Black and White Temple.

Ji Yuan didn't want to cause trouble, so he felt that the latter option was better.

That's why this happened.

Aside from the large number of cultivators who arrived at the very beginning, white light flashed continuously around them.

After that period, the flashing white light became somewhat sparse.

Ji Yuan guessed that most of the people from the Black and White Temple had already entered, and those who came in later were most likely "rogue cultivators" like himself.

Moreover, each person who came in after that was closely watched by the group from the Black and White Temple.

Some disciples in bronze robes were one thing, but those in silver robes were even more likely to attract the attention of the Nascent Soul stage monster.

Ji Yuan was glad that she had arrived early.

And this wait lasted a whole day, and after a day, it was clear that hardly anyone was coming.

A majestic aura suddenly emanated from the sky, and everyone in the square looked up at the same time.

Ji Yuan was not surprised.

When he looked up, he saw a huge skull appear in the sky.

It was exactly the same as what he had seen on the Yin Ghost Sect ring and the Yin Ghost Sect token before.

Not only that, but blood-red flames were burning inside the skull's eye sockets, and thick black ghostly energy swirled around it, making it look extremely eerie.

The skull floated up and down in the air, sometimes getting very close to the ground as if it were about to pounce on them. Some of the more timid people were so frightened that they retreated one after another.

Finally, the skull floated in mid-air, its massive mouth opening and closing, uttering in human language, "Disciples, take your places!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yuan found that his body was moving uncontrollably again.

Moreover, everyone present felt the same way.

As if drawn by some force, they began to move across the square.

Ji Yuan didn't resist and just watched silently.

Eleven golden-robed elders, including that Nascent Soul stage monster, stood at the very front.

Next up were Ji Yuan and his silver-robed stewards.

Behind them were the disciples in bronze robes, and behind each silver-robed deacon stood a disciple in bronze robes.

So, does "dividing positions" mean dividing into teams?

Also, the skull on top of his head, that must be the ghost messenger, right?

Is it the original body or an avatar?

Just as Ji Yuan was about to turn around to see who these people behind him were, he heard the ghostly messenger above him speak again in a deep voice:

"Now that foreign enemies have invaded, you, as disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect, have a duty to protect our sect!"

"Yes, I will obey the ghost messenger's command!"

The eleven golden-robed elders at the front clasped their hands in unison and said.

Next came the disciples in silver and bronze robes. Ji Yuan, without a second thought, hurriedly joined in the shouting... But in his heart, he had only one thought.

Is that what it means to be that deeply immersed in a role?

You have to act to participate in a secret treasure hunt.

After everyone had finished shouting, the ghostly messenger above spoke again:

"The enemy has already invaded, but they are trapped in the Hundred Ghosts Mist Forest. You must go quickly and... kill them without mercy!"

"These are your identity jade tokens. They will record all your contributions to the sect. The higher your contributions, the better the cultivation resources you can exchange for."

"Remember, everything is for the sect!"

The disciples below shouted in unison, "Everything for the sect!"

Ji Yuan reached out and caught the jade tablet that floated in front of him.

He infused a wisp of magic into it, and just like the skull token before, a line of text appeared above the jade tablet.

[Silver Thirteen: Zero]

"Silver Thirteen should be my number, and zero is my contribution... This ghost is really something. As soon as he opens his mouth, he either talks about the rules or about contributions."

"This Yin Ghost Sect is acting like some kind of weird organization."

After Ji Yuan put away the jade token, he found a golden-robed elder at the peak of the Core Formation stage standing to his left.

He had deep-set eyes, a high nose bridge, and his entire face had a chiseled, three-dimensional look... His name seemed to be Dong Xiuwen?

Ji Yuan recalled the information given by the Bone Nightmare Old Demon and quickly recognized the identity of the Core Formation Peak cultivator in front of him.

"For the rest of the journey to the Rakshasa Sea, you will follow my orders. I have no other requests... Remember, everything is for the sect!"

After speaking, he glanced at the seven silver-robed deacons in front of him, and finally his gaze fell on Ji Yuan, where he frowned slightly.

"You...you're not from our Black and White Temple?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan immediately declared in a solemn voice, "I am a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Xiuwen immediately understood.

"That's right, you're absolutely right!"

"We are all disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect. Alright, enough with the nonsense. You must quickly head to the Hundred Ghost Mist Forest in the outer realms and swiftly kill those rogue cultivators who stole our sect's treasures!"

After Dong Xiuwen finished speaking, Ji Yuan noticed that the cultivators around him were turning into white light and disappearing one by one.

He immediately released a wisp of his divine sense and captured the information.

He silently uttered the word "leave" and his figure disappeared from the square.

When the scene before him became clear again, he found himself back in the dense forest shrouded in ghostly mist.

Not only that, but he was also followed by the five bronze-robed disciples who were in the mid-stage of Core Formation.

Previously, when he was in the square, Ji Yuan didn't have time to take a close look, but now he has time to examine it slowly.

He turned around and looked at the five people behind him.

Three men and two women.

Three male cultivators... It's quite a coincidence that an old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man have all been gathered.

The two women, one tall and one short, seemed to know each other and were standing close together, looking at Ji Yuan with wary expressions.

"Fellow Daoist, you look unfamiliar. Are you truly not a member of my Black and White Temple?"

The tall woman had obviously heard Dong Xiuwen's question, so she was asking it now as well.

"Is this important?"

Ji Yuan countered with a question.

"important."

The two women nodded in unison, while the three men beside them... remained silent and simply stood to the side.

Ji Yuan looked around and asked again, "So, you're all from the Black and White Temple?"

"Yes."

The two women responded again.

The three men all shook their heads in unison, "No."

The rather handsome young man among them said with a mocking smile, "The Black and White Temple, tsk tsk, it's really impressive."

As a result, the two women immediately fell into a disadvantageous position, and even subconsciously took a few steps back.

"It's alright, I'm from the Temple of Black and White."

Ji Yuan joked, "Otherwise, how could I, with my mid-stage Core Formation cultivation, have obtained two rings?"

"What?!"

The three men's expressions immediately changed.

On the other hand, the two women moved closer to Ji Yuan.

"Alright, we've all come to this secret realm seeking opportunities, and our meeting is fate, so I won't say anything more..."

Ji Yuan glanced back at the depths of the dense forest as he spoke, "Let's move around freely."

"it is good."

The young man who had spoken earlier immediately agreed.

On the other hand, the woman opposite him, who looked and had a figure that resembled a little girl, stepped forward, just about to speak.

But the tall woman pulled him back, then bowed slightly to Ji Yuan and said softly, "As you command, Steward."

"Let's go."

After saying this, the two women exchanged a glance with the three men opposite them, and then they all transformed into streaks of light and left, leaving only Ji Yuan behind.

Ji Yuan watched them leave until they were completely out of his spiritual range, then he flipped his right hand and took out the identity jade token again.

As he infused the jade pendant with magical power, revealing the inscription, Ji Yuan flipped it over.

The text disappeared, and in its place appeared a small disc.

At this moment, five snow-white dots of light could be seen moving rapidly on his disc.

Three on the left, two on the right.

Ji Yuan laughed. "So, as the team captain, I can still see the positions of my teammates?"

Then what's the point of running?

However, Ji Yuan thought for a moment, "If I can see the positions of my subordinates, doesn't that mean Dong Xiuwen can also see my position?"

"If I take off this robe that symbolizes my status as a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect, will he still be able to see where I am?"

"If possible, we should find a place and see if we can kill him..."

Otherwise, with someone who knows his location at all times around, Ji Yuan would never feel safe.

Another point is that... the Black and White Temple seems to know something, but hasn't revealed it to the other eight holy lands yet.

The main reason that gave Ji Yuan this idea was the "acting" reaction of the Black and White Temple disciples in the square earlier.

"Everything for the sect!"

That slogan was certainly loud and clear.

Ji Yuan didn't know what the Black and White Temple knew, but he could see the purpose behind their actions.

That means you have to truly consider yourself a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect!

Would the rewards be more generous if I considered myself a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect?

Ji Yuan was unaware of this, but after thinking about it, he decided to do as instructed.

As for his five subordinates... Ji Yuan didn't care. If they were dead, they were dead. Otherwise, he would have to support his family. He had no such intention.

Not to mention that they were just strangers who met by chance.

Seeing that the five people had gradually stopped, Ji Yuan put away the jade token in his hand and took out the Golden Ghost Token instead.

"The Golden Ghost Token can move freely within the three regions of the Rakshasa Sea. I wonder how that works."

Ji Yuan thought for a moment and then poured more magic power into the Golden Ghost Token.

The magical power was poured in continuously, but the Golden Ghost Token remained completely still... Good heavens, it's consuming so much energy?!

A moment later, Ji Yuan felt as if he had expended all the mana of an early Core Formation stage cultivator before the Golden Ghost Token trembled slightly.

Immediately, a breath flew out from inside the token, landed in front of Ji Yuan, and transformed into a bronze gate that could only accommodate one person at a time.

...Isn't this the door I saw earlier, but couldn't push open?

As Ji Yuan spoke, he stepped forward, intending to push the door open.

But then, the ghost messenger's cold voice rang out again above his sea of ​​consciousness.

"The inner domain is not yet open and cannot be entered."

"forward……"

Ji Yuan instinctively wanted to shout, but then he thought that even if he summoned the ghost messenger, it would be useless.

It will only follow the rules.

If that's the case, then why not explore this outer realm first?

Ji Yuan made a sword finger with his right hand and summoned three flying swords with his mind before rushing into the depths of the dense forest.

He wasn't particularly fast, and he constantly used his divine sense to be vigilant about his surroundings.

After all, although his divine sense was suppressed, it didn't have much of an impact on his nascent soul divine sense.

Ji Yuan walked forward for nearly ten zhang, and in a daze, he felt as if he had passed through a restriction or an array.

The ghostly mist before his eyes suddenly thickened, and its suppression of divine sense became increasingly pronounced.

Within his mind, the ghost's cold voice rang out once more.

"In the Hundred Ghosts Mist Forest, where ten thousand ghosts pass by, you can command spirits or manipulate the illusion array in your hands to create a labyrinthine illusion, thereby slaying invading enemies! Make an indelible contribution to the sect!"

...So, this is the rule here?

Is the Hundred Ghosts Mist Forest the first barrier in the outer realm of Rakshasa?

Ji Yuan didn't know, and he believed that most of the other eight holy lands were also unaware, except perhaps the Black and White Temple, which might know a little bit.

After all, this Rakshasa Sea is being opened for the first time.

But thinking about it this way, it's good that this ghost messenger exists, so we're not completely in the dark and don't know anything.

Ji Yuan sensed his surroundings and discovered that his initial Nascent Soul stage consciousness had been compressed to the mid-Core Formation stage.

Then let alone other Core Formation stage cultivators.

"Um?"

Ji Yuan noticed the unusual movement in his hand. Looking down, he saw that the ghostly mist around him had gathered and eventually landed in his hand, transforming into a gray array flag.

Phantom Array.

...So it seems that being a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect is really quite good, with all sorts of skills.

The only pity is that this ghostly mist suppresses divine sense, making it impossible to distinguish friend from foe.

"This rule applies to disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect, but what about independent cultivators?"

After a moment's hesitation, Ji Yuan removed the robes of a Yin Gui Sect disciple and returned to his original appearance.

Just then, a voice rang out again above his sea of ​​consciousness.

"In the Hundred Ghosts Mist Forest, where ten thousand ghosts pass by, you can kill the ghosts here, destroy the Phantom Array flags, and kill the Yin Ghost Sect disciples to gain merit points. If you can pass the first trial, you can obtain a large number of merit points, which can be exchanged for cultivation resources."

Is this the rule for independent cultivators?

Killing ghosts, breaking illusion arrays, and defeating disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect all earn merit points.

Conquering this Forest of a Hundred Ghosts will earn you a large number of merit points.

Although it's unclear how much the difference is between the merit points gained by Yin Gui Sect disciples and those gained by killing rogue cultivators, judging from the Ghost Messenger's description... it's indeed more beneficial to choose to be a rogue cultivator.

The Black and White Temple did not lie about this.

But what exactly is the purpose of the Yin Ghost Sect doing this?

It's one thing for the Yin Ghost Sect disciples to kill rogue cultivators, after all, it's all for the sect's sake.

But now they're even encouraging rogue cultivators to kill Yin Gui Sect disciples, and there's even a sense of incitement.

It's like, I really want to see the two factions clash here?

As Ji Yuan was pondering this, he suddenly discovered that a... wandering soul had appeared within the range of his divine sense.

Its entire body resembles a burning green flame. Its upper body still shows a human shape, but its lower body is completely empty.

It's like wearing a large cloak, but the cloak only reaches the knees, and below that, it's nothingness.

The wandering spirit drifted aimlessly through the misty forest. After a while, it approached and, as if sensing Ji Yuan's presence, flew straight over.

"The aura of someone in the early stages of Core Formation..."

The three flying swords behind Ji Yuan rotated slightly, their tips immediately pointing towards the direction from which the ghost had come.

Ji Yuan originally intended to kill him in one fell swoop, but at the last minute he changed his mind.

Let's see what's really going on first.

The ghost arrived in a flash, a distance of more than ten miles.

Seeing that it had passed through the mist and entered his field of vision, Ji Yuan had a thought and immediately put on the deacon robe of the Yin Ghost Sect.

The ghost that was about to pounce was abruptly stopped, frozen in place.

He paused for a moment, then began to wander aimlessly again.

So, this thing really only attacks rogue cultivators?

The ghost messenger also said that the disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect can control these ghosts. How can they be controlled?

Ji Yuan took out his identity jade token from his storage bag.

The moment the jade pendant appeared in his hand, it began to gleam with a snow-white light.

It was as if they sensed the presence of ghosts nearby.

Ji Yuan tried to inject a trace of magic power into it, and the jade tablet immediately shone brightly. The ghosts that were originally floating around him were immediately sucked into the jade tablet.

Ji Yuan then learned about the situation of this ghost.

In the early stages of Core Formation, there are two main attack methods: one is to create illusions to confuse rogue cultivators, and the other is... possession!

Once possessed, the cultivator will lose their mind and indiscriminately attack those around them, while the ghost will take the opportunity to devour the cultivator's soul until they are killed.

Ghosts can devour the souls of cultivators and thus increase their strength.

However, there was no point in keeping this ghostly spirit in the early stage of Core Formation, so Ji Yuan released it from the jade tablet.

The ghost drifted obediently beside Ji Yuan. Just then, Ji Yuan, who was originally wearing the robes of a Yin Gui Sect steward, suddenly took off his disguise.

The ghost was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and was about to pounce and kill.

But Ji Yuan struck first, directly using three flying swords to pierce through the ghost's body.

A single bolt of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning blasted the ghost's body into nothingness.

"Um?"

Ji Yuan took out the jade tablet again, infused it with his magic power, and saw the words on it jump around.

[Silver Thirteen: Two]

Therefore, a ghost in the early stage of Core Formation is worth two merit points?

This is damn hard to earn.

I wonder if killing other Yin Ghost Sect cultivators would help me accumulate merit points faster.

However, this is not safe... The safest way is to use the identity of the Yin Ghost Sect to approach the ghost, and then suddenly drop the disguise and kill him!

This method is reliable and allows you to quickly accumulate merit points.

"If I really do that and the ghost finds out... it'll probably chop me up."

As Ji Yuan was pondering this, he discovered that a person had appeared within the range of his divine sense.

If he wasn't wearing the robes of the Yin Ghost Sect, then he was a rogue cultivator.

However, just when Ji Yuan thought that was the case, he watched in disbelief as this person... put on a disciple's robe from the Yin Ghost Sect.

Ji Yuan: "???"

Damn it, how come this guy is just like me?

Lord Ghost Messenger, so love will disappear, right?

Ji Yuan looked up.

"..."

at the same time.

Outside the deep pit in the Northwest Sand Prison, a young man dressed in a blood-red robe suddenly appeared on the sand, accompanied by a flash of blood-red light.

"Damn it, Master, I told you the Rakshasa Sea is already closed, we're too late!"

Qiu Qianhai cursed in his mind's eye.

"It's alright, what if it's shut down? I have a clever plan."

Nightmare Lord chuckled, seemingly not taking the matter to heart.

"What's your plan?"

Qiu Qianhai was not surprised by this, because in his view, his master was an almost omnipotent being.

"Because your master... is a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect."

"Can a disciple be stopped from returning to his own sect?"

Qiu Qianhai chuckled and said, "If that's the case, then let them taste the fear of being dominated by that old devil Ji again!"

(End of this chapter)