"The situation is turning grim," one said.
"Hasn't it always been like this?" came the reply.
...
Eagles soar through the sky, fish dart in the shallow waters,...
The fairy was filled with unease.
When purchasing the "Ghost Escape Technique," the damned shopkeeper, who claimed that the spell was not yet dead, that the spell might die tomorrow, and that even if it didn't die tomorrow, it would die sooner or later, only said that the most difficult part of this spell was that it required a vengeful ghost, and that the rest were simple steps that anyone could do.
It's simple, but also scary!
Who burns the paper money of the dead to ashes and uses it to make pillows?
As Shenxian lay in bed, she could clearly hear her own heartbeat and distinctly feel the sound of her heart pounding against her chest.
After encountering the Foundation Establishment stage, she read "The Ghost Escape Technique" and has been comforting herself ever since. But when the moment finally arrived, she was still too scared to sleep.
"Here's a little trick for you," Li Changzhou said with a smile, thinking of Li Qianxia, who was also afraid of ghosts. "When you're nervous, use abdominal breathing, focus on your dantian (lower abdomen), and don't pay attention to your heartbeat."
"Gulp~" Shenxian'er swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
She did as the deity instructed.
Slowly, her rapid heartbeat seemed to subside. She was still nervous, but her lower abdomen felt like a vast ocean, and this nervousness, like the previously arrogant great shark, could not stir up any waves no matter how much it bared its fangs and claws in the sea.
Her heartbeat was calmed, but it still took her a long time to finally fall asleep.
In her sleep, the fairy's fair and jade-like face grew paler and paler.
Wisps of black gas rose from the pillow stuffed with ashes of paper money, were absorbed by her, and then formed a strange gray cloud above her body.
As the black aura diminished and eventually disappeared completely, Shenxian'er's complexion gradually regained its rosy hue.
At this point, the "Ghost Escape Technique" was completely mastered.
...It's impossible to guess the mental state of the creator of "Ghost Escape Technique," perhaps a necromancy-like abnormality like the Corpse Bone Gene?
At dawn, the fairy woke up and saw gray clouds.
"It's done!" she exclaimed with delight.
The panel displays: Ghost Escape Technique (Beginner: 1/100).
The art of escape is also divided into 'beginner, minor mastery, and major mastery'.
To use a bicycle as a simple analogy—
Beginner level, equivalent to a child who has just had their training wheels removed;
Xiao Cheng is a professional athlete who is fully equipped, lies on his bicycle to reduce wind resistance, and participates in world-class competitions—his bicycle speed can reach 100 kilometers per hour, which is faster than some cars on the highway.
As for the Great Achievement... In the Hell Mountain Endurance Race, while others struggled to pedal their bicycles, the Great Achievement cultivators simply rode their bicycles and flew through the air.
This is why Shui Zhongyue finds 'Da Cheng' incredible; it's like a fake four-wheel drive car bought for five dollars that can actually charge like a whirlwind.
The inhuman level of 'Great Completion' is equivalent to using the paper money of the dead as a pillow.
Shenxian'er sat up and, following the instructions on the jade slip, completed the final touches.
She chanted incantations, her voice ethereal, her words fluent and smooth.
"After the ritual, the spiritual energy is still and should not be clung to. All things originate from me."
"A ghostly body has no real form or essence."
"The Netherworld is within my control, just a thought away."
"......"
It took a full twelve minutes to finish reading the eulogy.
“My words and deeds are regarded as laws by the ghosts, and should not be taken lightly.”
"receive!"
The gray clouds churned, accompanied by a faint scream from a female ghost, before darting into the shadows beneath the fairy's feet.
The fairy breathed a sigh of relief.
Practicing magic is extremely energy-consuming, especially advanced magic. Not to mention anything else, just memorizing the final incantation word for word takes a lot of time.
Time is limited, and the same is true for cultivating immortality; improving one's realm is the most important thing.
The first-tier, eighth-level "Ghost Escape Technique" requires a combination of factors such as effort, opportunity, and financial resources; it might take hundreds of years for even a single Qi Refining cultivator to master it.
The immortal has been trained.
Having just mastered a new spell, one naturally feels an irresistible urge to try it on, just like how one can't resist putting on a newly bought bracelet.
She formed a hand seal with both hands and her mind stirred.
Gray clouds surged up from her feet, completely enveloping her.
call!
Rolling gray clouds hovered in the air, and with another leap, they burst out of Fairy Cave, darted out of the Three Sisters Market, and flew swiftly across the lake.
Gray clouds swirled around the stone pillar, spiraling upwards before bursting out of Wangyue Lake.
The fairy looked at the gray sky and wondered if she could stand on the clouds thousands of miles above.
boom!
Gray clouds rose abruptly from the ground, shooting straight into the sky, resembling a gray arrow from afar.
Ultimately, however, they still failed to reach the clouds.
The closer you get to the clouds, the stronger the wind becomes, and the gray clouds are blown away.
Even immortals wouldn't dare take the risk.
She's still in the Qi Refining stage; without the gray cloud, she'd probably fall to her death on the lake.
After circling in the sky, they returned to the Three Sisters Market with satisfaction.
The magic circle is new; vengeful ghosts can no longer directly enter it, but the "Ghost Escape Technique" can.
If one masters the highest level of the "Ghost Escape Technique" recorded in the jade slip, one can even take a deity and pass directly through a stone wall.
As for the Great Completion stage, Shenxian'er couldn't even imagine what that would be.
A gray cloud swirled around the bed, and the figure of a fairy appeared, sitting cross-legged on it, as if she had never left.
"...Add a little more." After a moment's hesitation, she muttered to herself.
The beginner-level "Ghost Escape Technique" requires a magic seal to cast and consumes a huge amount of spiritual energy. Even the spiritual energy of a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator cannot last long without it being different from "Moonlit Water and Sky".
As the numbers gradually disappeared, countless memories flooded my mind.
The persistent study and comprehension are like polishing a bronze mirror over a long period of time to cultivate the "Ghost Escape Technique".
I've traversed countless graves and tombs, witnessing the wandering forms of all kinds of evil spirits and vengeful ghosts.
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