Chapter Seventy-Five: Collecting Corpse Qi

  "What is this aura?" Bai Qi also didn't know what kind of aura it was, but since he wanted the Inverse Scale Spear, he would naturally go and fight for it.

  "When a person dies, they become a ghost. When a ghost dies, it becomes an evil spirit. This underworld has experienced countless turmoil over billions of years. The Luocheng area must have once been the center of the underworld, where countless ghosts were imprisoned and killed, condensing into a malignant aura known as the evil spirit's pulse. Originally, the underworld had its own instruments to eliminate this thing, but during the Great War between humans and immortals, the underworld was also drawn in, turning this place into a battlefield. The evil spirit's pulse condensed into a thick, heavy vein, with no one to manage it. Look up at the sky!"

  Bai Qi followed Zi Hong Qing's finger, looking over, and saw that above Luocheng, a red aura was surging like the Yangtze River, and at its core, a symbol of Fu Lu Shou was slowly rotating.

  It's just as the ghost general said, if it weren't for the Ten Palace Lords coming to resolve the situation, the talisman seed would have taken shape long ago and probably become a terrifying ghost. If this ghost were to emerge, it would likely immediately ascend to true immortality, with catastrophic consequences, leaving nothing behind within a radius of ten thousand miles.

  "Don't worry, Shifu. It's the Inverse Scale Spear that wants this evil spirit. Ha! That ghost just now ran really fast, I'm afraid he implicated me, aren't you afraid, Shifu?"

  "Nonsense, hurry up and do it." A strand of green silk whipped across Bai Qi's hand, causing him to feel a stinging pain. With a chuckle, he manipulated the lightness skill to fly away quickly, still using the water escape technique, seeking only stability.

  After flying up, Bai Qi only knew the horror of the evil spirit. Before even approaching the evil spirit's vein in the sky, his vital energy had already dissipated like a fluttering leaf. The Water Escape's escaping light could hardly hold on, and Bai Qi had no choice but to release another talisman, but it was instantly dispersed by the evil energy.

  He could only swallow the Zi Yang Lian Shen Dan to forcibly resist, and at the same time took out the Ni Lin Gun. This thing was extremely harmful to the yin soul, and the ghost soldiers in the city couldn't even look up at it. The Ni Lin Gun opened its scales all over its body, and with a whooshing sound, it broke free from Bai Qi's control, shooting straight into the clouds, and in an instant, it plunged into the river formed by the condensation of the Sha energy.

  The evil spirit oppressed people, and Bai Qi released the demon gourd to protect his body. The demon gourd was obviously easier to control than the inverted scale spear, swirling around Bai Qi's side, absorbing the surging evil spirit into the gourd.

  This demon gourd seems to be very fond of the evil spirit, and the cyan gold gas in the gourd quickly transformed the evil spirit into a liquid, flowing around the Sealing God Platform.

  The beheading general's seal god platform was also absorbing the liquid state yuanqi, but this beheading general's seal god platform had not yet condensed into a solid object. Instead, it was the long banner above the ninth layer that began to change. Above the ninth layer, it gradually expanded into a suspended platform. In the center of the platform, the long banner absorbed the liquid state yuanqi and slowly expanded, transforming into a huge flag. The flag was rectangular in shape with flames flying at its edges and a dark color. On its surface were golden symbols, but they were just decorative patterns.

  That great banner stood in the center of the platform, becoming increasingly majestic. All the liquid primordial energy was absorbed by this great banner.

  Bai Qi's divine sense was tightly locked onto this transformation, and he suddenly felt that the Inverse Scale Spear at the cloud end was transmitting yuanqi to himself. This yuanqi was also liquid, and after entering his body, it circulated through his meridians, transforming into crystalline structures in the shape of inverse scales, which accumulated in his three dantians. However, this time, too many inverse scale crystals had condensed, and these crystals gathered together, resembling a pinecone, with each layer wrapping around the others.

  This time, Bai Qi felt that his meridians had been expanded to the extreme, and the yuanqi inside his body was too dense, which made him unbearable.

  The demon spirit gourd sensed the change in Bai Qi's body and flew back into his demonic space. Inside the demonic space, everything was forced open, leaving only the wooden box of the Twelve Golden Men of Qin Huang. This wooden box did not absorb any yuan energy, but instead quietly floated, seemingly unaffected by Bai Qi's transformation.

  In the eerie space of Bai Qi, the demon spirit gourd guided the liquid yuanqi to expand new meridians for him. As each meridian was opened, Bai Qi knew that his cultivation of Qing Lei's true solution was promising. Without a demon body, Qing Lei's true solution would be useless, and he couldn't even open the eighth chapter.

  In the world of cultivation, there is nothing more relaxing than Bai Qi's method. Without the Inverse Scale Spear, the Demon Spirit Gourd took on the task of transforming his body, and within Bai Qi's body, it expanded the demonic veins to 360 lines.

  Only the gourd of the demon spirit is cautious and careful, this new meridian appears to be delicate and has room for improvement.

  With these 360 meridians added, Bai Qi no longer felt like his body was about to split apart, and the speed at which he condensed the Inverse Scale Crystals also increased significantly.

  Swallowing and spitting out the evil energy transformed into yuanqi. Bai Qi floated in mid-air, motionless. Zi Hong was getting anxious.

  Bai Qi, however, couldn't feel the passage of time. In the midst of the fox spirits, more and more talismans were condensing, finally condensing into 108 talisman seeds on the wall of the gourd. This was the most talisman seeds Bai Qi could condense in the mortal world.

  In a Daoist instrument, the number of Yuán Líng zi (primordial spirit seeds) that can be condensed is generally limited to 72. However, this demon-refining gourd can condense 108, which means its own Tāi Jī (embryonic instrument) level is high enough, and it was refined from the heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, with enormous growth potential. As for the Nì Lín Qiāng (Inverted Scale Spear), it's originally a Xian Qì (immortal instrument), and even Bái Qǐ doesn't know how many Yuán Líng zi can be condensed from it.

  In the higher void, the Inverse Scale Spear had absorbed dozens of killing intent condensed rivers, and a huge black hole appeared around it, with the surrounding killing intent rushing to the center. Among those rivers, there were thirty-six illusory seeds of the Fu Lu kind, which were also completely absorbed by the Inverse Scale Spear.

  Niè lín qiāng zhè cái fēi huí bái qǐ shēn tǐ zhī zhōng, jiàng nà xūn xiǎo zhōng de fú gāo zhǒng zǐ tǔ gěi le yāo líng hú lu.

  This talisman seed rolled on the ground and transformed into a ghost god nearly two zhang tall, flying onto the beheading deity platform, standing under the great flag. On that dark and heavy great flag, suddenly appeared an ancient text written name - Gui Shen Jie Ao.

  The ghostly spirit knelt down, bowed to the surroundings, and looked up at the sky, saying: "My master Qingdi, ghostly spirit Jiezhong, willing to be in charge of the execution platform for you."

  Bai Qi responded after a long while, and from the gourd of the demon spirit, a giant purple-red sword burst out of thin air and flew into the hands of that ghostly god.

  "Grant you divine soldiers, for me to command all gods."

  "Thank you, Master." The demon god bowed again, then held a giant sword and stood under the great flag, going to adjust his breath.

  Bai Qi hesitated for a long time before responding to the ghostly and fierce Kui, but it was because the Inverse Scale Spear had condensed this giant sword, he couldn't hold back, and it took him a long time.

  This giant sword was transformed from the sword energy that cut off the Inverse Scale Spear, and only a ghostly body condensed by the essence of the demon could touch it. Otherwise, even an immortal would not dare to touch it.

  The reverse scale spear forced out this sword energy, consuming more than half of the essence. Even so, the wound at the broken mouth was repaired to a certain extent, and it could no longer be seen with the naked eye. Only by scanning with divine sense can one see that the tail of the reverse scale spear was cut off by a sharp object.

  Bai Qi couldn't retrieve the giant sword transformed from the sword energy, so he gave it to Gui Shen Jie Yun. It was only then that he knew what kind of weapon had cut off the Inverse Scale Spear.

  White Emperor Divine Soldier——Soldier Disperses Sword.

  This White Emperor gained fame later than the Green Emperor, but his ruthless reputation with the sword was well-known to all. This immortal soldier's weapon only needed to hit an enemy for them to be undoubtedly dead, and there was no need to wound vital parts.

  When White Emperor was rampant in Zhongzhou, even the heavenly court did not dare to send a single inspector, and anyone who came would be killed.

  The Heavenly Court had to pretend that Zhongzhou did not exist, otherwise they would have sent someone to govern it, but only lost face for themselves. It wasn't until the White Emperor disappeared that the position of the Heavenly Emperor's Inspector regained a seat in Zhongzhou.

  Bai Qi himself had already grasped a hint of the sword intent of the Soldier Dispersing Sword, yet he couldn't even touch the giant sword transformed from its sword energy, showing just how ferocious this immortal soldier's true body was.

  The Inverse Scale Spear was still repairing its damaged self, the sword energy of the Soldier's Sword had been expelled, and the sword intent still lingered at the broken edge.

  Bai Qi had originally intended to use the remaining power of the Thunderous Seal to cultivate the eighth chapter of the Qing Lei True Solution, but the Inverse Scale Spear was pointing towards the back of Luocheng. Bai Qi's heart stirred. Although this seal could not be broken, since there was an Inverse Scale Spear that could do so, it was likely that someone in the Underworld could take it. For tens of thousands of years, it had continued to exist, and it was likely that someone had intentionally left it here.

  He had taken the initiative to collect the soul, and the person who arranged for this soul would probably come knocking on his door to settle the score. At that time, it would be a scene where whoever had the bigger fist would have the final say. His own body was not lacking in vitality, but as an initial-stage Qi-refining cultivator in the underworld, he was like an ant.

  Take advantage of the remaining twilight and leave as soon as possible.

  Bai Qi suddenly understood the problem and immediately urged his sword to retreat, rushing down from high altitude, taking Zi Hong to flee to the back of Luocheng. In Luocheng, the ghost general who brought Bai Qi looked up with difficulty, unable to see any change in the killing energy, and muttered in his heart: "The alchemist won't die, will he?"

  Zi Hong saw Bai Qi drive away with his sword and anxiously asked: "Younger martial brother, what happened?"

  Bai Qi didn't say a word, and with one grasp, he seized Zi Hong's wrist, sending the liquid-state yuanqi that had not yet condensed into inverted scales in his meridians into Zi Hong's body. Zi Hong was startled, this yuanqi was turbulent and pure, already having become liquid-state, this was something only Golden Elixir cultivators could do.

  They flew out for sixty miles, and then Bai Qi said: "Master sister, that thing is probably set up by someone on purpose. I have taken it back. If we offend that person, none of us will survive."

  "What are you waiting for, let's go quickly." Zi Hong's black hair flew up, pointing in all directions. In an instant, he discovered a low-lying area ahead, with black smoke billowing out, and within the smoke, there was a dark red glow.

  "What a pity that we won't be able to escape by fire." Zi Hong sighed, and had Bai Qi put away his sword. She unfolded her Qing Si Sword Orb, wrapped the two of them in it, and drilled into the flames within the black smoke. It was a small lake formed from molten lava, with bubbles rising to the surface and making popping sounds.

  Bai Qi fled from Luocheng, a thousand miles away, on top of a ten-thousand-meter-high peak, a heaven-shaking angry roar was emitted.

  "Whoever took her life, I will tear him into a million pieces!"

  The one who made the sound was an old man less than six feet tall, with a ugly face, wearing a black long gown, and on his forehead, there was a thumb-sized horn. Under his feet was a huge magical array, at its core, there was a stone pillar, and on both of the old man's feet were iron chains locked to the pillar.

  The old man's iron chain on his foot, directly pierced through his ankle bone, twisted into a cross shape, making it impossible for him to shake off. The surrounding peaks were even more treacherous, with swirling vortexes like sharp blades, constantly rotating day and night, making it impossible for outsiders to approach the mountain peak.

  The old man bellowed for a moment, and also knew that his struggle was in vain. He barely suppressed his anger and shouted: "Where are the five ghosts?"

  In the midst of the storm, five tattered ghosts emerged and knelt down, saying: "Greetings to our master."