Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Seeing Chu Xiu and Jiang Miaoyin approaching, one of the ghosts said, ”The city entrance fee is two taels of Yin Stone per year. How long do the two of you plan to stay in the city?”

Chu Xiu asked, ”I wonder, what is this Yin Stone?”

The ghost glanced at him and said, ”Ah, a ’Newcomer.’ To awaken your intelligence right after rebirth, you must have been an extraordinary person in your past life, with limitless potential for future achievements.”

As Chu Xiu listened to the ghost praise him, he found it astonishing. Ghosts are fierce; not to mention a Ghost King, even the weakest Yin Ghosts he once refined had the audacity to devour their master, being brutal and accustomed to mutual slaughter and cannibalism. The Myriad Ghosts Gu Cultivation Method takes advantage of this aspect.

Yet, all the ghosts he had encountered along the way were polite, which was indeed strange.

Jiang Miaoyin felt the same, as she had never seen such courteous ghosts before.

Chu Xiu cupped his hands, ”Thank you for your kind words, fellow Daoist.”

The ghost also raised its hand in return and continued, ”Yin Qi transforms to water and then to stone, the so-called Yin Stone, formed by accumulated Yin Qi. If the fellow Daoist has no Yin Stone, Yin Water or other substances containing Yin Qi would also suffice.”

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, flipped his wrist, and a withered weed appeared in his hand.

The ghost took it and ran into the city, apparently consulting someone. It returned shortly after and said, ”A three-hundred-year-old stalk of Ash Stone Grass allows you to stay in the city for one hundred and seventeen days.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu was surprised again.

During his exploration of the Hundred Demons Melting Furnace World, besides slaying ghosts, he naturally collected many rare treasures.

Although most were exchanged for Huaxia Coins to construct civilization, some less marketable items were kept.

The Ash Stone Grass, in the outer world, would fetch at least fifty million Huaxia Coins, yet it is only enough for a little over a hundred days here?

Upon careful thought, at the bottom of the Hundred Demons Melting Furnace, Yin Qi has accumulated over thousands of years at an intensity several times that of the outer world, making rare treasures abundant.

With this in mind, Chu Xiu felt a surge of excitement, but considering that without an escape, all treasures would be useless, he shook his head and said to the ghost, ”Let’s stay for seventeen days first.”

The ghost at the gate took a token, infused it with Spiritual Light, and handed it back to Chu Xiu, ”With this token, you may enter the city. Fellow Daoist may first visit the ’Immortal Palace.’”

Chu Xiu accepted and thanked him, walked through the gate, and was absorbed inside by a light barrier similar to a mother embracing a child.

Suddenly, a wide street came into view, lined with stalls on both sides, each with a ghost of various shapes sitting in front of it.

These ghosts did not cry out to attract customers but sat cultivating as if indifferent to whether their goods sold or not.

At the end of the street stood another city wall, with wisps of pitch-black, unknown gas drifting from above it.

Chu Xiu carefully sensed it and discovered the eerie gas was a mysterious power he had never encountered. Upon further investigation, a light of realization dawned on him.

If he guessed correctly, that eerie black gas was the power transforming their bodies, turning them from death to life.

However, outside the city, the gas was too thin, mixed with Yin Qi, making it unperceivable to Chu Xiu. But inside the city, its concentration increased manifold.

Jiang Miaoyin’s expression changed, and energy within her churned around her body, forming a protective shield to repel the black gas.

Yet, strands of the black gas still managed to infiltrate until Chu Xiu waved his hand, forming a barrier with Demonic Qi, completely sealing it off.

Jiang Miaoyin sighed with relief, ”Thank you, senior.”

Chu Xiu did not reply but instead observed his surroundings, and was surprised to find that the ghosts in the city were actually cultivating by absorbing the black gas!

What was even more astonishing was that the black gas seemed harmless to these ghosts, enhancing their concentration and refining their soul bodies rapidly with the aid of a bizarre cultivation technique.

”So the black gas has such a function, no wonder the city entrance fee is so steep.”

Chu Xiu thought to himself, continuing to walk forward, casually glancing at the stalls on both sides. To his shock, every item casually placed on the roadsides was rare and could only be born in areas with extremely dense Yin Qi!

”This place is indeed full of rare treasures as I expected!”

”And this seems to be just the outermost layer...”

Furthermore, the ghosts’ tier was not high. The highest was merely King Tier, and not the special kind of large ghost, but just ordinary King Tier, with most being at General Tier.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu grew even more excited, as with his strength, slaughtering the city was merely a thought.

Jiang Miaoyin’s eyes also flickered.

But the two restrained this idea simultaneously, as finding an escape route was more pressing.

They continued forward, noticing that the city held few high-rise towers, just a scattered few dwellings, and ghosts of various races and tiers mostly sat on the ground, living harmoniously without quarrels, increasingly intriguing them.

Further ahead, they saw wide areas of cultivated Spirit Grass and Spirit Beasts but did not know where to find the Immortal Palace.

Chu Xiu thought for a moment, sought a ghost, and asked for directions. Initially intending to offer some items as a reward, he was surprised the ghost was amicable, offering direction without need for a promise.

Following the path for a while, they finally saw a tall building—a hundred-meter-tall tower standing isolated on a piece of empty land. At its entrance stood a large Demon-Exorcising Race ghost, whose aura was extraordinary; though not reaching Heroic Spirit, it was several times more refined than ordinary King Tier.