"Hundred-Bone Skeleton?" It was the first time that Akatsuki had heard of this name.
"For thousands of years, countless people and animals have died in this desert. The accumulated resentment has led to the rampant ghosts and monsters here." Ye Fan said to Akatsuki, "That Hundred-Bone Skeleton is one of them."
"Hundred-Bone Skeleton, is it a ghost?" Akatsuki asked Ye Fan.
"It's not as simple as a ghost." Ye Fan said with a solemn face, "The original form of this Hundred-Bone Skeleton was originally a skeleton in the desert. Because its resentment was not extinguished when it was dying, its ghost did not disperse. It was lonely and had no one to rely on, so it could only linger on the corpse. After a long time, its resentment and soul merged with the skeleton, and it gained intelligence."
"You mean, this evil thing is a skeleton possessed by a ghost?" Akatsuki asked.
"You're thinking too simply," Ye Fan said as he looked at Akatsuki, "If that's the case, the Taoist priest in Fire Dragon Town who returned to the secular world would have already subdued it. How could it have died tragically in the hands of this evil thing?"
"Then what's going on?" Akatsuki asked Ye Fan in confusion.
"After the resentment soul merged with the skeleton, it was just the beginning," Ye Fan continued, "After this thing gained intelligence, it would continuously absorb the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, as well as the essence of the sun and the moon. Although this desert is uninhabited with thousands of miles of yellow sand, for this evil thing, it's simply an excellent place for cultivation. "
"An excellent place for cultivation? You mean this desert? "Akatsuki's words were filled with surprise.
This was the first time she had heard of this.
As far as she knew, cultivators would usually choose to cultivate in a secluded environment deep in the mountains and forests where spiritual energy lingered. She had never heard of anyone who would choose a deserted desert filled with yellow sand as a place to cultivate.
"You mustn't underestimate this desert," Ye Fan explained to Akatsuki. "During the day, the Yang Qi here is blazing and unbearably hot; at night, the Yin Qi is pure and as cold as water. As for that evil creature, it has Yin Soul and Yang Bone. It's not an ordinary monster, and the desert's environment provides it with the best place to cultivate. "
"No wonder they call themselves the Desert God." Akatsuki suddenly realized.
"This evil creature is completely different from ordinary demons," Ye Fan continued. "If ordinary demons want to become powerful, they need to cultivate for hundreds of years before they can take human form, remove the hyoid bone in their mouth, and speak human language. And this evil creature itself is transformed from a human, so its intelligence is naturally much higher than other demons. In this way, it can take less than three years of cultivation to take human form and harm people everywhere. They usually appear at night and turn into handsome men and beautiful women to seduce and confuse passing merchants. They take the opportunity to absorb their flesh and Primordial Spirit in order to enhance their own cultivation and try to cultivate into a Bone Immortal! "
"Bone Immortal?" Akatsuki frowned after hearing this.
These two words made people feel uncomfortable.
"That's right, Bone Immortal." Ye Fan frowned and said, "Every time this evil creature absorbs a person's flesh and Primordial Spirit, its own cultivation will increase by a little. When the number of people whose flesh and Primordial Spirit has been absorbed reaches a hundred, one of the original white bones will directly turn into a demon bone. When the hundred white bones in the body completely turn into demon bones, it will cultivate into a Bone Demon, also known as a Hundred Bone Skeleton. If this Hundred Bone Skeleton wants to continue to cultivate into a Bone Immortal, it must continue to harm people. However, the flesh and Primordial Spirit needed to cultivate into a Bone Immortal is no longer the flesh and Primordial Spirit of ordinary humans, but must be children under the age of seven! Every year, it will devour five pairs of children. After a hundred years, it will become a Bone Immortal! Once it becomes a Bone Immortal, even the immortals from the Upper Realm can't do anything to it! "
"Could it be that the pair of evil creatures that asked for children from the people of Fire Dragon Town has already cultivated into a Hundred Bone Skeleton?" Akatsuki asked in surprise after hearing Ye Fan's words.
According to Ye Fan's words, the pair of Hundred Bone Skeletons had killed at least thousands of people!
Ye Fan nodded with a solemn face.
"Could it be that the Hundred Bone Skeletons we saw in the desert were …" Ye Fan's words suddenly reminded Akatsuki of the caravan that had died tragically.
"It was done by the Hundred Bone Skeleton," Ye Fan said with a frown, "There were babies in the caravan, so they naturally wouldn't let them go."
"Unforgivable!" Akatsuki said with gritted teeth.
"There are two more days until the deadline given by that evil creature," Ye Fan said calmly and looked at Akatsuki, "Before that, I have a very important thing that I need your help with."
"What's the important thing?" Akatsuki asked Ye Fan, "What do you need me to do?"
"At dawn tomorrow, bring Shopkeeper Du and his wife and bring all the residents of Fire Dragon Town safely to the Fire Dragon Temple that is fifteen kilometers away from here," Ye Fan said.
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