72: Red Dust Bone Nail

Li Ke returned to Charles Manor.

He didn't linger for a moment, walking directly towards the Soul Summoning Forest behind the castle.

In the Soul Summoning Forest, grayish-white mist surged, intertwining Li Ke living things.

As soon as Li Ke stepped in, a chilling aura assailed him.

From a distance, one could see a figure pacing in the forest amidst the white mist, its movements stiff and posture strange.

The Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts still occupied Silas's decaying body.

She wandered aimlessly through the forest, and every now and then, several illusory and twisted arms would violently extend from Silas's seven orifices.

Once they caught an ordinary living soul drifting in the forest, they would drag it into the decaying body, completely devouring it.

With each living soul devoured, the malevolent aura surrounding the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts would subtly intensify.

"Hoo..."

As Li Ke arrived, the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts immediately became restless.

Wafts of grayish-green malevolent Qi, as if alive, continuously surged from Silas's seven orifices, Li Ke long tentacles, wildly dancing in the air.

On the already decaying skin of Silas's body, countless tiny, twisted black human faces eerily appeared.

They all looked at Li Ke, uttering soft, sharp curses.

Li Ke's expression remained unchanged.

With a faint smile on his lips, he walked directly towards the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts.

"This body of yours is no longer useful."

"I've chosen a good dwelling for you. Come on."

Li Ke said with a smile.

The moment his words fell, he flipped his palm.

A bone nail, entirely pale and covered in fine cracks, instantly appeared in his palm.

It was the embryo of the Foul Dao Magical Artifact he had just refined.

That's right, the extremely Yin and extremely Foul object Li Ke spoke of was precisely the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts before him.

This special Fusion malevolent ghost was a unique refining method he had found earlier in the [Demon Summoning Scripture].

The so-called "Three Aunts" referred to three types of women with different beliefs: Buddhist nuns, Daoist nuns, and fortune-tellers.

And the "Six Grannies" referred to six types of women with special professions active in the mundane world: matchmakers, sorceresses, procuresses, herbalists, and midwives.

For the former, Li Ke took their firm beliefs and their unique perspective on the Mortal World's mundane affairs.

For the latter, he took their deep contact with the myriad aspects of the human Mortal World, thereby acquiring a strong aura of worldly desires.

Li Ke, in accordance with the rules of this world, found roughly corresponding souls to fuse.

Although not particularly rigorous, the general deviation was not significant.

Therefore, once this "Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts" was successfully refined, its Soul Body would naturally carry a rich aura of the Mortal World's human Dao.

This aura symbolized the most fundamental impurity in the human world, the most complex and primitive desires deep within the human heart.

The saying "Mortal World's troubles disturb the Dao Heart" implies that the Mortal World's Qi itself is an extremely high-level, extremely special type of impure Qi.

This power can ignore most power obstructions, being mysterious and unpredictable, making it extremely difficult to guard against.

This applies to using it to cast the "Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts Life-Claiming Curse," and naturally, it also applies to refining Foul Dao Magical Artifacts, even allowing this Mortal World characteristic to be displayed more vividly...

Looking at the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts, which continuously resisted and showed defiance from within the decaying corpse before him, Li Ke's mind stirred slightly.

"Swoosh!"

The bone nail transformed into a blurry white shadow, instantly piercing the center of Silas's forehead!

Li Ke immediately formed complex hand seals.

The fine natural cracks on the surface of the bone nail slightly wiggled Li Ke living things.

Silas's body violently trembled, stiffening in place.

"Wah ah!!!"

The Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts, entrenched within him, let out curses a hundred times more shrill and frantic than before.

Streaks of grayish-green malevolent Qi were forcibly extracted from her Soul Body uncontrollably, continuously being absorbed into the bone nail.

A chilling, bone-piercing gust of wind suddenly swept through the Soul Summoning Forest.

The Yin wind howled, scattering the accumulated dead branches and fallen leaves everywhere.

A terrifying malevolent ghost phantom with nine different female faces emerged in the strong wind.

The Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts let out a series of sharp screams.

She quickly fled this body, escaping towards the depths of the Soul Summoning Forest.

However, her body was constantly stretched and deformed, yet a part of her Soul Body remained firmly pinned to Silas's brow.

Li Ke a long tail, its end was firmly fixed in place, unable to break free no matter how much it struggled.

"Why run?"

Li Ke's voice, tinged with a smile, echoed in the Yin wind.

"This dwelling is much better than your previous one."

As Li Ke cast the last hand seal, the suction force on the bone nail suddenly increased several times.

"Wah ah ah!!!"

The Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts let out countless faint curses.

Her stretched Soul Body rapidly retracted under the immense suction.

Finally, her entire Soul Body was forcibly pulled into the tiny bone nail, disappearing from sight.

The Yin wind in the Soul Summoning Forest abruptly subsided.

In place, Silas's decaying body, having lost the support of the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts, instantly shed its flesh and blood, falling in rustling heaps.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a pile of pale, withered bones.

Li Ke extended a hand.

From the pile of bones, a bone nail, entirely pale, lightly floated up and landed in his hand.

As soon as it entered his hand, the bone nail emitted a shocking chill.

It was as if he was not holding a bone nail, but a piece of profound ice buried deep underground for a thousand years.

The fine natural cracks on the surface of the bone nail were now filled with dense grayish-green malevolent Qi.

These Qi slowly flowed within the cracks, occasionally a few wisps would emerge, twisting and changing in the air, looking quite eerie.

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

Li Ke weighed the bone nail in his hand, a slight smile on his face, and asked softly.

Within the fine cracks on the bone nail, the grayish-green mist violently churned.

Immediately after, a terrifying malevolent ghost phantom with nine faces slowly emerged from within.

On those nine faces, which were originally filled with malevolence and hatred, a hint of surprise appeared in unison.

Clearly, the interior of this bone nail was far more comfortable than they had imagined.

Then, she seemed to sense something, and suddenly saw Li Ke, who was smiling at her from the side.

The surprise on the malevolent ghost phantom's face instantly receded.

All nine faces simultaneously became expressionless, and then, with a "swoosh," she re-entered the depths of the bone nail.

Seeing this, Li Ke merely smiled and did not argue with her.

Existences Li Ke malevolent ghosts are inherently muddle-headed, easily swayed by various extreme emotions, and reasoning with them is futile.

"This Foul Dao Magical Artifact, with bone as its body and the Qi of the Mortal World as its Foul Dao Foundation, shall be called the [Red Dust White Bone Nail]."

Li Ke pondered for a moment and gave it a name.

With the Three Aunts Six Grannies Nine Ghosts residing within the [Red Dust White Bone Nail], the nail's core ability was to directly bypass most physical or energy-level defenses, directly harming and devouring the Divine Soul of living beings.

It was incomparably malicious and impossible to guard against.

Li Ke held this chilling bone nail in his hand, feeling the malevolent and mixed Qi of the Mortal World constantly emanating from it.

This type of Foul Dao Magical Artifact, which constantly emitted impure Qi, also posed a considerable erosion and harm to the Cultivator holding it.

However, for Li Ke, it had no side effects whatsoever; any impure Qi was insignificant before the [Demon Summoning Scripture].

Li Ke walked into the depths of the Soul Summoning Forest and buried this [Red Dust White Bone Nail] underground in the Soul Summoning Forest.

This special land, where the corpse-rearing ground and the Soul Summoning Forest converged, intertwined Yin Qi and Death Qi, perfectly meeting the requirements for "Foul Earth" in the [Foul Earth Nurturing Artifact Secret Method].

He then summoned one hundred and eight living souls from nearby.

According to the incantation, he shattered these living souls one by one, transforming them into pure Soul Power.

He then slowly injected this Soul Power into the ground using the special technique from the [Foul Earth Nurturing Artifact Secret Method].

He would utilize this naturally formed Foul Earth and the nourishment from these living souls to continue nurturing this newly formed [Red Dust White Bone Nail].