fairy family

Chapter 282 Hundred-Mile Immortal Garden, Raising Gu in the Main Hall

Within the inner world, things unfolded exactly as Yu Que had predicted.

After obtaining the soul liquid transformed from the old Taoist, the two deities' souls grew rapidly, and streams of black energy emerged from their bodies, forming a cocoon on their skin.

Yu Que could sense that almost instantly, their bottlenecks were broken, and they both broke through from Ning Sha Ghost Gods to Gang Gods.

And that's not all. Without the aid of protective energy, the two ghost gods continued to rise in their cultivation level, actually attempting to break through to the fourth rank of ghost god.

However, when the soul liquid injected into their bodies was exhausted, the momentum of the two ghost gods' charge came to an abrupt halt.

After the auras of the two divine generals had completely stabilized, Yu Que examined them and found that their magical power was in no way inferior to the two Six Ding Six Jia divine generals that his master had crafted for him.

"Truly remarkable!"

The remaining gaps in the gaps were a source of amazement.

He almost immediately wanted to summon the other divine generals to feed the old Taoist's soul liquid and elevate their cultivation level.

He even secretly wondered, "If I let the inner world absorb less and leave more soul liquid for the divine general, I wonder if I could nurture a fourth-grade ghost god?"

However, Yu Que suppressed the urge to feed the other divine generals.

The two divine generals in front of us, because their origins were only materials for the evil spirits, were actually being used as test subjects when they were infused with soul liquid.

Furthermore, although the two deities have successfully elevated their cultivation levels, it does not mean that there are no other problems. Yu Que still needs to conduct a thorough inspection before he can proceed with peace of mind.

So next, Yu Que's consciousness fell into the inner world, almost cutting the two gods to the point of no further cutting, studying them thoroughly from the inside out.

When he stopped, both divine generals were exhausted, and their cultivation levels had even regressed slightly.

However, there's no other way. At worst, we can use the gourd to refine them as well, which won't waste the old Taoist's soul liquid.

Yu Que let out a long breath, but his brows furrowed slightly again.

After his inspection, he found that although the two deities lacked vital energy and their potential was somewhat diminished, making them weaker compared to other ghosts and gods of the same level, it was not a major problem and could be replenished later.

In other aspects such as lifespan and consciousness, there is no difference between them and fifth-rank ghosts and gods.

In other words, with the help of the soul liquid, these two deities truly broke through to become fifth-grade ghost gods, shattering their innate limitations.

This proves that the soul liquid transformed by the old Taoist is indeed real, and even foreshadows that Yu Que may indeed use this soul liquid to nurture a ghost god at the fourth-grade primordial spirit level!
However, after all this good news, Yu Que also discovered a shortcoming.

After being fed the Soul Liquid, Yu Que clearly noticed that the restlessness within the two ghosts increased, showing a slight tendency to go astray.

Especially when he humiliated them by studying them, the two demons almost retaliated.

Fortunately, the place where he refined the ghost was in his inner world, and the Earth Raven True Fire was there to protect him; otherwise, he might have truly turned his joy into sorrow and been harmed by his own divine general.

Thinking about this, Yu Que's brows slowly relaxed:

"Although the divine generals are not household gods, they are also formed through the method of refinement, and their unruly spirit and ghostly intelligence have all been eliminated."

Soul liquid can easily cause household gods to rebel, and it is not an ordinary soul liquid. It's normal that the divine general reacted when it was used on him.

He muttered to himself, and immediately came up with a solution.

The method is simple: after capturing a ghost, process it into a semi-finished product, then feed it with soul liquid. Once the ghost breaks through its limits and becomes a higher-level ghost, then completely refine it into a god, household god, or something similar.

In this way, the demonic nature brought by the soul liquid is also eliminated. If it cannot be eliminated, then the divine general will not be able to be successfully refined.

This ensures that there is no risk of the divine generals under Yu Que's command rebelling and turning into demons.

But just as he was about to try this method, an awkward situation arose.

Yu Que surveyed the vast inner world but found no soul within.

The resources he left in his inner world had already been transformed into resources for the old Taoist during their recent confrontation.

After some thought, Yu Que only found souls in the Rakshasa ship, but these souls belonged to the Huangshan disciples. Even if he was willing to shamelessly steal their belongings, the quality of the souls in their hands was poor, and there were no Gang Shen souls.

Yu Que sighed regretfully.

Based on the consumption of the two divine generals, he set aside 300 portions of the thousand portions of the old Taoist's soul liquid for future use in refining the spirit.

If these three hundred portions are not enough to refine a fourth-grade primordial spirit general, then even more would probably be insufficient.

Furthermore, it wasn't that Yu Que didn't want to keep more; it was simply that his inner world had an even greater need for soul liquid.

His inner world, which was originally ten miles in diameter, had not only recovered to thirty miles in diameter, but had also increased by another twenty or thirty miles, and the rate of increase had not stopped.

Under Yu Que's expectant gaze, after the inner world had consumed all seven hundred portions of soul liquid, it was not far from being a hundred miles away.

After a slight hesitation, he took some of the remaining soul liquid and used it for his inner world.

Boom!
The vast inner world was fully formed, spanning a hundred miles in circumference, shaped like a chicken egg, turbid inside and clear outside.

A perfectly round earthen pill, its yolk, floats and sinks amidst wisps of pure, spiritual energy.

Yu Que stood on the ground of the inner world. Looking around, if one did not look closely, it would be impossible to tell the difference between this place and the outside world.

This land was barren, with little soil and scarce water, a desolate landscape resembling the beginning of time.

But this did not disappoint Yu Que in the slightest. He was overjoyed and strolled around the inner world, looking here and there, constantly commenting:

"We can also bring in more soil and rocks from outside."

Oh, and seawater too. I can create mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas here as well.

Suddenly, his avatar flashed and appeared beneath the earth—in the heart of the inner world.

Inside the earth's core, a golden-red expanse was visible, where a fire crow, resembling a bird or a phoenix, perched, its wings folded, resting quietly.

This fire crow is the transformation of Yu Que's Earth Crow True Fire. Placing it in the heart of the earth can both suppress the entire inner world and help refine the spiritual energy in the inner world, making this place a real land!

After taking a good look around, Yu Que gazed at his inner world, which spanned a hundred miles in radius, and was overjoyed.

With this inner world, he should no longer lack spiritual energy.

Furthermore, as the inner world expands, the pressure of heaven and earth here also increases. With the current pressure of a hundred miles, Yu Que suspects that if a fourth-grade primordial spirit were tricked into this place, it would also suffer a great setback here.

This made a thought pop into his mind:
"Perhaps this place should no longer be called the 'Inner World,' but rather the 'Fairy Garden'?"

Just as Yu Que was becoming increasingly delighted and began to plan how to manage this world in the future, something unusual happened in the main hall of the immortal mountain outside.

Inside the main hall, the immortal cultivators who had been entrenched there gradually awoke from their drowsiness.

Their expressions varied; some were delighted, some were gloomy, and others were expressionless, merely looking around warily. Yu Que also opened his eyes in time, surveying his surroundings, especially the location of Tian Ce Jun.

"Where is the old man who preaches?"

"Why did a soul attack occur during our enlightenment process just now?!"

Seeing that the old immortal had disappeared, the cultivators and immortals present became bolder, and whispers and discussions gradually began to rise.

Some of them were eager to get up and walk around, but fearing the old Taoist's instructions, no one dared to take any action.

Just then, a cold snort rang out from where Tian Ce Jun was.

With a ferocious expression, the man suddenly opened his eyes, which were filled with gold.

"Very good, very good! It's been dead for tens of thousands of years, yet it's still not completely dead."

Suddenly, Tian Ce Jun stood up and began to curse loudly.

When the other person heard these words, they were all shocked. Even Yu Que was surprised.

"This child has indeed been possessed by that old Taoist priest... but did the old Taoist priest fail with him?"

A mixture of surprise and schadenfreude appeared in Yu Que's heart.

However, as he stared at Tian Ce Jun, he also had some doubts about whether the old Taoist had actually succeeded in possessing the body and was just putting on an act.

However, Tian Ce Jun soon proved with his actions that he had not been possessed by the old Taoist priest.

The young man suddenly turned around and appeared behind a disciple of the Immortal Sect who was practicing Qi Refining.

Pfft!

The immortal sect disciple looked down in disbelief, staring blankly at a hand that had emerged from his chest.

That day, Lord Tiance reached into the back of the Immortal Sect disciple, pierced through his chest, and squeezed out his heart.

Tian Ce Jun clutched a still-beating heart, tilted his head back and drank the hot blood that gushed out from within, and casually smashed the skull of the immortal sect disciple, swallowing his soul as well.

"If you want to take over my body, I'll wipe out your students first!"

After killing one person, Tian Cejun's eyes blazed with ferocity. He opened his inhuman eyes, his vertical pupils staring intently at everyone present.

A chill immediately ran through Yu Que's body.

According to the old Taoist's lingering resentment, all the immortal cultivators present must have had the other's lingering resentment implanted in their bodies, some more, some less, some more, some less.

As soon as Tian Cejun woke up, he wanted to kill the others, clearly intending to ruin the old Taoist's plan and fight against him.

Inside the main hall, Ling Yunzi and the others immediately roared in anger:

"Tian Ce, have you lost your mind?!"

"You killed my senior brother, now you're going to pay with your life!"

A buzzing sound filled the air, and a chilling light suddenly emanated from the scene, accompanied by an explosion of inspiration.

A variety of spells, including wind, fire, thunder, and lightning, rained down on Tian Ce Jun.

Ling Yunzi and the others immediately formed a formation, accurately and ruthlessly surrounding Tian Ce Jun in the center. It seemed that they had planned to ambush and kill Tian Ce Jun from the very beginning.

Faced with such an encirclement and attack, Tian Ce Jun showed little surprise on his face. Instead, he ignored Ling Yunzi and the others and looked around.

A mocking glint flashed in his eyes, and he let out a sinister laugh:

"Fellow Daoists, do you wish to leave this place?"
Haha, the old rule applies; we need to use other people as stepping stones first.

Those around who had not yet made a move all had changing expressions.

No one could forget that the reason they were able to enter the sacred mountain and the main hall was because they had sacrificed countless lives.

According to Tian Ce Jun's instructions, if they want to leave this place, they also need to sacrifice blood to pave a way out!
Having experienced the previous two times, nearly half of the immortal cultivators present chose to believe Tian Ce Jun's words.

After all, they might as well give it a try. Even if Tian Ce Jun was wrong, it would be other people who died. For every person they killed, they could also take their belongings, making it a sure-fire way to make a profit.

So, forced by half of the people to act first, the immortal cultivators on the other side, who were still hesitating, were also forced to take action.

Instantly, the entire hall erupted into chaos.

Yu Que was among them. Because he had some doubts about Tian Ce Jun's words, he was one of the slower to act. Fortunately, he was constantly protected by divine generals, preventing his attackers from succeeding.

Yu Que stared at the murderous hall, and a murderous intent instantly rose in his eyes as well:
"Perfect! I'll take your souls as materials for my spiritual refinement!"

With a series of swift movements, the white-spine sword in his hand flashed with cold light, severely injuring the cultivator who had just attacked him.

Immediately afterward, without him having to make another move, three Refining Divine Generals rushed forward and tore the fiend to pieces in no time, capturing its soul and taking it into the Hundred Mile Immortal Garden.

It took less than fifteen minutes.

Inside the main hall, an extremely brutal scene unfolded: humans killed each other, ghosts tormented each other, and screams of agony filled the air.

At first, the group was roughly divided into two factions: immortals and cultivators. But later, they fought each other, each only seeking to kill the person in front of them.

Whether they are disciples of immortal sects, successors of Daoist palaces, or independent cultivators from home and abroad, they are all currently in a bloodthirsty frenzy.

When the dozens of people had been killed and were reduced to less than two hands, the main hall shook violently, and beams of white light shot out from all around the hall, accompanied by a sea breeze.

After many people died, the path finally became clear.

The Heavenly Lord, who was exchanging blows with the disciples of the Immortal Sect, revealed a mocking smile on his ferocious face and suddenly spoke:

"Haha! Everyone, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"After killing so many people, that old man naturally couldn't bear to part with us and had no choice but to let us go!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yunzi and the others exchanged bewildered glances. Because they had not been considered primary targets for possession by the Celestial Immortal Daoist, they did not quite understand the Daoist's methods of possession.

Before the group could question Tian Ce Jun, the other party transformed into a golden light and immediately leaped towards a crack that had appeared in the main hall.

Yu Que stood aside, belatedly realizing another layer of meaning to the blood sacrifice:
"So they forced that old man to open the door... What a clever scheme!"

Understanding this, he was also certain that there was probably no danger behind the door he had opened at this time.

So he immediately leaped away and escaped from the place.

(End of this chapter)