After leaving the Scorpion Cloud Shop with the Seven-Star Ghost Scorpion, Lu Xiaotian and the Seven-Star Ghost Scorpion toured half of the Western Nether Ghost Realm. Three more Mahayana members of the Ghost Race joined their party: the Nongxia Ghost Lord, the Nethermoon Cicada Ancestor, and the Extreme Yin Ghost Elephant. Each ruled over a territory in the Western Nether Ghost Realm. The Nongxia Ghost Lord, who paid no heed to worldly affairs, had not shown herself for nearly ten thousand years, but Lu Xiaotian had managed to bring her out this time.
On the way to the Yehuo Plains, the ghostly elders exchanged glances. Each could see the discontent in the others' eyes, but with Lu Xiaotian right there, none dared be the first to openly object. Mahayana cultivators from the Human, Devil, and Demon Races had all suffered heavy losses at Lu Xiaotian's hands.
The Ghost Race had lost only the Golden Nether Ghost Lord, though word had it that a Devouring Void Ghost Ant King had fallen as well. A quick count showed that at least more than a handful of Mahayana old monsters had died at Lu Xiaotian's hands—more than all the elders present could muster between them. This seemingly slender fellow had truly fought the strongest cultivators of several races and never suffered defeat. Though the Seven-Star Ghost Scorpion and the others still harbored some resentment, now that they had come, they were hardly about to rely on their numbers and turn against Lu Xiaotian.
Compared with fighting Lu Xiaotian, treating two ghost cultivators who were only at the Body Integration Realm was undoubtedly far easier—and carried no risk.
The four Mahayana old ghosts had their own thoughts. Lu Xiaotian knew perfectly well that none of them had come entirely of their own free will.