Chapter 190

In a room.

Luo Chen held the banner and examined it carefully.

After a long while, he nodded slowly.

"Sure enough, this is the Soul-Refining Banner, a soul-path magic tool mentioned in Gu Yue's autobiography."

"I didn't expect that even Gu Yue didn't have a Soul-Refining Banner, but it was actually forged by this Li Da."

"And the grade has actually reached high-grade!"

The Soul-Refining Banner was the reason Luo Chen caused side issues.

This treasure could circle and imprison souls, turning them into a means to deal with enemies.

If it were just this, that would be fine.

Luo Chen didn't lack one or two magic tools.

But this treasure could also help Wang Yuan extract the remnant soul of Duan Qiankun from his body.

This made him have a temporary idea.

"It can be considered Li Da's bad luck."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, without any guilt for killing him.

Perhaps it was because Li Da was disrespectful to him first.

Or perhaps because after his realm broke through, his state of mind changed, and his actions became unscrupulous.

It was also possible that when he was weak, he had enough of the bullying from those in high positions.

Now, the dragon-slaying youth had finally turned into an evil dragon, picking up the airs of a Foundation Establishment True Person.

But in any case, he liked his current state very much.

"After I go out, I can start to remove the sequelae from Wang Yuan's body."

"However, with the Soul-Refining Banner in hand, it is also quite beneficial to me at the moment."

Now he was in the Ghost City.

Although Luo Chen considered his own means sufficient to deal with everything.

But treasures targeting spirits were never too many.

Besides the Soul-Refining Banner, there was nothing worth mentioning in Li Da's storage bag.

Some elixirs and conventional magic tools didn't catch Luo Chen's eye.

After going out, he would put them in the Luo Tian Society for the cultivators below to exchange!

The only thing that interested Luo Chen a little was the three Ghost Mother Needles he received initially.

Looking at the three silver needles in his hand, Luo Chen muttered to himself.

"This treasure is not used like that!"

In the Ghost City, Luo Chen walked with the lamp.

His pace was slower than before.

It wasn't because there were too many spirits encountered on the road.

It was because he was using this time to familiarize himself with the Soul-Refining Banner and Ghost Mother Needles he had obtained.

There was nothing to say about the former; when encountering slightly stronger ghosts, just collect them and use them for his own purposes.

The latter was interesting.

"Well, three more spirits are coming."

His deep eyes bloomed with green light, and Luo Chen flicked his hand, and the three silver needles flew out.

Low-level spirits were not as good as Ghost Generals and did not condense into a solid body.

Ordinary people were not easy to deal with except by using evil-breaking talismans and spells.

Luo Chen previously only had means like the Cleaning Art, Fireball Art, Soul-Taking Art, and the Green-Glowing Lantern to deal with them.

But now, he had something more convenient.

The three silver needles passed through the three spirits in an instant.

It seemed that no damage was caused, but after passing through, three thin lines formed instantly.

"Woo..."

The spirits wailed shrilly, and then were brought back by the Ghost Mother Needles, turning into pure Yin energy and falling into the Soul-Refining Banner.

Nourished by the Yin energy, the color of the pitch-black Soul-Refining Banner was clearly deeper.

The grade of the Soul-Refining Banner was never fixed.

Instead, its upper limit was determined by the material and the strength of the souls it contained.

Luo Chen knew this; what he cared about was the effect of the Ghost Mother Needles.

"Ghost Mother Needle, Spiritual Sense Line."

"Sure enough, it is a rare soul-path magic tool that can guide spiritual sense to attack."

In Gao Tingyuan's legacy, besides the "Soul-Refining True Art," there was also a book related to spiritual sense.

It recorded the various wonderful uses of spiritual sense after a cultivator reached Foundation Establishment.

Generally speaking, the spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment True Person could only be used to detect living beings nearby.

Or, fully released to form the rare Foundation Establishment pressure.

His spiritual sense clash with Nangong Jin back then was the manifestation of the latter.

Besides these two, the effect of spiritual sense was not that great.

But this did not mean that spiritual sense had no potential.

After all, cultivators mainly focused on Qi Refining and secondarily on refining the spirit; as the external manifestation of the divine soul, how could spiritual sense really be useless.

It was just that ordinary cultivators lacked specific methods of use!

These methods were only possessed by those major sects.

From that spiritual sense book, Luo Chen learned that besides specific spiritual sense wonders, there was another method of use.

That was to use magic tools made of special materials to manifest invisible spiritual sense into tangible objects.

This Ghost Mother Needle was a boutique among them.

"That Li Da was truly wasting heaven's gifts... No, his spiritual sense couldn't be released; even if he knew the method of use, he couldn't do it."

Under Luo Chen's exploration, the power of this set of Ghost Mother Needles was finally thoroughly displayed.

Needle-type magic tools were known for their fast speed and strong concealment.

If they were used to guide released spiritual sense, ordinary spirits and ghosts were not a match at all.

Moreover, using this to defeat low-level spirits and injecting their Yin energy and soul power into the Soul-Refining Banner could also increase the power of the Soul-Refining Banner.

In this way, it was the best of both worlds!

Luo Chen put away the silver needles and continued forward.

Two days later.

Luo Chen stood outside the Bai Shi Square.

Walking all the way here, he was cautious and tried his best not to provoke powerful ghosts, which was why his speed was so slow.

There was no way; inside the Dahe Ghost City, it wasn't just as simple as these low-level spirits.

Here, thousands of Qi Refining loose cultivators were buried.

Among them, those in the late stage of Qi Refining were countless.

Under this quantity, resentful souls and fierce ghosts would often be born.

These two were not comparable to low-level spirits.

They were naturally aggressive!

Plus, being in the Ghost Domain, they could unscrupulously devour the weak.

In just a few years, from the initial one Ghost General, it had become a full nine Ghost Generals.

This was still data from a year ago!

A year later, maybe only ghosts knew what level the number of Ghost Generals had reached.

Luo Chen was high-spirited after his realm broke through, but he was high-spirited.

But he hadn't reached the level of being arrogant and invincible.

Concerning life and death, he had to be cautious.

And to enter Mount Luofeng, the most critical thing was to break through the Bai Shi Square.

Here, there was the first Ghost General-level existence born in the Dahe Ghost City!

Back then, the Nangong family suffered a huge blow at the Bai Shi Square and was forced to choose to close the family.

Now that several years had passed, they had slowly recovered.

For that powerful Ghost General born initially, Luo Chen also had to treat it carefully.

"However, the problem shouldn't be big!"

Luo Chen was full of confidence!

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, his first-tier spells had increased in power significantly.

Dealing with a famous ninth-level Qi Refining expert like Li Da, he only used a mere Entanglement Art to kill him, which was a glimpse of it.

And among these spells, the ones Luo Chen valued most were the four major spells.

Fireball Art, Cleaning Art, Spirit Eye Art, and Breath-Restraining Spiritual Art!

Back in the Qi Refining stage, the Breath-Restraining Spiritual Art was enough to deceive Foundation Establishment True Persons.

Now that he was in the Foundation Establishment stage, with the cooperation of spiritual sense, the effect of the Breath-Restraining Spiritual Art was even more outstanding.

Whether it could deceive Golden Core cultivators was hard to say.

But for Ghost Generals with no intelligence to speak of, there was absolutely no problem!

In fact, this was the source of Luo Chen's confidence to go deep into the Ghost City alone.

With a thought!

The Great Perfection Breath-Restraining Spiritual Art was instantly added to his body.

In an instant, Luo Chen's aura was close to nothing!

There was not a trace of spiritual power fluctuation!

The vigorous blood energy was all restrained in his body.

This was just the first layer of insurance.

If he were accidentally bumped into, inside, there was another layer of simulated spirit aura.

"In this way, it can be considered foolproof!"

Luo Chen took a deep breath and walked generously toward the Bai Shi Square.

While walking, his gaze fell nearby.

The Mixue Bingcheng milk tea shop had long since turned into ruins.

That battle back then happened near here, so how could it be preserved.

Yuan Xiaoyue's snack stall had also disappeared.

However, in the ruins, there was a corner of a blue stone that gave Luo Chen a sense of familiarity.

"That should be the big blue stone that Old Daoist Chen gave me."

"Back then, it was used for Xiaoyue to set up a stall; I didn't expect it to end up like this."

Seeing that blue stone corner, Luo Chen sighed in his heart, his steps not stopping at all.

Soon, he passed through the empty Bai Shi Square.

It was strange here; there were no spirits or ghosts wandering.

As if there was some natural suppression.

Arriving under that huge jade wall.

Luo Chen shook his head.

The jade wall that used to gather the most people was now just a gray, broken wall.

No longer the grand scene of the past.

His steps didn't stop, and Luo Chen entered the passage leading to Mount Luofeng from the ticket office.

Without the array restrictions, the passage that felt magical before was now just a corridor paved with huge blue stones.

"Closer, closer!"

"I can feel it; not far ahead, there is a surging spiritual energy, emitting fluctuations."

"Vitality and death coexist; this spiritual land has not completely dissipated!"

Just as Luo Chen was about to step into the range of the Discussion Platform, his body couldn't help but stiffen.

He turned around slowly.

A flickering figure floated past outside the corridor.

Its eyes were blank and helpless, as if without reliance.

But for a moment, there was a trace of sharpness.

It walked out of the corridor, wandering slowly around the Bai Shi Square.

Occasionally, a spirit without spirit or wisdom would accidentally enter the Bai Shi Square and be strangled and devoured by it in an instant.

Ghost energy filled the air, crisscrossing like sword light.

Looking at that figure, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation that things were not what they used to be.

"So it was him... Sigh..."

The person seen was none other than the Foundation Establishment True Disciple of Yuding—Luo Tianxiang.

Back then, he was sent to Dahe Square to execute the Foundation Establishment task.

Originally, he could have returned to the Yuding Sword Sect after the ten-year term expired.

But he didn't expect to fall here.

After turning into a ghost, he still relied on instinct to guard this area of the Yuding Sword Pavilion.

"This person was rarely friendly to me. Although there was suspicion of using me, he indeed removed the hidden danger Hearing Mi Shuhua left on me."

"During the Battle of Lancang River, he also took care of me a lot."

"It's a pity that in his current state, I am powerless."

Sigh...

Sighing, Luo Chen shook his head, and his figure disappeared into Mount Luofeng.

Mount Luofeng!

In legends, it was the place where the Heavenly Phoenix fell in ancient times.

Ancient legends are unreliable, just as some say the Lancang River was formed by a Jiao dragon named Lancang walking through the water and turning into a dragon.

But in reality, it was formed by the melting snow from the Great Snow Mountain, merging thousands of streams, rushing all the way, and finally forming a vast river.

Luo Chen didn't care about these; he only knew that Mount Luofeng was the center of the spiritual vein within a thousand miles of Dahe Square.

The reason the Yuding Sword Sect set up a square here and even built a Discussion Platform.

Was also because there was a huge spiritual vein spreading for hundreds of miles below.

Passing through the underground palace and entering the Discussion Platform, Luo Chen's vigilance was fully raised.

Other places were fine, but this was the center of the great battle back then.

If there was any place in the Dahe Ghost City that was the most dangerous, it would inevitably be here.

He was already prepared.

If there was anything wrong, he would run away immediately.

However, after entering the Discussion Platform, besides the huge ruins formed by collapsed buildings, there were no spirits or ghosts.

"That's right, as the center of the great battle, what ghost could survive here?"

Feeling the rich sword energy nearby, Luo Chen smiled self-deprecatingly.

Years later, the sword energy of the Golden Core sword cultivator remaining here still emitted a sharp aura.

Even though his physique was infinitely close to the first realm of body refining, he felt his hair stand on end.

With a leap!

Luo Chen turned into a nimble ape, shuttling through the rugged Discussion Platform.

Soon, he crossed the range of the Discussion Platform and came to an unfamiliar territory.

A pair of spiritual eyes bloomed with essence, exploring up and down.

"There!"

Luo Chen didn't hesitate and advanced toward the deepest part of Mount Luofeng.

Before long, he came to a hillside covered by huge rocks.

Without hesitation, Luo Chen spat out the sword pill.

With a flick of his finger!

The sword pill turned into a sharp long sword, cutting open the huge rocks and constantly advancing.

Luo Chen followed behind, constantly advancing.

About an incense stick of time later, Luo Chen stopped the sword pill's excavation work.

Reaching out to push, the mountain wall collapsed with a bang.

A simple cave dwelling instantly appeared before him.

There was nothing.

Simple to the extreme!

"I didn't expect Pang Renxiong to be a bitter cultivator."

Looking at the simple cave dwelling, Luo Chen sighed.

He didn't go in directly.

This place was indeed filled with pure spiritual energy to the extreme, far from what a first-tier spiritual vein place could compare to.

It even made Luo Chen doubt if it was a third-tier spiritual land.

However, mixed in the spiritual energy were many gloomy Yin energies and ghost energies, and even a small amount of evil energy filled it.

Such a place was simply not suitable for cultivation!

Even with the assistance of a Spirit-Gathering Array, it was difficult to draw out the pure spiritual energy to assist in cultivation.

In fact, this was also why the several Foundation Establishment cultivators of Dahe Square were not interested after multiple explorations.

They didn't have the means to deal with this predicament.

But Luo Chen did!

"Fortunately, in order to master the Emperor Flowing Slurry, I frantically brushed proficiency and brushed many spells to the Great Perfection level."

"Right now, the Cleaning Art is very good for dealing with this situation!"

The Cleaning Art was listed by Luo Chen as one of the four most valued first-tier spells, and it was not without reason.

After reaching Great Perfection, it erupted with unimaginable effects!

Ordinary Cleaning Art could only clean dirt and be used for leisure.

Back then, he cultivated it to the master level, and finally, there was an effect that could clear foreign objects in the body.

Such as demon energy, elixir energy, and even the pure spiritual power Hearing Mi Shuhua left in him.

But that was all.

At that time, the master-level Cleaning Art could only exert its maximum effect internally.

Externally, it could only be used as a means to clean alchemy furnaces.

All this changed qualitatively with the Great Perfection of the Cleaning Art!

The current Cleaning Art could be cast instantly!

Not only that, but it could also have powerful effects when facing external objects.

For example, the water-type spell Wang Haichao cast at his Foundation Establishment Ceremony was resolved by his full-strength Cleaning Art.

Or like Li Da's Ghost Mother Needle and Soul-Refining Banner resentful soul attack two days ago.

Under the Great Perfection Cleaning Art, they all returned without success.

This spell truly had infinite potential.

Even in the Great Perfection situation, Luo Chen felt there was potential for optimization and deduction.

It was just not like the Fireball Art, where he hadn't found a major direction for optimization and deduction.

Now, what Luo Chen had to do was, with the assistance of spiritual sense, clear all foreign auras in this spiritual land except for spiritual energy.

"Haha, it's just a big cleaning!"

Luo Chen laughed, his sleeves constantly waving.

Soon, large amounts of Yin energy were expelled from the cave dwelling.

The remaining evil energy and ghost energy were also cleared one by one.

Before long, the cave dwelling in the mountain belly glowed with vigorous spiritual energy again.

Its purity completely surpassed the second-tier spiritual vein environment Hearing Mi Shuhua stimulated back then.

Compared to the second-tier spiritual vein environment temporarily formed by relying on the Ice-Fire Spiritual Spring on Mount Xiaohuan, it also won by a lot.

The most important thing was that it didn't need to consume mid-grade spirit stones!

Luo Chen suppressed the excitement in his heart and set up a first-tier defensive array at the cave entrance.

Not only that, but he also set up a concealment array.

In this way, it was foolproof!

After handling all this, Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief and sat cross-legged in the cave dwelling.

His aura gradually became even, and his mind was clear.

The Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture began to run slowly.

The spiritual energy from the outside world constantly poured into Luo Chen's body.

And the massive medicinal power that had been suppressed in the Qi sea for a long time was also mobilized in the repeated operations.

"Drip..."

When the first drop of spiritual energy turned into liquid and fell into the vast and boundless Qi sea.

It announced that Luo Chen's quiet cultivation had officially begun.

End of chapter