Chapter 86

The low-rank magical weapon, the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head, refined by Meng Yishi for several decades, naturally could not be compared to the "skeleton soldiers" that were cannon fodder. Perhaps they could be considered as high-level skeleton liches.

In terms of combat power, these Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads might even be more powerful than the liches in Western fantasy novels.

Of course, the uncontrolled Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads from before and the Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads now controlled by Zhu Lingwu's soul division are two completely different concepts.

Even the weapon refinement experts of the Mysterious Yin Sect could not refine such a soul division like Zhu Lingwu; this could only be attributed to the lich's innate talent for soul manipulation.

Sure enough, as the two soul divisions of the Wuchang Ghosts returned to the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head, Zhu Lingwu, as if he himself had entered the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head, gained a thorough understanding of it.

The two soul divisions entered the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head as if they had entered a special room, with the outer shell of the room being a skull condensed with soul power.

Inside this skull, it was filled with cold and deathly aura, which gradually changed the bone properties of the skull. A layer of black crystal-like material appeared on the inner surface of the skull, resembling black crystal fossils.

This crystal-like bone material could perfectly allow soul power to penetrate, making it easier for the main soul of the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head to control the skull. It also transformed the ordinary bone material into a special material.

This new material, different from the calcium properties of bones, seemed to allow energy to flow more easily, which was the key to the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head's future upgrade from an ordinary magical weapon to a high-level ghostly magical treasure.

At the core of the skull, a coiled golden snake-like energy liquid was condensed. The Mysterious Yin Ghost Head was specifically designed to absorb innate gold power during its initial refinement, so the golden snake-shaped energy liquid naturally consisted of innate gold power.

However, the innate gold power condensed within the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head had been fused with the cold and deathly aura from the beginning of its refinement, thus carrying some negative attributes. This prevented the innate gold power from repelling the cold and deathly aura, making it a form of negative energy.

The innate gold power now complemented the cold and deathly aura within the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head. As they moved within the skull, the innate gold power gradually integrated into the skull, adding a bit of innate gold attribute to it.

Thus, the inner crystal-like layer of the skull also carried the innate gold attribute. In the future, when the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head was upgraded to a ghostly magical treasure, it would also carry a gold attribute in its name.

Of course, this transformation process was still quite slow. The two Wuchang Ghosts, now transformed into soul divisions, returned to the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head and began to work in harmony to drive the cold and deathly aura and the innate gold power, continuously transforming the skull.

Obviously, apart from being used for battles, their main task now was to transform the skull of the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head, which would benefit them in the future.

Once the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head became a ghostly magical treasure, or even a ghostly spirit treasure, they would also become the spirit of the magical treasure, enhancing their own strength. Moreover, this ghostly magical treasure would be their life-bound magical treasure.

Seeing the inner workings of the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head, Zhu Lingwu was quite satisfied. This was equivalent to the Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads automatically upgrading without him doing anything. The ghostly magical weapons refined by the Mysterious Yin Sect indeed had some nice features.

However, the two Wuchang Ghosts also conveyed a message to Zhu Lingwu, hoping that he would not keep them locked in the Mysterious Yin Ghost Flask all the time. Although they did not have to worry about the consumption of cold and deathly aura and innate power in the flask, it also meant they could not practice on their own.

Most importantly, the transformation of the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head would consume their soul power, so they needed to replenish their soul power.

As ghost cultivators, although they could already condense their ghost bodies, the principle of "no progress means regression" still applied, so they needed to practice daily like Zhu Lingwu.

Since the incident at Ye Liu Post Station, they had not been released to practice, and they had lost a lot of cold and deathly aura and innate power due to two battles.

When Meng Yishi used to take them around, he would release them every night, allowing them to absorb cold and deathly aura, heaven and earth energy, and free-floating soul power to practice on their own.

Of course, for the two Wuchang Ghosts, absorbing free-floating soul power to condense their soul bodies was just a way to occasionally replenish their soul power. After all, this mortal world was not the Netherworld, and it was not suitable for ghost cultivation.

So their main method of cultivating soul power was through killing and devouring souls, which meant killing living beings and devouring their souls.

At Ye Liu Post Station, the bodies of the post station chief and the guards had their blood drained and souls vanished because the Wuchang Ghosts in the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head had devoured their souls and used the cold and deathly aura to extract their blood for the transformation of the Mysterious Yin Ghost Head.

Hearing their request, Zhu Lingwu smiled with a hint of distress. Fortunately, this was not a big problem. The Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads did not necessarily need to kill humans to devour souls and extract blood; ordinary livestock would also do.

"It seems I really need to have someone bring live cattle and sheep every day. Well, fortunately, we have money, or I would have to go hunting myself! Hmm, speaking of which, wouldn't this benefit Xiaodaji? The souls and blood of the livestock can be given to the Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads, and the hearts can be given to Xiaodaji! I wonder if the remaining meat will change in taste, otherwise it would be a waste!"

Zhu Lingwu stroked his chin, muttering to himself. He then glanced at the little white fox in the corner of his practice room, who was also absorbing heaven and earth energy to practice.

The little white fox, originally swaying its three tails and half-closed eyes, as if half-awake and half-asleep, suddenly heard Zhu Lingwu's words and a glint of excitement flashed in its eyes.

Zhu Lingwu, however, did not notice the little white fox's mood change. He was just making a casual calculation. After all, he came from another world, so he still had a frugal mindset, which led him to think about how to avoid waste.

This issue did not consume too much of Zhu Lingwu's thoughts. To him, it was not a problem. What he thought about more was his own cultivation of Qi.

Now, by making these Mysterious Yin Ghost Heads his "skeleton soldiers," he had another purpose in mind.

Suddenly, Zhu Lingwu seemed to think of something, his brows furrowed, and he muttered aloud.

"Oh, this way, there seems to be a big problem!"

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