Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “Even Shattering Void Tier cultivators only have a lifespan of over a thousand years. What kind of old evil ghost is that amazing that it can live for several millennia?”
“Tsk, you don’t understand. How could ghosts be the same as human beings?” Qin Lian Yue said disdainfully.
“What’s the difference?” Ling Han asked with a smile.
How could Qin Lian Yue actually point out the differences? She could only retort, “I am not a ghost, so how would I know!”
Ling Han made no further jokes, and said, “However, if there really were ghosts here, I really would like to take a look.”
“Niu wants to see too.” Hu Niu followed Ling Han’s lead.
“What’s there to see about ghosts.” Qin Lian Yue immediately shook her head. Zhu Xuan Er also expressed her deep agreement. Girls feared this kind of thing the most.
They advanced, and soon, they spotted Li Feng Yu and his sister. That guy was really quite thick-skinned, forcing his way into their group, and formed a small team with Ling Han and the others.
“This place is so spooky, there can’t really be ghosts here, right?” Li Feng Yu asked.
“Hey, hey, hey. Don’t such inauspicious things!” everyone else exclaimed, feeling their hair standing on ends just from listening to him.
The further they walked, the darker their surroundings became, as if it had become a ghostly zone.
“Yi, what’s that?” Li Zi Xian asked, pointing ahead.
“A bone.” Hu Niu’s eyes were sharp,
The group walked forwards, and saw that there was indeed a bone on the ground. They did not know whether it belonged to an animal or a human, or how long the owner had been dead for, but they could still see the bone glowing as if it was a piece of treasure.
“This is a human bone,” Qin Lian Yue said with absolute certainty.
Ling Han nodded. This was indeed a human bone. When the owner had been alive, he must have been very powerful, because there were patterns left behind on the bone that formed some kind of inheritance. Now, these patterns were more or less worn away, but one could still how powerful it had once been.
“No existence could fight off the erosion of time.” He felt very rueful. To be capable of forming patterns on even one’s bones would require the cultivation level of the Heaven Tier at the very least, but so what? A few centuries and a few millennia later, all that was left behind was a pile of bones, and even the bones themselves would deteriorate before completely disappearing from the world.
“Yi, the bone seems to be shining!” Li Feng Yu was very curious, and was just about to dig the bone out, but his hand had just touched the bone when an incredibly bright, powerful flash of light appeared
Peng , he was instantly sent flying.
Everyone was stunned; was this the rise of the dead? But how was a dead corpse that had died who knew how many years ago, and whose bone patterns were almost worn away to nothing, supposed to rise?
Ka, ka, ka, ka . The ground split open. Peng , a skeletal hand stretched out, followed by the second one. Then, they saw a skeleton crawl out of the dirt, and in its chest was a stone that was glowing with light.
Wasn’t that the stone they were supposed to fight over?
Realization dawned on them. The secret to this skeleton being able to move even after death was this stone. It seemed to have turned this skeleton into a puppet, and caused it to move under its control.
The skeleton exuded a powerful aura. Its cultivation level had, after all, been extremely high when it had still been alive. Even if its bone patterns were almost worn away to nothing after death, it was still overwhelmingly powerful.
‘Peak of the Spiritual Infant Tier.” They all nodded.
“Charge!” Hu Niu charged out, and engaged the skeleton in a fierce battle.
This skeleton was really very strong. Its bones were protected by the patterns, and were thus incredibly hard; the strange stone was the source of its strength, allowing it to display battle prowess on the level of the peak of the Spiritual Infant Tier.
Theoretically, this skeleton was definitely not something that could be beaten by a cultivator in the Spiritual Infant Tier, because in terms of defense, it was unbeatable. However, since the source of its energy was the stone in its chest, then one only had to remove the stone, and it would naturally be reduced to a perfectly normal pile of bones.
This design made it extremely difficult to get ahold of the strange stone, but it was not completely impossible.
Yet Hu Niu did not bother at all, and completely ignored the presence of the stone. Instead, she clashed against the skeleton endlessly with peng, peng, pengsounds. Zizizi , she used the power of lightning, and after every attack, the skeleton would shiver as if it was soon about to collapse and shatter.
Everyone was dumbfounded. This little girl was really a violent maniac. She actually wanted to forcefully kill a skeleton that, to them, seemed impossible to kill in a head-on confrontation. They were all flushed as well, for they felt like they couldn’t even match a little girl.
After over a dozen moves, this skeleton monster was forcefully shattered apart by Hu Niu.
The little girl picked up the stone, and scampered back to hand it over to Ling Han. After getting a praising pat on the head from Ling Han, she happily beamed with joy.
How easily coaxed!
Everyone else felt rueful over Ling Han’s good fortune; he had actually managed to pick up such a powerful little girl as his loyal thug.
It seemed like their luck was quite good. After walking for a while, they again found a bone on a spot, and when they came closer, indeed, another skeleton crawled out of the ground. There was a strange shining stone in its chest.
This time, Ling Han attacked, and charged towards the skeleton. He attacked head-on as well, and did not have the slightest intention of a diversionary strategy at all, causing those who saw him grab their heads and declare him a monster in their shock.
Chapter 661 - Snatching Stones
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Everyone felt speechless.
An enemy they’d originally thought could only be dealt with using a roundabout strategy, but both Ling Han and Hu Niu chose a frontal strategy. Furthermore, it wasn’t a rash move to show their superior might, either, as their terrifying power was right there for them to see!
Ling Han wielded his finger like he was brandishing a sword, and delivered a slash in the direction of the skeleton monster.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, xiu . Sword Ray swiftly slashed forth, accompanied by bright white lightning. The power of lightning had greatly increased the power of Sword Ray. One had to understand that the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven was a Mystical Power, and Ling Han had reached minor accomplishment level in body of lightning. How could it not be powerful?
The skeleton monster shook wildly from the electrocution, and the multiple flashes of Sword Ray sliced it repeatedly, leaving behind many slash marks on its bones.
In theory, this kind of monster was definitely not something that could be injured by a Spiritual Infant Tier cultivator, but who asked Ling Han’s battle prowess to have exceeded the level of the Spiritual Infant Tier? Sword Ray together with Thunderclap Ninth Heaven… his current battle prowess was worth one Star of the Deity Transformation Tier at least.
Similarly, after a dozen over moves, the skeleton was slashed to bits by Ling Han, and returned once again to the dirt from whence it came.
Rest in peace, Ling Han said internally, feeling slightly displeased because the Restore Heaven Academy actually used the corpses of powerful cultivators who had died who knew how many years ago as tools—from a certain aspect, what difference was there between them and the Thousand Corpse Sect?
Thinking about it closely, there really was not much difference between the two.
The Thousand Corpse Sect wanted to turn all the people of a whole realm into Corpse Soldiers, whereas the five great sects wanted to refine
them all into an alchemical pill. They both wanted to destroy all life, so which one of them could declare themselves nobler?
They were birds of the same feather!
Ling Han picked up the strange stone. Indeed, it could not be stored away into the Black Tower or a Spatial Ring; it seemed like it had a life and will of its own. With a thought, he summoned the Rock Spirit and tossed the strange stone over to it.
The Rock Spirit sniffed it for a while before suddenly opening its mouth widely. With a crack, it had swallowed the strange stone, and began to chew on it noisily like how a human being would chew on a bone. The sound caused the others to feel a soreness in their gums.
That could actually be chewed on?
“Ling Han, why did you destroy the strange stone?” Qin Lian Yue gasped in shock after momentary shock.
“That’s right. That is something that could help you become a Core Disciple,” Li Zi Xian said.
Ling Han smiled softly, and said, “It’s all right. Anyways, there’s more of it, so we’ll just take things slow.” The Rock Spirit would only eat stones that could increase its power. Since it was fond of eating it, that proved that this stone was of use to it.
After the Rock Spirit finished eating, it leaned against Ling Han’s leg and rubbed its head against him like it was a little puppy. But its strength was really too tremendous; one rub was enough to shake even the earth itself, which was incredibly terrifying.
Thankfully, Ling Han had cultivated the Indestructible Heaven Scroll, and possessed amazing strength himself. If not, with the Rock Spirit rubbing against him like that, he would have been sent flying, his bones and flesh shattered from the impact.
Everyone else inhaled sharply. This puppet was very intelligent. It would actually take the initiative to play cute. Furthermore, that strength was really terrifyingly powerful.
The Rock Spirit stared at Ling Han pitifully, its mouth open wide. If it was a human being, it would most probably be salivating by now.
Ling Han knew that this guy was remembering that brick, but that brick had disappeared along with Helian Xun Xue. Even he could not find it. He did not know what had happened that Sea Girl would actually leave without a word.
“Here, I’ll give you this too!” He threw the other strange stone over to the Rock Spirit as well.
The Rock Spirit grabbed it and immediately began chewing. Though this was completely incomparable to the “brick’, but every little bit counted. It was a waste to refuse when Ling Han had given the strange stone to it.
A thought flashed in Ling Han’s mind. Since the first floor of the Black Tower was the Source of Earth, then could it nurture some kind of supreme strange stone to help the Rock Spirit increase its power? He immediately communicated with Small Tower and voiced the question with his divine sense.
“Yes!” Small Tower replied crisply.
Ling Han felt a bit like he was about to go crazy, and asked, “Then why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“You didn’t ask,” Small Tower answered calmly.
Ling Han felt a violent urge to beat someone up, and said, “Fine, then. Then give me a few hundred or a few thousand stones.”
If Small Tower actually had eyes, it would definitely roll its eyes at Ling Han. It gave a humph, and said, “Black Tower is still being restored, so how could there be so much Chaos Power to be expended? It can only supply a single stone every month or so.”
One stone per month, then. It was better than nothing.
“Then how are the effects?” Ling Han asked.
“After eating three, that rock man can break through to the Spiritual Infant Tier. After six, it can break through to the Deity Transformation Tier,” Small Tower replied calmly.
F***, so awesome?
Ling Han could not help but feel depressed. He worked so hard at his cultivation, but the Rock Spirit need only to eat a few stones and its cultivation level would gradually soar. Such a comparison could really drive him to a death by anger.
Since it was so easy for the Rock Spirit to raise its level, Ling Han did not plan to feed strange stones to the big guy anymore. He laughed, and said, “Since you’re full, then do your work responsibly.”
“Ang!” the Rock Spirit pounded on its chest like a rampaging gorilla.
Everyone once again clicked their tongues in wonder. This puppet was really too human in behavior.
They continued their way, and soon, they again spotted white bones buried underneath the ground. This time, there weren’t that few in number, either. They crawled out from underground, and charged to attack Ling Han and the others.
They all used their respective strengths and began to add credit to themselves.
However, the skeleton monsters were really too powerful. A Spiritual Infant Tier cultivator would still have a chance with a roundabout strategy to take advantage of an opening to remove the strange stone, but Flower Blossom Tier cultivators would not even have the opportunity to get near to it, as they would soon be sent flying away by the terrifying aura.
… The first round was still all right. Even though Spiritual Infant Tier cultivators were powerful, the strange winds they suffered were even more powerful, and did not allow them too much of an advantage over their Flower Blossom Tier peers. But here, the power advantage that Spiritual Infant Tier cultivators had could be seen in full.
After all, the first test was to pick those young men and women with good talent and strong determination, but this test was to pick out the geniuses among geniuses, so, naturally, only the cream of the crop would be able to charge out of the ranks.
The Rock Spirit took the position of vanguard, and charged to attack those skeleton monsters. Yet it had just charged out when it was sent flying with a single punch, and shattered into a pile of rubble. Thankfully, its core was not broken, and it soon revived.
“Ai, you are really undependable!” Ling Han shot out himself, and Hu Niu gave an excited shout as well before joining forces with Ling Han.
The two great monsters now attacked together, and even the skeleton monsters could only bear their resentment. Within a few moves, they were shattered by their combined attacks, and the strange stones instantly dropped onto the ground.
This thing could not be stored away into the Black Tower, and could only be kept on one’s body, which made Ling Han very displeased as this seriously affected his image. Thankfully, this stone was only the size of his fist; otherwise, he would really go crazy.
After half a day, he already had over twenty stones on him. Even though the light exuding from the strange stones was not too powerful, with twenty of them together, it still made for a grand scene. They made him seem almost like a light source, which illuminated brightly this gloomy and dark place completely.
But this also made Ling Han into a live target. Soon, someone made a move against him, wanting to snatch away the stones, but the result was naturally that they were looted by Ling Han instead. Not only were the strange stones they had seized, even their Spatial Rings were taken and given to Ling Han as gifts.
One day later, they all stopped to rest, and took out ingredients to cook.
Suddenly, a young man dressed in green-colored robes appeared, an arrogant expression on his face as he coldly declared to the group, “Leave the strange stones behind, and you all can get lost.”
Chapter 662 - Yuan Cheng He
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“Yuan Cheng He!” Li Feng Yu and Li Zi Xian both cried out in alarm simultaneously.
“Haha, since you know who I am, why don’t you scramble?” the young man in tight attire said with a sneer.
Looking at the somewhat perplexed expression on Ling Han’s face, Qing Lian Yue explained, “Yuan Cheng He, a disciple of the Magnificent Cloud Sect, just like Wenren Qian Qian, had been in secluded cultivation while rigorously cultivating. None have heard about him before, however, in recent times, he had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and defeated quite a number of veterans from the Spiritu
al Infant Tier; his strength is really formidable.”
“Some have even compared him to be the equal of the likes of Yao Hui Yue and the Small Saber King.”
Ling Han shook his head, and remarked, “The Small Saber King and Lang Ya Tian are both already nearing their forties, how old is Yao Hui Yue? They are clearly of two different generations, how could they be placed on the same level to compare. However, I doubt that this guy could be stronger than Yao Hui Yue.”
“What are you still whispering and muttering about?” Yuan Cheng He snapped, his voice laced with annoyance. Aware of his mighty reputation though they were, why did they not get lost?
Li Feng Yu said in a low voice, “I shall catch his attention and distract him while all of you leave first.” He immediately transformed his face into a smiling expression and scampered over towards Yuan Cheng He. “Big Brother Yuan, I am Li Feng Yu. I have long heard of Big Brother Yuan’s mighty reputation. It is my good fortune and honor to finally meet you today. As expected, Brother Yuan has an awe-inspiring presence, and could exude a golden brilliance just by merely standing there. The shine cast upon the innermost being of a little brother like me makes me feel as if there is another red sun in my life, guiding me on the direction of my path…”
His unending torrent of praises made Ling Han and the others stare at him in embarrassment upon hearing it. There was actually someone who could utter nauseating words in such a smooth manner without getting flushed at all—unlike them, who already felt almost like throwing up.
The fact was, Yuan Cheng He was enjoying the compliments very much.
His natural talent was alarmingly superior, yet he had previously been in secluded cultivation rigorously cultivating, and as such was isolated from the rest of the world, being akin to an ascetic monk. Still, his innermost being was actually of unparalleled arrogance, and yearned for the acknowledgement, worship, and adoration of others.
Recently, at long last he became resplendent, and the vanity of his innermost being also naturally swelled all of a sudden. At this moment, being boot-licked by Li Feng Yu immediately made every single compliment shoot straight into his bones, which left him feeling smug, and of course he would not consider the words to be nauseating in the least.
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