?39: Chapter 39: Mass Burial Mound, Subduing the Qianji Fire (1) 39: Chapter 39: Mass Burial Mound, Subduing the Qianji Fire (1) “Thank you, senior.” Jiang Tang bowed deeply to thank the old man and turned to look at the white light.

    A mysterious force of attraction swept over his Sea of Consciousness.

    Unconsciously, he began to step forward and walk inside.

    Chong Li yawned again, closed his eyes, and transformed into a streak of light that vanished into the Spirit Field Space.

    It had been forcing itself to stay awake, and now it truly had to cultivate and inherit.

    Upon entering the space, he happened to see Eryao slowly opening his eyes.

    Eryao’s stature had grown somewhat, with a pair of dragon horns also emerging on his forehead.

    The golden pupils belonging to the Dragon Clan began to faintly take shape.

    Catching sight of Chong Li’s entrance, he couldn’t help but grin, “Li, you’ve worked hard.”

    “Brother Eryao, let Dad face the trials alone from now on.

    This is the opportunity the cave dwelling has given Dad, and the Demonic Beasts he encounters will not exceed the realm that Dad can handle,” Chong Li said, overtaken by drowsiness, flew over to Eryao’s nest, and slowly closed its eyes.

    Eryao looked toward the Void and then stood up, grabbing the iron staff to help loosen the soil in the Spirit Field.

    Dad, you have to keep going.

    Beyond the white light lay the Mass Burial Mound.

    Scattered all over were the corpses of humans and animals, many of which had decayed.

    The standalone graves with grass growing over their tombstones had clearly been there for a long time.

    The sky was overcast, with occasional hoarse caws from old crows.

    Jiang Tang always felt an eerie chill and wanted to brandish his longbow for protection.

    He rummaged through his Qiankun Bag for quite some time but could not find it.

    Only then did Jiang Tang remember that he had dropped it earlier and hadn’t picked it up.

    Curving his lips awkwardly, Jiang Tang looked at the pile of weapons that he was still not proficient with, silently took out a Talisman, and released his Divine Sense to perceive in all directions.

    At that moment, a lone grave in front of him began to shake violently.

    Jiang Tang quietly tightened his grip on the Talisman he held. Sёar?h the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    It couldn’t be that thing, could it?

    Suddenly, the blue stone on the grave cracked open, and a rotting zombie burst out of the coffin, straightening its arms and lurching toward Jiang Tang with a snarling grin.

    Jiang Tang: “…” It really was whatever comes to mind.

    He threw a Spirit Fire Talisman, chanting an incantation to ignite it out of thin air.

    When the zombie reached the side of the Spirit Fire Talisman, the Talisman burst into flames, completely engulfing the creature’s body.

    In but a moment, the zombie was reduced to a pile of ash.

    Thank goodness it was just one zombie.

    Jiang Tang continued forward, oblivious to the fact that several graves behind him were shaking, causing the nearby corpses to convulse as well.

    A series of deep groans floated from behind, giving Jiang Tang goosebumps all over.

    He slowly turned around only to be faced with a pair of pupil-less eyes.

    The zombie was almost touching him, with maggots from its sunken cheeks nearly crawling onto Jiang Tang’s face.

    An overpowering stench assaulted his nostrils, and Jiang Tang snapped back to reality, hastily taking a big step backward.

    This step revealed a horde of zombies following close behind him.

    “…” If he had known it would be this thrilling, he wouldn’t have come.

    But then again, fortune favors the bold.

    Jiang Tang forced himself to remain calm, tossed the Talisman in his hand forward, and activated them all at once.

    An array of Spirit Arts burst forth, blasting the crowd of large zombies into pieces that flew in all directions.

    Seeing this, Jiang Tang quickly invoked the Golden Body Spell and ran forward.

    “Dad, be careful behind you!” At that moment, in the Spirit Field Space, Eryao, who appeared to be cultivating the land but actually had been paying close attention to Jiang Tang’s every move, sensed an evil presence following closely behind Jiang Tang and urgently sent a telepathic alert.

    Jiang Tang’s heart jolted with alarm.

    The rear?

    What the hell is that?

    At that moment, an even more sinister and cold evil Qi caught up to them.

    “Ying—”

    The sharp, infantile cry wafted from behind, sending chills down Jiang Tang’s spine.

    He didn’t even need to think to know it was a ghost baby.

    That kind of thing that feeds on human souls.

    “Daddy, use the Spiritual Artifact to lure the Xuanming Spiritual Fire to attack the ghost baby!

    Exotic Flames are the nemesis of evil beings!” Eryao continued to communicate telepathically.

    Spiritual Artifact?

    He couldn’t even lift it up, kiddo!

    Sensing the oddness of the creature, Jiang Tang ran with even more effort—don’t assume that just because the ghost baby was only first-tier, it was easy to handle.

    In reality, fighting it was more terrifying than a second-tier Demonic Beast.

    According to ancient texts, ghost babies had a secret technique that could distract their opponents and seize control of their Divine Sense, striking unexpectedly and leaving their opponents clueless about their own deaths.

    Eryao: “…” Daddy is so dumb.

    “Daddy, pour your Divine Sense into the Spiritual Artifact so that they merge into one.

    By doing so, Daddy will be able to hold the Spiritual Artifact steady.” Eryao, touching his forehead, communicated telepathically with Jiang Tang.

    Hastily, Jiang Tang summoned a longbow and poured his Divine Sense into it, immediately feeling as light and nimble as a swallow.

    Indeed, it was as so.

    “Kiddo, I’ll make you candy when we get back.” Without hesitation, Jiang Tang turned around, the bowstring taut as he released three arrows together, aiming at the ghost baby flying through the air.

    Atop the arrowheads burned the Xuanming Spiritual Fire, drawn forth by Jiang Tang’s Divine Sense.

    The ghost baby hadn’t expected Jiang Tang to suddenly counterattack.

    When the arrows flew straight at it, the ghost baby tried to stop mid-air—alas, the arrows were too swift, and though it wished to dodge, it was already too late.

    With a soft ‘puchi’, the three arrows, with the silent aid of Jiang Tang’s Divine Sense, pierced steadily into the ghost baby’s seven orifices.

    After screaming miserably, the ghost baby was engulfed by the flames and burned into ashes on the spot.

    When the ashes hit the ground, they strangely transformed into a round stone.

    Jiang Tang gripped the longbow and walked forward, picking up the stone to find it unusually cold yet devoid of evil Qi.

    “Daddy, that is a Heavenly Essence Stone from this world, beneficial for your cultivation.

    You can rest assured and take it,” Eryao said, eyeing the stone and addressing Jiang Tang’s doubts.

    In fact, these kinds of things were comparatively rare in this era.

    However, in the Dragon Clan’s Secret Realm, Heavenly Essence Stones were everywhere, and the dragons consumed them as if they were food.

    It turned out to be loot drop.

    Jiang Tang nodded in realization.

    He placed the stone into his Qiankun Bag and continued walking forward.

    Having grasped the knack for holding the Spiritual Artifact firmly, Jiang Tang walked, pondering left and right, deciding to use the longbow as his proper weapon for now.

    In the future, once he acquired a good Secret Manual, he would go and cultivate swordsmanship.

    The reason was simple; after witnessing Su Chang’an’s nonchalant Swordsmanship that day, Jiang Tang shamelessly admitted to himself that he envied it.

    Those Sword Cultivators looked so cool and powerful wielding their Swordsmanship.

    Jiang Tang reigned in his thoughts and extended his Divine Sense as he proceeded forward.

    Within the Mass Burial Mound, zombies and ghosts continuously sprang forth, only to be cut down by Jiang Tang’s longbow.

    It was also at this time that Jiang Tang belatedly realized that the Xuanming Spiritual Fire could not only be used for refining medicine but was also effective in combat and attack.

    If utilized in combat on the fighting stage, it might even serve as a life-saving trump card.

    After exterminating a group of zombies, Jiang Tang had already found over a dozen Heavenly Essence Stones—varying in size and purity.

    Selecting a good one, Jiang Tang sat down cross-legged and began to absorb the Heavenly Essence Stone into his being, following the methods described by Eryao, and entered into meditation for cultivation.