The market city was the headquarters of the Heavenly Ghost Sect. Everyone in the city was a believer of the Heavenly Ghost Sect. More than half of the experts of the Heavenly Ghost Sect lived here.
The Heavenly Ghost Sect had two jindan experts. One was the sect master, Huang Zhiyuan. The other was Elder Yin Zhen.
Yin Zhen did not live in the sect master's mansion. For jindan, living too close would make them feel uncomfortable. Yin Zhen lived in a cave in the west of the city.
This cave was more than one hundred zhang underground. It was a natural cave. The cave naturally gathered a large amount of earth yin energy, which was the best nourishment for ghosts.
The founding ancestor of the Heavenly Ghost Sect had coincidentally passed by this place and encountered a group of rampaging evil ghosts. That was how he found this cave. This kind of place was a treasure ground for xiuzhe skilled in ghost cultivation.
From then on, the founding ancestor of the Heavenly Ghost Sect established himself in this cave and quickly nurtured powerful sky ghosts. That was how he was able to establish the Heavenly Ghost Sect. With the Heavenly Ghost Sect as the foundation, the market city was built.
This cave could be said to be the main altar of the Heavenly Ghost Sect.
However, the earth yin energy here was too thick. Normal xiuzhe could not endure it. Only jindan xiuzhe like Yin Min could stay here for a long time.
Xiuzhe that cultivated the ghost path used their own essence blood to raise ghosts. Their personality and mentality would be changed. Other xiuzhe would instinctively feel enmity towards xiuzhe that cultivated the ghost path and the corpse path.
A jindan ghost path expert like Yin Min had a twisted personality and mentality. She was much older than Huang Zhiyuan and did not have the desires of a normal person.
She would not be like Huang Zhiyuan and have the mood to marry and have children.
Yin Min lived in the cave for a long time. She would only appear when there was a major event. Many disciples of the Heavenly Ghost Sect had never seen this elder.
However, this Yin Min was extremely powerful. Every time she attacked, she would kill until the ground was covered in bones. On the Ghost Prison Island, Yin Min was not the strongest xiuzhe, but she was undoubtedly the most ruthless and easiest to kill.
The reputation of the Heavenly Ghost Sect had mostly been built by Yin Min.
Yin Min did not like to kill, but she disliked the anger of living people. She did not have any scruples when she attacked. The sky ghosts liked to steal the essence blood of humans so they killed countless people.
Yin Min did not feel there was anything wrong. In her eyes, the sky ghosts were more adorable. In this cave, there were seventy-two Earth Fiend Ghosts.
If the Malevolent Earth Ghost could be refined into an array, it could help her become a Ghost Infant. At that time, the other sects on Ghost Prison Island would be nothing.
Yin Min had been secretly carrying out this plan for two hundred years. Even Huang Zhiyuan didn't know what she was doing. During this period of time, the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Ghosts had already been formed.
At this rate, it would take another eight to ten years for it to reach the Great Accomplishment stage. At that time, she could kill a few million people as a blood sacrifice, which would be enough to help her become a ghost baby.
Yin Min didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to cause trouble for the Heavenly Ghost Sect.
As soon as Huang Zhiyuan activated the Heavenly Ghost Order, she sensed that something was amiss. But before she could react, the aura of the Heavenly Ghost Order completely dissipated.
The Heavenly Ghost Token was a divine artifact of the sect, and each of the eighteen Heavenly Ghosts had their own unique abilities. Although Huang Zhiyuan was greedy and lustful, he was quite capable. How could there be no sound in such a short time?
What made Yin Min even more suspicious was that Huang Zhiyuan had cultivated the Ghost Transformation Technique. Even if he was killed, he could immediately turn into a malicious ghost to take revenge. But now, there was not a single trace of sound.
Yin Min hesitated for a moment. She integrated a bit of her divine sense into an Earthly Fiend Ghost and went directly to the Sect Master's residence from underground.
This Earthly Fiend Ghost was shadowless and formless. It was like a shadow that flowed underground. This was also a special supernatural power of the Earthly Fiend Ghost. As long as it was underground, it could hide its body and not leave any traces.
It also had a strong enough resistance to various spells. The Earthly Fiend Formation formed by the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Ghosts was even more terrifying.
Yin Min's divine sense merged with the Earthly Fiend Ghost. This Earthly Fiend Ghost was equivalent to her eyes and ears.
When the Earthly Fiend Ghost arrived at Huang Zhiyuan's study, it immediately saw Huang Zhiyuan's corpse with his head split into two. There was no remnant of the soul on the corpse. Obviously, he had been completely killed.
Yin Min was slightly shocked. Which expert had made a move to have such power?
Then, she saw Gao Zhengyang and Chen Ting.
Chen Ting was kneeling in front of Gao Zhengyang and crying bitterly, admitting his mistake. He had just said bad things about Gao Zhengyang and was scared to death.
Therefore, he knelt there in an abnormally humble manner, begging for mercy non-stop.
Yin Min only needed to listen for a while to understand the situation. It turned out that this young man was the new abbot of Spirit Pearl Dao Academy, Gao Zhengyang. This young man was only at the ninth level at most, how could he kill Huang Zhiyuan so easily?
Yin Min was very puzzled. There was a huge gap between the ninth rank and the golden core. This kind of gap was also very difficult to make up for with magic tools or other external forces.
The new abbot of Spirit Pearl Dao Academy, Gao Zhengyang, was in no hurry to leave after killing him. Instead, he stood there leisurely, as though he had no intention of leaving.
Did this person really think that he had the Heavenly Ghost Sect under his thumb?
Yin Min was extremely furious in her heart. Just as she was about to urge the other Evil Earth Ghosts to rush over and attack, her heart suddenly turned cold. That Evil Earth Ghost had completely disappeared. Her connection with the Malevolent Earth Ghost was also completely cut off!
"This is a flying sword?"
Yin Min also didn't dare to confirm it. Although the Earth Evil Ghost was very strong, it couldn't be compared to cultivators. As for some elemental energy and magic tools, they were just too sensitive.
Therefore, Yin Min did not know how the Malevolent Earth Ghost was destroyed. However, she knew that the other party was an expert of the Heart Sword Sect, so he must have used a flying sword.
Only a flying sword could be so sharp and fast that the Malevolent Earth Ghost couldn't react in time.
Yin Min had a strange personality, but she had lived for hundreds of years and was more cautious than Huang Zhiyuan.
Although Huang Zhiyuan was slightly weaker than her, the difference was limited. Even with a divine artifact like the Heavenly Ghost Token, he was still easily killed.
Regardless of whether it was a sneak attack by Gao Zhengyang or some other means, it at least proved that he could kill a golden core. Of course, she had to be careful against such a dangerous enemy.
Yin Min's heart ached for the Malevolent Earth Ghosts that were killed. Otherwise, with the Malevolent Earth Array formed by the 72 Malevolent Earth Ghosts, she could even deal with a Nascent Soul.
Now, she had to rely on external forces.
Yin Min came to the front of the Dharma Altar and kowtowed respectfully to the ancestral statue. After this ancestral master died, most of his soul dissipated, but he left behind a wisp of his soul to transform into a Heavenly Ghost to guard the crypt.
By communicating with this ancestral master, he could fully circulate the power of the Dharma Altar.
The Dharma Altar was actually connected to the altar of every household in the city. All the ghosts raised by the families were also placed in the crypt through the altar. Otherwise, with the little blood and Qi of ordinary people, how could they afford to raise ghosts?
The Heavenly Ghost Sect seemed to be helping everyone raise ghosts, but in fact, they had the highest control over these ghosts. When necessary, Yin Min could control all the ghosts to launch an attack.
Yin Min felt that Gao Zhengyang was a little too dangerous. Moreover, he killed Huang Zhiyuan as soon as he arrived. It was obvious that he wanted to destroy the Heavenly Ghost Sect.
She had to make the first move now!
One of the Malevolent Earth Ghosts was killed, which was a heavy loss. However, she could control the Malevolent Earth Array and absorb the power of thousands of ghosts to create another Malevolent Earth Ghost.
However, this method of absorbing thousands of ghosts was extremely vicious. These ghosts were raised by the millions of people in the city and were closely related to each of them.
When the ghosts were absorbed by the Malevolent Earth Array, these people's souls would be seriously injured. Even if they did not die, they would become idiots.
However, Yin Min did not care. These people were like crops. Once they raised the ghosts, it would be time to harvest them. Although the time was not right now, she could not care less.
Moreover, since these people were going to die, she did not want to waste them. She directly activated the Malevolent Earth Array and absorbed everyone's blood essence. The blood sacrifice of two million people should be enough to satisfy the 72 Malevolent Earth Ghosts.
In this way, she could also take the opportunity to form a ghost baby. Even if it did not work, as long as she killed the 72 Malevolent Earth Ghosts, she would be able to gather enough blood essence.
As for whether the Ghost Prison Island would be destroyed because of this, Yin Min did not care at all. As long as she could form a ghost baby, she could go anywhere in the world. A Ghost Prison Island was nothing to her.
When she went to other places, she could still establish a sect. If she was lucky and followed this method again, she might even have a chance to form a Primordial Spirit.
Thinking of this, Yin Min did not hesitate to activate the magic altar and fully activated the Malevolent Earth Array.
The 72 Malevolent Earth Ghosts lost one ghost, and there was a gap in the Malevolent Earth Array. However, for ordinary practitioners, they could only sense the black Malevolent Earth Qi soaring into the sky, and could not find the gap in the array at all.
Under the purification of the Malevolent Earth Qi, the millions of ghosts on the magic altar were quickly dissolved and destroyed. These ghosts realized that the situation was not right and let out ghostly howls.
However, everything was under the control of the magic altar. It was impossible for them to escape.
Large numbers of ghosts disappeared continuously and were refined into the purest Ghost Qi by the Malevolent Earth Qi.
All the ghosts had a host, and almost everyone in the market city raised ghosts. Only children who were too young and did not have enough Qi and blood would not raise ghosts. All the adults had their own ghosts.
These ghosts were closely related to everyone. Even if the ghosts were slightly injured, the host would feel that something was wrong.
When the ghosts were completely devoured, it was equivalent to tearing a large piece of everyone's soul.
The residents of the market city all felt that something was wrong. At this moment, there were countless people holding their heads and crying. There were also countless people rolling and crawling on the streets. The whole market city was in a mess.
The Malevolent Earth Qi that was activated by the Malevolent Earth Array swept the whole city like a black mountain flood.
Wherever the cold and solid Malevolent Earth Qi passed, everyone would be quickly frozen, and the blood essence in their body would be absorbed by the Malevolent Earth Qi.
It was the same even in the Sect Leader's Mansion. It was just that these Heavenly Ghost Sect practitioners had higher cultivation and stronger resistance. However, the ghosts that were the source of their power were all controlled by the magic altar.
No matter how these practitioners struggled, it was futile. Even Huang Zhiyuan's son, Huang Lin, was crying and rolling on the ground. His thin and pale body quickly lost all signs of life in the watery black Qi, and became a pale yellow dried corpse.
Huang Lin's appearance was a reflection of all the residents of the market city. Under the attack of the Malevolent Earth Qi, even those who did not raise ghosts would die quickly.
Chen Ting followed Gao Zhengyang out and saw this terrifying scene. His son, Chen Changzai, was slightly better off. After all, he did not raise ghosts. Although the Malevolent Earth Qi was strong, it could not harm him in a short time.
Chen Changzai was also shocked when he saw Gao Zhengyang and Chen Ting come out together. But he was not stupid. He knew something was wrong just by looking at his father.
He hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Gao Zhengyang and stayed obediently next to Chen Ting, not daring to speak.
"Abbot, what's going on?" Chen Ting looked at the black Qi that was sweeping in all directions and had a bad feeling.
Even if he did not have good eyesight, he could see that someone was setting up a formation. Once the formation was set up, they would all be dead.
Gao Zhengyang had just killed an Malevolent Earth Ghost and had already sensed Yin Min's presence. But Yin Min's decisiveness and ruthlessness surprised him. One wrong move, and she would sacrifice the entire city, which surprised him.
Absorbing human blood essence was actually not considered an evil technique. In essence, it was the same as humans eating meat to increase their nutrition.
But as humans, of course, they could not accept being treated as food. From a moral point of view, they had to criticize it.
Cultivators would also be worried about their own safety and would use all their strength to fight against this kind of technique. Therefore, this kind of technique would be labeled as an evil technique.
Of course, such a crude way of absorbing external energy would definitely leave behind countless impurities. It was like a person who would eat anything in order to gain weight. The result would definitely not be good.
Gao Zhengyang did not really care about good or evil. This kind of distinction did not have much meaning to him. His Blood God Flag was specialized in this.
But in terms of level, it was much higher than Yin Min's. Yin Min's efforts had actually wasted more than half of the energy. The efficiency of the conversion was shockingly low.
What was more frightening was that the converted energy still contained countless impurities.
The Heavenly Ghost Sect's altar was very good. Hundreds of years of accumulation had been tossed around by Yin Min, and all of their wealth had been wasted. However, it was not like Yin Min had no chance of becoming a ghost child.
The laws of this world were too loose. As long as the conditions were met, one could easily become a Yuanying.
Although Gao Zhengyang looked down on Yin Min, he would not underestimate her power. With such ruthless methods, determination, and the conditions, it was not strange for her to become a ghost child.
It was not hard to kill a Jindan with the Time Sword. But it was very difficult to kill a Yuanying. After all, it was two levels higher. Just the suppression of the laws was enough to reduce the power of the Time Sword.
Gao Zhengyang said to Chen Ting and his son, "The situation is not good. If we don't break the formation, you will all die."
Chen Ting asked worriedly, "Then what should we do?"
"There is only one way, but I need you and your son to cooperate," Gao Zhengyang said.
The Earth Fiend Energy was bone-chilling. What was more terrifying was that there seemed to be countless ghosts howling around.
Chen Ting did not dare to hesitate, "Abbot, tell us, we will do our best."
"Very good."
Gao Zhengyang said happily, "It's very simple. You and your son will turn into malicious ghosts and enter the Ghost Formation to be my spies. Once the other party activates the formation, we can work together from the inside and outside to break this formation. "
Chen Ting and Chen Changzai's faces were filled with anger. Gao Zhengyang wanted them to become malicious ghosts. Then what was the point of breaking the formation?
Chen Changzai could not help but mock, "You want us to use our lives to break the formation and help you escape? Dream on."
"You are not willing?" Gao Zhengyang asked curiously.
Chen Ting suppressed his anger and said, "Abbot, I am afraid we cannot do that."
"That is not up to you."
Gao Zhengyang smiled, "You and your son are sacrificing for the sect. Dying like this is more or less meaningful. If you are killed for the crime of assassinating a fellow sect member, how shameful would that be. "
Chen Ting and Chen Changzai were shocked. Chen Ting reacted quickly and denied, "Don't talk nonsense. Don't try to frame us."
"Hahaha, I was just joking. Don't be nervous."
Gao Zhengyang said casually, "It doesn't matter whether you killed Zhen Ming or not. You are both going to die anyway."
Before Chen Ting and Chen Changzai could react, the invisible Yin Sword pierced through their foreheads.
Their cultivation was not weak. Gao Zhengyang did not use the Time Yin Sword's malevolent qi. Although their bodies were dead, their souls were not destroyed.
Being killed by Gao Zhengyang just like that, the father and son were filled with resentment. The two souls were crimson red. Under the influence of the Malevolent Earth Qi, they looked extremely ferocious.
"Not ferocious enough …"
Gao Zhengyang thought about it. He took out a strand of malevolent qi from the Blood God Flag and sent it into the two souls.
Chen Ting and his son were barely able to maintain their sanity. After being infected by the Blood God Flag's malevolent qi, they immediately lost consciousness. The two souls followed the Malevolent Earth Qi and rushed toward the Earth Cavern Spell Altar.
Yin Min, who was in charge of the Earth Cavern Spell Altar, quickly noticed the two powerful souls.
Among the millions of souls, these two powerful souls quickly stood out. They quickly adapted to the Malevolent Earth Qi and absorbed the pure Ghost Qi in the surroundings.
The more the two souls absorbed, the stronger they became. In a short while, the two souls were completely infected by the Malevolent Earth Qi and turned into two pitch-black evil spirits.
The two evil spirits' bodies were like black and red armor. They looked extremely sturdy. As he stood there, he even faintly exuded a ferocious killing intent that seemed to want to exterminate all living beings.
Yin Min was also a little surprised. These two newly formed Malevolent Earth Ghosts were more intelligent and powerful than the other Malevolent Earth Ghosts.
This way, there was one more Malevolent Earth Ghost. She hesitated for a moment. In the end, she chose one of the Malevolent Earth Ghosts and killed it.
The Malevolent Earth Array formed by the seventy-two Malevolent Earth Ghosts was like a black hole. It sucked in all the souls, essence blood, malevolent qi, and origin energy within the array.
Yin Min soon lost track of Gao Zhengyang, but she didn't care. Since the Malevolent Earth Array was formed, he couldn't sneak in no matter what tricks he had.
She didn't have time to care about Gao Zhengyang. The Malevolent Earth Array continued to operate. The seventy-two Malevolent Earth Ghosts absorbed the energy crazily. Their bodies also expanded continuously.
When the seventy-two Malevolent Earth Ghosts were a thousand feet tall, like seventy-two mountain peaks standing in the four corners of the city, there were no longer any living things in the city.
Be it humans or beasts, they were all dead. The dead lost their life essence blood and souls. They were shriveled like corpses that had been weathered for thousands of years.
After the seventy-two Malevolent Earth Ghosts expanded to their maximum, they shrank and condensed again under the urging of the array. When the seventy-two Malevolent Earth Ghosts turned into wisps of black and red Ghost Qi, Yin Min opened her mouth and inhaled. The seventy-two wisps of Ghost Qi were sucked into her consciousness.
The wisps of Ghost Qi that were compressed and condensed by the array naturally merged into Yin Min's Ghost Core.
This Ghost Core had been cultivating for almost two hundred years. Its energy was extremely condensed. Under the urging of the pure Ghost Qi, Yin Min suddenly felt a little inspiration. The Ghost Core turned, and a small greenish-black person that looked like her appeared.
Yin Min was overjoyed. She didn't expect to produce a Ghost Infant so easily.
The next step was to break the Nascent Soul from the core.
Yin Min had already thought it through. Once the Ghost Infant was formed, she would go and destroy Spiritual Pearl City. At the same time, she would kill the idiots of Cloud Light Clan and Steel Armor Clan. This was the only way she could vent the anger in her heart.
At this moment, something strange happened.
A wisp of malevolent Qi of unknown origin was released from inside the Ghost Infant. It was a strong and pure malevolent Qi. It was much more powerful than the Ghost Infant.
Yin Min was shocked in her heart and faintly had a bad premonition.
A sharp sword light fell from the void and pierced the Ghost Core. Yin Min sensed everything. However, she was corroded by the malevolent Qi and couldn't react.
The sword light fell. The Ghost Infant was broken!
(End of this chapter)
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