Chapter 198: Chapter 123: Never Forget for a Lifetime

Even though it seemed almost certain, the black-robed ghost remained very cautious. It moved the Relic over slowly and carefully sensed the changes on Chu Xuan’s body during this process.

Initially, Chu Xuan gave it a vague but dangerous feeling, as if making a move against him would lead to something bad.

That’s why the black-robed ghost patiently engaged in idle chatter with him, insisting on betting this game with him.

Chu Xuan continued to hold his head in apparent pain, but the farther the Relic moved from him, the less threatening he felt to the ghost.

Conversely, the closer the Relic got, the more threatening it felt to the ghost.

As expected, the black-robed ghost completely relaxed, realizing the oddity wasn’t with this kid but with the Relic itself, so it had to be cautious. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The roots of this ghost had some connection with the Buddhist sect.

Therefore, unlike other Yin spirits, it was not overly afraid of Buddhist Technique. The power accumulated over the years by the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had been completely devoured by it.

Despite that, it didn’t intend to handle this Buddhist treasure personally, instead pondering how to seal it up and slowly absorb its power later.

As the Relic floated silently closer, getting nearer and nearer, the black-robed ghost took out a sandalwood box meant for offering Buddha Beads, holding the box body with one hand and the lid with the other, just about to snap it shut when suddenly!

A terrifying suction came from the Relic.

The black-robed ghost was horrified, instantly turning into a black smoke attempting to escape, simultaneously unleashing domain power as countless black clouds and ghost fog rushed to the Relic, trying to lock it in place.

But the Relic was entirely unaffected by the domain power, absorbing black fog madly while accelerating towards it, the suction growing stronger and more terrifying.

The black smoke had almost no resistance and was swiftly drawn into the Relic, disappearing without a trace.

The surrounding dark domain started to collapse immediately, and the raging flames of the Naraka Hell began to spread and burn again...

Meanwhile, outside the Ruo Wood Secret Realm, in a hidden corner of the human world, the ghost market suddenly collapsed inexplicably, triggering a rebellion brought by the ghosts.

They had all been detained by the Master of the Ghost Market in various ways, exploited day and night, laboring for countless years.

Seeing the ghost market’s unexpected collapse, the "slaves" immediately realized something had happened to the Master of the Ghost Market. Indeed, when they began to resist, the marks planted deep within their souls didn’t react, causing the rebellion to escalate.

Amidst the chaos, a dazed couple instinctively found each other and escaped the ghost market, mingled among the ghost crowd.

Such a commotion attracted the nearby market cultivators’ aggression, but fortunately, the low-powered ghost couple was effortlessly transcended by a passing mendicant monk.

For them, their long and arduous suffering had ended, finally embracing liberation, and they went on to reincarnation.

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In the secret realm, Gu Haitang was almost dumbfounded. Was this Relic truly this powerful??

Even beings of the seventh realm had no resistance in front of it and couldn’t even flee?

At this point, Chu Xuan finally endured the headache, reaching out to summon back two treasures.

Yes, two!

As mentioned earlier, the Six Souls Banner had an extremely strong disguising ability; changing its appearance was easy, and it could transform into any shape, theoretically disguising as anything.

Earlier, as Chu Xuan took the Relic into his bosom, he secretly took out the Six Souls Banner, turning it into a thin, invisible, colorless layer, wrapping it around the Relic’s surface.

Due to the obstruction of Buddha light, Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate into it to inspect, needing hands-on detection to realize the deception.

The black-robed ghost seemed to move the Relic over, but in reality, it had also brought the Six Souls Banner along, which was why it felt that Chu Xuan posed no threat, while the Relic felt quite threatening.

Moreover, it was overly confident, believing under soul contract constraints, Chu Xuan couldn’t command the Relic to attack it, hence its ease in taking out the wooden box for sealing.

Not to mention that the soul contract actually didn’t work on Chu Xuan, even if it did, he never intended to use the Relic; he aimed to use the Six Souls Banner!

This treasure was indeed a nemesis to ghost classes. Chu Xuan had tried it long ago, not needing to touch the banner body directly, as getting within three feet allowed it to draw in ghosts from a distance.

This limitation was due to Chu Xuan’s low cultivation. As his cultivation increased in the future, the capturing range would expand further.

At his current stage, in dealing with Yin spirits stronger than himself, the biggest headache was only one point: how to get the Six Souls Banner within three feet of the enemy?

The opponents weren’t fools, especially higher cultivation ghosts, whose intuition was stronger and some even possess the foresight ability, making it impossible for such an unfamiliar thing to approach.

Luckily, the Master of the Ghost Market was greedy enough; it had harmed countless living beings with greed and ultimately fell into its own trap because of greed. It was deserved!

Gu Haitang initially wanted to ask Chu Xuan, wasn’t there the soul contract? How could you still control the Relic to attack it?

But Chu Xuan could no longer bear it. Previously, he had been fighting back the memories, keeping his mind diverted to maneuver the Six Souls Banner, and now, he had pushed too far, directly fainting out.

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Amidst ice and snow, inside the cave, Chu Xuan took off his shirt, gritting his teeth as he tended to the wounds steaming with Demonic Qi.