Fei Du! Old Deng's Accelerated Cultivation! Senluo's Promise

Faced with Chen Dengming's questions and requests, the third-generation Little Array Spirit You Jing rolled its eyes and said, "Back then, three of my Three Souls and seven Seven Souls condensed into a pure spiritual body, while the other four spirits entered the Yin Cave Below the Yin Spring. The spirit that returned from the Yin Spring was Queyin."

There are also three other souls Below the Yin Spring: Corpse Dog, Hidden Arrow, and Fei Du. The soul that left the Yin Spring and returned to the Human World this time is Fei Du.

She was primarily under my jurisdiction, but after returning to the Human World, she established contact with me, warning me of the impending arrival of the Ghost King Qian Luo."

"What? The Ghost King Qian Luo descending upon the world? What does this ghostly thing that emerges from the ground have to do with me?"

Chen Dengming was taken aback. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he remembered a name that seemed to be from a very long time ago— the Yin Spring Ghost Lord.

Twenty-two years ago, he had offended a Yin Spring Ghost Lord from the deep sea.

Could this Ghost King Qian Luo be connected to the Yin Spring Ghost Lord in some way?

Little Array Spirit said, "Eight months ago, when I first received the Fei Du warning, she was just like Que Yin at the beginning. Her memory was hazy, and she knew nothing when asked. She only knew that the warning reminded Ghost King Qian Luo he had come to the Human World."

Over the past eight months, her warnings have become increasingly frequent. I sensed that she was approaching me, so I tried to communicate with her and learned that the Ghost King Qian Luo was seeking revenge on a cultivator with Bai Mao at his temples."

"A monk with Bai Mao at his temples seeking revenge?"

Chen Dengming froze, his gaze meeting that of the Little Array Spirit who was also looking over. He then looked at the Bai Mao at his temples and frowned.

"Why would the Ghost King Qian Luo want revenge on me? They came up from the Below the Yin Spring just to take revenge on me?"

A faint smile played on the Little Array Spirit's lips, revealing two alluring dimples. "If you want to know, why don't you take advantage of your rare break from seclusion and bring me along tonight to join your game with me? I'll naturally tell you then, how about that?"

Chen Dengming knew something was wrong the moment he saw the smile emanating from the You Jing's lips, and sure enough, he heard some inappropriate words following behind.

Before he could reprimand her, He Yingyu, blushing and annoyed, rushed out of the kitchen, glaring at him fiercely and making a move to hit him.

The You Jing immediately giggled and flew up, dodging in all directions, exuding charm and radiance. She blurted out, "Don't bother trying to hide it. I'm You Jing; how could I not know what you're all hoping for?"

"Shut up! You little vixen! Get out here in your Tai Guang."

He Yingyu spat and cursed, quickly giving chase, but was repeatedly restrained by You Jing.

Now, more than twenty years have passed, and although He Yingyu has broken through to the Golden Core Mid Stage, in terms of strength, she is naturally inferior to the Little Array Spirit who is already in the Golden Core Late Stage realm.

The two women chased and played inside the cave abode, creating a beautiful and charming scene.

"Wow, she's a real enchantress, she's so skilled!"

Chen Dengming watched this scene and shook his head helplessly.

This old man, being of advanced age and easily embarrassed, couldn't quite handle the overly fiery and proactive type like You Jing; Tai Guang to his liking.

However, this is the nature of You Jing after all; everyone's Three Souls, the You Jing, has such a dissolute side, so he can naturally understand it.

It seems unlikely that we'll be able to extract anything from the unruly You Jing for the time being.

Chen Dengming wasn't in a hurry.

What Ghost King Qian Luo? Since he's just a Ghost King and not a powerful figure like the Yin Spring Ghost Lord, there's nothing to worry about.

Among the ghost cultivators, those who are called Ghost Kings are generally powerful ghosts at the Nascent Soul level, at most at the Nascent Soul Late Stage. Don't panic, not at all. The Four Seas Immortal Sealing Array established by the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance is not to be underestimated. The Longevity Sect's Mountain Protecting Formation and the Pretty Martial Uncle are not just for show either.

Chen Dengming cheered himself up. After eating the spiritual dishes that the girl had carefully prepared, he quickly left the cave abode to visit Martial Aunt Su and tell him about the Ghost King Qian Luo so that he could be prepared in advance.

"Since the Ghost King Qian Luo knows your physical characteristics, it is indeed possible that he is related to the Yin Spring Ghost Lord. Otherwise, these ghost cultivators Below the Yin Spring, isolated from the world for so many years, would not know about you."

Inside Su Yan Yan's cave abode, Chen Dengming listened to Su Yan Yan's furrowed brows as she analyzed the situation for him. He then glanced sideways at Su Yanyan's taut, muscular face and said...

"Don't panic. The Four Seas Immortal Sealing Array is still in place. Even the Venerable Lord Soul stage Spirit Transformation can't keep up with it all. A Nascent Soul Ghost King, even at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, can't cause much of a stir."

Chen Dengming, who had been sitting upright, relaxed slightly and said with a forced smile, "I wasn't too nervous. I was just worried that the Four Seas Immortal Sealing Array wasn't strong enough, so I came to check on things. It's good that everything's alright."

"But couldn't that Ghost King be at the Nascent Soul Perfection?"

Su Yan Yan glanced at Chen Dengming, and she could easily see through the sect leader's feigned composure. After so many years of getting along, she was already familiar with him, so she didn't expose him. She shook her head gracefully and said, "Although I am not familiar with the Below the Yin Spring either, I have asked my master about the Yin Spring."

Master only said that if there really is an underworld Below the Yin Spring, then a Ghost King who Nascent Soul Perfection might have the opportunity to be called the Yin Spring Ghost Lord and control a Yin Spring.

If this rumor is true, do you really expect a Yin Spring Ghost Lord of the Underworld to leave his own underworld and come to the Human World to take revenge on you?

"I see."

Chen Dengming nodded and said, "In that case, there is indeed no need to be nervous, since the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark."

"When the Ghost King Qian Luo left the Yin Spring and came to our Human World, he was leaving his familiar environment. He was in a completely unfamiliar place, and besides, he didn't even realize that he had been exposed."

Su Yan Yan's beautiful eyes gleamed as she met his gaze for a moment before saying, "This Ghost King is not worth worrying about for now, but if it is truly the Yin Spring Ghost Lord insists on taking revenge on you, it will cause a lot of trouble in the future."

I see you've made further progress; how long will it take for you to break through?

Chen Dengming smiled, "A breakthrough should be achievable within ten years."

He said ten years, but it doesn't actually take that long.

Based on my current level of proficiency in the Longevity Merit Technique, I should only need about eight more years of practice to break through to the Golden Core Perfection.

If this were before the Spirit Root defect was resolved, this timeframe would have been extended by more than four years.

Eight years.

Su Yan Yan was surprised. Although she already knew that Chen Dengming's Spiritual Root Potential was top-notch and rare in the entire Four Seas Four Regions, she was still astonished that he could break through to the Golden Core Perfection so quickly.

However, eight years is still a relatively long time.

She shook her head and frowned, saying, "I can only try to buy you some time. In the past few years, the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance has gradually figured out the true situation of the Four Regions."

After you joined forces with the Venerable Lord to injure the Outer Realm Devil Venerable last time, the Outer Realm Devil Venerable has kept a low profile and restrained himself a lot in recent years. However, last year, many Devil Cultivators in the Western Demon Sea were bewitched and held sacrifices.

I suspect the alliance will launch a counterattack within the next three years."

"Within three years." Chen Dengming's eyebrows furrowed.

Indeed, it is difficult to have everything go as one wishes, unless one obtains the blessing inheritance of the Heavenly Immortal Way and Great Fortune Reaching the Heavens.

The Four Seas Cultivation Alliance certainly couldn't have him as its leader and would only launch a counterattack after he broke through. If a leader were to be chosen, it would have to be at least at the level of the Primordial Ancestor.

Thinking of the First Ancestor, Chen Dengming couldn't help but ask, "The First Ancestor has been in the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm for so long, has there been any movement? Has he contacted you, his senior uncles, since then? Did Senior Qu inquire about it?"

He had always suspected that, given the First Ancestor's habits, he might not have stayed peacefully in the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm all this time, and might have been secretly plotting something all these years.

There was no word of anything amiss, and the other senior uncles were all as honest and unassuming as hardworking old turtles, letting the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance do as they pleased, which seemed rather strange.

Su Yan Yan frowned slightly, her demeanor quite authoritative, and said, "You really do have a lot of questions, but you shouldn't ask too many about Master's affairs. If Senior Qu wants to contact Master, he doesn't need to go through us."

"Oh~." Chen Dengming's expression brightened with sudden realization.

Qu Shenzong returned to the new blessed land of Tiandao Sect in the Eastern Immortal Sea twenty years ago to take Tiandao Sect, and it is said that he was training Qiao Zhaoxian with all his might.

Similarly, the Spirit Transformation Elder Sword Master of the Shu Sword Pavilion also returned to the new blessing of the Shu Sword Pavilion to nurture Sword Son Gao Lingxiao.

These top sects, like the Longevity Sect, treated Chen Dengming the same way: Dao Child considered him their top successor, with a high probability of nurturing him into Nascent Soul. Therefore, they all attached great importance to him.

However, Chen Dengming has now taken a step ahead, skipping from Dao Child to sect leader, and has developed from the 'Little Chen who was not good at fighting' into the most outstanding one in the trio.

Based on Su Yan Yan's words, Chen Dengming guessed that Qu Shenzong might be able to communicate with the First Ancestor through Heaven's Will.

After all, the Tiandao Sect is also Immortal Celestial Lineage, belonging to the Heavenly Heaven's Mandate Lineage. The ultimate supernatural Divine Ability of the Immortal Celestial Lineage all lead to the same goal, and anyone who comprehends them can understand them. The Qu Shenzong Sect is known as the number one in the Four Domains, so it is impossible that it has not grasped the Heaven's Will.

Furthermore, Qu Shenzong may have already refined the Heavenly Destiny Hall.

"Perhaps Senior Qu and the First Ancestor have been secretly plotting for many years and already have a plan. As their disciple and grand-disciple, I should just focus on my cultivation and not worry about anything else."

With this guess in mind, Chen Dengming rushed over nervously to meet Su Yan Yan, but then left leisurely and nonchalantly.

However, after returning to his cave abode, he quickly seized the time to cultivate.

Since Su Yan Yan said that the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance might launch a counterattack within three years, he would never make such a statement without reason.

It would be very difficult for him to cultivate to the Golden Core Perfection in three years.

However, he had made many contributions to the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance by repeatedly betraying the positions of Devil Cultivator.

He never used these achievements, waiting for the most opportune moment to use them.

If he were to squander these achievements, even if the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance were to launch its full-scale counterattack, he could extricate himself from the vanguard and delay the inevitable by a year or two, allowing him more time to accumulate and prepare.

Originally, he was scheduled to need more than eight years to break through to the Golden Core Perfection.

However, a rigid plan is static, but people are dynamic.

Over the years, he has also collected a lot of pills and Formation to aid in cultivation through the sect.

For example, the Earth Spirit Flower, after picking its petals, steeping them in water and drinking the infusion, can increase one percent of one's cultivation level daily.

For example, he once obtained eight Spirit Heart Grass, used five, and kept three. These were all items that could be used to accelerate one's cultivation at crucial moments.

For example, "I love a bundle of firewood" is a special, top-grade medicine from an Evil Dao heretical sect in the Western Demon Sea.

It is said that taking this medicine together with the girl can greatly improve their cultivation efficiency. Combined with the various types of stockings that He Yingyu herself makes, it's simply an irresistible combination.

Through these pills, Formation, or the repeated stimulation from girls, Chen Dengming could shorten the time required for his breakthrough as much as possible.

If a breakthrough can be achieved in as little as a year, then that will be an advantage before the chaos of the great counterattack arrives.

Within the Golden Core realm, each breakthrough in a minor realm will dramatically increase the purity and quantity of the Core Power.

A cultivator who has Golden Core Perfection is gradually beginning to come into contact with the Nascent Soul Power. In terms of sheer Law Power, even the weakest cultivator can surpass the Golden Core Late Stage by at least twice.

Not to mention that after breaking through to the Golden Core Perfection, Chen Dengming will be able to cultivate the rare third-tier top-level Technique Method stored within the Longevity Sect, further enhancing his combat power. These are all trump cards for surviving in this chaotic world.

Just as Chen Dengming forcibly confined You Jing inside the Soul House and was cultivating with heightened passion after taking the medicine.

In the eerie and dimly Land of Corruption Far East, a group of uninvited guests arrived with menacing air.

The leader was a tall and imposing figure, clad in ancient armor, with his red hair flying wildly like burning flames, exuding a great aura.

He exuded a chilling, ghostly aura that was terrifying to behold. At this moment, he sat atop a chariot with imposing presence, like a tall pine tree, his demeanor calm and composed.

The chariot was made entirely of cold, white bones, and its wheels seemed to be pieced together from countless hand and leg bones. At the front of the chariot, wisps of black energy surged, dragging the chariot forward like warhorses.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the black mist contained vengeful Ghost Soul that refused to leave.

Behind its chariot, several sinister-looking ghosts accompanied it, serving it tea and water.

Further behind, a group of extraterrestrial cultivators lingered at a distance, neither daring to get too close nor too far away, seemingly following in a state of both obedience and surveillance.

This imposing, red-haired man with a composed demeanor was none other than the Ghost King Qian Luo.

Behind it, in the position of the chariot, a pretty ghost maid with many similarities to the Little Array Spirit waited respectfully; she was none other than the Little Array Spirit's other soul— Fei Du.

At this moment, as the chariot carried the group into the forest of the Land of Corruption, many lurking ghosts and evil spirits in the forest seemed to sense the aura of the Ghost King's intimidation and scattered and fled.

Upon seeing this, the group of extraterrestrial cultivators following behind stopped outside the Land of Corruption, exchanging bewildered glances.

An elderly monk with thinning hair asked, "Why does the Ghost King Qian Luo insist on coming here?"

We've already warned them that even if they manage to cross the Land of Corruption, the other side is the Four Seas Immortal Sealing Array. If they force their way through, they could even risk their lives."

Another young monk shrugged and shook his head. "I don't know, I don't know. Who cares? Our task is to follow orders and get them there. What happens after that is none of our business."

It was a desolate Land of Corruption with leaves that blocked out the sky.

Ghost King Qian Luo slowed down the car, and looked up at the silent, rolling black mist above him with his pale, eerie eyes. He could feel the powerful aura emanating from the depths of the black mist, and even the terrifying aura that was calm yet frightening in the deepest part.

The Senluo True Body!

These are ghostly beasts born from the River Styx Below the Yin Spring.

He knew he couldn't pass through the Four Seas Immortal Sealing Array, yet he still rushed here for the sake of this Ghostly Netherworld Beast.

He had brought the sincerity of the Netherworld Ghost Lord, hoping that this ghostly beast, having been away from the Below the Yin Spring for so many years, had not forgotten the little river boy by the River Styx, nor had it forgotten that promise.

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