novelraw Chapter 71 : Mark
Chapter 71 : Mark
Su Chen'an successfully subdued the Mad Gambling Die as expected, with the golden artifact spirit floating dejectedly behind him.
Gambling truly is harmful.
He had actually gambled himself away.
Chu Sang poked his face. "Gone for a moment and you've become so dispirited?"
The young artifact spirit angrily tried to bite her.
She flicked his forehead in return, stepping back a few meters. Her mischievous expression drove the artifact spirit mad. Fortunately, he was now bound by contract to Su Chen'an and could only glare resentfully with puffed cheeks.
Chu Sang stopped teasing him. "Can I ask you a question?"
The artifact spirit resumed his previous nonchalant manner. "Gamble with this spirit. If you win, I'll tell you!"
This fellow truly didn't learn his lesson, forgetting how he had gambled himself away just half an hour ago.
Su Chen'an tossed the die in his hand, smiling gently and harmlessly. "If I'm not mistaken, the original iron used to forge you should be hundred-thousand-year phantom crystal iron. I've heard this type of iron ore has long been extinct on the continent. I was just worrying about what kind of original iron to use to forge a natal spirit sword for Little Junior Sister..."
"Ah ah ah, you shortsighted black-hearted thing! You actually want to melt this spirit down? Do you know how in-demand I am? I'm a divine artifact, infinitely more precious than some broken spirit sword!"
"No matter how precious a divine artifact is, if it doesn't listen, it's just a pile of scrap metal."
Su Chen'an used the gentlest tone to say the most threatening words, making the sword spirit's heart tremble.
He glared at the two of them, tugging at his handkerchief. Reluctantly, he turned his head to look at Chu Sang. "Hmph hmph hmph, this spirit was just joking earlier. Ask whatever you want. I'll tell you everything I know!"
"I want to know how Qin Xixue obtained you and awakened you."
In the original novel, the female protagonist's treasures were endless, but it was never explained in detail where she obtained these heavenly and earthly spiritual treasures.
"You don't know? She has a spiritual energy space. I don't know where she got this space from either, but that's where she awakened me."
"That space is incredibly powerful, like an immortal's inherited spirit mansion. Spirit mountains, spirit springs, and spirit plants are everywhere. The treasures inside are innumerable. There are even more powerful things than me, but that female cultivator's cultivation is too low for now. She can't enter the innermost layers."
Wen Renyue couldn't help but exclaim, "This person's luck is too good! To actually obtain an immortal's inherited spirit mansion space!"
Incredible! Even more defying the heavens than Little Junior Sister.
Tantai Ming was distraught. "How can the gap between people in this world be so large?"
He was almost too poor to eat from raising his sword, while others directly obtained immortal inheritances.
Chu Sang lowered her head in thought. Isn't this just the pocket dimension that every female protagonist has in novels?
However, from what the artifact spirit said, Qin Xixue seemed to be limited by her cultivation level or some other reason. She couldn't fully control the space yet and could only use the outer artifacts.
This news was both good and bad.
"How strong was that ghost cultivator? Are you all uninjured?" Inside the cave, Mu Chihuai saw they had all returned and finally set down his worried heart.
"Little Junior Sister sent him to meet the ancestral masters," Tantai Ming unceremoniously squeezed him aside. "Move over, move over. Whew, the ghost energy outside is really bone-chillingly cold. Let me warm up by the fire quickly!"
"It's warmer inside my pill furnace. Do you want to go in for a while?" The young man smiled.
"Get lost!"
Chu Sang shook her head and took out the token, looking at the somewhat silent Ling Yu. "That ghost cultivator seems to be from the Ghost Xuan Sect."
She had also heard of the Ghost Xuan Sect. This sect was the strongest in the ghost realm. In the original novel, they were the number one force that followed Ghost Second Senior Brother in backstabbing the cultivation world.
This sect had always liked to sow discord between the cultivation world and demon race, fishing in troubled waters for their own benefit. They could be said to be treacherous.
The opening of the ghost city this time was not unrelated to the Ghost Xuan Sect.
They likely wanted to use this opportunity to awaken Ghost Second Senior Brother and nurture a Ghost King for their use, paving the way for their future invasion of the cultivation world.
Ling Yu seemed lost in thought as he looked at the token in her hand.
"What's wrong, Second Senior Brother?" Chu Sang sat down beside him.
Ling Yu came back to his senses. "So that cultivator was from the Ghost Xuan Sect. I met him while training in a secret realm some time ago. He actively invited me to travel together, saying he wanted to take me to a place where I could rapidly improve my strength..."
So it was the ghost city.
He seemed to have more to say but hesitated, looking at the large banner in her hand that had already been marked with spiritual sense. After a pause, he said, "This Hundred Ghosts Banner is a magical treasure used by ghost cultivators. What use is it to you?"
Chu Sang propped her chin and looked at him for a while before withdrawing her gaze. She casually waved the banner. "It's fun."
She patted Xiao Bai's head. "Open the domain."
In the next moment, the scene before everyone's eyes suddenly changed. This time, Chu Sang was prepared and tossed a few Light Talismans into the air, restoring some brightness to their vision.
Row after row of large iron cages were arranged within the domain.
Each cage held a huge, fierce ghost corpse.
However, compared to their initial arrogance when they ruled the day and night, they were now all listless, beaten down by life.
Ling Yu: "...What did you do to them?"
He realized that spiritual energy couldn't be used in this domain.
The scene was strangely familiar.
"Collected them for my use," Chu Sang said as she stored all several dozen Ghost Kings into the banner.
She had too many enemies. She had no choice but to leave herself with multiple backup plans.
When being hunted down by people, releasing several dozen Nascent Soul stage Ghost Kings at once would ensure that at least one of her or her enemy would die.
"Although the Hundred Ghosts Banner can theoretically restrain ghosts and monsters of Nascent Soul stage and below, your current strength is only early Golden Core stage. The difference in strength is too great. Once the ghost corpses are released, the first thing they'll do is devour their master," Ling Yu sighed. It was good that Little Junior Sister had ideas, but she was also too bold.
He thought for a moment, then gently grasped one of her hands. He bit his fingertip and condensed a drop of slightly pale blood, pressing it onto her palm.
The drop of blood instantly merged into her skin and disappeared. In the center of her palm, a faintly visible mark appeared.
Chu Sang clenched her hand but felt nothing.
"With this mark, those ghost corpses should be somewhat restrained and won't harm you," he said softly.
The hierarchy among ghosts and monsters was strict. Ling Yu's rank was clearly higher than this group of quasi-Ghost Kings. Once they sensed his aura, they would inherently feel fear and reverence, not daring to act rashly.
Just as they exited the domain, a woman's angry voice broke the atmosphere between them. Chu Sang looked towards Qin Xixue, who was hurriedly approaching from outside the cave, and yawned. "Not sleeping in the middle of the night? Do you have something?"
"It was you who killed him!"
Qin Xixue had rushed back with herbs only to find that the ghost cultivator had already died violently. Judging by the wounds on the corpse, it was clearly done by cultivators. She couldn't think of anyone other than Chu Sang's group who could have done it.
The elder had told her this person was from the Ghost Xuan Sect. She had originally wanted to save his life in exchange for a favor, to have him repay her. She didn't expect to lose both the person and her divine artifact!
Why did these people always repeatedly ruin her plans!
"Oh, you mean that ghost cultivator." Chu Sang's tone changed, cheerfully admitting, "Yes, we killed him. So what? Don't tell me you want to seek justice for a ghost cultivator?"
Qin Xixue glared at her fiercely. "You can't kill him!"
"A ghost cultivator, why can't we kill him?" A cold male voice came from behind.