Chapter Thirty-Seven: Sheep or Wolf?

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  Evil Ghost Flag, one of the banner-type flying artifacts of the Yin Family. However, it is also one of the most notorious artifacts in the entire cultivation world. This is because the main material for refining the Evil Ghost Flag is the cultivator's living soul. The so-called living soul refers to the total soul of any human being before the Yuan Ying period, which is forced to leave the body when dying or alive. The living souls of ordinary people are scattered and do not condense, disappearing in an instant. Only those with extremely heavy obsessions, or those who are in a cold and gloomy place, will gradually condense and form a yin soul. However, due to the lack of physical support, ordinary people have not tempered their bodies, and they often forget everything from their past lives soon after, leaving only their animal instincts and a hint of obsession. Even if they become yin souls, it is still the same.

  However, the cultivator is different, because the cultivator's cultivation is a process of constantly refining the body and soul. Even after the soul leaves the body, it will not disperse immediately, and consciousness and memory will be very clear, and can even actively move to another place or temporarily attach to a certain spiritual object. Waiting for some time, there may be an opportunity to seize the house. If there is a ghost repair method, the surrounding killing energy is full, and there is still a chance to convert the ghost repair. Of course, the cultivator's soul is not always permanent. It will also slowly disappear, or even lose memory. It's just that the stronger the cultivator's soul, the less likely it is to disappear.

  The state of the soul of the cultivator mentioned above is usually extremely lucky. Because many cultivators die with enemies around them, and these enemies will not give you any chance to avenge yourself later. Just like Lei Dong killed Zhou Minghua, and also controlled the ghost soldiers to devour Zhou Minghua's soul.

  Yin evil sect, many of the techniques and instruments are related to ghosts and evil spirits. It's only natural that they would use a cultivator's soul as material for refining instruments without batting an eye. The Evil Spirit Flag is just such a flying instrument refined from a cultivator's soul.

  The more powerful the cultivator's nascent soul, the more powerful the evil spirit banner that is refined. This thing not only has the effect of a flying artifact, but can also be used to defend against enemies. Of course, what is meant by defending against enemies is not like summoning ghostly soldiers to directly attack the enemy. Rather, it is using the nascent soul that has been refined into an evil spirit banner, and the surging resentment condenses into a spiritual impact that is almost tangible, making you feel uncontrollable fear, chilling your heart, thereby weakening your reaction, speed, and affecting your combat effectiveness.

  In fact, for the application of Sheng's soul, it is far from just one evil spirit banner. The Yin Xiao Sect has many treasures for this purpose. The evil spirit banner is only one of them. As for its effectiveness, it still depends on the quality and quantity of the soul at the time of refining. However, looking at that ugly young man's cultivation seems to be at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, I'm afraid this evil spirit banner won't be too powerful, otherwise he can't control it, and there is also a possibility that he will suffer from the backlash of the evil spirits.

  But no matter what, someone of this age and cultivation who can use the evil ghost banner, a treasure that is extremely difficult to obtain, must not be a simple person. Because relying on his strength alone, it's impossible for him to collect the souls of powerful cultivators himself. Most likely, he was favored by his sect, such as reaching Ding Yuanyan's level of favoritism, and only then would he have been granted this item, or had an elder personally help him refine one.

  That young man stepped on the evil spirit screen, with his hands behind his back, looking down at Lei Dong from a high position. His expression was extremely arrogant, his nose upturned, and he snorted: "Which old ancestor's door are you from? Don't you know that this is our Ghostly Department's territory?"

  The lightning-like thoughts had turned over thousands of times, and he guessed that the ugly young man was at least a direct disciple of the Ghostly Patriarch of the Ghostly Mansion, and possibly even closer. He said calmly: "This brother, I am from the Extreme Yin Cave. I came to capture some yin souls and try my luck." His eyes glanced again at the two women beside him, both young and beautiful, but dressed in revealing and seductive clothing. Between their eyebrows, there seemed to be a hint of flirtatious charm. They must have had some special relationship with the young man, occasionally using their eyes to tease him, or throwing him a charming and adoring glance when he spoke, as if the young man beside them was the ultimate man in their hearts.

  That ugly young man seemed to be enjoying their admiration and dependence, satisfied with a deep breath, his attitude became even more arrogant, coldly saying: "Try to test your luck? Why don't you go try at the Extreme Yin Cave, what's the point of running to my Ghostly Mansion's entrance?" However, he never expected that those two beautiful girls, while showing their admiring expressions, were secretly glancing at Lei Dong. Lei Dong, although ordinary in appearance, had a decent physique. Standing there, neither arrogant nor humble, his demeanor was calm and composed, with an extraordinary air about him. He looked rather pleasing to the eye, at least many times more so than the person beside him.

  This appearance, however, made him secretly laugh in his heart. As someone who had lived two lives, especially in his previous life, similar things were simply ubiquitous, so he naturally knew what kind of thoughts these two beautiful girls had in mind and what they were pursuing.

  In these four months, Lei Dong had been to more than a dozen places. It wasn't that he hadn't met other disciples of the Dongfu Sect before, but firstly, Lei Dong's cultivation was quite good, and those with lower cultivation didn't dare to provoke him. Even those with high cultivation didn't want to provoke trouble for no reason. Secondly, Lei Dong was cautious in his actions and would often avoid them. He also didn't stay in each place for too long, so nothing major had happened. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave, something like this occurred.

  Lei Dong took a deep breath and calmly smiled, "If you're willing, Brother, you can also go to the vicinity of our Extreme Yin Cave to capture yin souls. We are all disciples of the Yin Evil Sect, why must we distinguish ourselves so clearly."

  "Hmph, you're quite bold." The ugly youth seemed to have been provoked by Lei Dong's words and his anger was stirred: "On my territory, what right do you have to come and capture the yin spirits? If you know what's good for you, hand over the Nourishing Soul Tower and get out of here back to your Extreme Yin Cave." Perhaps it was because he thought that with his decent magical tools and higher cultivation level than Lei Dong, he didn't need to be polite. Or perhaps, he was just a spoiled brat who didn't understand what politeness meant.

  "This? I'm afraid it won't do." Lei Dong shook his head somewhat foolishly and said, "In the rules of the Yin Xie Sect, it is strictly forbidden for disciples to rob each other."

  That ugly young man was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing towards the beautiful girl beside him, pointing at Lei Dong: "It turns out to be an idiot, falling into my territory, still dare to talk about the rules of the Yin Xie Sect?" After that, he looked down on Lei Dong with a condescending attitude, full of superiority: "It seems you are not drinking the wine offered, and now you have to drink the penalty wine. Watch me extract your soul and refine it into an evil spirit." He felt proud of his majestic appearance, and proudly glanced at the two beautiful girls beside him. Sure enough, he provoked the two girls to laugh, and their eyes looked at Lei Dong with a hint of disdain.

  Lei Dong sighed slightly in his heart, it seemed that he had to take action again. The other party had three people, but one of them was a beautiful girl with a cultivation level of three layers and another at the early stage of four layers. Lei Dong didn't even consider them as opponents. If he really had skills or a wealthy family background, how could he possibly lose his self-respect and follow this ugly young man?

  "Wait, senior brother!" Lei Dong's face turned pale and he cried out in fear: "I concede, I concede. This is my Soul Nourishing Tower..." As he spoke, he summoned the high-quality Soul Nourishing Tower from his storage waistband.

  The ugly youth was still mocking Lei Dong, the fool who was all bark and no bite, without a hint of heroic spirit, not even when he begged for mercy. Suddenly, seeing the black aura surrounding the extraordinary Soul Nurturing Tower, he was taken aback, and a greedy expression appeared on his ugly face: "A high-quality Soul Nurturing Tower?"

  "Senior brother, I'll give you the Soul Tower, please spare my life. I don't want to be refined into that evil ghost banner." Lei Dong was like a small white rabbit that had been frightened, his pupils shrinking, and he glanced at the evil ghost banner with extreme fear.

  "Then you can erase the divine mark of the soul refining ritual yourself, so as not to trouble me." The ugly youth looked at the Soul Nourishing Tower with a mixture of surprise and excitement. Although he held an extraordinary position in the Ghostly Evil Sect, high-quality items were not something that could be easily obtained.

  "Alright, here I go." Lei Dong wiped the sweat from his forehead and chanted the incantation, but nothing happened. He looked around nervously again, then continued to chant the spell. A ghostly soldier suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

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