Chapter 1059: 422: Direct to the Other Shore!
Mini Array Spirit Seven Souls Return to Their Places_2 Chapter 1059: 422: Direct to the Other Shore!
Mini Array Spirit Seven Souls Return to Their Places_2 Chen Dengming, “Keep the Vast Abyss Ruler of that Ghost Emperor for yourself; such Daoist Artifacts can only exhibit their greatest power in the hands of a Ghost Cultivator like you.”
“Thank you, thank you so much, Brother Chen…”
Chu Xun felt a surge of joy and hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
The preciousness of a Daoist Artifact was undeniable.
Even if it was just a damaged Daoist Artifact that only a Ghost Cultivator could use, it was still an invaluable treasure to him.
He had indeed coveted it, but considering the value of the Daoist Artifact, he did not reveal his desire and even took the initiative to offer it up.
After all, Brother Chen had already been good enough to him.
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The value of the Soul Fetching Bow and Rod and two Nascent Soul Soul Arrows alone was not inferior to a damaged Daoist Artifact.
Other than his own parents, who would be so generous to him?
Only Brother Chen.
As for Chen Dengming, he truly didn’t care about a damaged Ghost Cultivator Daoist Artifact.
He had enough excellent Magic Treasures in his possession, and he was beginning to become adept at controlling complete Daoist Artifacts like the Hall of Human Heart.
Another damaged Ghost Cultivator Daoist Artifact was of little significance to him.
Yet, if left with Chu Xun, it could exhibit greater value.
By comparison, the Flower of Guiding Souls was something he cared about even more.
This flower might relate to his comprehension of the Fifth Dao’s Intention of Human Immortal, and was something he could not afford to lose.
Even if his guess was wrong, and the flower wasn’t the key to understanding the Fifth Dao’s Intention, its might had already been corroborated in the hands of the Infernal Ghost Monarch.
It was a rare treasure that, at certain moments, had power comparable to Daoist Artifacts.
With the help of the Incense Fire Incarnation and Chu Xun acting in concert, and the controlled Starfall Old Ghost providing hints, obtaining the Flower of Guiding Souls was not difficult.
…
Half a day later.
The entire Starfall Ghost City had been completely conquered by Chu Xun.
The three Ghost Generals who had previously pledged allegiance to Starfall chose to surrender and defect.
The flag of the Soul Fetching Ghost King and the Ghost King of Yinming, representative of their dominion, replaced the old banners atop Starfall Ghost City.
This scene, witnessed by many Ghost Cultivators observing from a distance, instantly set off an earthquake of vast proportions.
Ever since becoming a Ghost Monarch, the Starfall Infernal Ghost Monarch had ruled over this region, spanning tens of thousands of miles, for more than seven hundred years.
In those seven hundred years, the Biluo Ghost King had sent troops to attack twice, but both attempts fizzled out without incident.
But now, the Starfall Infernal Ghost Monarch was suspected to have perished, and Starfall Ghost City had changed hands, becoming the shared territory of the Soul Fetching Ghost King and the Ghost King of Yinming.
How this vast area of Ghost Shades would develop in the future, whether another Ghost Monarch might set their sights on it and attack, all of this was filled with uncertainty.
The benefactors were the two great Ghost Kings and numerous Ghost Generals who were part of the upper echelon, while the ones distressed were the many middle and lower rank Ghost Cultivators who faced an ambiguous future—truly a sorrowful ghostly existence.
At the same time, within the Netherworld Ghost City some seventy to eighty thousand miles away.
The Ghost King of the Netherworld, one of the oldest among the Ghost Monarchs beneath the Nether Spring, was awakened from a not particularly long slumber.
News of the major changes in Starfall Ghost City was conveyed by a Ghost General, who assisted in managing the Netherworld Ghost City, to the secluded slumbering place of the Ghost King of the Netherworld.
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Outside the Nether Cave on Yin Ghost Mountain.
Winds howled, violently shaking the trees and causing some leaves to flutter miserably.
Standing nearby on the hillside, the towering three-zhang-tall Incense Fire Incarnation and two Ghost Ladies watched the Mini Array Spirit not far away as it communicated with the Seventh Soul.
In another empty area on the mountainside, the howling winds spinning towards it would automatically divert their path.
Starfall Old Ghost’s Ghost Infant, acting obsequiously, chased away the chilly winds and then respectfully waited beside Chen Dengming, his gaze complex as he looked at the skeletal frame of a flower floating in Chen’s hand, and explained.
“Longevity Sect Leader, it seems this Flower of Guiding Souls is gravely damaged; its petals and leaves have fallen away, exhausting its accumulated spiritual power.
Every time it uses its power to reach directly to the other shore, it sheds a petal or a leaf.
In theory, it still had eight more petals or leaves it could shed.
But now…
it can no longer harness the power to reach directly to the other shore; it will need another hundred years to grow leaves again before it can reopen that power…”
“We have to wait another hundred years?”
Regret welled up in Chen Dengming’s heart.
Starfall Old Ghost continued, “There are many legends about the Flower of Guiding Souls that date back to even before the time of the ancient Ghost Kings.
It is said to be the flower of Nether Spring, blooming for a thousand years, withering for a thousand more, its petals and leaves never meeting, eternally missing one another.
The flower is not bound by cause and effect; fate dictates life and death.
Its real name is Mandarava and Manjushage, which means the red flower blooming in the Heavenly Realm.”
Starfall Old Ghost paused, then said, “It’s also said to be the Flower of Guiding Souls; its fragrance has a magical power that can evoke the deceased’s memories of life…
But in reality, evoking the memories is just a trivial power of it—the true power is reaching directly to the other side.
With this flower, one can reach any place imagined by the spirit!”
“Can reach any place imagined by the spirit…?”
“The place the spirit imagines…”
Chen Dengming fell into thought, feeling the faint special aura emanating from the flower skeleton in front of him.
He had a premonition that with this flower, he might indeed be able to comprehend the Fifth Dao’s Intention of Human Immortal.
Starfall Old Ghost said, “Reaching the place the spirit imagines might be an exaggerated description.
I once tried to use this flower to reach the legendary Underground Mansion of the Ghost Emperor, but I couldn’t achieve it.
However, there was one successful attempt using the flower to reach the Mortal World.
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Yet, the most miraculous experience was when I daringly used it to enter your Soul World, Longevity Sect Leader…
It was unbelievable, I actually managed to enter the world of your spirit with my true body.”
“Indeed, that’s incredible.”