Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

The three jade slips contained the Ghost Nurturing Technique, the Great Ghost Controlling Method, and the Yin Spirit Technique of the Yin Spirit Sect.

The Ghost Nurturing Technique detailed how to nurture various ghost creatures. Different ghosts possessed different abilities: some had immense strength, their bodies comparable to mythical beasts; some were experts in Illusion Techniques, capable of creating illusions that could trap people unable to see through them; and some could possess human bodies, rendering them immobile.

In the Ghost Nurturing Technique, the most precious creatures were Ghosts. Ghosts were categorized into four levels: Low-grade, Mid-grade, High-grade, and Supreme Grade Ghosts. Forming a contract with a Low-grade Ghost could assist a cultivator in his cultivation, essentially granting him a Low-grade Spiritual Root. Similarly, a Mid-grade Ghost would equate to a Mid-grade Spiritual Root, and so on.

Cultivating a Ghost was extremely difficult and, even after nurturing tens of thousands of ghost creatures, one might not be able to cultivate a single Ghost. After all, besides assisting in cultivation, Ghosts could also fight.

The Great Ghost Controlling Method described how to control various ghosts through secret techniques.

The Yin Spirit Technique was a cultivation technique of the Yin Spirit Sect, capable of advancing practitioners to the Early Foundation Establishment stage.

Many cultivators liked to carry their prized possessions with them, and Zhao Yu was no exception, mainly because cultivators generally trusted their own strength more, and carrying various jade slips allowed them to study cultivation techniques and secret techniques at any time.

"This is a Low-grade Ghost! Song Cangtong hasn't formed a contract with it yet? Oh, it turns out this Low-grade Ghost hasn't fully materialized. Contracting now would only yield a Mixed Quality Ghost, unable to enhance a cultivator's aptitude for cultivation. He wants to nurture this Mixed Quality Ghost into a true Ghost."

Zhao Yu took out a superior magical instrument grade Ghost Jar and glanced inside, where there was a Ghost about to materialize.

Such unmaterialized Ghosts were uncommon, but the Ghost Nurturing Technique did contain methods to advance them to upgradable GHosts.

"Master Zhao, please accompany me to Linghe Lake,"

After handling the affairs of the market at Jiuchen Mountain, Ling Qianxue went directly to request Zhao Yu at his cave mansion.

Zhao Yu agreed to Ling Qianxue's request and went with Li Xianjiao and Ling Qianxue to Linghe Lake.

"We are too late!"

As soon as Zhao Yu arrived at Zhao Mansion by Linghe Lake, he saw corpses all over the ground, many of which had bite marks.

"Uncle Three! Aunt Six!"

Ling Qianxue, standing before a corpse that had only its head remaining, clenched her teeth and tears welled up in her eyes as she moved purposefully into the Zhao Mansion wielding her magic sword.

Zhao Yu entered Zhao Mansion and still saw corpses everywhere. A Fierce Ghost, eight feet tall, covered in black skin and with three eyes, looked up and grinned fiercely at Zhao Yu and his group.

The third eye of the Fierce Ghost flashed with a faint light, and instantly, the entire Zhao Mansion was shrouded in thick fog.

Zhao Yu's vision blurred, and he could no longer see the people around him.

"Is this an illusion technique? This is an Illusion Ghost capable of casting illusions!"

Zhao Yu frowned slightly and activated his Divine Sense, using the powerful Divine Sense of the Early Foundation Establishment to dispel the illusory forces enveloping him.

With the power of the Divine Sense of the Early Foundation Establishment, Zhao Yu was able to clearly perceive everything within ten feet, although his vision was still obstructed by the fog and he could not see far.

"Ambush! There are enemies!!"

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"It's you!! Weren't you already dead? Why are you here?"

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The monks from the enforcement team formed by Ling Qianxue suddenly cried out in alarm and began to cast spells on each other, engaging in mutual slaughter.

Standing about a hundred yards away from the Ling family's enforcement team were more than a dozen disciples from the Yin Ghost Sect.

A short disciple from the Yin Ghost Sect, with a Seventh Level of Qi Refining cultivation, said enviously, "Brother Fang, your Three-Eyed Illusion Ghost is really powerful! These monks from the Ling family are completely at your mercy. Is this Three-Eyed Illusion Ghost about to advance to Second-Order?"

The tall Brother Fang, with a cultivation at the Great Circle of Qi Refining, responded slowly, "Difficult! For a ghost creature to advance to Second-Order is no less challenging than our human race's Foundation Establishment! Unless we can get a Second-Order Spirit Pill Illusion Yin Pill, it's too difficult for it to advance!"

"Enough talk! Take action, kill them all! Otherwise, it will be troublesome if they meet up with the people inside the Ling family!"

A disciple from the Yin Ghost Sect, who was at the Great Circle of Qi Refining, his face covered with scars and hair disheveled like a humanoid evil ghost, said coldly.

"Yes! Brother Liu!"

The other Yin Ghost Sect cultivators responded and began to cast their spells.

Several fierce ghosts with ferocious appearances flew out from the Ghost Nurturing Jars beside those Yin Ghost Sect cultivators, charging into the dense fog towards Zhao Yu and his group.

Zhao Yu performed the Phantom Step, moving like an illusion towards the Three-Eyed Evil Ghost. Solving the Three-Eyed Evil Ghost was the key to breaking its illusion technique.

"A cultivator at the Seventh Level of Qi Refining! He can actually see through the illusion technique of the Three-Eyed Evil Ghost; he must either have Natural Divine Eyes or be cultivating a special divine eye technique! Brother Liu, I want his eyes!"

Brother Fang's eyes lit up as he spoke to the scar-faced disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect nearby.

"Horned Ghost, kill him! Dig out his eyes!"

The scar-faced disciple from the Yin Ghost Sect slapped his Ghost Jar, and streams of black aura surged, coalescing into a massive figure about ten feet tall, seemingly covered in a layer of black muscle armor, with a ghastly horn about a foot long on its head and the faces of a scholar and a beauty on its chest and back respectively.

No sooner had the Horned Ghost appeared than it lunged forward, reaching Zhao Yu in a few leaps and clawing straight towards his heart.

Zhao Yu's eyes flashed with cold light as he activated the sixty-fold Vajra Dragon Elephant Art and implemented the Lightning Sword Technique. His Green Pine Sword emitted a cyan Spiritual Light as he slashed at the claw of the Horned Ghost.

The sword clashed with the ghost claw, the cyan Spiritual Light colliding with the pitch-black ghost Qi. The Horned Ghost was struck by a terrifying force, flung backward three steps, but then it continued its assault on Zhao Yu.

Brother Liu's expression changed drastically, "He is a cultivator with Fourth-Order Body Refinement!"

The Horned Ghost, which Brother Liu had cultivated with great effort, had an extremely terrifying physique. Only a Body Cultivator at the Fourth Order of Qi Refinement could possibly contend with it.

"These sect disciples are really tough to deal with! That evil ghost is really a problem!"

Zhao Yu felt a chill surge from the Green Pine Sword, nearly freezing the tendons and veins in his right hand.

Ghost Qi is a terrifying power possessed by evil ghosts. Ordinary mortals who come into contact with even a trace of ghost Qi could fall seriously ill or even die directly from the illness.

The ghost Qi released by the Horned Ghost could corrode the channels in a cultivator at the Great Circle of Qi Refining, causing frostbite-like damage and hindering the flow of mana.

Zhao Yu activated the sixty-fold Vajra Dragon Elephant Art, circulating the blood Qi in his body, and instantly expelled the ghost Qi. He then implemented the Flying Dagger Technique, shooting a mid-grade magic instrument level flying dagger towards Brother Fang.