Chu Liang’s solo journey through the mist could indeed be described as fraught with danger.

For Luo Yao and Pǔ Shàn, who were at the Golden Elixir stage, this journey was only slightly difficult. But Chu Liang was only at the Divine Intent stage, and his soul strength was far inferior to theirs.

As he walked through the mist with a bone torch in hand, he felt the dampness on his body growing heavier, almost to the point where he couldn’t lift his shoulders.

And all around him, there were enticing calls, “Come…”

More and more illusions appeared around him. He saw mountains of gold and silver piled up on both sides… He saw immortal herbs and spiritual medicines covering the slopes… He saw his senior sister Jiang waving at him…

“I can’t go on like this.” He bit his tongue hard, stimulating his consciousness to wake up.

If he continued like this, he wouldn’t need the Sickle Ghost to take advantage of his weakness. He might be lured away by these ghosts and stay here forever.

After a moment’s thought, he took out the Green Leaf artifact and unfolded it into a treasure lamp form.

Whoosh—

A cluster of divine fire lit up from the central treasure bead. Suddenly, screams echoed around Chu Liang: “Ahhhh—”

Indeed, countless invisible ghosts were hiding in the mist, trying to lure away his soul and occupy his body. Chu Liang was secretly shocked.

Thanks to the divine fire’s inherent ability to restrain ghosts, these ghosts were forced to retreat.

Although the divine fire of the Red Lotus Treasure Bead was not as effective in dispersing the mist, only illuminating a radius of two feet around Chu Liang, its effect on driving away ghosts was indeed outstanding.

Chu Liang thought for a moment, then decided to hold the treasure lamp in one hand and the bone torch in the other, and walked forward confidently and steadily.

Evil spirits, begone!

“Roar—”

Not long after, a Sickle Ghost figure pounced from the side, seemingly taking advantage of Chu Liang’s occupied hands and his inability to defend himself.

But a cold light flashed in Chu Liang’s eyes, and the divine fire in his right hand instantly stretched out, forming a condensed divine light.

Hiss—

The divine light converged into a sword, and with a single stroke, it cut through the Sickle Ghost’s body, severing the incredibly hard ghost at the waist!

The broken bones clattered to the ground, and Chu Liang nodded in satisfaction.

To kill a ghost, the divine light ghost-slaying sword was the way to go!

But behind this Sickle Ghost, four or five ghost shadows suddenly appeared… This was a small group of Sickle Ghosts!

Chu Liang tensed up, wanting to retreat, but movement was difficult in the mist. In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by the Sickle Ghosts. Four Sickle Ghosts encircled him and then leaped high into the air!

They moved like thunder, ready to tear Chu Liang apart!

“Ha—”

With a clear shout, Chu Liang instantly swung his divine light ghost-slaying sword, forming a divine light barrier that was impervious to water!

Hiss hiss hiss—

The four Sickle Ghosts were cut into pieces before they could get close, turning into piles of broken bones on the ground.

“Huff…” Chu Liang finally let out a sigh of relief, then muttered a sentence in his heart.

Junior Brother Wen, I’m sorry.

It was only when he returned to the main force alone, looking so weak, that he successfully deceived the guide.

And when Luo Yao and Pǔ Shàn returned later, their praise for him, apart from commending his extraordinary wisdom and dispelling the guide’s doubts, also included their own experience of the difficulty of navigating through the dense mist alone.

This further confirmed their impression of Chu Liang. This disciple of Shu Mountain should not be underestimated just because he was at the Divine Intent stage!

…

Finally, he settled down at the back of the team.

Chu Liang also withdrew his divine consciousness and checked the jade slip that had fallen from the Earth Fiend. When he probed into it, he saw rows of floating text.

This was a cultivation method, called the “God Slaughter Blood Refining Technique”.

The Earth Fiend had previously blocked an attack with just the explosion of his own blood when he encountered the prohibition. He had almost counterattacked and escaped, all thanks to his blood filled with powerful spirituality.

Chu Liang had thought it was the tempering of bone and blood when breaking through to the Five Elements stage, but now it seemed that it was not an effect that ordinary cultivation could achieve.

He had a special blood refining technique!

Chu Liang immediately studied it carefully and found that this God Slaughter Blood Refining Technique relied on absorbing the soul essence blood of a beast when it was killed, to extract spirituality and refine one’s own blood.

There are many secrets in the human body, all of which can be cultivated. Internally, such as essence, qi, and spirit, are the most cultivated by cultivators, and all realms come from this; externally, such as bone, flesh, and skin, are the focus of martial artists or body cultivators.

But blood flows in the blood vessels, and although all internal and external cultivation is related to it, few cultivators specifically endow blood with spirituality.

The creator of this technique thought of this and created this technique.

The technique has nine turns, corresponding to the soul essence blood of nine realm beasts. The initial first turn only requires some ordinary Daoist beast essence blood. Later, the requirements gradually increase. By the seventh or eighth turn, it requires the essence blood of divine beasts. As for the final ninth turn, it requires the essence blood of a beast god that has reached the ninth realm of Tongxuan!

What a dream realm… Chu Liang muttered to himself.

The Earth Fiend had at most cultivated to the fifth or sixth turn of this technique, after all, a seventh realm divine beast was not something he could possibly kill. Thinking about the power he had displayed, Chu Liang felt that this was definitely a technique worth practicing.

Putting away the “God Slaughter Blood Refining Technique” that he couldn’t practice for the time being, Chu Liang withdrew his divine consciousness and probed into the white tower.

He had just killed a few Sickle Ghosts and hadn’t received any rewards yet. Now that he was safe, he might as well see what he could get.

As soon as he entered the white tower, he saw the ugly phantom of the Sickle Ghost floating in the iron cage. Chu Liang stepped forward and pressed the “Refine” button without hesitation.

Boom—

A round white light floated out from the middle. This familiar shape made his heart stir.

Another elixir?

The previous Tiger Nourishing Elixir from the white tower had left a deep impression on him, and the strength of ten tigers still remained in his body. He wondered what the Sickle Ghost’s elixir would do.

【Ghost Bone Inch Gold Elixir】:After consuming this elixir, one can choose any inch of their skeleton to be blessed. After the blessing, it will be as strong as rock and metal.

“Eh?”

The effect of this thing made Chu Liang ponder for a moment. Choosing an inch to be as strong as rock and metal… It’s a pity that it can only be chosen on the skeleton.

The part that Chu Liang most wanted to strengthen was precisely the one without bones.

That’s right.

It was the internal organs.

As previously mentioned, cultivators cultivate their essence, qi, and spirit internally; and their bones, flesh, and skin externally. However, parts like the five viscera and six bowels have always been the weak link in cultivation. Even if there are specific cultivation methods to increase the strength of the internal organs, it is only relative to ordinary people. Among the cultivators, the internal organs are still considered a fatal weakness.

If the internal organs could be made stronger, it would be a great enhancement to oneself.

Unfortunately, this Ghost Bone Golden Elixir only works on strengthening the skeleton. He had killed six Sickle Ghosts in total, and could extract six Ghost Bone Golden Elixirs. One inch is about three centimeters, Chu Liang calculated, it was just right.

The place he wanted to strengthen was also exactly six inches long.

That’s right.

It was his fingers.

If he had to choose from the skeleton, his first choice would naturally be the bones of his fingers, because the fingers are the most used and the most flexible. The benefits of strengthening here should be the greatest.

He swallowed a Ghost Bone Golden Elixir and immediately felt a warm current appear in his body. He guided this warm current with his divine sense to the tip of his index finger, and quickly completed the strengthening of one section of his index finger.

He stretched his fingers and felt as if nothing had changed, but Chu Liang could feel a faint flow of spiritual power. The effect of the elixir had arrived, the White Tower had never let him down.

Next, he repeated the same process, strengthening all six sections of his index and middle fingers.

After all these operations, Chu Liang finally showed a smile.

Now he truly possessed a pair of golden fingers!

——Author’s Note——

Good morning.

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