Ghost Child

The great sun hung in the sky, obscured by clouds.

The ocean of this world was as vast as the one in his previous life!

One person and one spider, riding on the fish-powered raft beneath them, sped along like a galloping horse.

Fortunately, the weather was good, with no wind or waves, and the raft traveled steadily without any turbulence.

Jing Qian lay quietly on the broad back of the Azure Pearl. Pure primordial qi flowed within his young body, slowly nourishing his flesh and blood, and thickening his bloodline foundation.

This primordial qi was no ordinary qi. It naturally generated from Jing Qian's divine soul, transformed from overflowing Destiny Essence into Innate Primordial Qi. It was best at nourishing and was a precious spiritual substance sought after by all living beings.

However, no matter how precious Innate Primordial Qi was, very few people utilized Destiny Essence to directly transform it.

In this cultivation realm, Destiny Essence could be said to be the source of all divine and wondrous properties, the root of cultivation.

Not only was the difficulty of accumulating it extremely high, but it also had marvelous uses in every stage of cultivation.

Regardless of their origin, any cultivator who possessed even the lowest level of inheritance would have a more efficient way of utilizing Destiny Essence.

They would never be so extravagant as to wastefully transform Destiny Essence directly into Innate Primordial Qi to nourish themselves.

Only this young child, Jing Qian, possessed a strange spatial ability, adding an extra way to acquire Destiny Essence. Since he had not yet begun cultivating, he passively enjoyed the treatment of being baptized by this Innate Primordial Qi.

This primordial qi was nimble and ethereal, yet also fine and dense, like a spring breeze caressing his face, thoroughly washing his small body, not even missing the gaps in his fingernails or the tips of his hair.

It made Jing Qian hum with comfort!

And his body was young, but this primordial qi was sufficiently abundant. After nourishing him, there was still a remaining portion that slowly overflowed.

This portion of primordial qi was not wasted at all; it was completely devoured by the Azure Pearl beneath him.

With Innate Primordial Qi forging the foundation of his physical body, Jing Qian undoubtedly took a big step forward. Compared to his previous life, this could be said to be a completely different destiny!

Within his sea of consciousness, Jing Qian was fiercely playing a game of wits with two enemies, one tall and one short.

In his eyes, the souls of these two cultivators were Destiny Essence rations that were extremely beneficial to his growth.

But due to the disparity in strength, he could only try every means to induce the enemies to attack with all their might, and then use the safe zone around the stele to reflect their damage.

This method of output was not efficient, but it was safe!

Jing Qian had just been born into this world, and both his physical body and divine soul were weak. It was not worth taking any risks.

Slowly absorbing the opponent's divine soul power from this reflected force, and increasing his own Destiny Essence, was the right path.

He was seen within this narrow safe zone, stepping the Jing Family's secret Bagua steps, dodging and moving, occasionally exposing half of his body outside the safe zone to lure the enemies to attack, and then quickly hiding back.

These two enemies, one tall and one short, only knew how to mechanically kill, and they just happened to fall into the trap woven by Jing Qian.

Every time they struck with all their might, the reflection would cause their internal organs to tremble, their fists and feet to crack, and they would suffer some minor injuries.

And this would directly cause the dissipation of their own divine soul power, which would then be easily absorbed by the kid opposite them.

"+0.01!"

"+0.01!"

Jing Qian's Destiny Essence was steadily increasing, and he was also looking forward to acquiring new knowledge.

For him at this moment, any knowledge was extremely precious and not to be missed!

This method of steady growth in strength and free knowledge acquisition through drawing deeply intoxicated him, making it impossible to extricate himself.

If not for the need to consider the safety of his physical body outside, he would have wanted to stay rooted in this space until he had completely devoured the souls of these two enemies before going out to roam.

As time passed, only one bad thing was quietly happening.

Under the continuous growth of his Destiny Essence, Jing Qian's avatar within this space was constantly growing in reverse!

He was slowly transforming from the young swordsman of his previous life into the swaddled infant of this world.

His strength within the soul space was thus reduced, and the efficiency of harvesting Destiny Essence also decreased accordingly.

While this was undoubtedly a bad thing, it was not something he could choose.

And in the long run, the gradual integration of soul and body was also extremely important for his cultivation.

Jing Qian accepted this change calmly, without any fluctuation in his emotions.

After experiencing the test of life and death and the tempering of rebirth, his mental fortitude had greatly increased, and his emotions were also more stable.

However, the work he was doing did not stop at all!

Instead, it was progressing even faster!

He seized his last adult moments and began to go in and out more frequently.

And his Destiny Essence was still slowly and steadily growing.

Finally, after dozens of consecutive attempts, a large mass of greenish-white smoke dissipated from the tall, thin figure and was successfully captured by Jing Qian!

Instantly, a massive amount of information poured directly into his soul consciousness!

On the shore of Crimson Pearl Island, Jing Su Shi watched her precious grandson gradually move away, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Their family had suffered a great disaster. The cultivators from Qi Zhi Shi Island, leading a group of rogue cultivators and bandits, had broken through the island's defenses and attacked the core area.

She had personally witnessed the deaths of no less than seventeen family members!

The three-hundred-year foundation of Crimson Pearl Island, established by the ancestors of the Jing and Su families who jointly planted the Island Tendon and lit the Destiny Hearth, was thus completely lost in one morning!

Although the rise and fall of islands were quite common in this Hun Zhou region.

Every few decades, there would always be an island that was poorly managed and destroyed.

But a situation like Crimson Pearl Island, which was maliciously slaughtered and swallowed whole by the enemy before reaching a desperate state, was unprecedented!

The land of Hun Zhou, due to changes and chaos, would undoubtedly create countless bloody massacres!

After arranging a way out for her grandson, Jing Su Shi had no more worries, only a surge of malice in her chest that needed to be washed away with the blood of her enemies!

She was old and her lifespan was dwindling. Her cultivation was no match for the erosion of time, and her strength was far from what it used to be.

But when she completely disregarded life and death, no matter what kind of enemy she faced, she would gnaw off a piece of their flesh!

Jing Su Shi turned her back to the sea and faced the large island that had given birth to and nurtured her. Her hunched back gradually straightened!

This old lady, nearly eighty years old, suddenly exuded a sharp and spirited aura!

Just then, cheerful shouts of children came from afar!

"Grandma! Grandma!"

"Hehe!"

"Your grandchild misses you! Grandma!"

As they spoke, a pair of children, a boy and a girl, came running hand in hand from a distance, skipping and jumping.

All the shouts just now came from the little girl leading the way.

This girl was only seven or eight years old, carved from pink jade, truly adorable.

But looking closely, both her eyes were white, without a trace of pupils, and a malevolent aura filled her brows and eyes. She had clearly been dead for a long time!

Looking at the boy she was holding hands with, his height was similar to hers, but he had a single horn on his forehead, and his face was bruised and swollen. He was an even more bizarre and terrifying Ghost Child!

However, this girl was dead, while the Ghost Child was a living being with cultivation!