Chapter 85: The Heavenly Ghost “Is that the White Bone Flag of the Vengeful Spirits? Could it be the ancient witch's treasure that Master mentioned, where a powerful soul was used as the flag's body and merged with countless vengeful spirits to create this magical artifact?” Sun Ming's voice also trembled slightly. If this was indeed the case, then the seemingly ordinary Cultivation Realm might not be so simple after all.

  "It was that thing, back then almost all of the third generation disciples except Nezha had suffered losses because of it, even Master's twelve fellow apprentices didn't dare to confront its sharp edge." Yun Zhongzi explained.

  As soon as Sun Ming heard this, he realized that the situation was dire. Among the three generations of disciples who had been taught by him in the past, even the worst ones were at the level of Golden Immortal cultivation. Those who were slightly more powerful, like Yang Jia and Lei Zhenzi, had even reached the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal. If they couldn't withstand it, then what would happen if this Blood Sea Demon King succeeded in refining it? Wouldn't that be another catastrophe?

  "Master, what's the effect of this thing? Why can't even someone as strong as Yang Jian handle it?" Sun Ming asked.

  "The Ghostly White Bone Banner is one of the few powerful magical artifacts refined by the Witch Clan. The authentic Ghostly White Bone Banner from back in the day used the skeletons of tens of thousands of strong and fierce corpses as its foundation, gathering the scattered vengeful spirits and heavenly ghosts to form a banner. It has a large pole with a banner face suspended on top, about 40-50 feet high. From afar, it appears to have thousands of black auras and tens of thousands of cold smokes. Upon closer inspection, the white bones are covered in swirling Witch Clan talismans.

  This Ghostly White Bone Banner does not exist within the Five Elements of the mortal world, nor is it part of the Eight Trigrams of the heavenly realm. It gathers all the negative energies between heaven and earth onto itself, and when used against an enemy, simply waving the banner will unleash the vengeful spirits and resentful ghosts bound to it. The negative emotions carried by these spirits will affect everyone who sees them, causing their three souls and seven spiritual energies to be trapped within the banner.

  It's extremely evil, and back in the day, if it weren't for your senior brother Nezha being an incarnation of the Lotus Flower and thus unaffected by this artifact, perhaps even your master would have been alarmed by its existence." Cloud Middle Child's words made Sun Ming tense up again.

  "Disciple, don't worry, with just these two people, we can refine the White Bone Flag that was once known as the first wonder of the world. Your fellow disciples will be utterly humiliated." Cloud Ancestor smiled and said.

  "Master, they've been experimenting non-stop like this, surely one day they'll succeed in refining it?" Sun Ming asked worriedly.

  "Hmph, success? The Witch tribe's secret method was only slowly grasped under the guidance of your master and his ancestors. And you think you can grasp it too? Look at this. The two of them have created a White Bone Flag that is nothing but a mere imitation. It may look impressive, but they haven't even touched the threshold of the real thing. Not to mention the lack of the Witch tribe's symbol on the flag, they've even replaced the Heaven Ghost and Evil Spirit with these monstrous creatures transformed from Yuanying. If they continue like this, even if they kill everyone in the Cultivation world, they still won't be able to succeed." Yun Zhongzi explained.

  "Master, what is Tian Gui Li Bo? Why haven't I ever heard you mention it before?" Sun Ming asked.

  "Haha, this thing can't actually be called a heavenly ghostly spirit, to be accurate it should be called Rakshasa. Shura." Yun Zhongzi said.

  "The reason why the white bone flag has such great power is mainly because of these things on the surface of the flag, which is the same principle as those demons in the Twelve Heavenly Gods' Great Array. It's just that these things are not as powerful as those twelve demons, but they make up for it with their numbers. The Rakshasa and Ashura are another name for the heavenly ghosts, after the Ghost Emperor crosses the tribulation and ascends, he can be called a heavenly ghost. Also known as Rakshasa, this Ashura is a level more powerful than Rakshasa, a kind of heavenly ghost. Do you understand now?" Yun Zhongzi explained.

  "Master, can't these Yuan Ying transformed ghost objects evolve into Xiu Luo and Luo Che? The disciple just saw a ghost emperor-level ghost object." Sun Ming was somewhat worried. After all, this thing is a fake product, but it's estimated to be extremely powerful.

  "There are two ways for a ghost to evolve. One is through self-cultivation, and the other is by devouring weaker ghosts of the same kind. However, both of these methods are based on the normal development of ghosts. But look at this place, the cultivation level of these ghosts is quite high, almost all of them are above the ghost general level. However, they have neglected the most important point, which is precisely what I said earlier, that this thing will not have much power. These ghosts are not clear-minded and will not cultivate on their own, let alone devour others." Yun Zhongzi's words made Sun Ming feel slightly at ease in his heart. At least this thing would not become a nightmare for the cultivation world. But this sense of relief was only temporary."

  "Master, you said they failed to refine it, won't they keep using the cultivator's primordial infant as a test subject?" Sun Ming asked worriedly. At this time, Lan Yun Zhen Ren seemed somewhat dissatisfied. It seems that this time still didn't achieve his expected effect.

  "This time, the local infants you brought seem to be of too low a level. Only three ghost emperors were converted. This is basically impossible to refine successfully. Next time, catch some more powerful ones. Don't bother with those in the merging period, they're useless. These things don't seem to evolve at all." Lan Yun Zhen Ren's words made Sun Ming feel a wave of anger. It seems that this old man is really crazy. For the sake of refining a treasure, he can do such ruthless and insane things.

  "Master... Disciple wants to stop them." Sun Ming silently asked in his heart, afraid that Yun Zhongzi would not agree.

  "Heh heh. Just do as you think then. Although the great way is emotionless, we cultivators also need to have a kind and compassionate heart." Yun Zhongzi's words greatly increased Sun Ming's confidence.

  "Lan Ying Master, I'm also having a hard time. These Yuanying were all obtained by me through great difficulties and hardships. You know that there are both Dao and Mo, and now I'm being hunted down by the Tianmo Palace in the Demon Realm, it's really tough." The Blood Sea Old Devil seemed to be having a hard time as well.

  "When I first agreed to refine this item for you, it was because of this novel technique. Do you understand what I mean? Now, can't even the most basic material supply be maintained?" Lan Yun Zhen Ren's words carried a hint of anger. To a refiner like Lan Yun Zhen Ren, apart from ascending to immortality, the only thing that could pique his interest was a new technique that could improve his refining skills. This ghostly white bone banner was undoubtedly the best challenge, but now Xue Hai told him that the materials were gone, no wonder this old man was so furious.

  "Uh, Master, don't get angry. Although it's a bit difficult to hunt down the cultivators of the Great Vehicle period without being discovered, I'll still do it." The Blood Sea Demon spoke with his eyes darting back and forth at the half-finished fake soul-reaping banner, the greed in his gaze clear as day to Sun Ming.

  "Hmph, even if you killed all the powerful beings in the Xiu Zhen realm's Mahayana period, you still wouldn't be able to refine this Yu Huang Bai Gu Fan." Sun Ming's voice echoed through the empty cave, instantly attracting two gazes, and of course, only two, after all, including Sun Ming, there were only three people.

  "You ignorant child, can you even understand such profound things? What about the Seven Stars Alchemy Master? In my opinion, he's not much better than those who know nothing." Lan Ying Lao Dao's words made Sun Ming Zhen roll his eyes in annoyance, thinking to himself: "I've actually become an ignorant child, how ridiculous!"

  Sun Ming didn't respond, but instead looked at Lanyang Old Dao with a faint smile that was hard to describe, and this seemed to be reflected back by Lanyang Old Dao as well.

  "Huh, Yuè Hún Bái Gǔ Fān? This name is quite fitting, where did you hear it from?" Lán Yīng Old Dao seemed somewhat excited.

  "Yōuhún Báigǔ Fān, indeed, this thing is called that name. Where did you hear it from?" The Blood Sea Old Devil suddenly appeared in front of Sun Ming, coldly staring at him and saying.

  "The top ten magic artifacts of the Demon Realm, our sect's scriptures have records of them." Sun Ming put on a fearful and trembling appearance, as if his legs were shaking. However, the fear was fake, but the trembling was real, after all, under the pressure of a Ninth Tribulation Loose Immortal, Sun Ming, as a Golden Dan period cultivator, hadn't knelt down yet, which was already quite impressive. But in his heart, Sun Ming was cursing this Blood Sea Old Demon.

  Fortunately, the old man still had some conscience and immediately restrained himself when he saw Sun Ming's trembling body, but it was enough to make Sun Ming break out in a cold sweat.

  "You think you can't cultivate it? If there's even a hint of deceit, I'll let you experience the soul-refining technique of our demonic path." The Blood Sea Old Devil threatened.

  "Anla, anla, the principle of this thing is very complicated. Just the formation on that banner, you've set it up wrong. And this yin soul white bone banner must use normal ghostly objects. These ghostly objects transformed from cultivators won't evolve at all, and the ghostly objects needed for the yin soul white bone banner must be of the Raksha level. Did you understand what I said?" Sun Ming said with a smile.

  "Rakshasa? Asura? What thing?" The Blood Sea Demon and Lan Ying's answer made Sun Ming extremely depressed, so he started the Ghostly Creatures Eradication Movement in the Cultivation Realm once again.

  "Hmm, so that's how it is. In that case, these cultivators died unjustly." The Blood Sea Old Devil laughed and said.

  "Ah, indeed worthy of a demonic cultivator. He killed so many people and yet only slightly lamented it," Sun Ming scorned in his heart. At the same time, he also pitied those righteous cultivators who had become vengeful spirits.

  "If you can gain more control over this ghostly white bone flag tomorrow, I still have a way to help you restore all of them." Yun Zhongzi smiled.

  "Hmm, Master, I'll definitely find a way. Saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, let alone for such a cultivator. It seems that I'll have to pretend to get along with these two lunatics for a while." Sun Ming replied.

  "But tomorrow, I have something even more important for you." Yun Zhongzi's tone was uncharacteristically serious.

  "Master, you can rest assured, I will definitely do it well." said Sun Mingdao.

  "Found out the refining method of that white bone flag, and also found out where Blood Sea's Old Devil came from."