967: Chapter 603_2 967: Chapter 603_2 When devoured by powerful beings, they began to have a hint of resistance, learning to hide!
But in the dark night of Hell Palace, where could they hide?
They could only float in the air, later, they could see a city inside Hell Palace, a city akin to the Imperial Palace.
They saw it as their refuge, so these injured ghosts tried their best to flee into the midst of the city!
Countless ghosts who bullied and devoured new spirits for their powers, after having their fill, disregarded these weak beings as they escaped to the city!
Whenever they wanted to feast, even if it meant going to that city, they would devour!
These new, deeply scarred spirits entered the city in the darkness, hiding within it!
They found the people in this city had bodies like their previous human forms, but with monstrous heads!
Seeing such monstrous heads, even the numb nerves of the ghosts felt something!
This wasn’t them as ghosts scaring humans, but humans scaring them into cowardly behavior!
In the night of the city, these monstrous humans were not sleeping, but were making strange movements!
It seemed like they were cultivating, but their cultivation resembled a chaotic dance of soul demons.
The ghosts hiding and watching them felt humans were more terrifying than ghosts!
Hell Palace had been purged, the State Preceptor was in the Empress’ Palace, discussing with the Emperor how to free Prince Ba from being controlled?
The State Preceptor noticed his Soul Banner stirring, a bad premonition creeping into his heart as his controlled spirits and puppets were leaving him!
He was shocked, but at that moment he was with the Emperor examining Prince Ba, using Qi flow to unblock his points.
His technique caused Prince Ba pain, causing Prince Ba to roll his eyes in agony and swear:
“Old fool, do you even know what you’re doing?
You’ve hurt me!”
The King had been following the State Preceptor for over a decade, learning cultivation, consuming Pills, but had only achieved mediocre results with just the first layer of Qi Cultivation!
He had a Spiritual Root; however, as per Mage’s analysis, his Spiritual Root was not high, and his body too weak, requiring frequent practice and resource absorption.
The Emperor naturally desired immortality and given these resources, there was no reason not to use them!
He completely trusted the State Preceptor, as seeing the State Preceptor flying had convinced him of his powers!
He believed that the State Preceptor was the most powerful Heavenly Master in the nation, solely because he could see ghosts and summon rain from the heavens.
He was unaware that the State Preceptor’s slight ability was not to summon heavenly deities, but merely to transform humidity in the air into rain!
This was a basic Water Spell of Foundation Establishment, capable of bringing rain within just about a mile radius, rather insufficient to cover the entire Imperial City or the whole Kingdom!
Furthermore, the rain produced by the State Preceptor only dampened the ground slightly.
Like the rain that persisted day and night yesterday, it proved that the State Preceptor’s abilities had improved!
Or perhaps he had summoned greater powers, capable of finding a Divine Dragon to bring the rain.
How great the Mana required to achieve that?
Currently, since Prince Ba’s body was immobilized and the State Preceptor couldn’t resolve it,
The Emperor, not wanting his son to offend the State Preceptor, chastised him: “Stop fooling around, the State Preceptor’s capabilities are plain for all to see, just rest in bed and perhaps in a few days you’ll be free!”
How could Prince Ba be content?
But with his father so trusting in the State Preceptor, he had no choice but to look towards the Empress.
The Empress could only give him a look, signaling him to stay in bed and let the acupoints untangle on their own.
Now Prince Ba was lying in bed, needing to be fed and requiring Palace Maids and eunuchs to assist even in using the toilet!
The youth felt as if a short outing had turned him into a cripple.
This state of disability was not to be permanent; under his irritable mood, his temper flared, glaring at the State Preceptor!
Where does the State Preceptor have the mood to argue with a young man now?
His heart feels panicked, sensing the ghosts controlled by his mana are about to escape uncontrollably!
The State Preceptor thought of Prince Ba being controlled, afraid that he may not be freed!
There must be a more powerful cultivator who has arrived in the Imperial City, thinking about someone more powerful nearby ruining his plans!
The State Preceptor couldn’t stay here any longer, he thought of the ghosts, young boys, young girls, and beautiful women locked in the yard!
He even felt that the evil ghosts and wronged ghosts in the Imperial Palace had vanished, completely disappeared without a trace and he couldn’t contact them!
The State Preceptor hurried out, not having time to say another word to the Emperor, Empress, or the Prince!
The Emperor was quite surprised, seeing the State Preceptor’s panicked demeanor, over the past decades, he had only seen the State Preceptor confident and his sinister gaze!
But he had never seen such panic and fear, could something major have happened?
The State Preceptor ran towards his residence, the King and Queen glanced at each other, feeling that something was amiss!
The King and Queen felt the State Preceptor’s panic, wondering if something unknown to them had happened?
Therefore, the King and Queen, along with eunuchs and palace maids, accompanied by guards carrying ceremonial weapons, marched grandly towards the State Preceptor’s yard.
Some palace maids and eunuchs who received the news, serving their own masters, who were either the Emperor’s women or his children!
Knowing that the King and Queen were headed to the State Preceptor’s yard, many found it strange, some sent people to observe, others went personally with their attendants!
Only Prince Ba couldn’t move, but he too felt the State Preceptor’s panic, knowing the Emperor and Empress were going to watch, he himself couldn’t go, so he sent his attendants to see what the State Preceptor was up to!
The State Preceptor left the Empress’s palace and was on the Imperial Palace roads, feeling even more panicked!
His eyes could see ghosts, unlike others who couldn’t see the black mist in the palace before, the maker of these ghosts, the controller of the ghosts, the practitioner of evil arts, how could he not see this black mist?
Only to see the black mist that previously enveloped the palace had cleared, the ghosts he assigned to each corner of the palace, his scouts, his puppets, were now all gone!
He thought they were only hidden, tried to summon them with the Ghost Soul Banner, only to find the ghosts in the ranks rebellious, not heeding his calls, wanting to escape his control!
The black mist assigned in the palace had disappeared, even though it was daytime, his eyes could still perceive the black mist, but now, there was no trace of it!
The sunlight from the sky shone down, the air in the Imperial Palace never felt so fresh!
Without his controlled ghosts, the palace seemed much fresher!
The State Preceptor panickedly ran toward his yard, thinking of the evil ghosts, wronged ghosts, and the young boys, young girls, and beautiful women just arrived, yet to be enjoyed!
When he flew into the yard, he found his Formation had been tampered with!
Not only the evil ghosts and wronged ghosts were gone, but the young boys, young girls, and beautiful women too!
As if someone had intruded and broken into his yard!
The State Preceptor sensed a powerful presence there, as if the one with power was in his yard, a sense of danger originating from his inner fears, from his intuition!
“Who?
Who has disrupted my Formation?
Who has ruined my undertakings?”
The State Preceptor looked around, searching for the enemy!
“You are that evil person, practicing such sinister cultivation techniques, having killed so many children and beautiful women, you are utterly unforgivable, you should be condemned to Hell!”
Eryao looked at the State Preceptor, an average-looking man, maybe slightly more handsome than an ordinary person, but already middle-aged, not highly skilled, sinister and malevolent!
He couldn’t help but want to kill this evil man, to avenge those children, those women!
“Who are you?
What does my business have to do with you?
Keep to your side of the path, do not provoke me, otherwise I will kill you, eat your flesh, drink your blood.”
The State Preceptor hadn’t seen the person, but already felt a tremendous pressure, now threatening, just hoping the other party would leave!