First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 143: Slaying Evil Spirits, Obtaining Spirit Souls

The Long Sparrow Sword was sharp and enveloped in dark underground fire.

Using the "Supreme Clear Sword Technique," Shen Mo displayed a sword technique that reached a level of perfection, combined with the blessings of the "Sword Spirit Art" and his basic destiny...

With a simple strike, its killing power reached a terrifying level!

"Buzz!"

The sword energy swept through, enveloping the bloated evil spirits that were feasting on human cultivators.

In the midst of their screams, in the blink of an eye, they were all completely slain.

The dissipating ghostly aura suddenly disappeared, blending into the surroundings like mist.

The ghostly bodies turned into tattered and dirty cotton-like filth, falling to the ground and quickly merging with the barren and withered soil.

The remains of the uneaten cultivators and their organs also rotted, making it nauseating to look at.

Only the crystal-clear spirit souls remained, being swept up by the sword light and obediently falling into Shen Mo's hands.

"Spirit souls of starving ghosts! Not bad."

"Who would have thought that the spirit souls left behind by starving ghosts, who eat nothing and are filthy, would be so clean and beautiful."

"It's a pity that not every starving ghost will leave behind a spirit soul. Probably only about thirty percent."

"Otherwise, just slaying the starving ghosts in this site would be enough for me to further refine my Dragon Elephant Blood Demon Body."

As soon as they met, Shen Mo attempted to use [Knowledge of Demons] to gain detailed information about the bloated evil spirits.

But he failed!

The special destiny [Knowledge of Demons] can only perceive the situation and weaknesses of worldly monsters.

The ghostly creatures in the site did not belong to the category of monsters.

"Wait until I accumulate enough destiny points to try to upgrade [Knowledge of Demons] to purple destiny."

"Perhaps by then, creatures like ghostly beings and heavenly demons will also be within my insight."

"But destiny points are too difficult to accumulate!"

Many thoughts flashed through Shen Mo's mind, but his hands did not stop as he stuffed the obtained spirit souls into his Qiankun Bag.

Although the destiny [Knowledge of Demons] did not achieve any results, thanks to the preparations made before entering the site, Shen Mo also knew that these bloated evil spirits were a type of fierce ghost called "starving ghosts"!

They eat everything.

Flowers, plants, fish, insects.

Flesh, blood, excrement.

Muddy soil.

As long as it can fit into their mouths, they can swallow it.

In their eyes, living humans are the most delicious. Not to mention flesh, organs, even nails and hair can be eaten spotlessly.

Starving ghosts should be peak first-order ghostly creatures.

Their strength is equivalent to the ninth level of the Body Tempering realm among human cultivators.

No wonder these eight Body Tempering realm cultivators in front of him were almost surrounded and eaten by them.

"Thank you, senior, thank you for saving our lives!"

"If it weren't for the senior's mighty display, we would all have died here."

"I, Li Sanming, will always remember the senior's kindness. Once we leave this ghostly place, I will set up a tablet of eternal life for the senior!"

"Me too..."

The few Body Tempering realm cultivators who luckily escaped with their lives all bowed to Shen Mo in gratitude.

Shen Mo stood with his hands behind his back, silent.

Seeing this, the burly cultivator who called himself Li Sanming quickly took out five low-grade spirit stones and a crystal-clear spirit soul from his Qiankun Bag, urging his companions to take out spirit stones and spirit souls to repay the senior's kindness!

The most miserable one was the cultivator with both legs broken. He was already in a state of near-death due to excessive blood loss, on the verge of passing out.

As a result, Li Sanming forcibly awakened him and took out several spirit stones and a piece of dark underground ore covered in blood stains from his Qiankun Bag, presenting them to Shen Mo.

Zero total, a total of forty-five spirit stones, seven spirit souls, and several ore.

Shen Mo nodded in satisfaction.

With a wave of his robe, he collected all the spirit stones and other items into the Qiankun bag.

Immediately, with a flip of his palm, seven Ganquan Pills and one Ganluo Pill floated out, flying accurately towards the eight Body Tempering cultivators.

The Ganquan Pills fell into the palms of the seven cultivators who had minor injuries and were not in life-threatening danger.

The Ganluo Pill flew directly into the mouth of the half-step hiccupping cultivator with a broken leg.

Ganquan Pills, Ganluo Pills, Ganlin Pills... are a series of healing pills.

Although Ganquan Pills are of ordinary quality, their healing effects are still remarkable.

The ones of ordinary quality are worth about one spirit stone.

The ones personally refined by Shen Mo are all of excellent quality and could be sold for at least five to ten spirit stones in the market.

As for the Ganluo Pill, it is a top-grade spiritual pill.

The ones of ordinary quality are worth about five spirit stones, and the better the quality, the higher the price.

The Ganluo Pill that was given to the cultivator with the broken leg naturally was also a top-grade spiritual pill, worth between twenty and fifty spirit stones.

In other words, speaking in terms of market prices.

The pills given by Shen Mo were worth far more than the money Li Sanming and the others offered to save their lives.

Of course, this does not include Shen Mo's alchemy skills and the bonus from the Dao of Pills. It only considers the spiritual herb materials, which are worth only two spirit stones.

Similar pills of no grade or first grade, Shen Mo has prepared many of them in the Qiankun bag.

There are not many second-grade pills, they are all used in critical situations to save his own life.

As for the third-grade spiritual pills, Shen Mo also refined two Exorcising Source Pills, which, when taken, can eliminate pill toxins.

After that, he did not refine any more.

He only refined one pill of perfect quality and kept it in the Qiankun bag for later use.

Li Sanming and the others also have some insight.

They thought they had encountered a kind and compassionate senior, and they made a lot of money from Shen Mo.

They expressed their gratitude to Shen Mo.

Even Chen Mengze, who hadn't had a chance to make a move, also managed to squeeze in a few words of flattery like "Thank you, Fairy, for your mercy."

"Let's go! With your strength and condition, if you stay here any longer, you will only be feeding the starving ghosts for nothing," Shen Mo said lightly, advising them.

It's hard to persuade stubborn ghosts with kind words!

If they still hesitated to leave, Shen Mo wouldn't waste any more words with them.

Li Sanming and the others had lost quite a few companions to the starving ghosts.

They were almost bitten to death. Even if they were bold, they wouldn't dare to stay any longer. They bid farewell to Shen Mo and prepared to leave, carrying the injured cultivator with the broken leg.

"Elder..." Before leaving, Li Sanming hesitated and called out.

"What's the matter?"

Shen Mo glanced at him, somewhat puzzled.

"Elder, we are grateful for your life-saving grace and for giving us the pills to heal. We will always remember these kindnesses," Li Sanming said eloquently. Shen Mo nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Unexpectedly, Li Sanming changed the subject and said in a low voice, "Elder, please don't go to the north direction fifteen miles away. There are very strange creatures there! Many Qi Gathering experts have died."

"Alright, I got it. Thank you for the reminder!" Shen Mo arched his hand towards him.

Shen Mo looked at the information recorded on the geomantic jade slip.

Based on their current position, if they wanted to go deeper into the Ghost Country ruins, they had to go north.

And fifteen miles to the north, according to the jade slip, was marked as dangerous.

Li Sanming was not speaking without reason.

After Li Sanming and the others left, Chen Mengze approached.

She looked at Shen Mo with some confusion and asked, "Since you are so generous, giving them pills, why did you still make them pay with spirit stones?"

(End of this chapter)