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Chapter 742: The Shadow-Eating Ghost, Ghost Rearing Technique
Chapter 742: The Shadow-Eating Ghost, Ghost Rearing Technique
"The trip to the Star Cave of Fengyuan has been quite fruitful."
Lu Chen held the bone lantern, his spirit lamp, and gazed at the pale candle within the human leather lampshade. Countless malevolent spirits crowded together, leaving no space in between.
Among the spirits was a high-quality soul of a fifth-grade Pellet Condensation Realm cultivator, along with a large number of low-level yin beings collected from the black mist of the abyss. Although there wasn't much flesh, what was there was of superior quality—an ounce of it was worth dozens of pounds of ordinary demon beast meat.
As for spirit blood, with the Blood Spring Mother, a sinister creature capable of producing its own blood, the issue of insufficient blood sources had been completely resolved.
"Now, it's time to deal with you, little ghost."
Lu Chen reached out, and the small, greenish-black ghost that had been quietly following him appeared, restrained by the fine web of clear qi.
Even bound by the web, the ghost's ferocity was evident as it bared its teeth at Lu Chen, as if choosing its next prey.
Its body flickered between substance and insubstance, and if not for the natural suppression of the Xuan Tian Qing Wei Miao Fa, it might have escaped the web's restraints and vanished into the void.
"This little ghost might not have much, but its tracking abilities are remarkable."
Lu Chen couldn't help but marvel. He had been vigilant ever since he noticed someone spying on him in the ghost market.
Using the Po Wang Tong Shu continuously after leaving, he had finally discovered this greenish-black ghost, which seemed to have infiltrated his shadow.
With a thought, he directed a wisp of yin qi toward the ghost's black lips.
The little ghost was not foolish; suspecting a trick, it turned its head away.
"Eat!"
At Lu Chen's rebuke, the clear qi web binding the ghost quickly contracted. Black smoke emanated from the ghost's body, as if it were about to be purified by the web.
Once again, the yin qi was offered to its black lips.
This time, the greenish-black ghost obediently swallowed the yin qi.
Lu Chen focused his spiritual sense on the ghost's body and instantly gained a detailed understanding of it.
Shadow-Eating Ghost, a fifth-grade ghostly being. It is extremely cunning and sinister, possessing exceptional tracking abilities. It can seamlessly merge with a cultivator's shadow and, after complete fusion, even possess and control the cultivator's physical body.
"So it's a fifth-grade ghost after all, no wonder it's so troublesome," Lu Chen thought to himself.
This so-called Shadow-Eating Ghost was unlike ordinary ghosts. If a typical Pellet Condensation Realm cultivator were targeted by it, they would likely be unable to escape. Those two evil cultivators had relied on this formidable ghost to successfully ambush and kill their victims.
"There might not be much left in the storage bag, but it's worth a look."
Lu Chen broke the simple restrictions on the storage bag and took out its contents one by one.
"Ghost Rearing Technique, a manual detailing over a dozen methods for incubating and raising ghosts. Each method is exceedingly sinister and detrimental to the heavens and the order of nature; not suitable for a kind and virtuous person like me."
"Ghost fetus? The yin qi cannot discern detailed information; it must be incubated using secret techniques. I'll give it a try if I have the chance."
Although Lu Chen had kept a sinister creature in his cave abode, he had never attempted to rear ghosts, and his curiosity was piqued.
Aside from these, the rest of the items didn't interest him much. There were two fourth-grade little ghosts, the Ghost Devouring Evil Vine intended as food for the ghosts, and a fifth-grade magical artifact—all rather ordinary.
As for the old woman's storage bag, it contained two fifth-grade magical artifacts: a slender flying sword with unparalleled sharpness and a black robe made from an unknown hide, providing exceptional protection.
Additionally, there were some miscellaneous items like pills, talismans, and the like, but their grades were not particularly high.
However, the total amount of spirit stones reached nearly 100,000, which surprised Lu Chen and greatly improved his impression of the typically impoverished solitary cultivators.
Soon after, he exited the cave and entered the Star-Plucking Tower.
He had no plans to rent a cave abode in the Fengyuan Star Cave just yet. He would make that decision after the Holy Infant Fruit mother plant and its two offspring matured completely.
Upon returning to his cave abode, Lu Chen immediately dispelled the two fifth-grade formations guarding it. Fatbird, Leilong Kuang, Qingyue Lin, and the rest of his spiritual beasts rushed forward to greet him, vying for his attention and caresses.
After soothing them briefly, Lu Chen hurried to his spirit fields.
In the core spirit field area of his cave abode, rare spiritual soils like wu spirit soil, thunder sand, and five-colored earth were laid out, nurturing the high-grade spirit plants.
Lu Chen approached the Eightfold Palace, which had already entered the growth phase. The first layer showed no signs of change since he had left the cave abode.
He cast the Spirit Rain Technique, thoroughly nourishing the seventh-grade spirit plant, before retrieving the massive wind hole stone from the Greedy Insect Pouch.
Wails and howls of wind emanated from the numerous apertures of the wind hole stone, as gusts of strange wind surged forth to envelop the Eightfold Palace spirit plant.
Through his spiritual sense, Lu Chen perceived that the abnormal wind within the first layer had quickened, and the spirit plant exuded a burgeoning vitality.
"With a fifth-grade wind hole stone of this size, it should be enough to successfully cultivate the first layer," Lu Chen remarked, gazing at the first layer's spirit flower enveloped in the strange wind and light.
The seventh-grade spirit plant, the Yimu Qingleiteng, had only been cultivated to the first stage, yet it had yielded the first layer of the Shenixing Zhenfa. This Eightfold Palace, of the same grade, consisted of eight equally important spirit flowers, so the reward for the first light orb should be equally substantial.
After tending to the other high-grade spirit plants in the spirit field, Lu Chen made his way to the underworld spirit field area.
"First, I need to establish a dwelling for the Blood Spring Mother."
The Blood Spring Mother required a blood sea environment for growth and was sustained by essence blood. As an evil creature with such specific conditions, it wouldn't be suitable to place it in the small lake where the Lihuo Jiao and other spiritual beasts resided.
Lu Chen found an empty spot in the corner of the underworld spirit field and cast the Earth Drawing Technique. Soon, a small pool measuring about two zhang in length and width formed.
Then, he took out dozens of white jade bottles filled with the essence blood he had extracted from the dragon-like creatures. Although the quantity was vast, the quality was not high, and the Fleshly Soul Devil no longer consumed such essence blood. However, it was perfect for nourishing the Blood Spring Mother in its juvenile stage.
Lu Chen then filled the small pool with spirit spring water, causing the essence blood of the dragon-like creatures to diffuse and turn the entire pool blood-red, emitting a thick, bloody aura.
He retrieved the Blood Spring Mother, unlocked the seal, and established a contract before placing it into the small pool.
Having been confined in that white jade basin with poor living conditions, the juvenile evil creature finally showed signs of vitality in the small pool filled with pure dragon-like creature essence blood.
After a while, it began spraying jets of blood, full of vigor.
Satisfied with the result, Lu Chen planted three Soul Insect Fungi in the blank spirit field and cultivated the sixth-grade Fragrant Meat Branch in the Youni Rou.
After that, he approached the Ghost Devouring Evil Vine and took out the fifth-grade Shadow-Eating Ghost. He directly extracted a portion from the little ghost's body and fed it to the Ghost Devouring Evil Vine.
(End of Chapter)
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