The Beginning (Fifth Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

The Beginning (Fifth Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

After that, Hu Donghan reached out and touched the Soul Ring on his hand, releasing a Wandering Soul and sending it into the Soul-Forming Ground.

The moment that Wandering Soul entered the Soul-Forming Ground, the roaming soul force seemed to have spotted prey and lashed out at it at top speed. The Wandering Soul had no time to evade before it was shattered, turning into streams of yin energy and ghost energy. But that was not the end. The roaming soul force continued rapidly striking the yin energy and ghost energy within the Soul-Forming Ground. With those rapid blows, the yin energy and ghost energy became increasingly pure.

This continued for roughly half a minute before finally stopping. By then, the impurities within the yin energy and ghost energy had basically vanished from sight.

"As expected, adding a Ghost Wraith's soul force to the Soul-Forming Ground can purify yin energy and ghost energy to the greatest extent! Ghost Wraiths of any grade inherently desire to devour purer ghost energy and yin energy. Therefore, a single strand of soul force from a Ghost Wraith of any grade can achieve this effect."

"This is merely the most basic method recorded in the 'True Exposition of the Ghost Path.' Yet throughout the entire Yin Soul Sect, not a single cultivator had thought of anything similar."

"Of course, needing the Soul List to extract a Ghost Wraith's soul force, as well as the protection of the runes within the general outline, is also a major reason..."

Hu Donghan looked at the scene before him and nodded in satisfaction. Then he reached out and dumped all the Wandering Souls from his Soul Rings into the Soul-Forming Ground in one go.

The nearly two hundred Wandering Souls from the two Soul Rings were confined the instant they entered the Soul-Forming Ground. Immediately afterward, the strand of soul force belonging to the Medicine Spirit Ghost began rapidly striking those Wandering Souls. The number of Wandering Souls within the Soul-Forming Ground visibly dwindled, little by little transforming into pure yin energy and ghost energy.

"Now, this Soul-Forming Ground probably shouldn't be called the Soul-Forming Ground anymore, should it? Perhaps calling it the 'Ghost Wraith Restaurant' would be more fitting."

Hu Donghan narrowed his eyes and commanded the Medicine Spirit Ghost through the Soul List to enter it whenever it needed to eat in the future. Then, through the connection between himself and the Ghost Wraith, Hu Donghan imparted the Profound Yin Heart Method to the Medicine Spirit Ghost, ordering it to cultivate whenever it had spare time.

The Medicine Spirit Ghost possessed no intelligence at present. It merely instinctively accepted Hu Donghan's command and faithfully began carrying it out, cultivating the Profound Yin Heart Method directly at the side.

Hu Donghan first waited until the Wandering Souls in the Ghost Wraith Restaurant had once again transformed into pure ghost energy and yin energy, then continued tossing Wandering Souls inside.

After throwing in the Wandering Souls from another two Soul Rings, those Wandering Souls were quickly eliminated as well. Only then did the ghost energy and yin energy within the Ghost Wraith Restaurant begin faintly spreading toward the basement. However, although the ghost energy and yin energy were spreading, neither the extent nor range of their spread was particularly great. Clearly, although the ghost energy and yin energy had exceeded what the Ghost Wraith Restaurant could contain, the excess was not too much.

"It seems four Soul Rings at a time is the limit. As for the Medicine Spirit Ghost, each time it wants to 'eat its fill,' it needs around a hundred Wandering Souls. This Ghost Wraith Restaurant should be able to provide the Medicine Spirit Ghost with three full meals. In other words, I'll have to replenish the Wandering Souls once every day and a half. Of course, to prepare for unforeseen circumstances, replenishing the Wandering Souls once every day would be the best plan."

Hu Donghan made a brief calculation in his mind, then narrowed his eyes again.

"Now that all the conditions are ripe, it will be up to the Medicine Spirit Ghost to prove its worth!"

Issuing an order directly through the Soul List, Hu Donghan arranged a "daily schedule" for the Medicine Spirit Ghost according to the approximate times he had estimated earlier, having its general actions follow that schedule.

Upon receiving Hu Donghan's command, the Medicine Spirit Ghost immediately stopped cultivating. It flew out of the basement and drifted to the Small Medicine Field, choosing the spot where it had been last time and placing the Ghost Spirit Herb at the top of its head among the many spirit herbs. Once yin energy carrying medicinal fragrance began spreading into the surroundings, the Medicine Spirit Ghost immediately flew back to the basement and began cultivating the Profound Yin Heart Method there—

Hu Donghan's arrangements for the Medicine Spirit Ghost could practically be described as squeezing every last drop of its usefulness, leaving it with no rest whatsoever. Fortunately, the Medicine Spirit Ghost had no intelligence at all. If it did possess intelligence, it would certainly curse Hu Donghan as an outrageously heartless master.

After confirming that there were no problems with the Medicine Spirit Ghost, Hu Donghan left the basement and walked out of his room. He first went to inspect the Small Medicine Field, then observed the surrounding area. Only after finding nothing unusual did he return to his room, close his eyes, sit in meditation, and cultivate.

"Unfortunately, with my current strength, the number of Ghost Wraiths I can completely control is far too small! If my strength could improve further and I could cultivate a second Ghost Wraith, I naturally wouldn't need to worry about anyone spying on me. As long as one Ghost Wraith could patrol the surroundings at all times, things would be much easier for me."

In the blink of an eye, another day had passed. Everything remained within Hu Donghan's plans, proceeding very smoothly.

After Hu Donghan repeatedly emphasized the matter to the servants, not a single one dared approach the area where the Small Medicine Field was located without permission. And each day, Hu Donghan only came into contact with others when Niu Ergen delivered his meals and brought him Wandering Souls along the way.

After this day had passed, Hu Donghan inspected the spirit herbs in the acre of medicinal field within the Medicine Spirit Ghost's cultivation range. To his surprise, one of the spirit herbs seemed to have already matured.

According to Hu Donghan's prediction, this spirit herb should have taken roughly another half day to mature.

"What... is going on?"

Hu Donghan first picked that spirit herb and carefully examined it, confirming that it truly had matured.

Then Hu Donghan turned his gaze toward the surrounding spirit herbs—

The surrounding spirit herbs, which were likewise within the Medicine Spirit Ghost's coverage range, showed extremely obvious differences compared to the day before. The spirit herbs looked far more vigorous than they had yesterday, and in terms of their growth rate, the effect clearly was not merely a onefold increase.

"What exactly is happening? Could it be that the Medicine Spirit Ghost's enhancement isn't just a onefold increase? This... this is a little too strange, isn't it?"

Hu Donghan frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, he shifted his gaze to the Six-Section Grass, the easiest of these spirit herbs to judge by its stage of growth.

From planting to maturity, Six-Section Grass required six months in total. Its most remarkable trait was that once it had grown to a sufficient degree, it would automatically gain another line of pattern; and if its spiritual power was insufficient, then no matter what, one more pattern would definitely appear after each day passed. Once these patterns reached thirty, they formed one section—from planting to maturity, Six-Section Grass would develop a total of one hundred and eighty patterns, as well as six sections.

Once all six sections had fully grown, it would be the day the Six-Section Grass matured.

(End of Chapter)