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Chapter 864: Reunion, Returning to One's Roots
Chapter 864: Reunion, Returning to One's Roots
"Meiling?"
Luo Chen asked softly, extending his sturdy arm.
The giant python nodded repeatedly and climbed up along his arm.
As it landed in his hand, there was a slight weight, but it still felt incredibly light and ethereal.
It wasn't that Luo Chen didn't care about the weight, but the python was indeed that ethereal and light.
This was because the seemingly solid body of the python was actually just a pure gathering of ghostly energy.
Thus, this python was a ghost! But Luo Chen didn't mind at all, simply because the other party was none other than Bai Meiling!
Luo Chen slowly raised his arm, looking at the slender-bodied Bai Meiling, her eyes filled with joy, and curiously asked, "How did you end up here, and you've even condensed a ghost infant, reaching the fourth rank of the Ghost Emperor realm?"
Upon confirming that it was Luo Chen, Bai Meiling was overjoyed. Her light body coiled tightly around Luo Chen's arm, as if afraid he would run away.
"Master, this story is a long one."
Luo Chen smiled slightly, "If it's a long story, then take your time! It's just right, I also need to clean up the battlefield."
As he spoke, Luo Chen patted his body, enduring the pain.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Four black shadows were forced out.
They were the four black cones.
Then, with another wave of his hand, a black light flew over from a distance.
The four black cones seemed to sense it, merging with the black light like swallows returning to their nest.
Under the moonlight, Luo Chen raised his hand and examined the thick black cone.
The Town Law Quintessence Cone, a treasure of Tian Fan City!
It was indeed extraordinary; when driven into a cultivator's body, it severed the Extraordinary Meridians, blocked the Purple Mansion's barriers, and made it difficult for the cultivator's Nascent Soul to be mobilized.
Moreover, it was evident that the Hundred Foot's technique of controlling the True Artifact was not exquisite enough, as he had not pushed the power of this True Artifact to its limit.
With just a touch, Luo Chen knew that if this cone were driven into a cultivator's Nascent Soul, they would be completely powerless to resist.
Like before, Luo Chen used his two major soul fragments to mobilize the spiritual power within his orifices, unknowingly prying open the suppression of the four Town Law black cones.
This was why, in the final strike, Luo Chen had enough spiritual power to display the Withering Prosperity Finger!
By his ear, Bai Meiling's voice recounted the past, carrying a hint of heaviness.
"During the Demon Tide outbreak, the Luo Tian Sect was forced to relocate. Unfortunately, I got separated from them and ended up wandering alone."
Luo Chen nodded; this event was recorded in the Luo Tian Annals.
"Fortunately, I was just a wild ghost, and in the midst of chaos, no one paid attention to me. After all, everywhere was filled with ghosts, evil spirits, and vengeful souls transformed from the grudges and obsessions of cultivators and demons who had died."
"Moreover, with the Soul Nourishing Banner and the Ghost Cultivation Method bestowed upon me by my master in the past, I searched for Gu Caiyi and the others while cultivating."
Luo Chen performed a series of hand seals, touching his chest.
In an instant, blood mist enveloped him.
His massive body rapidly shrank under the rolling blood mist, quickly returning to its original state.
Luo Chen examined himself; this battle had been intense and lasted a long time, from noon until the bright moon hung high in the sky.
His Mystic Dust Armor was now tattered and uneven, with several holes.
Such damage couldn't be repaired solely by the automatic recovery ability of the Mystic Dust Armor.
After returning, he would need to find some materials to fill the gaps and then nurture it well.
As for the injuries on his body, with flesh rolled up and bones exposed, they looked hideous and terrifying.
But to Luo Chen, these injuries weren't too severe.
After performing a few healing techniques, swallowing a few pills, and utilizing his powerful self-healing ability, they no longer bothered him.
Bai Meiling's ghostly energy swirled as the ghostly python body slowly shrinking, perched on Luo Chen's shoulder.
"After I returned to the Jade Ding Domain, I discovered it had been completely devastated, reduced to a ghost realm."
"But it was fortunate that it was a ghost realm. I found a yin cave filled with ghostly energy and cultivated bitterly for several decades, finally breaking through to the third rank of the Ghost King realm in one go."
"After advancing to the third rank of the Ghost King realm, I finally had the courage to travel the world. I learned that the Luo Tian Sect was staying on this side of the Taihu Domain, so I hurried over."
"But upon arrival, I found that the place had already been occupied by the Demonic Tribes, and countless cultivators had perished."
As Luo Chen was busily collecting the scattered treasures, he heard these words and paused.
Indeed, the Luo Tian Annals recorded this.
There was even a simple sentence inside that made Luo Chen sigh.
[Gu Caiyi's disciple, Yuan Xiaoyue, died in the west of Taihu]
Luo Chen sighed and approached the Hundred Foot's corpse.
Even in death, with the body sinking into the lake, half of it was still exposed.
The corpse of a Great Demon Emperor! And a Great Demon Emperor who excelled in body refinement! The value of this corpse was immeasurable.
The only imperfection was that the most refined blood inside was now completely gone, absorbed by the Yuan Tu Sword.
Oh well!
Being able to kill the opponent was already a blessing; how could he be greedy for perfection?
Luo Chen spat out a White Gold Sword Pill, which transformed into sword silk and began to quickly slice up the corpse.
One by one, the arms were cut off.
Even the internal organs were carefully selected.
Luo Chen even specially dug out the eyeballs.
Under the night sky, Luo Chen transformed into a ruthless butcher, performing a bloody and gruesome dismemberment.
After carefully extracting the valuable materials from the corpse, he didn't waste even the centipede meat.
"Little Black, this is all for you!"
With a pat on his left arm, a black light shot out, startling Bai Meiling.
The Black King landed on the ground, but instead of rushing to the feast, it pouted and lay down in front of Luo Chen.
"Master, why didn't you call me out to help this time?"
Luo Chen laughed heartily, "It's not that I look down on you, but this is the first time I've revealed my complete body. If I don't control my strength well and accidentally turn you into a meat patty, it would be a real shame."
"Next time, I'll definitely call you!"
Controlling his strength to avoid turning himself into a meat patty, was this not looking down on me? Black King grumbled and then manifested his hundred-foot true form, using his innate devouring ability to swallow the centipede's body.
A hundred-foot body devouring a seven- or eight-hundred-foot centipede was akin to a snake swallowing an elephant.
But after swallowing it, Black King's body only grew a bit rounder.
"Burp!"
He belched, glanced curiously at Bai Meiling, and then burrowed back into Luo Chen's arm.
Bai Meiling stared timidly at the black dragon pattern on Luo Chen's arm, "What's this?"
Luo Chen smiled slightly, "This is my new spirit beast I acquired over the years, a bit of a dimwit."
Bai Meiling hissed, quite surprised.
When Black King had devoured the centipede's body, the aura he exuded was far from that of a weakling.
In her eyes, even some Nascent Soul True Immortals might fall short.
The master had become even more formidable!
Luo Chen paused his work and frowned at Bai Meiling's ghostly giant python body.
"The cultivation method I gave you back then was the orthodox Human Clan ghost cultivation technique. How did you end up like this?"
Hearing this, Bai Meiling, whose conversation had been interrupted earlier, suddenly became interested.
"Master, follow me!"
She flew out from Luo Chen's body and dove straight into Tai Lake.
"Oh?"
Luo Chen blinked, curious, and followed her down.
At this moment, Tai Lake was murky beyond recognition due to the previous battle.
Waves surged, and mud churned.
Wherever they passed, large rocks and jade pillars were embedded upside down in the lakebed.
Soon, Bai Meiling's footsteps halted at a lush waterweed-covered area.
"This is the place!"
She parted the waterweeds, waiting for Luo Chen.
Luo Chen swept his divine sense through, but found no signs of life.
Doubts filled his mind, but he stepped into the secluded cave dwelling covered in waterweeds.
As he entered, Luo Chen's body stiffened.
Inside the water cave, a young woman lay on a stone bed, her features unchanged, just as they were back then.
Luo Chen sighed softly, "It's Xiao Yue!"
Bai Meiling followed, climbing onto the stone bed and recounting the events of the past.
She had come to Tai Lake Domain in search of traces of Luo Tian Sect, but instead of reuniting with them, she witnessed the Demonic Tribes slaughtering fleeing cultivators.
She was about to leave when she saw 'Yuan Xiao Yue' slaughtering all around.
Bai Meiling was puzzled and revealed herself, but the other party didn't recognize her at all.
It was known that Bai Meiling had stayed on Danxia Mountain for a long time, and most of the Luo Tian Sect's higher-ups knew her.
Yuan Xiao Yue held a high position, and since they were both from Dahhe Village, she naturally recognized Bai Meiling.
After a battle, Bai Meiling finally understood why.
Yuan Xiao Yue had already died.
Her body was occupied by a lone soul.
And that lone soul had no will, only a pure desire to kill.
To preserve her friend's body, Bai Meiling fought a fierce battle, eventually resorting to her Ghost King realm to devour the other party's soul.
This devouring technique was common among Ghost Kings.
But only those brutal and cruel Ghost Kings would use it; orthodox ghost cultivators scorned and dared not recklessly absorb other souls.
It was after this devouring that Bai Meiling became trapped in Tai Lake Domain.
"That soul was a part of the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent!" Bai Meiling explained.
Luo Chen pondered, recalling another past event.
Tai Lake Domain had once been invaded by the Demonic Tribes, with several Demon Emperors leading the charge, including the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent under Huang Man's command!
That battle was extremely intense.
The Tai Lake Palace's Supreme Elder, together with Ling Fengzi and others, managed to slay the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent, even shattering its Nascent Soul and splitting its divine soul.
Ling Fengzi and the others divided the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent's remains, and one of its large tendons was given to Luo Chen as a reward for refining the Hidden Wind Pill.
The soul fragment Bai Meiling encountered was a part of the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent's soul that had scattered in Tai Lake Domain.
After devouring this soul, Bai Meiling, whose ghost cultivation was already not high, suffered backlash.
Driven by the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent's soul, she began searching for other scattered soul fragments in Tai Lake Domain.
During this time, Bai Meiling maintained her resolve, gradually erasing the weak wills within those soul fragments and improving her cultivation.
Despite her cultivation path, her practice deviated under the innate instincts of the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent.
In the end, she became the ghostly body of a serpentine charm.
"The Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent is different from ordinary Demon Emperors. Not only is it proficient in water-based demonic arts, but it also excels in soul-charming techniques. The former is acquired through cultivation, but the latter is innate, just like the 'Nine Nether' in her name, which implies a demon beast born in the damp and dark Nine Nether Realm."
"That's why even when surrounded by Nascent Soul Cultivators, she could die in battle but her soul remains intact."
"It's as if it's all for your benefit."
Luo Chen sighed, feeling pity as he gently rubbed Bai Meiling's solid ghostly body.
Bai Meiling was quite pleased, but also somewhat troubled.
"Even though the will within the scattered souls of the Nine Nether Enchanting Serpent is very weak, it still puts a lot of pressure on me. To eliminate them, I often have to fall into a deep sleep, spending my days in a daze. When I sensed the aura of my master earlier, I was hesitant to recognize you."
Luo Chen smiled slightly, for he had also experienced something similar.
Previously, he had sensed Bai Meiling's soul aura, otherwise, why would he have fought against the Hundred-Foot Demon Emperor and used the Flame Escape Technique to flee without a care?
"No worries, I'll help you with these minor issues in the future."
Bai Meiling nodded happily, she trusted Luo Chen!
But as she lowered her head to look at Yuan Xiaoyue's physical body, she felt a twinge of sadness.
"Xiaoyue is beyond saving."
Luo Chen silently gazed at the corpse.
Suddenly, he took out a piece of profound ice! This profound ice was originally prepared for Cang Lang, but now it had another use.
The tip of his finger emitted sword energy, and the profound ice crumbled into ice shavings.
In an instant, an ice coffin was formed.
Luo Chen bent down, picked up Yuan Xiaoyue's body, and placed it inside.
"Death is inevitable, but leaving a complete body is a form of closure. It's like a leaf returning to its roots, a kind of fulfillment."
After storing the ice coffin in his storage ring, Luo Chen beckoned to Bai Meiling.
"Let's go, we can't stay here any longer."
Bai Meiling stared at the scene, feeling a little dazed. She noticed that Luo Chen had become more indifferent to the death of his friends.
It was as if he had already gotten used to it.
"Hmm?" Luo Chen turned to look at her.
Bai Meiling quickly followed.
She perched on Luo Chen's shoulder, trying to dispel the confusion in her heart by talking animatedly, just like the lively chirping of birds from her past.
"The Soul Nourishing Banner you gave me is no longer useful."
"I know, that Soul Nourishing Banner was originally a treasure, but it's incomplete. How could it accommodate a Fourth Rank Ghost Emperor like you? Don't worry, I have a better one here, a Soul Nourishing Banner from the North Sea Demon Sect, a True Artifact!"
"Really?"
"Would I lie to you?"
Perhaps it was because he had just slain a powerful Demon Emperor, or maybe it was the influence of his old friend's lively personality, but at that moment, Luo Chen was in a great mood, a rare occasion for him to joke with Bai Meiling.
However, as he leaped out of the lake, this pleasant mood vanished.
The great battle had paused long ago.
Tai Lake was still raging, its waves fierce and angry.
The bright moonlight reflected on the rippling lake surface, unable to form a clear image.
Sometimes it shattered, sometimes it folded.
Luo Chen glanced back at the direction of the Azure Sky Domain, and even from tens of thousands of miles away, it seemed as if he could still see the Netherworld Yellow Spring Map, which blotted out the sky.
Two whole days had passed!
Was the Soul Transformation battle still going on?
It was already affecting the Taihu Domain.
He dared not linger, and with a leap, he flew even further away.
...
A towering cliff stood high in the clouds, as if reaching for the heavens.
A man in a white robe sat cross-legged on top, gazing at the clouds rolling and unfolding in the sky, his mind calm.
Beneath his feet was Skytouch Cliff! Once a sacred place of the Nascent Soul Upper Sect, a place where ordinary people dared not venture.
This sect was quite interesting; its name was Skytouch Cliff, its inherited True Artifact was also called Skytouch Cliff, and even its sacred place bore the same name.
But it wasn't until Luo Chen arrived here that he understood their obsession.
The spiritual energy was so abundant, surpassing ordinary Fourth Stage Spirit Veins.
Moreover, the spiritual energy on Skytouch Cliff was exceptionally pure, making it very suitable for cultivators to absorb and refine, without requiring too much effort.
The only pity was that this pure spiritual land was only a small area, and it was only by chance that Luo Chen, using his Illusion-Breaking Eye, was able to find it.
The rest of the area was just an ordinary Fourth Stage Spirit Vein.
"The old ghost of Skytouch Cliff has occupied this place for many years, yet he's stuck at the early Nascent Soul stage. What a waste!"
Luo Chen muttered, then closed his eyes and continued to focus on sensing the flow of heaven and earth's energy.
This was the only way he could determine when the Soul Transformation battle would end.
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Was the Ancient Demon Emperor Tian so difficult to deal with? Could the three great ancestors of the Abyss Sect, fighting together for three days, not defeat him?
Luo Chen couldn't help but doubt the strength of the Abyss Sect he was about to join.
Just as this thought crossed his mind, the cloud sea beneath his feet suddenly rippled.
Luo Chen was taken aback, "It's back?"
But the next moment, the ripples disappeared.
Luo Chen stood up abruptly, his eyes shining, and through the thick layer of Nascent Soul energy, he looked towards a place thousands of miles away.
"Is it all over now?"
(End of Chapter)
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