Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 71 – Being noticed by a female ghost?

The five of them split up to kill the nearby ghosts. Su Wanling, after overcoming her initial fear, finally managed to calm down a bit and teamed up with Cao Shiying to kill the monsters.

Li Jinzi, the body cultivator, was extremely fierce, her punches landing solidly on the ghosts.

Her fighting style was reminiscent of Fanny Shu's monster-slaying scenes in Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons," a display of violent aesthetics.

Lin Jichen's side was even simpler. No ghost could withstand a single strike from his sword; a basic attack was enough to instantly kill them.

The damage was completely over the top.

Dozens of ghosts were quickly wiped out through their combined efforts.

What puzzled Jiang Luoyu and the others was that the ghosts they killed hardly dropped anything. At most, they found a few scattered spirit stones or some mundane silver coins.

But looking at Lin Jichen's feet, the ground was littered with spirit stones, at least dozens of them, and there were even three or four pieces of equipment!

One of them was even Spirit Grade!

What the hell?

The four girls exchanged glances, all equally confused.

"Master Lin, what level is your luck?" Su Wanling asked curiously, having thought of this.

"That's a secret," Lin Jichen replied nonchalantly.

"Hmph, you're still so stingy!" Su Wanling pouted but wasn't angry; she was used to it by now.

She had discovered that Lin Jichen was this kind of person, difficult to gain his trust, seemingly wary of everyone.

She didn't understand why Lin Jichen was so cautious, but everyone had different personalities, and it was understandable.

Lin Jichen said nothing, picking up the items and glancing at them. They were all mediocre.

The only Spirit Grade equipment wasn't something he could use, and its attributes were average.

Lin Jichen had no interest and handed them to Jiang Luoyu.

"Nothing I need, you take it."

Jiang Luoyu accepted the equipment without hesitation. The Spirit Grade equipment was just right for the body cultivator, so she gave it to her directly.

"Thank you, President!" Li Jinzi accepted it happily.

The five set off again, encountering wave after wave of ghost attacks, with their strength increasing each time.

Sometimes a group of Initial stage of Qi Refining ghosts would be mixed with one or two Middle stage of Qi Refining ghost captains, sometimes more.

But they were all easily slaughtered by Lin Jichen as if cutting through vegetables.

With Jiang Luoyu, a strong magic cultivator, the five of them had little difficulty progressing.

The only issue was their mana consumption; after each wave, they had to take elixirs to restore their mana.

Only Lin Jichen remained in perfect condition, his vitality and mana untouched.

He only used basic attacks, each strike a kill.

"Ah! It dropped! The Handkerchief of the Gravekeeper's Dead Wife!"

Su Wanling exclaimed in surprise, holding a blood-stained handkerchief.

Jiang Luoyu was also delighted, praising, "Wanling, you've done a great job. If we complete the task and return it to the Gravekeeper, we can get two pieces of Mysterious Grade equipment."

Su Wanling was very happy and said, "Should I go back and hand in the task now? That way, even if we fail the challenge, we can still get two pieces of Mysterious Grade equipment!"

"I advise you not to go," Lin Jichen suddenly said.

"Why?"

Lin Jichen sighed, "I suspect the Gravekeeper won't be there. Otherwise, why would they let you exploit such a loophole? Wouldn't that allow you to farm equipment endlessly?"

"That's true." Su Wanling felt Lin Jichen made sense.

"Indeed, that's the case. Xiao Lei and the others tried this method too. As soon as they got the handkerchief, they went back to find the Gravekeeper, but couldn't find him," Jiang Luoyu confirmed.

"That's a pity," Su Wanling muttered regretfully.

Lin Jichen shook his head with a smile. They really thought the Gravekeeper would give them equipment.

The five set off again, reaching the halfway point of Ghost Ridge.

The temperature here was much lower than at the foot of the mountain, with a chilling aura swirling around.

"My life... is so miserable..."

Suddenly, a ghostly, eerie voice echoed. On a dead tree, a female corpse in red was hanging.

The corpse's eyes, originally closed, suddenly opened, her blank pupils staring at them, blood streaming from her eye sockets.

The corpse broke free from the noose, her face contorted with rage.

Rocks and sand flew around, screams filled the air, causing chaos.

Skeleton hands emerged from the ground, grabbing their feet, trying to drag them underground.

The terrifying scene left the timid Su Wanling and Cao Shiying petrified. It was their first encounter with such a horrifying monster, and they were too scared to even scream.

Lin Jichen's face turned cold. He gripped his sword, pointing the tip downward, and stabbed it into the ground.

A scream came from the soil, and the skeleton hands binding Lin Jichen shattered instantly.

"Even as skeletons, you don't behave. Do you think you're Brook?"

Lin Jichen sneered, not bothering to help Jiang Luoyu and the others, and charged directly at the female ghost.

Seeing Lin Jichen approach, the ghost surprisingly stopped her actions, staring at him with a dazed look.

The next moment, something that left Jiang Luoyu and the others dumbfounded happened.

The ghost's aura dissipated, and she seemed shy, speaking in human language, "Young man, you're so handsome. Would you be willing to become my ghost husband?"

Lin Jichen was stunned. It was the first time in his life he had been hit on by a ghost.

Seeing Lin Jichen not responding, she continued to coax, "Actually, you could switch to ghost cultivation. That way, we could dual cultivate, and your cultivation would improve much faster."

"Shut up!"

Lin Jichen cursed. Damn it, who would want to be a ghost cultivator?

"Young man, are you unwilling?" The ghost's face turned cold.

"Of course!"

"Then I'll kill you and extract your soul. You won't have a choice but to stay with me!"

"Damn you, you perverted ghost! Rejected and now resorting to force. You must have been an ugly freak in your past life, died from ugliness, right? An old monster no one wanted! If I were you, I'd be ashamed to be a ghost!"

Lin Jichen's sharp tongue lashed out, cursing non-stop.

The ghost flew into a rage, her ghostly aura surging, the surrounding temperature dropping to freezing.

"I'll take your life!"

The ghost suddenly vanished. The next moment, Lin Jichen's feet were entangled by waterfall-like hair, the ends sharp as needles.

Wrapping! Piercing!

Lin Jichen remained calm, his Crimson Cloud Sword slashing down like a shadow!

A large mass of hair was cut off.

But soon, the ghost's hair grew back, continuing to wrap around him.

Lin Jichen's wrist flicked, and with a few swift strikes, he cut off the hair again.

The hair seemed to fear him, starting to retract.

Lin Jichen followed the direction of the retreating hair, charging forward. The ghost reappeared!

One strike!

Right in the ghost's chest, causing it to tremble violently.

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