The Ghost Island Master is dead; naturally, the array flag has become an ownerless object.

Ji Yuan grabbed it and instantly began refining... As the array flag trembled lightly, it finally recognized him as its master.

"Hm?"

Once Ji Yuan sensed the situation inside the Yin Ghost Banner clearly, he was a little surprised. With a thought, two black mist ghost heads immediately flew out from the array flag and spun around his body.

"There are actually two Yin Ghosts left inside this Yin Ghost Banner!"

This was something Ji Yuan hadn't expected. He originally thought that after killing those two Yin Ghosts, the Yin Ghost Banner would be left with only the array flag's function.

But now that the Yin Ghosts were still there, the banner could still be used as a magical artifact.

Having obtained partial inheritance of the Yin Ghost Sect, Ji Yuan certainly knew that with these two Yin Ghosts, it was equivalent to gaining two Qi Cultivation mid-stage helpers out of thin air.

Just like when he fought with the Ghost Island Master earlier.

Both Yin Ghosts could directly bite that mid-stage flying sword.

After checking the Yin Ghosts, Ji Yuan immediately recalled them back to the array flag... Even the number of Yin Ghosts had reached four; who knows how many people the Ghost Island Master had killed over the years?

This act of mine counts as eliminating evil for the people.

Ji Yuan wasn't in a hurry to test the effects of the Yin Ghost Array. Instead, he first completely refined the Black Wind Boat, and only after it could be used without any hindrance did he thrust the Yin Ghost Banner into the reed marsh and, with a thought, black mist instantly filled out for a mile around.

Originally, Ji Yuan was inside the array, unable to distinguish directions.

But now, controlling the array, he had a clear view of everything.

The pure Yin Ghost Array is actually a Maze Array. Ji Yuan had just been trapped inside it; if not for the precious red-crowned chicken blood, he would've likely still been stuck.

But adding the Yin Ghosts into the Yin Ghost Array creates an extra Killing Array effect.

Yin Ghosts kill enemies through the Yin Ghost Array with ease.

The power increases significantly as well.

But, correspondingly, the consumption is huge. Otherwise, the Ghost Island Master would have already used it to kill Ji Yuan.

But... Aren't arrays usually powered by spirit stones? Why does this Yin Ghost Array need to be operated with my own spiritual qi?

Ji Yuan browsed his memories again and quickly learned... The array was incomplete!

"Fuck!"

The only reason this Yin Ghost Array could be operated with personal spiritual power was due to Ghost Island Master's own attempts to patch it.

If you say Ghost Island Master lacked talent, he was still able to patch up the formation on his own.

If you say he had talent, he changed a spirit stone-operated array to one run on his own spiritual power... Wonder if I have that talent or not.

But even if I don't, it's fine. When I get back, I need to build myself an Enlightenment Room.

He put away the array flag with a wave of his hand, the black mist dispersed, and he leapt out of the reeds.

Seeing he was about to drop into the water, the Black Wind Boat appeared, Ji Yuan slapped a Water-Resistant Talisman onto himself, leaned forward, the Black Wind Boat submerged, and in an instant it vanished without a trace.

Darting through the water beneath, moving like he was on solid ground.

Ji Yuan scanned the underwater scenery in the Cloud Rain Marsh, but hadn't gone far before he spotted a spirit fish resting among the water plants.

Water Drop Finger, go!

He flicked his finger; that cold-blooded perch immediately sensed it, flicked its tail, and churned up a cloud of mud and sand.

"Trying to run?!"

Ji Yuan turned the boat and chased after it. In no time, looking at the cold-blooded perch inside his storage bag, he couldn't help but sigh.

It really is a world where big fish eat little fish and the strong stay strong.

A fisherman with a middle-grade dharma ship in these waters is basically picking up spirit stones, while those Qi Cultivation early-stage fishermen toil and wander, risking even their lives.

But, thinking about it, in all Zengtou City, how many fishermen actually have a middle-grade dharma ship?

After traveling underwater for an hour, Ji Yuan surfaced again, roughly identified the direction, and once he was sure, he headed straight... towards Huaiyin Square.

The Ghost Island Master may be dead, but there's probably still a lot of good stuff on Black Mist Island.

Like Bone Decay Flowers that haven't been harvested yet, or materials for cultivating Yin Ghosts, and so on.

Right now, no one knows the Ghost Island Master is dead—it's the perfect time for treasure hunting. If you wait until word gets out, it'll be too late.

But Huaiyin Square is quite far away, and even though Ji Yuan made the trips as fast as possible, without the slightest delay,

When he returned to Zengtou City again, five days had already passed...

A great haul: more than sixty Bone Decay Flowers and a big bag of Bone Decay Flower Seeds.

And some filthy stuff used to raise Yin Ghosts.

The rest wasn't much, all stored in the Ghost Island Master's old storage bag.

Dusk approached; gazing from afar at the riverside, Ji Yuan squinted—three households, all unchanged. He secretly sighed in relief.

He'd been gone a long time, and the thing he worried most about was the buildings at home.

Just as he landed and put away the dharma ship, before he had a chance to open the house gate, someone from the neighboring Lin Family came out.

"Brother Ji?!"

Lin Hu saw Ji Yuan return, clearly delighted, rubbing his hands in excitement. "Where have you been these days? You... you being safe is just the best news."

Being cared for is always a good feeling.

Ji Yuan could see that Lin Hu was truly concerned for his safety, not for anything else.

"I went on a trip to the deep water area, ended up taking longer than I thought." Ji Yuan smiled. "Everything alright at home?"

"All's fine at home. Oh, right—someone came by a couple days ago asking if you still wanted to buy Cold Iron Sand. I sent them away."

With Bone Decay Flowers, the Pigsty can be upgraded. As for the Fish Pond, Ji Yuan planned to keep using it for now. Cold Iron Sand was definitely not something he'd buy anymore; if he needed it, he'd rather dig for it himself, safer than buying.

"Good, thanks for the help."

Ji Yuan nodded and entered the yard.

Everything in the yard looked the same. He activated the various building effects, and the dust in the house vanished in an instant, making everything like new again.

When he left before, he'd only turned on the Chicken Cage effect; the others were off.

So, of course, the half-spirit fish hadn't advanced; only the Chicken Cage… Ji Yuan opened the cage door, saw the thick layers of spirit eggs inside, and was initially quite pleased.

Then he immediately gagged, almost retching.

Thirty eggs a day, he'd been gone eight days—240 spirit eggs, when the hell would he finish eating them?

If not for worrying about attention, he'd take them all to Zengtou City and sell them off in one go.

After gathering the spirit eggs, an extra layer of spiritual soil appeared beneath the Chicken Cage, which Ji Yuan collected. Night was falling, but he didn't care about resting.

He went straight to the Pigsty, summoned the White Water Flying Sword with a thought, shrunk it to fit, then carved a series of purification runes onto the pigsty gate.

After a while, Ji Yuan put away the flying sword and looked at his work.

Perfect!

Only then did he call up the panel.

[Pigsty: LV2 (Upgradable)]

[Spirit Effect: produces half a tael of Blood Essence daily; blood and flesh effects enhanced]

[Upgrade conditions: low-grade spirit stones x50, Bone Decay Flower x3, purification runes carved (fulfilled)]

After running around for so long, risking death, now he could finally upgrade the Pigsty—Ji Yuan didn't hesitate.

With a thought, under the twilight, a faint red glow covered the entire pigsty.

The pigsty, previously still dirty with spirit pig droppings, was instantly spotless thanks to the purification runes.

Before Ji Yuan could check the effects of a level 3 pigsty, his attention was drawn to a ball of Blood Essence that had appeared out of thin air, floating inside the pigsty.

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