I had to admit that this man had sharp eyes. He could easily recognize the difference between the jade bracelet and the dark green bead from the items I carried with me.
I lifted my head to look at him. After pondering for a while, I said, "It's used to raise ghosts."
As soon as I said that, the stern young man frowned. The people from the Metaphysics Society also turned to look at me in surprise.
In Fengshui and many Daoist magic arts, Yin souls, or ghosts, were used.
For example, the 'Five Ghosts Transporting Technique', the 'Five Ding Five Jia Protective Spell', and so on. There was even a low-level technique to invite ghosts to possess one's body.
Although it had many uses, in the study of Feng Shui and orthodox Daoism, the Art of Raising Ghosts was an evil and crooked path. This was because the ghosts used in those techniques were temporarily summoned. They were either wandering souls or wild ghosts from the Nine Underworlds.
However, the Ghost Raising Technique required the cultivator to raise ghosts, so it was different in nature.
Ghosts and otherworldly items were inauspicious. They could be used, but they couldn't be raised.
This was the orthodox point of view in Feng Shui.
Except for some Feng Shui masters in Nanyang who had learned some superficial Daoist techniques from the Central Plains and some special sects in the country, there were very few people who knew how to raise ghosts.
After listening to me, people were startled. They didn't understand why a Feng Shui master with a good cultivation base like me would raise ghosts.
The stern young man kept silent for a while. Then, he said to me, "Summon the ghosts."
I nodded and hesitated for a while. Then, I contacted Tong Tong and asked her to release two ghosts from her jade bracelet.
Very quickly, a stream of light flashed before everyone's eyes and two faint spirits appeared before them. However, after they appeared, the spirits did not pounce at them like before. Instead, they stood there, not daring to move. In fact, their bodies were even trembling.
I understood that this place was the headquarters of the Metaphysics Society, so it was protected by a formation that could restrain ghosts and evil spirits. Although ordinary people couldn't sense it, ghosts wouldn't dare to act rashly.
It was just like the old witch. When she found me, I could have fought her if I had released all the ghosts in my jade bracelet. However, she had attacked me in the Shenzhen branch. There was a formation there, so it was useless to summon the ghosts.
The cold-faced young man stared at the two ghosts for a while and didn't say anything. He just waved his hand in the direction of the door.
Soon after, two men in black hurried to come.
"Call two people who know how to raise ghosts."
I could see that the stern young man had a high position. After he gave his order, the two men in black didn't question him and immediately left.
The room fell into silence. The young man stood there with his eyes slightly narrowed, not moving an inch.
Around ten minutes later, the two men in black returned to report. They were accompanied by two sinister old men.
These two old men should be the ones who knew how to raise ghosts. As soon as I saw them, I understood.
Those who know the Art of Ghost Rearing must have frequent contact with ghosts, so their bodies are contaminated with ghost energy. Looking at their gloomy expressions, it is obvious that they are quite accomplished in this field.
What shocked me was that the Ghost Raising Technique was that the Metaphysics Union could find two people who knew how to raise ghosts in such a short time. This kind of efficiency was really scary.
The two old men were very respectful to this young man. They clasped their hands and were about to greet him. However, the young man interrupted them. He pointed at the two spirits I had summoned, the jade bracelet, and the black bead. He said to the two old men, "Please check if these two items are used to raise ghosts."
The two old men didn't dare to be negligent. They walked to me and picked up the jade bracelet and the black bead. After studying them for a few minutes, they turned to the young man and said, "These two items have ghost energy lingering around them. I can sense the aura of the two ghosts. They should be used to raise ghosts."
I had told Tong Tong to cover the jade bracelet and the black bead with Yin energy. After listening to them, I heaved a sigh of relief.
However, one of the old men with a slightly protruding head hesitantly added, "But …"
My heart sank. Did he find something wrong?
The cold-faced young man also frowned and asked. "But what?"
The bald old man muttered to himself for a moment, then said, "The Yin Qi on these two things is quite thick, and it doesn't seem like it could be emitted by these two little Yin Spirits. I'm afraid there are other ghosts with high cultivations inside."
After listening to him, the young man turned to me and said coldly, "I'll give you one more chance. Summon the thing inside."
This time, I was silent. The bald old man was talking about Tong Tong. However, Tong Tong was a natural fetus. If I called her out, would this young man or the two old men who had profound knowledge of the Ghost Raising Technique recognize her?
It's not a good thing for Tong Tong or me to have such a treasure.
After pondering for a while, I told Tong Tong to conceal her spirit. Then, I called her out.
The Metaphysics Union wouldn't let go of even the slightest suspicion. If I insisted on not calling Tong Tong out, it was hard to predict what would happen in the end.
After Tong Tong came out, the temperature in the room dropped by a few degrees. Waves of Yin energy surged.
After so many years, I had gotten used to Tong Tong's Yin energy. However, she was a ghost and a rare natural fetus. Her Yin energy was really heavy and terrifying.
The two old men were shocked. After a moment of silence, the bald old man couldn't help but ask me, "Since you're raising this female ghost, I'm afraid she has the power of a Ghost Marshal, right?"
Ghosts and spirits had different levels according to their cultivation base. Above ordinary ghosts, there were Ghost Generals, Ghost Marshals, Ghost Kings, and finally, Ghost Immortals.
Ghost Immortals were also called Yin spirits. Their power was comparable to the Heavenly Masters. As for the other three realms, they corresponded to the three realms of the Earth Masters.
I nodded and said, "She should be at the Ghost Marshal realm."
I didn't know Tong Tong's real power. However, when I had dealt with Han Wennan, I had poured all of my Dao energy into the Yama Brush. Tong Tong's Yin energy had easily reached the same level as mine. In terms of power, she was stronger than me. There was no doubt that she had reached the Ghost Marshal realm.
After the bald old man nodded, he didn't say anything else.
The young man with a cold face looked at me one more time. Then, he turned around and checked Zhang Wenfei's belongings.
I exhaled in relief. I hurried to bring Tong Tong and the other two ghosts back into the jade bracelet.
What happened next wasn't surprising. After the man checked around, he didn't find anything suspicious. Eventually, he let us go.
After putting on our clothes and taking our belongings, we hurried to leave the place. The people from the Metaphysics Union arranged for us to stay in a nearby manor.
On the way there, I saw people from the other branches. I finally felt relieved. It seemed the Union had temporarily put down their suspicions about us.
However, it was different from the time when we were in the True Dragon Vein. This time, we were arranged to stay in the Gui area.
After the people from the headquarters left, the others quickly gathered in my and Zhang Wenfei's room. Everyone's expression was filled with resentment. When they talked about how they were forced to take off their clothes, all of them were extremely angry, especially Xu Shuxing. He shouted that this matter couldn't be settled and that he had to seek justice. What right did the people from the Metaphysics Headquarters have to treat us like this?
Unlike them, this matter started because of me. After taking their True Dragon's Vein, not to mention forcing me to take off my clothes, even if they wanted to take my life, it would be my own fault. There was no one else to blame.
I forced a smile and comforted them for a long time. Eventually, they calmed down a little.
Although they were saying that they were powerful, in reality, everyone knew in their hearts that the implications of this matter were too great. It would be good enough if they could guarantee that they would not be implicated. There was no way they would be able to get justice.
After discussing this matter, we shifted the topic to the Young Phoenix Festival. According to the rules of the Union, the Young Phoenix Festival would start in half a month after everyone had left the True Dragon Vein and gathered at the Union.
According to our calculations, after this delay, we still have about ten days to prepare.
Previously, at the True Dragon Vein, with my help, the ten people of the Guangdong branch all absorbed enough Dragon Vein Qi and reached the Qi Gathering Pillar Realm. However, this realm has not been completely stabilized, and it will take some time to stabilize it. In addition, after the realm is stabilized, some preparation work will be done to guide the Dragon Qi Baptism.
Thus, the time before the Young Phoenix Festival was very tight and couldn't be wasted.
After discussing this issue, no one brought up the matter of being forced to take off their clothes. After all, compared to the humiliation, preparing for the Young Phoenix Festival was the most important thing.
After a simple discussion, everyone returned to their rooms to continue cultivating and stabilizing their realms. Zhang Wenfei and I also did the same.
On the way back, I didn't dare to absorb the Dragon Qi as I was worried that the True Dragon Vein's aura would leak.
Now that the dark green energy's concealment ability had fooled everyone, I could finally absorb it without worry.
I sat cross-legged on the bed and separated the dark green energy from the jade bracelet. In a split second, the dense Dragon Qi surged towards me and was completely absorbed into my body.
Since there were still four empty light pillars in my body, I didn't dare to waste any time. From that night onwards, I continued to absorb the Dragon Qi without rest.
Even though the efficiency of absorbing the Dragon Qi through the jade bracelet was very high, I couldn't recklessly absorb it as I was in the Metaphysics Association's headquarters. While I was absorbing, I tried my best to move the dark green energy to cover all traces. Not to mention the people from the Metaphysics Association's headquarters, even Zhang Wenfei, who was sitting not far from me, couldn't detect it.
After cultivating crazily for four days, I had finally filled all five Dragon Qi pillars in my body.
I heaved a sigh of relief, but I couldn't conceal my excitement.
There were a total of five Dragon Qi pillars. Previously, I didn't dare to think that I could fill all of them. Who knew that in just a few days, the True Dragon Vein had filled all five of the Dragon Qi pillars. The amount of Dragon Qi contained in them was five times that of a person in the same realm. If I were to tell others about it, it would probably scare them to death.
As for the True Dragon Vein in the jade bracelet, there wasn't much change after I had absorbed it.
After all, it was an entire True Dragon Vein. The amount of Dragon Vein's Qi was extremely terrifying. Even if I had more than a hundred Dragon Qi pillars in my body, I wouldn't be able to absorb it all.
Moreover, the True Dragon Vein was a cycle. The Dragon Vein's Qi could be produced on its own. No matter how much I absorbed, it would be able to replenish the Dragon Vein's Qi with time.
This was a treasury that could continuously produce Dragon Vein's Qi. Even if my power increased in the future, it would still be very useful to me. I had really gained a huge advantage this time.
Of course, I wasn't satisfied with my current realm. I started to think about what I had to do next.
Stabilizing my current realm required a process. This process couldn't be rushed and had to be done slowly.
Judging from the time, the five Qi pillars in my body definitely wouldn't be able to stabilize when the Fledgling Phoenix Gathering started. However, we were ranked last among all the branches, so there should be enough time for me to stabilize.
After I stopped my crazy cultivation, Zhang Wenfei had already stabilized his Qi Gathering Pillar realm. In terms of talent, he was actually the best in the Guangdong branch. If I didn't have the jade bracelet, it would be hard to say if my talent could compare to his.
Seeing that I had woken up from my cultivation realm, Zhang Wenfei happily called out to me and asked, "Are you done?"
I nodded hesitantly. "You can say that."
My realm hadn't stabilized, but the five Qi pillars had been filled up. It could be considered done.
"It's good that you're done. I just contacted my Eldest Senior Brother. Originally, I wanted to ask him to take us to play around nearby. However, after talking with him, I received an incredible piece of news …" Zhang Wenfei's face was flushed and he was extremely excited.
"What news?" I asked him curiously.
Zhang Wenfei moved closer to me and said mysteriously, "Ye Pianpian!
She's at the headquarters right now! "
I was dumbfounded. I thought it was some good news that would help our cultivation, but it turned out that this fellow was love-struck again.
"My Eldest Senior Brother said that if there's a chance tomorrow, he'll take us to see Ye Pianpian secretly. Don't you think that's good news?
Haha, my dream of many years will finally come true tomorrow! "
This fellow seemed to have gone crazy as he stood there and kept laughing. He was the perfect image of a lunatic.
I curled my lips and was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.
Only a few people from our branch would come to the headquarters to knock on the door, so Zhang Wenfei didn't hide his excitement. He stood there and laughed hysterically.
But when I went to open the door, the smile on Zhang Wenfei's face suddenly froze. Then, his eyes widened to an exaggerated degree, and his mouth opened wide … …
Even I was shocked and couldn't help but open my eyes wide …