Burial Ground of Yin

Zhang You and Old Daoist left Fahua Temple's grounds and plunged headfirst into the dense fog.

Following the paper crane, they learned that there was a cluster of buildings on the other side of this black mist.

They were the houses they had seen when they first entered the ghost domain.

They had previously been cut off by the black mist, their traces lost.

According to Old Daoist, this region of black mist was known as the Burial Ground of Yin.

It was a massive Ghost Wall that had formed on its own over countless years in a place thick with yin energy. Within it, directions shifted without cease!

"If the paper crane gets eaten, does that mean we can't get out?"

Zhang You crushed a grotesque evil entity in his hand and absorbed a wisp of blue-white qi.

Along the way, he had also gained some blue-white qi from Old Daoist.

These evil entities were called Mist Ghosts. They were born from the Burial Ground of Yin absorbing the resentment of living beings, and belonged to the category of Yin Souls!

Not long after entering, they were ambushed by Mist Ghosts. In a moment of carelessness, the paper crane leading the way was damaged as well!

And the two of them became lost!

"If we're lucky, we can catch a Charm Ghost and get out!"

Old Daoist had no better solution for the moment!

Of course, there was another method: rely on overwhelming strength and directly smash apart the Burial Ground of Yin. Then they could escape their predicament.

But clearly, neither of them possessed that ability for now!

After dealing with several more waves of Mist Ghost ambushes, they still found no trace of the Charm Ghost.

Charm Ghosts were a special kind of Mist Ghost. Their spiritual power was extremely strong, but their numbers were very small.

They could make people hallucinate without realizing it, stir up the viciousness in their hearts, and turn those close to one another against each other.

Charm Ghosts could also summon other Mist Ghosts, and they were skilled in escape arts, first-rate at fleeing.

Coupled with their naturally timid and cautious nature, they were generally very difficult to catch.

Most importantly, controlling one could reveal a way through the Burial Ground of Yin!

No one knew how much time had passed!

Suddenly, a Mist Ghost flashed past them from the side, leaving behind only a string of hair-raising laughter.

Judging by the pitch alone, it sounded like a little boy.

Old Daoist had also clearly seen its appearance. It was indeed a Charm Ghost!

Yet after that, it never showed itself again.

After dealing with dozens more waves of Mist Ghosts, both of them looked exhausted.

Old Daoist held a stack of talismans in his left hand and a spirit sword in his right, while several talismans floated around him to protect his body.

"Give me a few protective talismans too!"

Seeing Old Daoist armed to the teeth, Zhang You could not help but complain.

"Do you need them?"

Old Daoist did not turn around.

"Of course I do! I'm still so young, and I haven't even married a wife yet! I don't want to die young! Hurry, hurry, give me a couple talismans to play with—the kind that can hurt things when you throw them out!"

Zhang You patted Old Daoist on the shoulder.

"Here."

Old Daoist lowered his head and took out several talismans. Then he turned around and raised his head.

"Holy shit!"

"Die, demon!"

The moment Zhang You and Old Daoist saw each other's faces, both were badly startled and attacked at the same time.

Zhang You stretched out his right hand and grabbed for Old Daoist's throat.

Old Daoist casually flung out the talismans in his hand, while his spirit sword stabbed forth without mercy.

"What the hell are you?"

Zhang You's blood qi erupted, resisting the talismans' attack. His left hand seized the spirit sword, while his right broke through the talismans' protection and clamped around Old Daoist's throat.

He looked at the other man's rotting face and gave a soft laugh.

"I was just about to ask what the hell you are."

Old Daoist stared at Zhang You's face, stripped bare of skin. Dozens more talismans rose behind him and shot toward Zhang You.

Just as Zhang You exerted force, Old Daoist had already transformed into a paper effigy.

Meanwhile, more than a dozen talismans formed an array around Zhang You, restricting his movements.

"Die!"

Old Daoist gripped a Mysterious Thunder Talisman and attacked Zhang You.

"Just what I wanted!" Zhang You raised his blood qi, broke free from the restraints, and punched the Mysterious Thunder Talisman. Boom!

After the thunderous explosion, both Zhang You and Old Daoist were blasted backward, falling to the ground without moving.

"Hehehe..."

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, a Yin Soul drifted out from the depths of the black mist.

A single eye occupied two-thirds of its head. Its hair was sparse, it had no legs, and its round body had two arms.

"Hehehe..."

It floated around for quite a while, then sent several other Mist Ghosts over to take a look.

Only after confirming again and again that there was no danger did it choose to approach Old Daoist.

It had witnessed the previous battle from beginning to end. In comparison, it felt that Zhang You was more dangerous.

Just as it lowered its head and prepared to devour Old Daoist's vital essence, light suddenly burst forth all around it, wrapping up the surrounding area.

Old Daoist fired a talisman from his hand toward the Charm Ghost.

The Charm Ghost reacted with astonishing speed and dodged at once.

"This is the Charm Ghost?"

Zhang You also climbed up from the ground and looked at the Yin Soul floating in the air.

Earlier, after Old Daoist discovered the Charm Ghost, he had transmitted his voice to Zhang You and told him to cooperate in putting on a show!

"Ah..."

After discovering that it was trapped, the Charm Ghost panicked and suddenly let out a piercing shriek.

"Catch it quickly! It's calling other Mist Ghosts over!"

Old Daoist's expression changed as the curtain of light began to contract.

The individual strength of the Mist Ghosts was not especially high, but their numbers were immense, making them troublesome to deal with.

The Charm Ghost's cries became increasingly mournful and shrill, while the yin energy around them began to gather.

"You catch the Charm Ghost. I'll handle the Mist Ghosts outside!"

Zhang You walked out through the curtain of light and waited for the Mist Ghosts to arrive.

"Wakaka... gugu..."

Before long, all sorts of strange cries grew more numerous. Looking out, they saw a dense swarm of bizarrely shaped Mist Ghosts in spirit form, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they surged toward them.

The swarm stretched as far as the eye could see!

"Old Daoist, hurry up! There are a bit too many of these things!"

After recovering earlier, Zhang You was already back at full strength.

Four Symbols: White Tiger: Thunderclap!

Blood qi erupted from his entire body as he went all out. A tiger's roar that shook heaven and earth swept outward.

The Mist Ghosts in its path exploded outright.

Wisp after wisp of blue-white qi poured into Zhang You's body.

Even the dense fog around them thinned considerably.

Four Symbols: White Tiger: Shatter Void—Ground Hammer!

Seeing the Mist Ghosts around him charging forward without fear of death, Zhang You concentrated all the blood qi in his body into his right fist and smashed it into the ground, blasting out a deep crater.

The shockwave swept outward again, harvesting another huge wave of blue-white qi.

At the same time, the curtain of light behind him vanished. Old Daoist had already captured the Charm Ghost.

Looking at the Mist Ghosts outside that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, he twitched his mouth.

Zhang You unleashed several more sonic howls, gaining several more waves of blue-white qi.

He could feel himself drawing closer and closer to the next Great Body Tempering.

"Move! If we drag this out any longer, those big fellows will probably come out!"

Old Daoist called out, took out another spirit sword, reinforced his defenses with talismans, controlled the Charm Ghost, and charged off in one direction.

Zhang You beat back the Mist Ghosts behind them, gaining another large amount of blue-white qi.

Then he followed Old Daoist and charged forward.

They slaughtered countless Mist Ghosts along the way, and were just about to leave the Burial Ground of Yin.

Suddenly, a massive figure appeared ahead. Its thick arms swept out in all directions, grabbing great numbers of Mist Ghosts in its palms before tossing them directly into its mouth!

And behind them, another big fellow had already arrived.

They were caught in a pincer attack!