Chapter 544: Sudden Ghost Pulse (3000 words, please subscribe)
Five years passed quickly.
It is the middle of winter this year.
A desolate land adjacent to the State of Yan and Chen.
Countless white snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, covering the entire ground.
There was also a biting cold wind that kept howling.
At this time, ordinary people usually stay at home and warm themselves up by the fire.
At this moment, there was an old man with white hair, wrinkles on his face, and a stooped back carrying an iron sword on his back, walking on the thick layer of snow on the ground in the cold wind.
What is even more peculiar is that there are traces of sharp, small sword-like gas lingering around the old man's body, scattering all the white snow falling towards him from the sky.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was some sweat on the old man’s face. Apparently walking in the snow was a little tiring for him.
Therefore, he found a small forest where he could escape the wind and snow, got into it, and sat on a relatively dry and flat place.
“This body is becoming more and more useless!”
“Calculating the time, I only have fifteen years left to live.”
"We need to speed up the completion of... the secret technique of Xingjin Sword Dao!"
When he thought of this, a look of helplessness appeared on the face of the old man.
This old man is none other than Ling Pengxing, who has been traveling away from the Ling family for about ten years.
After leaving his family, he has been traveling north.
During this period, he traveled millions of miles with his extraordinary physical fitness and walking speed.
It's a pity that along the way, he also realized the sword move "Chu Yang" during his trip to Bailing Kingdom six or seven years ago.
Other than that, he gained nothing.
His swordsmanship also hit a bottleneck along the way.
Currently, the secret technique of Xingjin Swordsmanship created by him only has two moves, namely "Bright Moon" and "Chu Yang".
At this moment, various lights of different colors suddenly lit up in an empty wasteland a few miles away.
Even, there were some roaring sounds.
Ling Pengxing heard the movement and immediately looked over.
Because his cultivation has now dissipated, it is difficult for him to see clearly the scene several miles away.
However, based on experience, he could probably guess based on the changes in that place that there were Qi Practitioners and the like fighting there.
If it were a monk in the foundation-building realm or a monster fighting, the movement would not be so small.
“It’s been a long time since I fought against monks, and my swordsmanship encountered another bottleneck along the way.”
“Now that I have encountered a live target, I can practice with them!”
After Ling Pengxing murmured to himself, he stood up and used a special breath-containing method that he had learned through the art of swordsmanship.
Subsequently, his vitality slowly disappeared, as if he had turned into a stone. He also took steps at this moment, his figure was like a phantom, and he quickly made strange movements several miles away. rush to the place.
Within a few breaths, he crossed several miles and arrived near the place of abnormal movement.
The strange place was indeed as Ling Pengxing guessed. The combatants did only have Qi training skills, but only one of them was a monk. The monk was wearing linen clothes, with an aura of mid-Qi training level 1, and a face full of excitement. The color kept attacking.
On the other side was a weird-looking, dark, eight-eyed spider beast that exuded the aura of the middle stage of Qi training and looked a bit like an enlarged version of the spider beast.
"Ghost spider?"
"How come there are such monsters that like to eat ghosts haunt this place?"
"Is there a ghost here?"
Ling Pengxing's gaze was fixed on Not far away from the fighting place, the eight-eyed spider murmured in surprise.
Looking around again, he suddenly became confused when he saw that the surrounding area was deserted and there were no ghosts or anything. There were no mortals or traces of monsters in the unmanned village.
"There are no ghosts, no human beings or monsters to provide souls for this monster to eat. How could this monster appear here?"
The ghost spider is an extremely rare monster, and this monster family has multiplied. It is extremely difficult, and often a female ghost spider can only reproduce one or two ghost spiders in her lifetime.
However, this demon is also very powerful. This demon masters rare means of attacking spiritual consciousness, and often has a great advantage in battles.
In addition, there are also some special things that this demon likes to eat. This demon especially likes to eat ghost food, followed by human and monster spirits. As for ordinary meat, this demon does not Like to eat.
With so many thoughts on his mind, Ling Pengxing made up his mind.
Then, he took off the black iron sword from his back, held it tightly in his hand, and pointed the sword at the full moon hanging in the dark night in the sky.
In an instant, countless white power of moonlight poured into the black iron sword.
The next moment, the black iron sword trembled slightly, and a nine-foot-long sword light suddenly shot out from the tip of the sword. The powerful aura of the late-stage Qi training monk struck with all his strength.
Ling Pengxing also struck the sword at the middle-stage Qi-training monk not far away who was fighting the ghost spider.
It was only then that the monk in the middle stage of Qi training noticed the traces of Ling Pengxing.
But it was too late, the black iron sword carrying the sword light had already reached his face. Then, his head was easily chopped off.
The middle-stage Qi-training Ghost Spider, who was originally fighting with him, saw this scene and was filled with panic.
Its spiritual consciousness far exceeds that of monsters of the same level, and is comparable to that of a monk in the late stage of Qi training. It can clearly sense how powerful the iron sword is, even if it is hit by that It is difficult to survive an iron sword attack and will be killed easily.
Under such a lack of contrast, it didn't dare to stay here longer, so it quickly turned around and ran away.
When Ling Pengxing saw this, he did not stop the ghost spider. He just used the method of gathering breath and followed quietly behind the ghost spider.
Half an hour later, Ling Pengxing chased the escaping ghost spider for more than ten miles, and fled into a dense forest that was deserted and shrouded in clouds and mist all day long.
After going deeper into the dense forest for a while, the ghost spider disappeared into a small bush and disappeared.
Although Ling Pengxing lost his consciousness, he was able to detect that the ghost shadow had disappeared through his sword intent.
This surprised him. When he stepped forward and took a look, he realized that there was a deep hole in the ground in the center of the small bush that was about the same size as the ghost spider.
"This place is so hidden and deep in the desolate land. Come to think of it, this place is the nest of the ghost spider."
Ling Pengxing muttered to himself, considering that there are many people who do not need spiritual power. Using the protective weapon that can be used at a touch, and not afraid of the ghost spider, he followed suit, lying on his body, and followed the hole and drilled in.
To his surprise, he followed the entrance of the cave about a hundred feet deep, but suddenly fell into a passage one foot high and half a foot wide.
Ling Pengxing took a look at the situation here, but found that the four sides of the passage were extremely smooth, as if the place had been dug out with a sharp tool.
It is very different from the small uneven passages on the four sides that he penetrated into this place before.
"This passage was probably built with sharp instruments."
In addition, this large underground passage is filled with a thin, aura-like energy that contains special energy and is accompanied by a cold feeling. Feeling black mist.
Ling Pengxing looked at the black mist around him. After thinking about it carefully, his eyes suddenly lit up.
“This is... ghost energy!”
“Looking at the lingering ghost energy here, there should be a ghost vein here.”
"It's no wonder that the ghost spider was located here."
When talking about this, Ling Pengxing said something in disbelief.
“I just didn’t expect that rare ghost veins would appear in places like this.”
Ghost veins are extremely rare. Even the huge Yan Kingdom does not have one. According to legend, , only the ghost veins in the "Zhongzhou Immortal World" where cultivation is prosperous are more common.
And this vein can be said to be a special kind of spiritual vein, which is formed by the mutation of spiritual veins.
This ghost vein produces ghost energy, and it is difficult for normal monks to absorb this ghost energy into the body.
Only ghost cultivators or ghosts like the Ghost Shadow Spider can absorb ghost energy.
As for ghosts, most of them evolved from the souls of monks or monsters, which were introduced into the body by Yin Qi at specific times or other factors.
After Ling Pengxing came back to his senses, he followed the aura left by the ghost bead in the passage and chased forward.
As we gradually go deeper into the large passage, the ghostly atmosphere around us becomes more and more intense.
In front of him, an open stone door also appeared.
The ghostly energy in this passage spread from the open stone door.
And inside the stone gate, there are some buildings like monk caves, and the ghost energy inside them is extremely strong.
The ghost spider that Ling Pengyun let go before lay down on a black stone bed about one foot long and half a foot wide on the left side of the cave to absorb the rich ghost energy in the cave to practice.
Ling Pengxing watched this scene with a hint of surprise but also a hint of certainty in his expression.
"Looking at the intensity of the ghost energy here, the grade of the ghost veins in this cave should be around the second lower grade."
"I didn't expect that the grade of the ghost veins here is so high!"< br>
After Ling Pengxing exclaimed, his eyes were fixed on the black stone bed.
“The stone bed should be made of the soul jade stone that is recorded in the family’s classics as being beneficial to ghost cultivation.”
“Looking at its grade, it should be around the top grade of the first level.”
"Sure enough, this place was discovered by an ancestor, and that ancestor must have been a wealthy person. This place was probably later occupied by the ghost spider."
"Otherwise, when I arrived at the entrance of the cave, Those ancestors will not always be Didn’t show up.”
“I just don’t know whether it was a righteous monk who had practiced a special method or a ghost cultivator who discovered this place first.”
He stepped in quickly with doubts. That stone gate.
At this time, because it was too close to the ghost spider, the ghost spider crawling on the black stone bed to absorb ghost energy and practice also noticed the arrival of Ling Pengxing.
However, before it could make any response, Ling Pengxing directly threw out a jade pendant that exuded the aura of the first-order middle-grade realm, transforming into a thick light curtain that trapped the enemy, trapping the ghost spider directly. .
But after that, he did not take action against him and killed him.
(End of this chapter)