Chapter 1496: Hundred Bone Demon Man

The Sun Moon Palace reported to the Myriad Swords Sect that three Nascent Soul stage evil cultivators had intruded into the Puppet Emperor's Tomb. They accidentally released the Netherworld Spiders. Someone used a sound-based magical treasure, and a man and a woman collaborated skillfully. The Sun Moon Palace suspected they were the Azure Lotus Immortals and asked the Myriad Swords Sect to verify this.

The Netherworld Spiders burst out of the Puppet Emperor's Tomb, killing tens of thousands of cultivators. The Ten Great Sects were forced to join forces to eradicate the insects, simultaneously offering a reward of 300 million spirit stones for the culprits. If the Azure Lotus Immortals were involved, the Ten Great Sects of the Northern Territory would definitely not spare them, and even the Myriad Swords Sect would be implicated.

"No, we haven't! We've been in the South Sea all this time. Why do you ask, Fellow Daoist Dai?"

Wang Ruyan frowned, her eyes filled with confusion.Was someone framing them for intruding into the Puppet Emperor's Tomb? Her first thought was Shangguan Wei. Shangguan Wei wouldn't dare attack the Wang family directly, but slandering them would be no problem.

"It's nothing. Madam Wang must have heard about the incident in the Northern Territory, right? Among the three evil cultivators who intruded into the Puppet Emperor's Tomb, one male cultivator wielded a sound-based magical treasure. Some people suspected it was you. Since you've been in the South Sea all this time, it clearly wasn't your doing. Don't worry! I'm just performing my routine duties."

Dai Ren didn't believe the Azure Lotus Immortals would go to the Northern Territory to cause trouble. The South Sea and Northern Territory were billions of miles apart. Why would the Azure Lotus Immortals provoke the three major sects in the Northern Territory for no reason? That would be too foolish.

Wang Ruyan suddenly understood and smiled, "So that's it. I wonder who spread such rumors. My husband and I have always stayed in the South Sea and haven't been to the Northern Territory recently. Speaking of which, Fellow Daoist Dai, you've arrived at quite a convenient time. Qing Shan just left Azure Lotus Island with Fairy Cai Lian and the others to head to the Northern Territory to exterminate the ferocious insects."

Dai Ren was somewhat surprised and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Wang is heading to the Northern Territory to exterminate ferocious insects?"Logically, this was a matter for the Northern Territory. There was no need for Wang Qingshan to go there; it had nothing to do with him.

"It concerns the safety of humanity, and our Wang family has some businesses in the Northern Territory. Qing Shan is going there to exterminate the ferocious insects and also to manage our family's business in the Northern Territory."Wang Ruyan explained that Wang Qingshan's trip to the Northern Territory to exterminate the Netherworld Spiders would help clear their names. It would be impossible to frame them just because an evil cultivator used a sound-based magical treasure, especially since they genuinely remained in the South Sea and could withstand any investigation.

Dai Ren suddenly understood, a look of disappointment on his face. He had originally intended to invite Fairy Cai Lian to be a guest at the Myriad Swords Sect, but with the incident in the Northern Territory, Fairy Cai Lian couldn't go.

"I must return to my sect to report back to my Sect Master brother, so I won't stay long. Madam Wang, farewell."After chatting for a while, Dai Ren stood up to leave. Wang Ruyan personally saw him off from Azure Lotus Island.

Wang Ruyan gazed at Dai Ren's retreating back, a thoughtful expression on her face. Was the Nine Nether Sect plotting against the Azure Lotus Immortals?Regardless, the Wang family needed to be prepared.

Back on Azure Lotus Peak, Wang Ruyan summoned Wang Mengfen and gravely instructed, "Mengfen, issue orders: maintain a relaxed outer facade but be vigilant internally. This period might be turbulent. Pay close attention to high-level cultivators from outside, especially those with foreign accents."

"Yes, Old Ancestor."Wang Mengfen acknowledged the order and left.

In the Myriad Ghosts Sea, on an island spanning a hundred li, numerous skeleton soldiers could be seen. There was a black mountain peak over a thousand zhang tall, with a massive black plaza at its summit. On the plaza were eighteen large spell formations, each over ten zhang wide. Above each formation floated a Sky Ghost Banner. On the banners' surfaces, numerous ghostly faces could be faintly seen, appearing and disappearing, occasionally emitting wailing cries.

Wisps of yin qi gathered and flowed into the formations. Guided by the formations, the yin qi slowly poured into the Sky Ghost Banners.Ye Haitang was a formation master. She used the formations to gather yin qi to temper the Sky Ghost Banners. With the ten-thousand-year Ghost Yin Wood as the formation core, abundant yin qi continuously surged in, slowly nourishing the Sky Ghost Banners and gradually increasing their power.

In a secluded underground cave, piles of white bones filled the space.

Ye Haitang sat cross-legged on the ground, her expression solemn. She intended to create an army of the undead. The Myriad Ghosts Sect specialized in controlling ghosts and taming demons. There were many types of ghosts; most were formless, but there were exceptions, and bone corpses were one such type of ghost.

During its prime, the Myriad Ghosts Sect possessed a Myriad Bone Fiend at the late Nascent Soul stage, but unfortunately, it was destroyed by the Four Seasons Sword Venerable.

Ye Haitang's fingers moved continuously, striking out incantations. White bones floated up, and among them, hundreds of bones emitted strong yin qi fluctuations, glowing with a soft white light, distinctly different from the other bones.

Ye Haitang opened her mouth and exhaled a puff of black qi, which enveloped hundreds of bones.She flipped her hand, took out the Thousand Souls Banner, and struck an incantation into it. A ball of green light, the size of an egg, flew out towards the black qi.

"Hundred Bone Fiend, rise!"Ye Haitang let out a low cry. A wailing ghost sound emanated from the black qi. A fierce wind rose, and the black qi dispersed, revealing a colossal three-zhang-tall skeleton. The skeleton had a human body, a monkey's head, a snake's tail, and bird's wings. It held a gleaming black giant axe in its hand, and two clusters of green flames burned in its empty eye sockets.

"It's finally refined, but unfortunately, there are too few spirit bones."

Ye Haitang murmured to herself. Spirit bones were the hardest bones from cultivators or demonic beasts, crucial materials for refining bone corpses. The more spirit bones used, the stronger the bone corpse would be. The Myriad Ghosts Sect once possessed a Myriad Bone Fiend at the late Nascent Soul stage, reportedly refined from the innate spirit bones of a hundred fourth-tier demonic beasts. The Myriad Bone Fiend guarded the Myriad Ghosts Sect for thousands of years but was unfortunately destroyed by the Four Seasons Sword Venerable.

"Heh heh, I know a place where there are many spirit bones. After the Myriad Bone Fiend was destroyed by the Four Seasons Sword Venerable, some spirit bones remained. Go find those bone corpses and refine a Thousand Bone Fiend. Combined with the Myriad Ghosts Soul Fusion Secret Art, you can refine a Nascent Soul stage bone corpse in a short time. It would definitely be no problem against ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators."

Zhao Mei'er's voice suddenly rang out, full of temptation. The Myriad Ghosts Soul Fusion Secret Art was a secret technique of the Myriad Ghosts Sect, allowing multiple low-tier ghosts to be refined and fused together through a secret ritual, transforming them into high-tier ghosts. These artificially synthesized ghosts were relatively weaker in power and lacked powerful divine abilities, but they could be controlled like a fourth-tier puppet beast and were effective against ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Hmph, you're talking about your former dwelling place, aren't you! There are restrictions there that suppress ghosts. If I were to risk going there, I'd surely die. I'm not that foolish."Ye Haitang said bluntly. The place Zhao Mei'er mentioned was the Myriad Ghosts Sect's headquarters, so she naturally wouldn't believe Zhao Mei'er's words.

"If you can't go, you can send your uncle. His strength is considerable; there definitely won't be a problem. Those spirit bones have been nourished by yin qi for over four thousand years, so a Thousand Bone Fiend refined from them would surely be excellent. The Hundred Bone Fiends you've refined from these inferior spirit bones look good but are useless. They'd struggle against even slightly stronger Core Formation cultivators and can only win by sheer numbers. To put it bluntly, even if you refine a hundred Hundred Bone Fiends, they wouldn't compare to a single Thousand Bone Fiend refined from the Myriad Bone Fiend's spirit bones."

Ye Haitang's expression turned cold, and she said chillingly, "Don't even think about involving my uncle. Don't imagine I don't know your little schemes. I won't let my uncle take such a risk."

She performed an incantation, and hundreds of bones successively flew up, hovering in mid-air. She opened her mouth and exhaled a puff of black qi, enveloping these bones. As she struck incantations into them, a "wailing" ghost sound emanated.