I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 335 Tracking
This is a fierce ghost transformed from the residual soul of the ancient ferocious beast Fei Yi after his death. It is extremely ferocious and its strength is comparable to that of a late Jindan level. Moreover, because it is a ghost body, even if its head is chopped off, its body can quickly re-condense.

"Boom!"

"Crash!"

Because of the fierce fighting, the rock walls that had been frozen as hard as iron were shattered, and iron stones of various sizes fell down.

"Stab!"

A dazzling black light flashed across the cave, and one of the wings of a fierce ghost was chopped off directly by the black tiger knife.

The wings separated from the evil ghost and with a "bang", turned into a ball of black gas, and then drilled into the body of the evil ghost and returned to the ghost body.

At this moment, the sinister flags of Ten Thousand Snakes fluttered, and a huge dragon claw stretched out from it, grabbing the black air one handful after another.

At the same time, the Soul Refining Orb made a buzzing sound, and the vortexes in the densely packed small holes on it spun rapidly. All of a sudden, the black gas was sucked in, and thousands of strands of black gas escaped from the thick black gas and drilled into the small holes in the Soul Refining Orb.

The black gas transformed from the wings was continuously absorbed by the Ten Thousand Snakes Poisonous Banner and the Soul Refining Pearl. When it entered the body of the evil ghost again, it was obviously much thinner.

As the time goes.

The bodies of the evil ghosts became lighter and smaller, but when the two evil ghosts joined forces, they were still very powerful and posed a considerable threat to Xia Daoming.

The Ten Thousand Snakes Poisonous Banner had absorbed too many ghosts in recent days and had not been refined in time. Now it had absorbed the ghosts of powerful evil spirits. Black air was rolling on it, and bloodthirsty roars were constantly transmitted from the banner to Xia Daoming's mind, with signs of eroding his soul and consciousness.

The ability of the Soul Refining Orb to absorb ghosts seemed to have gradually reached saturation, and its power to absorb ghosts was getting smaller and smaller.

"Forget it. I still have two years of service anyway. I'll go back and rest for a while before continuing my search in the Killing Cave." Xia Daoming saw that he couldn't get rid of the two evil spirits in a short time, and he also felt a little exhausted, so he couldn't help but feel like giving up.

But Xia Daoming wanted to leave, but the two evil ghosts were unwilling to do so and actually kept pestering him.

"It's really courting death!"

Xia Daoming finally got angry and slapped one of the evil ghosts in the air.

A dazzling bolt of lightning shot out from the palm of his hand and hit the evil ghost.

It is the palm thunder magic.

It’s just that the times have changed. The power of palm thunder is much stronger now than when Xia Daoming first learned it, and it is just right for restraining ghosts.

As soon as the thunder struck, the evil ghost that was so vicious and arrogant just now was turned into a ball of green smoke and disappeared.

The residual power of thunder lingered in the passage, and the other evil ghost, because of its nature, was finally frightened so much that it stirred up a gust of cold wind and retreated deeper into the passage.

Seeing one evil ghost dead and another retreating, Xia Daoming looked at the deep passage in front of him that seemed to have no end. A hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but he finally turned around abruptly and walked back along the marks he had made along the way.

Half a day later, a figure rushed out of the Killing Cave and ran towards the direction of the Killing City without looking back.
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In Zhilu City, the atmosphere at the Zuocheng General's Mansion was extremely heavy.

"Impossible, how could Qi Shilei die?" Chai Hanshan was full of disbelief when she heard the bad news, but she did not feel much grief.

She and Qi Shilei have the intention of becoming Taoist partners, but their feelings cannot be said to be very deep. It is mainly out of consideration for family alliance and the needs of their own cultivation.

"The soul lamp is out, there can't be any mistake. You have a special relationship with Qi Shilei, you should know his recent whereabouts, right?" A man sitting in the host seat, with an egg-sized blue birthmark on his left cheek, said with a gloomy face.

This man exuded a powerful aura, and he was actually a late Jindan cultivator with extremely strong magical powers.

"Yes." Chai Hanshan nodded, and then did not immediately answer the man's question. Instead, she called someone over and gave him an order.

The man left quickly.

The man with the blue birthmark is named Qi Yetian. He is Qi Shilei’s uncle and also the law enforcement elder of the Qi family, holding a high position of power.

Seeing this, he did not ask any further questions, but waited quietly.

Soon, Chai Hanshan's men returned to report that not only Qi Shilei had left the city and had not returned, but the two fake Dan monks who accompanied him had not returned, and Xia Daoming had not returned either.

The golden elixir produced by fake elixir cultivators is not a real one, and it is difficult to make soul lamps. The family is also unwilling to spend a lot of money to make soul lamps or soul tablets specifically for them.

Therefore, the Qi family currently does not know the life or death status of the two accompanying fake elixir cultivators.

"What's going on with Xia Daoming? Where does he come from? Could it be that Qi Shilei and the two guardians went out of the city with him?" Qi Yetian frowned slightly after listening to the man's report.

"Xia Daoming is a newly promoted Jindan cultivator from Qingyuan Sect. Qi Shilei and the other two left the city to kill him." Chai Hanshan explained.

"The Qingyuan Sect is weak now, so why bother making trouble for a mere newly promoted Jindan cultivator? Now look what happens, it seems that the person was killed, but I also had an accident." Qi Yetian's face was gloomy and ugly.

Qi Shilei is extremely talented, and his cultivation is only one step away from entering the late Jindan stage. He is one of the Jindan elders that the Qi family focuses on cultivating.

Now, he died unexpectedly while chasing after a mere newly promoted Jindan cultivator from Qingyuan Sect. How could Qi Yetian not be depressed?
"This Xia Daoming is less than 70 years old and has just become a Jindan cultivator. He also had some conflicts with Qi Shilei before, so Qi Shilei wanted to use the special environment of Youhuangxu to kill him and prevent him from growing up. But he didn't expect that he would have an accident." Chai Hanshan explained. "I see, that's not a big deal. Alas, it's a pity..." Qi Yetian shook his head and sighed, feeling very sorry.

At this moment, a female disciple of Chai Hanshan hurried in.

"What's the matter?" Chai Hanshan, who was in a bad mood, frowned and shouted when she saw this.

"Master, someone from Mingyou Palace just came to tell us that Xia Daoming is back." The female disciple's heart trembled slightly and she said hurriedly.

"What? Xia Daoming is back, how is this possible?" Chai Hanshan stood up suddenly when she heard that.

Qi Yetian's expression also changed.

"Go and find out if Xia Daoming is injured or anything like that?" Chai Hanshan quickly gave the order.

"Disciple obeys your command!" The female disciple took the order and left.

Watching the woman leave, Qi Yetian's expression returned to calm.

"Guardian Han Shan, you are too concerned! Xia Daoming is just a newly promoted Jindan cultivator. His strength is far inferior to Shi Lei. Moreover, Shi Lei carries with him a talisman that can transform into a Jiaozi. Once this talisman is activated, even I have to avoid its edge.

With Xia Daoming's strength, if he were to be caught up by him, he would surely die. It would be impossible for him to kill Shi Lei. Moreover, Shi Lei brought two fake Dan monks with him. Even if I took action myself, it would be unlikely that I could keep all three of them alive."

"What Elder Ye Tian said is right. I was just thinking in case. It won't hurt to ask around anyway." Chai Hanshan nodded.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yetian nodded without comment, and then sat quietly without saying anything.

With his level of cultivation, people usually have a high sense of self-esteem and will not easily change their minds about things.

Moreover, with the cultivation level of a newly promoted Jindan cultivator, it is indeed impossible to kill a mid-stage Jindan cultivator and two fake dan cultivators without letting any of them go.

Even if he had powerful ancient jade talismans or amulets, he couldn't do it.

Because the ancient jade talismans that a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core can control or the talismans that can be activated cannot reach the Yuanying level at most.

Of course, ancient jade talismans and amulets of that level could not possibly appear in the hands of an early Jindan cultivator, not even Qi Yetian.

In this case, with Qi Shilei's cultivation level, as well as the magic weapons and life-saving items at hand, if an unexpected event really occurs, escaping will not be a problem.

At least one of the three will definitely escape.

The woman who went out to inquire returned soon.

"Master, the people from Mingyou Palace said that Xia Daoming showed no signs of injury. He just looked a little tired and exhausted from the journey."

"In that case, there is nothing more to inquire about. I'm going out of the city now. It's only been ten days since Ge Shi Lei left the city. Maybe I can find their bodies with the help of this little guy." Qi Yetian stood up and said after hearing this.

When he stood up, he found a phantom wolf in his arms.

This ghost wolf looked even smaller than Qi Shilei's, but the aura it exuded made the woman standing next to it tremble all over, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.

"I am relatively familiar with the Killing Cave and the Desolate Ruins. Let me accompany Elder Ye Tian for a walk." Chai Hanshan stood up and said when she saw this.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Han Shan to protect you." Qi Yetian nodded.

Two days later, going around in circles.

Qi Yetian and Chai Hanshan stood in front of the two mummies, their expressions complicated and solemn.

Of the two mummies, one was intact, and he was exactly one of the Qi family's fake Dan guardians. The other one was missing an arm, and had a wound on his chest that was pierced by an eagle's claw, and he was exactly Qi Shilei.

As for the body of the fake Dan guardian, no one knew where it had gone. It was probably blown away to some place by the cold wind, or even shredded into pieces by the tornado.

But for Qi Yetian and Chai Hanshan, this no longer matters.

All they cared about was Qi Shilei's body, and of course the magic weapon and storage ring he carried.

Unfortunately, they have disappeared without a trace. I guess the bodies were discovered by passers-by and picked up by hand.

There are relatively more people coming and going in Youhuang Ruins these days, and some of them are even late Jindan cultivators. Even if they are picked up by someone, they cannot be traced.

"It was not human-caused, but was killed by a fierce ghost transformed from the remaining soul of some powerful ferocious bird!" Qi Yetian carefully examined the corpse and confirmed that there was no trace of any human-caused magic weapon attack, then he sighed.

"Strange, powerful evil spirits usually gather in the depths of the Killing Cave and rarely come out. Could it be that more monks have entered the Killing Cave recently, alarming the evil spirits inside, and they began to look for food outside?
If so, it will be a disaster for our soldiers serving here, especially for the monks who need to frequently go into the Desolate Ruins for reconnaissance and patrol. It seems that we must report to Elder Ma as soon as possible to restrict people from entering the Killing Cave to search for the White Tiger Blood Pearl. "Chai Hanshan frowned.

(End of this chapter)