As the words fell, a seven-colored True Qi Bullet shot toward the tree trunk.
With a crisp sound of 'ding-dong', corpse qi rolled once again in the ghost forest.
A Shadow Soldier Troop far more imposing and nurous than before erged from the swirling corpse qi.
Their number was several tis more than before, and the strongest even reached the Peak of True Origin.
If the previous ones were re foot soldiers, then this was undoubtedly an elite squad.
"From this situation, it seems this ghost forest truly strengthens with stronger opponents."
Ning Fan's True Qi Bullet, which only used True Origin Realm power, provoked the forest to produce peak True Origin Shadow Soldiers.
If stronger power were used, Shadow Soldiers capable of slaughtering in the Heavenly Gang Realm wouldn't be surprising.
After eliminating this batch of Shadow Soldiers, Ning Fan didn't continue tempting fate by provoking the forest.
The stronger the Shadow Soldiers, the more troubleso they are to deal with, and the aftermath of combat could further provoke the forest.
After this minor incident, Lin i continued leading the way ahead.
At this mont, Ning Fan suddenly asked, "Fei'er, why aren't you talking? Is sothing on your mind?"
Since morning, Ma Fei'er had been quiet and seed almost invisible.
Initially, he thought it was just Ma Fei'er's aloof personality, but now seeing her deep in thought, even Ning Fan realized sothing important was happening.
Ning Fan asked in confusion, "Is there sothing wrong with this ghost forest?"
Upon hearing this, Lin i felt a pang of tension and hastened to cry out her innocence, "Young Master Ning, I've told you everything I know. You must believe ."
"No... nothing wrong."
Ma Fei'er muttered, a flash of guilt crossing her eyes as she looked at Ning Fan.
Ma Fei'er tried to speak several tis but eventually shook her head and fell silent again.
Ning Fan gently said, "No matter what happens, don't forget I'm here with you."
A flicker of emotion crossed Ma Fei'er's eyes, but her guilt only deepened inside.
Last night, when Ning Fan went to scout the ghost forest, Ma Fei'er used a spiritual jade to contact the Ma Family's Council of Elders.
She reported that the Corpse God had been destroyed and hoped the Council could co to Western Hunan to completely eradicate the remnants of the Corpse Herding Sect.
Although Ning Fan repeatedly refused, Ma Fei'er couldn't ignore it.
Eradicating the Corpse Herding Sect was the Exorcist Ma Family's responsibility, and having Ning Fan bear it alone troubled Ma Fei'er.
Now they were going to hunt Lin Batian, risking entry into the Corpse Herding Sect's core land—the Corpse Raising Ground.
Fleshly, she didn't want Ning Fan to encounter danger again.
Rationally, it was the Exorcist Ma Family's responsibility.
Thus, Ma Fei'er earnestly requested the Council to co here.
At that ti, the Council did not give an answer, so Ma Fei'er didn't tell Ning Fan about it.
But this morning, when she received news from the family, Ma Fei'er was completely dumbfounded.
They ordered her to stop interfering with the Corpse Herding Sect and demanded she reveal who killed the Corpse God.
Ning Fan had previously instructed Ma Fei'er to keep it a secret for him.
Therefore, Ma Fei'er didn't reveal the truth, instead making up an excuse to mislead the Council.
The entire morning, Ma Fei'er's mind was preoccupied with this matter.
The Council's bizarre attitude left her uneasy,
especially their ssages, full of commanding tones, not at all as Ma Fei'er expected.
Noticing Ma Fei'er's sorrow-stricken face, Ning Fan had no choice but to change the subject, "Fei'er, how much do you know about the Corpse Herding Sect?"
"All my knowledge about the Lin Family cos from the family's records."
At this mont, an idea lit up in Ma Fei'er's mind as she suddenly recalled sothing.
In the Ma Family's Scripture Pavilion, the records about the Ma Family were detailed, even concerning secret lands like the Corpse Raising Ground.
However, these materials significantly lack information about the Lin Family Head.
The Corpse Herding Sect appeared eight hundred years ago, the first-generation Head was Lin Batian's father, Lin Wudi.
But aside from knowing the father-son relationship, other information was completely obscure.
The Corpse Herding Sect's ergence was a mystery, Lin Wudi's origin was a mystery...
Even the feud between the two families was a mystery.
In the Ma Family records, the feud arose because Lin Batian stole the Ma Family ancestors' remains.
But thinking about it now, Ma Fei'er found sothing strange.
The deceased Ma Family ancestors were all buried in the ancestral mausoleum.
And in the hearts of the Ma Family mbers, the importance of the ancestral mausoleum was akin to the Corpse Raising Ground for the Lin Family, making it a defense priority.
How could Lin Wudi easily infiltrate the mausoleum and steal the ancestors' remains?
Moreover, Lin Batian's unusual familiarity with the Ma Family was another of Ma Fei'er's doubts.
"Could there be so unknown secret within?"
Noticing Ma Fei'er lost in thought again, Ning Fan truly didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, Lin i said at this mont, "Young Master Ning, we have arrived."
"Fei'er, Fei'er."
"Ah!"
Seeing Ma Fei'er startled, Ning Fan softly asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Ma Fei'er shook her head, forcing a light smile, "Did we arrive?"
"Yes!"
Ning Fan nodded, his gaze directed forward.
At the end of the Misty Ghost Forest was a small path between the woods.
The path lay right at the junction of two mountain masses. From afar, the path looked like a tunnel carved through the mountains.
But the sides of the tunnel were not mountain bodies but two rows of dense tree walls,
trees of the sa kind as in the ghost forest, tall and sturdy, with lush branches, standing like guards protecting this path.
Seeing this confird Ning Fan's earlier hypothesis,
the path was the only road leading to the Corpse Herding Sect.
Trying to traverse using Aerial Mastery would inevitably be obstructed by the mountains.
At least to step onto this woodland path, one must pass through the ghost forest.
"The existence of this ghost forest seems to be for deliberate protection."
Ning Fan, struck by a thought, suddenly asked, "Lin i, was the Corpse Herding Sect's site discovered by the Lin Family by chance?"
Lin i was taken aback but then nodded, "Yes, Young Master Ning. Lin Batian once said this place was found by his father, Lin Wudi."
"So Lin Wudi was the first-generation Sect Leader of the Corpse Herding Sect?"
The Corpse Herding Sect is a typical familial sect, where Lin Batian is both the Family Head and Sect Leader.
"Yes. Lin Wudi found the Corpse Raising Ground here, then established the Corpse Herding Sect."
"Now it all makes sense."
Lin i previously ntioned that this Misty Ghost Forest was a natural Life and Death Ground.
This Ning Fan agreed with since he couldn't imagine what level of cultivation would be required to create a ghost forest capable of killing in the Heavenly Gang Realm.
This was the core of Ning Fan's earlier question.
The order of arrival makes a significant difference.
If the Lin Family rely took over the Corpse Raising Ground, it would an Ning Fan faced much less pressure.
Ning Fan pointed to the path ahead and asked, "There's nothing wrong with these two rows of tree walls, right?"
These two rows of tree walls looked remarkably like guarding soldiers.
Lin i quickly said, "No problem, I can go first."
Saying this, she took the lead and stepped onto the forest path.
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