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"Woof woof woof!"

Suddenly, a piercing bark came from an alley in the east of the city.

Followed by.

A butcher covered in blood, carrying a pig-slaughtering knife, rushed into the street like a madman.

His eyes rolled back, and drool dripped from the corner of his mouth.

It also emitted a beast-like roar.

"Meat!"

"So many succulents!"

"Chop them all up!"

He would slash anyone he saw.

The surrounding people were so frightened that they screamed and fled in all directions.

"Old Zhang! Are you crazy?!"

"I'm your second uncle!"

An elderly man who tried to stop him was slashed in the shoulder before he could even get close.

Blood splattered.

Even more bizarrely...

After the butcher finished killing the man, he actually lay down on the ground and greedily licked the blood off the ground with his tongue.

It's like a starving demon!

at the same time.

In the rouge shop in the south of the city.

Several young women who were choosing rouge and face powder suddenly seemed to be possessed.

They frantically stuffed the bright red rouge into their mouths.

He ate while chuckling strangely.

"tasty!"

"It's delicious!"

"This is the taste of heart's blood!"

As they ate, blood began to flow from their seven orifices.

But the smile on his face became increasingly eerie.

It was as if an invisible ghost face was plastered on their faces, laughing.

A private school in the west of the city.

The children who were reading suddenly stopped reading aloud in unison.

They turned their heads.

He stared intently at the teacher on the podium with an extremely resentful look.

"Master..."

"We need to pay tuition..."

"You'll pay with your life!"

……

Chaos.

Complete chaos.

In less than half an hour.

Dozens of strange incidents occurred in Fengzhou City.

Although it did not cause large-scale casualties.

But that terrifying atmosphere was like an invisible hand, gripping everyone's heart tightly.

fear.

panic.

despair.

Countless negative emotions converged and transformed into invisible black wisps that soared into the sky.

The entire city of Fengzhou.

It looked like a giant cauldron that was boiling.

And it's cooking in the pot.

It's all the ordinary people in this city!

Inside the mortuary.

Zhou Yuan stood in the courtyard, looking up at the sky.

His brows were furrowed tightly.

A golden ray of light was spinning rapidly in his eyes.

【The Illusory Eye of Dharma (Fragment)】is operating at full capacity.

In his field of vision.

This Fengzhou city is no longer a scene from the human world.

Countless hideous ghost faces were faintly visible in the dark clouds overhead.

On the ground.

Those wisps of black resentment, like rivers flowing into the sea, converged in a certain direction towards the city center.

There.

It is the very core of the earth's veins!

"What ruthless methods."

Zhou Yuan clenched his fist.

The fingernails dug deeply into the palm.

He never expected that the accountant would be so ruthless.

In order to collect resentment.

They were willing to plunge the entire city into panic.

This is putting him in a difficult position!

It's also a show of force against him!

"Zhou Yuan..."

Ma Ling'er walked over carrying Gun Gun.

Her usually smiling baby face was now filled with solemnity.

"The gloom in the city is getting heavier and heavier."

"My 'old fairy' just sent me a message."

"It said it sensed the presence of many of its own kind."

"Those are evil spirits born from evil magic."

"If we don't stop them, by nightfall..."

Ma Ling'er didn't finish speaking.

But the meaning couldn't be clearer.

At night, these evil spirits, which had been induced to grow, were further amplified by the "Hundred Ghosts Evil Sacrifice" formation.

The entire city of Fengzhou will be completely turned into a ghost town!

"I know."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

It is precisely in times like these that we must remain calm.

Anger solves nothing.

Only power!

Absolute power!

His current realm is the perfect state of mental concentration.

In other words, it can stabilize the soul and prevent it from being invaded by external evils.

But this is not enough.

Faced with that unfathomable accountant, faced with that terrifying formation that was about to take shape.

With this level of strength, they can only barely protect themselves.

We need to break this deadlock.

We must go further!

"Ling'er".

"I'm going into seclusion."

"No one is to disturb me, no matter what happens, until I get out!"

Zhou Yuan's voice was very soft.

But his tone conveyed a resolute determination.

Ma Ling'er was stunned for a moment.

Then, as if he understood something, he nodded heavily.

"rest assured!"

"As long as I have a breath left, no one will be allowed to step into this mortuary!"

She put the baby she was holding on the ground.

The demon-subduing staff in his hand slammed heavily onto the ground.

The panda, which usually looks adorable, has changed its lazy demeanor.

It stood up upright.

Its round body was emanating a faint golden demonic aura.

This is the guardian deity of the Ma family!

Iron-eating beast!

Zhou Yuan said no more.

He turned and walked into the morgue.

"Bang!"

The heavy wooden door slammed shut.

Completely shut out the noise from the outside world.

Zhou Yuan sat cross-legged beside the coffin that had just been brought back.

This place has the heaviest yin energy.

It is also the most suitable place for him to cultivate.

He took out the old-fashioned book "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters" from his pocket.

The pages are yellowed.

There was a faint, swirling light above it.

These two days.

He slayed evil spirits and destroyed altars in the Ghost Market, and performed rituals to deliver the souls of the departed at the Fragrance Pavilion.

The accumulated yin energy has reached a terrifying number.

Three thousand six hundred strands!

In addition, there were the five hundred strands of silk that I obtained at the ghost market last night.

A full four thousand one hundred strands of yin energy!

This is a huge sum of money.

That was also his last trump card!

"Nighttime Realm..."

Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.

After calming down, we went for a night stroll.

The so-called "night wandering" refers to a state where the soul is strong enough to break free from the constraints of the physical body.

At night, it can freely leave its body and roam the heavens and earth.

That's the level we've reached.

Whether it's the power of their Taoist arts or their perception of danger, there will be a qualitative leap.

the most important is.

Only by cultivating the ability to tour at night can one achieve this.

Only then can he truly see the secrets beneath Fengzhou City!

Only then can we find the accountant's hiding place!

"bring it on!"

A hint of madness flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

"Deduce it for me!"

"Give it your all!"

Om-!

With a thought.

The Book of Gods and Monsters suddenly trembled.

The pages turned on their own without any wind, making a rustling sound.

A vast, suffocatingly cold aura instantly erupted from the book.

Those were more than four thousand strands of pure Yin energy!

They transformed into black dragons, roaring as they charged into Zhou Yuan's brow.

"boom!"

Zhou Yuan felt a loud bang in his mind.

It was as if a dam had been breached by a flood.

Intense pain instantly swept through my entire body.

That was the excruciating pain of having one's soul forcibly stretched open!

It was as if someone was taking a chisel and carving away at his soul, stroke by stroke.

"Ugh—!"

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and let out a low growl.

His body was trembling violently.

Fine beads of blood seeped from the skin.

But he did not back down.

He didn't even blink.

He persisted.

He was enduring it.

He was guiding that violent power, washing over his soul again and again.

Once.

Twice.

Ten times.

A hundred times...

I don't know how much time passed.

The excruciating, tearing pain finally began to subside.

Instead.

It is a kind of light inspiration that has never been seen before.

Zhou Yuan felt as if he had turned into a feather.

Floating, floating.

It drifted towards the clouds above the ninth heaven.

His five senses were amplified infinitely at this moment.

He heard the rustling sound of ants crawling across fallen leaves outside the mortuary.

He could smell the fresh fragrance of sprouting grass and trees in the soil dozens of miles away.

even.

He sensed the omnipresent flow of Yin and Yang energies between heaven and earth.

[Your diligent cultivation has grown stronger day by day.]

Driven by an overwhelming amount of Yin energy, you successfully broke free from the shackles of your mortal form.

[His spirit and soul were condensed, like mercury flowing onto the ground, penetrating every crevice.]

【Congratulations!】

[You have successfully broken through the Concentration Realm and entered the Night Wandering Realm!]

This moment.

Lines of golden text appeared in Zhou Yuan's mind.

at the same time.

The book "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters" was turned over again.

It stopped on a brand new page.

[Realm: Night Wandering (Astral projection, traveling hundreds of miles at night)]

[Abilities Unlocked: Soul Night Travel, Yin-Yang Eye (Advanced), Soul Seizure (Beginner), Object Manipulation (Mild)]

[Description: At this moment, you are no longer ordinary. Your soul can roam freely at night, unafraid of ordinary yin winds. You can see cause and effect that ordinary people cannot see, and you can touch illusions that ordinary people cannot grasp.]

call--

Inside the morgue.

Suddenly, a cold wind swept through.

Zhou Yuan, sitting cross-legged, remained completely still.

Even breathing became extremely faint.

But above his head.

A faint, ethereal figure is slowly coalescing.

That's Zhou Yuan's Yin spirit!

At this moment, the Yin spirit was no longer as vague as before.

Instead, it was clearly visible that his eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as Zhou Yuan's.

It simply emitted a faint blue light.

It exudes an ethereal, otherworldly aura.

"Is this... a night tour?"

Floating in mid-air, "Zhou Yuan" looked down at his hands.

That feeling was wonderful.

It's like shedding a thick layer of iron armor.

He was full of freedom and power.

A thought suddenly occurred to him.

His body instantly passed through the thick wall and arrived in the courtyard.

There were no obstacles.

It was like passing through a curtain of water.

This is the mystery of the divine soul!

Ignore the terrain!

Ignore the obstacles!

at this time.

Ma Ling'er, who was guarding the door, seemed to sense something.

She turned around abruptly.

Just then, I saw the blue figure floating in mid-air.

"this……"

Ma Ling'er's eyes widened.

The demon-subduing staff in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Out-of-body experience?!"

"Nighttime Realm?!"

She couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Although I knew long ago that Zhou Yuan was a pervert.

But this is way too exaggerated!

Yesterday I was still in a state of mental focus.

So, we're going for a nighttime stroll tonight?

Even for the true disciples of those prestigious sects, it would take at least three to five years of arduous training to cross this threshold.

They also need teachers and protectors, as well as elixirs to assist them.

But what about Zhou Yuan?

I squatted in this dilapidated morgue for less than two hours.

That's it?!

"Is this what they call a genius?"

Compared to him, what's the point of my cultivation?

Ma Ling'er muttered to herself, somewhat deeply affected.

The panda next to him also covered its eyes in a cooperative manner.

It seemed they couldn't bear to look at their owner's miserable state.

Zhou Yuan, who was in mid-air, smiled slightly at Ma Ling'er.

Although it was in a spiritual state, it could not make a sound.

But he still made a "don't be impatient" gesture.

then.

He looked up sharply.

His gaze was sharp as lightning, fixed on the distant city of Fengzhou shrouded in dark clouds.

"Now that we've come this far..."

"Then let me take a look."

"What the hell are you guys doing?!"

Zhou Yuan's figure swayed.

His entire body transformed into a streak of azure light, soaring into the sky!

The soul can roam the night, covering a thousand miles in an instant!

Although he can't travel a thousand miles yet.

But taking a stroll around Fengzhou City is an easy task.

at this time.

Under Zhou Yuan's advanced Yin-Yang Dharma Eyes.

The secrets of the entire Fengzhou city can no longer be hidden.

He saw it.

In the bustling downtown area in the east of the city.

Small, black mice, no bigger than the palm of a hand, were sneaking under the beds in every household.

Each of the rats had a piece of yellow paper covered with runes pasted on it.

That is—the Chaos Talisman!

No wonder the people suddenly went mad.

So these were the things causing the trouble!

He saw it again.

Above the government office in the north of the city.

A huge red bat was hovering around.

It was constantly spewing out red mist, enveloping the entire government office.

The constables and runners in the yamen, their eyes bloodshot, were killing each other.

What alarmed Zhou Yuan the most was...

Under that huge square in the center of the city.

That is, the location of the earth vein node of Fengzhou City.

Nine enormous black stone pillars are buried deep underground.

The stone pillars are covered with grotesque ghost faces.

A continuous stream of resentment is flowing through the earth's veins and frantically into these nine stone pillars.

And in the center of the stone pillar.

A scarlet coffin floated silently there.

The coffin lid was not properly closed.

through the gap.

Zhou Yuan saw a pair of eyes.

A pair of eyes filled with deathly stillness and coldness, yet also with endless greed!

boom!

The moment Zhou Yuan saw those eyes.

The owner of those eyes seemed to have sensed being watched.

They suddenly looked over!

"Who?!"

A furious roar resounded deep within Zhou Yuan's soul.

Followed by.

A giant black ghost hand burst forth from the ground.

With a devastating force, it fiercely grabbed at Zhou Yuan, who was in mid-air.

That was a casual strike from a Yang God level expert!

Even if it's just a manifestation of divine thought, it's not something Zhou Yuan can withstand in his current state.

"We've been discovered!"

Zhou Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.

But he did not panic.

Because he is now the soul of the Night Wanderer!

The speed is now vastly different from what it used to be.

"Trying to arrest me?"

"Maybe in the next life!"

Zhou Yuan snorted coldly.

His soul instantly transformed into specks of starlight and vanished from the spot.

The giant ghostly hand grasped at nothing.

All it could do was angrily smash the surrounding clouds to pieces.

……

Whoosh!

Inside the mortuary.

A flash of blue light appeared.

It entered Zhou Yuan's body inside the morgue.

next moment.

Zhou Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

He was breathing heavily.

His face was somewhat pale.

That was a side effect of the soul rapidly traversing.

But his eyes were brighter than ever before.

"I'm back!"

"How is it?"

Ma Ling'er rushed in immediately and asked anxiously.

Zhou Yuan took the water she offered and drank it all in one gulp.

Then he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Look carefully."

"Everything is clear now."

He stood up and walked to the table.

He picked up a brush and quickly drew several circles on a map.

"Here, here, and here."

"These three places are the key points of their formation."

"They are also the source of the chaos they create."

Zhou Yuan's pen finally landed heavily in the center of the map.

In that huge square.

"And here."

"That's where the accountant is hiding."

"And it's the core of tonight's grand festival!"

Ma Ling'er looked at the densely packed markings on the map.

I couldn't help but gasp.

"This...this is way too detailed!"

"You managed to figure out the entire Fengzhou City in just a short time?"

"Is this what the Night Wanderer's Realm is truly terrifying?"

Zhou Yuan nodded.

His expression was serious.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

"Right now, we are in the dark, and they are in the light."

"This is our only advantage."

He turned his head and looked at Ma Ling'er.

His eyes shone with confidence.

"Ling'er".

"Your Ma Family Divine Dragon Technique, combined with my Soul-Soothing and Salvation Incantation."

"Plus, the location of this mortuary is advantageous."

"tonight."

"We'll give it to that arrogant accountant."

"Here's a big gift for you!"

Ma Ling'er was affected by Zhou Yuan's emotions.

The blood in my body began to boil.

She swung the demon-subduing staff forcefully.

His signature little tiger teeth were showing on his face.

"good!"

"Then let's fucking kill him!"

"Let him know."

"This Fengzhou City."

"Who's really in charge here!"

outside the window.

The last glimmer of light finally disappeared.

Night falls.

The night of the Ghost Festival.

Arrived.

A deep, muffled chime rang out from the distant clock tower.

thump—

thump—

thump—

Each sound felt like a blow to the heart.

The gates of the mortuary were slowly pushed open.