Chapter 299: 180. Demon Cultivators must be adept at cutting losses in a timely manner.

Tan Shuchang cultivated for seven years; in the mountains, time flowed without heed, and he gradually forgot what year it was.

Today, he met a cultivator with a significant background, surely a direct descendant of a great clan, a person born of Rome, truly enviable.

However, we had a conflict.

Fortunately, I killed him in time, so I didn’t find out his identity, and it can be considered damage control.

It’s just that I don’t know, what exactly is this “Red Spring Orthodox Technique”?

Why does it require eating children?

…

Although this skeleton is somewhat mystical, it’s not quite fitting to become the “prime soul.” Thus, Tan Shuchang had to put in considerable effort to finally refine and assimilate it.

Now, all that was needed was to wait for the skeleton to absorb the power of this psychic Magic Artifact and undergo a transformation.

During this waiting period, Tan Shuchang took the opportunity to write a diary entry.

He didn’t use any fancy psychic Magic Artifacts or special-functioning heavenly materials and earthly treasures, just ordinary paper.

After all, however well you guard something, it’s still prone to being stolen.

Although he didn’t know why that mysterious, plain white palm liked to steal his diaries, he was completely powerless against it, and even now, he still hadn’t fully comprehended the “Crossing River Technique” it had given him.

So Tan Shuchang just treated it as paying taxes.

At this moment, amidst the enveloping bloody flames, the Soul Summoning Banner without a guide suddenly flew up, trying to escape from Ghost Ridge.

But with Tan Shuchang there, how could the psychic Magic Artifact succeed in its escape?

He merely made a casual grabbing motion, and the Soul Summoning Banner flew back towards him, then landed in his hand.

“It can be considered an unconventional achievement of creating an Artifact Spirit.”

Tan Shuchang nodded slightly. Although he no longer needed a Magic Artifact, this indicated a significant improvement in his Artifact Refining techniques.

If he wanted to mass-produce such shortcut Artifact Spirits in the future, he now had a method to follow.

Such mystical skeletons were not easy to find, but fierce ghosts were easy to come by! Especially in Mang Mountain, outside Ghost Ridge, fierce ghosts could be seen everywhere.

Then, Tan Shuchang gently shook the Soul Summoning Banner a few times.

Instantly, the banner unfurled, and a somewhat dim white light fell down from it, materializing into the shape of a skeleton on the ground.

Within the skull, what was once a faintly discernible “cognition fire” now blazed like a small Fireball, burning brightly and continually releasing a cold yet scorching sensation.

This contradictory feeling was a manifestation of a potent “cognition fire.”

And such ghostly beings usually were very close to becoming a Yin God.

Tan Shuchang then put away the Soul Summoning Banner and began trying to sense the law of greed. He planned to return to the mysterious game to visit the Snake Desire Realm, where he would use the body bestowed by the law of greed to guide the skeleton to ascend.

He wouldn’t have gone to such lengths had he not wanted this skeleton to serve as a testimony to the Ghost Path.

The reason he wanted the skeleton to ascend to a Yin God was that Tan Shuchang couldn’t understand what exactly was going on with the skeleton, which, despite becoming a powerful fierce ghost, still lacked the ability to communicate with people.

Therefore, Tan Shuchang intended to let the skeleton speak for itself.

His sensing of the law of greed this time was still smooth; it seemed the mysterious game wouldn’t be disappearing anytime soon. He just didn’t know what the game was up to, not only refraining from recruiting living Players, but also attempting to restore life to fierce ghosts.

As thoughts swirled in Tan Shuchang’s mind, his lawful body had already allowed the skeleton to complete its ascension.

The process of elevating a fierce ghost to a Yin God was always very simple. Until now, Tan Shuchang had only used it once, to upgrade his dog-headed military advisor to a Yin God.

At this moment, inside the Snake Desire Palace, the skeleton that walked down from the Soul Summoning Banner immediately bowed to Tan Shuchang with a fist-in-palm salute.

“Shu Wenjin, thanks the fellow Daoist for the assistance!” The “cognition fire” within the skeleton vibrated, emitting a human voice.

The voice had a distinct gender characteristic, that of a male.

And this meant the skeleton had recalled much of its past life.

“Daoist Shu need not be overly courteous. I wonder, are you the Mountain Patrol Envoy of Ghost Ridge?” Tan Shuchang didn’t beat around the bush and directly asked.

“Indeed, I am the ninth Mountain Patrol Envoy of Ghost Ridge, and likely the last…” the skeleton emitted a sound like a person sighing.

At this point, Tan Shuchang had already put away his waist tablet, so upon hearing this, he inquired, “Why is that so?”

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“Firstly, the Earth Ghost Immortal of Ghost Ridge, after a joint effort involving myself and eight fellow disciples, Daoist friends, and seniors, has been completely sealed. Even if a True Immortal were to intervene, it would take tens of thousands of years to undo the seal set by the nine of us. Without the leadership of the Earth Ghost Immortal, the Yin Gods of Ghost Ridge will not leave, as they acknowledge no leader among them,” the skeleton claiming to be Shu Wenjin, the ninth Mountain Patrol Envoy, answered.

Apparently, this wasn’t the entire answer, so the skeleton continued, “The second reason is that the Immortal Sect’s legacy of Shu Dao within the spiritual domain has been exhausted. With the depletion of the Shu Dao legacy, there would no longer be any interference with Sword Dao. And for that reason, Ghost Ridge won’t need a tenth Mountain Patrol Envoy…”

The skeleton who called himself Shu Wenjin, the ninth Mountain Patrol Envoy, stopped there because Tan Shuchang produced the waist tablet.

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