The most melodramatic rebirth in history

Chapter 374 A Thousand Years of Solitude [Part Four]

"It is said that back then, the city lord used his life's cultivation to set up the Nine-Turning Devouring Yuan Array. After summoning us deputy city lords to forge the array's foundation and break the Nine Infant Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, he successfully sealed the three evil souls and severed the seven evil spirits..."

Upon hearing this, Night Demon King fell into deep reminiscence, his words revealing an intense passion that clearly demonstrated his reverence for Qinglan.

Feng Ling raised an eyebrow slightly, listening quietly to the Night Ghost King's story while occasionally interjecting with questions to compare and integrate all the information he had gathered.

"That's the gist of the situation. My proposal to decompose the essence was approved. In order to better monitor and maintain the gate of the first realm and to assess the inheritors... I chose to wait here in the Void Realm, deliberately spreading the false rumor that I left behind the inheritance of the eight great epics, to lure the escaped evil spirits to my inheritance to seek the essence and walk into my trap. But who knew that the years would pass so long, and this wait would last for a thousand years! For these thousand years, the cold winds have howled incessantly, and my ears have been filled with the wails of ghosts and wolves. I have suffered day and night, and I am very lonely. Fortunately, I have finally waited for the appearance of the Nine-Headed Evil Spirit and you!"

About half an incense stick later, the Night Ghost King sighed sadly, looking at Feng Ling and the others whose faces were gradually darkening, his eyes revealing a trace of helplessness.

It turns out that before Qinglan perished and was reincarnated, she had already considered the possibility that the eight deputy city lords might be possessed and devoured by the seven evil spirits.

Therefore, Qinglan secretly communicated with her right-hand men, the Night Ghost King and the Heavenly Demoness, to discuss countermeasures.

As the head of the eight deputy city lords, and known for his shrewdness, Night Demon King naturally analyzed and proposed a remedy called the perfect decomposition of evil souls.

Of course, the evil spirit that Qinglan chose in the practice was the very spirit that the Night Ghost King was supposed to guard!

The general steps of the method are as follows: First, the essence is divided into two halves. One half is integrated into the Night Demon King's body as originally planned, and the king is instructed to refine it over a long period of time to replenish his own cultivation. The other half is then divided into six subtle streams of essence energy, which are quietly sealed within the six deputy city lords along with the six spirits. In this way, after being refined over the years, one half of the essence can be dissolved and evaporated without anyone noticing, forming a second Void Realm.

If the evil spirit escapes, it will be confused by the first Void Realm and thus lower its guard, thinking that the essence is still in the Night Ghost Realm and has already drained the most difficult Night Ghost King of all.

However, what the demonic power saw when it entered the Night Ghost Realm was that not only had the essence disappeared, but the Night Ghost King's cultivation level had actually increased instead of decreased, catching the bewildered demon off guard!

Little did the evil spirit know that half of its power had been purified and fused with by the Night Ghost King, the most powerful of the eight deputy city lords, five hundred years ago.

After another five hundred years of accumulation, the Night Demon King's strength was between that of a mortal saint and a great saint. He was just one opportunity away from breaking through to the early stage of the great saint, a breakthrough opportunity to fight a hegemon of the same level, which was: the battle between Li Po and the Night Demon King!
"Senior, according to your meaning, nearly half of the essence is hidden within the Six Paths Inheritance. So, in other words, the total number of evil souls within my body is likely as many as five and a half?"

Feng Ling's eyes flickered slightly. Based on the information he had gathered, it was highly likely that the Mad Blade Three Waves inheritance obtained by the Demonic Power Soul did not contain even one-twelfth of the essence. Therefore, the answer was self-evident.

One-twelfth of its essence must be hidden within the first Void Transmission!
Of course, there should be a certain probability involved, but Feng Ling inadvertently deduced and discovered something quite interesting.

For example, when Qinglan and Ye Guiwang distributed and hid half of the essence among the six deputy city lords, how did they make a judgment and choice, so that they would rather entrust one-twelfth of the essence to a deputy city lord who guards Kongxuan than to Kuangdao Sanlang who guards the essence?

Is this a distortion of human will or a decline of ghostly will? Was it an unintentional oversight of Mad Blade Three Waves, or a deliberate exclusion?
If it was unintentional, then it can only be said that Qinglan and the Night Ghost King stumbled upon a lucky coincidence and eliminated the deputy city lord who was being devoured by the evil spirit.

But Qinglan is such a monstrous talent, and the Night Ghost King is such a cunning strategist; the two of them would certainly not easily gamble on the matter of sealing the Nine-Headed Serpent.

Therefore, Feng Ling concluded that if Kuang Dao Sanlang wasn't a terrible person, then he must have been extremely unpopular! "Truly, the younger generation is formidable! You guessed right, that half of his essence is indeed inside you!"

Night Demon King paused for a moment, looking completely calm, but Feng Ling and the others showed strange expressions, as if to say—as expected of you.

"Cough, cough!"

The Night Demon King suddenly became interested, cleared his throat and coughed twice, as if he had something to say: "Speaking of which, you youngsters must be very curious about how I managed to extract my essence back then..."

"Senior, this is taking too long, it's time for us to enter the Nine Infant Palace! How about next time... next time for sure!"

Feng Ling quickly spoke up, trying to interrupt the Night Ghost King who was speaking animatedly.

But to everyone's surprise, the Night Demon King's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he coldly snorted, "What's the panic!?"

"Time flows ten times slower in my domain than outside. You feel that the test has lasted for seven days, but in reality, it has taken less than a day outside!"

"I am as astute as you are; how could I overlook this? Therefore, please listen patiently to what I have to say!"

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The crowd was taken aback for a few moments and could only listen passively.

Ji Sheng rubbed his forehead, thinking to himself: After enduring a thousand years of lonely ravages, it seems this old ghost has truly gone mad with loneliness, spouting so many ghostly tales...

Every time a creature hatches, it's a new beginning...

The world is full of chaos and troubles; may the sages and saints offer you a pure land for your souls.

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