Bringing Out the Main Account

Your character 'Temple Keeper' has died. Lore roleplay has ended.

Yang He instinctively touched his neck. He could clearly sense that the Living Immortal was becoming increasingly troublesome, even deliberately avoiding his gaze.

Since Li Feng could survive until the Ghost Lotus several years later, it meant Five Lights Temple would make it through this safely. It truly was my opportunity to advance to the Hungry Ghost stage.

Yang He smelled the pungent stench within Peibai City and summoned the panel without further hesitation.

Obtained 'Four Yin Meridians'

Obtained 'Skin Pouch Dharma Robe'

Obtained 'Thirteen Fire-Accumulated Yin Bones'

Yang He first exchanged for the Fire-Accumulated Yin Bones. Thirteen vertebrae fell into his palm, their bone charred black and covered in scorch marks.

The ghost hand could no longer restrain itself and emerged.

Yang He did not suppress the Force Ghost, allowing the ghost hand to devour the vertebrae.

Perhaps because they shared the same origin, the Yin Bones barely required refining. In mere moments, the ghost hand's little finger and ring finger had already become solid.

The Yin Bones nurtured by the Bone Accumulating Fire Incantation really can be used to reconstruct the ghost hand.

If I learn several more similar techniques, I can gain extra yin objects for free every time I roleplay a character. Hehehe.

Exchange for the Skin Pouch Dharma Robe.

The Skin Pouch Dharma Robe was as thin as cicada wings and shaped like a human figure, its surface covered in scars.

As soon as Yang He refined it, the Skin Pouch Dharma Robe vanished into his skin and flesh. His appearance immediately became unrecognizable, and his aura turned exceptionally cold and sinister.

The proliferating scars twisted his facial features. Even Old Man Yang might not have recognized him.

With the Pupil Ghost, the Skin Pouch Dharma Robe's ability to conceal yin energy is somewhat useless. Still, being able to hide my true face is an unexpected delight.

It will come in handy against Evil Ghost cultivators.

Yang He withdrew the Skin Pouch Dharma Robe and stuffed the human skin into his robes. After folding it several times, the Skin Pouch Dharma Robe was only palm-sized and easy to carry.

The Four Yin Meridians then fused into the Pupil Ghost, and bloodshot veins could be seen spreading through the whites of his eyes.

Yang He only felt his perception of the outside world's yin energy become incomparably acute. He could even vaguely sense the yin energy concentration of the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

It seemed that the Third Layer of Hell alone possessed more yin energy than Qing Lake.

The instant the Yin Meridians reached completion, the Pupil Ghost occupied his forehead. The bloodshot veins transformed into profound Daoist rhythms, sweeping away all yin energy within the fish stomach.

Yang He suppressed the Pupil Ghost's instinct to devour external yin energy. Before the Four Yin Meridians had even been fully refined, he summoned the panel again.

In any case, a Resident Character's cultivation matched his own. There was no need to take risks in the main world.

Mundane Object: Stone-Born Stone

Associated Lore: 'Ghost in the Stone.' Consume 1 point of Spiritual Vision to enter the Lore World?

Consume 10 points of Spiritual Vision to bring the Strange Copper Coin Sword into the Lore World?

Consume 6 points of Spiritual Vision to bring three Ghost Eyeballs?

Confirm.

Identities 'Stonecutter' and 'Temple Keeper' have died and cannot be selected for roleplay.

Stonecutter (White): Batches of stonecutters headed into the mountains. You were not among the lucky ones, and died without even leaving bones behind.

Temple Keeper (Green): Because of the General's Mansion's arrival, disasters repeatedly struck Five Lights Temple. Though you possessed inherited spells, you could not escape death, and your corpse was even stripped of its skin.

Yang He secretly rejoiced that he had not repeated his mistake and gone stonecutting. The mountains were probably filled with Stone Crone Ghosts.

Just as he was about to inspect the Daoist Initiate, he suddenly noticed a newly refreshed identity.

Living Immortal (Green): You became a monk at Five Lights Temple many years ago and willingly accepted baptism by fire. Your body died, but your soul remained trapped within the Living Immortal's body.

Hiss...

So there was a chance of roleplaying something neither human nor ghost?

After hesitating repeatedly, Yang He chose to give up. According to Miaoyin, the Living Immortal rarely awakened. Most of the roleplay would probably consist of acting as a statue, making the experience utterly worthless.

Corpse Daoist Initiate: You are a True Disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. While passing through Chaoge, you received a plea for help from a fellow disciple and headed alone to Five Lights Temple to suppress the evil spirit.

Because the time of roleplaying 'Ghost in the Stone' preceded the Corpse Daoist Initiate's birth, the character background had changed.

Legend had it that the Spirit Pearl of Jade Void Palace fell into the mortal world and accidentally shattered in two. One half was reborn as an infant and became Nezha; the other landed in the Mass Grave, regained consciousness, and was named Yang He.

It really does adapt on its own. Once there are more Resident Characters in the future, won't there be legends of me, Yang He, everywhere in the Lore Worlds?

Resident Characters require an additional 25 points of Spiritual Vision.

If no identity is selected, you will enter the Lore World in your true body.

Confirm.

A steady drizzle fell, and within moments, dense fog had already shrouded the mountaintop.

Faintly, a horde of ghosts could be seen lurking outside Five Lights Temple. They crawled through the shadows, releasing wave after wave of spine-chilling wails.

At first glance, the ghosts resembled rotting corpses.

The scene looked like hell on earth.

Li Feng stared at Yang He's corpse. Since the Living Immortal had peeled away the skin, the exposed flesh still showed intact blood vessels and meridians.

Compared to the ghost horde he had encountered along the way, the evil spirit within the temple was on an entirely different level.

At that moment.

Screams rang out continuously from the direction of the main hall.

Fear filled Li Feng's face as he fled back the way he came. The area before the main hall's doors was already in chaos, with three more flayed corpses lying there.

Li Feng ran toward the cries, only to find that the chaos had erupted before the main hall of Five Lights Temple.

All the dead were worshippers.

That's all in the instant their gazes shifted away, their accompanying relatives were killed.

They had not seen the evil spirit's true form. They only knew that a massive shadow had covered the area around them, and by the time they searched for the evil spirit, it had vanished without a trace.

Some worshippers tried to flee Five Lights Temple, only to have barely stepped beyond the mountain gate.

The ghost horde swarmed them. The remaining people watched Living People be devoured clean, their white bones transforming into new Weak Ghosts that stared at them with venomous hatred.

"There's an evil spirit!"

"Your Five Lights Temple must have... committed some heinous crimes!!"

"Didn't they say Five Lights Temple had worshipped true immortals for generations, and that prayers here were answered? Then make your true immortal show himself..."

A wealthy merchant stepped forward and grabbed Li Feng's arm, pleading, "General Li, I know you. Please, escort my family down the mountain. I can give you anything you want!!"

"Get lost!"

Li Feng shook off the merchant and drew the saber at his waist, guarding the carriage.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's expression shifted uncertainly as he hurried over with two Daoist initiates. "This humble Daoist is Daoist Qingfeng of Qianyuan Mountain. Everyone, hear me out."

The soldiers maintained order, barely managing to stop the worshippers from panicking further.

"Immortal master."

A middle-aged man stepped forward. "I am Cheng Hui, under Grand Master Zhao Qishang. Qianyuan Mountain possesses an immortal Daoist lineage, so we naturally trust you. But where exactly did this evil spirit that kills and flays corpses come from?"

Everyone turned to look at Daoist Priest Qingfeng.

Most of them were merely wealthy merchants and had never heard of Qianyuan Mountain, but Daoist Priest Qingfeng truly had an immortal bearing.

"The evil spirit came from Five Lights Temple. This old Daoist, when facing the evil spirit..." Daoist Priest Qingfeng had no confidence at all, yet did not know how to say it.

Mingshan took the initiative to say, "My master possesses vast divine abilities. Before long, immortals from Golden Light Cave of Qianyuan Mountain will arrive. Rest assured, nothing will happen."

Daoist Priest Qingfeng could only nod.

He swept his gaze beyond the temple. Dense yin energy had Yang He painstakingly the mountain range, accompanied by hundreds of Weak Ghosts. Clearly, that Living Immortal had deliberately trapped the worshippers inside Five Lights Temple.

The Living Immortal had no intention of sparing anyone. Could it be trying to savor them slowly?

Cold sweat streamed down Daoist Priest Qingfeng's face. He did not believe anyone could reach the mountain in a short time. The Living Immortal was clearly using yin energy to catch turtles in a jar.

Though the mountain was covered only in Weak Ghosts.

Because of Madam Yin, ghosts could not be killed off!

As long as one had not attained immortality and enlightenment, one had to consider one's own Yang Fire. Facing an endless stream of evil spirits, one small mistake would destroy one's foundation.

And with the festival approaching, even if Immortal Venerable Taiyi was in Chaoge, he would not easily come to Five Lights Temple.

"Master!"

Mingshui hesitantly said, "It seems there is a... Daoist Initiate walking toward the temple."

"What?!!"