Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 15 Ghostly Traces
Anguo, Jiyuan County.

This is a small country under the jurisdiction of the Ryuzan Sect, and this is the location of this mission.

In Jiyuan County of Anguo, there was a Xuan Yin Mine, a second-tier spiritual mine, but it was completely mined out hundreds of years ago.

Of course, although the Xuan Yin Mine was gone, ordinary minerals still existed, so the mortals here naturally occupied it and sent people in to mine.

Half a year ago, mortals began to die in the Xuan Yin Mine here. The Wu Kingdom sent a reclusive cultivator to investigate, but he disappeared without a trace after entering.

Later, Anguo invited several inner disciples of the Liushan Sect to investigate, but they still never returned.

King Anguo was restless upon hearing the news and eventually reported it to the authorities.

However, the sect was busy reclaiming various resource points some time ago and didn't have time to deal with things here. It wasn't until recently, when they had some free time, that they sent two Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators to investigate.

The result was still bad news: both cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining perished inside.

This task was originally supposed to be assigned to the Foundation Establishment Steward, but since the task had just been completed, it was secretly assigned to Su You before it could be announced.

"Both of the ninth level Qi Refining cultivators died inside?" Su You looked at the information above and made some judgments in his mind.

The enemy inside must have the strength of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to be able to kill two Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators without letting any information out.

Of course, this is just Su You's guess. It could be an enemy at the Foundation Establishment stage, or it could be an enemy at the Golden Core stage. He doesn't know the situation inside, so anything is possible.

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Xuan Yin Mine.

Upon arriving at the cave entrance, Su You immediately employed various forms of witchcraft to conceal his aura, scent, and form, and affixed talismans as a double layer of protection.

After completing all the concealment work, Su You used his lightness skill to quietly walk through the mine.

As Su You continued forward along the mine shaft, he finally saw a corpse, or more accurately, a mummified corpse.

The flesh and blood of the entire body were drained, leaving only bones and skin.

As Su You continued to walk forward, he felt a growing chill on his body. The Yin energy inside the Xuan Yin Mine was far greater than he had imagined.

Logically, after the Xuan Yin Iron Mine was completely mined out, the Yin energy inside should have dissipated completely.

The deeper Su You went, the more skeletons he saw. There were already hundreds of corpses along the way.

He even saw the clothing of the Liushan Sect on those corpses, clearly indicating that they had not escaped the clutches of evil either.

Their storage bags, magical artifacts, and other belongings were still left on the ground.

Su You was now quite certain that there was definitely a powerful ghost inside. Only ghosts would need to stay in an environment filled with yin energy, and would be extremely thirsty for flesh and blood, and would not be interested in human magical artifacts or storage bags.

He didn't touch the storage bags. If he could kill the ghosts inside, he could easily take them with him when they came out.

If he were to perish at the hands of the demons, these things would be of no use to him now.

As they went deeper, layers of frost formed on his robes, and his movements became somewhat stiff.

Fortunately, he had undergone body tempering before, so his blood and qi were abundant. Otherwise, without the protection of a yang-attribute magic weapon, Su You would not have been able to enter the interior at all.

Finally, as he rounded a corner, Su You saw the deepest part of the place, where an evil ghost with blood-red horns on its forehead, a twisted and terrifying face, and four arms appeared.

The two ghostly creatures were frantically sucking air from a dry well. A few wisps of pure yin energy would drift out of the well, which were highly nourishing for the two ghostly creatures.

"Both of them are at the second level. I might not be able to defeat them in one go. I wonder if I can lure one out." Su You thought to himself as he slowly retreated from the depths of the cave.

Reaching the halfway point of the cave, he took out dozens of pieces of fresh flesh from his storage bag and began to cut them, letting the smell of blood fill the air. These were resources he used for body tempering; now he would see if they could be used as bait to lure out a demon.

As long as he can lure the other party outside, Su You has a way to kill it, and then enter the cave to kill the other one.

His mental focus remained fixed on the bend in the cave entrance, and in a short while, a ghostly creature leisurely emerged from it.

"Great!" Su You suppressed his excitement and immediately cast a shield spell on himself. Then he took out defensive magical artifacts and defensive talismans to cover himself with a large amount of defense.

Flash magic!
A huge flash of light appeared, and the ghost let out a painful roar.

Under the intense light, the ghost's body even emitted a sizzling, corrosive sound.

Their entire bodies retreated repeatedly, trying to avoid the light. Ghosts are most afraid of light, which is why these two ghosts never leave the cave and go outside.

"Trying to escape? Too late!" Su You scoffed.

Vines entwine! Mental piercing!
Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was screaming in pain, Su You wrapped its entire body with huge vines and delivered a heavy blow to its soul.

The second-tier ghost staggered, its limbs tearing at the vines covering its body. Only by severing these vines and escaping back into the cave could it be free from fear, even when facing the light.

Unfortunately, Su You wouldn't give it that chance.

Light! Lesser Fireball! Fireball!
He continuously unleashed spells and magic, all of which were effective against ghosts.

The second-tier ghost inside the cave must have already noticed the commotion outside; he must act quickly.

The second-tier ghost in front of it kept wailing. It wanted to escape, but couldn't. It wanted to get close to Su You to attack, but the distance was too far. In particular, the spells were very effective against it, making it afraid to go forward.

Moreover, Su You's vine entanglement technique is constantly in use; as soon as the opponent breaks free, he re-entangles them, making them a living target.

Under his relentless barrage of spells and witchcraft, the second-tier ghost finally gave way, and its ugly head was severed off by Su You.

The other second-tier ghost also let out a huge roar, constantly howling, trying to kill Su You.

Unfortunately, it's too late now. If they had joined forces earlier, they might have had a chance, but now...

Following the same pattern, Su You continued to control the opponent and then bombarded them with witchcraft.

Both second-tier ghosts perished under Su You's powerful sorcery cannon.

After killing the two ghosts, Su You did not immediately collect the spoils of war, but instead examined the bodies of the two ghosts.

“In terms of attributes, ghosts should be considered creatures with negative energy. I do remember a special witchcraft that can be used to control these ghosts.” Su You recalled a particularly powerful witchcraft from his inheritance.

This is a cursed witchcraft that requires the use of flesh and souls imbued with negative energy as sacrifices, which are then transformed into a powerful vengeful spirit that hunts down the cursed creature on a spiritual level.

Su You took out his magical artifact and first performed a simple dissection on the ghost's body, then recorded its internal structure in the jade slip.

He didn't have any research plans. He lacked the necessary skills and equipment, making research unsuitable. Instead, simple dissection and recording of the internal structure would provide valuable material for future experiments.

After making a simple record, Su You put away the two ghosts and then entered the cave, where the yin energy was the most concentrated and the effect of using witchcraft was the best.

Beside the dry well, two ghostly figures were piled up together. Su You began to chant incantations, slowly uttering obscure and difficult syllables.

The surrounding negative energy, or yin energy, resonated under Su You's incantations and mental power.

A massive surge of Yin energy rapidly approached the two bodies, while the two souls continuously merged and frantically devoured the flesh, souls, and surrounding Yin energy.

sizzle!
A four-armed ghostly spirit slowly emerged from it, with faint black energy flashing across it.

melt!
A mark of a magical contract merged into the soul of the vengeful spirit as Su You uttered his last syllable.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!" The vengeful spirit's blood-red eyes looked at Su You, and the feeling of it penetrating his soul seemed to want to devour his soul.

"Break! I am your master!" Su You's control of the contract struck it hard, and the entire vengeful spirit was torn to pieces.

However, vengeful spirits, being negative energy entities, are not so easy to kill. Under the dense yin energy around them, they quickly regained their bodies.

Su You could vaguely sense that the power of this vengeful spirit was beyond his imagination, much stronger than his spiritual power. If it weren't for the binding contract, this vengeful spirit would have devoured its master's soul first.

"Go, remember this aura, and kill him!" Su You passed the aura he had obtained to the vengeful spirit, and then passed on Liu Hua's location to it.

The sect's grand formation is not yet activated, and Su You wants to see if the vengeful spirit, a spiritual being, can bypass the formation's detection, infiltrate the Liushan Sect, and kill Liu Hua.

"Thank you for the generous gift, Deacon Liu!" Su You smiled coldly and walked outside.

If Liu Hua hadn't assigned him this mandatory task, Su You might never have been able to kill the other party.

Now, all the vengeful spirit needs to do is bypass the array's detection, and it can easily kill Liu Hua. He is just an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he can't withstand the vengeful spirit's attack at all.

After the vengeful spirit leaves, Su You can collect his reward.

First, there were the rogue cultivators and disciples of the Liushan Sect who died here, leaving behind various magical artifacts and storage bags.

(End of this chapter)