Chapter 759

712 years later, in the side hall of Mount Mang's Ghost Palace.

Innumerable lines of different lengths revolved around the black and white Yin and Yang fishes in the center. Qian San Lian, Kun Six Break … Duan Upper Que, Xun Lower Break … It was as if they were deducing everything in the world, encompassing everything, containing everything, complicated and abstruse, dizzying Yuan Shen.

Meanwhile, Shi Xuan who was sitting cross-legged on the black and white Tai Chi diagram had a pitch-black mud-like object floating in front of his chest, emitting an aura of tranquility, liberation, and virtue.

The [Innate Eight Trigrams]'s rotation and derivation suddenly reached its fastest speed, the whole side hall seemed to have fallen into a black and white ocean, a world of different lengths, they kept recombining and disintegrating, gradually converging into two mysterious patterns formed by extremely complicated seals.

Shi Xuan's half-closed eyes opened all of a sudden, it was the same [Innate Eight Trigrams], also deducing and calculating, forming the same complicated seals that looked like mysterious patterns.

Then, Shi Xuan's eyes shot out a foot-long black and white light, the two mysterious patterns slowly flew out from his eyes, falling towards the black mud-like object with great difficulty.

When the two mysterious patterns touched the black mud-like object, the mud-like object slowly lit up with a layer of tranquil and joyful black light, countless abstruse seals appeared, layer upon layer, densely packed, bewitching one's mind.

In the black light, the mud-like object was pulled by the seals, the mud-like object began to wriggle, first pulling into an inch-long human shape, then the face became clear, the eyes and brows were exactly the same as Shi Xuan's, the breath was also completely the same.

In the black light, the mud-like object began to wriggle, first pulling into the shape of an inch long human, then the face became clear, the eyes and brows were exactly the same as Shi Xuan, the aura was also completely the same.

Seeing the black light subsiding, the mud-like object of peace and virtue stabilizing, Shi Xuan felt a trace of joy in his heart, after more than seven hundred years of derivation, countless failed attempts, and consuming a lot of materials, he finally deduced the refining method of the fourth rank secret treasure of Yin virtue, the seals, and so on, and successfully refined it.

Fortunately, some of the materials can be replaced with Yin objects of the same nature, otherwise, I would be at my wit's end. Looking back on the past seven hundred years, Shi Xuan really felt that it was extremely difficult, especially in the initial stage, no matter how much effort he put into derivation, there was no progress at all.

Fortunately, he had the refining method of another secret treasure as a reference. With the completion of the eighteen layers of the Tai Chi Art nearly 400 years ago and the cultivation of the [Innate Eight Trigrams] to the fourth level more than 190 years ago, the deduction began to become smoother. As for some parts that could not be deduced, through experimentation, he almost used up the large amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures exchanged for the first drop of Rootless Water and the first snowflake. Finally, he managed to reach the completion one year before he went to the Imperial Palace.

Let's call this secret treasure 'Virtuous Figure of Yin Virtue'. Shi Xuan never had any talent in naming, for the first fourth rank secret treasure he created on the road of cultivation, he just gave it a general name, and then immersed his mind into it to see if there were any omissions that he had not noticed before. "Eh, this is?!"

After a while, Shi Xuan withdrew his mind thoughtfully, slightly dumbfounded. It was really a case of wearing out iron shoes in fruitless search, only to find it by chance. If he had not already made the karma oath, everything would be much simpler.

After more than seven hundred years of hard work, all of Shi Xuan's Immortal Skills, whether it was the Six Paths of Reincarnation or the Karma Elixir Book, had advanced to the fourth rank, and finally became a real Three-tribulation Yang God Immortal, not just supported by one or two Immortal Skills and Magic Treasures.

The Four Symbols World-destroying Sword and the Five Elements Immortal-killing Sword needed about two hundred and three hundred years to advance to the next rank.

But unfortunately, due to the suppression of the Nine Nether World, Shi Xuan's Yin and Yang Chaotic Divine Light could not be practiced to the fifth rank as he wished. Not only that, but he did not even touch a trace of the essence of the Great Way of Yin and Yang. According to the normal practice progress, the Yin and Yang Chaotic Divine Light, which could reach the fifth rank in 840 years, should have begun to touch the Great Way of Yin and Yang when he had practiced for 700 years.

Shi Xuan clearly felt that he was only a thin line away from the Great Way of Yin and Yang, but other Great Ways besides the Way of Life and Death were weak and difficult to find. No matter how much he comprehended, he could only hover on the edge. He spent ten times more effort, but he did not gain anything. This was the first time that Shi Xuan felt powerless since he started cultivating. Fortunately, Shi Xuan's mind had been tempered many times and was very clear. Soon, he felt relieved. If ten times was not enough, then he would comprehend it a hundred times, or even a thousand times more.

"If I have another sixty years, I should be able to reach perfection." Shi Xuan was not dejected, nor did he complain about the lack of time and the poor environment. "These 700 years of seclusion have been both a loss and a gain. The Virtuous Image of Nether World and the three tribulations of the Tai Chi diagram are the most valuable."

In the following year, Shi Xuan's cultivation returned to normal and he adjusted his state of mind.

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Dong, dong, dong. The array that Shi Xuan had set up suddenly sounded like knocking on a door. The rhythm was crisp and clear.

Shi Xuan tidied his clothes. His heart was heavy, but his expression was relaxed and indifferent. With a wave of his hand, he removed the array.

As expected, standing outside the array was Mangshan Ghostly Lord, who looked like a middle-aged scholar and had two black horns on his head. He was smiling and tapping on the periphery of the array with his fingers, looking relaxed and contented.

Seeing Shi Xuan remove the array, he chuckled. "It's a good time to roam the palace at night. Daoist Shi, please." His scholarly manner made Shi Xuan feel a little uncomfortable.

Behind him was the black-robed, pupil-less Blind Crow. He was indifferent to Shi Xuan, and cupped his hands slightly as a form of greeting. Other than him, there was no one else. It seemed like Mangshan Ghostly Lord was only going to send Shi Xuan and Blind Crow into the palace.

"Ghostly Lord, please." Shi Xuan did not say much. Now that things had come to this, there was no point in saying more. It all depended on their own means.

Mangshan Ghostly Lord smiled and clapped. "Daoist Shi, you're straightforward." He then walked out of the side hall and boarded the black carriage pulled by the nine dragons of yin qi. His face was hidden behind the curtains, while Blind Crow sat in the coachman's seat and drove the nine dragons of yin qi.

"In order not to arouse the suspicions of the other three, I'll have to trouble Daoist Shi." Mangshan Ghostly Lord nodded slightly.

Shi Xuan boarded the carriage and stood beside Blind Crow. He said plainly, "It's alright."

Black mist pervaded the air, and dark clouds formed under the feet of the nine dragons of yin qi. They rose into the air and flew towards the Left Sage Ghost Capital ostentatiously.

… …

The sky of the Nine Nether World was always so gloomy and lifeless, but the inky clouds and mist were still very conspicuous. The Nether Ghosts in the Left Holy Ghost Metropolis had long been used to it. For ghosts with a long lifespan, they were used to this kind of phenomenon every thousand years. Anyway, they did not go near the Imperial Palace within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles.

The Left Sage Emperor Palace was underground, hundreds of thousands of feet below the surface of the Yellow Springs. Black mist lingered, and the palaces and pavilions were faintly discernible.

The nine dragons of yin qi that were pulling Mangshan Ghostly Lord, Shi Xuan, and Blind Crow did not fly down. Instead, they hovered in the sky north of the Left Sage Emperor Palace, waiting for the arrival of the other three ghostly lords.

As for Giant Spirit Ghostly Lord, he seemed to be afraid of being lured out. He ignored the Nine Dragons Imperial Carriage. After all, with his current strength, he could not kill Mangshan Ghostly Lord in a short time.

Not long after, a black cloud of deathly qi, a cloud made of inky lightning, and a sheet of dark green light approached from three other directions. They covered the sky and ground, and approached rapidly.

"Mangshan Old Ghost, you're early. Aren't you afraid that Giant Spirit Ghostly Lord will take the opportunity to kill you?" A sinister voice came from within the black cloud of deathly qi. He did not reveal himself, and one could only vaguely see a huge ghostly creature within the black cloud. It was not humanoid, but more like a giant turtle. On top of the turtle stood three figures, standing beside a figure that was lying on the ground. From the direction he came from and the conspicuous giant turtle, Shi Xuan deduced that this should be Soul Eater Ghostly Lord. His real name was unknown.

Mangshan Ghostly Lord laughed softly: "Giant Spirit Ghostly Lord is such a mighty being. Why would he let the three of you take advantage of a small fry like me?"

Within the inky lightning cloud was a huge black ghostly creature with a single horn. It looked ordinary, but had a black face and fangs that could be seen everywhere. It carried a huge wolf fang club, and its aura was terrifying. It was Dashing Mountain Ghostly Lord Gu Luo. Beside him was a rotten face imp. His expression was dark and vengeful, but his eyes were clear. Clearly, that vengeful feeling came from his special technique.

"Mangshan Old Ghost, this 3rd Tribulation Venerable beside you doesn't look like your disciple?!" Dashing Mountain Ghostly Lord Gu Luo's voice boomed like thunder. Who would have thought that he would be so meticulous to have noticed something amiss so quickly.

Shi Xuan's Primordial Spirit immediately felt immense pressure and penetration. He had actually tried to search his spirit directly. Simple and violent, without a shred of hesitation. It was as though he did not take a puny 3rd Tribulation Venerable like Shi Xuan seriously at all.

The taiji diagram within Shi Xuan transformed into the Paramita Bridge, and the soul-searching power stopped for a moment. Then a green light flashed, shielding Shi Xuan behind it. It was Mangshan Ghostly Lord's timely rescue.

Mangshan Ghostly Lord's expression did not change, but his heart was burning with rage. He knew that Gu Luo had always used a brash image to mask his schemes. He had obviously smelled a secret from Shi Xuan, and then attacked without any warning or hesitation, catching Mangshan Ghostly Lord off guard.

Mangshan Ghostly Lord had not expected him to be so quick and direct. If not for the fact that Shi Xuan's own strength was extraordinary, he would have been at a disadvantage. But under the condition of not revealing their trump cards, the four of them could only hold Giant Spirit Ghostly Lord back when they joined forces. He could only smile insincerely. "Dao friend Shi is an itinerant ghostly cultivator. I met him 700 years ago. You don't have to worry about him, Dashing Mountain Ghostly Lord."

The jade-green light came nearer, and within it was a pale-white palanquin. Four men in mourning clothes carried the palanquin. The person in the palanquin did not show his face, nor did he have time to speak. Because as the four ghostly lords gathered, the Left Sacred Imperial Palace below changed.

Black qi churned violently, and a ghostly shadow rapidly grew. In a flash, it was tens of thousands of zhang tall. Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth, its black armor was unusually heavy. Its face was hidden behind the helmet, and it gave off a majestic and imposing feeling.

As it neared, the space and spiritual qi all showed signs of tearing. Even though his strength was at its lowest, Giant Spirit Ghostly Lord still attacked without any fear or hesitation.