Chapter 217: Shall We Start Playing with Water?

The Void Pool disappeared, which took Lin Chao slightly by surprise.

This meant that no one else would be able to break through to the Sixth Layer or Seventh Layer using the methods of the Feng Family.

This left Lin Chao feeling a slight sense of guilt in his heart.

"No, that's not right."

Lin Chao had a sudden intuition.

The disappearance of the Void Pool did not mean that future members of the Feng Family would be unable to break through to the Sixth Layer or Seventh Layer.

It meant that members of the Feng Family could reach this realm even without the aid of the Void Pool.

Lin Chao did not know if this was good or bad, but his heart was slightly more at ease.

He had no enmity with the Feng Family and had even made use of their Void Pool; if he had cut off the future path of the Feng Family for no reason, his heart truly would not have been at peace.

"Time to go."

Without further thought, Lin Chao appeared in the courtyard in a flash.

The other black-robed figures immediately stood up.

"My Lord."

The group quickly vanished from the Feng Family estate.

Half a month later.

Within the Ghost Domain.

Hong Yin was dressed in red, his face handsome; he looked at Ye Mei beside him: "Ye Mei, how much have you improved this time?"

Ye Mei's brows carried a smile; although he was a man, his face was even more alluring than that of his sister, King Ye Luo.

"And you?"

Hong Yin and Ye Mei exchanged a glance, both revealing smiles.

This time, My Lord had broken through from the Fifth Layer to the Sixth Layer, and subsequently to the Seventh Layer.

For them, the Ghosts who had entered into a contract, the increase in strength could be described as extremely terrifying.

Hong Yin's strength had directly surged more than tenfold.

This was extremely exaggerated, one could even say terrifying.

If the other Ghosts in the Ghost Domain had not contracted with Feng Yan, Hong Yin felt that with his current strength, he would definitely rank among the top.

Since he, Hong Yin, had improved so much, there was no need to even mention the others; they were definitely even more terrifying.

"Setting aside strength, shall we talk about potential?" Ye Mei continued, dressed in black, his entire being hidden within a patch of darkness.

Mentioning potential caused even Hong Yin's body to tremble slightly.

In the past, from the moment of his birth, his path had been set.

Almost all Ghosts were born at their peak and possessed no potential whatsoever.

Even if they contracted with members of the Feng Family, it could only improve their potential slightly.

However, the increase in strength brought by that potential was almost negligible.

Now, Hong Yin had contracted with My Lord.

Half a month ago, My Lord had broken through to the Sixth Layer and Seventh Layer in succession.

Hong Yin felt that if his previous potential had been a broken bridge, now that bridge had been repaired, reaching straight to the other shore.

This meant that he could continuously increase his strength, perhaps even reaching the legendary Eighth Rank, the Path of God.

Just then, an aged voice drifted over.

"The Eighth Rank is the Path of God.

Unfortunately, in this world, the divine path has been severed."

Yuan Kong walked over, the aura on his body growing increasingly profound.

"In this world, not even a true Pseudo-Eighth Rank can be born, let alone a god."

Hong Yin and Ye Mei furrowed their brows.

What Yuan Kong said was the truth.

Gods stood above the God Kingdom, and Ancient Gods bestowed God's Seals, capable of creating Pseudo-Eighth Rank powerhouses.

Once a God War occurred and a god fell, there were even those in the Qiyuan World who gained the opportunity to ignite their God's Fire and achieve godhood.

But after the great upheaval of heaven and earth, the Young Fierce descended, the God Kingdom collapsed, the gods fell, and the Qiyuan World had not truly birthed a Pseudo-Eighth Rank powerhouse since.

As for gods, it was even more impossible for them to appear again.

"Do you think My Lord is actually the God Above Gods?" Ye Mei licked his lips, his gaze sparking endless imagination.

"The God Kingdom has already collapsed, and the God Lineage no longer exists," Yuan Kong said, knitting his brows. "The God Above Gods has likely suffered divine death."

"What if it is an Outer God?" Hong Yin raised an eyebrow.

The three Ghosts present all fell silent.

If it were an Outer God, and that Outer God was the God Above Gods, then they would all have the opportunity to become Subordinate Gods.

Although they would be unable to condense their own God Position and their advancement would be limited, they would still be called gods nonetheless.

It was a long time before Yuan Kong spoke: "A dragon is a creature capable of tearing gods apart, but..."

Dragons were powerful, but they were not the God Above Gods.

The Ghosts were each lost in their own thoughts.

Hong Yin suddenly laughed: "We are greedy enough.

Following My Lord, our strength has surged, and we can even go a step further, drawing closer to the Path of God.

And yet, we still covet more.

Truly, a Ghost's heart is never satisfied."

Ye Mei's eyes revealed a trace of guilt.

Indeed, the current situation could already be considered extremely good.

This lord has given them so, so much.

Their strength has increased dozens of times, along with their potential and future room for improvement,

yet what they have done for the lord is far too little.

Slaying some demons, gathering some intelligence, practicing some techniques.

Who couldn't do these things?

"I have decided: I will head to the Demon Cave to slay more demons for the lord."

Ye Mei's gaze shifted: "I will diligently practice the Water God Path to provide the lord with my meager strength."

Yuan Kong took a deep breath.

When he was a Ghost, he had always wandered through human cities.

He had seen all kinds of people.

But he had never seen anyone like the lord.

Mysterious, unfathomable, and terrifyingly gifted.

Most importantly, the lord was also excessively hardworking.

Having spent so many years with the lord, the lord did nothing but practice.

There was almost no entertainment.

When following by the lord's side, he could also vaguely perceive the flow of Qi on the lord's body.

Whether eating, traveling, or communicating, the lord always maintained a state of practice.

This self-discipline was admirable.

Even he, along with Hong Yin, would occasionally go to a club for a massage to relax while in Xinghai City.

The lord, however, knew no fatigue, as if he were incapable of feeling tired.

"Sigh," Yuan Kong let out a long sigh.

His figure disappeared at this moment.

Deep within the Ghost Domain, Lin Chao opened his eyes: "The Path of God, so that is how it is."

……

Half a year later.

Ge'en City.

The taxi moved slowly, and the car stereo was playing the latest news.

"Professor Liu Kang points out that Clones should also enjoy the same rights as humans, and the reproductive rights of Clones should not be stripped away."

"The battle that lasted half a month has ended; Tai Shan Extraordinary Academy successfully occupied the Feng Demon Cave at three o'clock this morning.

Previously, the demons of the Feng Demon Cave had wantonly captured thirty-seven citizens of our Jing Country.

The Demon Emperor has declared the Feng Demon Cave removed from the demon registry."

"Good, Jing Country is getting better and better," the taxi driver said with a joyful expression, full of hope for the future.

Lin Chao sat in the taxi and also revealed a smile.

If one ignores the Black Screen overhead, and if one does not focus on the power struggles of the upper echelons.

This world, at least on the surface, is indeed changing for the better.

"Young man, are you also from Ge'en?" After the news finished, the taxi driver started chatting.

"Yes," Lin Chao nodded.

"When you get home, you should speak the local dialect, otherwise you'll be overcharged," the taxi driver reminded him.

"I haven't spoken the local dialect in too long; I almost forgot it," Lin Chao smiled.

The car continued to drive, and a quarter of an hour later, Lin Chao's tall, upright figure stepped out of the taxi.

"Thank you, driver."

"Young man, why be so polite with me?" The taxi driver's face beamed with a smile as he drove the taxi away in a flash.

Lin Chao looked up at the villa ahead.

This villa was now somewhat dilapidated, and almost no one came here.

Lin Chao remembered that he had visited this place once before and had even slain a demon.

Perhaps because a demon had died here, the owners of this villa had all moved away.

Now, it was empty and desolate.

No, it was not completely empty.

Several suppressed voices came from the pavilion in the villa.

"Brother-in-law, was my sister... killed here?"

"……Yes, Xiao Yu..." The man covered the girl's mouth, not letting her make a sound.

Lin Chao entered the villa and naturally saw the pair of man and woman.

However, he did not pay them any mind; his gaze fell upon the lake in front of him.

The two in the pavilion were perhaps too focused on their conversation to notice Lin Chao's appearance.

Entering the backyard, Lin Chao looked at the quiet lake before him.

He suddenly spoke: "May I come down and play in the Water with you?"

The surface of the water was perfectly calm, and the two in the pavilion seemed as if they were deaf, having not heard Lin Chao's voice.

After a long while, a ripple suddenly spread across the lake.

Black hair spread continuously, just like water grass.

The entire lake was covered in an instant.

The entire lake became Ghost-like.

"That... what is that?"

"A ghost!"

The man and woman in the pavilion did not care to put on their clothes and fled directly.

Lin Chao looked at the dense hair in the lake, a smile appearing in his eyes.

"I have arrived."

He entered the lake directly and sank to the bottom of the Water.

What he faced head-on were two pitch-black eyeballs.

These eyeballs were somewhat strange, similar to fish eyes, gleaming with a peculiar light.

It floated in the Water, staring at Lin Chao.

A terrifying aura spread at this moment.

A gentle smile was on Lin Chao's face, and his Refined and Cultured talent was pushed to the maximum.

"Shall we... start playing in the Water?"

(End of this chapter)