Zhang Yan hasn’t stayed up all night reading a book for a long time.
Zhang Yan read through the three volumes of "Miscellaneous Volumes of Spiritual Matters" in one night, and the general contents were stored in his mind. There are familiar parts and novel parts. Although it is not a complete picture, it can definitely allow him to draw a rough outline of a ghost belonging to the Wild Sky Domain in his impression.
According to Yu Wenbing’s statement in the book. Ghosts are called "spirits" but are subdivided into five types.
Ghost hunting. It should be the target wild ghost. But compared to the wild ghosts on earth, the ghost hunters in the wilderness are much worse. As the lowest level ghosts, they have little room for further growth and are not recognized by other ghosts. A lot of clues can be seen from just the word "hunting". Let's look at what the ghost boy Zhang Yan saw doing at the mass grave before. Combined with the description in the book, ghost hunting is a kind of prey or food that is hunted.
Spiritual children and spiritual feeders. These are two kinds of ghosts. Moreover, there are no records in the Longhu Mountain Sect's ancient books, and there are no specific types of ghosts in the Wild Sky Domain that can be used as analogies. In fact, if you look at the essence of these two, they should both belong to the category of fierce ghosts. However, they are subdivided because of their different positions in the ghost ecology of the Wild World.
As for why these two kinds of evil ghosts are mentioned together, it is also because of the special relationship between them.
Just like the pigs and the swineherd in the pigsty. The soul boy is the pig, and the soul feeder is the swineherd.
To be honest, when Zhang Yan saw this, the thought that came to his mind was: Is there such a thing?
Although there are no such records about ghosts on earth, Zhang Yan has some experience in the wilderness. The most intuitive and profound impression on him was in front of the beheading stage in the east market of Langyuan City, where he witnessed with his own eyes the scene of a large, two small and three evil ghosts eating the souls of death row prisoners.
Could it be that the female ghost in red is the "spirit feeder" mentioned by Yu Wenbing in the book?
Are those two ghost children "spiritual boys" being raised as pigs?
Since Zhang Yan regards him as a pig, the fate of the soul boy will naturally not be much better than that of the pigs in the pig pen. It can even be said to be exactly the same fate.
It's just that raising a soul boy in captivity is not easy, and it takes a long time. It's not uncommon to have good luck for five or six years, and bad luck for thirteen or four years. Once developed, the person who enjoys the spirit boy will naturally not be a spirit feeder like the female ghost in red, but a higher-level ghost in the circle of strange ghosts in the wilderness. For example, the two ghost cultivators dressed as generals that Zhang Yan had seen. They also have a specific name, called "spiritual generals".
Zhang Yan's understanding is that this "spiritual general" is the main "fighting" existence among ghosts. It is no longer a pure ghost, but has entered the ranks of ghost cultivators. Compared to dabblers like Lingji, these spirit generals are serious ghost cultivators. It's just that it's very different from the number of roads built by ghosts recorded at Longhu Mountain Gate.
When the spirit goes up, it becomes the Holy King with a higher status. The "king" in the few words intercepted by Zhang Yan is most likely the holy king mentioned. If we continue the analogy, the Holy Kings must all be at least ghost cultivators at the Ghost King level. It is also Zhang Yan who understands the quality of the opponent he needs to face next.
But do you think it’s over here? Is this the state of the ghost circle in the Wild Sky Realm described by Yu Wenbing in the three volumes?
No, no, no, these are not all, nor are they the parts of these three volumes that concern Zhang Yan the most.
The third volume, "Spiritual Miscellaneous Volumes," introduces a new concept called "sacred territory."
It doesn’t really matter what it’s called. What’s important is that this so-called holy realm is described in this sentence in Yu Wenbing’s book: a spiritual kingdom built entirely of spiritual creatures.
This is scary.
Zhang Yan previously speculated that since there is a ghost king, will there be a ghost mansion and a ghost cultivation sect? But I never thought that my horizons were still too short, and someone would just create a "country" for you.
Ghost country. Isn't this much scarier than a ghost mansion or something like that? Even when Zhang Yan saw the three words "Land of Spirits", what he thought of was actually "Underworld". But after a second thought, I discovered that although the underworld and the "land of spirits" described by Yu Wenbing are both gatherings of ghosts, the former is "reincarnation and control", while the latter is probably "self-contained".
The two may seem similar, but are actually fundamentally different.
Then here comes the problem.
Since there is a holy realm like the "Land of Spirits", why is it that the human race is still calm, and there is not even any knowledge that can be related to it?
Oh, that's not right. This "Spiritual Miscellaneous Volume" actually explains it in great detail, but it was passed around among the human race and was not accepted by anyone. It was even regarded as a joke. This itself seems very abnormal and illogical. It is understandable that the miscellaneous scholars who are obsessed with natural subjects do not believe in Yu Wenbing's teachings. Do those mainstream schools of thought also believe in these things? The more Zhang Yan thought about it, the more he felt that he had discovered something strange.
Is this limited to Nanyuan Kingdom? Or is this true for all human nations?
In addition, since Yu Wenbing comes from the demon clan, what he learns must also come from the accumulation of demon clan from generation to generation. Does that mean that compared to the strange reactions of humans to ghosts, it is completely opposite to what the demon species has inherited?
Is it really unclear? Do you really think it’s just a conjecture? Or is there another secret?
No matter how Zhang Yan looked at it, he felt that it must be the latter. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to explain how the human race can maintain a normal life for most people without being "knowing anything" and not being used as a hunting ground by the so-called "sacred territory". What else is hidden in it?
But out of curiosity, the information Zhang Yan has now does not support him to make more deductions. One thing he can know is that the Desolate Heaven Realm is far more complicated than he imagined, and it is not possible to show the whole picture with just the little things he sees.
Finally, the "Spiritual Miscellaneous Volume" also gives some speculations. For example, Yu Wenbing speculates in the book that the Holy King is not the Lord of the Holy Domain, and there are not just one or two, but many. So what is the status of the existence of these holy kings? Or is there such a being that can rule all the holy kings? Or are all the holy kings like scattered sand fighting on their own?
Zhang Yan stretched out, opened the door, took the bucket and went out to fetch water.
A new day begins, and Zhang Yan has new expectations. For example, what does the Holy King mentioned in Yu Wenbing's book look like? What means are there? Can you unravel the speculations in "Spiritual Miscellaneous Volumes" that make Zhang Yan curious?
With his thoughts at this point, Zhang Yan also sorted out the grievances between the Wu family and himself, as well as the Holy King and him.
To put it bluntly, the Holy King and the ghosts under his command were all used by the Wu family. Maybe the inside story was kept in the dark. However, looking at the peeks everywhere during the recent period, Zhang Yan guessed that the Holy King must have also reacted. That's why I didn't attack him rashly, but wanted to hone his background through these peeks. Perhaps, when it comes time to take action, many of the methods and strategies that were previously thought to be unintended will no longer work.
