EBE #489 - Ghost Tree, Beihai, Dai Qianmo
#489 - Ghost Tree, Beihai, Dai Qianmo
The aura of this place bore a nine-tenths resemblance to the aura of the Northern Sea, as described by Li Chengfeng in ancient texts and books.
He deduced that the forces controlling the breeding of ghosts and setting up the array here must be from the Northern Sea, and powerful cultivators who practiced ghost techniques.
Looking at the human realm, only the ghost forces of the Northern Sea were the most powerful, and the strength of their techniques was astonishing.
Realizing this, a cold smile crept onto Li Chengfeng's lips as he said, "Great Ape King, you are indeed dishonest, colluding with the forces of the Northern Sea."
The Great Ape King was far from being as simple as he appeared on the surface; he must have mastered some kind of secret technique to ensure his own immortality, otherwise, why would he be so obsequious and deliberately ingratiating?
Observing this, if the other party had fallen, the Great Ape King might have already switched to cultivating ghost techniques.
Li Chengfeng's thoughts gradually approached the truth. He speculated that this ancient array should be nearly a thousand years old, specifically designed to protect this ghost tree.
In other words, the Northern Sea had not discovered this tree a thousand years ago; only by delving into history could the truth be revealed. Li Chengfeng stroked his chin, his eyes blazing.
He believed that the other party would not send a large army to garrison this place, so as not to alert anyone.
Then, what kind of evolution did the ghost tree undergo? It could not have been born a ghost tree; it must have been artificially cultivated using secret methods.
Thinking of this, Li Chengfeng had a plan in mind, and he once again drove the Life Realm space, delving deeper inside.
When the distance to the destination was only a thousand miles away, a barrier suddenly blocked the way.
If touched with the dust of time, it would surely alarm the other party, obviously a cautious person.
Fortunately, he was inside the Life Realm space, or with the help of the Wings of Space, he could avoid triggering the restriction.
At this moment, he slowly pushed the Life Realm space through the restriction, and the scene within a thousand miles suddenly changed, the seawater was even darker, and the Yin energy was extremely dense.
He gently scooped up a handful of seawater and found that half of it was condensed from Yin energy, which shows how heavy the Yin energy was here.
If an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator were to set foot here, they would be instantly eroded by the Yin energy and turn into an ice sculpture, which was truly shocking.
No wonder the other party could cultivate a ghost tree, obviously borrowing this powerful Yin energy.
Thinking of this, he steadied his mind and quickly fled. He did not alarm these Yin energies, but kept injecting his own formations into the edge of the other party's formation barrier, seeking to neutralize it.
Although the two formations were not easy to merge, Li Chengfeng, relying on his mastery of "The Unity of All Laws" and his deep understanding of the advancement of restrictions, easily dealt with it and took remedial measures.
Finally, he arrived at his destination—a vast deserted island, covering a hundred miles. In the center of the island stood a huge landform resembling a basin, with dense Yin energy visible in the distance, and a towering giant tree stood in the middle.
The tree trunk was mottled, the leaves were as black as night, hundreds of feet high, and more than ten circumferences thick, showing its vigorous power.
What was surprising was that hundreds of cultivators were sitting cross-legged on the tree, breathing, obviously from the ghost path.
Li Chengfeng acted cautiously, not daring to use his divine sense to investigate, so as not to disturb or expose himself, so he activated the refined Eye of Truth.
He gently opened his left hand, a crack opened in his palm, and the Eye of Truth emerged, instantly penetrating the mist in front of him, and everything was clearly visible.
In the other party's camp, the leader was a Nascent Soul late-stage ghost cultivator, with powerful strength and menacing ghost aura.
In addition, there were two Core Formation late-stage ghost cultivators, and the rest were Foundation Establishment cultivators, with uneven cultivation levels.
They were not only cultivators but also guardians of this island, responsible for maintaining the formation and ghost techniques, but the Great Ape King did not reveal anything about this.
Li Chengfeng suddenly understood the situation.
The Great Ape King deliberately led himself into the restriction, and then into the hands of the ghost cultivators, the result of which would undoubtedly be death without a burial place.
The reason he was rescued was because there was an unspeakable secret between those ghost cultivators and the Great Ape King.
Even if he discovered the existence of the ghost cultivators and escaped by chance, the ghost cultivators would definitely kill the Great Ape King out of shame and anger, and then absorb his soul, but this would give him a chance to be resurrected.
Li Chengfeng sneered and said, "Great Ape King, you are thinking too beautifully.
You are trying to die, but that is absolutely impossible. How could I let you get your wish?
You have plotted against me twice, and I will definitely make you understand that those who plot against Li Chengfeng will not have a good end."
After sorting out his thoughts, Li Chengfeng did not act rashly, but slowly pushed the Life Realm space closer to where the ghost cultivators were.
This ghost tree was completely opposite to the Bodhi Divine Tree. The Bodhi Divine Tree relied on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to grow slowly, emphasizing enlightenment, and rarely had murderous aura; but this ghost cultivation was based on killing, with a pervasive ghost aura.
If I can introduce this ghost aura into the Hell space, and let the two forces complement each other, my strength will definitely be greatly improved, and I can even use this to break through to the middle stage of Core Formation in one fell swoop, achieving twice the result with half the effort.
Thinking of this, Li Chengfeng no longer hesitated, he carefully pushed the ecological space closer, while remaining vigilant to avoid alerting anyone, after all, there were many guards here, and he was not familiar with the ghost cultivators' techniques. He needed time to observe and find the weaknesses of this ghost tree.
In this way, Li Chengfeng secretly observed for three months and finally mastered the laws of the ghost cultivators.
Every full moon night, the ghost tree would enter adulthood, seemingly absorbing the moonlight to enhance its own power, and its attention was completely focused on the moon.
At the same time, these ghost cultivators, like the ghost tree, attached great importance to the moonlight.
During these three months, they did not say a word, but concentrated on cultivating and maintaining the formation, which made Li Chengfeng feel very surprised. If they were cultivators, there would definitely be some communication, after all, three months was not a short time.
These cultivators were not real humans, but more like puppets.
An incredible feeling surged in Li Chengfeng's heart. He slowly released his divine sense, exploring a small Foundation Establishment cultivator delicately and cautiously.
Sure enough, a restriction had been planted in the souls of these people, and they had been refined by some kind of evil force. They obeyed the will of that beast-like existence, and had completely become puppets.
Li Chengfeng couldn't help but gasp, and all the mysteries were solved.
No wonder there was no communication between these cultivators, it turned out that they were just mechanically executing the will of the beast.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred in the external restriction, and the sound of rushing water rang out.
The place where the ghost tree was located was covered with dark clouds and tumbling ghost mist, which suddenly burst open.
Then, a beautiful woman walked out, wearing a pure black long dress, with a black peony dotted between the folds of the skirt, her hair reaching her waist, dancing gently in the wind.
She had a slender waist and long legs, the skirt fluttering gently with the Yin wind, her legs were as white as jade, her hair was flying, a black goat's head jade stone emitting a strange light hung around her neck, her fingers were slender and beautiful, and her posture was imaginative.
She smiled slightly, with all kinds of charms, and two masses of snow-white flesh were about to burst out. If it were not for the menacing Yin energy here, it would probably be enough to make people's minds wander.
Even in this gloomy environment, those cultivators with slightly weaker concentration would probably find it difficult to resist her charm.
Dai Qianmo's eyes were sharp, looking at the water, only to see a restriction being broken.
Xie Tian, wearing a black armor, walked out excitedly, looked at the woman, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, and then said respectfully: "Goddess, thank you for your wonderful plan, the Great Ape King has been killed, I have ascended to the throne of the Sea Beast King, and I have come to offer thousands of blood food."
After saying that, he waved his sleeves lightly, and with a "buzz," several Sea Beasts of the Three Realms appeared on the water, they were bound by restrictions, unable to move, their eyes full of helplessness and despair.