Chapter 67: Taiyin Ghost Cultivator

Crack…

Crack.

Ning Xuan’s soul was frantically biting Tianyouzi’s soul.

Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, let alone Tianyouzi?

Seeing that there was no escape, Tianyouzi looked at the soul body whose body and strength were both inferior to his, and a venomous light exploded in his eyes again. He pounced again, held Ning Xuan down, and took a big bite at the center of Ning Xuan’s soul’s brow.

When souls devoured each other, the first place to be devoured was usually the place with “greater emotional fluctuations.” But in the soul, the center of the brow was the place that carried the “memories and feelings of the strongest emotional fluctuations” of a life. As the saying goes, to catch a thief, first catch the king. Tianyouzi decided to devour the opponent’s strongest part first.

Instantly, a large piece was missing from the center of Ning Xuan’s brow.

Tianyouzi swallowed it fiercely.

This swallow was not just a memory, but also an empathy.

For a full eighty-four years, he could not move, could not speak, could not live, could not die, and was constantly collapsing. He collapsed until his consciousness was completely chaotic. He woke up after being chaotic, and then became chaotic again, and then collapsed again. This was constantly superimposed and constantly reincarnated. The negative emotions such as resentment and hatred contained in it were simply the “extreme of the living.”

If it weren’t for the fact that Ning Xuan was pulled back to his initial state by the “Heavenly Demon Record” at the moment of his death, allowing his body and mind to recover as before, and turning that pain into a memory that had already passed, he would have really died completely.

It was too bitter, it was really too bitter…

However, the level of the “Heavenly Demon Record” was obviously extremely high, so high that its existence could not be found in Ning Xuan’s memory, so he could only experience a “complete, ultimate pain that would not be pulled back to the initial state”…

So, Tianyouzi began to enjoy the experience of Ning Xuan being suppressed for eighty-four years.

He didn’t know how long he had experienced it.

Maybe a year or two, maybe just a month and a half…

In short, in Ning Xuan’s eyes, after Tianyouzi swallowed the memory of his brow, he almost instantly fell down in a daze and began to vomit wildly…

“Ugh.”

“Ugh!!”

Tianyouzi was lying on his stomach, and he vomited out all the memories he had just swallowed.

Then, he turned his head and looked at Ning Xuan with an extremely abnormal, extremely puzzled, extremely incomprehensible, and disbelieving look of fear.

The first mouthful: being eaten by a bear demon from foot to head, one mouthful at a time, over and over again;

The second mouthful: in the dark, his eyeballs were eaten by sharp teeth, and his internal organs were eaten. He was quickly torn and bitten, but he still felt it seriously.

But the two mouthfuls added together were not as painful as the mouthful just now.

This third mouthful was simply a real and endless hell. He had only experienced the beginning, and he had already collapsed.

Compared with the “gold content of this third mouthful,” being confined and being drowned in a pig cage were far too different.

Tianyouzi looked at Ning Xuan’s soul in horror. He could not understand why this soul could still stand alive in front of him.

He couldn’t understand.

He really couldn’t understand!

However, he had already lost all interest in devouring this soul.

He, he didn’t want to swallow another mouthful, because he couldn’t swallow a single mouthful!

The strength of the spirit determined the active and passive roles in soul devouring. If a giant faced a child, the giant would devour in large mouthfuls, and the child would bite back in small mouthfuls. Then soon, the child would be completely devoured by the giant. This was called soul fusion, and also called possession.

But the problem was, if the giant’s meat was normal meat, but the child’s meat was poisonous with every mouthful, then… that was the current situation.

And Ning Xuan did not stop, he continued to devour.

Tianyouzi fled, and Ning Xuan chased.

After an unknown amount of time, Tianyouzi was completely devoured.

Several lines of information appeared in his mind:

[Confined Ghost]

[Heavenly Demon Nature Attribute Gate, Taiyin Class (Spirit): 22]

[Innate Ghost Art 1: Taiyin Ghost Life: In the land of Taiyin, there are a large number of dead souls. If there is a soul with overwhelming resentment, a Taiyin Ghost can be born. The Taiyin Ghost is accompanied by an innate evil treasure, which is hidden in the Taiyin Ghost Realm. As long as the treasure exists, the ghost body will last forever.]

[Innate Ghost Art 2: Claustrophobia: When the Confined Ghost is in a secluded room, the recovery speed of its ghost qi will increase, and it can slowly increase the upper limit of its spirit; if it is not in a secluded room, the recovery speed of its ghost qi will be greatly reduced.]

[Innate Ghost Art 3: Confined Ghost Seal: A unique power of the Taiyin Ghost. When the Confined Ghost Seal lands, it can block all doors. If someone inside wants to break the door, it will trigger the power of “turning illusion into reality” and bear an attack of the same level as their own.]

Ning Xuan looked at this information.

Many doubts were answered at this time.

The Zixia Temple, at least the Zixia Temple in the imperial capital, should be a group of Taiyin Ghost Cultivators.

Qin Shan Jun was right, no one could join them.

Taiyin Ghosts were obviously different from ordinary ghosts.

The generation of Taiyin Ghosts required a “land of Taiyin” and a “large number of dead souls.” If there was a land of Taiyin, but not many people had died in this place, then it would not work; if many people had died, even if the resentment was great, if it was not in a land of Taiyin, it would not work.

When a Taiyin Ghost was born, it would be accompanied by an innate evil treasure.

This innate evil treasure existed in the Taiyin Ghost Realm.

As long as the innate evil treasure was not destroyed, the Taiyin Ghost would not be destroyed.

Tianyouzi was just a skin of this Confined Ghost. His being killed would naturally not harm the Confined Ghost at all. And even if he had killed the Confined Ghost with his power again and again, the Confined Ghost could still be resurrected again and again. The reason was this.

So, he could not kill the Confined Ghost, but could only merge with it. And thanks to the “Heavenly Demon Record,” every mouthful he had bitten from the Confined Ghost belonged to him. Otherwise, there might have been other variables.

This was the Taiyin Ghost Life.

Then there was claustrophobia.

As long as it was in a secluded place, not only could it recover its ghost qi extremely quickly, but it could also slowly increase the upper limit of its nature.

The reason why Tianyouzi had been hiding in the sedan chair and had rushed to find a house after using the ghost seal was this.

The first time, Tianyouzi had stayed in the house, so he had suppressed him for eighty-four years, and his ghost qi had not been exhausted.

However, the third time, he had destroyed all the houses and all possible hiding places in advance, so the Confined Ghost had nowhere to go. So, the Confined Ghost had left the saber cage at the cost of destroying Tianyouzi’s skin, wanting to find a secluded place nearby. If this was not a nightmare world, then the Confined Ghost might have really found it, but… this place had long been destroyed by Ning Xuan. The Confined Ghost naturally could not find it. Over time, the Confined Ghost’s ghost qi was exhausted, and the power of suppression was naturally released.

Then there was the Confined Ghost Seal.

This was similar to the Heavenly Master’s Seal.

But the latter was born from dragon qi, while the former was ghost qi.

The former had some of its own characteristics due to the characteristics of the Confined Ghost.

Previously, when Tianyouzi had used the great seal to descend on Shanyang Prefecture, he was aiming at the demonic qi, so… all the demons were blocked. The blocked demons naturally wanted to break out of the house, and at this time, they triggered the counterattack of “turning illusion into reality,” which made these demons very likely to be seriously injured, and then they were easily killed by the human demons who arrived.

In fact, if those demons had not broken the door, but had stayed quietly, then even if they were suppressed by the ghost seal, the human demons might not have been able to cut them. After all, besides the Xuan Yin Fox, there was also a second-grade rat demon that was good at incense fire techniques. Human demons could not cut the golden body.

In addition,

Ning Xuan couldn’t help but sigh.

It was still a bit of a fluke.

After all, when he destroyed those houses, he didn’t know why he was destroying them. He was just targeting an abnormal habit of the other party.

In addition, he still had many doubts…

The biggest one was “why did the Taiyin Ghost Cultivators pretend to be Heavenly Masters, stay in the Zixia Temple, and why did they resist the demons.”

Tianyouzi was Immortal Aunt Yaozhen’s senior brother, and he could not be considered a strong person in the Zixia Temple.

Those high-ranking officials, elders, temple masters, and even… the behind-the-scenes Taiyin Ghost Cultivators who had no identity were the strong ones.

In terms of rank, Tianyouzi was just a formal disciple of the Zixia Ghost Temple, that’s all.

Ning Xuan didn’t want to think about it anymore.

He was exhausted.

The next moment, he opened his eyes and directly withdrew the incense fire clone that was trying to watch the battle.

Tianyouzi’s spirit was a full 22 points, and it was easy to detect this incense fire clone.

He had already gotten the answer, and there was no need to risk being exposed to watch the battle.

Anyone who tried to understand the truth of the “Zixia Temple” was “knowing too much,” and the consequences would be miserable.

Ning Xuan returned to the secluded cliff.

He returned to Immortal Aunt Yaozhen’s side.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen was still craning her small head and looking into the distance, as if she was very interested in how her senior brother Tianyouzi would counterattack the demons.

Ning Xuan suddenly leaned back and lay on his back.

The Son of Heaven in the Ming Hall, the various aristocratic families, the invading demons, the Taiyin Ghosts who resisted the demons, and those sects that had temporarily disappeared from the long river of history, but had definitely not completely disappeared…

Each of them had their own thoughts.

Each of them had a far-reaching layout.

He… what else could he expect?

No matter what he did, he would just be a saber for one side to fight against the other.

It was better to drift with the tide and laze around, and seek self-preservation.

At this time, a serious voice came from his ear.

“Don’t be discouraged, Ning Xuan. We are still young. One day, we will also be like Senior Brother Tianyouzi, and let these invading demons feel pain.”

Ning Xuan closed his eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to the immortal aunt beside him.

Logically speaking, Immortal Aunt Yaozhen should also be a Taiyin Ghost Cultivator.

This could be seen from Tianyouzi’s attitude towards her.

If she was just a skin, Tianyouzi would not have to maintain the “friendship of the same sect” with her. After all, “exterminating the demons in Shanyang Prefecture” was an extra errand, and Tianyouzi could have not gone.

But Tianyouzi still went for the sake of Immortal Aunt Yaozhen.

Could a skin do this?

Then, was Immortal Aunt Yaozhen muddle-headed and too deep into her role?

However, in this world, he was very likely unable to obtain information about Immortal Aunt Yaozhen and others, because Immortal Aunt Yaozhen was not a Heavenly Demon, and only when Immortal Aunt Yaozhen arrived in the world of incense fire could he investigate her.

Seeing that Ning Xuan did not respond, Immortal Aunt Yaozhen continued to shout persistently, “General Ning?”

Ning Xuan replied, “Yes, I’m here.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at the young general who had suddenly become extremely lazy. She stared at him seriously and asked, “I’m very curious, what are you thinking?”

Ning Xuan said, “I’m thinking about what we’re going to eat tonight.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen was completely stunned. She asked, “Then have you thought of it?”

Ning Xuan said, “I have.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen asked, “Why don’t you continue?”

Ning Xuan said, “Because you didn’t ask.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said, “Don’t you think that no matter what you say you’re going to eat, it’s very boring? Senior Brother Tianyouzi is entering a dangerous and different world. I think we should be more concerned about him, right?”

Ning Xuan suddenly sat up straight, and sat up very straight, and said, “You’re right.”

Then, he really looked into the distance.

He sat very high, and his line of sight could naturally fall on a very distant place. That direction was the place where Tianyouzi had led people into the world of incense fire.

If it were before, Ning Xuan would have thought that Tianyouzi was going to counterattack.

But now, he really didn’t know what Tianyouzi was going to do, and what real plan he had.

He didn’t want to know.

Not at all.

Compared to those, he began to think about whether his father had found him a marriage partner after being busy for so long, whether the partner’s constitution was strong, whether her legs were long, whether her chest was big, and what her personality was like.

Time flew by. In the evening, Ning Xuan did not eat what he wanted to eat, but just returned to the “first stop of surrounding the Frozen Hell” and ate some pot-roasted meat with very solid dry food with the soldiers. The roasted meat had some salt in it, and the salt was very sufficient, which meant that the military pay had not been deducted.

Then, he and Immortal Aunt Yaozhen crossed the “second stop where the Heavenly Masters and Taoist boys gathered” and went to the most dangerous third stop.

In the middle of the night, Ning Xuan felt the incense fire around him “ding ding” and rippled. The human-headed demons rose from the abyss of the secluded cliff and turned into wisps of black wind like hair, and wrapped around him.

A golden and transparent mountain also appeared around Immortal Aunt Yaozhen. This was the magic of a second-grade Heavenly Master, the [Mountain Barrier]. In the golden transparency, the venomous ghost faces of the human-headed demons became visible due to their slowness.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen seriously used her magic to resist these human-headed demons that were hard to guard against.

Ning Xuan yawned, glanced at the human-headed demons that were slowly moving in the golden mountain, and then fell down again.

A small matter was not enough for him to open his eyes to face it.

Go to bed early.

Time passed early.

Tianyouzi came out early.

He could also return to the General Qin’s residence early.

Speaking of the General Qin’s residence, he had a bit of a headache again, but he had not touched Madam Zhao, nor had he killed the people of the General Qin’s residence indiscriminately. He had also “left a way out” for that Qin Shan Jun, so there would be no problem seeing him in the future.

However, he didn’t want to see him.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said helplessly, “General Ning, this place is dangerous. It’s better to open your eyes.”

Ning Xuan thought to himself, ‘This place is clearly the territory of the Zixia Temple. This Frozen Hell can swallow some of the Taoist boys and Heavenly Masters outside.

You, this junior sister, are here. No matter what, it won’t get to you. At most, they will just tease you.

As for me… I’m your partner. If you don’t look at the monk’s face, look at the Buddha’s face. I’ll be fine too.’

Was there a big guy in the Frozen Hell?

Of course there was.

There must be.

But, Ning Xuan was already sure that the big guy would definitely not come to get him and Immortal Aunt Yaozhen.

The quiet air, accompanied by sporadic attacks, and from time to time, demons would rush out to prove that this “Frozen Hell” was really a demon force.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen was having a great time suppressing them, and Ning Xuan also cooperated and killed the small demons with one slash.

During this period, the two also encountered a small-scale attack from the “human skin army.”

Ning Xuan continued to cooperate with the performance. After a bloody battle, he defeated the enemy and turned all the human skin army into human skins.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen was panting from the killing.

And at this time, the gloomy and dark iceberg suddenly began to wriggle.

First, the outermost iceberg disappeared, and then slowly, slowly… all the icebergs were disappearing.

The gloomy sky was disappearing, and the original plain was returning. And at the end of the plain, the first ray of dawn was rising on the horizon.

The golden light of the sky shone in all directions. Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said in surprise, “Senior Brother Tianyouzi has succeeded. The Frozen Hell has been beaten back by him!”

If it weren’t for that nightmare, Ning Xuan would also be relaxed, thinking that things were like this, thinking that the Zixia Temple was also very strong, and thinking that he had found a glimmer of hope in the demon invasion…

But now, he felt that the Taiyin Ghost Cultivators had fiercely clasped their “ghost claws” on the world of dragon qi, so that the two worlds were tightly clasped together, so that the close combat between the two worlds would be more frequent in the future.

This… was just the tip of the iceberg.

The world of dragon qi was so complicated, not to mention the world of incense fire with the Buddhist kingdoms and Taoist courts.

Ning Xuan followed with a surprise and said, “Success!”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said happily, “Thanks to the general for holding the ground for Senior Brother Tianyouzi, and not letting those human-headed demons, human skin army, and demons sneak attack from behind!”

Ning Xuan said, “Thanks to Immortal Aunt Yaozhen for partnering with me, otherwise I really couldn’t handle it alone.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said happily, “With the general’s achievements this time, you will definitely be one of the twelve divine generals.”

Ning Xuan waved his hand and said, “No, no, no, no, no, I’m far from it, far from it.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said, “The general has offered the wonderful method of Hehuan before. This time, His Majesty will definitely find a good partner for the general.”

Ning Xuan continued to wave his hand and said, “No, no, no, no, no, I’m not worthy, I’m not worthy.”

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen looked at him with her eyes narrowed, and after thinking for a while, she said, “You are too hypocritical.”

As she was speaking, ripples suddenly appeared in the space in front of her.

Four Taoist boys carried a sedan chair, and six prison carts followed closely.

The curtain of the sedan chair was still hanging quietly.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said excitedly, “Senior Brother Tianyouzi, you have succeeded!”

The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, revealing the face of a middle-aged man with a purple face and a goatee.

Tianyouzi smiled and glanced at Immortal Aunt Yaozhen.

This time, with his understanding of Tianyouzi, Ning Xuan saw it very clearly.

Tianyouzi’s eyes were not greedy, nor were they doting, but a strange emotion that could not be described, like the feeling of “a guest who had to be seen came to the door, so he had to open the door to see him, and squeeze out a smile.”

Why did he say that?

Because in the nightmare world, Ning Xuan could not connect “smile” with “Tianyouzi” at all.

The latter was a ghost, a Taiyin Ghost, full of resentment. He didn’t even have his own voice. The voice he made was the sound of many men, women, old people, and children roaring and screaming together…

How could such a ghost thing smile?

Then, Immortal Aunt Yaozhen said again, “Senior Brother Tianyouzi, General Ning also put in a lot of effort this time. It’s not too much for the general and me to take the credit, right?”

Tianyouzi did not even look at Ning Xuan, and smiled and nodded again.

Immortal Aunt Yaozhen hurriedly said, “Thank you, Senior Brother.”

Ning Xuan also followed and said, “Thank you, Tian…”

Before he could finish his words, the curtain had already been pulled up again. In the following four words “Youzi Senior,” the curtain swayed and then returned to silence.

The Frozen Hell was solved, and Tianyouzi also left.

Ning Xuan looked at his departing back. He had not summoned the [Confined Ghost] Heavenly Demon Record to try its power from beginning to end these days.

The [Confined Ghost] Heavenly Demon Record was different from other Heavenly Demon Records.

Other demons did not have “innate evil treasures.”

The Confined Ghost did.

But now, if two Confined Ghosts suddenly appeared in the world.

Whose innate evil treasure would it be?