Chapter 103: The Summoning of Ten Thousand Ghosts

  It seemed that Dian Weiyan was more reliable than Lei Dong in Mu Qingxia's eyes, and after being comforted by her, Mu Qingxia's tense mood also relaxed a bit.

  The two of them chatted idly for a short while, eating some melons and fruits that were readily available at home, and they didn't seem hungry. When the sky had just turned dark, Chen, Ge, Wei, and Hua returned, bringing back some information about that mad bandit, which was quite detailed.

  His surname is Li, his name is Chang'an, and he is a native of the State of Wu. More than 100 years ago, because he had a fairly good spiritual root, he entered the Ghost Sect of the Yin Department. Because his qualifications were not much better than those of Lei Dong and others, he struggled for 30 years before entering the foundation-building period by chance. Since then, he has been serving the sect, and in more than 70 years, he has not achieved any great merits, but still has some hard work to show for it.

  After passing the hundred-year mark, due to limited talent and being delayed by miscellaneous tasks in cultivation, I have only reached the third layer of the foundation-building period. So, I decided to take advantage of still having some lifespan left and returned to my hometown to build a xian family called Pristine West Li, attached to a sect. Of course, this was already six or seven years ago, after Lei Dong entered the sect.

  Building the foundation period, even within the Yin Xie sect, the position is not bad. Not to mention going out of the sect, compared to the small scattered cultivators outside, it's like a old immortal. As a result, in just a few years, more than 20 scattered cultivators with decent cultivation gathered under him. Openly and aboveboard, he started to claim kingship and contend for hegemony within the Wu country.

  All the royal nobles of Wu State tried every means to curry favor with him. Even the Emperor of Wu State intended to form a marriage alliance with Li Chang'an. In just a few years, he became the most popular person in Wu State. Not only did he achieve great things, but his original identity was also that of an official in the Yin Sect, so naturally he couldn't be too proud.

  Especially since he has been away from his sect for six or seven years, Wu Guoshan is even more arrogant and domineering. Through his connections with the branch leader, he learned that the Lei family had produced another spiritual root holder, and their talent was quite good, so he started to think of a plan.

  All cultivators know that the higher their cultivation, the stronger they become. The chances of passing on their legacy to their descendants will also decrease. Li Chang'an was already at the third layer of the foundation-building period, and even if he married many ordinary women, the number of children he would have would not be too many. Although the probability of having a spiritual root is much higher than that of an ordinary person, he still feels that his own talent is not very good. Even if there are spiritual roots among his descendants, the chances of getting excellent spiritual roots are not high.

  It is precisely because of this that he has always been extremely eager to marry a woman with excellent spiritual roots and who does not cultivate. In this way, there will be opportunities to give birth to several more, increasing the quality of spiritual roots in future generations. From now on, the West Li family will flourish, and if they can produce a Golden Elixir Ancestor-level figure among their descendants, even in death, he will close his eyes contentedly.

  As for Lei Dong, he had also investigated him before. The information he got was that Lei Dong's qualifications were at most average to above-average, and not as good as Li Chang'an. Although there were rumors that he was taken in by Wan Gui as a personal disciple, a disciple with no future prospects who came knocking on his door could be killed without any consequences. At that time, it would be easy to come up with some excuses for him. Therefore, messing with Lei Dong's family, given his identity and status, didn't pose any psychological obstacles for him.

  These messages were mostly obtained by Chen Gong's kid finding a loose-lipped Qi-refining fifth-layer cultivator attached to the Wanxi Li family and forcing them to spill the beans. Needless to say, that fifth-layer cultivator has certainly been silenced already.

  Four siblings, in the living room, discussing these intelligence reports. They all think that with the strength of the Wanxi Li family, if they were to find them and go there rashly, they would definitely not get any benefits. Those twenty or so scattered cultivators may not be very strong individually, but gathered together, even Ding Yuanyan would have to retreat a bit. Having many people can sometimes be an advantage. Imagine twenty or so people launching various attacks at the same time, covering the sky and earth, that kind of momentum is absolutely not to be underestimated.

  It's also discussing assassination and other means, which isn't too realistic. A three-layer foundation-building cultivator who has lived for over a hundred years would not be caught off guard by a group of Qi-refining cultivators.

  At the time when Chen Gang and others were at a loss, Ding Yuanyan took out a black metal token with various shapes of fierce ghosts carved on it.

  Three fellow disciples who had never seen this thing before were all attracted by its attention and stared at the token board.

  "It's an award from our ancestor, the Wan Gui Ling."

  Ban Kiri!

  The three of them jumped up in unison and couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

  This made them, although they had not seen it with their own eyes, but had heard of it. As soon as this order was issued, all the disciples under the jurisdiction of the Wan Gui Sect would unconditionally obey the holder of this order, just like the old ancestor himself. The old ancestor of the Wan Gui Sect bestowed this order on Ding Yuanyan, which showed how much he trusted and appreciated her.

  "I'll gather the Wan Gui Ku's foundation-building period fellow disciples, just need to come up with two more foundation-building period masters, plus us four. Enough to flatten the Pristine West Li family." Ding Yuanyan said with a somewhat gloomy and ominous tone.

  Only when facing Lei Dong, she seemed to have a side of tender feelings like a little girl. But after staying in the Yin Lü Sect for a long time, with all the treachery and bloodshed she had seen, Ding Yuanyan also became somewhat ruthless and decisive. Especially after experiencing the Bai Li Yun event, she understood a truth: if you don't kill the snake, it will bite back. If not for Lei Dong's many hidden cards and superior skills, he would have died on the arena already.

  Chen Gong Wei Hua, eyes shining brightly, thunderous applause.

  "But, Master. I heard that the Wan Gui Ling can only be used once, and afterwards, Lao Zu will have to ask about the circumstances and think that the last use was not a problem before he will help again with the spell." Lei Dong said worriedly: "How do we explain it to Lao Zu when he comes back?"

  "Lei Shidi, you can rest assured." Ding Yuanyan said with a serious expression: "How the old ancestor treats his own disciples, I believe you also have some understanding. If he knew that our Wan Gui Ku disciple was being bullied like this, he would certainly not stand idly by. Moreover, Qing'er's spiritual roots and qualifications are superior, and she was brought into Wan Gui Ku. The old ancestor will not only not think it strange, but will instead greatly praise it as a wonderful thing."

  Lei Dong thought carefully and indeed it was this principle. His own family's ancestors had a "talent-seeking" attitude, which he also deeply understood.

  After several people discussed and decided, they felt that if they were going to fight, they should win the battle and eliminate the root of the problem. Li Chang'an had a very old qualification and deep experience. However, the sect would not make things difficult for the Wan Gui Cave group just because of a worthless dead person, especially when there was an excellent disciple like Ding Wenyuan who was highly valued by the ancestors.

  Only to see Ding Yuanyan holding the Wan Gui Order, her expression solemn and dignified, with every word carefully chosen. After a moment, the black token suddenly burst out with a dark light, and the fierce ghosts and evil spirits carved on it seemed to come alive, struggling to crawl out of the token's surface. This was also what Lei Dong and the others were watching with great interest, unmoved, but if an ordinary person without any knowledge had seen this strange phenomenon, they would have been frightened into a faint.

  Bang

  Black light burst forth, and a dozen or so evil spirits flew out, swirling above the crowd for a moment before disappearing into the darkness through the windows, as if driven by Ding Yuanyan's command.

  "Following the speed of those foundation-building masters, I believe it will take at most a dozen or so days for them to gather here." After Ding Yuanyan issued the summoning order to the ten thousand ghosts, she also felt slightly weak. She thought for a moment and said: "I'll call East again to try. If she's willing to come forward with justice, it will be even more secure."

  After saying that, he took out a blank jade slip and pinched it silently for a moment. With a lift of his fair hand, he summoned a spirit ghost with no fixed shape, only a black misty appearance. He tossed the jade slip away, and the black mist quickly pounced on it, swallowing it into its belly.

  "Go"

  Ding Wanyan gave another mental command, and the spirit ghost blinked its eyes, transforming into a faint shadow that flew out at high speed.

  This move made the three martial brothers look at each other in dismay, especially Lei Dong, who was shocked and stuttered: "Sister, what kind of magic is this?"

  "Ghost messenger transmission ah." Ding Yuanyan glared at Lei Dong with a hint of annoyance: "Luckily you're still majoring in Ghost Warding, or else you wouldn't even know how to refine a ghost messenger."

  Kui Cha, a reminder, Lei Dong did recall that there was indeed such a spell. However, refining Kui Cha requires a Ling Gui. And the refined Kui Cha has no combat power, only knowing how to deliver messages, at most helping to fetch something. As for Lei Dong, he had never been interested in things that couldn't directly enhance his combat power.

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