706: Chapter 706 Treasures Abound in Southern Xinjiang

The Grade 5 Spirit Treasure, the ten thousand soul banner, is infinitely mysterious, but Liu Xuan is far from satisfied.

From the moment Ghost King Ghost King Lian Yue agreed to become the main soul of the ten thousand soul banner, escaping was no longer an issue. He only needed to collect the numerous Yin spirits into the ten thousand soul banner, have Liu Xuan take it and escape into the cave world, then emerge from Biyou City, and everything would be over.

With no worries about the future, Liu Xuan's greed arose. He wanted to use the billions of Yin spirits and the yin fiend earth veins of the Black Death Marsh to further nurture the ten thousand soul banner, and he also wanted to scrape some benefits off the Buddhist sect, that soft persimmon.

Under Ghost King Lian Yue's puzzled gaze, Liu Xuan raised his hand and took an ancient mirror from the Void Realm, inside which a bewitching flame flickered slightly.

The Avici Karmic Fire suddenly expanded, spreading out from the mirror, then fused with the ten thousand soul banner, infecting Ghost King Ghost King Lian Yue and the various Nascent Soul Ghost Commanders.

"The Buddhist sect uses Yin spirits as pills; I intend to give them a hand and add a little something extra for them," Liu Xuan said with a smile.

"Husband, are you thinking…" Ghost King Lian Yue was thoughtful, but not entirely sure.

Liu Xuan opened his palm, and the Avici Karmic Fire condensed into a pill in his hand. "When it comes to Alchemy, your husband is the real professional."

"It is said that the Buddhist sect has strong Physical Bodies but weak Divine Souls. I wonder if they can withstand the Avici Karmic Fire?"

The Buddhist sect here is not the true Buddhism; they have no protection from Karma, their Divine Souls are weak, and they cannot withstand the burning of the Avici Karmic Fire.

Liu Xuan looked at the many Ghost Commanders below and said in a clear voice, "I am Liu Xuan. I believe you must have heard of me. Your Ghost King Ghost King Lian Yue has already become my Dao Companion, and this ten thousand soul banner is my treasure."

There was a buzz of discussion below. Liu Xuan paused for a moment, waiting for them to digest this information before continuing:

"The Buddhist sect uses you as cultivation resources, treating you as pills. I have a method that allows you to take revenge and, in turn, seize their Physical Bodies. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Please speak plainly, True Lord Liu. We are willing to cooperate."

"Whatever orders True Lord Liu has, just instruct us."

"We dare not disobey the orders of the True Lord!"

Seeing that everyone was so sensible, Liu Xuan smiled with satisfaction.

"Since that is the case, I won't keep you in suspense." Liu Xuan opened his palm, showing everyone the Avici Karmic Fire in his hand. "This fire is called the Avici Karmic Fire; it can ignore Physical Body defenses and burn the Divine Soul directly."

"I intend to use the method of Alchemy to hide most of your Divine Souls, along with the Avici Karmic Fire, within the core of your Divine Souls. Once the Buddhist Cultivators swallow you, you will trigger the Avici Karmic Fire inside their bodies to suppress their Divine Souls and take over their Physical Bodies."

The Ghost Commanders understood. Liu Xuan's meaning was to have them feign being captured by Buddhist Cultivators, then use the Avici Karmic Fire to suppress the opponent's Divine Soul and perform Possession on their Physical Body.

Yin spirits are naturally capable of the technique of Possession, but this technique is rather useless for them because the Physical Bodies of Human Race Cultivators are inherently weak. Seizing them is of no use and would even affect the speed of absorbing Yin Qi for cultivation. Even if they succeed in Possession, they would discard the body quickly after consuming the Yang Qi.

Buddhist Cultivators, however, have strong Physical Bodies, and a strong Physical Body often means extremely strong Divine Soul defense, because the Physical Body is itself a barrier for Divine Soul defense.

When Ghost Cultivators encounter Buddhist Cultivators, let alone Possession, they are completely suppressed by the Buddhist sect the moment the golden light of Qi and blood washes over them.

But if the Avici Karmic Fire truly ignores Physical Body defenses as Liu Xuan said, and they feign weakness to infiltrate the opponent's Sea of Consciousness, they might really be able to perform Possession easily.

"To avoid the Buddhist sect noticing anything unusual, I intend to send two people first to test the waters."

Liu Xuan scanned the area below and casually pointed at the familiar Ghost Commander Youming and another Ghost Commander who was also at the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

"Just you two!"

Summoning the two of them forward, Liu Xuan used his magic power to condense a Pill Furnace and used the Avici Karmic Fire as the flame to perform Alchemy directly on them.

Calling it Alchemy is not entirely accurate; in reality, it was just using the method of Alchemy to Seal a portion of their Divine Souls and the Avici Karmic Fire within the core of their Divine Souls, which was very simple for Liu Xuan.

With the two of them cooperating, this was not difficult for Liu Xuan. In just a short moment, their cultivation aura weakened to the Mid-Nascent Soul Stage, and a phantom of a bewitching flame flashed across the center of their brows.

To be safe, Liu Xuan threw them two sub-gu of the Puppet Gu at the Early Nascent Soul Stage Realm. "This item can help you suppress the enemy's Divine Soul, making it easier to perform Possession."

"Just suppress the opponent's Divine Soul and Seal it in the Sea of Consciousness. Remember not to kill them directly to avoid exposure. You know what to do, right?"

"Understood!" "Understood!" They bowed and saluted simultaneously.

"Very good!" Liu Xuan waved his hand. "Go and do the work. If you do well, there will be rewards; if you mess up, there will be punishments. Here with me, Liu Xuan, everything follows rules."

After the two Ghost Commanders left, Liu Xuan turned to Ghost King Lian Yue and said, "My lady, I will leave the others to you for now. Arrange for them to bring the Yin spirits from the middle and lower layers of the Black Death Marsh as soon as possible. As long as the ten thousand soul banner can hold them, the more Yin spirits, the better."

"Good! I will arrange it immediately."

Ghost King Lian Yue thought the same as Liu Xuan; she knew what to do without Liu Xuan needing to instruct her.

She personally gave orders to every Nascent Soul Ghost Commander, letting them be responsible for different areas, and bringing all the Yin spirits gathered below the Lianyue Immortal Palace as well as those scattered throughout the Black Death Marsh into the ten thousand soul banner.

The ten thousand soul banner had not yet advanced and could not currently hold all the Yin spirits. It needed to be done slowly, using the Yin spirits to increase the foundation of the ten thousand soul banner, and then using the upgraded ten thousand soul banner to hold more Yin spirits. It was still a matter of time.

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The center of the Black Death Marsh was obscured by the Lianyue Immortal Palace. Although the three Buddhist Buddhas felt some abnormal aura, there was no sign of Ghost King Ghost King Lian Yue leaving, so they did not pay much attention.

At the northern edge of the Black Death Marsh, two Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Ghost Commanders suddenly charged desperately at the Buddhist light of the great formation, as if they could not withstand the pressure and were fighting for their lives to escape.

"Hehe~" "Another fat sheep has come knocking!"

In the Buddhist temple closest to this place, a Buddhist Arhat with pale golden skin looked into the distance, overjoyed, and then transformed into a streak of golden light, heading straight for the location of the combat fluctuations.

Since the establishment of the Buddhist great formation, every day there were Yin spirits and Ghost Cultivators who would charge at the formation, delusional about escaping. Except for a very few who were lucky, the rest were equivalent to throwing themselves into a net.

As more Buddhist temples successively appeared around the Black Death Marsh, the number of Ghost Cultivators delusional about escaping became fewer and fewer. Since two appeared at once today, weren't they big fat sheep?

When this Buddhist Arhat arrived at the battlefield, he saw that another Arhat was already engaged in combat with the two Nascent Soul Ghost Commanders.

Not wanting to be left behind, he immediately put his hands together, invoked the Buddhist light great formation to bolster himself, and intercepted one of the Ghost Commanders to his side.

Although the two Arhats only had cultivation at the Early Nascent Soul Stage, with the bolstering of the Buddhist light great formation, their Qi and blood and formidable Physical Body defenses suppressed the Ghost Cultivators, and they quickly gained the upper hand.

At first, the two Arhats were worried that if the Ghost Commanders couldn't win, they would run into the depths of the Black Death Marsh, where the Yin Qi was dense and the effect of the Buddhist light great formation would weaken, making it possible they wouldn't be able to keep them.

But in the end, they discovered they had worried in vain. These two Ghost Commanders were like madmen; even if their internal Yin Qi was exhausted, they insisted on charging outward, and in the end, they were captured separately by them.

"A Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Ghost Commander; once I refine it, I might be able to directly advance to the Mid-Nascent Soul Stage!"

"The Venerable is right. The Southern Border is indeed full of treasures everywhere. Coming here was the right choice!"

The golden-bodied Arhat laughed out loud while controlling the Buddhist light to Seal the weakened soul body of Ghost Commander Youming layer by layer.