Chapter 40: Top-grade Spiritual Ghost

  Although Lei had the Soul-Devouring Tower, a heaven-defying treasure that could enhance the quality of his spirit ghosts, he still sold mid-grade spirits to exchange for spirit stones according to his own cultivation level. Sooner or later, someone with ill intentions would suspect him. For some powerful individuals, even if it was just a small suspicion, they would take action first and ask questions later. Even if their suspicions were wrong, there wouldn't be any loss.

  Also because of this, Lei Dong was also unable to contain his excitement under the huge harvest. Of course, he didn't let his excitement overwhelm his mind. The Yuhuo Sword is easy to say, after all, it's a Yin Xie Sect signature artifact, and after erasing his divine mark imprint, he can use it himself after refining it, no big deal. However, the Evil Spirit Banner and that strange shield are currently too eye-catching to use.

  Especially when the three things come out together, isn't it obvious that you are telling people openly that you are the one who killed Ghostly Patriarch's son? Moreover, taking them away to sell is also not suitable. According to Ghostly Patriarch's strength, at least in this area of tens of thousands of miles, he still has great ability. Once he finds out that his son is dead, he will definitely set up a network in every market and street. If evil spirits or strange shields appear, even if they are not the son's belongings, he will investigate thoroughly.

  After some thought, I feel that it's necessary for me to learn the art of refining equipment. Not seeking to refine powerful magical instruments, but at least being able to modify and disguise originally powerful magical instruments. Similar to this treasure obtained from killing someone, it's absolutely impossible to let others handle it, not even the closest person, not fearing ten thousand, just fearing one in ten thousand.

  In addition, the storage belt is also good, at least its space is much larger than the primary toy on Leidong's body, about ten cubic meters. As for that law robe, it has been broken, even if it was repaired, Leidong would not wear it. Of course, Leidong did not plan to bring these eye-catching things back home for the time being. Instead, he hid in a seemingly abandoned cave nearby and dug a deep hole, burying those things temporarily, taking a lot of effort to cover them up. This time, only part of the low-grade spirit stone, one medium-grade spirit stone, and two Return to Origin Pills were taken away.

  Lei Dong returned to the Wan Gui Ku under the cover of night. Everything was calm, apparently the news of that ugly youth being killed hadn't spread yet. Otherwise, such a big event happening within the sect would definitely cause a huge commotion. He casually chatted with some people for a bit, mostly about the upcoming second three-year small competition.

  After returning home, I didn't do anything else. I casually chose a relatively pleasing low-grade spirit ghost to upgrade, and after using up 112 soul beads, the originally low-grade spirit ghost continuously evolved and finally reached high-grade level. Under the appraisal technique, most of its body had turned golden yellow.

  When he finally confirmed that he could upgrade the spiritual ghost to a high-quality one, Leidong's heart couldn't help but beat wildly. The value of a high-quality spiritual ghost is far beyond that of a medium-quality one. It's not just a matter of value, whether in terms of power or promotion speed, high-quality spiritual ghosts are far superior to medium-quality ones.

  Some were eager to refine it, but Lei Dong suddenly stopped moving. Frowning and thinking for a while, indeed, his main attack spell was the Ghost Controlling Spell. And high-quality ghost spirits are usually the dream of cultivators who practice Ghost Controlling Spells. He had three options: one, he could refine it himself. But in a short period of time, he couldn't replace his three ghost soldiers for the time being. His Tempering Spell also wouldn't allow him to command four ghost soldiers at the same time. As for temporarily increasing his strength, it wasn't very effective.

  Two, is to take it away and sell it. Top-grade spirit ghosts don't have a fixed market price. Each one needs to go through an auction, after a fierce competition, only then will its ownership be determined. If you take it to the auction house yourself, it will definitely cause a big commotion, even if the people at the auction house are honest and do business with you. But once this matter reaches the ears of the Old Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts, you'll be in trouble, after all, the Old Ancestor also yearns to possess top-grade spirit ghosts again.

  For those in the Refining Qi period, middle and high-grade Linggui are naturally very good things. However, even if there is only a low-grade Linggui, cultivating two or three of them with care will still yield considerable power. But for those in the Building Foundation period, low-grade Linggui is no longer sufficient. After all, low-grade Linggui has limited potential, and while it's acceptable during the Ghost Soldier stage, spending more time and energy will eventually lead to slow growth. However, for a low-grade Ghost Soldier to be promoted to the equivalent of the Building Foundation period's Ghost Guard level, there is great difficulty, and even if they are lucky enough to be promoted, the time, energy, and resources spent would not be worth it. Therefore, for those in the Building Foundation period who want to practice the Ghost Controlling Technique, the Linggui quality must reach at least middle-grade; otherwise, they will not be able to keep up with their own cultivation level.

  It can be inferred that Wan Gui Lao Zu is a character in the Golden Elixir stage, and he is also a cultivator who specializes in the Ghost-Defying Technique. Middle-grade spirit ghosts can still be played with during the foundation-building stage, but as time goes on, the promotion speed of middle-grade spirit ghosts will become slower and slower. As for letting middle-grade spirit ghosts break through to the ghost general level, it is necessary to pay a huge price in blood and sweat to achieve this. Moreover, even if they reach the ghost general level, it is still extremely difficult to promote further.

  Thus, Wan Gui Lao Zu wanted to play with the Ghost Controlling Technique, but he had to have a top-grade spirit ghost. Only a top-grade spirit ghost was worthy of his status. Just like Lei Dong wouldn't possibly go and collect inferior ghosts as ghost servants, Wan Gui Lao Zu was no longer suitable for playing with mid-grade ghosts either. And currently, he only had one top-grade spirit ghost and one extremely high-grade spirit ghost, it could be seen that in his heart, he definitely wanted at least one more top-grade ghost. If under this mindset, he heard that his personally taught disciple sold a top-grade spirit ghost to someone else, the consequences would truly be unthinkable...

  So, there is a third option, which is to directly offer this top-grade spirit ghost to the Old Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts. Perhaps the benefits received may not be as great as selling it for the highest price. However, in reality, it can greatly enhance the status of the Old Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts, who has always been good to him. Think about it, a personal disciple even offered up a top-grade spirit ghost, who else could be more filial? Such a filial personal disciple, if not fully cultivated, would be a waste. Moreover, once the Old Ancestor accepts his own top-grade spirit ghost, various rewards will definitely follow. Compared to selling it himself, the indirect effect ultimately obtained may be even better.

  After some thought, Lei Dong decided to offer the top-grade spirit ghost to Lao Zu. Firstly, his own cultivation was only at the Qi Refining stage, so a mid-grade spirit ghost would be more than enough for him. Secondly, if he had the ability to create a top-grade spirit ghost, then he also had the ability to make another one. As for something that he wouldn't lack in the future, taking it to Lao Zu's place to exchange for a large amount of benefits, directly greatly increasing his own survival strength, was there any better deal than this in the world?

  Lei Dong, who had figured this out, immediately went to see the Old Ancestor. As a personally taught disciple, after reporting to Gui Nu, if there was anything important, the Old Ancestor would still grant an audience in person. After all, each of the personally taught disciples might become the Old Ancestor's left and right arms in the future, so it was better to treat them well early on; otherwise, how could they be expected to be obedient and loyal?

  As expected, when Leidong said he had a major matter to discuss, Laozu quickly met him in the living room of the cave mansion. For this personally taught disciple, it's hard to say whether he was satisfied or not. The shortcomings were that his innate talent was somewhat lacking, but the advantages lay in his cleverness and diligence, as well as being ruthless and cunning. If an evil sect cultivator wasn't ruthless and cunning enough, even if they reached the foundation building stage, they would still be someone else's pawn.

  Following the rules, Leidong paid his respects to Laozu and then said excitedly: "Laozu, this time I encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation. First, I wanted to go out and clear my mind, second, I wanted to try my luck at capturing some valuable spirits, so that I could exchange them for something like a Diligent Spirit Dan. Who would have thought that after more than 100 days, I only harvested five low-grade spirits? But then, I unexpectedly obtained an upper-grade spirit!"

  The old ancestor of Wan Gui's face was very calm, thinking that this kid was too talkative. But as soon as he heard the top-grade spirit ghost, the expression of Gu Jing who had been still like an ancient well suddenly changed: "Top-grade spirit ghost? Did Lei Dong not see it wrongly?"

  "The disciple has identified it, and indeed it is a top-grade spirit ghost." Lei Dong took out an ordinary soul-nurturing pagoda and respectfully handed it to the old ancestor: "Please, old ancestor, identify it."

  Wan Gui Lao Zu was also somewhat unable to hold back, having cultivated to the Golden Elixir stage. In this life, except for the time he encountered great luck in the fifth layer of the Qi Refining stage and obtained an Extreme Quality Spirit Ghost, it was only after becoming a Lao Zu that he managed to grab an Upper Quality Spirit Ghost at an auction. However, that one time almost made him lose everything. From then on, there were no more Upper Quality Spirit Ghosts to take care of him. At this moment, hearing that Lei Dong had actually caught an Upper Quality Spirit Ghost, how could he not be excited?

  Seeing Wan Gui Lao Zu's impatient expression, Lei Dong couldn't help but secretly laugh and quickly lowered his head, not daring to reveal any flaws.

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