Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 374: Restraining the Ghost
The voice slowly echoed, Chen Mu frowned slightly, his eyes flickering as he fell into deep thought.

"Soul Realm... Is the place where the inheritance trial takes place called Soul Realm?"

He shook his head, completely unaware of what the soul realm was, but he did understand the following sentence, Taiyi Xuanling.

This world is the Taiyi Xuanling Realm, which is divided into five spiritual realms.

As for the Soul Ancestor lineage mentioned in the last sentence, it was the key to his shock.

Unlike the people who were confused when they heard this word before, and had no idea when the Soul Ancestor lineage came into being, he had seen an introduction to it.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his right hand, and the Secret Records of Qingfengzi suddenly appeared in his hand.

Among thousands of characters, a single line of words shone brightly and appeared in his eyes.

"The Soul Ancestor lineage is one of the eight ancient clans. Its leader transcended the tribulation and ascended to immortality in the 3261st year of Taiyi..."

When he first read these words, he thought they were just random remarks by Qingfengzi. But when he actually entered this place and heard about the lineage of Soul Ancestor, he was belatedly shocked.

"Who on earth is Qingfengzi? How could he know about the Soul Ancestor lineage?"

"The 3261st year of Taiyi… It has been over 30,000 years since then. In those 30,000 years, the world has changed dramatically. Countless clans and families have declined and disappeared. Even the lineage of the Soul Ancestor, who had immortals in his clan, could not escape the fate."

Chen Mu's mind was in turmoil and he couldn't recover for a long time.

As for the levels of cultivation, he now knows most of them. After the Nascent Soul stage, one will reach the Spiritualization stage, then transcend the tribulation, and finally ascend to the Immortal stage and fly up to the fairyland.

But over the past tens of thousands of years, it is said that in the entire Taiyi Xuanling Realm, there are only seven or eight people who have successfully taken this step.

What's more, even the state of transcending tribulation is rare nowadays.

Most of them are cultivators from the Central Plains of China. In places like Beiyuan and Ximo, no one has been seen in thousands of years!
In a trance, Chen Mu suddenly looked at the skeleton sitting on the wooden chair.

Of course, he would not think that this skeleton was the one who ascended to become an immortal by the Soul Ancestor. After all, he had already ascended to the immortal world, so how could he appear in this world?

But if he is not an immortal, he should at least be a powerful person who can overcome tribulations. At the very least, he should be a cultivator who has reached the state of spiritual transformation. Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a trial to evolve.

"An injury that even a Divine Transformation cultivator couldn't resolve... It seems that even if one's realm is elevated, it doesn't guarantee safe cultivation."

Chen Mu's heart was pounding. The inheritance of the Soul Ancestor must be extraordinary with such a background!
It’s a pity that only one person was chosen to inherit the throne, and he is already far behind. If nothing unexpected happens, I’m afraid he will not be able to compare with the geniuses at the top of the Earth List.

After all, everyone here is not mediocre and everyone has their own strengths.

If he wants to surpass everyone else, he needs to find another opportunity...

As his eyes moved, his heart was filled with regret. After paying another salute to the sitting skeleton, he picked up the soul flag in his hand.

After locking eyes for a long time, Chen Mu suddenly pursed his lips and smiled.

Such inheritance is truly desirable.

"And give it a try!"

He made up his mind and did not hesitate any longer. He immediately activated the Soul Banner according to the experience of his predecessors.

The next moment, a dark fog spread out and covered Chen Mu's entire body in the blink of an eye!

When the smoke cleared, Chen Mu had disappeared.

The empty palace returned to silence again...

……

This is a vast world, with an extremely dark sky and thick clouds covering the dark earth, causing an indescribable feeling of oppression to emerge in the hearts of everyone who has just set foot here.

Looking around, this world seems to have no end, with cold winds blowing everywhere. From time to time, ghosts appear, looking at where Chen Mu is as if they have intelligence.

Chen Mu also did not act rashly. He used his spiritual sense to begin exploring his surroundings.

Perhaps due to the suppression of this secret place, the spiritual consciousness that could extend over ten thousand feet in the past has shrunk a lot, and now has a range of only three thousand feet.

He remained unmoved. These secret records were all there. "I didn't expect that I would be the first to enter this place..."

Before he could finish his muttering, a dazzling light flashed not far away from him. A moment later, it turned into an illusory figure, which was unclear and seemed like an illusion.

However, Chen Mu knew that this was not an illusion, but a cultivator who was trying to overcome the difficulties with him.

"Every family has someone who has just arrived here, but I don't know which family he is from."

Chen Mu couldn't use his spiritual sense to penetrate, and he couldn't recognize who this person was.

As he looked around, the man was also looking at him.

Not long after, figures appeared here one after another like mushrooms after rain. It was obvious that they all received soul flags and came here.

This is the first level of the inheritance trial. The challenger needs to restrain a ghost and put it into the soul flag, and then use the ghost power to nourish the ghost's growth. After it grows to the first level, the challenger can choose one person to fight. The winner will pass the level, and the loser will restrain the ghost again to nourish it.

Before this, they were unable to attack each other.

"call!"

Counting the figures, they set off and ran after the ghost in the distance!

They moved so quickly, probably because they knew what was being considered here. Unlike the other few people, they ran around like headless flies.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and also stood up and ran towards the depths of the room.

It is recorded in the secret records that most of the ghosts here have insufficient potential, with only one or two exceptions in the depths.

The escaping light passed through the gray sky, and the spiritual consciousness kept watching the progress of others.

Less than half an hour after entering, someone had already selected the ghost and began to restrain it and incorporate it into the soul flag.

Although Chen Mu had already made a plan in mind, he was still a little anxious.

Each level has only three months to pass, and the difficulty increases as time goes by. If he cannot make smooth progress at the beginning, his speed of passing the level will be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, he no longer paid attention to others and began to search for the target ghost wholeheartedly.

"This won't work. It's too simplistic. I can only break through to the second level and then I won't have any chance!"

"This one's okay. Although its potential is lacking, its early-game combat power is extremely strong and can help me break through quickly... I'll keep it as a backup."

……

As a series of illusory souls passed by, Chen Mu kept thinking to himself.

Perhaps because their realm was too low, many souls did not make any attacking moves, but just stared blankly at the hundreds of rays of light flying up one after another.

Another half hour passed, and Chen Mu had searched most of the depths of the place, and finally found a good ghost that met his requirements.

Just as described in the secret record, this ghost is ordinary and looks nothing special.

There were only wisps of black air lingering in the skeleton's eyes for a long time.

"You are the one!"

Chen Mu was delighted. With the experience of his predecessors, he knew that this ghost had great potential and had the possibility of advancing to a third-level ghost general. It was a rare treasure in the first level.

He then waved his hand, and the three-foot soul flag suddenly floated in the air, shooting out a thick black beam of light towards the ghost.

At the same time, he used his spiritual sense to press down on it. Under the powerful pressure, the skeleton ghost trembled continuously.

Although it had lost its intelligence since birth, its instincts were very sensitive and it knew that the figure in front of it was irresistible.

Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged, and the Soul Banner continued to exert its power. In a moment, the skeleton ghost turned into a black gas and flew into the banner.

A skull mark condensed on it...

(End of this chapter)