It didn't take long for Austin to conclude that it was a special space into which he and Violet had been
sucked in by a secret weapon.
They had gained a lot of rewards during their journey of the Ghost Valley. But, being stuck in this
strange place and not being able to get out of it, would be a big loss. It was not just about wealth now; it
was their lives that matter.
'Those vital energy crystals, mineral resources and the sacred weapons that we have found in the cave
must be the treasures of the Ghost Sect. The four men had stopped me from leaving. Are they serving
the Ghost Sect? Yes, they surely are. I had met men like them once in the outer range of the Grand
Desolation Mountain. The four of them are the same as the cultivators of the Ghost Sect whom I had
met earlier. I could identify them with their scents and dresses. That means, those dry corpses were
also made by the Ghost Sect. And now I'm stuck in this weird space. It must be the four cultivators of
the Ghost Sect who did this. But how did they do it? And how will we escape from here? The Ghost
Sect seems to deal exclusively with ghosts and monsters. It's really evil. They must have come after
me because I took away the vital energy crystals and precious minerals which they had stored in that
cave for so long. And of course! There is that book of martial art that I took. Since the Ghost Sect
especially deals with ghosts and monsters, maybe the book records various kinds of formulas and
skills. They can help me deal with this situation. Why don't I take out that book and check out if there
are any skills recorded about it! Let me look for some skills that can deal with these ghosts, in order to
cope with the present predicament!'
Thinking this, Austin pulled out the jade slip immediately. He had taken it from the cave earlier. He took
it out from his Space Ring and placed it over his forehead.
Suddenly, streams of information about several skills rose from the jade slip like radiations and
penetrated through Austin's forehead into his mind.
Good lord! There were so many of them! The Soul-capturing Secret Skill...
The Primary Corpse-refining Formula...
The Intermediate Corpse-refining Formula...
The Primary Corpse-controlling Formula...
The Intermediate Corpse-controlling Formula...
The Venomous Corpse Palm...
The Corpse Miasma Releasing Secret Skill...
The Soul-transforming Skill... . . .
The long list of weird skills flowed into Austin's mind. There were more than a dozen skills in that jade
slip. These were all heretical skills of refining souls or corpses.
Austin raised his eyebrows as he took in the information pouring into his head. He had heard that many
years ago the Ghost Sect was once attacked by all the sects of Violet Orchid Empire. Was it because
all the weird skills which they cultivated were heretical and evil?
Of course the cultivators of the orthodox path would detest and reject it. It was much beyond their
thought.
Austin kept looking over and over again at more than a dozen skills which were written on the jade slip.
Suddenly his attention was caught by a skill called Soul-transforming Skill.
After reading about the skill in detail, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
This Soul-transforming Skill was a skill that transformed the soul energy into the power of spiritual
sense by refining the souls.
Austin studied the Soul-transforming Skill several times, thoroughly. He couldn't believe it. The skill was
beyond his expectation, and it was fascinating that such an uncharacteristic skill existed in this world.
It was originally a skill that cultivated the power of spiritual sense. However, it used soul as its energy
because souls were figures of spirituality.
The spiritual souls sometimes were left off after the humans had died. The bodies were dead but the
souls contained their power of spiritual sense.
The Soul-transforming Skill intended to refine the power of spiritual sense from souls and blended them
into the cultivator's power of spiritual sense.
Austin recalled the incident when once a little monkey's spiritual soul broke into his Soul Sea. The little
monkey's figure of spiritual soul shattered into pieces after it was bounced off by Austin. He had
absorbed these pieces of spiritual soul, and his power of spiritual sense had improved a lot since then.
It indeed worked on the same principle as the Soul-transforming Skill recorded in that jade slip.
With all these thoughts running in his mind, Austin raised his head and looked at the numerous souls in
the dark space around him. Suddenly, he became excited. This was a gift! He was so excited that his
eyes were filled with the spark of desire. He was aware of what powers he could attain by that skill.
If he cultivated this skill, the souls lingering in front of him would become the nourishment of the power
of his spiritual sense. That would make his power of spiritual sense increase quickly.
If it worked out, the whole thing would turn into a lucky chance for him.
However, the introductions of the Soul-transforming Skill emphasized that it was a skill with high risks,
so in order to cultivate this skill, the vital energy cultivation base of the cultivator had to be higher than
the medium stage of Earth Realm.
And upon that, in first two levels, cultivators had to start cultivation with the assistance of elixirs, or they
had to face the counterattack from the souls.
The skill was divided into eight levels.
The first two levels required the assistance of some elixirs.
In the third level, the cultivation required the power of spiritual sense to reach such a high degree that it
would cover a range of 500 meters around the body.
In the fourth level, the cultivation required the power of spiritual sense to reach to a degree wherein it
could cover a range of 1000 meters around the body.
In the fifth level, the cultivation required the power of spiritual sense to reach high enough to cover a
range of 5000 meters around the body.
In the sixth level, the cultivation required the power of spiritual sense to reach across a range of 10,
000 meters around the body.
In the seventh level, the cultivation required the power of spiritual sense to reach the degree to cover a
range of 20, 000 meters around the body.
In the eighth level, the cultivation required the power of spiritual sense to reach a range of 50, 000
meters around the body.
Above all, the cultivating process of the Soul-transforming Skill was extremely dangerous as the
counterattack by the power of spiritual sense could easily be triggered by any carelessness.
According to the information on that skill, the first two levels had no limit regarding the qualification of
any cultivator to succeed in cultivation. However, the requirements changed from the third level.
The qualification and potential of cultivators had to be paid attention to, in higher levels of cultivation. It
clearly stated that anyone with lower qualification and potential in cultivation would easily get injured if
the cultivation of this skill was done forcefully.
The major issue now was that only one or two among a thousand cultivators could progress beyond the
third level, and only one or two cultivators among ten thousand cultivators could move above the fifth
level.
'It looks like that this Soul-transforming Skill is really a great danger, ' Austin sighed to himself.
'With my power of spiritual sense, I can start my cultivation from the fourth level.
But, according to the records in the jade slip, it will become extremely dangerous from the third level,
so the cultivation of the fourth level must also be perilous.
However, the present situation leaves me with no other alternative.
Success and wealth always come along with risks. Maybe this is a good chance for me to hugely
improve my power of spiritual sense.'
Being stuck in such a situation, Austin knew deeply about the importance of cultivating the Spiritual
Sense Flying Needle.
There were four levels of the Spiritual Sense Flying Needle in total, and Austin had achieved the first
level till now. He always took the natural attitude to it and didn't intentionally cultivate the power of
spiritual sense. He thought it was an uncharacteristic power, because he always put the vital energy
cultivation base as a priority, as well as physical strength.
'It guesses, in the future, I have to take out time to improve the power of spiritual sense and practice it
more often.
Well, I should stop thinking about it anymore.
Now, it's time to start the cultivation of the fourth level of the Soul-transforming Skill with the
nourishment of the souls.'
Before he started, he reviewed and studied the fourth level of the Soul-transforming Skill once and
once again in detail. Then, the cultivation started.
Austin followed the method that was mentioned at the fourth level. After a while, he was able to make a
long spiritual sense chain in his Soul Sea. It was dark with cool light emitting on its surface and with
loud noise echoing in his Soul Sea.
Suddenly a thought came in his mind, and he made the spiritual sense chain rush out of his Soul Sea
with sound of jingles. The spiritual sense chain passed through his body. It hovered around. In a short
time, it captured three souls which were nearby and dragged them back to his Soul Sea.
Although the three souls that had been captured were struggling fiercely, the spiritual sense chain that
Austin made with the instructions of the Soul-transforming Skill seemed to be equipped with special
powers. The spiritual sense chain was like the devil's chain with curses on it. The three souls
immediately became weak and lost their energies once they got entangled by the spiritual sense chain.
After easily capturing the three souls and dragging them into his Soul Sea, Austin refined them
immediately. Screaming aloud, the three souls broke into pieces of light and finally integrated into
Austin's Soul Sea.
It wasn't as difficult as the jade slip had described. It seemed quite easy to Austin.
He was overjoyed. The spiritual sense chain got hold of four other souls that were near him and
dragged them too into his Soul Sea to refine.
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