66: Chapter 66 Year 3 (Seeking Recommendation Votes) 66: Chapter 66 Year 3 (Seeking Recommendation Votes) “The Ghostly Realm, who would have thought that there was a Ghostly Realm so close to Cloud Leaf Village?”
Bai Ziyue’s face turned slightly pale.
This so-called Ghostly Realm was a term he had seen in Wu Hao’s cultivation notes.
According to the descriptions in the notes, a Ghostly Realm was a special field formed by a large group of ghosts gathering together, influencing and changing each other.
Ghosts in such a special field were often stronger and more terrifying, and there must be Fierce Ghosts present, making it extremely frightening.
It was said that even a martial artist who had cultivated Inner Qi might get trapped there without escape.
If he had hesitated for even a moment earlier, he might have stayed there forever.
Now thinking back, that unexplainable attraction was likely the ghosts in the Ghostly Realm casting a Charm Technique on him.
Fortunately, his Spirit Attribute was strong, and with some distance from the true Ghostly Realm, he was able to wake up in time and escape, or the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“Yue’er, what’s wrong?
Why do you look so unwell?”
Hee Honghua asked curiously at this moment.
“Nothing, nothing at all,” Bai Ziyue slowly shook his head and then pretended to ask curiously, “Has anyone ever lived near Longyuan Bay before?”
The place where he discovered the Ghostly Realm was near Longyuan Bay.
“Yes, there was a village called Lotus Village, but two years ago, for some unknown reason, everyone in the village disappeared…
That place is very eerie.
You must never go near it.
A drunk in our village once didn’t believe in the supernatural and went there one night.
The next day, he was found dead at the village entrance.”
Hee Lianhua said as she showed some fear on her face and warned.
“Of course, I definitely won’t go near it.”
Bai Ziyue solemnly promised, hurriedly nodding.
As for that drunk, he could only say that if one doesn’t seek death, one won’t die.
With the presence of a Ghostly Realm, others would have fled long ago, and going there willingly was, naturally, courting death.
“Indeed, asking my parents to move to the town was the right decision.
The Ghostly Realm is only seven miles from Cloud Leaf Village.
If the Fierce Ghosts inside decide to expand or move their territory, Cloud Leaf Village, being so close, will be inescapable.”
While Bai Ziyue felt relieved, his body and mind also felt a chill.
Even though he was not weak, he could do nothing about the Ghostly Realm.
Just the numerous ghosts in the Ghostly Realm were enough to give him a headache.
Not to mention that there were Fierce Ghosts inside…
He estimated that even his master Liu Dong would frown confronting it.
In the following days, under Bai Ziyue’s urging, Bai Yong and Hee Honghua finally packed everything up and headed to Qinghe Town together.
The rising sun appeared like a sky on fire, extending endlessly.
Below the morning sun lay a vast stretch of mountains enveloped in mist.
Occasionally, one could see gigantic birds gliding across the sky.
Atop Chongyan Mountain in Qinghe Town stood a figure dressed in tight-fitting clothes, tall and upright against the wind.
This was a young boy whose face still looked immature, yet his physique was in no way inferior to an adult.
Within his slightly slender frame lurked fearsome power.
His gaze appeared calm, yet it concealed divine light.
Even though his appearance was ordinary, anyone who saw him would praise him as a fine young man.
The boy had a long sword hanging by his waist, its sheath unremarkable, its hilt dark red, adding a touch of valor.
The boy was naturally Bai Ziyue.
Time passed, years flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three years had gone.
Now, he had finally established himself firmly in the Sunburst Gang and, not long ago, officially shed his apprentice status to become a disciple within the sect.
Over the past three years, Bai Ziyue did not shine brightly but steadily presented himself according to the rhythm he had long established.
In terms of strength, outwardly, he was a mid-stage External Forging martial artist, with his External Forged Flesh in tow.
He had caught up with Zhao Gangyi, who had previously been hailed as the top talent in the Sunburst Gang Branch in Qinghe Town and was three years older than him, living up to his past reputation as a prodigy.
However, in reality, Bai Ziyue’s strength had already reached the Peak of External Forging.
He had not only trained the Fifth Rank Golden Body to the fifth rank but the Vajra Lock Jade Technique passed down within the gang had also been cultivated to perfection.
In addition, his progress in Immortal Technique cultivation had been significant.
Strength: 11 (cannot be improved)
Speed: 10 (cannot be improved)
Physique: 12 (cannot be improved)
Spirit: 8 (cannot be improved)
Spiritual Power: 1224 (can be improved)
Martial Arts: Zen Meditation Perfection, Fifth Rank Golden Body Perfection, Vajra Lock Jade Perfection
Martial Techniques: Eighteen Linked Blades Perfection, One-character Punch Perfection, Slash Blade Technique Great Success (can be improved), Cloud Soaring Step Minor Success (can be improved)
Immortal Techniques: Third Layer of Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique
Perfect Talisman Technique
Magic: spirit fire technique great success (can be improved), spirit light shield great success (can be improved)
This was his current strength data.
After he had raised a data point above ten, the numbers after the decimal point automatically disappeared.
Over the past three years, he hadn’t focused on cultivating many martial arts.
There were only the common gang External Forging Technique, Vajra Lock Jade Technique, and a Sword Technique, Slash Blade Technique, and a Light Body Step Technique, Cloud Soaring Step.
Instead, he made significant progress in Immortal Techniques.
The Immortal Technique Secret Manual he obtained, Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique, only contained the first volume of five layers, but he had already cultivated to the third layer.
Even in magic, he had reconstructed the spirit fire technique and the spirit light shield from Wu Hao’s cultivation notes, and now both had reached great success.
In private, Bai Ziyue had naturally tested their power and felt quite satisfied with the results.
“Overall, my strength has advanced tremendously.
Looking at his Attribute Panel, Bai Ziyue genuinely felt the progress.
Three years of stable growth allowed him to improve almost daily.
But now, as he had elevated the Fifth Rank Golden Body and the Vajra Lock Jade Technique to perfection, his strength had once again stagnated.
“I must obtain an Inner Cultivation Technique as soon as possible.
Moreover, the Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique can only reach the fifth layer.
But in the Immortal Realm, the Qi Refinement Stage has nine layers.
The subsequent four layers of cultivation techniques seem to be in the lower volume.
If I don’t want to remain at this state for long, I must quickly find the follow-up cultivation techniques.”
Bai Ziyue felt somewhat melancholy.
While he could still figure out a way to obtain the Inner Cultivation Technique, finding the follow-up cultivation techniques for Immortal Techniques was quite troublesome.
Even though he could replenish with Soul Energy, the Soul Energy needed was often twice that of regular advancement.
Calculating from the 4,000 Soul Energy spent elevating the Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique to the third layer, completing the subsequent techniques would require an astonishing amount of Soul Energy.