Pupil Ghost Promotes to Hungry Ghost Stage

The main hall was bathed in faint candlelight. Under the threat of malevolent spirits, and with the assurance of the Immortal Masters from Qianyuan Mountain, everyone's routines were orderly.

Bang.

Bang bang.

The sound of a thumping heart echoed like a drum.

Everyone looked towards Yang He in unison, their eyes filled with reverence.

Yang He's withered body gradually recovered, new yin qi mixing with his blood, his organs accepting the yin qi without any rejection.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's brow furrowed with even greater confusion.

Mingshui couldn't help but ask, "Master, Senior Uncle Yang's condition feels very much like returning from the acquired realm to the innate realm. Could it be that Senior Uncle is at the same realm as us?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Senior Brother Yang is at least at the Innate Realm, perhaps even the Dantian Sitting stage."

Daoist Priest Qingfeng shook his head, wanting to speak but hesitating. He truly couldn't fathom Yang He's true state.

Yang He's body became fuller, his skin more lustrous. His once handsome face now exuded a touch of immortal family aura.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng waited for a long time. Logically, the Blood Spirit should have broken through the bottleneck by now.

Yet, Yang He remained immersed in his seclusion.

"Corpse Daoists are not meant to be fathomed by us mortals. I can only hope Senior Brother Yang finishes his cultivation soon, otherwise..."

Yang He himself hadn't anticipated that the moment the pupil ghost underwent metamorphosis, his Spiritual Vision would stir, causing an anomaly to flash through his mind.

It was a giant eye growing on the palm of a towering colossal hand.

The eye seemed to contain the creation of heaven and earth, reflecting a dazzling spectrum of colors, while simultaneously flowing with foul-smelling bloody water, mixed with countless white bones.

Immediately, the panel displayed the words [Jiazi Grand Commander].

"Jiazi Grand Commander should be an immortal god enfeoffed in the Investiture of the Gods, right? Is the pupil ghost related to Jiazi Grand Commander? Is the end of cultivation found in ghost gods?"

Yang He suppressed his distracting thoughts. The pupil ghost had already advanced to the Hungry Ghost stage.

Nine yin meridians connected to him, making him incredibly sensitive to external yin qi. Furthermore, he discovered that the pupil ghost's changes were not limited to this.

Yang He stabilized his cultivation while delving deeper into the pupil ghost.

Time passed, and two days went by unnoticed.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng gradually grew accustomed to the commotion Yang He was causing, even feeling that it was only natural.

Suddenly.

He heard footsteps approaching outside the hall. Mingshan happened to be standing by the window. "Master, look, are those a few figures by the mountain gate?"

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's heart tightened. He grabbed a spirit talisman and moved closer to the window.

Due to the thick fog, only blurry silhouettes could be seen. For some reason, Daoist Priest Qingfeng felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng fell into a daze. Mingshan spoke, "They look like Martial Uncle Xuanxu."

"Don't talk nonsense. Xuanxu is clearly in seclusion at Qianyuan Mountain, how could he..."

Before he could finish, a figure suddenly strode forward rapidly. Daoist Priest Qingfeng then noticed that the figure was a flayed flesh and blood body.

The figure hadn't taken many steps before aged skin began to grow.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's pupils dilated in shock. The figure transformed into the appearance of a fellow cultivator from his memory, but its mouth was stretched to its ears, grinning exceptionally brightly.

The figure seemed to possess a demonic aura, and Mingshan stared at it fixedly.

"Not good!"

Daoist Priest Qingfeng bit the tip of his tongue, forcing himself to regain clarity. He then activated the formation flags, and a faint glow sealed all the windows facing outwards.

His chest and abdomen heaved. He looked around and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, I noticed the anomaly in time."

"It seems the Living Immortal has finished skinning everyone outside the hall and is likely targeting us now."

Daoist Priest Qingfeng carefully inspected the formation, ensuring there were no flaws. At that moment, a familiar voice came from beside him, "Senior Brother."

He turned his head and saw Daoist Xuanxu staring at him with a beaming smile.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's expression was one of bewilderment. He was slightly confused by Daoist Xuanxu's appearance at the Five Lights Temple, but he quickly accepted the additional person.

"Senior Brother, let me guard the gate. Don't worry, the Living Immortal won't get a chance."

"I..."

Daoist Priest Qingfeng frowned and covered his head. Daoist Xuanxu walked to the door on his own.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Daoist Xuanxu grabbed the spirit talisman pasted on the door crack, emitting indistinct strange laughter, blood flowing from his nose and mouth.

Splat.

The human skin, stuck to his face, fell off.

What Daoist Xuanxu? It was clearly a malevolent spirit transformed from a flayed corpse!!

Daoist Priest Qingfeng regained his senses, but it was too late to stop it. Once the malevolent spirit opened the door, there would be blind spots within the hall.

The Living Immortal would surely descend.

Just then, Daoist Priest Qingfeng noticed that Yang He had opened his eyes.

A vacant socket for a third eye remained on Yang He's brow, but the pupil ghost was nowhere to be seen. Immediately, the surrounding yin qi became incredibly chaotic.

"Devour!!"

Daoist Priest Qingfeng heard Yang He's low growl, and the flayed corpse let out a piercing scream.

On the corpse's right hand, which tightly gripped the spirit talisman, a massive eyeball suddenly opened. Nine blood threads formed a mystical incantation, guiding yin qi into the body.

Yin qi surged towards it.

The flayed corpse desperately tried to tear off the spirit talisman, but the pupil ghost seemed to have taken root.

Plop, plop, plop, plop.

Strange sounds came from all over the flayed corpse's body, and eyes covered its entire form.

When Daoist Priest Qingfeng looked at the malevolent spirit again, the flayed corpse had fallen to the ground, unable to move. The pupil ghost had returned to the socket in Yang He's brow.

After its promotion to the Hungry Ghost stage, Yang He's pupil ghost could now detach itself and travel a hundred meters.

If the pupil ghost successfully parasitized a host, it could then guide yin qi to erode the host.

[Qi Cultivator: Pupil Ghost (Hungry Ghost)]
[Variant: Potential Ghost (Weak Ghost)]

"Senior Brother Yang, I'll seal the windows next."

Yang He said with a grave expression, "Junior Brother Qingfeng, take a good look around."

Daoist Priest Qingfeng belatedly scanned the hall, cold sweat soaking his Daoist robe. The already somewhat crowded space had become even more lively.

It wasn't just one flayed corpse; at least twenty to thirty malevolent spirits were hidden among the crowd.

The hall was orderly, showing no signs that relatives and friends had been transformed into malevolent spirits. And the Living Immortal could break through the magic formation at any moment using the flayed corpse.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's face turned pale, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.

Yang He could discern the malevolent spirits through his Spiritual Vision, but it was a delicate situation; the pupil ghost could only possess one target at a time. Any slight misstep could lead to disaster.

He glanced at his Spiritual Vision, which had dropped to 80 points, and was now about to break 100 again. No matter how he looked at it, the Five Lights Temple was doomed.

Yang He looked outside the hall, sensing something. "Junior Brother Qingfeng, Nephew Mingshan, Nephew Mingshui, the three of you escort me."

"Huh?"

A ghost hand grabbed his neck.

Yang He walked straight through the main door, his three yang fires transforming into yin fires.

Under the watchful eyes of Daoist Priest Qingfeng and his disciples, Yang He, as if no one else was there, disappeared into the thick fog, seemingly heading down the mountain path.

"As expected."

Yang He hadn't walked a few steps before he noticed the carriage at the foot of the mountain.

Four teams of horses were pulling a stone statue covered with white cloth. Dozens of escorts were trying their best to escort it to the Five Lights Temple, disregarding the mountain fog.

The stone statue was a statue of Nuwa, carved by the Stone Crone Ghost.

Even from a distance, Yang He felt an involuntary chill, as if the statue of Nuwa under the white cloth was also gazing at him.

"The Living Immortal is destined to become an immortal. Li Feng surviving until the 'Ghost Lotus' seven years from now likely doesn't depend on enduring seven days..."

"But on Empress Nuwa."

Yang He, with no taboos in the Lore World, wanted to witness Nuwa's true appearance. Perhaps it would help him complete the lore of the 'Ghost in the Stone.'

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