"The second location is the Bayi Mountains in Qingfeng Commandery, northwest of Chang'an. A powerful ghost has been appearing there, killing quite a few cultivators and ordinary people, including an itinerant cultivator at the Soul Condensation Stage. The government previously sent two Soul Condensation Stage stewards to capture it. Unfortunately, the area was too vast, and the ghost seemed highly intelligent. After searching for over a month, the two stewards still failed to find it and had no choice but to return empty-handed," Lu Huaming continued.
Shen Luo frowned slightly at this.
If the ghost could harm a Soul Condensation Stage cultivator, its strength was probably no lower than that stage either. But the Bayi Mountains were a famously vast mountain range in Qingfeng Commandery. Even the two stewards from the Great Tang Government Office had failed to find the ghost. With the Shadow Gu's help, his search would still be like looking for a needle in the ocean.
"As for the third location, it is Heavenly Yin Valley, several hundred li outside Chang'an City. It holds the tomb of a prince from the previous dynasty. During the change of dynasties, members of the former imperial family retreated into that ancient tomb and used it as a stronghold to resist our Great Tang army. In the end, however, they were no match for our imperial forces and perished there, their entire army wiped out. The ancient tomb was already a place of sinister yin energy, and so many deaths at once made the yin energy inside even denser. Many powerful ghosts now haunt it, and people have even spotted vicious Soul Condensation Stage ghosts inside. The Great Tang Government Office sent people to clear it out several times, but every attempt failed, so we could only leave it alone. Fortunately,