Thanks for the invitation, I just entered the chat group after traveling through Under One Person.

Chapter 52 No Accident or No Accident
The seal has not been lifted yet. The reason why the ghost spirit can appear is only because of the power transmitted by the ghost dragon saliva, which allows it to escape from the soul-sealing ice bead. Therefore, Song Shuhang must complete the contract before the ghost dragon saliva is consumed.

The intermediate-level ghost spirit, which possessed a certain degree of intelligence, seemed to sense that its current situation was not good. If it continued like this, it would lose its freedom, and it immediately began to struggle.

"Boohoo!" The ghost whimpered, charging at Song Shuhang viciously. It could tell that Song Shuhang was the core of the formation, and if he was killed, the formation would cease.

"Rise!" Faced with this situation, Song Shuhang calmly shouted. He formed a seal with both hands and swiftly slapped it on the contract formation.

When he clapped his palms, the Five Elements Stone and the various materials representing the five elements within the formation released energy, transforming into a barrel-shaped circle of light. This force firmly trapped the spirit ghost within the formation. Despite the spirit ghost's frantic ramming, the light barrier remained unscathed.

Song Shuhang recited the formula while dancing according to the steps taught by Senior Bai. It was just this step. If someone with coordinated limbs did it, it would be fine, but Song Shuhang was clearly not one of those people. Each of his limbs danced independently, but fortunately, he still followed the correct steps.

Members of the chat group, such as Fang Yuan and Yang Jian, were carefully observing the ghost spirit, while Su Yun and Cheng Yiyi activated the video function to record the scene.

The person involved was still unaware of Su Yun's actions. After dancing around the formation, Song Shuhang formed seals with his hands and shouted softly, "Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, gold tribulation!"

Following the same method, after five consecutive tribulations, Song Shuhang slightly controlled the power released by the magic circle and continued to subdue the ghost spirits.

Reverend Bai seemed to sense something, stood up, and looked out the window. Then, Reverend Bai opened his mouth and a sword light composed of spiritual energy flew out, landing on Song Shuhang's head, firmly protecting him.

Outside the window, they could see a green figure rushing towards them.

It can be vaguely seen that it is a middle-aged man wearing a green robe, surrounded by a giant sword-like sword light that tightly wraps him.

Bang! The man's giant sword-like energy broke through the villa's protective shield, crashed into the open window, and landed next to Venerable Bai.

"The casual cultivator, Li Tiansu!" This person only had one breath left, and there was no time to save him. As soon as he finished speaking, his body broke into pieces and turned into countless points of light. His entire body disappeared from the world without leaving a single hair behind.

"Alas!" Venerable Bai sighed. This casual cultivator was a fifth-grade Spirit Emperor, a master at the Golden Core level.

Even in a large sect, a person at the Jindan realm can become an elder or a peak master, a powerful figure.

No one knew what kind of disaster he had encountered, but he didn't even have time to leave a last word. All that was left was a bronze ring and a blue dagger.

This ancient bronze ring was engraved with two second-grade magic arrays, in addition to a rather effective spirit-gathering array. It was difficult for independent cultivators to acquire cultivation resources, but this man, already a fifth-grade Jindan cultivator, still wore this second- or third-grade equipment. He valued this spirit-gathering array.

"Senior Bai, help me!" Song Shuhang shouted. Just now, after the wandering cultivator's body had transformed into a point of light and dissipated, the spirit ghost in the Five Elements Spirit Altar suddenly felt as if it had consumed a Great Rejuvenation Pill.

Just as Song Shuhang asked for help, the energy of the formation was exhausted, and the ghost spirit broke out of the formation and pounced on Song Shuhang.

The small spiritual sword floating above Song Shuhang's head moved slightly, and a sword energy slashed towards the spirit ghost head-on.

The ghost spirit was instantly severely injured and wanted to run away but couldn't. It had become the size of a fist.

Thinking it had turned into a lower-level spirit ghost, Reverend Bai carefully examined it and discovered that the core had mutated. He injected energy into it and it turned into a lower-level spirit ghost.

Once the ghost spirit's energy recovers, it will return to the intermediate level, and it still has the potential to become a high-level ghost spirit.

"So, is the Great Sage Tyrannical Song still energetic now? If so, let's take advantage of its extreme weakness to set up the formation again and use the Five Elements Spirit Contract Altar to make a contract with it." Venerable Bai joked.

"Okay." Song Shuhang immediately perked up. This was a must, even if he didn't have it.

Afterwards, before midnight, Venerable Bai set up the Five Elements Spirit Altar again.

Song Shuhang was beside him, recovering his spirits while praying, "I hope there won't be any more accidents."

Among the group members who were watching the live broadcast, Su Yun and Cheng Yiyi's eyes suddenly changed and they became much more excited when they heard Song Shuhang's prayer.

Quietly watching the show (group leader Cheng Yiyi): "If nothing unexpected happens, something will happen soon."

Soul Trash (Administrator Su Yun): "I just don't know where the source of this accident came from."

According to the normal plot, Song Shuhang's contract with the ghost spirit could have proceeded smoothly up to this point. However, Song Shuhang suddenly said this, which made Su Yun and Cheng Yiyi unsure.

The ghost spirit had been seriously injured and temporarily degenerated to a lower-level ghost spirit. Moreover, after condensing the ghost spirit core, its intelligence was greatly improved. It understood the principle that a wise man should not suffer a loss in front of him.

He even took the initiative to open his consciousness and energy channels, linking them with Song Shuhang. Synchronization would be complete in about a week at most. Song Shuhang practiced meditation, and his mental power emanated from his meditative true self, following the contract runes and attempting to connect with the ghost spirit.

The spirit ghost could sense that it was in a warm place, and warm energy was flowing towards it from all directions, allowing it to recover quickly.

"Strange, Song Shuhang really didn't have any accidents?" Su Yun looked at Song Shuhang and saw that he had basically successfully contracted the ghost spirit. He couldn't help but feel a little confused. Could it be that his feeling was wrong?

Just when Su Yun was puzzled, an accident happened to Song Shuhang. He and the ghost spirit he had contracted showed signs of "blackening", literally blackening.

The black on their surface condensed into mud and gathered together, like a twisted black dragon, circling along Song Shuhang's body.

This black liquid exudes a suffocating stench, as if it can devour all light and hope.

An indescribable sense of fear permeated the air, as if countless resentful souls were struggling and roaring in the black mud. As the black mud continued to spread, half of Song Shuhang was swallowed up in it.

Soul Trash (Administrator Su Yun): "Uh~ If I'm not mistaken, this should be..."

Watching the show quietly (group leader Cheng Yiyi): "The black mud of the Holy Grail."

Tequila Girl (Er Qiao): "You actually guessed it right. It seems this guy must have some unique features, like a crow's mouth or something."

Er Qiao guessed a little bit, but she didn't guess the truth about Song Shuhang's unique physique.

At this moment, Venerable Bai saw this scene and said, "Shuhang, calm down, practice meditation, and mobilize your spiritual power and the power of the spirit ghost..."

Venerable Bai instructed Song Shuhang to calm down, achieving a balance between his own state and the erosion of the black mud. However, judging by Song Shuhang's painful expression, the black mud was not taking its toll on him.

After seeing that Song Shuhang's condition had stabilized, Venerable Bai explained to the other group members, "I was studying this thing earlier and forgot to take it back. This thing isn't a physical object, but a form of energy. When Shuhang and his spirit ghost were absorbing energy, they accidentally sucked this thing in.

Fortunately, there's no problem. I've already modified it. "Little friend Shuhang will only have to suffer for a while."

Watching the show quietly (Group leader Cheng Yiyi): "As expected of you, Tyrant Song who can become stronger through pain."

Soul Trash (Administrator Su Yun): "It seems the world will have to experience another kind of pain from Tyranny Song in the future."

Reverend Bai did not end the live broadcast, letting everyone see what kind of changes Song Shuhang would undergo.

As Song Shuhang endured the pain, his expression gradually relaxed. The black mud on his body became less and less, and finally disappeared. Only then did Song Shuhang open his eyes.

"Now is the time to open your eyes." Venerable Bai erased the mark on the bronze ring with the spirit gathering array and gave it to Song Shuhang, just to help him open his eyes.

Song Shuhang's eyes shone brightly. Black tears streamed down his eyes as the impurities blocking them were flushed out of his body after his eye openings were opened.

When he wiped away the black tears from his eyes and blinked gently, the whole world went from standard definition to high definition!
After the second orifice of the first level is opened, the cultivator has a certain chance to gain a talent ability. If the luck is bad, there will be no gain, of course there will be a chance when the orifice is opened later.

Song Shuhang was lucky enough to have acquired a natural ability. The moment he activated his natural ability, the entire world seemed to pause and then shift into slow motion.

He gained an innate ability similar to bullet time, but it requires consuming mental energy.

Song Shuhang simply felt the effect of this talent and then his attention was no longer on it. He just felt that there seemed to be something more in him, not a ghost spirit, but something else.

"!!!" He lifted up his clothes and saw that he had a black dragon-like "tattoo" on his body, which did not look like something a good person should have.

Soul Trasher (Administrator Su Yun): "Basong has entered the era of tattoos."

Tequila Girl (Er Qiao): "To be honest, this tattoo is pretty cool."

Quietly Watching the Show (Group Leader Cheng Yiyi): "So what's the purpose of this tattoo that the Holy Grail's black mud created on Song Shuhang?"

Venerable Bai glanced at Song Shuhang's black dragon "tattoo" and asked, "Can you sense what abilities this thing has?"

"It seems that I can sense the malice of others towards me, and it also increases my resistance to mental abilities." Song Shuhang's feeling was also vague, and he only made a rough judgment based on the power reflected by the black dragon tattoo.

(End of this chapter)