I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 42: Prison Soul Tripod

"..."

There was no relaxing his vigilance just because the Ghost Owl transformed into a skeleton.

Li Boyang slightly lowered the sword in his right hand, ready to strike at any moment.

Meanwhile, the hundreds of Flying Swords surrounded the skeleton, poised to continue their assault.

Crackle, crackle...

Amidst Li Boyang’s heightened vigilance, the skeleton underwent an unexpected transformation.

Faint arcs of electricity emerged from the surface of the bones, and with lightning speed, enveloped the entire frame.

"Moo!"

It sounded both like a mystical incantation and merely a simple cow’s bellow.

Crunch...

The two arm bones behind the skeleton naturally fell off.

Two thick horns also grew at the temples.

However, Li Boyang did not immediately attack the transforming bones.

Because during his earlier encounter with the Ghost Owl, Li Boyang vaguely sensed something unusual about its state.

It had clearly transformed into the Four-armed Demon God.

Yet, from start to finish, it never used any divine techniques, instead always trying to engage Li Boyang up close.

Recalling the earlier Evil God, Nai Fu.

Li Boyang would not naively assume that a Ghost God merely had a Vajra Indestructible Body.

Coupled with the forebodings from his Primordial Spirit and the divinations of the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor...

Li Boyang realized that it wasn’t that the Ghost Owl didn’t want to use divine techniques, but rather someone was restraining or limiting its usage.

"Are you the Yin Spirit Xiluo was talking about?"

Looking at the two fully formed horns, Li Boyang asked in a deep voice.

At the same time, the Shenxiao Sword in his hand subtly pointed toward the skeleton, awaiting its response.

"This is truly humiliating..."

As if to answer Li Boyang’s question.

The skeleton’s throat first grew veins, muscles, and vocal cords.

It was a deep and husky voice, yet it clearly conveyed roughness and kindness.

So even before its flesh fully restored, Li Boyang already pictured a rugged but kind-hearted strong man.

"If there’s no second Yin Spirit arriving here, then yes, it’s me."

Said with a somewhat self-deprecating tone.

A massive bullhead was also gradually forming during this process.

Though it was a bull-headed and human-bodied image, this Yin Spirit was different from the "Ox-headed" Li Boyang had in mind.

The enormous horns, broad forehead, and distinctively upward-facing bull nose...

All matched Li Boyang’s stereotypical impressions.

Though the body looked human, it seemed more like that of an upright walking beast.

Steel-like muscles formed a robust physique.

His hands, with five fingers, also bore sharp claws.

The lower body was unmistakably that of a standing, backward-bending hoofed creature.

Even just standing there, the gradually growing flesh displayed its inherent violence and majesty.

To be honest, watching the bullhead slowly take shape.

Despite the divination of the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor, Li Boyang somewhat regretted letting it restore itself.

For he found compared to this bullhead, calling the earlier Four-armed Demon God a "deviant child" was too high of a praise.

Even without using divine techniques.

Li Boyang had no doubt that this robust bullhead could crush that Four-armed Demon God.

[So... brother, with your strength, how did you end up refined by the Ghost Owl?]

Perhaps Li Boyang’s amazement and disbelief were too evident in his gaze; he saw a trace of shyness on that rugged bull-headed face.

"Cough cough, don’t look at me like that..."

"I was too careless, thinking it was just a common Evil Ghost."

"Who would have imagined it was the High Priest of the Guifang Kingdom, and even possessed the ’Prison Soul Tripod’ artifact."

As he spoke, the bullhead intentionally glanced at the tripod furnace overturned nearby.

The Great Tripod was a full ten zhang high, weighing tens of thousands of tons, nearly akin to the sea cruisers Li Boyang remembered.

"Prison Soul Tripod?"

Though he’d already suspected that the Great Tripod had an extraordinary origin.

Li Boyang hadn’t expected the bullhead to ultimately fall to that object.

"Yes, that’s the ritual artifact of the Guifang Kingdom, a ’Prison Soul Tripod’ only the successive High Priests are qualified to use."

With a hint of reverence in his eyes, the bullhead explained to Li Boyang.

"According to legend, this artifact was bestowed upon the Guifang Kingdom by the Five Directions Gods."

"Naturally endowed with the ability to refine Ghost Gods, it’s a national treasure never lightly wielded."

"Its last appearance was thirty years ago, during the great turmoil between the Guifang and Tufang Kingdoms..."

"In that war, the Guifang Kingdom annihilated the Tufang Kingdom and turned an entire nation’s beings into a true Ghost God."

"The entire Underworld was turbulent for years, only ceasing when a Lord of the Mansion intervened personally."

Attempting to grasp the bullhead’s words, Li Boyang showed a contemplative expression.

Because the information in the bullhead’s brief sentences was more than all Li Boyang had encountered from birth to now.

"Why tell me all this?"

After a moment of silence, Li Boyang looked back up at the bullhead.

No matter how you looked at it, the bullhead really had no reason to explain so much to Li Boyang.

"Because you are an ’Innate God,’ you have the right to know these things..."

As he said this, the bullhead’s face took on a slightly peculiar expression.

"Of course, your current state is somewhat strange, unlike any ’Innate God’ I know."

"But ’Innate Gods’ are inherently diverse, so one more anomaly like you is not too many."

His words just fell when the bullhead beckoned toward the Prison Soul Tripod.

At this point, the bullhead had completed its rebirth. Though its strength hadn’t fully recovered, it wasn’t far off.

Rumble...

With a simple gesture, the tens of thousands of tons Great Tripod toppled over.

Then, the Prison Soul Tripod shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, with the nearby leaking Pill Fire surging back into the Pill Furnace.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Until the Prison Soul Tripod shrank to just one zhang, gently spinning as it landed in the bullhead’s hand.

"This Prison Soul Tripod has the power to refine Ghost Gods..."

"Even I almost became a ’Ghost God Egg.’ 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Fortunately, that Evil Ghost’s skills were lacking, which narrowly averted disaster!"

Easily holding the Prison Soul Tripod, which was a third his size, the bullhead still appeared at ease.

"I’ve lingered in the mortal world for too long, probably causing chaos in the Netherworld by now..."

"Now that you’ve vanquished that Evil Ghost, I leave this Prison Soul Tripod in your care!"

"However, let me say this upfront..."

"Though I have no intention of interfering with mortal matters, should you one day, like that Evil Ghost, attempt to use the Prison Soul Tripod to upset the Yin and Yang balance, don’t blame me for being unkind."

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