Ch 131: The Ghost Lord’s Method to Command the Ghosts of the Divine Province!

“Currently, I’ve urgently prepared three identities for you.” Fa Hai raised an eyebrow, “One for a Buddhist Academy, one for a Daoist Academy, and one for a Confucian Academy. No matter which identity your awakened Heroic Spirit is… there won’t be any problems!”

“…What if I awaken as an Immortal, God, Demon, or a Monster?” Chu Mo frowned.

“You little brat! Nitpicking, are we?” Fa Hai chuckled in amusement after a brief silence, “Don’t worry, if that really happens, I’ll stay up all night to urgently patch things up for you!”

“…By the way.” After Fa Hai led Chu Mo into a secret room in an isolated area, he seemed to remember something. With a flip of his palm, he actually produced a large pile of secret manuals. He revealed a brilliant smile, “I see that you have extraordinary talent. Are you interested in becoming my disciple?”

Chu Mo: “???”

Looking at the names written on these manuals, such as Tathagata Heavenly Buddha Palm, Mighty Heavenly Dragon Seal, Eight Desolations Six Harmonies Heavenly Venerable Skill… one by one, imposing and awe-inspiring, he fell into silence.

He gave Fa Hai a strange look, “I suspect you can’t handle me becoming your disciple!”

He hadn’t even considered becoming Zhu Yuanzhang’s disciple. He was afraid that if he became Fa Hai’s disciple… Zhu Yuanzhang would have to call his cheap teacher into Yanjing City…

“…If you’re not interested, then forget it.” Fa Hai scratched his bald head in frustration, “Damn it, no one wants to become my disciple… Looks like it’s impossible for you to join Jiangning Academy either?”

“It’s so hard to run a school! All the outstanding students are being snatched up by Yanjing and Demon Metropolis…!”

Chu Mo rolled his eyes, “You can leave now.”

“Don’t, don’t, don’t!” The disappointment on Fa Hai’s face vanished, replaced by a cheeky grin, “Even if you don’t become my disciple now… you might change your mind in the future! Hmm, here’s a little gift for you.”

After a moment of thought, Fa Hai laid the books in his hand one by one on the ground, waving his hand, “Pick any one you like.”

“…So generous?” Chu Mo’s expression was a little strange. Seeing Fa Hai’s previous demeanor, he had thought that Fa Hai was planning to use these techniques to lure him into joining… Hmm?

A look of realization flashed in Chu Mo’s eyes. Did Prefect An communicate with Fa Hai about this? That would explain it. Perhaps Prefect An wasn’t very clear about his breakthrough, so he hoped that he could obtain some more profound techniques to help him become even stronger?!

Smiling silently, Chu Mo picked up a book. He tentatively opened it, and when he saw that Fa Hai didn’t stop him, he suddenly asked, “Can I flip through all the books?”

“…You can, but just looking at them won’t do you any good! Unless you take them and use your Divine Thought to fuse with the technique imprints within the books, that’s the fastest way to grasp them… Just looking at them, if you want to grasp them that way, you might have to ponder them for eighty to a hundred years. And that’s just to grasp the basics. If you want to cultivate them to the peak…”

Fa Hai shrugged.

However, Chu Mo’s eyes instantly lit up. After transmigrating, with his point allocation unsealed, the one thing he didn’t lack was time. Wasn’t this specially prepared for him?!

Immediately, Chu Mo began to seriously read, memorizing all the content. One book after another…

Fa Hai’s expression gradually became strange, and he finally commented, “You’re quite greedy… But that’s normal. I’ve seen many geniuses who like to do this! But… you’ll get used to hitting a wall!”

Chu Mo ignored him. When he saw the last book, he discovered that it was called Ghost Control Art. After thinking for a moment, he pushed all the previous secret manuals back in front of Fa Hai, directly stuffing this one behind him.

“…You chose that one?” Fa Hai’s brows gradually furrowed.

“Is there something strange about this technique?” Chu Mo was taken aback. He had just randomly chosen one, since he had already read all the previous ones, which was equivalent to mastering them.

“How should I put it? That technique wasn’t actually created by a Heroic Spirit!” Fa Hai’s words caused Chu Mo’s expression to change drastically.

“You should know that the official rule is that only Heroic Spirits can create techniques, right? The reason is that many techniques created by cultivators have many flaws! This Ghost Control Art has relatively few flaws, so it was preserved… As for what that flaw actually is…”

Fa Hai paused for a moment, then continued, “It’s the difficulty… Its entry-level difficulty is simply unbelievable. Let me put it this way, other than its creator! No one else has been able to grasp it.”

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Chu Mo: “…”

So amazing?!

Fa Hai organized his thoughts, “Its creator was a student of Jiangning Academy five hundred years ago. At that time, he used this art to control a large number of ghosts! Yes, those were the ones that were naturally born in the wild, existing inexplicably… You can imagine the shock that this art brought to the Divine Province, and even the world, when it was first created!”

“At that time, he even used these ghosts to contend against countless monsters and demons! In its prime, the ghost sea tactics he mastered were even hailed as a technique that could potentially change the relationship between humans and ghosts in the future, greatly enhancing the national strength of the Divine Province!”

After a slight pause, Fa Hai glanced at Chu Mo, “It’s roughly the same status as the Qi Cultivation Method and Basic Cultivation Method that you created… It’s just that your techniques were created by Heroic Spirits after all, and they’re easy to grasp. His technique is the opposite of yours.”

“…And then?” Chu Mo asked with difficulty.

“And then he died!” Fa Hai rolled his eyes, “What are you thinking? It was determined that it was difficult to promote, and only he controlled it at the time! At the same time, this kind of art that can control countless ghosts, if it develops to the extreme in the future, might completely allow ghosts to become a force controlled by the Divine Province! Could the Divine Province’s enemies let him live?”

“Little brother, this world is very dangerous… No matter how many big shots are standing behind you, they can’t guarantee everything! The Divine Province is powerful, but it’s too big, too big, the population is huge, and information communication is inconvenient… It might just take a moment of distraction for a city to be destroyed. Not to mention a single person… Even if you have tycoons behind you!”

“…Are you reminding me to grow up as quickly as possible?” Chu Mo looked at Fa Hai with a subtle expression.

Fa Hai was silent for a moment, then sighed, “It’s just that I’ve been a teacher for too long! It’s rare to see a prodigy like you… I’m just a little, alas, those methods haven’t been promoted yet. If your methods were truly promoted to the entire Divine Province and became basic cultivation methods…”

“Perhaps…”

Fa Hai didn’t continue, but his meaning was obvious. Chu Mo might face the same fate as that Ghost Lord back then.

“…I understand.” Chu Mo nodded seriously.

“You understand my ass! If you really understood, you should immediately run away to Kyoto World, then find a big shot to latch onto and live like that for the rest of your life! That’s the safest… But I understand you wild-grown geniuses too well.” Fa Hai pursed his lips, finally sighing silently and walking out.

These geniuses are too arrogant, how could they give up their ideals and pursuits… and run to Kyoto to find someone to latch onto! To coast through this life like that?

Inside the secret room.

“It’s indeed quite dangerous.” Chu Mo muttered. However, he thought it was fine. As long as his speed of becoming stronger surpassed the speed at which danger approached, then it would be equivalent to no danger!

“…However, as expected, compared to extraordinary talent, this kind of art that can change the world is what attracts more attention and hatred.” Chu Mo let out a sigh. Then, seeing that there was still time remaining, he immediately pressed the Ghost Control Art against his forehead. Afterward, he began to refine the imprint within.

Countless pieces of information surged into Chu Mo’s brain at that moment, and his expression changed slightly, “This set of techniques… actually…”

Yes, even after fusing with the Ghost Control Art imprint within, Chu Mo felt the abstruseness of this technique. It wasn’t something a normal person could cultivate… It even felt like this was a custom-made technique for him.

“A bit interesting!” Chu Mo laughed silently. He wasn’t surprised. After all, this was a technique that no one had been able to grasp in the past five hundred years other than that person. If it was really easy to grasp, he would have suspected that something was wrong…

Chu Mo didn’t continue to ponder it, but quietly waited.

At the moment when the time travel officially arrived, Chu Mo sensed the Doors of Space and Time in his mind, blooming with an extremely brilliant luster. Afterward, they seemed to transform into a black hole, continuously swallowing his spirit.