"Fool, your method of refining Ghost Soldiers is crude and wastes the essence of Ghost Fire Grass and Ghost Water Grass. Its power is not even one-tenth of a true Ghost Soldier. For me to break it, it's naturally very easy."

Qin Yang sneered.

A properly refined Ghost Soldier, even the weakest, would have strength equivalent to the early stage of the Immortal Master Realm. With Qin Yang's current strength, it would be difficult to handle. However, the Ghost Soldiers refined by the Black Poison Gu King clearly didn't reach that level.

"Alright, it's your turn. Prepare to die!"

Qin Yang's eyes were icy as he summoned back the Purple Blood Soft Sword. With a flash, he shot toward the Black Poison Gu King. Without the protection of his Lifebound Gu, the Golden Scorpion King Heart-devouring Gu, it shouldn't be too difficult for Qin Yang to kill him.

"Think you can kill this old man? Not so easily!"

The Black Poison Gu King's face twisted ferociously. A Red Flame Snake Gu with fiery red pattern shot out from his mouth, transforming into an arrow off the string, and attacked Qin Yang.

Bang~!!

The Red Flame Snake Gu exploded, spreading a sea of deadly crimson fire.

"Water Dragon Technique!"

Qin Yang softly called out, then performed a Water Dragon Technique, extinguishing the crimson sea of fire.

After momentarily blocking Qin Yang, the Black Poison Gu King reached into the Qing Bu pouch with his right hand.

A translucent Silkworm Gu appeared in the Black Poison Gu King's hand. The Silkworm Gu was so flawless and transparent that it would be hard to spot if not for the light reflections.

The Black Poison Gu King swallowed the Silkworm Gu whole.

His body swiftly became phantom-like, first his feet, then legs, waist, neck, and finally, his entire form vanished except for his soon-to-disappear head.

"Youngster, next time we meet, I will definitely kill you!"

A glint of malice flashed in the Black Poison Gu King's eyes, and then his head disappeared as well, as if he had become invisible, vanishing into thin air.

"Young Master Qin Yang, he's trying to escape. It's a Miao Region Invisibility Gu, used to conceal one's presence; watch the grass on the ground for any movement."

Yun Luo urgently reminded.

The recent battle between Qin Yang and the Black Poison Gu King seemed quite thrilling to her. She hadn't expected Qin Yang to be so strong, nor the Black Poison Gu King's prowess to exceed her expectations.

"Conceal one's presence? Heh, courting death!"

Qin Yang chuckled coldly, spreading his Divine Sense to cover a thirty-meter radius, clearly perceiving every plant and tree in his mind.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh~!

Just as Qin Yang's voice fell, the grass on the ground began to rustle, as if footsteps were rapidly moving through it.

"Young Master Qin Yang, over there."

Yun Luo pointed toward the rustling grass, hurriedly said.

Qin Yang smiled lightly, shook his head, his eyes flickering with a cold gleam, and instead of looking in Yun Luo's pointed direction, he abruptly raised his head to look at a barren Poison Arrow Wood tree trunk ahead.

"Sword Control Skill, the sword like a stream of light, strike!"

Qin Yang softly shouted, pouring all his Spiritual Power into the Purple Blood Soft Sword.

Swoosh~!

The Purple Blood Soft Sword streaked across the sky like a stream of light at the ultimate speed, shooting violently toward the barren Poison Arrow Wood trunk.

Pu chi~!

The sound of the Purple Blood Soft Sword piercing flesh rang out as a splash of crimson blood sprayed from the air.

Bang~!

An invisible figure fell from the tree trunk, making a dull thud.

"What is this...?"

Yun Luo's pretty face changed slightly, her beautiful eyes revealing a trace of astonishment.

On the ground, the vanishing figure gradually became visible, revealing none other than the Black Poison Gu King.

"How, how could you... discover this old man?!"

The Black Poison Gu King, clutching the neck pierced by the Purple Blood Soft Sword, eyes full of unwillingness, stared hard at Qin Yang as a garbled sound came from his throat.

"A mere blinding technique, and you want to deceive me?"

Qin Yang snorted coldly, admittedly, this old ghost was indeed meticulous in his scheming. After swallowing the Invisibility Gu and turning invisible, the Black Poison Gu King released two centipedes at his feet.

The two centipedes scurried through the grass, causing it to move, making it seem like an invisible person was quickly passing over the grass, while the Black Poison Gu King himself jumped onto an adjacent tree trunk.

However, under the coverage of Divine Sense, every plant and tree appeared clearly in Qin Yang's mind, naturally, he wouldn't be fooled. Additionally, the Black Poison Gu King, thinking he had hidden himself, could not escape Qin Yang's pervasive Divine Sense either.

"Since you've gained some opportunities, you ought to know that cultivators have something called Divine Sense."

Qin Yang said to the Black Poison Gu King lightly.

"You, you really are... a... Cultivator..."

Hearing Qin Yang's explanation, the Black Poison Gu King's pupils dilated, spitting out blood foam from his mouth, and then losing his breath, the Black Poison Gu King thus perished!

Qin Yang took a deep breath; the battle with the Black Poison Gu King had spent much of his heart power and spiritual power, but now was not the time for him to rest.

There must be secrets on this Black Poison Old Ghost; possessing the Blood Soul Banner, and knowing about cultivators, plus the Black Poison Gu King could refine ghost soldiers, which means he had already embarked on the road of ghost cultivation. Could there possibly be other cultivators on Earth besides him?

If he didn't clear this doubt, Qin Yang wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

"I can only use the Soul-Searching Technique."

Looking at the Black Poison Gu King's corpse, Qin Yang's gaze turned slightly cold.

The Black Poison Gu King had just died, and his soul fragments had not entirely dissipated, so it was the perfect time to use the Soul-Searching Technique.

"Soul-Searching Technique!"

With a focused gaze, a thread of solid divine sense emerged from Qin Yang's brow and quickly plunged into the Black Poison Gu King's mind.

Using the Soul-Searching Technique was extremely taxing on both heart power and divine sense. Given that Qin Yang's cultivation was only at the early stage of the Immortal Master realm, he could not possibly recover all of Black Poison Gu King's memories, only an extremely small part of them.

"So that's how it is."

After a short while, Qin Yang opened his eyes, a look of realization in his gaze. Although he had only gained a small part of the Black Poison Gu King's memories, Qin Yang learned about the origin of the Blood Soul Banner—it was Shennongjia!

"Shennongjia, huh?"

Qin Yang murmured with a slight raise of his brows, as this name was mentioned in the Black Poison Gu King's memory.

Half a year ago, when the Black Poison Gu King was searching for poisonous creatures in Shennongjia, he accidentally discovered a dried skeleton in a cave.

Beside the dried skeleton, there was a damaged storage bag.

When the Black Poison Gu King picked up that storage bag, the skeleton emitted specks of inky black light, and a thread of nearly dissipating divine sense also entered the Black Poison Gu King's mind.

The methods of refining mortal souls, as well as some details about cultivators, were known to the Black Poison Gu King from that thread of nearly dissipating divine sense. The Blood Soul Banner was discovered by the Black Poison Gu King from the broken storage bag.

Qin Yang had read some books about Huaxia's geography, with Shennongjia being in the Beihu Province to the west of Jiangbei Province. It's said that one of the ancient three emperors, Shennong, once constructed wooden ladders to gather and taste herbs, saving people from illnesses, hence the name.

Apart from Shennongjia, there's also the Kunlun Mountain Range, known as Huaxia's number one sacred mountain, as well as the three overseas immortal islands of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, all frequently mentioned in mythology as immortal mountain holy lands.

Qin Yang knew that these ancient myths might not all be fictional; during ancient times, there were ancient powers most likely present on Earth.

"Shennongjia is vast and enigmatic, and in the Black Poison Gu King's memories, he only had the fragment regarding finding the storage bag. Finding the cave and skeleton he discovered would be quite difficult."

Qin Yang gently shook his head, for the time being, abandoning the plan to explore Shennongjia.

"Right, that broken storage bag."

Qin Yang's eyes lit up, and he felt around in the Black Poison Gu King's Qing Bu pouch, finding a gray-brown storage bag appearing in his hand.

The surface of the storage bag seemed to have undergone long years, showing fine cracks across it.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Qin Yang easily entered the broken storage bag; evidently, the original divine sense imprint on the bag had faded over time.

The first thing to appear in Qin Yang's mind was a pile of spirit stones arranged in order.

The spirit stones were stacked together. Although not large in number, they were considerable nonetheless.

"These are... two thousand spirit stones?"

Qin Yang felt a rush of joy, as with a sweep of his divine sense, he knew the number of spirit stones. Although they were lower grade spirit stones, they were an unexpected boon for Qin Yang.

Normally, even the lowest-tier storage bags could hold a space as big as a three-story luxury villa.

However, this storage bag was damaged, and its space was heavily compressed; many valuable items were also obliterated in the shattered space.

Besides the spirit stones, what remained were a set of Ghost Dao Array Flags, and a black pearl.

Qin Yang was not well-versed in the Ghost Dao, being a sword cultivator, so this set of Ghost Dao Array Flags wasn't of much use to him.

"What is this black pearl...?"

With a beckoning gesture, Qin Yang retrieved the pearl with his right hand.

The black pearl was entirely sable, surprisingly light in weight, and not very large, fitting perfectly in one hand, emanating a cool sensation from the palm.

"This should be the Yin Soul Pearl, which can nurture ghost creatures—a truly precious item."

Qin Yang's eyes lit with excitement as he spoke.

The Yin Soul Pearl is a treasure used by ghost cultivators to nurture ghost creatures, allowing them to cultivate within the pearl and progress much faster than in the outside world.

Though Qin Yang is not a ghost cultivator, encountering some ghosts capable of self-cultivation, he could potentially capture them and let them reside in the Yin Soul Pearl, becoming an unexpected aid in battle.

From the items within this storage bag, the original owner was likely a cultivator of the Immortal Venerable realm, similar in strength to Qin Yang in his previous life.

"This Blood Soul Banner should also be collected."

With a gesture of his right hand, Qin Yang placed the Blood Soul Banner into the storage bag as well.

"This trip was worthwhile, acquiring two thousand spirit stones and these ghost cultivation treasures," Qin Yang murmured to himself.

"Cough, cough..."

As Qin Yang was planning to check on the unconscious Thunder God, Jiang Huo'Er, and others, he heard a bout of intense coughing at his side.

Yun Luo's face was ice-cold, and bright red blood continued to drip from her cherry lips. Evidently, the poison from the Scorpion King Poison Needle, which she had been suppressing with the Ice Silkworm, had erupted.

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