Only after Lu Ye cut him down did he finally see what the other party looked like clearly.
He stood less than four feet tall, his body thin and withered, giving the impression of malnourishment at first glance. Yet his exposed skin was inscribed with incomparably intricate patterns. Those patterns crisscrossed one another, all pitch-black, carrying an exceedingly sinister air.
Without question, these patterns were Tattoo Patterns—and visible ones at that.
Within the Nine Provinces, some cultivators liked to tattoo visible Tattoo Patterns onto their bodies to display their distinctive style. Moreover, these Tattoo Patterns could often serve special purposes.
The Body Cultivator and Ghost Cultivator factions in particular were fond of doing this. Body Cultivators could use defensive Tattoo Patterns to enhance their protection, while Ghost Cultivators could use certain special Tattoo Patterns to strengthen their explosive power and Concealment abilities.
Lu Ye also had a Tattoo Pattern on him—the Void Tattooed Spirit Pattern on the back of his hand. His master had tattooed it onto him back then, using it as the core to construct a storage space.
But the Tattoo Patterns of the Nine Provinces were clearly different from what Lu Ye saw before him.
The Nine Provinces' Tattoo Patterns were man-made, whereas these were natural.
In other words, this dead fellow had possessed these Tattoo Patterns from the moment he was born. Nor was he the only one; every member of his race was the same.
Ghost Race!
Among the major factions of the Cultivation World, Ghost Cultivators were the most adept at the Way of Ambush and Concealment. The Ghost Race, meanwhile, were the natural forefathers of this path.
According to Yang Qing, the reason the Human Race had developed the Ghost Cultivator faction was because they had learned from the Ghost Race, gradually evolving