Inside the inn, a tower a hundred zhang tall stood erect.
This tower was the Ghost Tower.
After the death of the Ghost Ancestor, Jiang Chen bound his own essence blood with the Ghost Tower.
The Ghost Tower was a divine-grade spiritual weapon, and with his cultivation, he couldn’t fully control it, he could only freely control its size for now.
Inside the tower were nine floors.
Jiushuang was staring blankly at several specters while Jiang Chen stood to its right.
It had been half a day since Jiushuang had awakened.
It still couldn’t understand why not only had its soul not scattered, but it had also condensed a ghostly body.
Jiang Chen didn’t explain the meaning of these things, only saying, “For now, your life is not in danger, but you must continuously increase your cultivation and ghostly qi to extend your yin lifespan.”
“…so I won’t die? I can stay with you?” Jiushuang was overjoyed.Jiang Chen smiled helplessly.
Who could have thought?
He had tried everything in the previous nine lifetimes but couldn’t help Jiushuang escape fate.
But in this lifetime, Jiushuang had directly become a ghost fox and cut off the so-called red thread of fate without him doing anything.
“Why have you become like this?”
Puzzled, Jiang Chen asked.
“Um…”
Jiushuang was at a loss for words.
Of course, the truth could not be told because if it were, Jiang Chen would be affected in this life.
“Just think of me as mad,” Jiushuang finally blurted out.
It said this casually, thinking Jiang Chen wouldn’t believe it.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Chen actually nodded, thinking it made perfect sense.
“Indeed, only madness can explain your absurd actions…” Jiang Chen sighed.
Clearly, one becomes accustomed to the strangeness when one has seen too many madmen.
“However, the fact that you can still realize your own madness means you’re already much better off than some lunatics,” he added.
“…”
This left Jiushuang speechless.
Without further idle chat, Jiang Chen looked at those trembling specters and said, “You’ve just condensed your ghostly body, devouring these specters will benefit you greatly.”
“Mmmh.”
Jiushuang nodded and then approached the specters.
There were a total of four specters, all from the upper four realms, and they were the Upper Domain cultivators who had attacked Jiang Chen not long ago.
Suppressed by Jiang Chen’s ghost techniques, these specters inside the Ghost Tower were all dull-eyed and powerless to resist.
Jiushuang’s form began to change as it approached one of the specters.
In just a moment, it grew to the size of an adult.
It growled, its blue fur was shrouded in ghostly qi, and its fox eyes glowed red, alternating with a fierce aura.
It had heard from Jiang Chen and knew that the specters before it were the attackers.
And it had already decided that if it could stay by Jiang Chen’s side in this lifetime, then even if it became a ghost fox or a demon fox, it would protect Jiang Chen at all costs.
As long as it lived, no one would be allowed to bully Jiang Chen again!
Thinking of how these specters had wanted Jiang Chen’s life, the fierceness in Jiushuang’s eyes intensified.
Without any hesitation, Jiushuang first pierced the specter’s body with its fox claws, then tore it apart and swallowed it bite by bite.
After devouring one specter, it turned its head towards the other specters.
Perhaps it was due to fear, or perhaps it was a sense of impending danger.
The ghostly figure suddenly snapped out of its dazed state, its face filled with terror as it exclaimed:
“D-don’t come any closer!”
“…”
Jiushuang had no intention of responding and simply bit off its head.
Seeing this, the remaining ghostly figures also came to their senses and scrambled to escape.
Jiushuang did not immediately give chase.
Instead, a cruel smile played at the corners of its mouth, relishing the thrill of the hunt and the pleasure of killing, much like a cat toying with a mouse.
Soon, all four ghostly figures were devoured by Jiushuang.
Returning to its original form, Jiushuang licked its front paws, looking quite unsatisfied.
It turned to look at Jiang Chen and blinked as if asking: “Is there more?”
“…”
This scene made Jiang Chen shake his head repeatedly.
Although the Nine Abyss Ghost Fox naturally thrives on devouring souls, such playful behavior was enough to confirm one thing. Jiushuang has gone mad!
“No more. I’ll give you more later,” Jiang Chen said while spreading his hands as Jiushuang continued to look at him.
Jiushuang nodded and looked away.
It reminded itself internally: ‘I am a mature ghost fox. I need to learn to find my own food!’
Suddenly, a wave of drowsiness hit Jiushuang.
“Jiang Chen… I’m sleepy…” Jiushuang said.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen stepped forward, picked it up, and gently stroked its fur, saying, “You’ve just consumed several upper four realms ghosts, you need to sleep and digest them to refine them into ghostly qi.”
“But I’m scared… I’m worried I won’t see you when I wake up,” Jiushuang shook its head.
“Don’t worry,” Jiang Chen replied with a smile.
“You are inside the Ghost Tower, which is bound to my blood. I’ll know immediately as soon as you wake up.”
“Right, you need to hurry and go,” Jiushuang said with a burst of energy, reminding him.
“The female ghost from the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss is searching everywhere for you!”
“What?!” Jiang Chen was startled!
Although he was inside the Ghost Tower, he could sense the commotion outside Cold Realm City.
He had thought the female ghost was coming for Jiushuang, but it turned out she was after him?
But that didn’t make sense!
Logically, he and the female ghost had never met in this life, so why would she come with a horde of ghosts to capture him?
“I accidentally let it slip while I was sleeping…” Jiushuang’s ears drooped as it spoke softly.
“I’m sorry…”
“Ah…”
Jiang Chen sighed deeply.
He couldn’t really blame Jiushuang, knowing full well that it had a habit of talking in its sleep.
In his view, Jiushuang had come to find him in this life probably because Jiushuang heard Chen Sheng boasting about “how awesome his young master was.”
And now the female ghost had learned about him from Jiushuang’s mouth.
Hence, she led a horde of ghosts to capture him.
If he traced the root of all this, it was definitely Chen Sheng’s fault!
Well, the system’s fault wasn’t small either!
“Don’t worry, I’ll escape into the Mysterious Ice Realm in a bit. That female ghost won’t be able to catch me,” Jiang Chen reassured.
With that, Jiushuang felt at ease, curled up, and finally closed its eyes.
Jiang Chen just held it quietly, lost in thought.
The Nine Abyss Ghost Fox is special, belonging to both the ghost and demon categories.
Neither the unique realms of ghosts nor demons could measure Jiushuang’s strength accurately. The most precise way was to judge by the number of its tails.
Currently, Jiushuang had four tails, its strength comparable to a cultivator who had just entered the upper four realms.
Jiang Chen estimated that after consuming several upper four realms ghosts at once, Jiushuang would likely need a long sleep.
He believed that when Jiushuang woke up next time, its strength would have increased a notch, and growing a fifth tail was not impossible.
A five-tailed ghost fox would be comparable to a Divine Passage realm cultivator.
With six tails, Jiushuang could transform into a human.
Noticing that Jiushuang was sound asleep, Jiang Chen carefully placed it down and prepared to leave.
But he had only taken a few steps when he heard Jiushuang mutter in its sleep.
“Jiang Chen… will you marry me after my Shape Transformation?”
Hearing this, Jiang Chen paused.
In the end, just like in the previous nine lives, he did not answer directly but left with a sigh.
In the previous nine lives, it was because the outcome was unclear.
In this life, it was because he already knew the outcome.
Death, ascension, and then departure…
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