The Dao dies but I live on, the spiritual energy dries up but I remain evergreen

Hengtianyuan was once a place where ghosts roamed.

This place is filled with a special energy. Most of the geniuses who died here will turn into abyssal souls, retaining their memories before death, and can continue to practice as ghost cultivators.

However, there is one huge limitation.

That means you can't leave this place casually.

Li Changxiao just got the Hundred Ghost Technique.

Suddenly, I felt a chill.

It seemed like something had noticed me.

"Ghost cultivator?" Li Changxiao muttered and walked towards the direction where the cold air came from.

He injected spiritual energy into the torch in his hand. The flame did not grow larger, but the light became several times brighter.

After turning a corner, I finally saw the source of the cold.

It's a ghost.

It looks ferocious, and if you ignore the seven hands, eight heads, and twelve pairs of legs, this thing can barely be considered a human.

Li Changxiao is quite knowledgeable.

It soon became clear how this ghost was formed.

At the same time, it also solved a doubt in his mind: Why did he walk in this Hengtian Abyss for several days but didn't even see a ghost cultivator?

the reason is simple.

With the spiritual energy exhausted, the billions of ghost cultivators in Hengtian Abyss will certainly not sit idly by and wait for death.

A powerful ghost cultivator will certainly devour a weak ghost cultivator to strengthen himself.

It would be fine if I only swallowed one or two.

But if it devours a large number of ghost cultivators of the same kind.

A flood of memories came flooding back.

In addition, the spiritual energy is exhausted and cannot be recuperated. Over time, the ghost cultivator that devoured other ghost cultivators will also suffer from memory disorders and become a wandering soul that only follows its instincts.

a little longer.

There are too many ghost cultivators that have been devoured.

The soul has mutated.

It turned into the ghost in front of you, neither human nor ghost.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and the ghost screamed and pounced towards Li Changxiao.

Unfortunately, this ghost might have been very powerful in the past.

But now.

In Li Changxiao's eyes, he was just a wild beast that had lost its mind and had been hungry for a long time.

Li Changxiao's eyes flashed blue.

Guide a little.

The memories from different ghost cultivators within the ghost's body were all affected.

The ghost held his head, half squatted down, and wailed in pain.

Countless ghost faces appeared on the body, wailing, screaming, cursing... burst out simultaneously on this ghost body.

Li Changxiao saw it vaguely.

It seemed as if there was a soul struggling to break free.

Finally, bang!

Ghost explosion.

Countless souls flew out of it and then quickly dissipated into the air.

A crystal clear transparent bead fell to the ground.

Li Changxiao picked it up and took a look.

Pupils shrink.

"Soul Pearl!"

"I never thought I would come across a soul bead!"

Li Changxiao was shocked.

Even three hundred years ago, soul beads were rare.

It is a treasure that is priceless and will inevitably cause disputes once it appears.

The greatest function of the soul bead is to absorb the soul and nourish the soul. It is equivalent to a luxurious residence for the soul of heaven and earth.

It is extremely attractive to ghost cultivators.

"From the looks of it, it seems to have just been conceived."

Li Changxiao observed carefully and found that this soul bead was too crystal clear and pure without a trace of impurities.

He pocketed this unexpected surprise and flew out of Hengtianyuan on his sword.

......

After leaving Hengtianyuan, Li Changxiao held Baiyoushu in one hand and the music score in the other, reading them intently.

His talent for cultivation is average, his talent for martial arts is even more average, and his comprehension is not that good. His only advantage is that he has more time than others.

The Hundred Ghost Arts is concerned with dead objects and spirits, and is extremely abstruse, and even touches upon the secret of the cycle of life and death.

When the Baiyou Dynasty was still in existence, it was still impossible to fully understand it.

So, let alone Li Changxiao, who had just started to learn this.

that's it.

About a month passed.

Li Changxiao was able to memorize the music score of "Qushui Lanting" and took it back into the dream space.

Through the music scores, he was able to understand the ancient characters of the Baiyou Dynasty and some secret words in the Baiyou technique.

He practiced Baiyoushu all day long.

I don't know where I'm going.

Anyway, just walk and look around.

About half a month later.

He saw something.

The Hundred Ghost Arts can control the undead, manipulate souls, establish contracts with souls, and make them become one's own ghost servants.

It is worth mentioning that the ghost cultivators in the cultivation world all appear in the form of souls.

Therefore, the Hundred Ghost Technique can be regarded as the nemesis of all ghost cultivators.

Li Changxiao continued to study in depth for more than half a month.

I discovered that the Hundred Ghost Techniques were actually very suitable for me.

Perhaps I could combine the Hundred Ghost Techniques with my power to control dreams.

It’s shameful to say.

It has been nearly a thousand years since Li Changxiao embarked on the path of cultivation.

This Hundred Ghost Technique is the most profound and highest-level technique he has ever come across.

What he had used before, whether it was sword moves or cultivation techniques, were all unconventional methods. They couldn't be said to be the lowest level, but they were definitely at a middle to lower level.

Therefore, the Hundred Ghost Techniques was not just a simple technique for him, but also broadened his horizons.

I thought about the more uses and possibilities of my dream power.

The benefits here are even far greater than the Hundred Ghost Technique itself.

A few more days.

Li Changxiao was eager to try.

The first step in practicing the Hundred Ghost Technique is to develop the Hundred Ghost Pupils.

The ghosts in heaven and earth all exist in the form of souls. Only mortals who are born with spiritual orifices and possess the Yin-Yang eyes, or monks who have reached a certain level of cultivation, can see them.

The function of the Baiyoutong is to enhance the cultivator's sensitivity to ghosts.

Li Changxiao practiced according to the above method.

At noon every day, burn the eyes with ghost fire. No matter how painful it is, you can't stop until dusk, and then drop two drops of yellow spring water into them.

If this is continued for twenty-seven days, the Hundred Dark Pupils will be formed.

Ghost fire is a rootless fire that is of yin nature.

Yellow Spring Water is extremely cold water from deep underground.

Three hundred years ago, both of these were extremely rare and required the entire country's efforts to search for them.

So it is said that this Hundred Ghost Technique is not easy to practice.

Li Changxiao could only use something with the same medicinal properties as a substitute.

A month later.

An inferior version of Bai Youtong Xiaocheng.

The next step is to find ghosts, establish contracts, and recruit them as ghost servants.

But......

Where to find ghosts?

Now that spiritual energy is exhausted, the souls of people after death will quickly dissipate between heaven and earth, and even cultivators are no exception.

Only those with deep obsessions will have their souls stay in the mortal world for a longer period of time.

"Ok?"

Suddenly I realized something.

He took out the crystal clear soul bead.

With his Baiyoutong being a minor success, his perception of ghosts has become several times sharper. When he saw this soul bead again, he sensed that there was a weak soul living inside the soul bead.

This soul has always been there.

"If it's not the soul of a cultivator, could it be the leader of the Demon Sect?" Li Changxiao said after sensing it carefully.

I think that after the death of the Demon Sect's leader, his soul must have been following me.

When the soul orb fell, it instinctively drilled into it and was nurtured by the soul orb, so it never dissipated.

"Meeting is fate." Li Chang smiled and said, "Whether to enter reincarnation or become a ghost servant, it's your choice."

"Entering the cycle of reincarnation, disappearing from this world, becoming a ghost servant, hmm... that may not be as good as entering the cycle of reincarnation."

His eyes flashed blue.

The Hundred Ghost Techniques combined with the power of dreams formed an invisible contract and entered the consciousness of that soul.

Just wait for the remaining consciousness of the soul to agree or refuse.

What surprised Li Changxiao was.

The contract has just entered the soul consciousness.

The contract was signed immediately without any hesitation.

Thick black air rose around the soul orb and condensed into a tall human figure in mid-air. The hideous and terrifying Rakshasa mask on his face made people shudder.

"Ghost servant greets the master." The ghost figure knelt on one knee, and the Rakshasa mask seemed to come alive against the backdrop of the gloomy and ghostly aura.

[I would like to explain in advance that in this book, only the protagonist can live forever, and everything else will be eroded by time. ]