Chang Ghost

After Zhang Xuezhou's Yang Soul Body solidified, it took on a human form, unlike the group of tiger-headed humanoid beings.

The Tiger Soul Hall remained silent after he entered the designated area, ignoring his underhanded actions.

He hid in the corners among these creatures, trying to avoid the guards' patrols by using concealment and other means.

Normally, his unusual form would have been detected by patrols.

But after he stood there for a while, he saw two small, ferocious tigers with upright bodies patrolling the vicinity. After looking around, they shook their heads and walked away. Even when their eyes swept over the area where Zhang Xuezhou was, they ignored him and did not show any vigilance towards him for discovering an anomaly.

Are these two guys blind too?

Zhang Xuezhou's main body was too close to Yang Po's body; if he wanted to leave, he could retreat quickly.

It was precisely because of this convenient means that Zhang Xuezhou stayed, both to appease the restless tiger-headed, human-bodied creatures and to satisfy the Tiger Soul Palace's demands.

The two patrolling tigers carrying torches disappeared into the distance. Zhang Xuezhou glanced at them briefly before looking away, then turned his gaze to the Tiger Soul Hall, which was shaped like a triumphal arch and was as tall as three people.

This is indeed not a very portable item, so it's normal that Tiger Yu can't carry it around with him.

The gate is carved with auspicious clouds, while the top features a giant tiger spewing fierce winds, its appearance extremely powerful and bloodthirsty.

"The Tiger Soul Hall is somewhat like a branding mark of a great cultivator, which then guides the chanters through the power of Jieyin!"

This was Zhang Xuezhou's first time seeing the Tiger Soul Hall, but he had seen similar tiger-headed, human-bodied creatures in the main hall of Donghua. He also had the Xuanming's Golden Turtle of Fortune in his backpack. Most importantly, Zhang Xuezhou had killed a tiger demon more than ten years ago.

The cultivation systems differ across worlds, but the essence of power remains similar.

In a remote mountain village in Shu Commandery, a tiger demon controls Chang Ghost to harm people. Not only do these Chang Ghost have human forms, but Chang Ghost they grow to their full potential, they can also transform into the appearance of a tiger demon.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the tiger-headed, human-bodied beings around him seemed to be another kind of Chang Ghost.

His eyes darted around, and he saw that among the chanting group, the Chang Ghost were rapidly changing shape, their limbs constantly transforming into beast-like forms.

Once the limbs had fully transformed into beast form, Zhang Xuezhou saw the Chang Ghost leap over the Tiger Soul Hall.

"Passed. After repeating the training 1,153 more times, you will possess the third level of Tiger Power!"

A resounding spiritual echo emanated from the Tiger Soul Hall, as if the controller of the magical Law Artifact was making a judgment from behind and then speaking.

The Chang Ghost leaped over the Tiger Soul Hall moved its limbs nimbly and slipped out of the area.

Zhang Xuezhou's gaze swept across the target, but he found it difficult to locate the object of the spell, and for a moment he could not discern the other person's physical location.

After scanning back and forth several times, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but draw upon his Law Power again to solidify his Yang Soul Body.

He used both hands to slowly push a standing, chanting Chang Ghost in front of him, and the ghost was pushed out like a piece of wood.

As he had previously determined, the body of the Chang Ghost was very light, not much different from that of the dead soul, the ghost, or the yang soul.

After roughly figuring out the required power, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but use the Yang Soul Transformation Technique to slightly enhance his physical body.

"Go!"

With a powerful push, the mechanically chanting Chang Ghost in front of him somersaulted out and also leaped into the Tiger Soul Hall.

"Unsatisfactory. A total of sixty-three cultivation errors have been made so far, leaving thirty-seven cultivation opportunities!"

The Chang Ghost that was being pushed did not leap over the Tiger Soul Hall, but was pushed back as if it encountered some resistance.

Seeing that the Chang Ghost mechanically repeated its chanting and did not struggle after being pushed back, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but push it again.

"Unsatisfactory. A total of 64 cultivation errors have been made so far, leaving 36 cultivation opportunities!"

"Unqualified, total cultivation errors to date..."

With repeated attempts, the number of times this Chang Ghost failed increased rapidly, and its remaining cultivation opportunities quickly decreased.

When the cultivation opportunity was reduced to zero, Zhang Xuezhou saw that the body of the Chang Ghost did not rebound, but was frozen in the Tiger Soul Hall.

Like paper ignited by flames, Zhang Xuezhou saw the body of the Chang Ghost burning continuously, its lower limbs, which had not yet transformed into tiger-like forms, being burned to ashes.

Perhaps due to the stinging sensation, the Chang Ghost's chanting of scriptures quickened and became louder.

But the other's struggles were futile; the body, which was constantly transforming into a tiger-like form, quickly disappeared, and the transformation also spread to the tiger's head.

"Taigu Nong!"

As it turned to ashes, the tiger's head struggled and emitted a sound that did not belong to the scriptures.

"It seems to be the language of the Qinmeng Empire?"

Zhang Xuezhou has a good memory. He has learned several mainstream languages in the world today. However, the Qin-Mongol language was not on his learning list because of the fall of the empire. At present, only some old-fashioned Sequence Holder, such as Badun, or some scholars who study Qin-Mongol culture are fluent in the Qin-Mongol language.

He didn't understand the voice the other person made as they vanished, but the voice of the Chang Ghost before it disappeared seemed to have stirred something within him.

Zhang Xuezhou saw three more tiger-headed, human-bodied Chang Ghost moving forward from the wooden chanting group.

Without Zhang Xuezhou's prompting, these Chang Ghost kept crashing into the Tiger Soul Hall.

Each collision was accompanied by repeated mental shocks and reminders within the Tiger Soul Hall.

As the warning drew to a close, these Chang Ghost disappeared one by one from the Tiger Soul Hall.

Before their demise, these Chang Ghost would utter a cry of "Tai Gu Nong," which would cause more and more Chang Ghost to stand up in a daze and keep rushing towards the Tiger Soul Hall.

The repeated failures also meant that these Chang Ghost had no chance of cultivation, and then they perished as if burned.

"These Chang Ghost are really brave. Why didn't they do this before? Did they have a mental lapse and not think of this?"

Zhang Xuezhou had a group of Chang Ghost test the Tiger Soul Hall, and he didn't expect that these Chang Ghost would learn from them one after another so well.

There seemed to be over a hundred Chang Ghost lined up densely, but these Chang Ghost dissipated at an incredibly fast speed.

Why don't you go to 'Taikoo Nong'?

In the end, only one Chang Ghost with half a tiger's body remained in the arena, which made Zhang Xuezhou a little curious.

"Mani Mani..."

The Chang Ghost uttered chanting sounds, completely ignoring Zhang Xuezhou's attempt to persuade him to die, and simply stared at Zhang Xuezhou with its eyes.

"I understand, I completely understand. After all, everyone has their own choices. You keep reading, don't worry about me!"

Zhang Xuezhou's spirit drifted in this area. Just as he was about to explore further, he saw the body of the Chang Ghost that had been chanting scriptures move, blocking Zhang Xuezhou from leaving the area.

"The guy controlling the Tiger Soul Hall uses long-range spellcasting. I think he probably marked you guys and then used you to see the situation here. This is putting me in a bit of a bind!"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the Chang Ghost that wasn't actually trying to kill itself, then at the body blocking its way, and finally decided to go all the way. Even if the Chang Ghost didn't want to die, he would still have to push it to the Tiger Soul Hall to save it the trouble of being noticed.

After thinking it through, he couldn't help but start pushing harder, which made the Chang Ghost that was trying to intercept him anxious. It chanted even faster and started to struggle with Zhang Xuezhou.

"Cut!"

Zhang Xuezhou's Yang Soul Incarnation Technique lacked long-term practice, resulting in a poor level of performance, but even at its worst, it was still slightly better than that of the Chang Ghost.

In the ensuing struggle, Chang Ghost was pushed towards the Tiger Soul Hall.

A mental fluctuation emanated from the Tiger Soul Hall, announcing the cultivation progress of the Chang Ghost.

"Zero errors? You'll be reaching one hundred soon!"

What surprised Zhang Xuezhou was the zero error rate of the Chang Ghost's cultivation.

This means he would have to push the other person a hundred times to cause them to burn.

The number of times was quite high, and Zhang Xuezhou could only rely on the fact that his Yang Soul incarnation was stronger to push and shove repeatedly.

The number of times in the Tiger Soul Hall began to increase, and the chanting of the Chang Ghost became more urgent. Only the tiger's head and body continuously revealed tiger-like features, gradually covering the human features.

"You actually resorted to last-minute breakthroughs? You really are a little genius!"

After being shoved seventy-three times in a row, Zhang Xuezhou saw that the other party's body had completely turned into Chang Ghost.

"You've passed. Repeat the training 1200 more times to advance to the third stage of Tiger Power!"

The voice of judgment emanated from the Tiger Soul Hall, and the Chang Ghost leaped over it without getting stuck.

This prompted Zhang Xuezhou to complain, feeling that his whereabouts had been exposed and that he had to end his investigation after only getting started.

Just as he was about to withdraw his Yang Soul back to his physical body, Zhang Xuezhou saw the Chang Ghost, which had transformed into a tiger, let out a howl.

The creature didn't pounce; instead, it used its tiger claws to scribble on the ground, revealing familiar strokes and characters.

"Long... long what long... empty... fall!"

When the tiger claws painted the first character, Zhang Xuezhou didn't think much of it, but by the time he painted the second character, his Zhang Xuezhou had become serious.

When he finished writing the third character, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but gasp.