Wu Shattered Star River

The City Lord's Mansion wasn't particularly special. Inside was a large hall that could seat nearly a hundred people.

To the left and right of the main hall, and behind it, were side halls. The left one was a bedroom, the right one a training room. The side hall at the back was small, containing a stone platform with a colorful, iridescent stone that radiated a strange aura.

This was the Ghost King Stone.

Refining the Ghost King Stone was equivalent to refining the entire Ghost City, allowing one to control this heaven-defying spiritual treasure.

Jiang Han was currently sitting cross-legged on the platform, his hand covering the Ghost King Stone.

He had been startled just now because he had poured a wisp of Xuan Power into it. Then the Ghost King Stone had actually lit up, and he could clearly feel the entire Ghost City tremble.

He opened his eyes wide and looked around, carefully sensing for a while, but found nothing else unusual.

He pondered for a moment, unsure of what to do, and could only continue to pour Xuan Power into refining the Ghost King Stone.

And then…

He refined it for a full five hours, but the Ghost King Stone didn't change at all. It not only didn't glow, but it didn't even have a single ripple. He felt like there wasn't the slightest sign of it being refined.

"What's going on?"

Jiang Han frowned deeply. Was he starting as a king, only to end up as bronze?

"Could it be that I'm using the wrong method of refining?"

Jiang Han stopped refining. He thought for a while and began to pour Soul Power into the Ghost King Stone. As a result, after pouring in Soul Power for two hours, the Ghost King Stone still didn't move at all.

"Try the azure energy converted from the Heavenly Beast Cauldron?"

Jiang Han mobilized some azure energy from his sea of consciousness and poured it into the Ghost King Stone.

However, even after mobilizing most of the azure energy in his sea of consciousness, the Ghost King Stone still didn't move at all.

More than half a day had passed, and Jiang Han's heart had begun to sink.

So much time had passed without any progress. Could it be that he would also end in failure?

Jiang Hen Water stayed here for more than a year after becoming the city lord. He should meet with Yan Qin before going to the Upper Realm.

He should talk about Ghost City, after all, this spiritual treasure is so heaven-defying.

Yan Qin didn't give him any advice, just asked him to come over and refine it.

Could it be that Jiang Hen Water didn't tell Yan Qin how to refine this ghost city?

"Try pouring in some Power of the Four Paths!"

Jiang Han began to mobilize the Power of the Four Paths. His Power of the Four Paths was fused together, so pouring it into the Ghost King Stone should cause some changes, right?

The result!

Still no movement. Jiang Han poured it in for an hour and reluctantly gave up.

He sat on the platform, looking at the colorful Ghost King Stone in front of him, feeling a bit of a headache.

Was this stone impervious to salt or oil? How did his father refine it back then?

King Qin Guang and King Beishang were outside. Not only them, but probably all the experts of the Peace Alliance had high hopes for him, right?

They all thought that he could refine it casually upon arriving. If he returned empty-handed, the entire Peace Alliance would probably be disappointed, right?

"How can this ghost stone be refined?"

Jiang Han frowned and pondered. After a moment, his heart stirred.

He thought of the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Death God Hall.

Both of these treasures had artifact spirits, and whether or not they could be refined was greatly related to the artifact spirit.

He alarmed the artifact spirit of the Heavenly Demon Palace because he comprehended the Crossing the Sky Dao Technique inside. He was able to refine the Death God Hall because he comprehended the Death God Law.

Did that mean that to refine the Ghost City, one must comprehend the Dao rhythm or Dao techniques left behind by the past Ghost City Lords?

He quickly sensed his surroundings, wanting to see if there was any Dao rhythm present. After sensing for a while, he found that there was indeed some Dao rhythm here.

However, perhaps it was because of the passage of time? Or for some other reason, it felt somewhat blurry and very little.

"Impossible, so many Dao Integration Realm experts have lived in this City Lord's Mansion, it's impossible that no Dao rhythm remains!"

Jiang Han couldn't figure it out. His gaze swept across the hall, and finally his eyes landed on the Ghost King Stone.

"Buzz ~"

His hand covered the Ghost King Stone, Xuan Power poured into the Ghost King Stone, and at the same time he sensed inside the Ghost King Stone.

"There's Dao rhythm, and a lot of it!"

After a moment, his heart stirred. He sensed a rich Dao rhythm inside the Ghost King Stone.

It just felt like these Dao rhythms were sealed? Separated by a layer of film? So it was somewhat difficult for him to sense them.

It was like looking at flowers in the fog, or the moon in the water.

The things he sensed were all blurry, or even fake. How could he comprehend the Dao rhythm and laws inside?

More than a day had passed, and Jiang Han couldn't stay inside refining forever. Under normal circumstances, if he couldn't refine it in three days, he would have to leave.

Because according to past experience, if you couldn't refine it in three days, you wouldn't be able to refine it for the rest of your life.

"What to do?"

Almost all methods had been tried, but the Ghost King Stone had not reacted in any way except for the initial fluctuation.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Jiang Han was somewhat frustrated, and he didn't know what to do.

Continue to pour in Xuan Power, Soul Power, Power of the Great Dao, azure energy? Continue to comprehend the Dao rhythm? It felt like it was all meaningless.

"Why not roast it with fire? Submerge it in water? Or drip a few drops of blood?"

Jiang Han curled his lips. Something was better than nothing, so he prepared to use some simple and crude methods.

Of course, he was very clear in his heart that this was just nonsense.

Because the Ghost City had an artifact spirit, if it was so easy to refine, this artifact spirit would be an idiot…

Golden light lit up in his hand, releasing Yan Fire, and he began to bake the Ghost King Stone.

As he expected, the stone didn't move at all. He baked it for half an hour, but the stone didn't even turn black.

Jiang Han stopped releasing flames. He took out a dagger and pulled it across his hand, and two drops of blood flowed out and dripped onto the Ghost King Stone.

"Buzz ~"

At this moment, the Ghost King Stone suddenly shone with dazzling light, and then the entire Ghost City shook violently, and the divine formations in the city lit up with a dazzling glow.

"No way…"

Jiang Han was dumbfounded. He had been busy for more than a day, trying all kinds of methods, but in the end, it was not as good as two drops of blood?