"Mm."
Miao Yuniang nodded. "Rumor has it that many years ago, the Ghost Witch Sect had an old monster whose cultivation had reached an unfathomable level. His strength had already reached the pinnacle of the grandmaster realm, and he may even have touched the threshold of a higher realm. But with his lifespan nearing its end and unwilling to perish just like that, he used some forbidden secret art of the Ghost Witch Sect to seal away his own life force and fall into a dormant state, neither alive nor dead."
"His body is said to be sealed within the Ghost Witch Sect's sacred grounds."
The pinnacle of the grandmaster realm!?
Perhaps even higher!?
A trace of gravity appeared in Chen Qing's eyes.
"And the pure life essence and soul essence contained within these Human Elixirs."
Miao Yuniang continued, "are one of the key materials the Ghost Witch Sect intends to use to awaken that expert. They have planned this for years and secretly gathered vast quantities of resources. Human Elixirs are only one part of it."
"Rumor has it that once they accumulate enough, they will activate some immense ritual and attempt to reverse life and death, bringing that old monster back into this world..."
Chen Qing quietly drew a cold breath. He had not expected this to be the Ghost Witch Sect's objective.
If the Ghost Witch Sect truly succeeded and an expert who might surpass ordinary grandmasters awakened... the entire balance of Mountain Beyond Mountains, even the southwestern border of the Yan Kingdom, would likely be turned upside down.
That was also why the Ghost Witch Sect had been so obsessed with this matter, sparing no cost and even extending its hand into Yan Kingdom territory, using forces such as the Huan Yuan Cult to plunder Human