Central Region, Qingyang State, Ancient Tong Prefecture.
Massive Ancient Tong Trees thrust up into the sky one after another, their broad leaves spreading vast swaths of shade.
Yet unlike their usual lush green, at this moment, wisps of black mist began to seep from the roots of these tong trees.
The entire Ancient Tong Trees gradually darkened as well, revealing an indescribable eeriness.
Several black-robed cultivators standing nearby could not help but smile.
"Who would have thought that the finest material for Corpse Banners would grow here like ordinary wood? These Central Region cultivators truly are foolish!"
Ancient Tong Prefecture was a major prefecture of Qingyang State, second only to Qingyang Prefecture itself. It had now been occupied by Penglai.
Unlike in the Eastern Region, where Penglai still needed to keep up a facade, in the Central Region, they naturally had no need to pass themselves off as an immortal sect.
This Ancient Tong Wood was a material for Soul Banners and Corpse Banners, second only to Celestial Soul Wood. Ordinary Ghost Cultivators did not know how to cultivate it, while righteous-path cultivators had no use for it, which was why it seemed no different from ordinary second-rank spirit wood in Ancient Tong Prefecture.
"This Ancient Tong Wood is of excellent quality. It could even be used to raise Monster Thralls." Before another Ancient Tong Tree, the two men immediately revealed ecstatic expressions.
They repeatedly took out Soul Bags from their hands.
Such scenes were no longer rare throughout Ancient Tong Prefecture. At the summit of Ancient Tong Mountain, one Ancient Tong Tree standing five or six thousand zhang tall had already turned completely black.
Countless Ancient Tong Seeds hung from it, like black infants dangling one after another, enough to make one's scalp crawl.
Before the Ancient Tong Tree,