NOVPUBChapter 177: Chapter 123 Spiritual Grade Cicada·Three Years_2
The incense smoke filled the air, and the ground was dotted with burning incense sticks.
The candlelight illuminated the surroundings, giving a bit of an underworld vibe.
Chen Qing felt no fear.
This was his territory, yet so many evil ghosts had nested here.
Since he was already here, he might as well tidy things up thoroughly, preventing them from causing trouble in his domain.
Sensing Chen Qing’s presence, the evil ghosts in the entire market began to wail, especially one with blurred bloody facial features, whose crying sent a shiver down Chen Qing’s spine.
Listening to the wailing sound by his ear, Chen Qing shouted angrily, “Quiet!”
Upon hearing Chen Qing speak, hundreds of evil ghosts fell silent, not daring to make any unnecessary noise, fearing they might be obliterated by this Lord Yinsi in a fit of anger.
Chen Qing looked around; ghostly figures dared not howl in the wind and were all quietly kneeling on the ground.
Chen Qing looked at Xu Ye beside him and instructed, “Go, summon all the ghosts within a thousand miles around here, they must arrive within twenty days, or else their divine souls will be annihilated!”
Xu Ye said, “The evil ghosts within a thousand miles are numerous, my lord. I need to take fifty ghost souls to summon them.”
Chen Qing nodded, “Hmm, go ahead.”
Chen Qing walked through the market, found the most majestic building, went inside, and sat by himself in the hall, then said, “Prepare to openurt. Yin Shu Niang, go summon a ghost!”
Chen Qing sat before the desk, casually picked a jade inkstone as a gavel, and saw a headless ghost brought in.
He immediately slapped the jade inkstone, shouting, “Who is below theurt?”
The headless ghost knelt and said, “The little ghost is He Yiyi.”
“Why did you turn into a ghost?”
“I was originally a scholar, but a classmate forcibly took over my family business and insulted my wife, daughter, and old mother, causing me to harbor resentment and transform into a ghost.”
“Did you ever harm anyone’s life?”
“Only harmed that classmate, and no one else since.”
“Why is that?”
“Cultivators are strong, and the Xuan Bird unitnducts raids once a year; I did not dare to cause chaos.”
“Since you did not harm others, let it be.”
“Let me ask you, what do you see me as?”
“Lord Yinsi governs the netherworld, and there is divine protection behind you, oh no, it’s because of your immense strength, my lord.”
“Mm, be a good ghost, I will hold nightly trials of a hundred ghosts every year, do notmmit evil deeds, go!”
Waving for He Yiyi to step back, Chen Qing suddenly felt he had a deeper understanding of his own Light Butterfly.
Hisntrol over his Light Butterfly increased a notch.
Turns out, this is part of the Dao too.
Chen Qing gained new insights.
After judging for sevennsecutive days, those whommitted too many evil deeds and had heinous crimes were obliterated by Chen Qing.
Those whommitted minor offenses received punishment of hard labor, with lengths of time decided based on the severity of their sins.
Ofurse, he judged based on his feelings without specific rules.
Many who knew their crimes were heinous tried to escape, but howuld they escape Chen Qing’s perception?
He was acquainted with all the evil ghosts in this market as if a map was etched in his heart.
He knew the movements of all the ghost souls.
When three evil ghosts who had just left the market turned to smoke, no one dared to flee casually.
November 15th.
At midnight, Chen Qing ended a day ofurt sessions and put on the bronze ghost mask on the high seat.
Ji Ru had been waiting for a long time; upon seeing Chen Qing appear, he was the first to speak, “Fu Luo, pay respects to Senior Taichu.”
After others greeted him, Chen Qing softly said, “Fu Luo, Red Lotus, scholar, Feng, good evening.”
“Now, let’s begin the gathering.”
He placed his right index finger on the table, tapping to the eerie tune of Mr. Yin Yang.
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Luo respectfully said, “Senior Taichu, I have acquired a brand new Gu insect and hope for your guidance.”
Fu Luo opened her clasped hands, clearly holding a cicada within them.
Upon seeing it, Chen Qing’s heart was startled.
Contracting a Gu insect requires reporting to the Spring and Autumn Cicada and Floating Butterfly.
The Floating Butterfly signifies heaven and earth, being the foundation of the world.
It is said the entire world is a giant butterfly, which is the Floating Butterfly.
The Spring and Autumn Cicada represents time,ntrolling its flow.
Among the three thousand paths, only the Spring and Autumn Cicada and Floating Butterfly, whichmmand the rivers of history and heaven and earth, surpass all.
There are many butterfly-type Gu insects, given the Floating Butterfly nurtures all things, hence most Gu insects are in butterfly form.
The Spring and Autumn Cicada, on par with the Floating Butterfly, is extremely mysterious, rarely seen in cicada form.
Suddenly witnessing a cicada-form Gu insect surprised Chen Qing, but after seeing specific information, he relaxed.
[Spiritual Grade Cicada·Three Years]
Quality: Gu First Transformation
Life Span: 62/300
Effect: Uponntracting, one enters triple timespan acceleration.
Before Ninth Transformation Harmonization, once triple timespan acceleration is activated, it cannot be turned off.
Trait:
[Unique]: It will have only one master in its lifetime; once the host perishes, it will return to the river of history. Time is irreversible.
[Heartless]: As a spirit of the river of history, it has no interest in worldly matters and does not actively eat.
Growth Requirements: Gold
Growth Progress: 0/100
Promotion Requirements: Gu Ninth Transformation, one Hundred-Year Life Gu.
Undeniably, this was the strangest Gu insect Chen Qing had ever seen.
The effect was immensely powerful, almost terrifying!
Triple timespan acceleration, what does that mean? Triple cultivation speed, triple spiritual energy rvery speed, inmbat, naturally three times faster than others!
This was amplished through time alterations, naturally three times ahead of others!
When executing a quick sword, perhaps before the enemy realized, they were already decapitated with one strike.
The two traits carried heavy negative undertones.
Having only one master per life meant the cicadauld not obtain a Promotion Map!
In other words, its promotion path must be explored over a long period, and figuring out its promotion needs, akin to Fu Luo’s Luck Gu, required substantial resources.
Fu Luo, as the Ninth Princess of Da Yan, howuld she lack the resources to promote a single spirit Gu? Yet she was born with the Luck Gu and blessed with fortune, and when she met Chen Qing, the Luck Gu was only in Ninth Transformation!
Investing large resources to cultivate a Gu insect demanding enormous resources seemed impracticalmpared to nurturing other Gu insects.
[Heartless] thwarted any plans to raise a wild cicada beforentracting it.
In the wild, it would always be in First Transformation, with growth progress perpetually zero.
In simple terms, these restrictions meant that uponntracting the Three-year Cicada, the irreversible triple timespan acceleration was activated.
Using it for cultivation ormbat would be excellent, but during peaceful times?
Even sleeping involved triple timespan acceleration!
A person’s lifeuld not bentinuously filled with battles, and even for Chen Qing, it only happened a few times a year.
Which was quite frequent.
Additionally,ntracting such a Gu insect meant being forced into an awkward situation.
Constantly needing tompete, fight, and seize cultivation resources.
Being victorious was fine, but how often is one always victorious?
One defeatuld lead to utter devastation.
The Three-year Cicada’s effect was overwhelmingly powerful, crushing all spiritual Gu.
To put it bluntly, if Fu Luontracted this Gu insect, what would Li Chonghuan amount to before her?
But the negative effects were equally overwhelming.
No wonder Emperor Donghua of Da Yan died young;ntracting such a domineering Gu insect, it’s no wonder they didn’t die early.
It’s no wonder Da Yanuld stand in this world for so long; possessing such powerful Gu insects is indeed extraordinary!
Chen Qing even suspected that the Three-year Cicada might not undergo any change upon promotion.
The Three-year Cicada’s effect wasn’t more useful than a Two-year Cicada; with the same opponent a Three-year Cicadauld defeat, a Two-year Cicadauld also defeat.
But the Two-year Cicada’s timespan acceleration would be much slower, more advantageous.
Thus, viewed this way, the triple timespan acceleration was perhaps a negative effect as well.
However, Chen Qing divered the most absurd part.
The negative effects of this cicada weren’t significant to him.
He realized heuld see themplete Promotion Map of the Three-year Cicada!
The only issue was that his eyes felt slightly sore now.
He stared at something he shouldn’t have looked directly at.
