The Ghost Mother of Yu Mountain in the South Sea

After the evil sorcerers were defeated, the treasures they had looted were returned to the original stall owners.

More than thirty armored vehicles moved around the market to maintain order.

As the stall owners claimed their items, they couldn't help but glance at the main hall in the southeast corner every now and then.

Chu Tianshu and his men are interrogating prisoners here.

Andrei chimed in, "That's right, it's him. His name is Su Ha. He's the one who led the group in committing the crime. The intelligence he possesses should be second only to that Taboo expert."

Although Samar was defeated, he was still a Taboo figure, making him extremely difficult to interrogate.

Chu Tianshu decided to start with Su Ha.

Su Ha, who had been electrocuted several times by high voltage during the battle, was already disoriented.

When confronted with another question, he spilled everything he knew, like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

"So you're another follower of the Dragon Flower Tree. You're an old friend, aren't you?"

Chu Tianshu pondered, "What exactly is that treasure you're looking for?"

Su Ha said, "Our sect's ancient texts call it the Great Yu Dragon Stele!"

Cai Xinzhai exclaimed, moved. "Great Yu?!"

Yungu, Chen Taozhi, and the others remained quite calm.

Using the names of ancient people to carry out their deeds, the bigger the name, the better, is a common practice in all dynasties.

The so-called records in ancient books of religious sects may simply be that believers of that era thought the stone tablet had extraordinary power, so they gave it such a name.

"It's hard to say whether it's from the time of Great Yu, but if this treasure is what's causing the Grotto-Heaven to be so oppressive, then it must have quite a background."

Chu Tianshu said, "You said you planned to attack the market and then seize the stone tablet. Where is that stone tablet now?"

Su Ha opened his mouth. "Samar said he found the location of the stone tablet, and that there are powerful guards protecting it, but he didn't tell me the specifics."

All eyes turned to Samar.

The man was severely injured, with many of his acupoints sealed, his limbs limp, leaning against a pillar, but with a mocking expression on his face.

"I am not a coward like Su Ha. I am not afraid of any torture, and even if you bewitch me and tear my soul apart, you cannot force me to reveal my deepest secrets!"

Samar has just suffered a series of blows, and keeping the secret has become his last shred of pride, which he is absolutely unwilling to give up.

Yungu and the others found themselves in a difficult situation.

The level of life of those who Taboo has changed, making it extremely difficult to use methods such as mind control or torture.

Chu Tianshu also fell into deep thought, habitually scratching his earlobe with his fingernail. Suddenly, he raised his eyes and stared at Samar's face.

Samar increasingly wanted to stand tall and show his fearlessness.

"When I beat you severely and trampled you to the ground, you didn't seem to feel much physical pain, not just endure it, but you didn't feel any pain at all?"

Chu Tianshu said slowly, "There's something else rather strange. You emit a strong, metallic, sulfurous smell, but the blood inside your body has a distinctly sweet fragrance."

Samar remained completely unfazed. "So what?"

He had long been accustomed to using Fragrant Flower Transformation alleviate his pain. Before achieving the Taboo, he had worried that if his skill was not up to par, the pain might return.

However, after breaking the Taboo, his body and mind underwent a transformation, and his power was essentially contained in every inch of his soul and every inch of his flesh.

Even if you seal his acupoints, it's impossible to completely break his Fragrant Flower Transformation.

Unless he is killed outright, the deepest layers of his inner strength will truly begin to dissipate.

But then you wouldn't have to worry about pain or suffering.

Chu Tianshu stepped forward, and suddenly flipped his palm. The silhouette of a person in his palm flashed more than seventy times in an instant, freezing into a blazing "fire" character.

Samar watched as the small character for "fire" flew towards him and landed on the wound on his chest.

A surge of heat penetrated straight into his heart and lungs, yet he didn't feel any torment; instead, it seemed to reopen the vital acupoints in his heart and lungs.

Samar instinctively wanted to circulate his internal energy.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he activated his power, the heat from before surged wildly, becoming extremely hot, spreading from his chest to his limbs, and in an instant, his entire body burst into flames.

"I'm not afraid!"

Samar gave a low shout and frantically urged the Fragrant Flower Transformation, trying to suppress the pain.

But the more he used his skill, the more intense the fire became, and the heat used his skill as fuel.

The rate of combustion exceeds the rate at which it is replenished.

In just two or three seconds, he could feel his power starting to deplete from the extremities.

Once the power fades, intense pain takes over those places.

This flame could actually burn away his internal energy first, and then scorch his flesh and blood, treating the two as separate entities.

"Ah!!"

Samar's eyes bulged out, and he let out a heart-wrenching scream. His body trembled a few times, but several key acupoints were still sealed, so he couldn't stand up or struggle.

After uttering that one cry, his throat seemed to have dried up, and only a hoarse sound came from his throat.

Zhang Tongxuan could speak eloquently amidst the raging flames of the divine fire, something Samar clearly could not achieve.

Chu Tianshu quickly reached out and pulled the flames back, afraid that if they burned for even two more seconds, they would burn the person to death.

Golden-red flames gathered in his palm and compressed back into the character "fire".

Samar's body was charred in many places, his clothes were tattered, he was lying on his back, and his whole body was convulsing.

The divine fire first burned away one's inner energy, only affecting other things; it didn't even completely burn away one's clothes.

However, having lost its deep-rooted foundation of skill, the two white cowhide wristbands that were originally connected to Samar also showed signs of loosening.

Chen Taozhi forward, untied the straps of the wristband, took the two pieces of leather in her hands, tried them on briefly, and then looked disappointed.

"As expected, it's a treasure of the discipline type; I can't activate it using other schools' techniques."

Samar stared blankly at his two pieces of cowhide, opening his mouth to speak, but unable to utter a word.

He felt an unprecedented emptiness and burning pain spreading throughout his body and mind.

That emptiness was more terrifying than the burning pain, like an invisible monster gnawing at his internal organs, bit by bit, rising from his neck to his brain.

"My... my skill..."

Samar's lips moved, and tears welled in his eyes. His face twitched. "My power! Give me back my power! My fragrant flower..."

In just a few words, he was already in tears, and if he hadn't been too weak, he probably would have burst into sobs.

"Please, please, give me back my Fragrant Flower Transformation! I'll grant you anything you want, I'll grant you anything!"

Now everyone can see it.

What he was fascinated by was probably not just the sense of fulfillment brought by powerful skills, but also the intoxicating experience of the Fragrant Flower Transformation.

Chu Tianshu flicked a wisp of wind from his finger, releasing the pressure point on his forehead.

It was precisely because this acupoint was sealed by the power of the mantra that Samar was unable to absorb vital energy and break through the acupoint from the outside in.

Once the acupoint was opened, vital energy rushed into his body, and new power was generated, transforming into fragrance.

But only for a second, Chu Tianshu flicked his finger again, sealing the acupoint.

No! No!

Samar struggled frantically, fell to the ground, rolled towards Chu Tianshu's feet, and banged his head against the ground, pleading, "Give me more, more of everything!"

He could hardly bear the lack of fragrance in his body, and the fact that it was cut off so soon after he had a little made his suffering even more intense.

Both Cai Xinzhai and Andrei wore expressions that were indescribably complex and strange.

Such a master was actually tortured into such a wretched state.

Yungu's veins throbbed slightly. "He actually used this extraordinary skill to numb his senses for far too long, to the point that even after mastering the Taboo, he still retains this flaw. It's truly..."

He suppressed a rage and laughed, "For someone like this, who brought this upon himself, to be put on the Taboo, the world is truly getting better!"

Thump!!

Chu Tianshu kicked Samar away.

Originally, he still maintained the Samadhi Divine Fire on his left hand to keep it in check, but judging from this posture, there was no need to burn it a second time. He clenched his hand and gathered it away, making it disappear.

"If you want to have some fun, then hurry up and tell us all the information."

Samar lay there, still feeling unbearable, violently twisting his neck and swaying from side to side, repeatedly shouting, "I'll talk, I'll talk!"

"The Great Yu Dragon Stele is hidden in the Thousand Flowers Forest of Great Tong Mountain on the banks of the Mekong River. After investigating there and spying on it several times, I have confirmed that the master guarding this treasure should be Luo Sichao."

"However, the Great Yu Dragon Stele was once sealed by the divine power invoked by our ancient believers. The aura emanating from the place where the seal was broken is not that of Luo Sichao; he may have had companions."

Luo Sichao?!

A flood of information rushed through Chu Tianshu's mind in an instant.

Luo Sichao was the previous generation's overlord of the Golden Triangle, a generation ahead of Sahong.

But in places like the Golden Triangle, there's no tradition of succession among the dominant powers.

The reason why Luo Sichao became the hegemon of the previous generation was because, in the competition, he first encountered a powerful warlord named Zhang Mengxi.

When the two tigers clashed, Sahong inadvertently surpassed them both and suffered repeated suppression. The former hegemon's prestige has been declining year by year.

This time, the Golden Triangle is making a fuss about forming its own country, and Luo Sichao even voiced his support for Sahong.

Many people believe that this may indicate that Luo Sichao has been won over.

Chu Tianshu continued, "So, Luo Sichao has become Taboo for you?"

"He's not just a Taboo; he's a member of the Yu Mountain Ghost Mother Clan!"

Samar said, "When I was in India, I often set up altars for blood sacrifices to communicate with the descendants of the tree spirits in the Spirit Realm. I received a lot of information, including that Yu Mountain is now unique..."

In order to counter the Wind of Dao Dissolution, the Immortal spent a long time developing techniques and preparing for the construction of their Grotto-Heaven.

The Ghost God ' choice to abandon reason and follow their instincts is not simply a matter of falling into a deep sleep; each has its own set of methods for corruption, deeply bound to the Spirit Realm.

Many powerful beings in the Spirit Realm who followed Ghost God made the same choice.

But the instinct of Ghost God is like a kind of divine calling. Even if past consciousness disappears and wisdom is completely lost, the instinct will continue to operate and respond to believers.

However, the powerful beings in the Spirit Realm who followed them did not have such abilities. Once their wisdom and rationality completely collapsed, their instincts were not enough to sustain them for long.

Even with the protection of Ghost God, these powerful beings from the Spirit Realm are nothing more than shadows and strange flesh, unable to regenerate consciousness and revive on their own.

In recent centuries, the trend of Wind of Dao Dissolution has gradually weakened, and Ghost God have expanded based on their instincts.

Some Ghost God absorb their former subordinates directly, or cut them up and discard them to new believers.

Their methods for expanding their influence and cultivating new powerful individuals are nothing more than using various means such as dream transmission, parasitism, and blood sacrifice to induce their subordinate groups to exhibit ancestral bloodline reversion and supernatural evolution.

In an era when the Wind of Dao Dissolution had not completely subsided, relying solely on these methods of training was extremely inefficient.

"The Ghost Mother of Yu Mountain" is an anomaly among all the Ghost God.

Ancient legend has it that there is Ghost Mother on Little Yu Mountain in the South Sea who can give birth to heavenly, earthly, and ghostly beings. She can give birth to ten ghosts a day, which she will eat in the evening.

This demon Ghost Mother's instinct is to produce and recycle, a power akin to reincarnation.

Under the influence of the Ghost Mother of Yu Mountain, the relics of her powerful followers after their fall from grace were continuously divided and scattered among the earth through the connections of their believers, causing women to become pregnant and give birth to children.

These fetuses will never awaken any Spirit Realm memories in their lifetime, nor can they be considered Evil Spirit. The Ghost Mother of Yu Mountain will not interfere with their lives.

But given their special origins, these people, to varying degrees, possess unique talents, are unwilling to be mediocre, and venture into the world.

After their death, their souls and consciousness are naturally collected into the remains of powerful beings in the Spirit Realm.

From the same body, new parts will be cut off and placed in the human world, and so on in an endless cycle.

Some remains, even after many reincarnations, have failed to revive.

Some remains, however, successfully gave birth to new consciousness in this process, mastering their innate wisdom and even integrating the fragments of supernatural powers within the remains, thus stepping into Taboo.

These Taboo, whether new or old, are known as the Yu Mountain Priest.

They are still trapped in the deep layers of the Spirit Realm, but they have at least gained a clear and rational mind that even the Ghost Mother herself does not yet possess.

Therefore, they tried to communicate with other groups, using their superior strength to help those groups understand the wishes of their respective Ghost God, and even to reach cooperation.

"... If I'm not mistaken, Luo Sichao was originally the reincarnation of a subordinate of the Ghost Mother, and I don't know how many times he's been reincarnated."

Samar was panting heavily.

"In this life, he awakened his innate wisdom, Yu Mountain Priest took the opportunity to send all the accumulations from his previous life into reality, merging them with him, thus creating such a master."

(End of this chapter)