Wang Shi and Wang Yu's Humility

Several days later.

A black shadow slipped silently into the Ling Clan Territory. It headed straight for Lingxiao Mountain. Only after quite some time did the shadow emerge from Lingxiao Mountain, then turn and enter Ghost Star Valley.

At the same time, Wang Shi and his granddaughter, who were cultivating by absorbing ghost qi within separate Cultivation Rooms in a cave dwelling deep in the valley, sensed something. They immediately opened their eyes, left their respective Cultivation Rooms, and stepped out of the cave dwelling.

There, they saw Ling Pengxing, who had been gone from Ghost Star Valley for a full year.

Though they had not seen Ling Pengxing for a year, the two found him even more unfathomable than before. At this moment, they could not even detect his aura.

Had Ling Pengxing not been standing before them, they would have found it impossible to notice any trace of him.

Recalling that Ling Pengxing had already possessed Foundation Establishment Completion cultivation when he emerged from seclusion in Ghost Star Valley a year ago, and that he had then vanished without explanation for an entire year, Wang Shi and his granddaughter both shuddered. Shock surfaced in their eyes.

The older Wang Shi gathered his courage and asked Ling Pengxing curiously.

"Master, have you entered the Golden Core Great Dao?"

Ling Pengxing frowned.

"When did you become so loose-tongued?"

Wang Shi's back instantly turned cold. Without a shred of dignity, he hurriedly dropped to his knees and kowtowed three times to Ling Pengxing.

"Master, this servant merely hopes that Master may ascend the Great Dao. Please do not be angered."

His granddaughter, Wang Yu, was likewise filled with terror as she knelt.

Wang Shi and Wang Yu had served as ghost servants at Ling Pengxing's side for decades. They both knew