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【However, what you didn't expect was that there was a Ghost King in this mass grave. You merely glanced at him from afar and felt your body turn cold.】

【You felt in your heart that if you were to Cultivate forcibly in this mass grave, you would definitely be eaten by that Ghost King.】

【So, you prepared to leave.】

【But just as you were about to leave, a turning point appeared.】

【A group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals crawled out of the water near the mass grave and began to provoke the Ghost King.】

【The Ghost King didn't indulge them, and soon both sides began to fight.】

【Through the information from their mouths, you also learned the specific reason.】

【It turned out that this Ghost King was a bandit leader in his previous life, and was later dragged into the water by a scapegoat to exchange lives. A burst of resentment protected his true spirit from dissipating, swallowing all the ghosts around him, and finally growing into a powerful Ghost King.】

【The nearby water area was a branch of the Ji River, named Clearwater River.】

【There was a Water God in this Clearwater River.】

【One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and coupled with the Water God allowing water ghosts to harm people, which led to the Ghost King's death, conflicts naturally arose between the two sides.】

【But the Ghost King was too evil; he actually defeated the Water God and occupied the Water God's Immortal Cave, occasionally even coming ashore to eat some newborn souls.】

【You were lucky today; it happened to be the day the Ghost King came ashore to eat souls, otherwise, who knows what would have happened.】

【After the Water God was driven away, he went to the Ji River Dragon King for help. As one of the Four Great Water Gods, the Ji River Dragon King naturally wouldn't sit idly by while his subordinate was bullied, so he sent his Dragon Kings Crown Prince to lead troops to subjugate him.】

【You saw the two sides go back and forth, fighting to a standstill.】

【You watched, forgetting to leave, with a faint expectation in your heart, hoping that both sides would suffer heavy losses.】

【However, that Dragon Kings Crown Prince's martial arts were truly formidable, pushing the Ghost King back step by step, until he finally transformed into a ball of black smoke and disappeared, no one knew where.】

【After driving away the Ghost King, the Dragon Kings Crown Prince took the shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and the Water God into the Clearwater River.】

【Clearly, they were going to celebrate.】

【But shortly after they left, the Ghost King transformed into a ball of black Qi and reformed his body.】

【He was seriously injured, with most of his body dissipated, faintly appearing semi-transparent.】

【Seeing this, your heart was greatly moved. If you could absorb this Ghost King into your Yin Soul Lantern, the quality of your Yin Soul Lantern would greatly improve.】

【What do you choose now?】

【Option One: Sacrifice the Yin Soul Lantern to devour the Ghost King, but at the great risk of being Backlash by the Ghost King.】

【Option Two: Immediately escape and never come to this mass grave again.】

【Option Three: Go forward and cooperate with the Ghost King, claiming to drive away the Dragon Kings Crown Prince with him.】

...

Looking at the three options before him, Su Mo carefully considered them.

First, the first option.

Although the risk was huge, the reward was also huge.

As for escaping, he felt there was no need.

Now that this Ghost King was so weak, the opportunity was rare. If he just left like this, it would definitely be a huge loss.

As for cooperating with this Ghost King, Su Mo dismissed it without even thinking.

Bargaining with a ghost was even more absurd than bargaining with a tiger.

Everyone says ghosts are full of lies; not a single word a ghost says can be believed!

【Facing the weakened Ghost King, you thought of Nangong Liuli at this moment.】

【If Nangong Liuli were in trouble now, and you had no ability to help her, wouldn't it be a regret for ten thousand years?】

【Thinking of this, you did not hesitate to chant the incantation, activating the Yin Soul Lantern to capture the Ghost King.】

【At this moment, the Yin Soul Lantern trembled incessantly, as if its artifact spirit understood the opponent's power and thus hesitated.】

【Seeing this, you chanted the incantation again, and only then did the artifact spirit reluctantly attack the Ghost King.】

【And when the Ghost King saw that there was a mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, he was immediately shocked, and his ghost body dissipated even more.】

【However, when the Yin Qi of the Yin Soul Lantern wrapped around the Ghost King, the Ghost King realized that this person was so weak.】

【He immediately walked towards you with a sinister smile.】

【In his eyes, you were a piece of precious meat; after eating you, he could fully replenish all his deficiencies.】

【Seeing this, you immediately performed the secret technique recorded in the Yin Soul Art.】

【You bit your tongue and sprayed a mouthful of vital blood onto the Yin Soul Lantern.】

【The Yin Soul Lantern immediately burst forth with a great surge of Yin Qi, directly drilling into the Ghost King's body and battling with the Yin Qi inside him.】

【You still felt a bit unsure, and only stopped after continuously spraying three mouthfuls of vital blood.】

【The three mouthfuls of vital blood contained a massive amount of Origin Qi, causing the Yin Soul Lantern's black light to blaze intensely, and your body felt half-empty.】

【And the Ghost King was quickly shattered by the artifact spirit, with all the dissipated Yin Qi being absorbed by the Yin Soul Lantern.】

【When the Ghost King was absorbed by the Yin Soul Lantern, the originally pitch-black surface of the Yin Soul Lantern also developed a trace of golden Pattern, looking like a colorful black.】

【You could feel that the Yin Soul Lantern's power had increased by at least three times.】

【Even some Immortal Masters of the Dao would likely stumble when facing this Yin Soul Lantern.】

【Now, this mass grave, being surrounded by the aquatic race, was no longer a place to stay, so you continued to search for new mass graves elsewhere.】

【You traveled south through the land of Bashu, incidentally asking for directions to Mount Emei.】

【Unlike Earth and the Great Song, this world was clearly much larger. After asking, you learned that the place Nangong Liuli left you was thousands of miles away from Mount Emei.】

【Your obsession with Nangong Liuli deepened daily, and your brain automatically beautified her, subconsciously believing that Nangong Liuli knew the extreme danger and didn't want to implicate you, which was why she acted that way.】

【This made your heart even more anxious.】

【You were eager to enhance your strength.】

【One day, on your way to Mount Emei, you passed a mountain peak.】

【This mountain was named Tianzhu Mountain, with its peaks uniquely majestic, streams like ribbons, and lush, verdant vegetation.】

【You had heard in the market earlier that precious treasures often appeared in famous mountains and great rivers, and those with destiny would obtain them and achieve great fortune.】

【You also yearned for this in your heart, so you began to walk into Tianzhu Mountain.】

【As you delved deeper, the sunlight overhead gradually thinned, with only coin-sized patches of light penetrating through.】

【Looking at the deep mountain, which was completely different from its outward appearance, your steps became increasingly difficult.】

【This mountain seemed to be rarely traveled; there wasn't even a small path. If not for your tough and strong body, you would have already been scratched by the thorns underfoot.】

【You followed the highest peak in this mountain, and because your own Yin Qi was blazing, even jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards dared not approach.】

【After walking for three hours, from morning until dusk, you finally climbed to the highest peak of Tianzhu Mountain, Tianmao Peak.】

【You saw that the top of Tianmao Peak was piled with stone walls and high wooden logs.】

【Upon entering, there was actually an abandoned temple inside.】

【Even with the setting sun shining, this temple was still filled with dense Yin Qi, and you vaguely felt something was wrong.】

【But since you had already come, you held up your Yin Soul Lantern and bravely ventured inside.】

【The temple buildings were already dilapidated from years of disrepair, the statues were broken, and even the head of the Buddha on the highest platform had fallen off.】

【Although you didn't know what had happened here, you still decided to stay overnight in this temple.】

【Then you gathered wood and built a bonfire, adding a touch of light and warmth to the originally eerie main hall.】

【Just as you were about to sleep, you noticed that the Buddha statue in the very center of the hall was subtly shaking.】

【With a clang, the Buddha statue was pushed down from below, and a human-shaped zombie covered in green fur crawled out from within.】

【The first thing it did after emerging was to absorb the moonlight through the opening in the ceiling of the main hall.】

【Seeing this, your heart jolted. No wonder this temple was so eerie; it turned out there was such a zombie lurking here.】

【At this moment, after absorbing moonlight for a while, the zombie also noticed you.】

【Seeing that there was actually a living person here, the zombie immediately bared its fangs and attacked you.】

【But before you could even act, a delicate shout came from outside the temple.】

"Evil creature, do not harm anyone!"

【Immediately after, a frosty blue Flying Sword light flew in from outside, slashing towards the green-furred zombie's neck!】

【You recognized the owner of this voice, and your heart was ecstatic.】

"Fairy!"

"It's me!"

【The owner of this voice was none other than Nangong Liuli!】

Chapter 132: Peach Blossom Miasma, Fairy's Stirred Emotions

【Nangong Liuli's Flying Sword was extremely sharp; the green-furred zombie's head was instantly severed, and after spewing a puff of white Qi, it turned into a puddle of pus.】

【Seeing this, you also quickly came out of the temple.】

【Nangong Liuli was greatly surprised to see you.】

"How are you here?"

【Upon hearing Nangong Liuli's words, you recounted your experiences of the past year and a half to Nangong Liuli in detail.】

【And you expressed your great concern for her.】

"Fairy, I'm just glad you're alright."

"That puts my mind at ease."

【Upon hearing your experiences, Nangong Liuli's eyes, which were like ten thousand years of cold ice, showed a hint of emotion, but it was quickly suppressed.】

"Since you have learned the Evil Path techniques, you can no longer become a disciple of Mount Emei."

"Also, if I ever hear that you have wantonly taken lives or used ordinary people to Cultivate evil techniques, I will surely come for your head!"

【You immediately promised upon hearing this.】

"Fairy, I won't, I won't."

"For the past six months, I've only been going to mass graves and haven't harmed a single life."

【Nangong Liuli nodded quietly.】

【Her sect elders had divined that a supreme treasure destined for her would appear on Tianzhu Mountain, and the day for its emergence had arrived. But who could have imagined that you would be here?】

【Even though Nangong Liuli was extremely reluctant, she could only spend some time with you.】

"I came here for a supreme treasure."

"You have Yin Qi protecting your body, so you can come down with me to retrieve the treasure."

【After speaking, Nangong Liuli came to the cave entrance from which the green-furred zombie had emerged. As soon as she got close, she found the stench unbearable; the corpse Qi had accumulated there for an unknown number of years.】

【She hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to go in or wait for the corpse Qi to dissipate.】

【You noticed Nangong Liuli's hesitation and stepped forward.】

"Fairy Liuli, do you find this corpse Qi unpleasant?"

【This corpse Qi was essentially a mutated Yin Qi, which was very helpful for your Cultivation of the Yin Soul Art, so you volunteered.】

"I can absorb the corpse Qi. It's not too late to go in after I've absorbed all of it."

【Upon hearing your words, Nangong Liuli's beautiful eyes showed some hesitation, but seeing that you had already sat down at the cave entrance and begun to absorb the corpse Qi, she said nothing more.】

【The corpse Qi in this cave was far more than the total of ten mass graves combined.】

【You absorbed it quite refreshingly, but to win Nangong Liuli's favor, you maintained a pained expression.】

【The Yin Soul Art is divided into three Realms: Yin Soul Entering the Body, Soul Condensation and Spirit Gathering, and Nether Ghost Body.】

【You had already reached the Realm of Yin Soul Entering the Body.】