I have the face of a great demon.

Liu Xingchen was startled when he saw a small figure sitting in his dantian during his internal vision.

"Holy crap! What is this thing?"

Just then, he heard a voice, tinged with dissatisfaction.

"You're the one who's a thing? Your whole family are things."

Wait, this little person can talk?

Liu Xingchen's curiosity grew even stronger, and he began to examine the little man more closely.

The little figure is dressed as a scholar, wearing a square scarf on his head and a plain white robe, sitting upright.

The little man had delicate features and a scholarly air about him. He was staring at Liu Xingchen with wide eyes.

Seeing that the little man seemed genuinely angry, Liu Xingchen quickly smiled apologetically:

"Haha, sorry, sorry, I misspoke. Of course you're not a thing."

"That's more like it." Upon hearing this, the little man's expression softened slightly, but his brows remained furrowed, as if he felt something was amiss, though he couldn't quite place it.

Liu Xingchen then asked, "Who exactly are you? Why are you inside my dantian?"

The little man coughed lightly and said seriously, "I am your spirit ghost, you can call me Scholar."

"Scholar? That doesn't sound like a name, does it?"

"This is the name I gave myself. It suits my image and status very well, doesn't it?" the scholar replied with a proud expression.

"Okay, that does fit pretty well. But then again, the fact that a ghost lives inside me is terrifying."

Upon hearing this, the scholar's face changed: "I'm not a ghost, I'm a spirit ghost."

"Does it make a difference?"

"Of course there is a difference. Ghosts are the souls of people who have died but whose resentment lingers in the world."

"What about the spirit?"

"A spirit is a person's soul that does not perish after death and remains in the world."

"Isn't that still a ghost?"

Why can't you explain it clearly?

The scholar became anxious: "This...this is different. Ghosts are evil beings, while spirit ghosts live towards the sun and are extremely rare."

"Oh, so it's a high-level ghost... no, a high-level soul."

A high-level soul? That's a good way to put it.

Hearing Liu Xingchen's words, Linggui Xiucai was satisfied; he liked it when people distinguished him from ghosts.

With a look of curiosity, Liu Xingchen continued to ask, "Scholar, you just said you are my spirit ghost, what's that all about?"

The scholar became furious at the mention of this topic, putting his hands on his hips and looking indignant.

"You took me as your natal spirit pet, and you didn't even know it? How can you explain this to me?"

"Do you remember, right there in the stone coffin inside the cave, you used magic to take me as your natal spirit pet?"

"Inside the stone coffin in the cave?"

As Liu Xingchen recalled the scene, images flashed through his mind, and finally, a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Oh, so you are the treasure that those two immortals were fighting over."

"You only realize this now? Humph, if I had known it would turn out like this, I should have given in sooner and let those two take me. Now look what's happened, I've given you a mortal as a spirit pet, what a huge loss." The scholar pouted, looking very unhappy.

"Haha, I never expected that I would be the one to reap the benefits."

The more Liu Xingchen thought about it, the more mysterious it seemed. He had inexplicably transmigrated to this place and inexplicably obtained a treasure like a spirit ghost. Perhaps it was all fate.

The fact that the two immortals fought so fiercely over the spirit ghost is enough to illustrate its importance; it's just unknown what use the spirit ghost is.

Fortunately, the spirit was a treasure that could be communicated with, so Liu Xingchen asked questions when he didn't understand.

"What use am I?" Upon hearing this, the scholar was so angry that he almost jumped up. "I've been helping you all along, and you don't even know what use I am?"

"Think about it carefully."

When you fell off the cliff, who used a gust of wind to make you land safely?

"When you faced a large group of menacing gang members, who used their sword to defeat you in one move?"

"When you lifted the stone weight, who helped you increase your strength?"

"When you were being chased and bitten by a vicious dog on the plum blossom stakes, who helped you deal with that dog?"

"When you faced Chen Minghui, who helped you defeat him with a single sword strike?"

"Who protected you when you were inside the Twin Extremes Sect's formation?"

As these points were listed one by one, Liu Xingchen realized that the spirit ghost had helped him overcome so many difficulties.

"However, within the Twin Peaks Sect's formation, wasn't it the black-robed figure protecting me?"

Liu Xingchen had always thought that the black robe was an extraordinary magical artifact. If this was only due to the spirit ghost, then the black robe was not very useful.

The scholar jumped up: "The black robe is indeed a powerful magic weapon, but without me, with your meager spiritual power, the black robe cannot exert its power and cannot protect you."

So that's how it is. Now that I think about it, he relied on the spirit's power to overcome many difficulties at crucial moments. No wonder he felt like he suddenly had a huge amount of spiritual power; it was the spirit's intervention.

It turns out that the reason his divine powers were sometimes effective and sometimes not was because of ghosts.

Filled with curiosity, Liu Xingchen couldn't help but ask again, "Scholar, is your spiritual power very strong?"

"Of course, my current cultivation level is equivalent to the Golden Core stage in humans, which is much stronger than yours." The scholar held his head high, looking proud.

Wow, Golden Core stage, that's so strong!

Liu Xingchen was extremely envious. With the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage, how much spiritual power must one possess?

He is still lingering in the Qi Refining stage and hasn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet, so he can't even imagine how high the spirit ghost's cultivation level is.

But one thing is certain: with such a powerful spirit protecting him, he can do whatever he wants.

However, he didn't intend to tell anyone about his possession by a ghost. Why not keep everyone in the dark and play the fool to outsmart everyone?

He had asked the spirit ghost, and it turned out that as long as the spirit ghost deliberately hid itself, only a Nascent Soul stage expert could see through the fact that he had a spirit ghost inside him.

Moreover, as his and the spirit's cultivation levels continue to improve, the required cultivation level to see through all of this also increases.

He has absolutely no need to worry about being seen through.

He spoke with the scholar again and made a promise that he would work hard to cultivate and improve his cultivation level, and reach the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.

Then he would help the scholar improve his cultivation, and together they would advance to a higher realm.

After consolidating his cultivation, Liu Xingchen ended his training for the day and walked out of the room, just in time to see Tie Zhu running over excitedly.

"Brother Xingchen, I have good news to tell you." Tiezhu's face was full of excitement.

Liu Xingchen hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he should tell Tie Zhu about the spirit ghost.

Tie Zhu is a straightforward person who can't keep things to himself and is prone to revealing this secret.

Or maybe we should just forget about it and let Tie Zhu continue to treat the ghost's function as his unpredictable special ability.

At this moment, Tie Zhu spoke up: "Brother Xingchen, I have broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining."

"Great! I've broken through too. I'm now at the fifth level of Qi Refining." Liu Xingchen replied with a smile.

Both of them have made breakthroughs, which is something to celebrate.

Tie Zhu suggested, "Brother Xingchen, let's go down the mountain and have some fun."

After being stuck on the mountain for several months, Tiezhu was getting a little bored. He longed to go down the mountain to relax, and he also missed his family.

“Brother Xingchen, since Master isn’t here, why don’t we go down the mountain? I haven’t been home in a long time and I want to go back and visit.”

Liu Xingchen thought that since his master was in seclusion for a year or two, it shouldn't be a problem for him to go out.

So they nodded in agreement, packed their things, and went down the mountain.