Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 422: Chapter 422: A Thousand Ghosts Jungle_1

In these days, Master Baiyun had practiced using the vast amount of resources that Ling Xiao had scavenged, along with the spiritual elixir and Gold-rarity beginner-stage Martial Arts that Ling Xiao had acquired from the deceased disciples of the Sword King Sect.

His cultivation level, which had been stagnant for many years, had actually broken through!

Perhaps due to the accumulation of many years, once he broke through, he couldn’t be stopped, advancing directly from the Pinnacle of the Transcendent Realm First Layer to the beginning of the Transcendent Realm Third Layer, before he finally settled down.

At this point, he could have returned to the Moon Hua Sect.

But he didn’t.

Because he was well aware that all he had acquired was thanks to Ling Xiao, and he wanted to guard the Divine Sword Sect on behalf of Ling Xiao.

Of course, there was another reason.

Ling Xiao was simply too miraculous. He had managed to bring Gold-rarity beginner-level Martial Arts and Gold-rare level Martial Arts to the Divine Sword Sect as if they cost nothing at all.

In addition, there was a large amount of Gold and Silver for purchasing cultivation materials.

Whether he returned to the Moon Hua Sect or not, it truly made no difference; as long as he had that status, he was content.

The other disciples of the Divine Sword Sect also reaped great benefits during this period.

Ling Xiaotian, Ling Wuheng, and Ling Yihang had successively broken through to the Transcendent Realm First Layer’s cultivation level, becoming Transcendent Realm Martial Artists admired by the common folk.

And Ling Shuang, Ling Zhan, Ling Chen, and Ling Yin, had also successively practiced up to the Pinnacle of the Martial Vein Realm Nine Layers.

Ling Xiao’s brother Ling Luo was now a Martial Vein Realm Eighth Layer warrior, no longer the young boy who could be bullied by others.

Inside the Divine Sword Sect, the disciples had all improved their strength to various degrees.

By now, apart from the Twelve Sects, the Divine Sword Sect was already vaguely feeling like the number one sect in the secular world.

All of this was thanks to Ling Xiao.

The golden statue of Ling Xiao was simply placed in the sect’s square, a grand sight over ten meters tall.

All disciples who joined the Divine Sword Sect were indoctrinated with legendary stories about Ling Xiao.

Of course, with people like Master Baiyun to worry about these matters, Ling Xiao didn’t need to pay too much attention to them; his current key task was to continuously elevate his own cultivation level and status.

In that way, the Divine Sword Sect would also grow stronger continuously.

Master Baiyun had obtained the identity of an Inner Sect Disciple of the Moon Hua Sect.

Yuan Venerate was also successfully released from the Moon Blossom Pagoda.

When the master and disciple met, it was naturally a moment filled with emotions.

Yuan Venerate really hadn’t expected that his disciple could rescue him through such means, and was extremely moved.

As for Ling Xiao becoming a disciple of Her Highness Moon Lady, he was not only unblaming but also very supportive.

After all, he was neither a member nor an enemy of the Moon Hua Sect, so there was no conflict of interest with the Moon Lady.

Of course, what was more important to him was that he only hoped his disciple would become stronger and more successful, learning as much as possible; he didn’t hold any particular sectarian views.

After meeting Yuan Venerate, Ling Xiao planned to use his rewards from this time to concentrate on cultivation. After all, his current cultivation level was only at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm Third Layer. If he relied on this cultivation level to participate in the Moon Lin Festival’s Pagoda Climbing Ceremony, the outcome might not be good.

Strength is always paramount.

It’s the same whether you’re completing sect missions or participating in trials.

But just as he was about to leave, Yuan Venerate stopped him—

”Wait a moment, I have something to tell you!”

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While Ling Xiao was speaking with the Yuan Venerate, something extremely strange had happened in Green Valley.

In the few days since he had returned to the Sect, Green Valley had almost become a gathering place for the disciples of the Twelve Sects who arrived there, all with the intention of finding the treasure left behind by the Plague Demon King.

However, for several consecutive days, they found nothing.

And today, something terrible happened.

A full hundred disciples from the Twelve Sects and other smaller factions had mysteriously disappeared, vanishing into a dense jungle deep within Green Valley.

This jungle had been referred to as the ”Thousand Ghosts Forest” by the people of Green Valley in the past.

It was connected to the Fulong Mountain Range, to be precise, a part of it.

The reason for its name was that someone from Green Valley had once strayed into this place, and of the hundreds who went in, only one came back alive, reportedly having seen countless ghosts and goblins.

As a consequence, it got that name, and the valley also declared it forbidden territory, not allowing the valley’s martial artists and hunters to enter.

But why would the disciples of the Twelve Sects listen to them?

As a result, such an incident occurred.

After the incident, the great sects announced a prohibition against their sect disciples entering the Thousand Ghosts Forest, though it was a bit too late by then.

From deep within the Thousand Ghosts Forest, strange cries continued to echo, as if evil spirits were claiming lives.

If anyone had entered here at this time, they would undoubtedly find that the bodies of those sect disciples had been arranged in a pattern resembling spires, and on the ground, a mysterious pattern flickered in and out of sight.

Whenever this pattern lit up, the True Essence and blood from the bodies of these sect disciples would flow in the same direction.

There, lay a giant, pitch-black tiger with three heads.

It was five to six meters tall and seven to eight meters long, exuding an extremely dangerous aura.

This aura was even more terrifying than that of the Moon Glorious Sect Leader.

It should be known that the weakest of those hundred-plus sect disciples was at the Transcendent Realm First Layer, and now they had become nourishment for this triple-headed tiger monster.

”Hehe, that fool Plague, having only regained a bit of his cultivation level, dared to make such a commotion, now it has conveniently benefitted His Majesty,” said the three-headed tiger monster in a voice that belonged to a human.

If the Plague Demon King were not dead, he would have recognized that while this creature’s appearance had changed, its aura certainly belonged to one of the Nine Great Demon Kings, the Evil Beast Demon King.

”But rest assured, once His Majesty has recovered his strength, I will certainly kill that Ling Xiao and avenge you,” the Evil Beast Demon King licked his lips, all three tiger heads revealing a vicious smile.

Although he didn’t care much about the Plague Demon King’s death, it was still his former accomplice that had been killed by an Outer Disciple of the Moon Hua Sect, and just for the sake of face alone, he would not let Ling Xiao go.

According to the legends of Green Valley, the Thousand Ghosts Forest was said to have been haunted for a thousand years.

If the legend were true, then the Evil Beast Demon King might have been residing in the Thousand Ghosts Forest for over a thousand years.

These demon beings, whose origins are unknown, have lifespans far longer than humans; it’s not surprising for them to live thousands of years, even tens or hundreds of thousands of years without dying.

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Of course, Ling Xiao, who was currently in the Moon Hua Sect, was unaware of the affairs concerning the Evil Beast Demon King. He was considering the advice of his master, Yuan Venerate.

”Go to the Thousand Ghosts Forest. The Moon Approaching Festival is not far off, and if you simply remain in the Sect to cultivate, your improvement will be limited. Therefore, I suggest you leave the Moon Hua Sect and head to the Thousand Ghosts Forest to seek greater opportunities,” was the suggestion Yuan Venerate gave to Ling Xiao.