Chapter 18 Patience

After chasing for about an hour, Yuan Muye's Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts movement technique) still managed to put some distance between him and the old baldy.

The old bald donkey's voice echoed from behind, "Boy, running deeper inside is just asking for death. Even I dare not enter that place. Be careful you don't go in and never come back."

Yuan Muye stood at a spot that seemed like a dividing line.

Here, the Yin energy on both sides was clearly layered.

One side had extremely heavy Yin energy, while the other side's wasn't as heavy.

But overall, it was still very heavy.

Yuan Muye stood on this side, less than ten meters away from the old bald donkey.

Yet, even so, the old bald donkey didn't dare to approach. He glared at Yuan Muye with sinister eyes and said, "Boy, come over here now, and this monk will let you die comfortably. If you go in, who knows how you'll die?"

"Is that so? Old baldy, who are you trying to scare?"

In truth, Yuan Muye also felt something was wrong, but if he was scared by this old bald donkey now…

Going out meant immediate death, while going in might lead to death, but not immediately.

Yuan Muye knew which to choose between dying sooner and dying later.

"Negative emotions from Master Huineng +699…"

His eyes were filled with gloominess, appearing extremely angry.

"Fine, boy. This monk will see if you can come out alive. This is the only exit. This monk will wait for you here. As soon as you come out, this monk will skin you alive and pull out your tendons."

"Alright, you old thing."

Yuan Muye wouldn't hold back now. Having reached this point, retreating or not meant death either way.

Rather than that, it was better to be tough. Yuan Muye started walking inside.

The system's notification sound in his mind continued, "Negative emotions from Master Huineng +799…"

Yuan Muye started off quickly, but after a while, he slowed down.

Right now, the little over six thousand negative emotion points weren't enough for Yuan Muye to spend.

The Yin energy inside was even more abundant. Clearly, the trees here grew even taller, truly reaching for the sky.

Yuan Muye walked for a while and only stopped after Master Huineng could no longer see him.

Yuan Muye sensed the surroundings but didn't find any evil ghosts here.

But because the Yin energy inside was truly heavy, Yuan Muye didn't continue further. He found a tree, quickly climbed up, and took Yuan Xiaoyao out of the Big Fish Sword, letting her continue absorbing the Yin energy here.

Watching Yuan Xiaoyao remain in a seated position.

Yuan Muye suddenly felt that Yuan Xiaoyao might break through her original level this time and directly enter the realm of a level six ghost.

At that time, she would have the strength of a ghost general, but Yuan Xiaoyao's ghost general strength definitely wouldn't be as strong as the Eight Ghost Generals under Ghost Commander.

Yuan Muye was certain of this.

Yuan Muye had nothing to do at the moment, so he also sat down, intending to see if he could upgrade his ghost body further.

In the current situation, he couldn't go out even if he wanted to, so he might as well cultivate first.

Moreover, the ghost body had another benefit: it didn't require spending negative emotion points and could be cultivated directly.

This saved a lot of trouble.

Sitting down, Yuan Muye began to circulate the ghost body's technique, drawing in the surrounding Yin energy.

This place was truly a holy land for evil ghosts to cultivate, yet such a place had no evil ghosts entering it.

Thinking of this, Yuan Muye's expression couldn't help but change slightly.

He thought for a while but couldn't figure out the reason.

Yin energy constantly entered Yuan Muye's body, and he began to focus, channeling the Yin energy into his body. As the Yin energy increased, time passed.

Yuan Muye could clearly feel his body changing.

It seemed different from before.

A stinging sensation quickly spread throughout his body, a sensation much stronger than before.

Clearly, as expected, his body was changing. His body was now advancing to the second level of the ghost body.

Although this intense pain was somewhat unbearable, he could still endure it.

Time ticked by, second by second, and he didn't know how long had passed.

The system's voice suddenly sounded, "Reminder to host, ghost body level two cultivation successful."

Hearing this notification, Yuan Muye immediately felt much more at ease.

He didn't delay and immediately thought about trying out the second level of the ghost body. After a brief test, he found that its power had doubled.

Good, Yuan Muye was very satisfied with this.

He glanced at the time and found that an entire day and night had passed.

He looked at Yuan Xiaoyao again, and Yuan Xiaoyao was still in cultivation.

Right now, Yuan Xiaoyao was completely enveloped in black energy, which was truly shocking.

Moreover, the surrounding Yin energy was increasing, making people feel more and more uneasy.

Uneasy…

Indeed, so much Yin energy on Yuan Xiaoyao's body made Yuan Muye feel somewhat uneasy as well.

But thinking that Yuan Xiaoyao was his own person, no matter what.

Nothing unexpected could happen.

Yuan Muye wandered around nearby to first confirm whether the vicinity was safe.

After circling within a three-kilometer radius, Yuan Muye felt relieved after discovering that there were no dangers.

Now it was just a matter of competing with the old baldy in patience, to see who had better patience.

In any case, Yuan Muye didn't have the confidence to deal with that old baldy right now.

And based on the old baldy's angry emotions, he wouldn't easily let Yuan Muye go.

The two sides were now in a stalemate.

Yuan Muye was originally thinking about whether there might be another exit. If he found an exit, he would leave directly by another route.

But…

The Yin energy around here was so heavy, heavy in all directions, except for the exit he had entered from, where the Yin energy was relatively light.

It wasn't so easy to escape from the other places.

It seemed that there was only one path.

Yuan Muye was extremely cautious now and didn't want to put himself in a desperate situation, facing an even more dangerous situation.

Once Yuan Xiaoyao advanced to the level of a level six evil ghost, the two of them working together should be able to compete with that damned baldy. Even if they couldn't compete, escaping from his hands shouldn't be a problem, right?

Yuan Muye stayed for a while and felt bored.

So he started sitting down again, intending to upgrade the ghost body to the third level.

There usually wasn't much chance to come to a Ghost Mist Forest, so now that he was here, he naturally had to make good use of it.

Thinking this way, Yuan Muye quickly sat down again.

This time, Yuan Muye specifically looked at the time on his phone. In this kind of place, a phone was basically just a brick and couldn't be used for communication at all.

After noting the time.

Yuan Muye sat down again, drawing the surrounding Yin energy into his body.