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After a slight hesitation, Lin Xuan’s body flashed with a black light, and his whole figure turned blurred again. Like a ghost, he followed them from afar.

The reason why he was so bold is because of his Hidden Spirit Pill and Qi Concealing technique. Secondly, the Yin Corpse Valley was filled with corpse fog, which would impair a cultivator’s Spiritual Sense, not to mention their eyes. Even if the other party were Core Formation Stage experts, their Spiritual Sense coverage should only be more than ten meters. As long as he was careful, he should never be found!

There were still some doubts in his heart, so Lin Xuan didn’t want to leave too easily.

Following them, he came across a cliff outside a few miles away. There was no greenery around it, only a huge cave about a few meters wide, and its depth seemed bottomless.

This was the zombie lair that was attacked by the two just now and is the largest one in Yin Corpse Valley.

Compared with the dense fog outside, the air inside was much clearer, and Lin Xuan tilted his head with a thoughtful look on his face.

He then felt something, and with a slight tap of his feet, he quickly drifted behind a huge boulder more than ten feet away.

“Senior Brother, there are only a few scattered Spirit Tools here, but I don’t see any corpses. What do you think is going on?” The female cultivator’s voice was full of surprise.

“It’s a bit weird. It’s reasonable to assume that although these zombies devour the flesh and blood of the living, there should be some leftover remains. Were our two Martial Nephews really killed?” Zhang Yi touched his beard, a little uncertain.

“I hope not, but if they’re still alive, why didn’t they contact us? Not to mention, there were more than a dozen disciples of the major sects. Is it really impossible for any of them to escape?”

“You’re right, no matter what, let’s look again. If our Martial Nephews are alive, it’s naturally a great thing. Our senior brother the Sect Master would surely be extremely delighted. And that junior brother Lu, if we find him, he may give us some clues.” Zhang Yi said slowly.

“Okay,” The female cultivator didn’t have a different opinion. Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, “Right, senior brother, in the cave just now…”

“What, where?”

“Come with me,” The female cultivator did not describe much, but pulled Zhang Yi along and re-entered the zombie lair behind her.

Lin Xuan walked out from behind the huge boulder, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then flipped his palm and took out the Hundred Soul Banner.

He shook it gently and a shadow flew out of it.

The shadow was very translucent. It was just a mortal Soul, which was refined and stored into it by Ye Tian. Even if the soul of an ordinary person becomes a Yin Ghost, it would be ridiculously weak. Cultivators in the Spirit Condensation Initial Stage could easily handle it.

But while weak, it also had the advantages of being weak. Because its soul energy was too minuscule, it was not easy for it to be noticed. Of course, under normal circumstances, there was no way to hide from Core Formation Stage cultivators. But in this situation, it should be possible.

Lin Xuan’s lips moved slightly, and recited a low-level spell incantation, he then stretched out his right index finger. A moment later, his fingertips began to illuminate, and a green and shadowy light as thin as a needle floated above it. After the green light left his fingertip, it circled around Lin Xuan as if searching for something, and then slammed into the Yin Ghost’s forehead.

Lin Xuan stopped chanting the incantation, and his complexion looked very tired, but in the originally empty eyes of the Yin Ghost, it suddenly became agile, as if it had acquired wisdom.

It then swayed gently. And floated towards the zombie cave.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Xuan’s mouth. This was his first time using the Ghost Dao’s “Dividing Spirit” technique, the so-called clone. As the name implied, it meant to separate a bit of one’s complete Spiritual Sense, attaching it to other things, and controlling it remotely.

Just like that, this Yin Ghost could be said to have become a part of Lin Xuan. Whatever it saw and heard, Lin Xuan would too.

When one’s main body encountered certain places that were not suitable for entry, one could use the Dividing Spirit technique to make a clone go in your place. This was very practical and convenient.

Of course, this method was not without its shortcomings.

First of all, the chosen clone must be completely controlled by the caster, and its soul energy must be a lot less than the Spiritual Sense separated by the caster. Otherwise, not only would it not be able to control the clone, but it will be assimilated by the other party’s Soul.

There was quite a contradiction.

If the chosen clone was more powerful, then the caster would have to separate more Spiritual Sense, but it was obviously very dangerous. If the clone was destroyed, those pieces of one’s Spiritual Sense wouldn’t return, which also would affect them. Their strength would be greatly damaged, even dropping several levels, or they’d suffer from Qi Deviation and die from self-immolation by one’s True Fire.

On the contrary, if it was a weak clone that was chosen, only a little Spiritual Sense would be needed. Even if the clone was destroyed, the main body would not suffer too much damage. However, it was obviously too weak, except for reconnaissance, it was almost useless…

There was also another limitation. Regardless of whether the chosen clone was strong or not, this ray of Spiritual Sense must be recovered within twelve hours. If it went more than one day, leaving the body for too long, it would automatically dissipate in the air.

If this happened, the result would be the same as if it had been destroyed.

So this Magic Art may seem useful, but the conditions were also very demanding.

But now this situation was just right.

This Yin Ghost, which could be also known as Lin Xuan, carefully drifted into the zombie cave, but the two Core Formation Stage Experts did not sense a thing.

The cave was very dark, but with the body of a Yin Ghost, seeing in the dark is a trivial thing for it.

“Senior Brother, it’s here.”

The two cultivators just walked for some distance in the zombie cave and stopped. The woman’s voice was a little excited as if she had discovered something precious.

“Let me see” The male cultivator then walked to the stone wall.

Lin Xuan manipulated the Yin Ghost to fly a little closer, choosing just the right distance, where he could see clearly without being perceived by the other’s Spiritual Sense.

He saw some claw marks covering the mountain wall, and all were of different depths. It looked quite disorganized. The male cultivator’s face flashed with surprise at first, but after gazing at it for a while, it was gradually replaced by solemnity.

Translated by: James1kd2

Edited by: UnderTheMoon