Chapter 121
"Senior, which way should we go?" Cheng Hui asked...
After bidding farewell to his old father… no, bidding farewell to his senior brother, Cheng Hui packed up his luggage and left the mining area.
"Senior, which way are we going?" Cheng Hui asked.
"West."
Cheng Hui figured out the direction and headed west.
As he walked, he chatted with the boss, on the one hand to get closer to him, and on the other hand he also wanted to find out more about the boss.
"Senior, I don't know how I should address you? I can't always call you senior, right?" Cheng Hui grinned.
"Well, you can call me Uncle Ghost." The boss replied indifferently.
Cheng Hui: ...
"Uncle Ghost isn't a nice name."
"I'm an old ghost who has been dead for who knows how many years. What's wrong with you calling me uncle?" The boss was dissatisfied.
Cheng Hui: ???
Is this the point?
Forget it, boss, as long as you are happy.
"Uncle Ghost, you must have been very powerful when you were alive, right?"
"It's not so bad," Ghost Uncle snorted. "It's a pity I was unlucky and didn't know how to judge people. I got ripped off back then. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ended up like this... Hey, why am I telling you this? It's all just old shit."
Cheng Hui wisely avoided the topic of the 'past'.
The two chatted intermittently, and Cheng Hui finally understood that this ghost uncle was the remaining soul of a powerful being who had been sleeping for who knows how many years.
It was similar to the Undying Bone he encountered last time. Of course, Uncle Gui's moral integrity was much stronger than that Undying Bone. At least he did not directly take over the leader's body, but instead reached a deal with him.
Unfortunately, the team leader is just a low-level casual cultivator, and Uncle Gui has been asleep for so many years. Times have changed, and much of the information he knows is outdated. Occasionally, he remembers some of it, but it is an opportunity that the team leader has no access to.
For example, a few years ago, Uncle Gui remembered that a secret realm had been opened somewhere. He had practiced in the secret realm for a period of time and knew where to obtain some expensive spiritual herbs.
However, such secret places are usually owned by someone, and the leader is timid and afraid of being discovered, so he doesn't dare to take risks. The occasional lucky ones he encounters are often given away by him to his adopted son.
As a result, over the past ten years, the team leader's cultivation level has not even broken through the Qi Refining Stage.
Uncle Gui was completely convinced. Compared to the incompetence of the group leader, he couldn't help but wonder how he had gone from being a poor boy with no money to becoming the one that the entire cultivation world feared...
Forget it, a hero never brags about his past achievements.
Uncle Gui refused to continue talking, but Cheng Hui was listening anxiously.
What are you so frightened of? Tell me!
Don't keep us in suspense!
In short, Uncle Gui was quite annoyed with the team leader. He felt sorry for his misfortune and angry at his lack of fighting spirit, which finally turned into deep fatigue.
If the leader had not been in danger this time, he would not have suddenly taken action.
He hadn't anticipated this move would bring him unexpected good news. Who could have imagined that a random person he met would have the jade bone bead that could hold him?
So, Uncle Gui happily changed his place.
Hey, it’s just a temporary residence anyway, so it doesn’t matter where you live!
Besides, it is better to find a young and promising host than to find someone with unclear brains and poor qualifications.
At the very least, the materials the former has access to are more than ten times stronger than those of the latter, so the chances of him recovering to his original state are naturally more than ten times greater.
"We're here." Uncle Gui suddenly reminded.
Cheng Hui stopped the flying boat and looked down from the sky. There was a forest on the ground with lush trees. Through the light between the leaves, he could see a thick layer of rotten leaves underneath.
Cheng Hui controlled the flying boat to land. The plants growing around were very ordinary and there was nothing special about them.
"Go south." Uncle Gui instructed.
Following Uncle Gui's instructions, Cheng Hui walked a short distance before he saw a cave.
"The opportunity is underground?" Cheng Hui was a little surprised.
Uncle Gui responded, and Cheng Hui didn't think much about it. After entering the cave, he found that the two sides of the cave were very smooth and there were traces of human excavation.
Cheng Hui took note of this and continued walking down the passage.
The entrance to this cave was very hidden. If it weren't for Uncle Gui's guidance, he might not have been able to find it. There was only one path inside, and Cheng Hui's intuition didn't react at all, so he thought there shouldn't be any danger.
He walked for a long time. The passage seemed to have no end. After more than three hours of walking in the dark tunnel, Cheng Hui's breathing became heavy.
"Hasn't it arrived yet? Huh... Huh..." Cheng Hui tugged at his collar. There was a rotten smell in the passage and the air was not circulating well. If he wasn't a zombie at this moment, he probably wouldn't be able to bear it.
"Right away, just ahead."
Cheng Hui shook his head and suppressed the irritation in his heart. Soon he came to a passage that was about twice as wide as the previous one.
"Stop, right here."
Cheng Hui stopped and looked around: "Apart from being a little wider, is this place any different from the previous passage?"
"Isn't being more spacious the biggest difference?" Uncle Gui said righteously.
Cheng Hui: ...Okay, you have the bigger fist so you are right.
"So...what do I need to do?" he asked.
"You don't have to do anything. Just conserve your energy and wait. If I'm not mistaken, the opportunity will probably come at midnight."
Cheng Hui found a corner, threw down a cushion and sat down, and habitually set up a defensive magic circle.
"Huh? You're actually proficient in magic arrays?" Uncle Gui was surprised. "That's even better. Come, follow my instructions and set up magic arrays in these locations..."
When Cheng Hui heard that Uncle Gui was also proficient in formations, he was immediately happy. While arranging various formations according to his arrangements, he also took time to discuss some knowledge about formations with him.
It is said that the truth becomes clearer the more it is debated, and the same is true for formations.
There are many times when different people have different views on the same thing.
The formation knowledge that Cheng Hui learned came from the illusion formation in the ancient tomb. Changling was a very good formation spirit. The teachers under his control taught Cheng Hui very well and laid a very solid foundation.
In the inheritance hall, the inheritance left by the strange monk predecessor explained his point of view from another perspective.
Cheng Hui learned a lot, but he could use some of the things, but he didn't know the principles. After all, the senior left behind only some notes and things like that, so he couldn't explain them to Cheng Hui.
Uncle Gui is a living person... a living soul, and his cultivation level must have been very high. From this high-level perspective, he has a different understanding of the Dao of Formation. Most importantly, he can explain to Cheng Hui what he has seen and learned, and can also answer Cheng Hui's questions from his own perspective.
With these two approaches, Cheng Hui's formation skills improved significantly, and he had basically reached the master level. However, most of his formation knowledge was based on self-study, and he lacked experience in fighting with others, so he had no idea what level he was at.
"You are really good, kid."
Looking at the dense magic array around him, Uncle Gui's eyes towards Cheng Hui suddenly changed.
At first, he just thought he was lucky, so he met Cheng Hui, but now it seems that he is not just lucky, he has clearly won the jackpot.
If he were to ask what knowledge he most hoped his host would master, it would undoubtedly be the art of formations.
The reason is very practical. As an old ghost who has just woken up after years of dormancy, what is the most important thing? Of course, it is to find all the equipment and equip yourself.
But are the places where he hid treasures in the past places that a little monk can enter casually?
Obviously not.
That's why Uncle Gui and the captain have been together for so many years, but he never mentioned it because he knew that even if the captain went, he would be able to do nothing but die in vain.
Oh, by the way, given that he has a mental problem, he is likely to share the news with his cheap son, and if his cheap son is a bit more talkative, then it will basically be known to everyone.
By then, it wouldn't matter if the team leader died in vain, but he was afraid that after the news leaked out, it would attract a powerful person with high cultivation level. So Uncle Gui just pretended that there was no such place and never told the team leader.
Now it seems that the opportunity has come.
Cheng Hui is proficient in formations, and he is even more familiar with the details of how the formation was originally set up. Combining the two and rounding it off, it means that this treasure trove can be opened. If all goes well, he can also collect a batch of spiritual herbs that were planted at the beginning. Whether it is used to exchange for the materials he needs or to invest in Cheng Hui, it is a very cost-effective deal.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew in the cave, and Uncle Gui immediately perked up.
The matter of the treasure trove can be put aside for the time being. As long as the location is not exposed, he can go and get it whenever he wants. On the contrary, if this opportunity is not handled properly, it may cost lives.
He had finally caught a guy he liked, but he didn't want to let him die here.
"Cheer up, the opportunity is coming soon. Wait a minute, there will be ghost soldiers passing through here, a hundred ghosts parading at night. You must first withstand the first wave of siege, and then I will be able to calculate the location of the Ghost Gate. Then we just need to rush in."
Cheng Hui: …???
Cheng Hui was shocked. What the hell? A hundred ghosts parading at night? Ghost Gate? Was it the Ghost Gate that Lin Qingyang had once taught him about?
Isn't that thing extremely dangerous? And you're still going to rush into it? Boss, are you still sane?
Cheng Hui's expression was too straightforward, and Uncle Ghost saw through it immediately: "Idiot! The Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts is dangerous only for cultivators. What are you, a zombie, afraid of?"
Cheng Hui: ...Oh yes, I almost forgot, I have been dead for a long time.
Wait, that's not right!
If the ghost soldiers will not attack me, why would I set up so many defensive arrays?
Cheng Hui's gaze towards his wrist gradually became sharper...
Uncle Ghost: ...
"Ahem... Zombies are also dead, but compared to those ghost soldiers, they lack some of the aura of the underworld. So they will still attack you, but not with too much force. And as long as you break through the ghost gate and enter the underworld, and are contaminated by the aura there, they will stop attacking and you will be safe."
Cheng Hui's mouth twitched. Although you said that, I'm still a little worried.
But... now that I'm here... I can't just give up like this.
Cheng Hui was speechless for a while, and decisively added a few more layers outside the magic circle he had just set up to prevent it from overturning.
Uncle Gui felt helpless when he saw his actions. This kid has already embarked on the path of cultivation, so why is he still so afraid of death?
If Cheng Hui heard what he said, he would tell him that this wasn't fear of death, this was following his heart. "If I can survive to the end, I'll win."
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