Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

In this secular world, there is also a household registration system, and this household registration is fixed. Generally speaking, unless the woman marries and moves to another place, it is very difficult to change her household registration. Ordinary people basically have no possibility of changing their household registration.

Oh, no, there is one type of relocation that is permitted: relocating to the border areas of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court not only provides strong support but also offers rewards.

Unfortunately, anyone with a modicum of sense would be unwilling to relocate to the frontier, because if they were unlucky, they might not survive a single day there.

Despite the seemingly harmonious secular world of the Tang Kingdom, the border areas were actually plagued by constant warfare and were extremely unsafe.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say, sisters. We've arrived. This is your lodging for tonight. Remember, don't speak at night," the girl reminded them seriously once again.

Lin Aoxue casually handed the girl a tael of silver. A night in a superior room cost one hundred copper coins, but Lin Aoxue didn't have any copper coins.

"No need to look anymore," Lin Aoxue said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the girl immediately thanked Lin Aoxue with delight.

"Thank you for the tip, sister."

So the two went inside, only to find that all the windows were boarded up.

"The windows are all sealed shut. It seems this is no small matter. But that makes sense. Even a cultivator at the Spirit Stream Realm is like a god to mortals," Lin Aoxue remarked.

After Ye Liuyun entered the house, he immediately asked Lin Qingyou about it. With Lin Qingyou's abilities, she would definitely know if there was anything unusual here.

"Master, is there anything unusual around the town?" Ye Liuyun asked.

Lin Qingyou knew what had happened as soon as she entered the town.

"It's a small matter. It's just that there's a cultivator in the deep mountains south of this town. She's probably practicing some kind of technique and controlling vengeful spirits to attack humans in the town," Lin Qingyou explained.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun rolled her eyes. She knew exactly what was going on. If a demon wanted to attack this town, it would probably be completely destroyed in a day. The fact that it was being done so secretly meant that it could only be the work of human cultivators.

"Ugh, this is such a hassle," Ye Liuyun sighed helplessly.

Since Lin Qingyou said it was a small matter, it means that they can handle this evil cultivator. Since they can handle it, there is no need to worry about anything.

All we need to do is wait for them to arrive.

Meanwhile, in a hidden ancient tomb in the mountainous area south of Youshan Town, a woman dressed in black sat in the center of a blood-red array, performing a ritual. A banner shimmering with golden light floated in front of her.

A large amount of black mist was pouring into the area from all sides. This was the yin energy of the place, and the woman must be refining a soul-gathering banner.

What exactly is this Soul Gathering Banner? There's nothing wrong with it in itself. At least the cultivator who created this treasure never imagined that his creation would be abused by later generations and turned into an evil artifact.

This item was originally used to deal with demonic beasts. It would absorb the souls of the demonic beasts into it, control them, and then manipulate the beast souls to attack enemies.

However, it was later discovered that this substance was also useful to humans, and even more effective.

Over time, some malicious cultivators combined it with the art of ghost refining, turning the Soul Gathering Banner into the Hundred Ghost Banner, turning normal souls into ghosts, and then using the Soul Gathering Banner to control the ghosts to kill enemies.

In the end, this item was banned by the cultivation world, but even so, some people still secretly cultivated it. This item is different from ordinary magic treasures. Once it is refined, it will greatly improve the cultivator's combat power, and the cost to the cultivator is not high.

Because anyone can create the Hundred Ghost Banner in a short time with the help of the Eastern Refining Ghost Technique.

"Hehe, almost there. We only need ten more suitable Yin spirits to complete the Hundred Ghost Banner." The female evil cultivator looked at the banner and smiled coldly.

After saying that, she stood up and waved the Hundred Ghosts Banner, which then fell into her hand.

She calculated the time and knew she had to go to the town below to find a target. This woman didn't just pick anyone; her targets were women born during the most yin hours, that is, between 11 pm and 1 am.

This female evil cultivator is named Fan Ling. She is a cultivator at the Spirit Sea Realm. Originally, she was not an evil cultivator, but an accident gave her a Ghost Refining Technique, which led her down the evil path.

She searched everywhere for suitable targets, capturing their souls to refine the Hundred Ghost Banner, and Youshan Town was the third place she had come to.

That is to say, at least nearly ninety innocent people have been killed and had their souls taken by her.

To avoid being discovered, she won't stay in one place for too long. After today, she will move on to another place to absorb souls.

Unfortunately, this woman was unlucky and happened to run into Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue.

In reality, the chances of a rogue cultivator encountering a sect cultivator are very small in the secular world. In most cases, sect cultivators don't even enter the secular world. It's just a matter of being able to walk by the river without getting your feet wet.

Chapter 233 Ye Liuyun, who is afraid of ghosts

As the sun disappeared completely, darkness enveloped the entire town of Ghostwood.

After confirming that night had fallen, Lin Aoxue used her sword to cut through the wooden planks blocking the window, which were covered with talismans.

However, Ye Liuyun really wanted to know who drew these talismans. Talismans aren't something that can be made effective just by using any piece of paper and blood.

She has a special method for drawing talismans. To deal with evil spirits, one should at least draw a ghost-repelling talisman or an exorcism talisman. However, the talismans posted in the town are just scribbles and are completely useless. If drawn correctly, even drawing with the blood of ordinary livestock can have some effect.

But none of these runes are right.

"I dare say the people in this town have definitely been scammed. These talismans are completely useless," Ye Liuyun said, tearing a talisman off the wooden board that Lin Aoxue had cut open.

“Sigh! What can we do? Ordinary people can’t possibly tell what these talismans are for. They only know that there are cultivators in this world. For example, if a cultivator stands in front of them, their mortal eyes can’t tell the difference between us and ordinary people,” Lin Aoxue replied.

After saying that, the two flew out of the window and landed on the roof.

The two looked around and soon discovered that ninety female ghosts had suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the town. They were floating and wandering around the town, which was quite frightening.

Ye Liuyun turned pale when he saw these things.

However, Lin Aoxue quickly realized that these female ghosts were clearly being controlled by someone and seemed to be looking for something in the town.

"Ninety in total? Oh, I see. Someone must be making the Hundred Ghost Banner. Hmph! Liu Yun, when you catch the guy who made the Hundred Ghost Banner, feed him some pills." Lin Aoxue said coldly.

Ye Liuyun wasn't particularly familiar with some special magical artifacts, so he asked.

"A Hundred Demon Banner? What is that?"

"It's a special kind of magic weapon, also called the Soul Gathering Banner. It doesn't have a fixed grade. Its strength depends entirely on how many vengeful ghosts it can control. If it can control more than a hundred vengeful ghosts, it's called the Hundred Ghost Banner, and its power is comparable to a Spirit-grade magic weapon. If it can control more than a thousand vengeful ghosts, it's called the Thousand Soul Banner, and it's comparable to a Profound-grade magic weapon. If it can control ten thousand vengeful ghosts, it's called the Ghost King Banner, and it's comparable to an Earth-grade magic weapon," Lin Aoxue explained.

This thing is quite common among evil cultivators, but not many of them can actually refine it, because while it seems to have low requirements, it actually requires patience and luck.

"So what do we do next? Should we kill these ghosts first, or go find the cultivator who controls them?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"I think we should split up. The cultivator who controls this thing is definitely nearby. I'll deal with him, and you can deal with these ghosts," Lin Aoxue suggested.

"Ah I?"

Upon hearing the mention of dealing with these ghosts and demons, Ye Liuyun's face immediately fell; she was most afraid of these terrifying things.

"Huh? What's with that expression? Are you afraid of ghosts? No, you were afraid of ghosts in your past life, why are you still afraid of ghosts now? How about you deal with the evil cultivators and I'll deal with the ghosts, that would work too," Lin Aoxue suggested.

This remark left Ye Liuyun speechless.

"Eh? Forget it, I'll deal with the ghost myself. I can't just fly around like that. If it tries to escape, I might not be able to catch it," Ye Liuyun said with a dry laugh.

Lin Aoxue knew that Ye Liuyun was afraid of ghosts because in her previous life, Ye Liuyun was always too scared to watch horror movies when Lin Aoxue watched them.

"Alright then, don't worry. These ghosts are weak in combat. With your Spirit Stream Realm cultivation, you're more than capable of dealing with them. I'm leaving now. I need to go see where that evil cultivator is hiding." After saying that, Lin Aoxue immediately flew into the sky.

As for Ye Liuyun, she could only swallow hard as she watched the vengeful ghosts. She took a deep breath and prepared to put on her veil, but at that moment, a chilling aura appeared out of nowhere behind her.

Ye Liuyun's entire body stiffened involuntarily.

"Little one, watch out behind you," Lin Qingyou quickly reminded him.

As soon as he said this, Ye Liuyun's nerves immediately tensed up, because a female ghost appeared behind him at some point.

"Hehehe..." The female ghost let out a series of sinister and terrifying laughs. Her pale face, filled with horror, kept sniffing at Ye Liuyun.

What's going on? It's probably the yin energy on Ye Liuyun that attracted her. You know, both Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue were born at extremely yin times, which just happens to meet the requirements of that evil cultivator.

These female ghosts are released by evil cultivators to search for people born at extremely yin times.

"Such a rich aura of souls, another target found." The female ghost said with a sinister laugh.

After saying that, she opened her mouth, and her mouth gradually split open, revealing a mouthful of fangs. She wanted to devour Ye Liuyun's soul.

"Ugh... Damn it, get the hell away from me."

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Liuyun suddenly slapped the female ghost hard across the face, sending her flying.

The female ghost originally wanted to devour Ye Liuyun and take her soul away.

But perhaps she has intellectual disabilities, because she didn't think about how a normal girl could stand so calmly on the roof.

Ye Liuyun slapped the female ghost away, then turned around in a panic. As soon as he turned around, he saw the female ghost who had been sent flying a thousand meters away.

The female ghost was also completely bewildered. She touched her face, and fortunately, since she was a ghost, physical attacks did not harm her.

If she had a physical form, Ye Liuyun's slap would have been enough to kill her.

"You, you actually discovered me?" The female ghost was dumbfounded for a long time.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for ordinary people to see ghosts. If an ordinary person can see a ghost, it means that they are either not far from death or that they are too ethereal.

"Nonsense! Don't you know that suddenly appearing behind someone can scare them to death? I'm terrified of ghosts!" Ye Liuyun shouted angrily, looking at the female ghost with a frightened expression.

After Ye Liuyun finished attacking the female ghost, Fan Ling, who was controlling the ghost from a distance, quickly noticed it.

"Eh? A cultivator? A cultivator of the Spirit Stream Realm? And a soul born during the Extreme Yin Hour, haha, great! My Hundred Ghost Banner happens to be without a main soul, so I'll refine you and use you as my main soul." Fan Ling said excitedly.

After she finished speaking, she gave the other ghosts orders to come and attack Ye Liuyun.

Fan Ling was confident that ninety fierce ghosts could deal with a cultivator at the Spirit Stream Realm.

As soon as the command was given, Ye Liuyun immediately sensed that the vengeful ghosts were moving towards him. These ghosts quickly surrounded Ye Liuyun and revealed all sorts of terrifying ghostly forms.

This is much scarier than the horror movies Ye Liuyun watched in his previous life.

"Damn it, don't scare me. I told you, I'm terrified of ghosts." Ye Liuyun produced a Flash Pill and threw it out.

As the Flash Pill exploded, a blinding white light illuminated the entire town, forcing the ghosts to retreat continuously.

Although the white light couldn't kill them, they clearly disliked it.

"Huh? It didn't work? Don't they say ghosts are afraid of light?" Ye Liuyun was stunned as he watched the ghosts simply retreat a short distance.

Lin Qingyou couldn't help but roll her eyes at Ye Liuyun's reaction.

"Please, this isn't real sunlight, how could it possibly kill them? By the way, why are you, a cultivator, afraid of ghosts? I've never seen you so timid before." Lin Qingyou wanted to laugh.

Ye Liuyun blushed.

"This, this is different. They're here again. Damn it, get away from me." Ye Liuyun saw the female ghosts surrounding him again, turned around and ran away immediately.

The female ghosts, in their terrifying, ghostly forms, immediately gave chase.

"Hey! Little one, there's nothing to be afraid of these guys. As long as you don't feel fear towards them, they won't show their terrifying ghostly forms. Ghosts are born from the mind, don't you understand that principle? These are the lowest level of vengeful ghosts, with only weak mental attacks," Lin Qingyou advised.

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However, Ye Liuyun immediately retorted.

"No, I'm just afraid of this thing. It has nothing to do with how strong they are."

Ye Liuyun got goosebumps when he saw the ghosts and monsters revealing themselves.

After saying that, she threw out another Flash Pill to stop the ghosts.

As for Lin Aoxue, she had already arrived above the mountain where Fan Ling was. She carefully searched with her divine sense but found that she could not find the other party at all. So there was only one possibility: the place where the other party was hiding might have some kind of array that isolated her aura.

"Hmph! Hiding your aura? Then I'll fight you head-on." Lin Aoxue gathered her power and unleashed a sword light that slammed down onto the mountain below.

"Boom!"

This sword strike shattered a small mountain and also alerted Fan Ling, who was hiding in an ancient tomb.

"Huh? Such a powerful attack! There are other cultivators involved?" Fan Ling's expression changed after feeling the tremor above.

She could only give the Ghostly Sect an order: to kill Ye Liuyun as quickly as possible. She had to start dealing with Lin Aoxue carefully.

"Why aren't you showing yourself? Come out here!" Seeing that the other party didn't come out, Lin Aoxue's attack power increased.

However, the people of Youshan Town were the most frightened. They heard the roaring sound and hid in their homes, trembling. They didn't understand what was going on tonight or why there was such a loud noise.

Then look at the red horse and the donkey in the stable. The donkey is quite leisurely and is showing affection to the red horse, constantly trying to get close to her.

And these rouge-colored horses would bite the donkeys several times each time, seemingly unconcerned about their masters' battles.

Ye Liuyun continued to lead the group of ghosts around the town, eventually taking them away from the town and bringing them outside.

"Damn it, I'm warning you, if you come any closer to me, don't blame me for being impolite!" Ye Liuyun said fiercely, taking out a few more pills.

She can't keep running forever; it's pointless. She has to find a way to deal with these guys.

"Use the Electric Shock Pill and the Thunderstorm Pill. Ghosts are most afraid of lightning," Lin Qingyou reminded her.

This was Ye Liuyun's first time fighting a vengeful ghost, so she had little experience. No, no, to be precise, she had little combat experience to begin with.

A shut-in girl who spends all her time at home refining medicine is naturally no match for Lin Aoxue. In the Six Yang Mountains, Lin Aoxue took care of all the fighting, and she didn't even have to lift a finger.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun immediately reached out and took out a Thunderstorm Pill, which exploded, instantly causing more than a dozen vengeful ghosts to scream in agony.