Chapter Fourteen: Strange Fire Seed

  He held a small triangular flag in his hand, closed his eyes, and his spiritual awareness wandered among the surrounding yin energy. Nothing in the yin array could escape his spiritual awareness.

  There are now four people in the array, and originally he only dreaded Luo Han. This guy is a martial artist of the seventh layer of Qi refining, with an overbearing blood energy that is unmatched. He is precisely the nemesis of this kind of Yin Master. However, under the current situation where he occupies a favorable position, he has the confidence to win in one battle. As for the other two Hu Liang guards, although they are both at the fifth layer of Qi refining, they are not taken seriously by him. Without Luo Han, these two people can't even cope with the Nine Yin Primordial Energy here.

  Unexpectedly, Wang Guanlan suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

  He had originally set his sights high on Wang Guanlan, because as a practitioner of the occult arts, Wang's spiritual energy was many times that of an ordinary person in both quality and quantity. Killing him would be equivalent to killing hundreds of ordinary people, greatly reducing the number of vengeful spirits needed, and could even allow Wang's spirit to become the master soul of a ghost. As for Wang's identity, it wasn't even within his consideration.

  As a ghost master, he was just a wandering wizard who had arrived at the border of the three southwestern states for only half a month. He originally intended to hunt some powerful beast souls in the Duan Yun Mountains, but unexpectedly discovered a small underground Yin cave. This Yin cave was not large, but it had enough Jiuyin Yuanyi, and as long as he could get enough divine soul power, he would be able to incubate a ghost in a short period of time. He certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity.

  However, he also knew that the three southwestern states were the territory of the Ning Wang Fu, and among the masters, the title of Yu Gui Shi was notorious. So, he would set up a hidden array here, wanting to plot against him slowly, but no matter what, he couldn't have expected that these few days would bring a martial artist who had cultivated his energy to the seventh level to come and investigate, making him furious.

  A high-ranking warrior with seven layers of refined energy was a nuisance to him, but the fact that this warrior came with a sorcerer unexpectedly gave him an unexpected gain. However, he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, this unexpected gain would bring him another unexpected surprise.

  "No, this is not a hetero flame, but it has the potential to grow into a hetero flame. I didn't expect that I would have such good fortune!" Realizing the value of the green flames released by Wang Guanlan, the onmyodo master finally couldn't restrain his inner greed.

  "What's a ghost, if he can get a kind of hetero-fire that has the power to restrain the vengeful spirit and the Nine Yin primordial energy? It will have an immeasurable impact on his future development. Almost in an instant, he changed his original plan."

  The small triangular flag in his hand shook violently, and the surrounding yin energy surged, but to his surprise, the yin energy in the formation began to dissipate, gathering towards the black small flag in his hand.

  Wang Guanlan, who was savoring the feeling of the green flames devouring the vengeful spirits' energy, suddenly discovered that the surrounding yin energy had dissipated, and he couldn't help but feel a slight sense of astonishment.

  "Fourteen, it seems I underestimated you!!" The dark energy dissipated, revealing the figures of Luo Han and two others about twenty zhang away from him. At this moment, Luo Han gazed at Wang Guanlan's emerald green "circle", his eyes showing a complex expression.

  "Unexpected gain, unexpected gain!" Wang Guanlan felt a sense of pride in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just smiled calmly. At this time, Luo Han was still in a state of alertness, emitting a strong aura from all over his body. However, now that Wang Guanlan had released his spiritual awareness outside, although he still felt a bit uncomfortable, he no longer had the feeling of being on the verge of collapse as before.

  "Lu Tong, now that the yin energy has dissipated, what should we do?!"

  "Although the yin energy has dissipated, the formation hasn't disappeared!" Rong Han gave Wang Guanlan a deep look and said in a gentle tone, "Fourteenth Young Master, as a Formation Master, you should be able to see the profundity of this formation, right?!"

  "It's not even a decent conversation, but this formation is incomplete!" Wang Guanlan narrowed his eyes and withdrew his spiritual awareness. As his spiritual awareness returned, the green flame once again condensed into a fist-sized fireball. Due to absorbing the vengeful spirits' energy, this fireball had a deeper green hue than before. It first floated in front of Wang Guanlan, then transformed into a green light that entered his brow point.

  A green flame of light poured into Wang Guanlan's brow, directly entering his sea of consciousness. Suddenly, Wang Guanlan felt his spirit and soul violently jumping, his spiritual awareness rapidly expanding outward as if being controlled, stretching out to a hundred feet before suddenly contracting back in, like a spring that had been stretched to its limit and then suddenly released. Wang Guanlan felt his spirit and soul were like a ball of jelly, starting to shake violently, making him feel dizzy.

  When the tremors subsided, Wang Guanlan finally let out a breath. Just as his spirit was trembling and his head was spinning, he was terrified. The strange tremors made him feel that his spirit could be scattered at any moment. Then, he discovered that his spirit had undergone some changes. The green flame was now floating quietly in the depths of the sea of consciousness, burning steadily. However, Wang Guanlan knew that the green flame in the depths of the sea of consciousness was not a physical entity, but only a projection of the green flame. The real green flame had already merged with his spiritual power. At this moment, his spirit was no longer just thick and heavy, but also condensed and solidified. If his spirit had been like a stream of gas before, then after merging with the green flame, it seemed to be transforming in a certain direction, becoming more substantial. As the tremors gradually disappeared, the spirit, which had been like a stream of light, had transformed into a gentle trickle.

  "It seems to have reached a critical point!!" Wang Guanlan knew what this meant, it meant that Green Flame had greatly improved the quality of his divine soul, directly pushing his cultivation realm to the peak of the second-order Xuanzhao, and he might break through the second order at any time, stepping into the realm of third-order cultivators.

  A third-tier mage, the spiritual soul has turned the virtual into reality, no longer just a feeling, but an intuition, and it is a real thing. The fine streams flowing in the sea of consciousness now seem to be transformed, but they are divided into countless strands, chaotic and disorderly. Only when the fine streams converge, break through that unknowable barrier, and turn into a mighty flood, will he enter the third tier. Now, he has already seen that threshold.

  It's just a threshold.

  Luo Han seemed to have known about Wang Guanlan's current changes, standing expressionless beside him, also motionless, protecting him until his consciousness recovered and his heart was slightly calmer.

  "Fourteen, there are still enemies here after all. Let's do this kind of thing in a safe place next time!"

  Wang Guanlan smiled bitterly and thought to himself, "Do you think I want to do this kind of thing here? It's all because I'm being forced to, I've been passively accepting it all along!!"

  Of course, this is something that can't be said out loud.

  "This spell is not complete, but there's too much yin energy, it's really not to be underestimated. Let's find the person first!"

  "It shouldn't be hard to find!" Kou Han's voice was slightly cold, and he shot out like an arrow leaving a bowstring, "Please have the 14th Young Master clear the way for me!"

  "I really can't figure it out, are you the boss or am I the boss!" Wang Guanlan sighed with a bitter smile as he watched Luo Han disappear into the distance.

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  "Sure enough, these warriors are all impatient!" In the depths of the dense forest, the mysterious Onmyouji (Yin-Yang Master) let out a faint smile. The surrounding dark energy had already been condensed around the triangular small flag in his hand. Nine skulls were arranged according to the nine palaces' positions behind him. Behind him was an unfathomably deep cave entrance, no larger than a soccer ball, emitting a chilling dark aura. At this moment, he leaned against the dark cave, and his dark array had already been set up. Although his opponent was a martial artist who had cultivated to the seventh layer of Qi Refining, he didn't think that they could pose a threat to him.

  At this time, his thoughts were different from before.

  Before, he was single-mindedly cultivating a ghost, but with the appearance of Green Flame, his purpose immediately underwent a change.

  The ghost thing is weak, at all costs, getting the alien fire seed is his ultimate goal.

  Around this ultimate goal, he unfolded corresponding countermeasures.

  A triangular small flag was waving in his hand, and a thick yin energy was surging around the flag. From a hundred feet away, a figure as swift as an arrow shot over, and at that speed, it would only take a few breaths to arrive.

  "Refining Qi seven layers? Humph, even if you're refining Qi eight layers, in this Yin array, under my Wan Gui flag, you'll still be trapped for half a time unit! The Ghost Master tossed the small flag in his hand and fiercely inserted it into the ground in front of him. With both hands drawing symbols in mid-air and muttering incantations, following his loud shout, the nine piles of skulls simultaneously burst open, countless Yin energies transforming into vengeful spirits and evil ghosts that pounced towards Luo Han."

  The yin energy around the Wan Gui Flag transformed into strips of yin energy pulses, connecting these vengeful spirits and evil ghosts into a single entity. The yin cave behind the Wan Gui Flag continuously provided yin energy to the Wan Gui Flag.

  Yin hole, Wan Gui flag, Yin energy, Wronged soul

  The four of them formed an impenetrable wall, a tight net that trapped Luo Han firmly.

  Facing the vengeful spirits that came rushing, Rong Han was initially disdainful. As a high-ranking warrior, his aura was powerful and his blood was boiling, making it impossible for those vengeful spirits to approach within three feet of him. However, as the yin energy grew thicker and more intense, the power of the vengeful spirits continued to increase, step by step compressing Rong Han's aura. When Rong Han realized something was amiss, he discovered that he had already been drawn in.

  The dark array, indeed as Wang Guanlan said, has its flaws, but even with its flaws, it is still an array that can affect the surrounding heaven and earth's yuanqi, putting pressure on warriors. This pressure may not be able to form a complete suppression due to the array's flaws, but the impact is unavoidable. The vengeful spirits around him are also the same, perhaps unable to do anything to him, with his strong strength he can break through, but all of this requires time.

  But he didn't have enough time.

  Most of the vengeful spirits dissipated directly under his aura, and even the stronger ones were eliminated with just a wave of his hand. The slightly stronger ones might require some effort to deal with, but they wouldn't be able to make him use a second move. The problem was that there were too many vengeful spirits and the yin energy was too dense, which slowed him down!