Intimidation

Within the special space constructed by the Sacrificial Ritual, Li Qi and the ghost stand in opposition.

Although the ghost was not ferocious, it would only relent if the entire Wang Family was wiped out.

Li Qi was neither too soft nor too hard, but he simply refused to agree to the ghost's request.

After going around in circles for a while, the ghost seemed impatient. He directly unfolded his body and uttered a chilling voice. "Shaman... do you want to be buried with the Wang Family?"

Li Qi cupped his hands and said, "The deceased should be forgiven. Since the Wang Family has agreed not to disturb your grave and is willing to spend a lot of money to buy Yin Wood for you and have a craftsman carve a body out of wood to make up for the loss, I have also promised to offer you Millet and Grains and sorghum as a sacrifice, along with Five Offerings and Pure Water to repay the Yin Qi. Even if your grave has been moved, it should be made up now."

"It was just a matter of a hoe strike; the deceased was rather petty," Li Qi said, his voice tinged with anger.

Then the ghost became enraged. "They dug up my grave! And you blame me for being petty! They didn't just dig up your grave! You are so Shaman, I will kill you too!"

But before he could finish speaking, a clap of thunder was heard in the air!

A deafening roar! A thunderous sound!

In the chaos, Xinglan supported the sky and descended on a ridge. Thunder rose from the waves, and the light turned into lightning. The ghost was so frightened that it took four or five steps back, looking around in panic, not knowing where the thunder came from.

But upon closer inspection, he realized that the so-called thunderous movie was actually the long whip held by this Shaman!

In this space where the Sacrificial Ritual communicates with the divine consciousness, the Shaman picked up a long whip and swung it with all his might. The sound of the whip was like thunder, and the shadow of the whip was like lightning, echoing through the Milky Way. The whip struck the void, and countless light fragments scattered like starlight, as if the Milky Way had fallen.

Li Qi took the willow branch and swung it in the air like a whip.

The sheer scale of the noise was frightening, even startling him.

Needless to say, the ghosts on the other side were so frightened that they were immediately scared away and stood there dumbfounded.

So Li Qi immediately struck while the iron was hot. He glared angrily, took two steps forward, and gripped the willow branch tightly. "You dead man, you are insatiable! Carving your body with Yin Wood is a treatment that even the former Grand Tutor could not receive! You occupy this auspicious place, and I have offered you Yin Qi in return for the sacrifice. Let alone reincarnation, even if you are greedy for the path of life and want to cultivate as a ghost, it is not a problem!"

At this point, Li Qi cupped his hands to the sky, his spirit resounding. "The duty of Shaman is to reconcile the relationships between humans, ghosts, and gods. I have come here to fulfill this duty, intending to mediate the conflict between you and the Wang Family. After all, the Wang Family was the one who was rude first. Now that their wealth has been squandered, they have at least vented their anger. On the contrary, the deceased is being aggressive, demanding that the Wang Family be buried with you, and even threatening to kill me as well. Do they really think that the people of Wushen Mountain have no temper?!"

After saying this, he waved the willow branch again, like cracking a whip, and thunder rumbled, scaring the ghost into shrinking into a ball.

"To reconcile conflicts, fairness and impartiality are essential. The deceased is repeatedly pressuring me; is he trying to threaten me with force, to make me abandon justice and side with the spirits?!"

Li Qi shouted, "What are you asking me?"

He stood tall and proud, chest out, full of arrogance, holding a willow branch in his hand, cursing the ghost mercilessly.

However, after finishing his rant, he tied the willow branch back to his waist and resumed his previous composed demeanor. "Deceased, I have come with the duty of Shaman, and I will not favor either side. Please do not come with resentment, otherwise, I'm afraid no one will be happy."

The ghost trembled on the spot, and after a long while, it finally stammered out, "... Shaman, which the dead will admire. However, my anger stems from the fact that there are still hidden details in this matter. The Wang Family still has things they haven't told you..."

Seeing that his tone had softened, Li Qi knew that his anger had been effective, so he calmed down as well. "If that is the case, please let the deceased tell me the whole story. I will certainly uphold justice and negotiate a suitable outcome for both of you."

"Then I'll trouble you, Shaman... This matter needs to be explained from the perspective of the overall landscape—"

Then, the ghost began to tell its story.

It turns out that this ghost named Elder Li was once a miscellaneous cultivator from the Great Deer Kingdom.

The so-called "eclectic" is actually someone who, through studying and figuring out a set of flawed cultivation methods from a collection of miscellaneous, often disorganized, or even fake, Cultivation Method they picked up.

In the past, many Dao Lineage were "Spreading Across the World," and countless fragments remained among the people. These were people who occasionally came into contact with a part of them and were able to embark on the path of cultivation.

Elder Li was a man of extraordinary talent and exceptional luck. His cultivation method was a Dao Lineage of martial arts, Shaman Path, and Daoism, a unique and incomparable Cultivation Method he had created himself.

Such a Cultivation Method has a contradictory core, so even if he is a genius, he can only cultivate to the eighth rank in his lifetime, and that is the lowest level of the eighth rank. The various energies in his body are mixed together, causing the balance of the microcosm within his body to be disrupted, and he will die early.

A normal eighth-rank cultivator, purely practicing martial arts, has abundant Blood Qi and qi, and the essence of the five internal organs, and can live to be 160 years old with full energy.

Those who follow the pure Daoist path have already mastered the interaction of dragon and tiger, achieved innate Qi, and can live to be 270 years old.

Those who Shaman Path have already nurtured Inner Gods, living as long as a minor deity, and can live to be three hundred years old.

However, due to his small stature and imbalance of the universe, he died at the age of fifty or sixty.

However, he was unwilling to accept it.

Having combined the Cultivation Method of both Shaman Path and Daoism, he devised a method: to find an auspicious burial site and create a layout that "conceals the eight winds on the outside and the five elements on the inside." In this way, the tomb would be perfectly aligned and complete, without any gaps, and the vital energy of the five elements would naturally be contained within and condensed.

With the life force of the five elements and his body intact, he could silently condense his Yin Spirit within, and perhaps in the future he could cultivate the path of the ghost. Although he would no longer be the same person as before, he could retain his consciousness and live another life.

But the Wang Family's hoe struck a hole that revealed the tomb's impenetrability.

"My inner structure of the Five Elements has been broken, and there are also mountain roots and water veins outside. At this moment, the water is flooding the tomb, the Five Elements are out of balance, and the water is abundant, extinguishing the fire and soaking the wood. Seeing my century-long plan fail at the last moment, how can I not be angry? I was angry before, but I did not tell the truth. It was my rudeness, but please Shaman ..."

"As for carving a body out of wood, my body is already intact, so I have no need for such things. It's just that I was arrogant before and didn't know Shaman good intentions. I was very disrespectful in my words, and I'm really sorry."

The ghost was intimidated by Li Qi, and its voice became much softer.

After listening, Li Qi suddenly understood, and at the same time, he was overjoyed!

"So that's how it is!" He suppressed his joy and continued in that tone, "The suggestion to carve a wooden body was just my own assumption. The deceased's body is intact, so naturally it doesn't need it."

"However, it seems I do have a way to restore the five elements of the deceased. As for the excess water vapor, why don't you let me handle it?"

Just kidding! The most needed element for the Carp Flowing Intent Cultivation is water vapor, isn't this a huge windfall!