"Crack!"

Xiao Mu swung his Peach Wood Sword, striking directly at the evil ghost.

With the faint rumble of thunder, the extremely yang and unyielding thunder power attached itself to the blade. The evil ghost was instantly vaporized by Xiao Mu's single strike, turning into flying ashes.

Power +1.

However, this message showing up after the killing of the evil ghost made Xiao Mu slightly pause.

Power +1?

Why is it +1? Shouldn't killing an evil ghost give me Power +2?

Is it because this evil ghost was cultivated from a blood demon by a Taoist, leading to my power reduction by half?

Or is it because my current strength is too strong, that after entering the Spirit Communication Realm, the rewards for killing an evil ghost gets halved?

Xiao Mu had a hunch it could be the latter, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

Previously, he had fantasized. One day when he has practiced the Thunder Technique, he could rush into a pile of evil ghosts and strike them all with a swift Thunder Technique.

Under the sky full of thunder, energy surges, allowing him to gain ten thousand points at once.

With ten thousand power points, he could single-handedly, in just one night, max out the level of his skills, slaughtering everyone in his path.

Now, it seems that his wishful thinking was a little bit ahead of himself.

The acquisition of power points isn't as simple as he had imagined.

The rewards he got after killing the evil ghost has now halved, becoming one. In contrast to earlier, he could only get one power point from such a ghost, and now he might not even be able to get that one point anymore.

He doesn't know yet if the power points obtained from killing a blood demon will decrease or not.

However, the blood demon's strength is too strong, almost on par with his own, so it probably wouldn't decrease, right?

While pondering, Xiao Mu bent over to search for the energy crystal left behind by the slain evil ghost.

Thankfully, the energy crystal wasn't reduced, still as much as before, approximately about four grams.

Putting away the energy crystal, Xiao Mu's gaze fell once again on the Broken Sword Soldier Soul.

After a moment, beams of golden light shot out as Xiao Mu constantly manipulated his hand seals towards the Broken Sword Soldier Soul.

The ghost Qi on the soldier soul was rapidly purified, replaced by a human righteousness that came from the Taoist spiritual energy.

The sinister energy that previously lingered over the soldier soul gradually vanished, replaced by a sacred aura.

A ghost servant, though called a ghost, had a huge different from one in its true essence. Strictly speaking, it could even be categorized as ghost cultivation.

But unlike ghost cultivation, which cultivates the spirit, aiming to become divine spirits like the Kitchen God, Land God, or City God in the end.

The ultimate goal of a ghost servant's cultivation, however, is to become sacred, transforming into a Yellow Turban Warrior, equivalent to transforming into a saint through corporeal form.

They both cultivate different things.

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While Xiao Mu was absorbing the ghost servant's soul, the Golden Gourd Daoist, on the other hand, was frantically rushing and running away as if he had lost his mind.

At this moment, he didn't care about anything else. His only worry was Xiao Mu capturing up to him. If it comes to that, he undoubtedly wouldn't stand a chance and would most probably end up dead.

However, the Golden Gourd Daoist, desperate to get away, evidently didn't know that Xiao Mu was aware of his impending doom and thus had no intention of chasing after him.

He kept running until half an hour later, and seeing that Xiao Mu didn't chase after him, the Golden Gourd Daoist gradually reduced his pace.

He was now in a dark and gloomy valley. No bug's calls or bird's chirping can be heard, not even a single ghost fire can be seen.

However, the Golden Gourd Daoist, who had just narrowly escaped death, obviously didn't notice this anomaly.

Sitting on a stone to rest after a while, the panic-laden Golden Gourd Daoist finally calmed down.

"That was close, too close! I must be more careful next time. If I run into such a powerful opponent again, I might not even know how I died," the Daoist patted his chest, his heart still racing.

Thinking how his hard-earned Evil Ghost had been stolen by Xiao Mu, an expression of excruciating agony emerged uncontrollably on the Daoist's face, "Such a pity. I've put so much effort into training an Evil Ghost into an Evil Ghost, but it was taken away in the end. Sigh!"

The Golden Gourd Daoist let out a deep sigh, his face full of regrets.

But praying for him to turn around and reclaim the Evil Ghost from Xiao Mu, he wouldn't dare under any circumstances.

After regretting for a while, the Daoist gradually returned to his normal state, and suddenly he took down the Golden Gourd from his back, holding his hand on the gourd, "Fortunately, luckily, not long ago I found two Evil Ghosts. I lost one, but I still have another one. As long as I can train this Evil Ghost into a Blood Demon, I will be satisfied."

"It's a pity. If I hadn't lost that Evil Ghost, with two Blood Demons, the energy crystals I could get by killing them would be enough for my power to get a big boost. It took me a whole week to find just two Evil Ghosts, and I even lost one…"

In the end, the Daoist couldn't help but once again lament over the loss of the Evil Ghost. He shook his head constantly, appearing extremely disappointed.

Next, he opened the Golden Gourd, pouring out an Evil Ghost from it.

"Hee-hee!"

The Evil Ghost was covered with Dao Talismans and tied up by a Bound Spirit Rope. Yet as soon as it came out of the gourd, it immediately started to attack the Daoist with its teeth and claws.

"You evil beast, dare you attack me?"

Angry, the Daoist took out his Peach Wood Sword and gave several fierce strokes on the Evil Ghost, his rage being transferred onto it from Xiao Mu.

His Peach Wood Sword contained spirituality and the heavy strokes made the Evil Ghost howl in agony. Only then did the Daoist stop.

"Wait!"

The Daoist, who had stopped his hand, suddenly realized something was wrong, he stood up in horror from the stone.

Looking around, his voice trembling, "Why... why is there not even a bird's chirping sound here? Not... not even a bug? Quick! Run!"

Fear rapidly spread over the Daoist's face. His features twisted and his voice began to shake. He turned around, intending to run.

"Roar! Hee-hee! Hee-hee-hee-hee!"

Just as the Daoist turned to flee, a terrifying laugh that penetrated the soul came with a surge of strong curse power emerging abruptly from the ground.

Immediately afterward, a pitch-black Evil Ghost holding a soul-hooking rope and exuding curse power all over rose from the underground.

With a swing of the Soul-hooking Rope, the Daoist's soul was hooked out of his body and left the corpse.

"Cur... cur... curse ghost!"

The soul of the Daoist, after leaving its body, was terrified. He looked at the Curse Ghost that had just appeared, trembling all over.

Being hooked by the Soul-hooking Rope, his soul couldn't move, as if it was tightly bound.

"Hee-hee! Hee-hee-hee-hee!"

The Curse Ghost paid no attention to the Daoist at all and went straight toward the Daoist's body.

"Immortal, spare me! Please spare me! I'll never dare again!"

The terrified soul of the Daoist suddenly kneeled down, begging the Curse Ghost.

"Crunch!"

The Curse Ghost completely ignored the Daoist, moved aside the Daoist's corpse, and bit off half of its head.

"Crunch! Crunch!"

The curse ghost quickly ate up the Daoist's corpse, and ambivalently turned to look at the Daoist's soul.

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"Damn it! Such a strong curse power, what happened?"

Xiao Mu, who had just collected his ghost servant into the Peach Wood Sword, suddenly felt intense curse power coming from the valley in the distance.

This curse power was not something that any Blood Demon he had previously encountered could compare with, even from this far away, it felt suffocating.

The color drained from Xiao Mu's face, "No good, could it be a Curse Ghost has appeared?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Mu immediately turned to leave the mountain, "I can't stay here. With a Curse Ghost appearing, I must leave immediately."

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