The male Evil Ghost replied, "Understood."

After bidding farewell to the female Evil Ghost, it drifted off in a certain direction.

Listening from the shadows, Xiao Mu's heart leapt with joy. As soon as the male Evil Ghost left, he quietly ordered his Ghost Servant to follow, steering the Yin Wind Carriage.

The male Evil Ghost transformed into a Ghost mist and kept drifting ahead. After more than an hour, they finally arrived at a place.

It was clearly a camp, filled with a substantial number of Evil Ghosts.

Upon arriving, the male Evil Ghost that Xiao Mu had been following was immediately assigned tasks by an obviously higher-ranked evil ghost, the chief Evil Ghost, and led a group of Evil Ghosts towards a pitch-black mountainous area.

Xiao Mu once again quietly followed.

Soon, the group of ghosts arrived near the pitch-black mountainous area.

This was a sinister and desolate mountain peak, even in the Evil Ghost world, the sense of despair emanating from within the mountain was astonishing.

This despair obviously harmed the Evil Ghosts. As a result, once the ghosts arrived at the mountain, their faces distorted with fear, each trembling with apprehension.

"All of you, start mining the Spiritual Metal. Be diligent, or I will report to Yue, and your physical body and soul will be destroyed," the chief Evil Ghost coldly ordered.

Then, it extended a sharp claw, reaching directly for a Evil Ghost's body.

"Ahh..."

The Evil Ghost screamed in agony, its ghostly body twisted and contorted.

"You, go in first!" The chief Evil Ghost roared in anger.

"Yes, yes, I'm going," the disciplined Evil Ghost trembled in fear, glancing at the stone wall and hesitating.

It appeared that the black mountain peak must be horrifying, even the Evil Ghost dared not enter lightly.

"Ahh..."

Seeing its hesitation, the Evil Ghost chief slashed its sharp claw across the Evil Ghost's body once more.

The Evil Ghost let out a pained howl, its ghost face showed a struggling expression. Finally, it drifted into the stone wall.

Consider that Evil Ghosts have the ability to pass through walls, easily entering into the stone wall.

However, this mountain filled with despair obviously wasn't easily penetrable. As soon as the Evil Ghost entered, it let out a horrifying scream, full of agony.

"Explore carefully, look for the Spiritual Metal, no one is allowed to come out!" the Evil Ghost chief barked out the order.

Despite the pain, the Evil Ghost began exploring within the mountain peak.

Afterwards, the Evil Ghost chief then forced other Evil Ghosts one by one into the stone wall to explore the presence of Spiritual Metal.

Not too long afterwards, the very first Evil Ghost to enter came out.

In a short span, this Evil Ghost seemed to have suffered a severe illness and became incredibly frail.

Merely venturing into the stone wall for exploration had not only led it to endure immense pain, but had also depleted all of its energy.

"Useless!"

The Evil Ghost chief walked over to do a check and discovered that it hadn't brought out the Spiritual Metal. Infuriated by this, it abruptly clawed the ghost.

"Ahh..."

The ghostly groan filled the air, while weakly begging for mercy, "Mercy, sir, I promise to find the Spiritual Metal next time."

"Useless!"

The Evil Ghost chief cursed once more, leaving it be.

Then, one after another, the rest of the Evil Ghosts which had entered the stone wall returned. Most of them came back empty-handed, only three had something—amongst them was the Evil Ghost that Xiao Mu had been tracking.

Even though they brought things back, it wasn't much—merely a tiny piece no larger than a grain of rice.

This was clearly a special kind of metal, shimmering with Spiritual Light.

The Evil Ghost chief checked everything and looked delighted, "You, you, you...you've done a good job, I will report to Yue about your good work and he will reward you."

Then, turning to the others with a stern face, he roared, "The rest of you are useless!"

The other Evil Ghosts hung their heads in submission, daring not to retort.

"Each of you, return. Tomorrow, come back to dig again," the Evil Ghost chief commanded.

The other Evil Ghosts, upon hearing this command, silently rejoiced.

To them, anything was better than death.

Saying no more, the Evil Ghost chief picked up those three small pieces of rice-sized Spiritual Metal and headed back from where he came.

Xiao Mu had initially planned to seize the metals immediately. Having given it some thought, he held back and quietly followed the Evil Ghost chief instead.

The Evil Ghost chief returned to the camp and entered a tent directly.

"Lord Yue."

Not long after, the voice of the Evil Ghost was quickly heard from within the tent.

"How was today's harvest?"

A grating voice queried.

"There are three in total, Lord Yue, please see."

The Evil Ghost replied.

"These stupid creatures are becoming more and more lazy, I shouldn't be so lenient with them."

The displeasure in the grating voice was evident.

The Evil Ghost was clearly terrified and remained silent for fear of the speaker's wrath.

"Put them down. Starting from tomorrow, be stricter with them, otherwise, these fools will continue to slack off."

The voice of the grating one instructed.

"Yes, Lord Yue."

The Evil Ghost responded anxiously and fearfully.

Hidden outside, Xiao Mu carefully sensed the presence inside the tent. It should be a Blood Demon.

Although it was a Blood Demon, its power didn't seem too high. It was likely a Green Blood Demon.

Other than that, there were no signs of any other ghosts nearby.

Realizing this, Xiao Mu no longer hid. He directed the Ghost Servant to rush into the tent right away.

If the Evil Ghost was not very powerful, then there was no need to be excessively cautious.

"Who's there?"

The grating voice from the tent, Lord Yue, heard the commotion and demanded loudly.

"Hehe!"

Before the voice had even faded, the Ghost Servant drove the Yin Wind Carriage, bursting through the tent, and rushing in.

Xiao Mu followed closely behind, also entering the tent.

"You...you..."

A hideous Green Blood Demon stared at Xiao Mu in disbelief, "Human!"

Immediately following, the Green Blood Demon stretched out its ghost claw and clawed directly at Xiao Mu.

"Hehe!"

In the midst of the Ghost Servant's strange laughter, the Soul Blade was lifted, slashing directly at the Green Blood Demon.

"Ah!"

The ghost face of the Green Blood Demon contorted instantly.

The Ghost Servant's power was too strong, far surpassing that of the Green Demon. The instant the blade was unleashed, the Green Blood Demon perceived the horror.

It did not dare to take the hit head-on. With its power, it simply could not withstand a single strike from the Ghost Servant.

Retreating from the spot at an even faster speed.

Splash!

Despite everything, it was still slashed by the Ghost Servant's blade.

The Green Demon hurriedly avoided, its left arm severed by the Ghost Servant's blade.

Even though an Evil Ghost is spiritual and can regenerate any part of its body by transferring spiritual energy, losing an arm severely damaged its vitality.

"Hehe!"

The Ghost Servant, laughing oddly, chased after it, brandishing the Soul Blade again towards the Green Blood Demon.

"Spare me, don't kill me!"

The Green Blood Demon cried out in terror, desperately pleading for mercy.

"Wait!"

Xiao Mu waved his hand, stopping the Ghost Servant.

The Ghost Servant immediately sheathed his blade, but did not retreat. He continued staring at the Green Blood Demon, preventing it from escaping.

"Human, don't kill me, I can be of use, I can help you."

The terrified Green Blood Demon continually begged for mercy, eventually kneeling in front of Xiao Mu.

It was utterly terrified.

Seeing this scene, the Evil Ghost paled and turned to run away.

Xiao Mu casually threw a True Fire Talisman, killing it on the spot.

Power +1.

Seeing Xiao Mu effortlessly kill the Evil Ghost, the Green Blood Demon was once again startled and continued to plea, "Human, don't kill me, I can be of use, I can help you."

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