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Lin Chen walked to the jade stones piled up in the corner of the yard.

Several huge rough rocks as tall as a person were piled together, with many weeds growing in the gaps.

"Well, the rough stone is huge and difficult to transport...but why not sell it before leaving Jade Belt City?"

Lin Chen had some doubts in his heart.

In the ordinary world, the price of jade is quite high.

Even uncut raw jade is worth thousands of gold.

Even if the Zheng family leaves in a hurry, these rough stones should be sold or cut into jade before leaving...

"Something's wrong..."

Lin Chen frowned slightly, released his body-protecting essence with a wave of his hand, and slowly approached the huge jade stones.

With his spiritual sense reaching out, he could see the details of the jade stone at a glance, and he was ready to take a closer look.

But from the appearance, these pieces are just ordinary jade, nothing unusual.

So, Lin Chen probed his spiritual consciousness into the jade...

Divine consciousness can amplify the five senses of a monk, and also allow the monk to see things that cannot be seen outside the five senses.

For example, his consciousness can directly pass through the ordinary stones outside the original stone and see the beautiful jade in the original stone.

"Huh? The Zheng family has really good taste... There are beautiful jade in these rough stones..."

Lin Chen nodded silently. If measured by ordinary money, it would not be an exaggeration to say that these jade pieces are worth tens of thousands of gold.

Even among monks, this jade is valuable.

Lin Chen's consciousness scanned several rough stones and quickly detected the innermost one.

After his spiritual consciousness penetrated, Lin Chen was stunned by the beautiful jade wrapped in the original stone.

"Hiss... this jade is too big?"

Lin Chen was stunned. Most of the stone inside this rough stone, which was as tall as a man, was actually made of beautiful jade.

Moreover, the jade is completely natural, green and transparent...it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

"The jade among the rough stones...can be called the king among jade!"

Lin Chen sighed.

But then he thought of something and his expression changed...

"Wait, this beautiful jade has already given birth to chalcedony...could it be able to give birth to a jade ghost?"

Lin Chen's eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty.

There are tens of thousands of ancient books in the Changchun Gate Sutra Pavilion.

Lin Chen spent two years recording these one by one and moved them back to Blue Star.

During the recording process, Lin Chen would naturally read carefully when he encountered something he was interested in.

Among them, there is a record of the theory of jade ghost!

According to ordinary people’s knowledge, jade can nourish people, but it can also hurt people...

If you wear jade correctly, it can prolong your life, cultivate your sentiments, and has many wonderful benefits...

But if worn incorrectly, it may even be harmful to the body.

For monks, jade is also an extremely valuable thing.

Whether it is setting up formations or refining elixirs, jade may be used...

Among them, there is something called chalcedony!

The so-called chalcedony is a companion of jade that has been cultivated for thousands of years.

It is as crystal clear as jade, yet liquid.

It is not only beneficial to monks' practice, but also can be used as medicine and formation, and has many wonderful uses.

Even the alchemy monks coveted chalcedony.

But if a large amount of chalcedony gathers, it is easy to create another existence...

Jade ghost!

Jade can gather and nourish the soul, but it can also hurt people!

If there is too much chalcedony and it attracts the remnants of wronged souls, it can gather into the legendary jade ghost!

According to rumors and records, jade ghosts have unpredictable temperaments, some are good ghosts, and some are evil ghosts...

But Jade Ghost is very rare. He is one of the only cultivation wizards in the ghost cultivator...

If a powerful jade ghost cultivates to a certain level, he can even condense his physical body with chalcedony.

Various rumors quickly flashed through Lin Chen's mind.

Just when he was confused, the jade in front of him suddenly moved.

A strange green light flashed from the original stone, and then the sky above the entire Zheng Mansion seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, and the sky suddenly darkened.

After a strong wind blew the fallen leaves...

A strange sound came.

"Jiejie, the little guy was discovered by you..."

After hearing this, Lin Chen's expression changed.

However, a terrifying energy wave struck towards Lin Chen.

This fluctuation completely ignores the body-protecting essence...

Yes - a divine soul attack!

Lin Chen immediately felt shaken and dizzy...

"Sure enough, there is a jade ghost..."

Caught off guard, Lin Chen immediately sat cross-legged and held his soul in his arms.

Use the power of your own soul to resist this soul attack.

Lin Chen's expression kept changing, and he seemed to see a black ghost mist surrounding him.

And continue to devour his own soul.

"Good boy, good physical qualifications... I want it!"

The jade ghost smiled ferociously and charged at Lin Chen's soul crazily.

From time to time, he also said words to disturb Lin Chen's mind.

But Lin Chen didn't panic at all. He just kept running Tianyan Jue and used his soul to fight.

After a moment of stalemate, Jade Ghost made a frightened sound.

"No, how is this possible?"

"The strength of your soul...isn't what a foundation-building monk should have!"

"You...are you a pill-forming monk?"

This jade ghost broke into Lin Chen's body, originally trying to seize it.

But when he failed to attack Lin Chen's soul, he panicked.

He tried to escape from Lin Chen's body, but was suppressed by Lin Chen's consciousness.

"Haha, the offensive and defensive forces are different!"

"If you hide in that jade, I really can't do anything to you... But now, you are seeking death on your own!"

Lin Chen sneered and continued to run the Tianyan Jue, constantly impacting Jade Ghost's soul.

This jade ghost has only been conscious for a few years, but it has followed the path of ghost cultivation.

He has cultivated to the late stage of Soul Condensation of Ghost Cultivator, which is equivalent to the late stage of Foundation Establishment of ordinary monks.

Moreover, the strength of the ghost cultivation soul is no weaker than that of the foundation-building perfection...

Unfortunately, he met Lin Chen!

The strength of the soul of the ninth level of foundation building, coupled with the practice of Tianyan Jue, made Lin Chen's soul far beyond the perfection of foundation building.

It’s not even much worse than the fake elixir realm…

Now that the spirit of the ghost cultivator came to his door, Lin Chen gradually counterattacked after stabilizing his position.

About half an hour passed.

Jade Ghost's soul was getting weaker and weaker. It had been beaten to pieces by Lin Chen and was about to fall from the Soul Condensation state to the Soul Gathering (Qi Refining) state.

At this time, the jade ghost began to beg for mercy.

"Spare your life! Fellow Taoist, please spare your life!"

"The kid made a mistake because he lost his mind for a moment... I hope my Taoist friend will spare my life. I am willing to offer all the chalcedony as a gift..."

Lin Chen remained unmoved and continued to suppress the spirit of the jade ghost.

It wasn't until his realm completely dropped to the Condensation realm that Lin Chen slowly spoke:

"You jade ghost, what's your background? Why did you attack me... tell me quickly!"

This jade ghost knew that life and death could only depend on Lin Chen's thoughts, so he quickly said:

"I am originally a jade ghost nourished by chalcedony... As for appearing in the Zheng Mansion, it is because my current identity is also Zheng Sanyuan..."

Soon, the jade ghost explained his origins clearly.

Just like what was described in the story Lin Chen once saw.

This jade ghost is condensed from the broken souls wandering in the world, and is naturally nourished by chalcedony.

After the jade was dug out by the Zheng family, it stayed in the Zheng family for several years.

Until one day, he had evil intentions and killed the son of the Zheng family (Zheng Sanyuan) and swallowed his soul.

Since the jade ghost has no physical body, after swallowing Master Zheng's soul, it essentially merges into one body and can be regarded as one person.

From then on, he called himself Zheng Sanyuan.

After hearing Jade Ghost's introduction, Lin Chen already had a rough guess in his mind.

So he asked:

"Hmph, the jade ghost is a spirit nourished by heaven and earth, but you do such a thing of stealing souls, you really ruined your own moral conduct!"

"Let me ask you, the nightmare technique that Miss Nan Lingling from Mufang used that day... was it you who did it?"

Although this jade ghost has some cultivation, he is still young, so he nodded honestly and said:

"Yes, it was the kid who did it... After I devoured Zheng Sanyuan's soul, I was influenced by it and naturally fell in love with Nan Lingling and wanted to have a dream union with her..."

Lin Chen sneered when he heard this and was about to ask again.

Unexpectedly, the jade ghost continued:

"Of course, this is just one of the reasons... What's more important is that Nan Lingling is born with a Yin-vein ghost body, a supreme physique for ghost cultivation!"

"In the past three years, every time I have met her in my dreams, my level of cultivation has continued to improve... If I don't seize this great opportunity to condense the ghost elixir, wouldn't I be a tyrant?!"

The jade ghost spoke confidently and with a somewhat aggrieved tone.

Lin Chen was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect this kid to explain so simply.

"Well, Nan Lingling's matter has been resolved...but what does the strange skinning thing have to do with this kid?"

"The way of ghost cultivation...it seems that there is no need to peel skin and sacrifice blood..."

Lin Chen frowned and thought, then asked:

"Then let me ask you again, the strange skinning thing in the city...but you did it!"

The jade ghost nodded and admitted:

"It was the kid who did it..."

Lin Chen frowned slightly.

But I saw this jade ghost continue to say:

"But it's not all the work of a little devil..."

"..." Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, hit the jade ghost with his soul, taught him a lesson, and scolded:

"Are you still lying? Say what you have to say in one breath!"

The jade ghost was frightened by the pain and quickly begged for mercy:

"I've already told you what I've done... Fellow Taoist, spare your life!"

"Actually, peeling off human skin is of no use to a kid..."

"But a few years ago, the kid met a man, and he told me to peel off human skin and use it for them?"

"Who?" Lin Chen frowned.

"I don't know either... but from what he said, it seems that it comes from a force called Puppet Hall..." Jade Ghost explained honestly.

Puppet Hall! ?

One of the four major demonic forces!

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he guessed that he might have found the rightful owner.

So he asked again: "Then why does the Puppet Hall skin people?"

Jade Ghost did not hide anything and explained:

"Of course it's to refine the puppet..."

"That person told me that they have a secret method that destroys the souls of mortals, leaving only the physical body... and then peels off the mortal skin, leaving only the flesh and blood skeleton."

"Then peel off the skin of the black dog and put it on the body of the dead. The resulting dog skin puppet is very strong, invulnerable to water and fire, and hard to be hurt by swords. It is no match for ordinary monks in the Qi refining period..."

When Lin Chen heard this, he already roughly guessed the whole story.

Several people from the Puppet Hall came to Jade Belt City a few years ago to refine this dog-skin puppet, and happened to meet the Jade Ghost.

So the trend is for the jade ghost to kill people and steal their souls...

Then put the black dog skin on the dead body, and finally refine the dog skin puppet.

Thus, the second strange thing happened in the city.

Someone in the south of the city saw a monster with a dog's head walking around in the city, so it's clear...

Maybe not a dog's head, just a person in dog's skin.

But as the sky gets darker, it is understandable that passers-by might be mistaken...

"Let me ask you again, since the black dogs are used to skin and refine puppets... what about the black dog gang in the south of the city?"

"The Black Dog Gang is a stronghold of the Puppet Hall... They raise black dogs just for skinning! My fellow Taoist, you don't know how bloody the skinning scene is... How many dog ​​skins can be used to refine a puppet? Leah!”

Before Lin Chen finished asking, the jade ghost explained everything in one breath.

Lin Chen frowned slightly after hearing this.

But according to what the blind fortune teller said before, the people from the Black Dog Gang also helped Yudai City drive away the resentful ghosts.

Why is the cemetery outside the city haunted and causing harm to people?

Thinking of this, Lin Chen asked again:

"Then let me ask you again... is the cemetery outside the city haunted?"

Hearing this, Jade Ghost hurriedly said:

"Fellow Taoist, I know this! But after I've explained everything, can you let me go?"

Lin Chen nodded and said, "It depends on your performance."

Jade Ghost then said:

"The cemetery outside the city, oh no...it was originally a mass grave!"

"Lonely souls and wild ghosts gather there all year round...until two years ago, a few people came there, claiming to be the ones from the Ghost Exorcist Sect."

"They raise and fight ghosts in that mass grave. They say they want to raise first-class evil ghosts..."

"Actually, I don't know about this, but I, the Jade Ghost, have a unique background, and the person from the Ghost Exorcist Sect came to visit me and wanted to recruit me!"

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows after hearing this. There was actually a certain amount of pride in this jade ghost's words.

"The Ghost Exorcism Sect, the Puppet Hall... two of the four major demonic forces came directly!"

"It seems that the devil has really big plans..."

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

"Let me ask you again, what is the approximate cultivation strength of the people from the Ghost Exorcist Sect and the Puppet Hall?"

After hearing this, the jade ghost said flatteringly:

"They are similar to little ghosts. They are both monks who have perfected foundation building or soul condensation...but they are far inferior to Taoist friends with such great cultivation levels!"

The Jade Ghost probably mistook Lin Chen for an alchemy monk.

But this made Lin Chen even more confused.

"How can a mere foundation-building monk seal the city?"

"In and around Nuo Da's Jade Belt City, there are dozens of miles of formations... Only several pill-forming monks must join forces to have a chance to lay them out!"

Lin Chen was very confused and asked the jade ghost again, but he didn't know clearly.

After all, he has never left Jade Belt City.

"Okay, is there anything else you want to say?"

"I've said everything the kid needs to say."

"Okay, if that's the case, then go die!"

"Wait...wait! The kid still has something to say!"

Lin Chen wanted to take action with the Jade Ghost Sword, but was instantly frightened.

He had some resentment, why were the human monks so distrustful?

But in order to survive, he still said:

"Fellow Taoist, if you don't kill me...I'll tell you about a place where there are countless chalcedony! It's the birthplace of villains..."

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't know whether the jade ghost was lying or telling the truth.

But he didn't have the means to control the jade ghost, so he still prepared to kill him.

Seeing this, the jade ghost quickly said:

"Fellow Taoist, please spare your life, fellow Taoist! The little devil can work as a cow or a horse for your fellow Taoist, and be driven by your fellow Taoist!"

"Ha! How can I guarantee your sincerity? It's better to kill him to save worry!" Lin Chen sneered.

"I can hand over my soul to the hands of fellow Taoist... From now on, life and death will depend on fellow Taoist's thoughts! I just ask fellow Taoist to spare the kid's life..." The jade ghost begged for mercy.

The soul of one's destiny...

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes. He had heard that ghost cultivators had strange methods.

It can separate thousands of souls...but there is only one natal soul. As long as the natal soul remains, the ghost cultivator will not die.

At the same time, mastering the soul of a ghost cultivator is equivalent to mastering the life and death of this ghost cultivator!

Thinking of this, Lin Chen said:

"Well, hand over your soul first!"

Jade Ghost nodded, although he was reluctant to do so, he still separated his soul.

He saw a green soul separate from him, and this soul turned into a jade stone in Lin Chen's hands.

This jade is crystal clear, but it seems to have a miniature grimace sealed in it.

"The soul of the jade ghost condenses into jade..."

"It's just that this jade ghost has explained so much, and he's not just pretending to be stupid, or he's really stupid..."

Lin Chen nodded slightly and thought silently in his heart.

So he asked again: "Then how can you follow me?"

"The little ghost is born from the warmth of chalcedony and can live in any jade object!" The jade ghost explained honestly.

Lin Chen nodded, took out the flying knife, and cut open all the jade stones.

He took out several tons of jade, polished a jade pendant, and let the jade ghost live in it.

After that, he took out the chalcedony from the innermost jade stone.

First, take out the purple jade gourd. This gourd is a natural treasure filled with liquid.

After that, he used a knife to make a very deep small opening in the original stone.

Immediately afterwards, the green and crystal chalcedony flowed out like liquid and was put into the purple jade gourd by Lin Chen.

Lin Chen estimated that the chalcedony weighed at least a ton.

"Tsk, tsk, chalcedony is worth tens of thousands of catties... This ton of chalcedony is probably worth hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones, right?" He thought silently.

But there are so many wonderful things about chalcedony.

It can heal injuries, refine elixirs, speed up cultivation, and even refine weapons and form formations...

Lin Chen naturally wanted to keep such a treasure for himself.

At the same time, he was a little curious.

"Is the place where the jade ghost said there is a lot of chalcedony hidden true or false?"

Looking at the mysterious appearance of Jade Ghost, Lin Chen could believe it.

However, Lin Chen did not need to ask him about the location of this chalcedony.

Wouldn't it be known if we just found out where the Zheng Mansion had dug out these jade stones?

After erasing the traces in the Zheng Mansion, Lin Chen turned and left.

After returning to the inn, Lin Chen silently calculated in his heart.

According to Yu Gui, he skinned people almost every day.

But now that he was caught by me, it means that the Puppet Hall cultivators in the city will know it tomorrow at the latest...

"However, I am in the dark now... As long as I am careful, the Puppet Hall may not know that I did it!"

Lin Chen murmured.

In addition, Yu Gui said that he was not the only one skinning people in the city.

There were also several other evil foundation-building cultivators in the Puppet Hall who were skinning people.

"If we can catch the cultivators of the Puppet Hall... maybe we can figure out the strength of the person behind the scenes."

"And the mass grave outside the city... maybe we can also go and find out."

Lin Chen stroked his fingers and thought carefully in his heart.

Although Yu Gui said that the strength of those evil cultivators had not reached the stage of forming a pill, it was still better to be careful.

"Tonight, let Long Ba and Feng Jiu go and test it out..."