I have 99 innate treasures

When Cang Ziling heard that the Old Demon Cangshan asked her to sit on another cushion, although she was puzzled, she still sat down cross-legged obediently. Taoist Master Huangquan frowned and watched this scene, his heart full of confusion, not understanding why the Old Demon Cangshan let the little girl sit next to him.

"Does he want to take this little girl with him into Youdu?"

Just as he was secretly guessing, he saw the old demon Cangshan waving his sleeves to cast a light blue barrier that only covered him and Cang Ziling. The barrier was like an upside-down bowl, covering everything in it with a layer of mist, making everything blurry.

Taoist Huangquan was startled when he saw this, and his eyebrows immediately raised. He instinctively suspected that the old demon Cangshan was not confident in his protection methods...

But when he thought about the fact that the old demon Cangshan had specifically asked the girl to sit next to him, he immediately became suspicious and thought to himself, "Or... is this old demon trying to hide something?"

Although this barrier was almost useless to him and could not stop him at all.

But if he extends his spiritual sense to invade the barrier, the old demon Cangshan will definitely sense it.

"Well, who doesn't have some secrets? Since Cangshan Daoist doesn't need me to protect him, I am happy to have some free time..."

Taoist Master Huangquan smiled helplessly, turned his head and glanced at the other three children who were looking around bored.

Although the Old Demon of Cangshan did not need him to protect him, after all, the other party came to Huangquan Dao Sect from thousands of miles away to help him. He couldn't just do nothing and wait.

In that case, the favor would be even greater.

Thinking of this, he felt that perhaps he could teach these three little boys some simple magic techniques to make up for the fact that he had no guardian.

Because he had experience in taking care of Ji Yu, Taoist Master Huang Quan showed a gentle smile on his face and waved to call the three of them to his side. He started chatting with them casually, and by talking about the magnificent world of immortal cultivation, he tried to dispel the sense of distance between them, while guessing the personalities of the three boys so as to prescribe the right medicine.

At the same time, inside the barrier, the old demon Cangshan took out eighty-one formation flags from his storage ring and scattered them around himself and Cang Ziling, forming an 'Earth Spirit Bewilderment Formation' to prevent unnecessary accidents.

Cang Ziling stared at all this with curiosity, with a gleam of longing in his eyes.

She didn't know when she would be able to cast such powerful spells like her grandfather.

When the formation was formed, the old demon Cangshan raised his hand and pointed at Cang Ziling, imprinting a spell into her mind.

"This is the 'Soul Condensation and Spirit Gathering Technique'. Your cultivation is still weak and you haven't cultivated your primordial spirit. You've been to Netherworld once before. If you go to Netherworld again this time, your soul will most likely be dragged directly to the Netherworld. You should memorize this formula carefully, just in case."

Cang Ziling didn't understand what "yuanshen" meant, nor did she know where "youdu" was, let alone when she had been there. However, she didn't ask, but just nodded obediently, closed her eyes and began to recite the spell silently.

The old demon Cangshan looked at her serious expression, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

After a while, Cang Ziling opened his eyes and said in a soft voice: "Grandpa, I have memorized it by heart."

The old demon Cangshan nodded slowly, stroked his beard expressionlessly and asked, "What do you feel after you memorize it?"

When Cang Ziling heard him ask this, he subconsciously blinked, reached out and touched the back of his head and said, "It feels cool here."

"Well... that's good."

The old demon Cangshan nodded and continued, "Next, I will call out your soul. You must remember carefully that the soul is ethereal and invisible. Do not move around curiously. Just stand still and try your best to call out the twelfth-level pure white lotus."

Cang Ziling nodded slightly.

And in the next moment, as the old demon Cangshan stretched out a finger like an eagle's claw, Cang Ziling immediately felt that everything in front of him began to become blurred, as if there was a layer of fog covering his eyes.

Then she found herself floating in the air.

"Am I flying?"

Cang Ziling subconsciously widened his eyes and looked at everything around him curiously.

Almost instinctively, she wanted to turn around, look around, and experience the feeling of flying. It would be best if she could turn a few times in front of her three brothers and make them envious.

As soon as this thought appeared in her mind, she remembered the instructions given to her by the old demon Cangshan.

The excitement on her face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. Her expression became depressed and she lowered her head and sighed softly.

After she calmed down, she felt the ground beneath her feet pulling her, as if it was trying to pull her underground.

At the same time, she felt as if her body was about to fall apart in this pulling sensation.

Cang Ziling panicked and quickly followed the instructions of the old demon Cangshan. He closed his eyes and began to call upon the Twelve-Rank Pure World White Lotus.

Soon, the flower blossomed into twelve petals, each petal was as white as jade. A spotless lotus platform slowly floated out from her soul, slowly rotating in the void several feet above her head, and emitting nine-colored light that enveloped her soul.

In an instant, the pulling feeling disappeared.

During the few days that the Old Demon Cangshan stayed in Baiyun City, he had already told Cang Ziling how to make the Pure World White Lotus restrain its power. Therefore, Taoist Master Huangquan outside the barrier still knew nothing about it.

At this moment, the old demon Cangshan who was sitting next to her had also left his body, and like her, his feet were floating lightly off the ground.

However, the soul of the old demon Cangshan was not as transparent as hers, but extremely solid, with all colors present, almost like the real person!

If Taoist Master Huangquan were to see the appearance of the original spirit of the Old Demon of Cangshan, he would know that the original spirit of the Old Demon of Cangshan was much more solid and heavy than he could have imagined.

Like the old demon Cangshan, he has reached the point where he can abandon his physical body and use his soul to resist disasters and ascend to heaven!

Cang Ziling looked at the old demon Cangshan curiously, and saw that his soul was not only solid, but he was even wearing a black robe. In contrast, her own human form remained vague.

The old demon Cangshan reached out and held her hand, saying, "Don't be afraid no matter what you see later."

Cang Ziling nodded gently and said, "As long as Grandpa is by my side, Ziling is not afraid of anything!"

The corner of the old demon Cangshan's mouth twitched slightly, with a strange expression as if he wanted to laugh but couldn't.

In the end, he just nodded slowly, took a step forward with Cang Ziling, and landed on the ground. Then he performed the "Tongyou Fa", and turned Cang Ziling into black smoke and penetrated the ground, going deeper into the ground at an extremely fast speed.

Since she turned into black smoke, Cang Ziling was like a drunk, her thinking was slow, her mind was confused, she was almost unaware of the passage of time, and was just instinctively dragged by the old demon of Cangshan. After an unknown amount of time, Cang Ziling's mind gradually recovered, and then she realized that they had actually come to a foggy and gloomy area. She looked around curiously, but saw that there was neither sunshine nor buildings here, only the mist floating around her, which made her mind clear and energetic.

And there was no soil under my feet, but endless yellow sand.

In the fog ahead, you can vaguely see the dark outlines of towering mountains.

The Old Demon of Cangshan seemed to be very familiar with this place. When she looked around curiously, the sinister voice of the Old Demon of Cangshan suddenly sounded in her ears.

"This is the world outside of the Netherworld, known as the 'Netherworld'. This Netherworld consists of nine realms, upper and lower. In the past, there were nine Yin gods in charge, which are the so-called Nine Netherworlds. The 'Netherworld' refers to the palace where the Yin gods live, as well as the palace area."

"When the Yin God ruled the netherworld, the souls of all living things were imprisoned in the netherworld. Without the permission of the Yin God, no being could leave the netherworld."

"However, since the disappearance of the Yin God, countless lives have died in the past thousands or tens of thousands of years!"

"Because there are no restrictions, we will encounter those dead souls at any time on this road."

"No matter how kind these dead souls were in life, once they enter this world after death and are infected by the aura of the netherworld, they will become vicious. At this point, they are no longer souls, but 'ghosts'."

Even with the introduction of Cangshan Old Demon, Cang Ziling seemed to understand it vaguely, but he still memorized it carefully.

The old demon of Cangshan continued, "When a person stops breathing, he dies. When a ghost continues breathing, it is the breath of the netherworld that continues. A ghost is not a complete soul, but the remaining breath of a soul, which can be called a 'soul'. It looks like smoke and air, and is uncertain and permanent. It is like a person in a dream, hazy and elusive."

"Ghost qi is yin, cold, sour and rancid, and can pollute human qi and make living people sick."

"But if a soul encounters ghost energy, it will feel energetic, as if it is being nourished. However, ghost energy is ultimately an ominous energy. After being exposed to it for a long time, the soul will gradually lose its thinking and become a new ghost."

When Cang Ziling heard this, his eyes widened instantly.

So, the white mist she saw was all "ghosts?" And the reason why she felt clear-headed and energetic just now was because she inhaled the ghost energy.

Thinking of this, she instinctively looked up at the Cangshan Old Demon, only to see that his face was calm and he slowly said, "But while people are afraid of ghosts, ghosts are also afraid of people. Although ghost energy can hurt people, human energy can also hurt ghosts. Everything is just 'the strong defeating the weak'."

"As long as you keep your mind focused, if you don't see it, the white mist will disappear from your sight."

After hearing this, Cang Ziling immediately recalled the 'Soul Condensing and Spirit Gathering Technique' that the Old Demon Cangshan had just taught her, and began to recite it silently in her heart.

Sure enough, after reciting it several times, she felt a strange breath being forced out of her body, and the white mist in front of her eyes disappeared.

The Old Demon of Cangshan seemed to be able to sense her every condition. Almost the next moment after the white mist disappeared from her sight, a smile appeared on the corner of the Old Demon of Cangshan's mouth, and he began to continue his introduction.

"In the past, when the Yin God was in charge of the underworld, there were often Yin Messengers walking between Yin and Yang. Yin Messengers refer to souls who have practiced the Yin God's magic. They look no different from humans in appearance. Even in the era of the Ghost Festival, half of the people in the world were humans and half were ghosts."

"Like Huangquan Dao Sect, the entire sect was once filled with ghost messengers, so they are still good at raising and controlling ghosts."

"And not all ghosts are in human form. Everything in the world has a lifespan, even a blade of grass or a piece of clothing."

"During the Yuji era, these were called 'ghosts that are not ghosts'. They also have spirits and can practice cultivation. They are further classified, such as house ghosts, fire ghosts, mountain ghosts, water ghosts, etc."

"House ghosts refer to ghosts in the house. For example, the clothes ghost takes the form of human clothes. Late at night, it will come out of the closet by itself and walk slowly three feet above the ground. The table ghost takes the form of a table with a white wax on the table. This is where the spirit is attached. Late at night, it moves on its four legs and drives the fire to capture the soul."

Perhaps because he was still young, Cang Ziling did not feel the horror of it. Instead, he thought these 'ghosts that were not ghosts' were very interesting.

The old demon Cangshan did not explain the horror of these 'ghosts that are not ghosts', but continued to introduce her to everything about the underworld.

Although he was explaining, his pace was extremely fast. With every step he took, he would appear several feet away as if teleporting. Cang Ziling, who was immersed in the "story", did not realize this.

When she reacted again, the old demon Cangshan had already stopped outside a huge ruin with broken walls and ruins everywhere.

When she began to look around curiously, the old demon Cangshan changed his previous gentle tone and suddenly became serious.

"You sit cross-legged here, close your eyes and silently recite the 'Soul Condensation Art'. No matter what happens, no matter what voice you hear, even if it's my voice, you should ignore it. Wait until I hold your hand again, then open your eyes."

Cang Ziling nodded slightly.

Seeing this, the old demon Cangshan was still a little worried, and immediately said with a cold face: "If you open your eyes in advance, I will never appear in front of you again!"

After hearing these words, Cang Ziling's face changed color due to fear. If her soul body could not shed tears, she would have already cried.

The old demon Cangshan ignored her pitiful expression and asked coldly, "Have you remembered?"

Cang Ziling nodded hurriedly, and immediately sat cross-legged on the yellow sand ground, covered his ears with his hands, and closed his eyes.

Seeing this, the old demon Cangshan was still worried, and pretended to leave, but in fact he stopped after walking a dozen meters and looked at her quietly. After nearly half an hour, he saw that Cang Ziling still didn't open her eyes, so he endured the discomfort and said in a gentle voice: "Ziling, grandpa just lied to you, open your eyes and look at grandpa."

Even though she covered her ears, Cang Ziling still heard his voice.

Her eyelids moved and she was about to open her eyes.

But in the end, she just pursed her lips tightly and didn't open her eyes.

In the next half hour, the old demon Cangshan used various sounds to test him, but Cang Ziling never opened his eyes from beginning to end.

After these tests, the old demon Cangshan finally felt relieved, but he still raised his hand and set up a formation near Cang Ziling.

The ghosts are more insidious and cunning than him. Cang Ziling's soul is weak and she has been to Youdu again. If she sees those ghosts, they will drag her away.

Although the Twelve-Rank Pure World White Lotus is an innate treasure, Cang Ziling is currently unable to fully control this treasure.

When faced with fear, she would be at a loss and would not even think of controlling the Twelve-Rank Pure White Lotus to protect herself.

The old demon of Cangshan didn't believe in the power of the innate treasure to protect its master. He could vaguely feel that if the innate treasure was forced to protect its master automatically, something terrible would happen. (End of this chapter)