The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

Lu Yao looked at the secluded courtyard in front of him, his brows furrowing slightly.

He had already sensed a cold and oppressive atmosphere in the vicinity, especially in the Wang family mansion, which was the hardest hit area.

"Let me see what you really are."

With a thought, Lu Yao leaped into the air and flew directly into the Wang family mansion.

"As expected of a grandmaster."

The head of the guards' eyes flashed with envy, after all, only those above the Grandmaster level could fly.

Lu Yao landed directly in the courtyard of the mansion and quietly looked around at the surroundings.

Because the mansion had not been cleaned for a long time, it appeared somewhat messy, but it was obvious that the residence had once been very luxurious.

Just then, Lu Yao suddenly felt a chilling aura envelop him.

"Hmph! Heavenly Thunder!"

Lu Yao snorted coldly and summoned several bolts of deep black lightning that swirled around his body.

A flash of lightning swept across the surroundings, instantly dispelling the chilling aura.

Although the Emperor's Heavenly Thunder is lightning condensed from mysterious ice, it still possesses some extremely strong and yang attributes, giving it a natural resistance to these cold and yin auras.

"what!"

A scream rang in Lu Yao's ears.

Lu Yao immediately looked up and saw a cloud of black mist churning wildly in the corner of the eaves.

It was the raging thunder of Emperor Lu Yao that forced this monster out.

"Come here!"

Lu Yao's eyes narrowed, and terrifying lightning instantly surrounded him, transforming into chains that encircled the black mist.

As Lu Yao pulled, the lightning instantly contracted, and another scream rang out from within the black mist.

"Immortal, spare my life! Immortal, spare my life!"

A woman's voice rang out, filled with pleading.

"You audacious fiend! Reveal yourself at once!"

Lu Yao gave a cold shout, and the thunder instantly tightened.

"Immortal, please wait! I will reveal myself now."

Upon seeing the lightning approach, the black mist seemed to be frightened and hurriedly begged for mercy.

The black mist began to surge and slowly dissipate, revealing human figures within.

The woman who appeared before Lu Yao was dressed in a white dress, with her long black hair tied up and her face pale and bloodless.

"Having left this mortal world and become a ghost, why not enter the cycle of reincarnation instead of taking people's lives?"

Lu Yao stared coldly at the ghost in front of him and shouted.

Unexpectedly, this task really was a supernatural event; no wonder the man surnamed Ma entrusted this matter to him.

Ghosts are actually quite rare in the mortal world, after all, it's not easy for a soul to live on forever.

“I don’t know why I woke up here. I didn’t kill those people. They all wanted to attack me, but I died from the backlash of Yin energy.”

The woman in white looked sorrowful and pitiful as she spoke to Lu Yao.

Where did you wake up?

His expression shifted slightly, and he asked calmly.

"It's in the dry well in that courtyard over there."

The woman in white's expression shifted slightly as she pointed to a courtyard not far away.

Lu Yao immediately understood. That courtyard was the courtyard of Wang Lide's concubine, and it was where everything started.

"Then take me there to have a look."

Lu Yao chuckled and spoke in a kind tone.

"This servant will lead the way for you, young master."

A hint of joy flashed in the white-clad woman's eyes, and she quickly turned to lead the way.

"Boom!"

Just then, a terrifying bolt of lightning erupted, raging towards the woman in white.

"Ahhh!"

A scream rang out, and the woman in white turned to look at Lu Yao with eyes full of resentment.

"I'd feel more at ease if I killed you first."

Lu Yao smiled faintly, withdrew his true energy, and the thunder gradually dissipated.

Under the raging thunderous attack, the white-clad female ghost had no power to resist and was instantly blasted into ashes.

Lu Yao's figure flashed, and he leaped down to look at the courtyard that the white-clad female ghost had pointed to.

The female ghost must have something to rely on to get Lu Yao to come to this courtyard, and Lu Yao naturally wouldn't give her that opportunity.

How could a female ghost capable of killing over thirty people be innocent? And to claim she's suffering a backlash of yin energy is just deceiving ghosts.

"Why does this courtyard feel so eerie?"

Lu Yao frowned. As he approached the courtyard, the chilling atmosphere doubled.

After investigating, Lu Yao quickly discovered the source of this yin energy.

Walking to a dry well, Lu Yao looked it over carefully for a few moments before jumping in.

The dry well is only about ten meters deep, and the water source inside has long since dried up.

When Lu Yao arrived at the bottom of the well, two skeletons appeared before him.

Based on the clothing and appearance of one of the skeletons, it is clear that it is the same person as the female ghost from earlier.

The other skeleton, however, was quite ordinary.

Lu Yao immediately noticed the jade pendants in the hands of the two skeletons.

In Lu Yao's perception, all the cold, gloomy aura was emanating from these two jade pendants.

Just as Lu Yao was about to pick up the jade pendant, a beam of black light shot out from one of the jade pendants.

"Hmph! You dare to launch a sneak attack!"

Lu Yao sneered, and a golden light immediately enveloped him, as the defensive divine power of the dragon vein was activated.

The black light melted instantly upon hitting the golden light, causing no harm to Lu Yao whatsoever.

"impossible!"

A terrified female voice rang out from the jade pendant that had just emitted black light.

With a thought, Lu Yao felt the dragon vein blaze with golden light, enveloping both jade pendants.

"Aaaaaah! Immortal, spare me! Spare me!"

A female voice suddenly screamed from the jade pendant, begging for mercy.

However, Lu Yao's expression did not change at all. He continued to activate the dragon vein without any intention of stopping.

"Ah! I curse you! May you die a horrible death! Ah! May you die a horrible death!"

As the golden light of the dragon vein shone forth, the screams from the jade pendant grew weaker and weaker, and knowing that it could not escape death today, it began to curse Lu Yao with venomous resentment.

A moment later, both jade pendants emitted a cloud of black mist, clearly indicating that they were in the air.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yao put away the dragon vein and took the two jade pendants directly into his hands.

"Haotian Pearl! Appraisal!"

Lu Yao's heart stirred, and the origins of hundreds of worlds dissipated, transforming into a stream of light that swept over the two jade pendants.

This is a newly emerging ability of the Haotian Pearl, which can consume the world's origin, connect to the Heavenly Dao, and appraise all items, including people.

Item Name: Soul Nourishing Jade x2

Grade: Superior Magical Artifact

Effect: It can generate primordial yin energy; long-term wear can increase the strength of the soul.

After learning about the two jade pendants through the Haotian Pearl, Lu Yao immediately understood what was going on.

Clearly, the two ghosts Lu Yao encountered belonged to these two skeletons. It was because of the Soul-Nourishing Jade that they were able to become ghosts and use their methods to harm people.

After becoming ghosts, they instinctively absorb the yang energy of the living, which is why the people in the Wang family mansion suffered.

However, the fact that these two female corpses died in this dry well is clearly related to the Wang family, and can be considered as karmic retribution.