Chapter 734: Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Flood Dragon Holy Son!

Deep within the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, dark clouds hung low, and black mist swirled.

Demonic energy, ghostly energy, baleful energy, yin energy, and turbid energy floated in the air, interweaving into a heavy oppressive miasma that seemed to carry endless sin and disaster, eroding all life.

At this moment, a booming explosion echoed through the heavens and the earth as a dark, sinister ghostly energy surged, forming countless terrifying blood-red ghost eyes.

A chart intertwined with yin-yang black and white divine light stretched across the sky, like a giant hand that covered the heavens, restraining these ghost eyes.

“Roar!!!”

A one-horned ghost king, covered in countless eyes, was currently battling a demon ape with a black face, fangs, and a body suffused with a faint yellow glow.

Although this demon ape was no match for the one-horned ghost king.

It had many helpers by its side.

Lu Changsheng, wielding the Da Luo Sword Embryo, continuously slashed at the one-horned ghost king along with the Brahma Demon True Form behind him, causing damage to the latter’s form.

Not far away, Qian Zhuyan controlled nine puppets, forming a puppet battle formation comparable to the Nascent Soul stage, suppressing the ghost king along with the Yin-Yang Chart and the Three Treasure Incarnation.

Facing such methods, even this fourth-rank ghost king, despite its ferocity and strength, was no match.

“Pfft!”

Another resplendent sword light that could tear through all things descended.

The black membrane around the one-horned ghost king was finally cut open, and an inky black ghost energy poured out.

Seeing this, the Soul-Taking Beast immediately unleashed its soul-capturing divine light, engulfing and suppressing the ghost king with all its might.

“Kill!”

Lu Changsheng immediately signaled Qian Zhuyan to attack with full force, further suppressing the one-horned ghost king, allowing the Soul-Taking Beast to swallow it into its belly.

Half an hour later, the one-horned ghost king’s massive ghostly body, nearly a hundred feet tall, was completely engulfed by the faint yellow glow.

Then, with a sudden gulp from the Soul-Taking Beast, the massive ghostly body was swallowed whole.

“Burp~”

The Soul-Taking Beast immediately let out a happy, satisfied burp.

“Go!”

Lu Changsheng realized that his repeated disturbances had already been noticed by some ferocious beasts and ghost kings, arousing their collective anger. He quickly signaled the Soul-Taking Beast, Qian Zhuyan, and the Golden-Winged Roc to flee.

After a long time, Lu Changsheng finally escaped danger, looking disheveled. He found a place to land and let out a long, weary breath.

He felt that if he continued playing around like this, he might attract the pursuit of ferocious beasts and ghost kings from the deeper layers of the abyss.

“Soul-Taking, how are you doing? Was that enough?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the weary, drowsy Soul-Taking Beast in his sleeve and inquired.

“Master, sleep.”

The Soul-Taking Beast, resembling a small monkey, rubbed its dark eyes, indicating that it was enough.

However, it was about to enter a deep slumber. Unless it was extremely important or dangerous, it was best not to disturb it, as it would affect its advancement.

“Alright, alright, get some rest.”

Lu Changsheng knew that the Soul-Taking Beast, unlike the Golden-Winged Roc and the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale, could quickly break through and advance as long as it had enough soul essence.

However, this process of digestion and improvement would put it into a deep sleep.

It wasn’t like the Golden-Winged Roc and the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale.

While consuming top-tier spirit items, they could increase efficiency through sleep cultivation, but continuing to work wouldn’t affect them too much.

Hearing this, the Soul-Taking Beast immediately curled up and fell into a deep sleep.

But upon closer inspection, one could see faint wisps of black, ghostly energy flowing beneath its golden fur, emanating a chilling aura as if countless evil spirits were roaring in death.

Lu Changsheng carefully placed the Soul-Taking Beast into the Spirit Pet Bag, knowing that once it woke up, it would have advanced to the fourth-rank! After resting for most of the day, Lu Changsheng looked at Qian Zhuyan, who stood tall with a cold metallic luster, and said, “Let’s go, Xiaoyan.”

“My Lord, would it be convenient to hunt a few more third-rank ghost kings? I’d like to study their ghost cores.”

Seeing that Lu Changsheng was preparing to leave the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, Qian Zhuyan spoke up.

Although she had wanted a few ghost cores to study earlier.

As soon as a third-rank ghost king appeared, the Soul-Taking Beast would swallow it with its soul-capturing divine light.

The same went for the fourth-rank ghost king.

So she hadn’t dared to speak up, fearing that the Soul-Taking Beast would think she was stealing its food.

Now that the Soul-Taking Beast had eaten its fill and entered a deep sleep, she finally dared to speak.

“Ghost cores?”

Lu Changsheng knew that Qian Zhuyan had a strong scientific spirit. Now that she needed ghost cores, it must be for creating puppets. He inquired, “Do you want to use ghost cores as a puppet energy source?”

“Yes, it’s hard to come across ghost cores in the outside world, so I want to see the differences between ghost cores, demon cores, and a cultivator’s core formation.”

Qian Zhuyan’s voice was somewhat hoarse and chilling as she said, “Also, half of my soul has transformed into a puppet spirit, similar to a ghost spirit. I want to see if ghost cores can help me.”

Although she possessed a fourth-rank puppet body, her puppet spirit was still at the third-rank.

She needed to cultivate her puppet spirit to the fourth-rank to truly become a fourth-rank puppet comparable to a Nascent Soul True Lord! Now that she had the opportunity, she wanted to see if ghost cores could help her puppet spirit advance.

“You should have just told me about this kind of thing.”

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng immediately said.

Whether Qian Zhuyan researched new types of puppets or her puppet spirit advanced to the fourth-rank, he would be the biggest beneficiary.

So he didn’t find this kind of thing troublesome at all.

“Yes.”

After spending so much time together, Qian Zhuyan knew that Lu Changsheng, her lord, was usually gentle, easygoing, and very approachable.

But she didn’t say that she was afraid of the Soul-Taking Beast.

However, Lu Changsheng seemed to guess what she was thinking through her tone. He smiled gently and looked at the soul fire in her eye sockets, saying warmly, “Don’t worry, in the future, if you need anything, just send me a sound transmission.”

Even though Qian Zhuyan’s soul had been influenced by the puppet spirit for many years, making her relatively lacking in emotion, she still felt a strange flutter when she heard this warm, magnetic voice.

She softly said “Yes”.

It was just that she was now in a puppet body, and her soul had been affected by the puppet spirit, making her voice hoarse, piercing, and somewhat eerie.

Now that the Soul-Taking Beast had entered a deep slumber, hunting a fourth-rank ghost king would still be quite difficult for Lu Changsheng.

However, hunting a few third-rank ghost kings was a piece of cake.

Finding an area with relatively dense ghost energy, Lu Changsheng released the last bit of the remaining Soul Dream Incense. Before long, he harvested two third-rank ghost kings.

“Thank you, my Lord.”

Qian Zhuyan looked at the two third-rank ghost cores before her, her eyes flickering with joy.

“Let’s go check out these two ghost kings’ lairs.”

When hunting the fourth-rank ghost king earlier, Lu Changsheng didn’t dare to, nor did he have time to, look for its lair.

But these two third-rank ghost kings were nearby, so he could look around.

Moreover, after obtaining the Divination, it was now much easier and simpler for Lu Changsheng to find their lairs.

He could use the ghost cores as a medium to deduce the approximate location of their lairs.

Cultivators’ abodes would use formations to conceal and interfere with the heavenly secrets, but demon kings and ghost kings were much less skilled.

After a long while, Lu Changsheng found one of the ghost king’s lairs.

“Is this a Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame?”

Arriving at the deepest part of the ghost king’s lair, Lu Changsheng saw a pile of bones burning with a pale flame that emitted a chilling aura.

Lu Changsheng immediately recognized it as an extremely yin-attributed Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame.

“An extremely yin-attributed Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame, that’s quite rare.”

Normally, flames are scorching and violent, but the flame in front of him emitted a bone-chilling coldness.

The ground next to the bones was even covered with a thin layer of frost.

Without thinking further, Lu Changsheng raised his hand, intending to subdue the flame.

However, this third-rank Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame wasn’t like the Thunder Yang Flame or the Burning Heart Flame that Lu Changsheng had obtained through the lottery. Facing danger, the pale flame immediately sealed and burned, releasing wisps of cold mist.

But Lu Changsheng’s palm flowed with golden light, and a yin-yang fish appeared in his palm, directly grasping the flame’s core.

“Sizzle.”

The two forces began to clash.

But under Lu Changsheng’s Yin-Yang magical energy and fourth-rank physique, the pale flame was extinguished at a visible rate.

After a few breaths, it turned into a palm-sized, bone-white flame that emitted a chilling aura.

“Since it was born on a pile of bones and has an extremely yin and cold attribute, let’s call it the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the now-docile Bone Spirit Cold Flame and nodded gently.

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He took out a jade box from his storage ring, placed the flame inside, and attached a third-rank sealing talisman, intending to store it in the family’s treasure vault.

Although he could also use this Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and combining it with his Thunder Yang Dragon Flame would even double its power and effect.

He had too many methods at his disposal and didn’t care for it.

He only used his Thunder Yang Dragon Flame for alchemy and artifact refining.

If it weren’t for the fact that his children’s cultivation was insufficient, and refining such flames was too dangerous, he would have long given the flame core of the Thunder Yang Flame and the lightning seed of the Evil-Warding Golden Lightning to his children.

After subduing the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Lu Changsheng went to the other ghost king’s lair.

Apart from a few Yin Stones, there was nothing of value.

“All poor ghosts.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head in exclamation, tossing the few Yin Stones to Qian Zhuyan, he said, “Xiaoyan, is there anything else you need in this Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons?”

“It’s enough, thank you, my Lord.”

Qian Zhuyan knew that Lu Changsheng had other matters to attend to and didn’t ask to hunt more third-rank top-tier or fourth-rank ferocious beasts.

After all, in her eyes, these ferocious beasts were all excellent materials for crafting puppets.

It was just that she hadn’t used up all the materials she had, and there was no point in hoarding so many. Her storage pouch couldn’t hold them all either.

“In that case, let’s head back.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly. He, Qian Zhuyan, and the Golden-Winged Roc left the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, then concealed their figures and returned to the Five Poisons Sect.

His trip to the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons took less than half a year in total, so there was still a long time before Ina’s child would be born.

Moreover, cultivators of this level were long past the ten-month pregnancy period, basically requiring one or two years, or even longer.

“Mili, Ah Youduo, I have other matters to attend to. I’ll have to trouble you to take care of the child when it’s born. If anything happens, crush the jade talisman immediately.”

Since he had other matters to attend to, Lu Changsheng stayed at the Five Poisons Sect for half a month, spending time with Nangong Mili and cultivating his relationship with Ina, before bidding farewell to the three.

The Five Poisons Sect Master and Nangong Mili both knew that Lu Changsheng was busy with matters related to the Nascent Soul stage and told him not to worry.

Stepping out of the Five Poisons Sect, looking at the Soul-Taking Beast in the Spirit Pet Bag, now enveloped in black light, Lu Changsheng glanced in the direction of the Yin Ghost Sect, deciding to let them be arrogant for a while longer.

Then he rode the Golden-Winged Roc back to the Jiang Kingdom.

At this moment, he felt that if he were to set up a teleportation array, he should first set one up between the Immortal City of Damengze and the Five Poisons Sect.

That way, he wouldn’t have to waste time traveling back and forth.

“If the spirit vein in the Immortal City of Damengze advances to the fourth-rank, and then using the spirit veins of both places as the foundation and the Small Misty Dust Banner as the array eye, it might be possible to set up a two-way teleportation array at a minimal cost.”

Lu Changsheng pondered the technical issues of setting up a teleportation array between the two locations.

Many forces didn’t set up teleportation arrays between them, not only because of the technology, cost, consumption, maintenance, and so on but also because of the potential dangers that two-way teleportation arrays brought.

Currently, Lu Changsheng needed to consider the security of the array and the materials needed to set up the teleportation array.

“But by the time I’m done with all this, I should be about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.”

Once he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would be able to grasp the power of the void, traverse the void, and travel in the Great Void.

That way, traveling between the two countries would be more convenient and faster.

Two months later, Lu Changsheng returned to Bihu Mountain without a sound.

After handing over some of his gains to his wife, Lu Miaoyun, and briefly inquiring about the situation of his children, Lu Changsheng prepared to return to the Immortal City of Damengze and take the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale to the Starry Sea.

However, at this time, he received news that Chu Qingyi had returned.

She was injured at the front line and had returned early to recuperate.

Hearing that she was injured, and having not seen each other for so many years, Lu Changsheng immediately went to the Azure Cloud Sect to visit her.

“Greetings, Changsheng Zhenren!”

“Greetings, Changsheng Zhenren!”

The disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect were already familiar with Lu Changsheng and greeted him respectfully.

It was just that a few of them were surprised to see him in such a hurry. They wondered what was going on?

“Please inform Qingyi Zhenren that Lu Changsheng has come to pay a visit.”

Lu Changsheng arrived at Rainbow Cloud Peak, at the Immortal Yi Hall, and spoke to an attendant disciple.

“Please wait a moment, Zhenren.”

The attendant disciple quickly went to inform Chu Qingyi.

Before long, the attendant disciple returned and said that Qingyi Zhenren had invited him in.

“Qingyi, how are you?”

Entering the Qingyi Hall, Lu Changsheng saw Chu Qingyi dressed in a blue and white sword dress, her face pale and weak, her aura and magical energy disordered. He immediately went up to her and asked with concern.

“Lu, my friend, I’m fine.”

Chu Qingyi saw the concern and worry on Lu Changsheng’s face, lowered her head slightly, and said softly.

“What happened?”

Lu Changsheng gently pulled Chu Qingyi into his embrace, his heart aching, and continued to ask with concern.

With Chu Qingyi’s sixth-layer Core Formation and Immortal Golden Core strength, only a Core Formation peak Great Zhenren could injure her to such an extent! “???”

Chu Qingyi was a little flustered when Lu Changsheng suddenly embraced her as soon as they met.

But seeing the concern and heartache on his handsome face, she pursed her red lips and said softly, “I just encountered some danger, so I got injured. It’s not a big deal. I’ll be fine after resting for a while.”

“With your cultivation and strength, there aren’t many people in the entire Jiang Kingdom, or even the Yue Kingdom, who can injure you. Who was it?”

Although Lu Changsheng didn’t like to get into conflicts with others, he couldn’t just ignore the fact that the future mother of his child had been injured.

Chu Qingyi didn’t want to trouble Lu Changsheng.

But seeing the concern in his eyes and the unquestionable attitude on his face, she obediently told him that they had encountered an ambush by the Flood Dragon Holy Son of Beast God Mountain in the Yue Kingdom.

“Flood Dragon Holy Son!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly. He knew this person.

One of the Nascent Soul seeds of Beast God Mountain, his rise to power was legendary! In his early years, he was just a miscellaneous servant in Beast God Mountain, but for some unknown reason, he fused with the soul of a flood dragon! You must know that the legacy of Beast God Mountain is to fuse with the souls of demon beasts.

The Flood Dragon Holy Son, who had fused with the soul of a flood dragon, instantly displayed astonishing talent and quickly rose through the ranks of Beast God Mountain, from a miscellaneous servant to the current Holy Son and Nascent Soul seed, just one step away from the Nascent Soul stage!

“True Lord Tiancang, Holy Maiden of Beast God Mountain, Flood Dragon Holy Son!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes flashed with a cold light. He now had a definite intention to kill everyone from Beast God Mountain.

In his early years, his daughter Lu Wangshu encountered True Person Black Crow of Beast God Mountain and almost died.

When he went to the Mirage Domain of Vast Sands, he was constantly hunted down by True Lord Tiancang, True Lord Mingsha, and the others, and was in an extremely sorry state.

Then the Holy Maiden of Beast God Mountain sent her personal guards to try to snatch his family’s spirit pet. Now, the future mother of his child had been seriously injured by the Flood Dragon Holy Son of Beast God Mountain.

With so many accumulated grievances, if he didn’t flatten Beast God Mountain, it wouldn’t be enough to quell his resentment!”