Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 10 All civilizations are eating corpses
"Disappeared."

Under his gaze, one of his clones disappeared from sight.

Li Chunfeng was immediately invigorated and shared his perspective with Randeng, then commanded more clones to approach the area.

[A narrow, elongated spatial rift, its destination unknown, only passable by certain inconspicuous ghosts and spirits!]

After wandering around the unseen crevice behind the earthen slope, the clones filed in one after another and disappeared.

But Li Chunfeng clearly remembered that he had scanned that place with his mental perception again and again, yet he found nothing there.

After the lantern ghost clones went in many times, Li Chunfeng finally "saw" what was happening on the other side.

This is a dark and enclosed space where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is extremely weak.

There are many lantern ghosts living in this place, so it is not completely invisible.

The ancient tomb is surrounded by many huge stone walls, resembling a foreign palace. There are no signs of artificial carving, but it is by no means a natural formation.

[A cemetery!]

The answer was given by 'insight'.

Li Chunfeng's senses resided within the lantern ghost's clone. Upon entering the graveyard, an inexplicable fear welled up within him. He silently recited a calming mantra, barely suppressing the turmoil in his heart. Within the inner realm, the heart lamp shone brightly, suppressing external evil. Then, the clone floated into the graveyard.

Float carefully, trying not to touch anything else.

This cemetery had been abandoned for countless years, devoid of any vegetation, and the inscriptions on the tombstones were weathered beyond recognition. Originally a stubbornly closed space, it was one day, due to an unknown event, that a spatial rift connecting it to the outside world appeared within the cemetery. However, due to the cemetery's unique nature, the mental power of human cultivators was completely ineffective against it; only tiny ghosts like lantern spirits could manage to slip inside.

Over time, it became a habitat for lantern ghosts.

Who is buried beneath these graves, and who were they in life?

Adventure is all about the "danger." Various films and literary works depict similar scenes. The most common horror element when exploring these tomb-like secret realms is that a monster suddenly jumps out of the grave and gives you a fright.

Hopefully, the creature beneath this grave died a truly mortal death... but that's impossible!
The ancient skeletal spirit that guards this tomb has chosen to slumber!

While passing by a grave, I glanced at it with my 'insight' and suddenly this message popped up.

This instantly shattered Li Chunfeng's delusions.

It was definitely not a good place.

Can the 'Mind's Eye' see what realm the sleeping bone spirit is at?

He tried to invest more spiritual power into his 'Mind's Eye', but the result was still [?].

stop……

It's best to keep those inappropriate thoughts to yourself.

He continued to play the role of a harmless floating lantern ghost, drifting leisurely.

When Li Chunfeng stopped in front of a huge stone tablet, the stone tablet, made of some unknown stone, looked rotten from a distance, even though it was an inanimate object.

Something was written on it in celestial eclipse script...

Peace is temporary, war is eternal. An eternal war—a war that will never end!

Just as Li Chunfeng was about to try to decipher it using his level 3 knowledge of the Heaven and Earth Eclipse, his 'Mind's Eye' ability translated it first.

This was also the first time he discovered that 'Mind's Eye' could actually interpret the etched text more eruditely than he himself.

Otherwise, with his level 3 'Heaven and Earth Eclipse' skill, it would take him at least half an hour to decipher the meaning of this eclipse.

If I take the exam for the Taoist Academy in the future, I'll have a cheating tool for the Scripture course exam.

The further you go, the more similar stone tablets you'll find.

Some of the etched text can still be seen, but the vast majority is completely illegible.

[...We are the descendants of gods and demons, half god and half demon, entirely new beings. We bear the blood of both parents, making them both love us dearly and fear us for being so different from them. Our relationship with our parents thus oscillates between love and fear!]

We are new beings, we are courageous in exploration, we are passionate about adventure, we bravely forge ahead, and we thirst for knowledge! We explore the truth behind the world's origin, and we study the source of the power within us! Our constant pursuit of knowledge and exploration worries our parents...

[...Our world must not be discovered by those outside...The Mother of the Underworld ordered a great purge...We were punished, the world changed drastically, cultivation was forever hampered, and the Mother of the Underworld abandoned us!]

[Divergence begins among the younger generation of survivors. Should they believe in themselves, strive to unlock their potential through self-cultivation? Or should they worship gods and demons, believing that mere prayer and worship will grant them their power? ...Another never-ending war has begun!]

The long, seemingly plausible but ultimately ambiguous descriptions on the stone tablet left Li Chunfeng completely bewildered.

Considering that the ancient ghost kingdom that once inhabited this land must have been destroyed, he guessed that what was written on these bronze steles must be related to the ancient history of that ghost kingdom and even the entire Ghost Realm.

Unfortunately, he wasn't an archaeology major and had no interest in archaeology.

But these etched inscriptions reveal profound meanings, especially this passage:
After a long period of war, both groups finally realized that this difference in ideology was actually a struggle between racial ideologies, and the core meaning of the existence of new life. It had an irreversible and profound impact on our history, and I believe that as long as life exists between heaven and earth, such a struggle will not cease! — 'The Wise' Rodrigus.

Perhaps this passage of etched text also touches upon the core of social relations in the Ghost Realm.

If it were handed over, it would likely attract a lot of interest, and might even fetch a good price as an antique, or even receive official recognition.

After all, every civilization is essentially consuming corpses, which is the process of digesting the knowledge and technology of the previous civilization or other world civilizations.

The war between the Earthly Realm and the Ghost Realm was precisely for these reasons.

He wandered around for a long time, and every tombstone he saw terrified him.

This is definitely not a place we can explore right now.

So he began to bypass the forest of steles and drifted into the main body of the only palace that was still relatively intact. At the end of the palace, he saw a huge throne made of bones.

The two large etched inscriptions above the throne mean...

【The Bone Spirit Empire!】

Yes, that's exactly what I mean.

cough~
Li Chunfeng had no interest in the Bone Throne, but he was very interested in the six Soul Crystals embedded in the throne that had not completely dissipated.

What tier of soul crystal is this? After countless years, does the soul crystal still contain energy? Will rashly pulling out the soul crystal awaken these sleeping bone spirits?

Finally, and this is the important part.

So Li Chunfeng took off running towards Jiecheng, covering dozens of kilometers in one go. When he arrived at a place where he thought the patrol team would appear quickly after he sent out a signal, he decisively ordered the lantern ghost clones to begin their operation.

The clone conjured a psychic fist and forcefully tried to break the soul crystal on the throne.

Perhaps this throne of bones was once a powerful symbol revered and worshipped by many bone spirits, but even the best things cannot withstand the ravages of time.

"click~"

I thought it would be difficult, but the lantern ghost just used a little force and easily pried one off.

The sudden noise carried far through the cemetery.

Silence, dead silence.

At this moment, he subconsciously held his breath, prepared to sacrifice this wisp of divine consciousness. After waiting for a while without any movement, he finally grew bolder. While the lantern ghost clone carried the soul crystal and ran out, the other clones also began to work harder.

The second, the third... until the sixth soul crystal was completely removed, the entire graveyard trembled violently. The towering skeletal throne instantly turned into countless ashes, scattering across the ground.

Li Chunfeng dared not linger, and with the Soul Crystal in hand, he ran towards the Boundary City without looking back.

Even after safely returning to the city, I was still uneasy. I waited for a long time, but I didn't hear any movement from the distance.

That's fine too.

Let's pretend nothing happened.

So, clutching the precious treasure, he continued his cultivation step by step.

(End of this chapter)