Chapter 22: Ghost Soldier Upgrade

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  Fortunately, the second-level wild ghost soldier was also limited in strength. After unleashing a powerful killing thunder, its momentum weakened greatly, and for a time, it was even beaten to a pulp by the ghost soldier who had been subjected to the Bloodlust Technique. The dark green sword's power was not particularly strong, but as someone who had already refined his energy to the second layer, every time he hit the wild ghost soldier, he could reduce its body's coagulation degree by one point.

  After a hundred or so breaths, the bloodthirsty ghost suddenly appeared out of thin air, and with one knife, it sliced the wild ghost's body into two segments. It then hastily began to devour it, and before long, the wild ghost's true form, as well as the transparent inner elixir resembling a soul pearl inside its body, were completely consumed amidst the bloodthirsty ghost's eager cries. The bloodthirsty ghost's body, which had originally been somewhat dull due to injury, slowly began to recover.

  After a while, the bloodthirsty ghost soldier became more and more spirited, its semi-transparent body condensed and solidified, with strange colors surging in its eyes, along with the joyful thoughts it kept sending to Lei Dong. It was clear that after devouring that wild ghost soldier, the bloodthirsty ghost soldier had gained a lot of benefits. After careful observation, it was found that although the bloodthirsty ghost soldier had not yet broken through to the second-level ghost soldier's summoning, it could be considered as being in a first-class peak state, only one step away from reaching the next level.

  Lei Dong couldn't help but sigh in admiration, this was indeed a mid-grade spirit ghost. After devouring that second-grade ghost guard, it directly increased by nearly half a grade. This was far beyond what a low-grade spirit ghost could compare to. It was no wonder that the value of a mid-grade spirit ghost would exceed that of a low-grade one by hundreds of times.

  With the promotion of this bloodthirsty ghost, Lei Dong also began to be less resistant to wild ghosts and instead deliberately sought them out. After searching through several yin-yang places for several days, Lei Dong encountered another wild ghost. However, that wild ghost had already become a fourth-level existence. Frightened, Lei Dong turned around and ran away, luckily running fast, thanks to the bloodthirsty ghost's help in blocking a few breaths.

  Otherwise, at the flight speed of a 4th-level ghost guard, even Leidong wearing Cloud Boots would be slower. Once Leidong, who had no other spells except for the Ghost Guard Spell, was caught up by the 4th-level ghost guard, he would truly be in a precarious situation. Of course, it was the Cloud Boots that really saved his life. Otherwise, Leidong would have had absolutely no chance of escaping from under the claws of the 4th-level ghost guard.

  Lei Dong, who had almost suffered a great loss, was even more cautious than before. He let the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier lead the way and explore ahead, while he himself remained in a state of readiness to flee at any moment. As it turned out, there were no surprises or dangers. They eventually encountered a level one Ghost Soldier, which they defeated in battle and was then devoured by the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier. After several days of incubation, that lovely creature successfully broke through to become a level two Ghost Soldier.

  After the promotion, the bloodthirsty ghost soldier not only had a clearer and more condensed body, but also looked even more ferocious and cruel. The aura was also greatly different from before. That appearance made Leidong look at it with increasing delight. The Ghost-Taming Spell was indeed a good spell.

  It's been three months again. After Lei Dong had collected about thirty soul beads, he finally stopped for the time being. As someone who has been dealing with yin souls until now, even if Lei Dong roughly calculated, the number of yin souls he caught would be around 17,000 to 18,000. What made him laugh and cry was that among them, he only caught one low-grade ling ghost. Although it's said that out of ten thousand inferior ghosts, there might be one ling ghost produced. Catching only one low-grade ling ghost is normal, but Lei Dong couldn't help but feel a bit regretful, thinking his own moral character was indeed too ordinary. Occasionally, he would hear fellow disciples who also caught yin souls say that if their moral character was good enough, catching ten thousand might yield two or three ling ghosts, and there's even a possibility of encountering mid-grade ling ghosts.

  Just the other day, I was chatting with someone, a fellow cultivator who had reached the sixth layer of the Wan Gui Ku, and she told me that when she first tried to cultivate the Ghost Controlling Technique, she only managed to capture a few dozen low-level ghosts before accidentally capturing a mid-grade spirit ghost. Whether it's for personal use or for sale, it's an extremely satisfying thing. This incident has indeed made many people envious, jealous and resentful.

  Fortunately, Lei Dong already had a heaven-defying treasure like the Soul-Devouring Tower, otherwise he would have been extremely envious of her luck.

  He settled down in the Wan Gui City, spending several days feeding three low-grade Ling Ghosts with Soul Pearls, allowing them to all advance to mid-grade Ling Ghosts. His mind entered the Nourishing Soul Tower, and Lei Dong's heart was somewhat suppressed, unable to contain his excitement as he gazed at the three mid-grade Ling Ghosts. Just thinking about how his sixth-layer Qi Refining sister had luckily obtained a mid-grade Ling Ghost in the Wan Gui Cave, causing a stir, Lei Dong couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. He thought to himself, "Sister, you have good character, that's for sure, but even with great character, it can't compare to my precious Soul-Devouring Tower."

  But if others were to find out that he already possessed a total of four mid-grade spirit ghosts, it would definitely raise suspicions. Even the Old Ancestor of the Ten Thousand Ghosts would take action against him upon hearing the news.

  According to Lei Dong's estimation of his own mental strength, even without relaxing the Xuan Shen Jue cultivation, in a relatively long period of time in the future, simultaneously controlling three ghostly servants that are one or two ranks higher than himself is already the limit. One extra mid-grade spirit ghost would naturally have to be sold and replaced with a better Soul Returning Tower. Only then can he cultivate safely and at ease in the Wan Gui Cave. With a good Soul Returning Tower, even if there's no time to go out and find good blood meat spirits to feed the ghostly servants, he won't worry about the ghostly servants' levels falling behind his own by too much. After all, mid-grade spirit ghosts can still advance quickly.

  However, selling it within the Wan Gui Ku's sphere of influence is out of the question. Otherwise, if he sells it today, soon everyone in Wan Gui Ku will know that he has sold a mid-grade Linggui. But keeping it on him is also meaningless, exchanging it for a large amount of Ling stones and rapidly increasing his own strength is the way to go.

  As for the place to sell, Lei Dong had already explored it earlier. It was a Xianweng market about 8,000 miles away from Wangu Cave. Although the geographical location was still within the range of the Yīn Xiǎo Sect's power, in reality, that market was opened by a Xiu Zhen family affiliated with the Yīn Xiǎo Sect. It is said that there are often many evil cultivators or scattered cultivators who practice evil skills gathering and dispersing there throughout the year. Of course, so-called orthodox cultivators will also be present, but in smaller numbers. Taking mid-grade Linggui to sell there would naturally be an excellent choice, as the more chaotic the evil cultivators were, the better price they could get.

  The only problem is that the distance is really too far, even if you have the cultivation of Leidong Lianqi period two layers, plus the Cloud Stepping Boots, with a speed comparable to a running horse, it would take at least ten or more days to arrive. Moreover, on the way, who knows what kind of danger might be encountered.

  As a result, Lei Dong also deliberated for a long time. He steeled himself and decided to first select a good flying magic tool, after all, that thing would be needed sooner or later. In the past, Chen Ge didn't allow him to buy it because he wanted to save spirit stones for cultivation. But now that he had the Soul Devouring Tower, this heaven-defying treasure, the more time passed, the less likely he was to lack spirit stones. On the contrary, time was what he truly lacked.

  After returning to the Wan Gui Ku, Lei Dong went to Lao Bu Si's place, who was in charge of exchanging equipment and artifacts, and took a stroll around. He specifically checked the prices of some flying artifacts. At first, he chose high-quality flying artifacts, but when converted into Ling Stones, they were tens of thousands of Ling Stones, which made Lei Dong immediately break out in cold sweat and close the page directly. He was afraid that if he was stimulated for too long, his brain would have problems.

  He then looked at the medium-grade flight artifact, and the contribution required was converted into spirit stones. The worst one needed more than 800, while the highest one reached 5,000 to 6,000. This number made Lei Dong's whole body feel a little dizzy. He had thought that his wealth of over 100 spirit stones was quite impressive, but after seeing the terrifying prices of those medium and high-grade artifacts, he realized that he was actually very poor.

  However, this is also because it is a flying magic tool, so the price is so expensive. The same type of medium-grade magic tools are priced much lower than this. Under duress, Leidong began to look at low-grade flying magic tools.

  At this price, it's slightly normal, and barely acceptable to Lei Dong. Similarly, if converted into spirit stones based on contribution value, the worst flying artifact would cost around 20-30 spirit stones, but a slightly better one would be over a hundred. The most outrageous thing is that an inferior flying artifact was priced almost as high as a mid-grade one.

  After inquiring about the prices and having a number in mind, Lei Dong calmly left, causing that old fellow to stare at him again. He looked for half a day but didn't buy anything. However, he didn't dare to be too arrogant towards Lei Dong anymore. At least he had heard that his ancestor seemed to have met with Lei Dong and others, and even gave them a pretty good reward.

  He rushed into Zhao Baiwan's residence, called him to open the door, and then Lei Dong immediately showed a furious and sinister look: "You're so bold, Zhao Baiwan, daring to cheat me with a bad Soul Tower. I'm going to fight you!"

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