I have made some changes to the previous chapter. If you have any doubts, you can read it again.
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Ziyue has good culinary skills.
In his previous life, his parents ran a small restaurant for more than ten years. Influenced by what he heard and saw, plus he liked to ponder, his culinary skills gradually surpassed his father, who was the head chef of the restaurant. Later, whenever he returned home on vacation, he would become the head chef of the kitchen. Even the family business gradually prospered.
Before, he had no choice. Now that he was out, when he had free time, he would naturally choose to show his culinary skills to satisfy his appetite.
While going to the kitchen, Ziyue walked to the side of the table. He did not care about the frightened puppy, who hurriedly limped away vigilantly. He opened the cloth bag and cut a small piece of the snake demon meat.
This snake demon meat was flexible and thick. It was the size of a palm, but it weighed more than two kilograms.
This snake meat, he naturally did not have the intention to cook it for himself. He just wanted to use this puppy to do some experiments.
He wanted to see if this ordinary puppy would have any special changes if it ate the meat of a demonic beast.
After half an hour, a pot of stewed snake demon meat was placed in front of the puppy.
The puppy was vigilant. Its dog face had a look of disdain, but its small eyes still glanced at it from time to time.
The smell of the meat was too tempting. It was a little restless.
But it stared at Ziyue, hoping that he would leave quickly.
Through contact, Ziyue had a rough understanding of its character. He did not get angry and directly turned around.
When Bai Ziyue reached the door, he turned his head to take a look again. Coincidentally, he saw the puppy take two quick steps and arrive in front of the dog basin. However, when it realized that Bai Ziyue was looking at it, it hurriedly limped back. Because it was too anxious, it even fell and rolled its small body on the ground.
Laughing in his heart, Ziyue finally walked out.
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Night, unknowingly, fell.
At this time, Ziyue walked out of his residence.
Along the way, the number of people gradually decreased. Only a few shops were still open.
The dim lanterns shone on the ground, making it dim.
Ziyue was dressed in martial attire. Holding his scabbard, he gradually approached the west.
There were even fewer people on the streets. There was not a single person to be seen on the streets. The surrounding houses were also starting to become dilapidated. They were scattered and far away.
This was the most desolate place in Qinghe Town. Even the night watchmen would try their best not to come here.
That was because there were countless corpses buried here. It was a graveyard.
The graveyard was located within the town, which was a bit inappropriate. However, there were always some greedy people who found a wasteland and buried the corpses.
As the number of people increased, this place naturally became a graveyard.
Sometimes, for the sake of convenience, the government would throw the bodies of unknown merchants, criminals, beggars, and even commoners who had died in vain in the town into the graveyard. It was already extremely benevolent of them to wrap the bodies with a straw mat.
Therefore, in this place, other than the desolation and coldness of the cemetery, there was also the stench of rotting corpses from time to time.
It was still okay during the day. Under the sunlight, there would be some warmth and people would be a bit braver.
However, once night fell, even the most daring drunkards and those who practiced martial arts would not dare to step into this place.
Bai Ziyue planned to use the Soul-luring Incense to attract ghosts and increase his spiritual energy.
After thinking about it, this place was the most suitable place in Qinghe Town.
However, he did not act rashly.
As he walked around and measured the land, he quickly memorized the surroundings and the route.
He was not clear about the effects of the Soul Attracting Incense.
As for the strength of the ghosts he would attract, he was also not sure.
After all, reality was not a game. No matter how confident he was in his own strength, he did not dare to say that the ghosts attracted by the Soul Attracting Incense would definitely be weaker than him.
There was also the possibility of the hunter and the prey switching identities.
Ziyue was very clear about this point.
In this world where demons and ghosts roamed freely, it was never too much to be careful.
Naturally, he had to find a good route so that he could quickly escape if he encountered a hostile ghost that he could not deal with.
After an hour, Ziyue's figure appeared in an empty space.
This place was actually still quite a distance away from the real graveyard.
However, since it was his first attempt, he naturally did not want to go too deep.
This was because if he was not careful and was surrounded by ghosts, that would not be good.
Taking a deep breath, Ziyue took out a stick of Soul Attracting Incense and carefully stuck it into the ground.
Then, with a shake of his finger, a flame appeared.
With a slight movement, the flame landed on the Soul Attracting Incense and ignited it.
Suddenly, a light green smoke naturally drifted out and gradually spread out in all directions.
Seeing that the Soul-luring Incense had been lit, Bai Ziyue did not hesitate. He quickly visualized the complicated runes in his mind. When a total of nine runes were visualized, the Spiritual Power in his body was activated. Like a torrent, the Spiritual Power directly poured into the runes.
Buzz!
With a slight tremble, Ziyue's eyes suddenly flashed with a special light.
In an instant, the whole world was different in his eyes.
The originally dark ground was as bright as day in his eyes.
Even if it was hundreds of meters away, he could easily see it as if it was right in front of him.
In the sky, all kinds of strange auras intertwined. In his eyes, it was like a strange picture scroll, twisted and agile, constantly changing.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths …
Ziyue stood not far from the Soul Attracting Incense and waited quietly.
When the time came to the twentieth breath, Ziyue's heart jumped.
"It's coming!"
In the night wind, this place was desolate and cold.
Gradually, a ghost appeared in the distance. It had a confused look on its face, and its soul was a little shaky as it floated over in a daze.
Soon after, Bai Ziyue realized that other than this spiritual body, there were some other ghosts that were gradually emerging from the ground. They were in a daze as they approached the Soul Guiding Incense.
"Wandering ghosts, and there's more than one direction."
Ziyue felt a similar cold aura coming from behind him. He turned his head and saw that in the direction where he came from, there were also three or four souls rushing out of the underground tomb, wobbling toward him.
"This Soul Attracting Incense is indeed effective. Just by looking at it, more than a dozen ghosts have been attracted."
Ziyue was faintly excited.
More than a dozen ghosts, even if they were wandering ghosts and their soul bodies were weak, could still bring him some soul energy.
He didn't mind.
Moreover, this Soul Attracting Incense had just been lit not long ago.
He believed that as time passed, more and more ghosts would be attracted to this place.
Soon, the first soul body approached. Ziyue was not afraid. His Qi and blood rippled, and the saber light slashed.
Like a bubble, the ghost directly shattered, dissipated, and turned into ashes.
"Soul energy + 9."
Then, Ziyue did the same thing and quickly killed the other ghosts that approached.
They were just the lowest level of souls. In terms of the degree of soul body, they were not even as solid as the little ghost that Ziyue met in Cloud Leaf Village. Naturally, they posed no threat to him.
Gradually, more and more ghosts approached. Ziyue looked around and saw that there were dozens of them.
Even if the amount of soul energy that a single soul body could produce was very small, with the most only a dozen points and the least only seven or eight points, it was still very impressive.
In a short period of time, he felt that his soul energy points had increased by more than a hundred points.
This was much more than the twenty to thirty points that he obtained when he got up early in the morning to slaughter livestock. It was more straightforward and direct.
Even if there was some danger in this way …
Sensing that a ghost was suddenly attacking at a fast speed, Ziyue turned around and used the Cloud Walking Step. The saber light swept across, and the thick Qi and blood power crushed down.
Puff!
This sneak-attacking ghost was directly cut in half. Then, it was poured by the Qi and blood, and directly collapsed and turned into ashes.
"Soul energy + 56."
"As expected, some ghosts with stronger souls are gradually being attracted to this place."
Ziyue thought to himself and felt a little excited.
They were the weakest of wandering ghosts. Although they could still increase his soul energy, the speed was too slow.
For example, one ghost was equivalent to five or six ghosts. Only then could it be considered refreshing.
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Suddenly, a series of muffled sounds came from the graveyard. Soon after, he saw five or six figures slowly approaching him in a rather strange posture.
"Walking corpses?
Moreover, these walking corpses look like the bandits of the Ghost Head Stronghold who died today. "
Looking at the five or six twisting figures that were attracted over, Ziyue quickly recognized them.
This was because he saw their faces and figures clearly at the city gate. They looked exactly like them.
However, he did not expect that they would be turned into walking corpses so quickly.
One had to know that ordinary corpses would either directly rot or be exposed to the sun and become dry corpses.
Only when the location of the corpse happened to be in a Yin-type area could it be possible to corrode the corpse and use its remnant soul to turn it into a walking corpse.
As time passed, the walking corpses could continue to absorb Yin-type aura and evolve into zombies …
He was not surprised that the officials would throw the corpses of the bandits in this graveyard. However, the speed at which they turned into walking corpses really shocked him.
This was because even if it was a Yin-type area, it was impossible to turn corpses into walking corpses in just one night, or even less than one night.
With this thought in mind, Ziyue did not hesitate and quickly rushed forward. With a wave of his long saber, a continuous stream of saber light swept across the field.
Puff!
Puff!
Puff!
The sound of countless sabers cutting into flesh was heard. Even if these Ghost Head Stronghold bandits were not weak when they were alive, one or two of them had even reached the Internal Refinement Realm. Their skin was tough and when the saber cut into it, it was as tough and hard as cowhide.
However, after turning into walking corpses, they only had their instincts left. Naturally, they were far from being Ziyue's opponent.
Soon, all the walking corpses were killed by him.