This is a Shenzhou ship that looks very extraordinary. It is majestic, covered with Taoist patterns, and its speed is so fast that it is difficult to detect.
A mid-grade divine weapon, the Tianxing Shenzhou.
"Sir, when did you get this artifact?"
An Lang looked here and touched there on Shenzhou, full of curiosity.
Zhou Qing answered casually: "It fell from the sky."
An Lang rolled his eyes, thinking he was trying to fool people.
At this time, it was time for Zhou Qing to plant all the treasures behind Kunlun Mountain.
After dealing with the matters in Kunlun Mountain, Zhou Qing took An Lang and prepared to go to the Wanhun Forest in Shuowang County to collect hundreds of ghosts.
Since Brother Shu dropped the Hundred Ghosts Devouring Heart Lotus, he couldn't waste it. He still had to spend some time and effort to cultivate it to maturity.
He had been in seclusion for three days, but Qi Yunyuan and the others still hadn't returned. He didn't know how many more days he would have to wait before he could see them again.
It would be better to deal with these things before the true transmission ceremony, so that you can practice with peace of mind in Xuandu Temple afterwards.
And because this time they were going to a place where ghosts gathered, it was a very suitable place for An Lang, so Zhou Qing did not leave her in Xuandu Temple.
Maybe in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, An Lang could sense some unique opportunities for ghosts? Shuowang County was to the south of Xuanfa County, and there was a Nandao County between the two.
However, Zhou Qing has now upgraded his weapons to a new one. With a magical flying device in hand, this distance is not long for him and he can reach it today.
"Sir, is the Hundred Ghosts Devouring Heart Lotus you mentioned really that magical?" An Lang asked curiously:
"Does it need to devour hundreds of ghosts to mature?"
"Of course. When have I ever lied to you?" Zhou Qing replied, "You'll know once you use it after it matures. Don't worry, it will be a wonderful feeling."
An Lang frowned, "I'm well-educated. Sir, don't lie to me. A hundred ghosts devouring my heart doesn't sound like a good thing. You told me it's a good thing?"
"You don't understand the matter of magical treasures."
Zhou Qing did not explain it directly to An Lang.
It is certainly painful to have your heart eaten by hundreds of ghosts, but sir, I have a clever plan of my own.
An Lang had no objection to the fact that this spiritual plant needed to devour ghosts in order to be mature.
Although she is a ghost now, because she has been staying at home for five years and has been following Zhou Qing, An Lang still feels that she is a human.
And Zhou Qing didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, but would instead look for those evil ghosts. An Lang would certainly not have any objection.
Just like within the human race, normal people will not sympathize with those heinous villains just because they are punished.
The Tianxing Divine Boat unleashed all the power that Zhou Qing could mobilize at this stage, and quickly entered the territory of Shuowang County, and then rushed towards the Wanhun Forest.
"In the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, there are five great ghosts and gods. They are the rulers of the place, commanding all the souls. I just hope that I won't encounter those five great ghosts and gods on this trip..."
Recalling the information about the Ten Thousand Souls Forest that Han Shanshan and the others had told him, Zhou Qing planned his next moves.
With his current strength, as long as he doesn't encounter the five great ghosts and gods, he will basically be safe in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
Therefore, he planned to capture as many evil ghosts as possible who were in the state of manifestation of saints or possessed special abilities as nutrients for the Hundred Ghosts Devouring Heart Lotus, so as to provide this spiritual plant with the best growth conditions.
As for the ghosts and gods in the Yin Shen realm, it’s not that Zhou Qing doesn’t want to catch them, but he really can’t do it.
At the initial stage of his manifestation, the gap between him and the Yin Shen Ghost was still too big. Even with his righteousness and his innate divine weapon, it was impossible to make up for the gap.
The five great ghosts in the Wangui Forest are all old ghosts who have long since refined their own ghost weapons. In this respect, Zhou Qing has no advantage. On the contrary, he is at a disadvantage because their cultivation is higher and their own ghost weapons are more powerful.
However, among so many people who entered the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, only a few actually encountered the five great ghosts and gods.
Zhou Qing didn't think his luck would be so bad.
The Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
The environment here is basically a plain, with only a few mountains standing in a few places, and they are not particularly high, only a few hundred meters at most.
But as far as you can see, there are only trees, and the boundless sea of forests here emits waves of leaves.
Moreover, this boundless forest gives people a gloomy and ominous feeling. Even in broad daylight, it seems dark there, swallowing up the sunlight and temperature, making it cold and chilly.
From time to time, faint shrill sounds could be heard from the woods, which were extremely shrill.
At first glance, the figures in the woods are hazy but unclear, as if countless ghosts are staring at you.
“It’s a bit weird.”
Zhou Qing whispered, slow down.
There is a small town more than 20 miles away from the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
That is the Town of Ten Thousand Souls, a civilized place formed over time after practitioners who came here due to the existence of the Ten Thousand Souls Forest gathered together.
Zhou Qing put away the Tianxing Shenzhou when it was still far away. This artifact was too eye-catching and too high-profile. Then he walked into Wanhun Town.
There is quite a lot of traffic here, it is very crowded and lively.
Zhou Qing's entry was inconspicuous. At most, he attracted a few glances from others, but did not cause any other movement.
He walked along the street, looking at the buildings on both sides, looking for something.
After a while, Zhou Qing stopped and found his target.
Wanhun Shop.
This is the intelligence that Han Shanshan and her team had gathered: an organization that specializes in selling internal information about the Ten Thousand Souls Forest.
Where powerful evil spirits are lurking, some special places, where a certain type of treasure is more likely to be born... This information is all within the service scope of Wanhun Shop.
It is said that this organization is even connected with some of the five major ghosts and gods in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, and it is a organization that attracts both humans and ghosts.
Zhou Qing wanted to find a powerful or special evil ghost. If he entered the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls alone to search, that would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. It would take an unknown amount of time.
It is faster to buy information directly.
As soon as he entered Wanhun Shop, someone... well, a ghost came to greet Zhou Qing.
The service staff in the shop are all ghosts.
A young male ghost said respectfully:
"Welcome, sir. What do you need when you visit the Wanhun Shop?"
"I want to get some information."
"Please follow me, sir."
The male ghost took Zhou Qing through a door and came to another room where there was a middle-aged man.
This is a real human being.
The male ghost talked to the middle-aged man about Zhou Qing’s matter and then left.
"My last name is Fu, and I'm the deputy owner of the shop."
Owner Fu asked, "What information do you want to find out, sir?"
"I want to know where the powerful evil spirits in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls are, or where the evil spirits with special abilities, who are ferocious, bloodthirsty, and have committed many evil deeds, are located."
"As for numbers, the more the better."
The deputy store owner hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"The shop does have information on this, including some information about holy ghosts and daytime ghosts."
Zhou Qing said: "This level of ghosts is enough."
Although he wanted to make the food of the Hundred Ghosts Devouring Heart Lotus as good as possible, it was still impossible to collect a hundred holy evil ghosts.
At least it’s impossible in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
"Then I will send someone to get you the relevant information now."
Shop owner Fu passed the news down and then chatted casually with Zhou Qing.
"Young Master, you want to hunt down evil spirits, right? Then you must be careful, because those evil spirits are the most vicious and cruel, and very difficult to deal with."
He had seen many people like Zhou Qing who came to buy this kind of information, so he didn't find it strange.
Many ghost cultivation practices require the use of ghosts, and the more ferocious the ghost, the better the effect of the practice.
Ghosts are also a precious resource for ghost practitioners.
It’s just that Zhou Qing joined the Xuandu Temple, a famous and upright sect, and has the vague meaning of being the leader of Taoism today.
If he had joined a demonic cult, he wouldn't have had to go out and hunt down a hundred evil spirits himself.
Just trade directly with other people in the sect, or post a sect mission and ask others to help collect.
But such a thing must not be done inside Xuandu Temple.
For ghosts, the severity of the killing and the amount of sin committed are generally directly related to their ferocity.
This kind of evil ghost being hunted will not arouse any sympathy. On the contrary, it is common for the ghost hunters to be killed in return.
"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Fu."
After a while, someone came into the room and handed over a jade slip.
Shopkeeper Fu said, "The shop records the information of fourteen holy evil ghosts, the Sun Travel Realm..."
He gave a brief introduction, and Zhou Qing expressed it very proudly.
"I want them all."
After the payment and goods were settled, Zhou Qing left the Wanhun team directly.
Shop owner Fu watched Zhou Qing walk out and shook his head.
"What a bold young man! I don't know if he is really capable or if he just doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."
There are actually some items for sale in the town that can be of help to practitioners in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls. Most people will purchase and prepare some before entering the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
But to Zhou Qing, those things were not necessary at all.
Nowadays, anyone who is not a genius in the Manifestation of the Divine Perfection is no match for him, not to mention that this time he is going to hunt ghosts. The Haoran Qi is not a vegetarian, and the ghosts are suppressed in front of him.
This kind of strength is enough for him to run rampant in the Ten Thousand Souls Forest.
He also bought a copy of the intelligence on the five major ghosts and gods from the Wanhun Shop, so when the time comes, he just needs to avoid those five places.
Going straight into the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, this place is indeed eerie and scary. There is a faint mist in the forest, and occasionally there is a sense of being peeped from all directions, as if someone is watching you in secret.
“It’s a great place to shoot a horror movie.”
Zhou Qing was thinking about some irrelevant things in his mind.
Because of being affected by ghosts for a long time, these trees have turned into a kind of yin wood, exuding an ominous aura.
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If it were to drift into the secular world and be taken home by mortals, it would probably cause some disasters.
However, what is special is that Zhou Qing did not encounter any ghost attacks in a short period of time.
Even if his energy and blood were concealed and suppressed, the little ghosts outside the Ten Thousand Souls Forest dared not approach him.
Ghosts are afraid of masculine energy and blood, but they also desire it. If they can devour the life of a warrior, it will be of great help to their practice.
So when Zhou Qing goes deeper, as long as he reveals some of his qi and blood, he will attract many ghosts.
By then, we will combine the intelligence from Wanhun Shop and this aspect to quickly complete the Hundred Ghosts Mission.
…
Someone walked through the mist and finally came to a huge ancient tree.
The trunk of the ancient tree was hollowed out and houses were carved out of it, it looked eerie, cold and spooky.
Zhou Qing looked up at the wooden house, felt the atmosphere inside, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Not late."
It has been an hour since he entered the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
During this hour, based on the information provided by the Wanhun Shop and the ghosts' own deaths, he has captured eighteen evil ghosts, a fruitful harvest.
And inside the huge ancient tree in front of us is one of the fourteen holy evil ghosts known to the Wanhun Shop.
The Forest of Ten Thousand Souls is in chaos. People hunt ghosts, ghosts kill people, and there are constant fights between people and ghosts.
Without cultivating the body of a ghost or god, even a holy evil ghost cannot guarantee that he will be absolutely safe.
Zhou Qing was afraid that after following the information, the ghost would have been killed by other people or ghosts in advance.
"What a delicious human."
Suddenly, a low and gloomy voice sounded, and then a ghost that looked somewhat elegant floated out of the tree house.
He looked at Zhou Qing, his eyes full of passion and covetousness.
Zhou Qing looked at the evil ghost that suddenly appeared and nodded.
The quality is very good, it is indeed a holy realm.
"Human, I want to thank you for coming to my door and providing me with a delicious meal."
"You should thank me."
Zhou Qing agreed and said, "Because I can still help you escape from the sea of suffering."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge handprint suddenly condensed from the sky, flashing with colorful light, and pressed down.
"What's this?!"
The trembling voice of the holy evil ghost sounded, and he felt an unsuppressible fear.
"The path to salvation."
Zhou Qing answered his question casually, then his handprints came down with a bang, directly suppressing the evil ghost.
A mere little demon who showed his divine power could be suppressed with a flip of the palm! Of course he resisted, but it was all in vain.
Its strength is probably that of a middle-stage Manifestation Sage. With Zhou Qing's current soul realm and the suppression of the great righteousness, he can easily suppress this evil ghost without even leaving his soul.
Simple.
Zhou Qing was quite satisfied after putting away the first evil ghost he had suppressed.
With great righteousness and profound strength, the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls is simply a place for him to purchase goods and he can hunt anyone he wants.
After searching the area, he released An Lang and asked her to sense things as a ghost. In the end, Zhou Qing actually found some ghost treasures.
Obviously, these masters among the ghosts did not just randomly pick a place to occupy their territory.
The phoenix never lands where there is no treasure, and the same goes for these local tyrants in the Ten Thousand Souls Forest.
"Once I have wiped out all the evil spirits recorded in the Wanhun Shop, I am afraid that the treasures I get from their lairs will be enough to make up for the cost of purchasing the intelligence, or even more."
An Lang smiled and said, "This is all because of your great strength that you can enjoy such benefits."
"If someone else were to deal with a holy evil ghost, it would be difficult and dangerous. How could it be as easy and comfortable as you, young master?"
Zhou Qing glanced at An Lang and said, "Don't flatter me."
"…I'm telling the truth."
These evil ghosts are in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, which actually gives them the advantage of geographical location, so their strength will be enhanced to a certain extent.
Those practitioners who come in to explore really need to be very careful, because dealing with a holy evil ghost requires a lot of effort, and there is even a chance that the ghost will escape.
But the restraint of the great righteousness on this evil spirit is too severe.
Geographical factors?
Does not exist.
Weird ghostly tricks? In front of the righteousness, they were like paper, breaking at the slightest touch.
Meeting Zhou Qing would be bad luck for these evil ghosts in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
In the following time, Zhou Qing traveled through the Ten Thousand Souls Forest, and killed every evil ghost.
The evil ghosts that roam during the day can be destroyed with a snap of the fingers.
Show your holiness and suppress the evil spirit with a flip of your palm.
It was extremely easy and there were no difficulties.
When Zhou Qing swept through the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls and became invincible, he had a concrete understanding of how powerful he was in the outside world.
Xuandu Temple is full of masters and unparalleled geniuses. After staying there for a long time, one feels that the situation there seems to be the general situation in the cultivation world.
But they are actually a minority among minorities there. In the outside world, ordinary people are the mainstream.
Zhou Qing sighed, "Even the holy ghosts are no match for me. When I first started my cultivation journey, I never thought I would be where I am today."
Capturing the holy evil ghost easily and alive, this is the absolute crushing power.
"An Lang, do you think I can make it to the other side?"
"Where is the other side?"
“…”
Zhou Qing was not afraid of indiscriminate killing or wrongful killing. Facing the Haoran Qi, the more unbearable and fierce the ghosts were, the more evil they would commit and the more sins they would accumulate.
The ghosts who have never committed any killing have completely different reactions when facing the Haoran Qi.
To a certain extent, the Haoran Qi can also determine the severity of the killing evil force.
As night fell, Zhou Qing approached the territory of another evil ghost.
But this time, he heard some sounds of fighting from a distance.
"Huh? Someone is fighting a vicious ghost?"
After thinking about it, Zhou Qing's soul left his body, put away his physical body, and rushed towards the battlefield.
The space bag that he got from the Zhang family and could store living beings had been returned to him by Xuandu Temple. The mark on it had also been removed, allowing Zhou Qing to imprint his own mark on it so that he could use it freely in the future.
The mark that left Zhou Qing helpless was no longer a problem in front of Xuandu Temple.
From now on, when Zhou Qing is out, he can put his body into the soul bag at any time without worrying about accidents.
The Zhang family is not human, but the treasures left behind by the Zhang family are really useful.
After rushing to the edge of the battlefield, Zhou Qing looked around and found that there were three groups of people on the battlefield.
Two of the parties were humans, but they were fighting each other. Zhou Qing could even see that they were still wary of each other.
On the other side is a holy ghost. Sensing its aura, its strength is probably in the late stage of holy manifestation. It also has several day-travel level evil ghost followers.
Among the two teams of the human race, one has a marrow cleansing warrior, and the other has a saintly monk, but their strength is far inferior to that of the saintly evil ghost. They can only join forces to fight the enemy, but they cannot work together with one mind and one strength.
For a moment, there were dangers everywhere.
These two masters of the Manifestation of the Holy Marrow Cleansing Realm also each have a group of weaker teammates following them to assist them in battle.
Zhou Qing's gaze fell on the team of marrow cleansing warriors. There was a young man among them. The moves he used and the aura he exuded made him feel somewhat familiar.
It is somewhat similar to the martial arts practiced by Han Ju and others, and has some of the style of Xuandu Temple.
(End of this chapter)