The strange world of demon cultivators

In the following days, life cycled in this repetitive manner.

Every day, the same scene played out—a one-sided slaughter continued relentlessly.

Under Ji Yao's powerful leadership, the group advanced triumphantly and was invincible.

They swept through the area within a one-kilometer radius around the Temple of the Wealth God.

However, even with such victories, the number of Soul-Sealing Vases filled by Ji Yao and the others remained limited.

After all this effort, they had only filled about twenty Soul-Sealing Vases.

Even more surprisingly, even the slightly stronger evil spirits could only fill a mere two vases.

Even so, this was Ji Yao's greatest and most significant gain in recent times!

Precisely because of these gains, Ji Yao's cultivation had undergone a tremendous improvement.

His body was like parched land meeting timely rain, rapidly absorbing the ghostly energy from the Soul-Sealing Vases.

This time, not only had almost all of the hidden injuries within his body healed,

but even his cultivation level had advanced rapidly, successfully returning to the seventh level of the Qi Soul stage.

At this moment, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Ji Yao

had become the undisputed overlord of this ghost domain, with few opponents capable of contending with him.

But what was perplexing was that, despite Ji Yao's own strength having greatly increased,

the mysterious treasure placed on his Soul Platform—the Yama Mirror—consistently displayed a dim, decaying color, showing no signs of being activated.

Whenever Ji Yao gazed at this treasure, he couldn't help but ponder:

What method should be employed to allow this Yama Mirror to regain its vitality?

After all, this was not his familiar homeland, and Ji Yao did not want to stay any longer.

He now wanted to leave this place and return to the Immortal Cultivation World.

But if that were the case, then awakening this Yama Mirror was the key.

Moreover, this place was simply a desolate land!

Apart from the horrifying ghosts, any other valuable resources were scarce and terrible!

Ji Yao knew that if he wanted to take his strength to the next level, he had to return to the Immortal Cultivation World to find more opportunities and treasures.

Moreover, there might be a glimmer of hope—through the mysterious Yama Mirror, he might be able to successfully return to his long-lost home!

Thinking of this, Ji Yao's somewhat weary heart instantly rekindled with burning fighting spirit.

And so, day after day, Ji Yao led the people around him,

tirelessly clearing away the continuously emerging ghosts.

Unknowingly, seven days passed quickly.

Now, Ji Yao and the others had cleared away most of this small town occupied by the ghost domain.

The once dense and countless tens of thousands of little ghosts had been almost completely wiped out.

At this moment, they stopped advancing in unison.

Looking up at the skyscraper tightly enveloped by rolling black clouds, Ji Yao thoughtfully reached out and gently stroked his chin.

With his unique spiritual vision, he clearly saw that the entire interior of the skyscraper was already crowded with all kinds of ghosts.

Not only that, but some daring ghosts were even lying directly on the glass of the high-altitude windows, baring their fangs and claws as they looked out.

However, when those ghosts noticed that Ji Yao was staring intently at them,

they were all immediately frightened and trembled uncontrollably, as if they had seen the most terrifying existence in the world.

Ji Yao stared at the scene before him, and unconsciously muttered to himself:

"No wonder the efficiency of catching ghosts has become so low recently, it turns out that all these guys have run here!"

As he muttered softly, he frowned slightly, seemingly thinking about countermeasures.

At the same time, the other people who came with Ji Yao dispersed and carefully observed and searched the surrounding environment.

After a while, they regrouped and reported to Ji Yao:

"Brother Ji, we have carefully checked the surrounding area and can temporarily confirm that no traces of any ghosts have been found!"

One of them pointed to the towering skyscraper in front of him and added:

"In my opinion, those ghosts must all be hiding in this skyscraper!"

Hearing this, the eldest brother in the group closed his eyes slightly.

He concentrated his mind and used his powerful perception ability to explore the situation inside the skyscraper.

Before long, he slowly opened his eyes and said with a solemn expression:

"It's not a 'maybe,' they are indeed in this skyscraper!

Moreover… according to my perception, the number of ghosts inside this skyscraper is ridiculously large!

Dealing with so many ghosts is really not an easy task!"

At this time, Ji Yao secretly slandered in his heart:

"Isn't that obvious? Ghosts with even a little bit of intelligence would definitely choose to gather here to protect themselves!"

Even though he thought so in his heart, Ji Yao still maintained a calm and composed smile on the surface and replied:

"Yes! I also vaguely felt this just now.

This skyscraper is indeed a bit tricky, but if we can successfully clean it up, then the range of this ghost domain will probably shrink by at least one-third!

So no matter what, we must go all out today!"

After saying these words, Ji Yao looked at everyone with firm eyes, as if encouraging them.

After hearing these words, the eldest brother nodded thoughtfully.

He expressed his agreement with what he said, but at the same time, his brows were still tightly furrowed.

A solemn expression appeared on his face, and he asked with some doubts:

"Then Brother Ji, regarding the matter of cleaning up this skyscraper, I wonder how confident you are?"

Ji Yao shook his head slightly and replied in a somewhat heavy tone: "This matter is indeed quite difficult, but fortunately, it is not without hope!"

Hearing this reply, the eldest brother breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good! In that case, we brothers will listen to your arrangements!"

At this moment, Ji Yao suddenly changed the subject and said solemnly:

"But you must not enter this skyscraper. With the power of those talismans you have in your hands, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with so many ghostly things!"

The others looked at each other, exchanging glances, their hearts full of incomprehension and doubt.

The middle-aged man among them hesitated for a moment, then carefully asked: "Then according to Brother Ji's meaning, what should we do?"

Ji Yao thought for a moment, then replied in an orderly manner:

"You only need to hold the talismans and Soul-Sealing Vases, and follow the old method you are used to.

Go to other areas to carry out the cleanup work, and try to reduce the number of ghosts fleeing to this place as much as possible."

As he spoke, Ji Yao reached into his arms and slowly took out a crystal-clear jade tablet.

This jade tablet was what they had obtained when they cleaned up a jewelry store earlier.

It was a beautiful piece of jewelry that Ji Yao had personally selected as a material for making jade talismans.

In that jewelry store, various kinds of jade and jewelry were displayed in a dazzling array of showcases.

The celadon jade was as warm as water, with an elegant color;

The white jade was pure and flawless, like mutton fat;

There was also the crystal-clear, emerald-green jadeite, which was dazzling.

However, among these beautiful jades, the high-quality jade materials that could be used to carve jade talismans were as rare as phoenix feathers.

After careful searching and screening, Ji Yao had only found three jadeite tablets that barely met the requirements.

Therefore, Ji Yao did not hesitate to carefully carve these three precious tablets into jade talismans.

At this moment, Ji Yao carefully took out one of the jade talismans from his arms.

This jade talisman was the smallest in size compared to the other two, so its defensive power was also relatively weak.

But even so, for the companions in front of him,

such protective power was already sufficient to deal with most ordinary ghost attacks.