73: It's the ghosts at work

Xu Qi'an looked around and didn't find many people.

Even the shopkeepers in the stores were managed byGhost.

The whole city inexplicably made Xu Qi'an feel eerie.

After Xu Qi'an walked for a while, a Ghost suddenly came up to him.

"Guest, is this your first time in Soul Repair City?"

"Do you need Xiao He to guide you?"

"Xiao He has been working for successive Masters in this Soul Repair City for three hundred years, and she knows all the shops and layouts in Soul Repair City like the back of her hand!"

"Guest, just ask whatever you want to know, and Xiao He will definitely be able to answer!"

Xu Qi'an looked up and saw a young girl-like Ghost floating in mid-air beside him.

She exuded a bit of Yin energy and had no physical form, but her smile and voice were very sweet.

This made Xu Qi'an slightly taken aback.

"This also counts as a Ghost?"

However, what surprised Xu Qi'an even more was: this Ghost had been working in this Soul Repair City for three hundred years!

Even oxen and horses couldn't work like this!

Xu Qi'an immediately asked, "You said you've been working for three hundred years? Gone through multiple Masters?"

The Ghost named Xiao He immediately explained with a smile, "Yes, Guest, my first Master was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and after he died, he passed me on to his son, and his son's son also passed me on to his son, and now I am with the third generation Master!"

"Uh..." Xu Qi'an was also stunned when he heard this.

Perhaps this is the feeling of seeing a treasure passed down through three generations.

Xiao He seemed to like introducing herself and continued before Xu Qi'an could speak, "Successive Masters have praised me for working hard and being diligent!"

"We Ghost don't need to sleep, meditate, or Cultivate, so there aren't as many troublesome things. We just need to work hard to earnSpirit Stone, and then receive soul food from the Master!"

"But my Master is still very caring towards Xiao He. He only lets me work twenty hours a day, and lets me relax and rest for the remaining four hours!"

"You know, the Masters of many Ghost are extremely cruel. Not only do they have to work twenty-four hours a day, but the soul food they receive is also extremely scarce."

Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched slightly, as if he thought of some unpleasant things.

It's just that Ghost are even more like oxen and horses than they are.

It turns out the world changes, but the human heart remains the same.

Seeing that this Ghost was so talkative, Xu Qi'an took out a middle-grade Spirit Stone and hired her.

Seeing this middle-grade Spirit Stone, the Ghost named Xiao He's eyes immediately lit up. She happily put it into her pouch and then took Xu Qi'an to introduce Soul Repair City.

Along the way, Xu Qi'an also asked many of his doubts.

"The streets and alleys are all Ghost, what about the Cultivators?"

"You mean the Masters? They are all cultivating in the Soul Refining Pavilion."

"After all, the Masters' biggest task is cultivation!"

"Basically, everything is done by us Ghost!"

Xu Qi'an asked with interest, "Then don't you feel this work is very tiring? Don't you feel that repeating the same days is not boring?"

"And don't you feel that having your life controlled by others is an extremely painful thing?"

Xu Qi'an's words made Xiao He, who was quite eloquent, freeze, and she was speechless for a moment.

She murmured, "Very tiring? Boring? Painful?"

These words were both familiar and strange to her.

But she instinctively resisted these words strongly, yet couldn't explain why she resisted.

Finally, she could only smile awkwardly, "Guest's words are really interesting!"

Seeing that Xiao He didn't directly answer, he didn't intend to press further, after all, he had a purpose for this trip.

"Then Xiao He, do you know how to enter the Spiritual Cry Abyss?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiao He was immediately surprised.

"Guest, you want to enter the Spiritual Cry Abyss?"

Xu Qi'an neither confirmed nor denied.

Xiao He said with some worry, "That place is very dangerous, even those Soul Cultivators don't dare to enter easily!"

"Lord, are you planning to go in there?"

Xu Qi'an nodded, but said, "I went to see the Spiritual Cry Abyss before, but the area around it was filled with Yin wind comparable to the Nascent Soul Stage. What's going on?"

Xiao He: "The Yin wind that Lord mentioned is actually a natural barrier jointly constructed by the Ghost Spirit Sect and the Heavenly Dao Sect using the spiritual energy of the Spiritual Cry Abyss. This is actually a Formation."

"The main purpose is actually to prevent the Ghost King from the Spiritual Cry Abyss from coming out!"

"Oh? Elaborate."

Xiao He didn't hesitate and continued, "Many Soul Cultivators know about this. Xiao He also happened to hear about it from the Master."

"If Lord wants to enter the Spiritual Cry Abyss, you just need to pay a certain amount ofSpirit Stone and you can enter from the teleportation array next to the City Lord's Mansion."

"But Lord must remember, never go too deep. The lower the level, the stronger the Ghost."

"You might even encounter the Ghost King!"

"The Ghost in the Spiritual Cry Abyss are not like us Ghost. The Ghost there have not been refined by the Soul Cultivators. They are all in a state of ignorance and do not understand soul nature. Only Ghost with slightly higher cultivation will have some consciousness."

Xu Qi'an nodded.

Immediately, Xiao He pointed in a direction, indicating that was the City Lord's Mansion.

"I see. Thank you, Miss Xiao He, for the explanation. I have something to do and will go first!"

Xu Qi'an said with a smile, then gave another middle-grade Spirit Stone as compensation and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Xiao He was originally very happy to receive the unexpected compensation from the guest, but now she felt a bit empty.

She looked at Xu Qi'an's departing back and murmured to herself.

"Painful..."

......

Xu Qi'an walked to the City Lord's Mansion, reported his intention, and soon two tall and strong Ghost came and took him to the teleportation array.

Upon arriving at the teleportation array, Xu Qi'an unexpectedly saw a Cultivator.

This Cultivator had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a pointed black hat suspended above his head, a black outfit, and his skin was somewhat dark, making Xu Qi'an almost think he had met Black Impermanence.

"Are you here to enter the Spiritual Cry Abyss?"

Xu Qi'an nodded.

"Ten middle-grade Spirit Stones. Also, a reminder: the Spiritual Cry Abyss has not been peaceful these past few days. Don't go too deep, otherwise, you won't get any treasures and will lose your life."

"Also, be extremely careful of that group of demon Cultivators from Gui Xing Country. That group of demon Cultivators are ruthless characters who eat people without spitting out the bones..."

These words slightly surprised Xu Qi'an about this Cultivator.

After all, it is already quite rare to remind others.

Then, he took out ten middle-grade Spirit Stones, and the Cultivator immediately threw out a jade token.

"This is the teleportation jade token. You need this thing to go back and forth. Keep it safe. If you lose it, you can't come back!"

Xu Qi'an nodded and then stepped onto the teleportation array.

A flash of light passed, and Xu Qi'an entered the Spiritual Cry Abyss.

Such a smooth teleportation somewhat surprised Xu Qi'an.

He had originally thought that after seeing the Yin wind Formation, he would have to ask for approval from the City Lord to enter, but now it seemed he had overthought it.

Xu Qi'an's soul was powerful, so the slight dizziness that usually accompanied teleportation did not exist for him at all.

He arrived at the first level of the Spiritual Cry Abyss and immediately released his Divine Sense.

All the Ghost on the first level were clearly visible, and he even found several Soul Cultivators in this place.

"It seems the first level is all Qi Refining stage Ghost. Let's quickly go to the third level and find Jiang Qiuhe!"

Jiang Qiuhe was the Jiang Family Old Ancestor who left the Jiang Family decades ago to seek a Dan Formation Opportunity.