Six Divisions: Hungry Ghost

Upon hearing this, Peng Shulan was so shocked that she somewhat rudely raised her head and stared directly at Yin Yunze.

Although he wanted to agree immediately, Peng Shulan was afraid that he had made a mistake, and for a moment he was speechless.

Slumped casually in the chair, Yin Yunze propped his chin on one hand and grabbed his own tail with the other. Looking at Peng Shulan's silly expression, he asked helplessly again, "So, you don't want it? The Innate Realm is a realm that you martial artists really want to reach, right?"

Realizing he hadn't misunderstood, Peng Shulan immediately knelt down, pressing his forehead to the ground, and said, "I beg Your Majesty to help me!"

"Helping you is not difficult. After all, you've done a lot for me these past few days. Even if you haven't achieved anything great, you've certainly put in the effort."

Looking at Peng Shulan, Yin Yunze changed the subject halfway through his sentence: "Would you mind helping me kill a few people?"

This is Yin Yunze's true purpose.

First, he deliberately let his junior sister Zhang Yufei demonstrate her strength, and then, in front of Peng Shulan, he transformed Sun Qin, an ordinary person, into a master of Innate level.

The same thing, spoken aloud and actually seen, are two completely different things.

A small goal may sound simple, but in reality, it weighs over a ton, or more than two thousand kilograms, of hundred-yuan RMB notes.

The reason Yin Yunze arranged for Peng Shulan to witness these two events was to arouse Peng Shulan's desires.

After all, only by truly igniting a person's desire can they do things they wouldn't have dared to do before.

Peng Shulan's reply was not unexpected by Yin Yunze: "Except for my own relatives and friends! I am willing to be Your Majesty's sharp blade, to slay all enemies for Your Majesty!"

"You have a bottom line, very good." Yin Yunze nodded in satisfaction at Peng Shulan for maintaining his principles even at this time, and then asked again, "So, who are the hypocrites I want you to kill?"

For Incense God like Yin Yunze, who received official titles from the imperial court, the Dynastic Karmic Luck both protected and restricted them.

Regardless of whether the other party is a good official or a corrupt one, Yin Yunze would encounter numerous troubles if he personally took action against those who Dynastic Karmic Luck.

If it were a martial arts practitioner who used force to break the law, they wouldn't have this concern.

After all, even those at the Innate Realm are still mortals.

Ordinary people are not bound by such Divine Dao laws.

Yin Yunze's next plan is missing just one such knife: a knife that obeys her commands and can be used to chop down officials.

Peng Shulan naturally understood who Yin Yunze was referring to when he called them "wolves in sheep's clothing."

Hearing this, Peng Shulan was unmoved; instead, he said even more firmly, "A villain is a knife; you only see the person, not the clothes!"

To show his determination, Peng Shulan, seeing the murderous intent in Yin Yunze's eyes, volunteered, "Could it be that Xu Hanxian slighted Your Highness? I will go and take his head and present it to Your Highness!"

"Etc!"

Looking at Peng Shulan, Yin Yunze was speechless. This seemed a bit much. Was he some Lü Fengxian?

When changing jobs, should you first target your former boss?

Shaking his head, Yin Yunze said helplessly, "Xu Hanxian is my sworn brother-in-law, and we have no conflict. Why did you kill him? I still have something to do with him later! Not only can you not kill him, I need you to protect him!"

"I understand!" Upon hearing this, Peng Shulan immediately suppressed his murderous intent. "I will protect Lord Xu's family!"

"In that case, make a vow!"

Looking at Peng Shulan, Yin Yunze said softly, "I will help you enter the Innate; you will become my blade in the future!"

"I, Peng Shulan, swear! From this day forward, I will be the blade in the hands of the Lady Qingnü. Anyone who harms my relatives or friends, even those I have driven away, will be executed without mercy! If I break this oath, may I be struck down by heaven and earth!"

Upon hearing this, Peng Shulan made the vow without hesitation, and even deliberately avoided mentioning Yin Yunze's help in reaching the Innate Realm.

"Very good----" As the Forge Oaths, turning it into shackles that bound Peng Shulan, Yin Yunze said softly, "Sloth, you should be practicing the same Cloud and Water Instruction as your junior sister, right?"

I just improved and optimized it today, evolving into a Frost Instruction. If you're not in a hurry, you can go to your junior sister's place to study it first. Of course, if you're in a hurry, I can help you enter the Innate right now."

Ignoring Yin Yunze's somewhat strange pronunciation, Peng Shulan felt flattered by being addressed that way. After all, it was a sign of closeness.

Peng Shulan was naturally eager to enter the Innate Realm immediately upon hearing Yin Yunze's suggestion.

But after receiving Yin Yunze's promise, Peng Shulan calmed down.

Even within the Innate, different Cultivation Method will result in different potential limits in the future.

Yin Yunze clearly wouldn't speak without reason; the content she had improved was definitely much better than the Cloud and Water Instruction.

"Then I'll go find Yufei first!" Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Peng Shulan nodded, then took off the bundle on her body and said softly, "Your Highness, this is an apology gift that the Grandfather asked me to bring you."

After Yin Yunze revealed Xu Hanxian his godbrother-in-law, Peng Shulan readily reverted to her original form of address.

"Yesterday, some madmen destroyed the City God. From last night until I set off, my grandfather was too busy to get away."

That's why I was sent here to apologize. It seems the master cannot keep his appointment today. He will certainly come tomorrow afternoon!

As they spoke, Peng Shulan untied the package, revealing some gold and a letter inside.

Holding the letter in his hand, Yin Yunze opened it and read, "To the Lady Qingnü Qingnu, your humble brother Hanxian ----"

After a quick glance, Yin Yunze realized it was just a bunch of pointless apologies.

The core message is that Xu Hanxian can't come today, and they hope that for the sake of the gold, he can be given one day's grace.

Tossing aside the meaningless letter, Yin Yunze looked at Jinzi and sneered, "What does Xu Hanxian me for! Do you think I, Qingnü, would hold a grudge against him just because he can't come? Is it because he doesn't understand me that we don't get along?"

No, the magistrate knows you very well, Your Highness! But, Lady Qingnü still loves gold so much, I'm relieved!

Looking at the gold that had silently vanished from the ground, Peng Shulan nodded silently. "Your Majesty! You are right!"

Yin Yunze could guess what Peng Shulan was thinking.

After all, the character of liking gold was something Yin Yunze deliberately created.

Besides Yin Yunze's genuine appreciation for the high value of gold, it is also because deities with flaws or quirks make them feel more approachable.

A god who is too perfect and flawless will only make people keep their distance out of excessive awe.

At least for now, Yin Yunze is not qualified to be that lofty and perfect god.

It wasn't that Yin Yunze wanted to use this opportunity to imply to them that they should offer him gold!

"Alright, go find Yufei and memorize this as soon as possible! I want to help you reach the Innate sooner."

If something can be done quickly, Yin Yunze naturally won't delay.

"Yes!"

After giving a respectful reply, Peng Shulan withdrew from the inner hall.

Seeing that there were no outsiders left and that he had nothing else to do, Yin Yunze returned to the Dao Field and took out the object that appeared to be Storage Bag belonging to the Third Prison Warden.

It's also because the Flame of Incense cannot be used in the real world; otherwise, for safety's sake, Yin Yunze would definitely have returned to the real world to try and open it.

Having no other option, Yin Yunze had no choice but to use the all-powerful Flame of Incense for purification.

Perhaps it was good luck for Yin Yunze, or perhaps it was because the Third Prison Warden had already perished, but Yin Yunze actually succeeded in the refining.

As expected, with the successful refinement, this cloth bag truly became a standard spatial magic Law Treasure in the cultivation world:

Storage Bag.

However, this Storage Bag is not very large, with a space of only about three cubic meters.

At this moment, four-fifths of the Storage Bag was filled.

It was too messy, so Yin Yunze simply dumped everything out and did a preliminary sorting of it.

First, gold and silver jewelry accounted for approximately one-fifth of the total.

It has to be said that Yin Yunze really likes opponents who carry all their belongings with them wherever they go! That's the kind of positive feedback experience you get when you defeat a boss and get a huge reward!

Then there were some strange props that looked like Law Treasure artifacts, which also made up about one-fifth of the total.

The remaining three-fifths consisted of either strange-looking materials or props that looked ominous. There were also many bottles and jars containing various powders of unknown purpose, as well as medicinal wine-like concoctions.

However, compared to these, Yin Yunze's most important discovery was two Jade Slip.

This is no ordinary jade artifact; rather, it is a vessel that records information about the Immortal Dao.

He casually picked up the more expensive piece of the two and infused it with his Divine Sense.

Immediately, Yin Yunze learned the contents of the Jade Slip: "The Six Divisions Infinite Scripture - The Hungry Ghost Path".

After quickly reviewing the information, Yin Yunze finally gained a basic understanding of the cultivators in this world.

The levels of cultivators in this world are slightly different from those in Yin Yunze's understanding. They are: Qi Refining (Spirit Awakening), Foundation Establishment (Bone Refining), Spirit Illumination (Transformation), Illuminating Mystery, Golden Core, Flower Nurturing Qi Nurturing, Dao Integration, and Tribulation Transcendence.

Among them, Spirit Awakening Bone Refining Transformation correspond to the cultivation levels of the Demon Race.

These refer to awakening spiritual intelligence, refining the transverse bones, and Transformation human form.

Including Illuminating Mystery, these four realms belong to the lower four realms of cultivation.

The Golden Core Elixir, the Flower Nurturing, and the Qi Nurturing are known as the Three Middle Difficulties.

The good news is that this cultivation method is finally not the kind of incomplete beginner-level manual that the little fox girl offered.

The bad news is that it's still incomplete, only covering the part about Qi Nurturing.

However, there is also a corresponding description of the state of being after Qi Nurturing.

However, based on comparison, the little fox girl should have been a minor demon at the Foundation Establishment / Bone Refining stage.

After being officially Transformation by Yin Yunze, it could barely be considered a demon in the Spirit Illumination Transformation Stage.

However, compared to normal demons in their Transformation Stage, the little fox girl, who took the shortcut of officialdom, is naturally much weaker.

If it weren't for the servant authority bestowed by Yin Yunze, she probably would have been strong enough for any Transformation Stage demon to hang up and beat the little fox girl.

Yin Yunze's level of Divine Dao, under normal circumstances, would roughly correspond to the level of Immortal Dao Illuminating Mystery.

However, after receiving the blessing of the Authority over Frost and Snow, he can be considered to have the combat power of a half-step Golden Core Stage cultivator.

Now, having further deepened his mastery of martial arts, he is probably able to hold his own against an ordinary Golden Core Stage cultivator.

Of course, the popularity of Incense Divine Dao depends more on the accumulation of time and the number of believers, so this correspondence is not actually very accurate.

After all, the same authority is completely different for a god who has only lived for one year and a god who has lived for a hundred years, and the bonus of having only one hundred believers and having ten thousand believers.

Under normal circumstances, Yin Yunze is indeed still no match for the Third Prison Wardens.

But if Yin Yunze can settle down for twenty years, then the Third Prison Warden will have to avoid Yin Yunze.

The Third Prison Warden that Yin Yunze encountered was a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage.

He was half a realm higher than Yin Yunze, and he also had the advantage of being caught off guard, which is why Yin Yunze suffered such a miserable fate back then.

As for Guo Jing, although he is called the Ghost King, he is actually only around the level of Illuminating Mystery, which is weaker than Yin Yunze at present.

Furthermore, if Guo Jing does not subsequently switch to cultivating the Divine Dao path...

A mere soul can only cultivate to the Golden Core level at most.

Further advancement requires specialized training methods.

After all, without a physical body and Cultivation Method, ordinary ghost cultivators simply cannot overcome the first hurdle.

This is also why the City God never really cared about Guo Jing, this malevolent ghost filled with resentment.

Even if one can improve their cultivation level with just a grudge, they will ultimately die from the Golden Core Calamity.

Coincidentally, the Six Divisions Infinite Scriptures - Hungry Ghost Path that Yin Yunze obtained happened to be a method for cultivating both humans and ghosts.

The Hungry Ghost Path is divided into two parts: one is the Asura Battle Body cultivated by evil spirits, and the other is the Wisdom King Dharma Form cultivated by humans.

Actually, what is called the Hungry Ghost Path is more accurately described as the Asura Path in Yin Yunze's understanding.

As ghost cultivators progress, they can develop the Asura Battle Body, possessing the characteristic of growing stronger with each battle and relentlessly engaging in frenzied combat.

When a living person cultivates to the end, they can evolve into the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King Dharma Form.

The so-called "suppressing the prison" means to suppress the evil spirits in hell.

This is also why the Third Prison Warden were so furious after being slapped away.

The Third Prison Warden practiced Law Technique specifically designed to subdue evil spirits, yet they were instead slapped away by one of them.

It's like a sheep farmer getting gored in the kidney by a sheep; how could he not be angry?

The Law Technique used by the Third Prison Warden in previous battles, such as the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, the Great Wisdom Sword, the Vajra Rope, and the Demon-Suppressing Vajra, are all extensions of the Wisdom King Dharma Form.

The Immovable Wisdom King Seal primarily for defense; once activated, it renders one impervious to all spells and untouched by any evil.

The Great Wisdom Sword is primarily offensive; nothing can escape its Wisdom Sword.

The Vajra Rope is a binding rope, indestructible and indestructible, capable of locking away all things.

The Demon-Suppressing Vajra Pestle is the master of suppression; when the Demon-Subduing Pestle is lowered, all evil will submit.

There is also a technique called Great Sun Wheel, which is used to imprison others, but the Third Prison Warden were unable to use it at the time.

The reason why the Third Prison Warden, even in his anger, only chose to sever Guo Jing's arms to suppress him instead of beheading him outright, was because he had discovered Guo Jing's potential and wanted to recruit him for his own use, allowing him to cultivate the Asura Battle Body.

After all, it's not easy to find a vengeful ghost that rages upon death, a ghost that even the Black and White Impermanence) must avoid.

Compared to Guo Jing, the evil spirits that the Third Prison Warden had previously found all seemed far too mediocre.

As for why the Third Prison Warden trained Guo Jing, it was because the ultimate goal of cultivating this Hungry Ghost Path Cultivation Method was to achieve unity between man and ghost.

The ultimate purpose of a ghost cultivator's Asura Battle Body is to become nourishment for a human cultivator's Wisdom King Dharma Form.

At the end of this Cultivation Method, the human cultivator needs to use the Prison-Subduing Wisdom King Form to devour the Asura Battle Body in order to form the Six-Wheel Wisdom King Form.

Once it reaches its complete form, the Six-Wheel Wisdom King Form will grow six arms upon activation.

Having six arms would compensate for the limitation of the Prison-Subduing Wisdom King Form being unable to simultaneously cast numerous extended Law Technique.

With both hands forming the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, one hand Great Wisdom Sword, the other the Vajra Rope, the third the Demon-Suppressing Vajra- Suppressing Pestle, and the fourth the Great Sun Wheel, he is said to be invincible and unbeatable among those of the same rank.