Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits
Chapter 51: Chapter 51: Mutation

Inside a large room of the Wang family's house, three cultivators kicked open the door and barged in, only to see an old man with white hair and one blind eye sitting inside.

A middle-aged cultivator with a ferocious face shouted harshly, "Old man, hand over all your valuables! Otherwise, I'll make you beg for life and yearn for death!"

The other two cultivators also had madness and ferocity flashing in their eyes. In such reckless slaughter, many cultivators were infected by the atmosphere and turned into humanoid evil ghosts.

"If you want to annihilate our Wang family, then you will be buried with us!"

The one-eyed, white-haired old man had a flicker of madness in his eyes as he suddenly tore off a second-order sealing talisman stuck to a stone monument.

The moment the sealing talisman was torn off, a pitch-black ghost claw emerged from the stone monument and directly twisted off the head of the one-eyed old man.

"Act now! Destroy that stone monument!"

The leader, a middle-aged cultivator at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining, had his expression change dramatically, and he propelled a red flying dagger towards the pitch-black stone monument.

The other two cultivators also propelled their magic artifacts toward the same pitch-black stone monument.

A large amount of pitch-black ghost aura gushed from the stone monument, and a nine-foot-tall, second-order medium-grade evil ghost, covered in black aura, its body rotting everywhere, emitting a stench, with a ferocious face that seemed to harbor endless resentment, emerged from the dark mist.

The evil ghost, with a ferocious face, easily caught the three magic artifacts in its claws. With a sweep of its dense black ghost aura, the artifacts were coated in blackness, lost their spirituality, and fell to the ground.

"Second-order ghost creatures!"

The heart of the middle-aged cultivator at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining turned cold, and he rapidly retreated backward.

The other two cultivators also retreated swiftly.

The evil ghost, with a vicious smile, opened its mouth and spewed out a dense fog, which quickly enveloped the three cultivators.

"Did we escape?"

The middle-aged cultivator at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining sprinted with all his might, and after as he passed through a corridor, he was terrified to replace himself suddenly appearing in front of the evil ghost.

The evil ghost reached out its claw and pierced through the cultivator's Golden Light Cover, entering his heart.

"So I was under an illusion!"

The gaze of the middle-aged cultivator dimmed as his heart was directly gouged out by the evil ghost.

The evil ghost swallowed the heart of the middle-aged cultivator, its aura grew stronger, and it spewed out more mist.

Soon, the screams of the other two cultivators came from the mist, and the mist began to spread further into the surroundings.

"That's the Ghost Region! The domain of evil ghosts!! This is the Ghost Fog! There's a second-order evil ghost inside!! Run!"

As soon as Zhao Yu saw the rising mist within the Wang family's grounds, his Superior Evil Warding Talisman started to burn, and his face dramatically changed. He shouted loudly, immediately activating a Superior Featherweight Talisman, and fled outside.

A second-order evil ghost was extremely terrifying, and even though Zhao Yu had reached Foundation Establishment with his physical body, he was not confident about overcoming that second-order evil ghost.

In almost an instant, Zhao Yu had fled a hundred yards away.

"Was I abandoned?"

Ling Qianxue paled, clenched her teeth, activated a Featherweight Talisman, and flew toward Zhao Yu.

"You're too slow! Hold tight!"

An illusion appeared, and Zhao Yu, frowning deeply, materialized in front of Ling Qianxue. He reached out, pulled her into his embrace, and desperately urged the Vajra Dragon Elephant Art and the Phantom Step Technique, flying out like a phantom.

It seems I did not choose the wrong person!

A warm feeling immediately welled up in Ling Qianxue's heart, and her snowy white arms encircled Zhao Yu.

Many cultivators attacking the royal family realized this when they saw the swirling Ghost Fog, and they turned to flee.

"Zitao, save me!"

A shrill cry came from not far away. following the sound, Ling Qianxue saw a beautiful woman with the Sixth Level of Qi Refining and a graceful figure about to be overtaken by the Ghost Fog, screaming in terror.

In front of the beautiful woman, a young and handsome cultivator with a cold face was racing madly, completely ignoring the beautiful woman pleading behind him.

Ling Qianxue silently thought, "That's Zheng Cai'er and her companion Shiquan! She misjudged him!"

The Ghost Fog churned and eventually swallowed the despairing Zheng Cai'er while Shiquan completely ignored his companion.

Under the threat of the Ghost Fog, many cultivators showed their ugliest sides, but equally, many displayed the best of humanity. Some cultivators chose to live and die with their companions, while others saved their closest friends, only to be engulfed by the Ghost Fog together.

After spreading to the heart of the royal family's territory, the Ghost Fog stopped spreading, covering most of Spirit Wolf Ridge, emitting a sinister, eerie aura.

Zhao Yu, having held Ling Qianxue, had long escaped the area enveloped by the Ghost Fog and ran another twenty li before setting Ling Qianxue down.

Ning Canghan looked at the area covered by the Ghost Fog and slightly frowned, "This is the Royal Family's trump card! A Second-Order Evil Ghost! Sister Su, how about we join forces to eliminate this ghost?"

In the area covered by the Ghost Fog, there were many cultivators from the four major Foundation Establishment families. Their total death would significantly damage the prestige of the Cang Spirit Sect. Recruiting cultivators from the four great families to fight would become very difficult in the future.

Moreover, if the Second-Order Ghost Creature within Spirit Wolf Ridge is not dealt with, the second-order superior spiritual land will transform into a Ghost Region. The Ghost Creature, nourished by the Spirit Vein, would grow stronger over the years, potentially becoming a Third-Order Evil Ghost. Read new chapters at M-V-L

Once the Ghost Creature in Spirit Wolf Ridge advanced to a Third-Order Evil Ghost, its controlled Ghost Region would expand tenfold and gain the ability to leave the Ghost Region for short periods, which would be extremely terrifying.

In the Northern Wasteland, there are also two spiritual lands occupied by Third-Order Evil Ghosts; those two lands are forbidden territories, and for human cultivators to step into them means certain death.

Su Bingyun slightly nodded, casting a subtle glance at Zhao Yu, and followed Ning Canghan into the Ghost Fog-enveloped Spirit Wolf Ridge.

Zhao Yu looked at the Ghost Fog-enveloped Spirit Wolf Ridge, pondered briefly, found a hidden spot, set up an Array underground, and then took out the Ghost Nurturing Jar containing a Miscellaneous Ghost. He gently tapped it.

A ghost about three feet tall, pale as death with a fierce look and resembling an ugly toddler, appeared before Zhao Yu, radiating an aggressive aura and possessing the strength of a first-order high-grade Miscellaneous Ghost.

As soon as the Miscellaneous Ghost appeared, its eyes flashed fiercely, its body surged with a pitch-black aura, and it lunged at Zhao Yu with its claws extended.

"Lock!"

Zhao Yu uttered softly and pointed at the Miscellaneous Ghost.

The Array's Spiritual Light shone brightly, and transparent chains emerged, tightly wrapping around the Miscellaneous Ghost.