Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book Chapter 1542 - 1119: Outer Body Avatar

Gui Xuan Valley, Nine Profound Cave.

The Gui Xuan Sect’s main gate was located here. Unlike other sect mansions filled with countless grand pavilions and palaces, the Gui Xuan Sect boasted countless valley caves. Most of the Cultivators here raised Evil Ghosts and refined Ghost Banners. Naturally, the caves situated on the mountain’s shady side were much better suited for gathering Ghost Qi, forming Ghost Acupoints to nourish Ghost Banners and Evil Ghosts.

The Gui Xuan Sect’s gathering place for discussions was not a hall, but rather the Council Mansion.

At this moment, inside one of the mansion caves, several Jade Tokens hovered in a circle, forming a massive space between them. Within this space, countless ghosts wreaked havoc, fighting fiercely as if they were on an ancient battlefield. There were even several Ghost Kings among them.

Outside the Jade Tokens, a Cultivator in black robes watched the Fierce Ghosts with great anticipation. After all, only the last Ghost King standing would be truly formidable and hold the value of being nurtured into a Ghost Emperor.

However, in the next moment, this Cultivator suddenly clutched his head and began screaming. His terrifying roars drowned out even the slaughter of the Fierce Ghosts, echoing out of the Nine Profound Cave and spreading throughout Gui Xuan Valley, drawing countless surrounding Cultivators to fly over.

Because Cultivators of the Gui Xuan Sect raised Evil Ghosts, they frequently suffered from backlashes. Thus, screams of agony were not an uncommon occurrence on any given day. Whenever an incident occurred, the rest of the Cultivators were eager to rush over at the first opportunity. Even if they couldn’t fully claim a "generous gift" from their fallen martial siblings, they could at least scrape some profit from their fellow sect members. They wouldn’t turn their noses up at Ghost Generals or Ghost Soldiers.

Although the Gui Xuan Sect had no shortage of Fierce Ghosts and spirits, and could even collect them from graveyards and burial mounds, those were ultimately just ordinary Fierce Ghosts. They couldn’t even compare to Ghost Soldiers, let alone the Evil Ghosts of their martial siblings that were fierce enough to devour their own masters.

"This is Granduncle’s cave," someone noted. As the crowd arrived, they shockingly realized that this was the cave of True Monarch Gui Xiao, the sect’s newly advanced Nascent Soul expert.

"Disperse, all of you. It’s normal to encounter a few accidents during a breakthrough," Gui Xuanzi, the newly appointed Sect Leader of the Gui Xuan Sect, said as he quickly arrived at the scene.

Although he hadn’t gained much advantage in Xiaoshan Prefecture and Wangqing Prefecture back then, he had still wiped out several sects, including a local genius in Xiaoshan Prefecture. This counted as completing a mission for the Profound Celestial Sect. Therefore, upon returning to the Gui Xuan Sect, he became the Sect Leader through his status as True Monarch Gui Xuan’s disciple.

His expression was incredibly calm at this moment. He knew very well that the person in Seclusion inside wasn’t True Monarch Gui Xiao, but rather True Monarch Yin Yuan’s Nascent Soul Outer Body Incarnation taming Ghost Kings. The latter’s Cultivation was at the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul, waiting to serve as a supplement for the Great Dao to achieve Divinity Transformation once True Monarch Yin Yuan’s main body reached the Nascent Soul Peak. Because of this, Gui Xuanzi believed it was entirely impossible for anything to go wrong.

After all, both True Monarch Yin Yuan and True Monarch Gui Xiao were waiting in an unimaginable place for a Secret Treasure to mature, biding their time for an opportunity that would lead to the Gui Xuan Sect’s glorious rise.

After shouting down and dismissing the rest of the Gui Xuan Sect Cultivators, Gui Xuanzi first bowed toward the cave before taking out the Sect Leader’s treasure, the Soul-Calming Bell. He ventured inside and immediately saw True Monarch Yin Yuan’s avatar rolling on the ground in agony. He hastily rushed forward to help him up.

Gui Xuanzi first took out a Spirit Pill and handed it to the avatar, then continuously shook the bell in his hand. Under the RING-A-LING sound of the bell, the slaughtering Ghost Kings settled down one by one, and True Monarch Yin Yuan finally recovered a bit. However, his face remained pale and devoid of color.

"Patriarch, did a Ghost Emperor escape?"

"My main body is in trouble! Tell your master to return! The Profound Cold World must have been infiltrated by Xu Huai True Monarch, Wang Ke Wei, Xiao Wankun, and the others. Only they could possibly kill my main body!"

"This..." Gui Xuanzi was utterly shocked.

"Enough of ’this’! Tell him to come back, then find a way to cast Hundred Ghosts Seeking Qi! You absolutely cannot let them retreat! The refining method for the Spirit Treasure Soul-Devouring Furnace must not be lost!" True Monarch Yin Yuan’s avatar bellowed furiously.

This Outer Body Incarnation of his was a Second Nascent Soul. Although he couldn’t receive direct news from his main body, he knew exactly what treasures and Secret Techniques his main body possessed before they separated. He could care less about the other treasures and Secret Techniques. In fact, he was even secretly glad that this Second Nascent Soul of his finally had the qualifications to become True Monarch Yin Yuan’s main body.

However, the refining method for the Spirit Treasure Soul-Devouring Furnace could absolutely not be lost. Not only could it devour the souls of all Ghost Kings and Ghost Emperors in the world, but it could also use the origin essence of a Ghost Emperor or a Nascent Soul as nourishment to boost Cultivation.

Although the Spirit Treasure Soul-Devouring Furnace wasn’t something they could refine right now, it could still be driven by a Secret Technique to act as a Half-Step Soul-devouring Furnace Spiritual Treasure. And in the absence of a Nascent Soul expert, the Nascent Souls and Ghost Emperors of their Gui Xuan Sect would become the perfect nourishment. When that time came, the Gui Xuan Sect would never know peace again. Especially him, this Outer Body Incarnation Second Nascent Soul, who would become a highly coveted prize in everyone’s eyes.

Of course, there was another possibility: it wasn’t the Righteous Sects that killed his main body, but rather the remnants of the Celestial Demon Sect. They might have contacted True Monarch Xuanming, who then colluded with Nascent Soul experts from other state mansions to kill True Monarch Gui Xuan and seize the Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow. If that were the case, the Gui Xuan Sect would be in even graver danger, as the Profound Celestial Demon Sect might silence them all to cover their tracks.

Demon Cultivators’ desire for treasures that could amplify their strength was immensely higher than that of ordinary Cultivators. Moreover, the Profound Celestial Demon Sect had absolutely no constraints when dealing with factions like theirs. It wasn’t like the forces of the Righteous Sects, who always overthought and weighed every pro and con before making a move.

"Understood!" Gui Xuanzi didn’t dare to delay. He quickly took out the Sect Token and began his Transmission. Without wasting another second, he set down the Soul-Calming Bell and rushed toward the Council Mansion.

In Jiayuan Prefecture, Liu Yuansheng landed in front of a Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Medicine Garden.

This Upper-Grade Spirit Medicine Garden didn’t just contain Spirit Medicines; it actually housed a Gold Condensing Fruit Tree, making it an absolute core territory of the Gui Xuan Sect. There were a full two Golden Core experts guarding this Spirit Medicine Garden, and either one of them could easily defeat him.

Yet, surprisingly, these two Golden Core guards had unexpectedly retreated just moments ago. They hadn’t even had time to evacuate the Spirit Medicines from the garden, practically handing a massive windfall to the Liu Family.

"They actually succeeded!" Liu Yuansheng had already guessed what happened. He knew full well that this was likely the handiwork of the Profound Puppet Sect, the Ye Family, and the Jiang Family.

"Could this be a trap?" a Liu Family elder asked cautiously.

"Don’t worry! Harvest everything boldly, there are no traps!" Liu Yuansheng said confidently, though alongside his confidence came a sense of wistfulness. He knew that for the Gui Xuan Sect to abandon a Gold Condensing Fruit Tree, whatever the Ye Family, Profound Puppet Sect, and Jiang Family were targeting had to be worth at least ten times more.

"Does this mean I’ve lost again?" he murmured involuntarily as the image of a figure wielding a Thunder Spear flashed through his mind.

On the other side, in the Abyssal Mansion.

Three figures emerged from Concealment. Ye Jingcheng brought up the rear, while Jiang Daorong and Xuan Kui True Monarch led the way. The three of them did not return to the Deserted Prefecture.

"I’ve set up a Temporary Teleportation Array at the edge of the Abyssal Mansion!" Xuan Kui True Monarch stated.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng nodded in agreement. If nothing else, Xuan Kui True Monarch and Jiang Daorong were exceptionally reliable. Whether it was hidden trump cards or preparatory measures, they had plenty. Otherwise, if they truly had to rush all the way to the Deserted Prefecture on foot, Ye Jingcheng wouldn’t have dared to join the evacuation!