The Beginning of the Turmoil

As evening arrived, the mountain moon rose rather late, while the sun was slowly descending.

Qin Hao looked around the courtyard. It was now riddled with pits from his training. Although he hadn't exerted much force, he had still managed to mess it up quite a bit.

"Phew! That's enough for today."

Qin Hao sat down on the ground, leaning against the wall. He ate the beast meat in his hand, stuffing it into his mouth.

"This meat is quite tough!"

"Looks like I need to go to town and buy some daily necessities."

Qin Hao planned to head to the county town early the next morning to purchase some daily necessities. He couldn't just gnaw on dried meat all day.

After finishing the dried meat in his hand, Qin Hao cleaned himself up and went to bed.

Qingshi County

"Did you hear? The Old Zhang Family Residence is supposedly haunted!"

"Haunted? No way! I walked past there this morning!"

"It's true! Zhao's widow told me! She said a few nights ago, when she happened to pass by, she saw a ghost figure dressed in white appear in the old residence."

"Oh my, don't say that, it's giving me goosebumps!"

"Huh? Wait a minute! Isn't this the road leading to the Old Zhang Family Residence? Good heavens! Let's take a different route."

The two quickly retreated and changed their path, bypassing the Old Zhang Family Residence.

Not long after they left, a shadowy figure flashed past, heading straight for the Old Zhang Family Residence.

The Old Zhang Family Residence, a gloomy and ancient old house.

Ghostly energy shrouded the area above the courtyard.

Several tattered white lanterns hung at the entrance, looking particularly eerie and terrifying under the moonlight.

Despite the eerie and terrifying atmosphere, a human figure appeared at the entrance of the Zhang family's gate.

For some unknown reason, the person's face was unclear, as if shrouded in black mist.

"Heh~ heh-heh~"

"These ghostly creatures have been nourished enough; they can be released in a few days."

"The Ghost Tribe has reappeared in the human world, heh-heh~ our chance has arrived."

Saying this, he walked towards the Old Zhang Family Residence.

As if without a physical form, he passed directly through the residence's main gate.

The person arrived in the courtyard.

The old residence looked particularly dilapidated, covered in cobwebs and in disrepair.

A gust of cold wind blew in.

"Heh-heh-heh-heh~"

"My treasures, come out, I've brought you food."

As he spoke, two corpses materialized out of thin air. They were the two people who had just detoured.

"Wuwu~ wuwu!"

"Wuwu~ wuwuwuwu"

As soon as the words fell, chilling and terrifying sounds echoed from all directions!

In an instant, the courtyard was filled with spectral figures, all dressed in white, their eyes glowing green as they looked at the person.

There were at least thirty to forty of them.

It was extremely frightening; anyone else surrounded like this would likely be scared to death on the spot.

"Heh-heh-heh-heh, come on, enjoy yourselves."

Saying this, he tossed the two bodies into the middle of the ghost horde.

The ghostly creatures, smelling the scent of blood, went mad and pounced on the two corpses, voraciously devouring flesh and blood.

Watching this scene, the person's laughter became even more sinister.

Then, he took out a completely black gourd, which exuded an extremely eerie killing intent.

He opened the gourd, and after a while, many souls flew out.

"Ah! Where is this?"

"No! Please spare me."

"Ahhh, I don't want to die!"

As soon as they were released, the souls cried out in heart-wrenching agony.

The ghostly creatures looked at these souls, their eyes filled with longing. If they hadn't been wary of the person before them, they would have rushed forward and torn these souls apart.

The surrounding eerie and terrifying atmosphere made it no exaggeration to call this place hell.

"I don't want to be scattered into ashes and never reincarnate!"

"Run! Hurry and run!" Hearing the person's cry, the surrounding souls reacted and fled in all directions.

"Naive! Can you escape?"

As he spoke, several iron chains flew out from his sleeves, instantly piercing a dozen souls, causing them to collapse.

"Please, let me go. I have a lot of money, I'll give it all to you."

Another plump soul even knelt before this person, begging for mercy.

Seeing this, the person before them laughed even more sinisterly.

"Hehehehe, mortals are as foolish as ever, thinking that begging for mercy will let them survive?"

"You are merely food for us to step onto the path of ghost immortals, hahahaha!"

After speaking, he stopped and looked at the surrounding fierce ghosts, signaling them that it was time to eat.

Seeing this, the hungry ghosts rushed towards the souls, opening their monstrous mouths and feasting voraciously.

Immediately, countless screams of agony echoed throughout the courtyard.

"Eat, eat to your heart's content. Only then will your resentment and killing intent grow stronger, and only then can I become stronger!"

"Hahahaha! Jie~jie."

After speaking, his figure slowly disappeared from his original spot.

Unbeknownst to him, everything he did was seen by someone in the distance.

This person was dressed in black, wearing a mask, and had a token hanging from his waist with a large character on it!

"Platform!"

"Ghost cultivator, could the rumors be true?"

"Otherwise, why are these unsightly beings becoming more and more rampant?"

He witnessed everything, including killing and soul-snatching, and nurturing ghostly creatures, but these did not seem to be what he cared about.

He cared more about the reason why ghost cultivators dared to be so rampant.

"It's probably true. We need to prepare early."

"I need to report this matter to my senior brother."

The sword at his waist slowly floated up, instantly growing several times larger. He stepped onto it and broke through the air.

As the two departed, the eerie old residence became unusually quiet again.

The next morning.

Mangshan Village.

"Ah~"

As dawn broke, Qin Hao got up, ready to head to the county town.

However, before leaving, he planned to collect this month's allowance from the clan.

Qin Family.

A plump middle-aged man was calculating accounts at a desk.

"Uncle Gang!"

At this moment, Qin Hao arrived in front of the middle-aged man.

Hearing someone call him, the middle-aged man looked up in the direction of the voice.

"En?"

A tall young man appeared before his eyes, blocking his view like a wall.

Although practicing martial arts could potentially increase one's height, this person before him seemed to have gone too far. He didn't look old, but he was much taller than himself, an eight-foot man. (Using Qin and Han dynasty measurements.)

"Who are you?"

The man looked at the person before him, finding him somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall anyone he knew who matched this appearance.

"It's me, Uncle Gang, Qin Hao!"

Qin Hao knew that his height and physique had recently exploded due to various reasons, and he knew that his clan uncle wouldn't recognize him, so he reminded him.

"Qin Hao?"

"Are you that Qin Hao from Tianlang's family?"

The man before him asked uncertainly.

"Hehe, yes, Uncle Gang, I am Qin Hao, and my father is Qin Tianlang."

"How can you not recognize me after only a month?"

Hearing Qin Hao's reply, he was still startled.

Although he had received news from his clan that this child Qin Hao had awakened some kind of physique and his physical body had surged, he hadn't expected him to grow this much. When he saw him last month, he was still a bit taller than Qin Hao. Now, he couldn't even reach Qin Hao's shoulder.