Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture

In a Cave more than 400 miles away from the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine.

Song Wen's expression was somewhat gloomy. He had just performed soul searches on Su Jingtong and Jing Lu, but the results were not satisfactory.

The soul-searching attempt on Su Jingtong failed.

Song Wen wanted to uncover the Su Clan's conspiracy to capture cultivators of the Longevity Art from Su Jingtong's memories, but his failed soul-searching attempt left Su Jingtong Song Wen in a bad mood.

The soul-collecting of Jing Lu was successful, and some useful things were obtained, among which the most interesting to Song Wen was:

In the Mountain Ravine Ghost Market, there is a Rogue Cultivator trading fair for independent cultivators. All participants are Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. The fair is held on the night of the full moon every month, and its main purpose is to facilitate the exchange of goods and resources among Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators.

Suddenly, a Jade Slip appeared in Song Wen's palm Jade Slip contained a secret technique for exorcising ghosts called the "Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture".

This <Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture> was obtained by Jing Lu in an ancient cultivator's cave abode. It is an extremely profound and mysterious method of controlling ghosts, which allows cultivators to transcend minor realms and command ghosts whose cultivation is slightly higher than their own.

Of course, this was Jing Lu's own judgment; Song Wen did not find anything particularly outstanding about the <Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture>.

After all, the Yin Soul Banner refined by Song Wen could also do something similar.

The method of crafting the Yin Soul Banner originated from the Mysterious Yin Sect, one of the three major demonic sects. It is normal that it is more profound and mysterious than ordinary Ghost Dao Technique Method.

However, this doesn't mean that the <Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture> is useless to Song Wen. Its methods for capturing ghosts and refining souls still have some merit. Right now, it can help Song Wen refine the Black-Armored Ghost King more quickly.

Two hours later, after carefully reading through the methods for refining ghosts in the "Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture," Song Wen decided to begin attempting to refine the Black-Armored Ghost King.

When the Black-Armored Ghost King fought against Su Jingtong, its ghost energy was severely depleted, making this the best time to refine it.

Once the Ghost King recovers its strength, even with the black Squad Commander sealing Ghost King, it will be incredibly difficult for Song Wen to refine it.

However, before refining the Ghost King, you must first refine the black Squad Commander.

Song Wen calmed his mind, sat cross-legged, and held a small black Squad Commander in his hand. His powerful spiritual energy surged like a raging torrent, washing over the flag again and again.

Su Jingtong is dead, and the black Squad Commander is now ownerless, but this flag is a top-grade Spirit Artifact, the Ghost-Controlling Ghost Banner.

Song Wen only has the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, so it won't be easy for him to truly refine this Ghost Banner.

After two days of tireless refining, during which he consumed more than ten Spirit-Replenishing Pills to replenish his constantly depleted spiritual energy, he finally managed to refine the black Squad Commander.

The black Squad Commander is of a very high grade and is not suitable for Song Wen to use now. He plans to lure the Black-Armored Ghost King into the Eight-Banner Yin Soul Banner and use the power of the Yin Soul Banner to slowly and completely refine the Ghost King.

Song Wen activated the Squad Commander, releasing the Black-Armored Ghost King.

The Black-Armored Ghost King's ghostly energy was severely depleted, but the black Squad Commander did not store Yin Soul to help it recover its strength. At this moment, the Black-Armored Ghost King appeared somewhat weak.

As soon as the Black-Armored Ghost King appeared, it opened its blood-red maw and pounced on Song Wen.

The small black Squad Commander suddenly emitted a faint blood-red light, Black-Armored Ghost King, illuminated by the blood-red light, instantly froze on the spot, unable to move.

Following the Method Formula of the "Nine Nether Ghost-Driving Scripture," Song Wen continuously performed hand seals, and streams of spiritual energy rained down on the Ghost King.

Meanwhile, Song Wen was distracted by two things at once, and the Eight-Banner Yin Soul Banner suddenly appeared.

A large amount of Yin Qi surged out from the Eight-Banner Yin Soul Banner, washing over the Ghost King's soul.

Then, countless more Yin Soul surged forth, rushing towards the Ghost King.

The Black-Armored Ghost King saw these Yin Soul as if they were food to a hungry ghost, and devoured them into his body like a whale swallowing its Yin Soul.

Suddenly, the Yin Soul of the Eight Banners swirled around the Black-Armored Ghost King, and countless banner shadows surrounded him.

The Black-Armored Ghost King noticed the anomaly, stopped eating, and became agitated, trying to break through the encirclement of the banner shadows.

The Squad Commander glowed with a faint bloody light once more, and the Black-Armored Ghost King froze in place, unable to move.

Countless banner shadows suddenly contracted towards the center, colliding with the Black-Armored Ghost King.

As all the banners vanished, the Eight-Banner Yin Soul Banner appeared where the Black-Armored Ghost King had stood.

The Black-Armored Ghost King has vanished without a trace, absorbed into the Eight-Banner Yin Soul Banner.

Song Wen, whose face was somewhat pale, breathed a sigh of relief.

He had just activated the black Squad Commander twice in a row, and although it only activated the surface of its power, it still consumed most of his spiritual energy.

With his current cultivation level, forcibly activating a top-grade Spirit Artifact would be too much of a stretch.

The Eight-Banner Yin Soul Banner was personally crafted by Song Wen, who wielded it with ease. The Black-Armored Ghost King was absorbed into it and slowly refined. Within a month, it would be completely refined and become entirely under Song Wen's command.

With a thought, twenty storage rings appeared in front of Song Wen.

His Divine Senses gradually invaded the items, Song Wen began to take inventory.

The twenty storage rings contained a total of 170,000 Spirit Stones, most of which came from the storage rings of the Su Clan cultivators.

Most of the storage rings of those Rogue Cultivators only contained three to five thousand Spirit Stones.

It seems these rogue Foundation Establishment cultivators aren't doing so well. They might occasionally manage to plunder some spirit stones, but they'll probably spend them quickly.

After all, Foundation Establishment cultivators consume a large amount of Spirit Stones every day during their cultivation.

Each storage ring contained several fist-sized, blood-red, transparent crystals, which were the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystals, totaling just over ten thousand.

These Crimson Blood Spirit Crystals are worth approximately 500,000 Spirit Stones, a considerable fortune.

Song Wen categorized all the items, including Spirit Stones, Crimson Blood Spirit Crystals, pills, Spirit Artifact, and Cultivation Method, and stored them in different locations within his storage ring.

At this moment, he was holding a jade bottle in his hand, containing two blood-red pills.

Based on the aroma and the fluctuations of Spiritual Qi emanating from the pills, Song Wen could determine that these two pills were likely 'Bloodburst Pills'.

Song Wen casually put the 'Bloodburst Pill' into his storage ring; now was not the right time to study pills.

With a thought, six corpses appeared on the ground.

Song Wen originally intended to refine them all into Death-Substitute Puppets, but he had only asked Su Huayue for three days' leave, and now that time was up, and Death-Substitute Puppets couldn't be made in a short time, he had no choice but to give up.

He took out a huge, high-grade magical Law Artifact called Corpse-Nurturing Coffin and placed all six corpses inside.

After dismantling the two arrays that concealed his presence, Song Wen stepped out of the Cave and flew his boat towards the Northern Lands Market.

Not far from the market, Song Wen put away his flying boat, changed his appearance to that of 'Yuan Cheng', and then entered the market.

Three days ago, Master Alchemist left the Su Clan. Three days later, Master Alchemist naturally had to return to the Su Clan from the market.

As soon as Song Wen entered the market, he noticed that some Rogue Cultivators were frequently mentioning the words "Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine".

At first, Song Wen thought that the news of the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine being Rogue Cultivator rogue cultivators had spread to the market.

After Song Wen opened his five senses and listened carefully to their conversation, he learned some unexpected information.

The Su Clan has occupied the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine for nearly a century, during which time many forces have coveted this mine.

There are also Rogue Cultivators like Jing Lu who only want to plunder, and who will flee immediately regardless of whether they succeed or not.

Other Golden Core factions, however, were interested in occupying the mines and mining them permanently.

Over the past century, the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine has been captured several times, but it was quickly reclaimed by the Su Clan.

But this time was different.

Two days ago, Su Wenshi led his men into the mining area with the intention of rebuilding the mine, but on the same day, they were attacked by the Du Clan.

The Du Clan mobilized more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators this time, almost all of the Du Clan Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The battle ultimately ended in defeat for the Su Clan.

Two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Su Clan were killed in battle, several others were seriously injured, and Su Wenshi was slightly wounded and fled in a sorry state.

Everyone believed that the Su Clan had only suffered a temporary setback, and that after taking stock of their forces, they would surely launch a swift and decisive attack to drive back the Du Clan and retake control of the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine.

After all, the Du Clan was just a newly established Golden Core cultivator Lineage.

The Du Clan's Golden Core cultivators only broke through to the Golden Core a little over a decade ago, which resulted in the Du Clan's insufficient foundation and a significantly lower number of Foundation Establishment cultivators compared to other Golden Core cultivation forces.

It is incomparable to a long-established Golden Core Lineage like the Su Clan; the Su Clan has nearly twice as many Foundation Establishment cultivators as the Du Clan.

Without the intervention of Golden Core expert, the Du Clan would be no match for the Su Clan.

If both families send out Golden Core cultivators, the newly promoted Golden Core cultivator from the Du Clan would most likely be no match for the Su Clan's ancestor who has been in the Golden Core stage for many years.

But things took an unexpected turn.

Two full days passed, and the Su Clan remained completely silent.

It's as if they were willing to hand over the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine to someone else.

At this moment, everyone realized that the Su Clan patriarch was already 490 years old, and his lifespan had reached the limit for Golden Core cultivator. He didn't have much time left and could die at any time due to the exhaustion of his lifespan.

The Su Clan's silence was like the calm before a storm, both peaceful and oppressive, giving the Rogue Cultivators a bad feeling.

The Su and Du families are very likely to be facing off in a major battle.

This made the Rogue Cultivators in the market feel insecure, and many of them were already packing up their businesses and leaving the area.