First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 145

Chapter 144: The Female Ghost's Wedding

Shen Mo originally wanted to avoid the dangerous and forbidden areas.

However, the Spirit-Hiding Rat repeatedly emphasized that the treasures there were valuable and could be worth their earnings for ten to twenty days.

Moreover, with their searching, they had already picked up most of the easily accessible minerals nearby.

To obtain better profits, they had to go deeper into the ruins.

"Until now, I haven't obtained any treasures that contain the extreme meaning of darkness."

"If we miss this opportunity, it may be even harder to find in the future."

"Since we have to go deeper into the ruins anyway, we might as well take a look while passing by. If it's really dangerous, we can consider it later."

"Well, let's discuss it with Senior Sister Chen and see what she thinks..."

After some discussion, Chen Mengze had no objections.

Her thoughts and attitude were relatively more positive compared to Shen Mo.

In fact, they were somewhat radical.

"On the path of cultivation, how can there be no danger?"

Chen Mengze held a sharp sword and slashed a starving ghost that came wandering over, turning it into a dissipating ghost aura. "Within your own abilities, you should sharpen yourself more..."

"When a crisis beyond your ability strikes, you can only regret in vain!"

For a moment, Shen Mo didn't know what to say.

He knew that Chen Mengze carried a blood feud and attached great importance to the improvement of her cultivation strength.

Currently, he was only at the Second Stage of Qi Gathering and couldn't make any promises.

Words of comfort and persuasion would be meaningless if spoken.

The best method was to keep his mouth shut and help her earn more spirit stones, so that she could walk a little easier on the path of cultivation and revenge!

"Sister Chen, let's go. Let's go take a look at the situation first."

Shen Mo summoned the Dragon Sparrow Sword and called out, taking the lead to fly towards the north.

...

Seven li (about 3.5 kilometers) wasn't considered far.

Even an ordinary person wouldn't take long to run that distance.

Not to mention Shen Mo and Chen Mengze, who were flying on their swords. They arrived in the blink of an eye.

They stopped two or three li away from their destination.

Because in front of them stood a tall and grand mansion, occupying a vast area, looking exceptionally magnificent.

From a high vantage point, there was no shortage of pavilions and towers inside, and even the exquisite decorations on top could be seen.

Since entering the Ghost Country ruins, they had seen many ruins and dilapidated ghost villages.

But this was the first time they had seen such a mansion that resembled the residence of a wealthy noble in the mortal world, and it showed no signs of decay.

Suddenly, they felt something strange!

"Do you see the 'double happiness' character on the gate?" Chen Mengze transmitted her voice through divine sense.

Shen Mo nodded.

Not only was the gate of the mansion pasted with the character "double happiness" made of white paper, but the red lanterns hanging everywhere were also adorned with white double happiness paper ornaments.

If the white paper were replaced with large red paper, Shen Mo had no doubt that this was a wedding banquet held by a wealthy mortal family.

"There doesn't seem to be any starving ghosts or similar creatures within a three-li radius of this mansion."

Shen Mo noticed another anomaly.

"You lazy rat, can you sneak in and steal the treasures?"

Since there might be formations and restrictions in such a place, Shen Mo asked the Spirit-Hiding Rat.

As a result, this little guy shook its head like a rattle drum. "I dare not. The monsters inside are very scary. I will be eaten."

"So cowardly... No wonder people often say 'as timid as a mouse'."

Shen Mo couldn't help but comment.

However, he didn't insist on it. The Spirit Burial Rat was a major source of wealth for him, so there was no need to kill it for a treasure.

"Sister Chen, let's hide our figures first and see if we can wait for other cultivators to go in and explore," Shen Mo said.

Although the Spirit Burial Rat was timid, Shen Mo, as its owner, was not much better.

He even had the bad intention of letting Fellow Daoist die instead of him!

"Well, that's a good idea. It's easy to suffer losses if we rush in recklessly," Chen Mengze said, and then they hid in a good place.

After waiting for about half an hour, five disciples from the Ghost Corpse Sect entered their field of vision.

Most of the disciples of the Ghost Corpse Sect wore black robes and carried a coffin on their backs, making it easy to identify their identities.

Two of them were in the Qi Gathering Realm, and three were in the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering.

This level of cultivation strength was not high or low in the Ghost Country Ruins, but when combined with the strength of their respective corpse puppets, they had more than enough self-defense against ghosts such as starving ghosts and drowning ghosts.

They stood at a distance and gathered together to discuss.

After a while, one of the disciples in the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering opened the coffin on his back and released a corpse puppet.

This corpse puppet was different from any that Shen Mo had seen before. It was comparable to the corpse puppet refined by the Ghost Corpse Sect's genius, Xun Tian.

But it was enough to be used for exploration.

Under the control of the Ghost Corpse Sect disciple, the stiff corpse puppet walked step by step towards the grand mansion.

Before it could approach the mansion, the gate with the word "Double Happiness" slowly opened.

"Squeak!"

Amidst the piercing sound of the opening door, figures dressed in bright red walked out from the entrance.

"What is this... a wedding procession?" Shen Mo was somewhat astonished.

Upon closer inspection, the figures that walked out of the gate were dressed differently.

In addition to the various attire of the scattered cultivators, there were also many people wearing the attire of sect disciples.

However, the clothes of all of them were stained red with blood.

But they looked like members of a festive wedding procession.

Moreover, what they held in their hands were not magical instruments or talismans, but suona horns, gongs, drums, and festive banners.

The sound of gongs, the blowing of suona horns, the waving of banners... It was very lively!

In the middle of the crowd, there was also a large red bridal sedan chair.

As the wedding procession passed by the corpse puppet, the carefully crafted corpse puppet by the Ghost Corpse Sect disciple unexpectedly started bleeding from its seven orifices.

Blood flowed incessantly, quickly staining its clothes red.

After that, it was no longer under the control of the Ghost Corpse Sect disciple. It seemed to have gained self-awareness and joined the wedding procession on its own.

In the blink of an eye, this corpse puppet became a member of the wedding procession.

Seeing such a strange scene, the several Ghost Corpse Sect cultivators didn't dare to release their own corpse puppets. They attacked the wedding procession with their magical instruments, talismans, and immortal techniques.

Their attacks were effective.

One by one, the members of the wedding procession were hit by their attacks. Some fell to the ground, while others were torn apart.

However, the wedding procession did not stop and continued to move towards the five Ghost Corpse Sect disciples.

Seeing this, the two disciples in the Qi Gathering Realm, who were the leaders, also realized that the situation was not good.

They all made their moves, attacking the large red bridal sedan chair in the center.

But it was unknown what material the bridal sedan chair was made of. When their immortal techniques and talismans hit it, it was like throwing stones into a quagmire, and even the cloth covering was torn apart.

"Let's go!"

The two disciples in the Qi Gathering Realm of the Ghost Corpse Sect had the intention to retreat. They each grabbed a disciple and flew away in the distance on their flying swords.

The remaining disciple in the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering was the one who lost his corpse puppet.

Obviously, he was the least favored among the five-person group!

But he didn't just close his eyes and wait for death. Instead, he took out a lightness talisman, slapped it on his leg, and ran away in the direction away from the mansion.

At this moment, the curtain of the large red bridal sedan chair slowly opened!

(End of this chapter)