Evil Ghost Banner

Chapter 36: Evil Ghost Banner

This vast land, shaped like a triangle and spanning tens of thousands of miles, is all territory of the Yin Sha Sect. Located in the large angle between the main vein of the Hengduan Mountain and the Yin Sha Mountain Range, it is perpetually swept by cold winds. This naturally formed countless Yin Sha places within the vast expanse of the Yin Sha Sect.

Phantom transformed into a bird emitting black light in the sky, sometimes circling, sometimes flying rapidly. However, Lei Dong was continuously comparing the recognized land veins and markers with the map. After a long while, he landed his Phantom Flying Sword outside a desolate and chillingly windy sunken valley.

Within the fully controlled territory of the Yin Sha Sect, there are a total of four large countries and seven small countries. All countries are indirectly controlled by the Yin Sha Sect. This location is within a country called Hou Chen, more than three to four thousand miles away from the headquarters of the Myriad Ghost Cave. The reason for choosing this place was twofold: firstly, it was far from the Myriad Ghost Cave, making it easier to cover up any incidents. Secondly, Hou Chen Country had been engaged in continuous warfare with surrounding countries for the past few decades, with dozens of battlefields where over a hundred thousand people died. Coupled with the devastation within the country and the hardships faced by mortals, countless mass graves were formed.

This vast area, known as the Yin Sha Domain, was already a natural environment prone to forming Yin Sha places. When a large number of people died in a region within a short period, their resentment would rise to the heavens. Combined with the suitable environment, it would often condense into the initial Yin Sha places. Of course, the Yin Sha Sect's behind-the-scenes manipulation also played a part in creating these suitable environments.

But none of this concerned Lei Dong. 👻💥 🐼🐠 He was only here to harvest Yin Souls and improve his spirit ghosts to sell for pills.

He summoned his Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier and Shadow Ghost Soldier, both of whom had reached the peak of level five. They formed a formation with one in front and one behind, one visible and one hidden. The Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier was the main attacker, while the Shadow Ghost Soldier stayed close to Lei Dong to guard against any unexpected events. This Yin Valley, spanning a hundred miles, was once a bloody battlefield where over two hundred thousand people died. Even after decades, countless half-buried, rusted, and unrecognizable armors and weapons could be seen in the valley.

As soon as Lei Dong stepped into the area, he felt a surge of Yin energy wash over him, and the swirling cold winds howled incessantly. His spirit was invigorated; this was much stronger than the civilian mass graves near the Myriad Ghost Cave. However, he also became more cautious, as this was once a major battlefield, and there was a possibility of encountering powerful fierce ghosts.

Lei Dong had now reached the peak of level five. Furthermore, he had never given up cultivating the Spirit Forging Art, which meant his Spiritual Sense was now comparable to that of someone at the eighth or ninth layer of Qi Refining. Holding his breath and concentrating, he unleashed the Divine Scan Technique. He spread his Spiritual Sense forward as much as possible, in a fan shape, reaching nearly a thousand meters away. Although spreading his Spiritual Sense so thinly would greatly reduce its sensitivity, the movement of drifting Yin Souls could still cause fluctuations in his Spiritual Sense.

The so-called Divine Scan Technique is a relatively common application of Spiritual Sense, not even considered a spell. Simply put, it uses Spiritual Sense like a radar in Lei Dong's memory to probe in all directions or a specific direction. This way, within the range covered by his Spiritual Sense, any disturbance would cause ripples in the intangible Spiritual Sense.

Cultivators using the Divine Scan Technique can determine what they have detected based on the size, frequency, and other characteristics of the ripples. → However, the thinner and more spread out the Spiritual Sense, the lower its sensitivity. Thus, the Divine Scan Technique is merely a common application of a skill, not a spell. Lei Dong had only spent a few Contribution Values to acquire this extremely practical technique.

Using the Divine Scan Technique to locate Yin Souls was far better than relying on himself or his ghost soldiers to search randomly.

As expected, Lei Dong was delighted. Within the fan-shaped area of nearly a thousand meters ahead, there were indeed seven or eight fluctuations, moving slowly and not reacting too strongly. If he had continued walking in a straight line as before, he would have encountered at most one or two.

These fluctuations could not possibly be from small animals, or any flesh-and-blood creatures unless they were extremely powerful. In this environment filled with Yin Souls, they would find it difficult to survive.

To conserve Spiritual Sense, he set a rough travel route, memorized it, and then withdrew his Spiritual Sense. He drove his ghost soldiers and rushed towards the nearest fluctuation point. As expected, he soon encountered a Yin Soul that was aimlessly wandering, completely unaware of anyone's arrival. Without hesitation, the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier stepped forward and dealt a light blow. When the Yin Soul was struck and began to dissipate without fully scattering, Lei Dong immediately performed a Law, easily collecting it into the Soul Nurturing Pagoda. Of course, with Lei Dong's current strength, he could have collected it directly even without injuring the Yin Soul. However, when collecting an uninjured Yin Soul, its instinctive resistance would be more intense, causing Lei Dong to expend more True Qi.

Therefore, to save True Qi, it was better to have the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier inflict a light injury.

Next, he rushed to another fluctuation point without stopping. Along the way, he checked the quality of the Yin Soul and, as expected, it was just an Inferior Ghost. Following the same procedure, he collected all seven Yin Souls one by one, taking only a few minutes. Lei Dong couldn't help but laugh at this collection efficiency and speed. It was many times faster than when he was at the Qi Refining Second Layer.

With little True Qi consumed, Lei Dong once again cast the Divine Scan Technique to the side. This time, he only detected five fluctuations, but one of them reacted several times more intensely. This made Lei Dong sigh, knowing it must be a Wild Ghost Soldier. As expected, when he reached that fluctuation point, he found a level one Wild Ghost Soldier. It wasn't very valuable, but it could serve as a small snack for the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier.

In this manner, over the course of one night, he managed to sweep up over five hundred Yin Souls and one Wild Ghost Soldier. When dawn broke, he left the valley, flew his sword dozens of miles, and booked a courtyard in an inn in a mortal town in Hou Chen Country. He then meditated to recover his True Qi with a Qi Condensing Pill and refined Soul Beads, which goes without saying.

Every night, he would fly his sword dozens of miles to this Yin Sha Valley. On lucky nights, he could catch seven to eight hundred, and on less lucky nights, four to five hundred. After ten days of this, he left the Yin Valley and moved to the next dangerous location, hundreds of miles away, called Ghost Howl River Beach.

Ten days later, he moved again. For a continuous period of over a hundred and twenty days, he traveled through more than a dozen famous, but not excessively dangerous, Yin Sha places. While Lei Dong felt somewhat exhausted, wukns.c he was also overjoyed. His storage belt's jade bottles now contained one hundred and forty-two Soul Beads. The number of Yin Souls he had personally captured had already exceeded eighty thousand.

His luck was quite average, even slightly poor. Among the over eighty thousand Yin Souls, there were only six low-grade spirit ghosts. This made Lei Dong wonder if, because he had obtained a heaven-defying treasure, his luck in capturing spirit ghosts from Yin Souls had always been poor. However, he did encounter about ten Wild Ghost Soldiers, one of which was a level five. But with all three ghosts attacking together, that level five Wild Ghost Soldier was completely devoured.

I've calculated it, and the time is almost up. In two more months, it will be the new Small Competition, so I need to hurry and refine Middle Grade Spirit Ghosts to sell and exchange for Earth Spirit Pills. Otherwise, it will be difficult to break through to the Sixth Layer before the next Small Competition.

As the sky gradually brightened, the Yin Souls had all curled up and disappeared to who knows where. Just as Lei Dong was preparing to fly away on his sword, three Escape Lights of various colors appeared from a few hundred meters away. In just over ten breaths, they landed in front of Lei Dong. The one in the lead was a short, snub-nosed, ugly Black-clothed Youth. Judging by the style of his black clothing, it should be the uniform of a third-generation disciple of the Yin Sha Sect. However, judging from its luxurious appearance with a faint black luster flowing and rippling, this robe should be extraordinary. Especially what he was standing on, it wasn't an ordinary flying magic artifact or sword, but a ball of unpredictable Black Mist. As the Black Mist writhed, one could vaguely see ferocious, resentful, fearful, and madly pained human faces, as if trying to struggle out. But in the blink of an eye, they twisted and transformed back into Black Mist.

Evil Ghost Banner! Lei Dong's heart chilled as he recognized this treasure.

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