Chapter 313: Ghost Bride

“The Ghost Bride was suspected of being a Cultivator with a Yin-Gathering Spirit Body in her past life.

This Physique’s spiritual power is cold and gloomy, making it extremely easy to transform into a powerful ghostly object after death.

The Ghost Bride appears as a spirit body wearing a red wedding dress and a Red Bridal Veil, obscuring her face. Due to her Physique, she became a vessel for countless ancient vengeful spirits after death.”

“After the arrival of the Golden Age, the Ghost Bride first appeared in Qibao City, one of the eighty-one Buddhist cities in the Western Desert. All Buddhist Cultivators who tried to purify her were killed by her, including the abbot of Qibao Temple, the Qibao Ancestral Master, whose cultivation had reached the Late Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage.”

“Countless Cultivators and civilians fled Qibao City, and soon after, Qibao City became a Ghost City.”

“Buddhist experts attacked several times, and Void Profound Buddhist Cultivators even descended, wanting to reclaim Qibao City, but they were all repelled by the Ghost Bride, who undoubtedly possesses Void Profound strength—”

“The second one, Ghost Shadow.”

“A formless ghost with a black shadow body. Aside from the ability to ‘possess and seize the bodies of others,’ no other special abilities have been discovered for now.”

“It possesses an almost unsolvable ability to seize the bodies of others. After the Golden Age arrived, it broke the seal from beneath Xianyuan Temple, occupied the body of a Soul Transformation abbot of Xianyuan Temple, and left immediately.”

“Subsequently, when Buddhist powerhouses pursued it, this thing had already occupied the body of a solitary Demon Ancestor in the Western Desert. Its power had already matured, making it difficult to deal with.”

“Its strength is difficult to estimate and extremely dangerous.”

“The third one, Ghost Mother.”

“She takes the form of a pink jellyfish spirit body. It’s unknown how she was born, but she is a Weapon Spirit.”

“She possesses the eerie ability to enter various Magic Treasures and weapons, transforming into an artifact spirit.”

“After entering a Magic Treasure, she can sever the connection between the treasure and its owner and unleash power far beyond common logic.”

“Due to the existence of the Ghost Mother, ‘Magic Treasure Devouring Master Incidents’ have occurred many times in the Western Desert. The highest-ranked victim known was a half-step Void Profound Artifact Refining Cultivator from Martial Emperor City who came to the Western Desert to forge Buddhist artifacts; he was killed by his own numerous Magic Treasures—”

“Now, the Ghost Mother has become a mobile treasury, possessing countless Magic Treasures, and is still in the process of collecting weapons.”

Lin Jing fell into deep thought after finishing his review of these three existences identified by the Buddhist Sect as Empty Profound Ghostly Objects.

“This Ghost Bride is a humanoid ghostly object, not very suitable.”

“As for this Ghost Shadow, although it occupies the Physical Body of a Demon Ancestor, the Yao Beast is just a shell. It’s impossible to judge if the Ghost Shadow is essentially a demon ghost.”

“As for this Weapon Spirit, the Ghost Mother, from her appearance, she is indeed a jellyfish or sea beast, but she seems even more eerie than the other two.”

“The Buddhist Sect is so miserable, hehe.” The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor, who was peeking from the side, couldn’t help but say, “And these are just Void Profound-level ghostly objects, not even counting the tangible demons and monsters.”

“So, Saint Your Highness, which one are we going to catch?”

After a moment of thought, Lin Jing pointed to the information on the Ghost Mother and said, “I’m more interested in this ghostly object. From the available information, this Weapon Spirit that controls Magic Treasures to kill people is the only one that displays the form of a Yao Beast. Her essence before death might have been a jellyfish.”

“Though I don’t know why there would be a jellyfish in this great desert.”

The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor thought, “In ancient times, this place wasn’t a desert yet. It must have been born a long time ago. However, the first two ghostly objects have their own territories, but this fellow is elusive. Finding it seems a bit difficult—” “We can just go fishing.”

Lin Jing summoned the Pine Leaf Squirrel. After the little pine tree climbed onto Lin Jing’s shoulder, Lin Jing said, “Since this Ghost Mother is a Weapon Spirit and likes to seize Magic Treasures and weapons to kill people, we just need to bring out enough weapons and Magic Treasures to fish for it.”

“For the next period of time, I’ll have Senior Thunder Dragon carry numerous Advanced Magic Treasures to attract the Ghost Mother’s attention in this Western Desert.”

“As for me, I need to go into seclusion for a while to Cultivate the Longevity Physique to Major Achievement.”

“I will provide the Magic Treasures used for fishing to Senior Thunder Dragon.”

Lin Jing had nothing else but plenty of Magic Treasures now. After the battle at Tongtian City, he had harvested countless Magic Treasures and weapons, all of which were stored in the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Demon Core.

As for cultivating the current Longevity Physique to Major Achievement, Lin Jing was only one step away.

Regarding the Longevity Physique, Gu Qianqiu actually understood it more deeply than Lin Jing. During the thousand years she spent as Blood Food for the Heavenly Lion Clan, the Heavenly Lion Clan had used their entire clan’s strength to continuously improve Gu Qianqiu’s attainment in the Longevity Physique.

This allowed Gu Qianqiu to achieve the miracle of having her Longevity Physique reach Major Achievement when her cultivation was only at the Early Stage of the Golden Core Stage.

One must know that Lin Jing had the foundation of the 13th Level of Qi Refinement for his Foundation Establishment, yet when he reached the Early Stage of the Golden Core Stage, his Longevity Physique was still only at the Peak of Minor Achievement.

Of course, this didn’t mean Lin Jing’s progress was slow.

Generally speaking, for some powerful Physiques, very few can reach Major Achievement by the Nascent Soul Stage. Only low-level Physiques like elemental spirit bodies have the hope of reaching Major Achievement quickly using external forces in the Early Stages of cultivation.

Under normal circumstances, a Physique with strength comparable to a Divine Body almost requires reaching the Soul Transformation Stage to have any hope of reaching Major Achievement or even Perfection.

And if one can reach Major Achievement or Perfection before Soul Transformation, it means that this Cultivator will have the ability to fight across levels by relying on their Physique!

Although the Longevity Physique isn’t a Physique with great combat power, in terms of effect, it can definitely stand shoulder to shoulder with a Divine Body. For Lin Jing to have his Longevity Physique approach Major Achievement in just a few decades of cultivation is already quite good.

And now, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to push for the Major Achievement of the Longevity Physique because long before his Core Formation, he had obtained all of Gu Qianqiu’s experience regarding the cultivation of the Longevity Physique.

However, improving the Longevity Physique had never been Lin Jing’s primary cultivation goal. He had never actively cultivated it. After all, increasing the level of the Longevity Physique, besides increasing Lifespan, couldn’t bring him any combat power boost.

Not only would it not bring a combat power boost, but it would also attract higher-level Yao Beasts.

His current Lifespan was already sufficient; having a few thousand more years wouldn’t be of much use.

Naturally, Lin Jing would prioritize paths like Illusion Techniques and Body Tempering for self-strengthening.

But now, the situation was a bit different.

He needed the vitality brought by the Major Achievement of the Longevity Physique to suppress ghostly objects. Moreover, after breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, Lin Jing’s Lifespan had more uses, such as activating Golden Core Divine Abilities and the Divine Control Technique.

Thus, achieving Major Achievement in the Longevity Physique now to gain more Lifespan had a higher cost-performance ratio. Lin Jing decided to spend some time making a Breakthrough.

“Alright—” The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor sighed, only hoping that this Ghost Mother wouldn’t be too strong. If he couldn’t handle it himself and had to ask the Demon Emperor for help, it would be too embarrassing.

While Lin Jing chose to temporarily upgrade his Longevity Physique and put the Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor in charge of fishing for the Ghost Mother…

Qibao City.

Standing on the ruins, the red-clothed Ghost Bride stretched out her hand and said in confusion, “A fluctuation of something from my past life—”

“If I find this, perhaps I can recover more memories.” A piece of paper resembling a Marriage Contract condensed in her palm and then quickly dissipated.