Chapter 1348: The Ghost King of Hundred Charms
Qingyang traveled by day and night, and finally arrived at the Baimei City mentioned by the cultivators after more than half a month. There were endless pedestrians on the road, and cultivators came and went at the city gate. It looked very prosperous, completely different from the desolate and deserted scenes that Qingyang had encountered before.
Although the Baimei Ghost King ranked last among the Ten Kings and his cultivation was only the sixth level of the Nascent Soul, his influence was not inferior to the other nine ghost kings, and the territory he controlled was not smaller than others. Not to mention other things, the Baimei City, the base of the Tenth Palace where the Baimei Ghost King was located, was thousands of miles in radius, and the area was many times larger than the Chujiang City that Qingyang had visited a few years ago.
I don’t know if it’s because Baimei City was built on an excellent Yin vein, or because there is a super-large Yin gathering formation outside the city. The Yin and Ming ghost energy is extremely dense in the entire Baimei City. There is also a layer of light black fog above the city, which slightly blocks the cultivators’ vision and divine thoughts. They can only see clearly at a close distance. The whole city is slightly dim and cold, just like being in Fengdu Ghost City.
Although there are guards on duty at the gate of Baimei City, no one dares to stop high-level cultivators like Qingyang. Qingyang quickly entered Baimei City.
The layout inside Baimei City is not much different from other immortal cultivation cities in the outside world. The biggest difference is that there are more ghost cultivators, and the number of ghost cultivators is actually a minority. As for immortal cultivators, there is not even a single one. There were ghost kings, ghost spirits, ghost forms, and even many low-level ghost shadows and ghost souls wandering aimlessly on the streets. Because the sky in the Netherworld was already dark, and Baimei City was shrouded in a faint black fog, these low-level ghosts could move around in the city in broad daylight without being affected.
Qingyang's Yin-Yang Mysterious Art was extremely mysterious. In the past few years in the Netherworld, Qingyang had always presented himself as a ghost cultivator, and was not afraid of being discovered. So he swaggered into Baimei City, wandering around and asking for information. With Qingyang's current cultivation, there were only a few hundred people in the entire Baimei City who were better than him. Although those low-level ghosts were not very intelligent, they still knew the basics of seeking good fortune and avoiding danger. They would hide when they saw him, and no one would bother him.
Three days passed quickly, but Qingyang did not get any useful information. In such a large city like Baimei, almost all the cultivators were very secretive when talking about the news about the Baimei Ghost King, and seemed unwilling to say more. It was unknown whether the Baimei Ghost King was too mysterious and ordinary cultivators did not know anything about her, or whether the Baimei Ghost King's control over the entire city was too powerful, and the cultivators in the entire city were so scared that they dared not say more. In short, Qingyang had been asking around in Baimei City for several days, but he hardly got much useful information. On the contrary, because he frequently asked others about the news of the City Lord's Mansion, he almost attracted the attention of the City Lord's Mansion.
Seeing that he could not get any information in the city, Qingyang decided to take a risk and visit the ghost king in person to see if he could establish a relationship with the ghost king. Among the ten hall masters of the Ten Kings Hall, the ghost king of Baimei was the weakest one, with a cultivation level of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul, which was about the same as the city lord of Chujiang City, Chujiang Zhenjun. Qingyang's overall strength was also equivalent to that of a cultivator of the third level of the Nascent Soul. Strictly speaking, the strength of the two sides was only three small realms apart, which was not too much. If he visited the ghost king, the other party should give him some face. It was said that the ghost king of Baimei had a good relationship with the ghost king of Changmei in private. If he could establish a relationship with her directly, it would be easier to contact the ghost king of Changmei in the future.
Having made up his mind, Qingyang found out the location of the city lord's mansion, then searched in the Qiankun gourd, prepared a gift that was not bad, and headed all the way to the city lord's mansion.
As a result, when he arrived outside the City Lord's Mansion, he found that it was extremely lively here. The cultivators who came to visit the Ghost King Bai Mei almost lined up from the street to the end of the street. Most of them were Jindan cultivators like Qingyang, and there were also a small number of Yuanying early stage cultivators. Those with cultivation below Jindan were either followers or younger generations brought by others, otherwise they were not qualified to come at all.
Looking at this lively scene, Qingyang couldn't help but sigh. The face of the Ghost King Bai Mei was really big. But think about it, the Ghost King Bai Mei is one of the giants of the super power in the Netherworld, the master of the tenth hall of the Ten Kings Hall, and the city lord of Bai Mei City, a thousand miles of big city. He also controls a territory of more than 100,000 miles. How could there be few people who want to visit her?
Qingyang came all the way to the door and saw the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper was a Jindan ninth level cultivator, with the same cultivation as Qingyang, but his attitude towards Qingyang was completely condescending, just like a Yuanying senior looking at a Jindan junior, with a very arrogant attitude.
It is said that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, this gatekeeper represents the Ghost King Bai Mei. Qingyang asked for help, but he didn't care about the other party's attitude, but handed over the prepared gift first.
This time, in order to leave a good impression on the Ghost King Bai Mei, Qingyang also spent a lot of money. This gift cost him a full 10,000 Nether Stones, which were all things he carefully selected that were more commonly used and presentable. Perhaps the gifts prepared by Qingyang worked, and the gatekeeper's attitude became much better. He looked at Qingyang and said: "Why did this Taoist prepare such a generous gift?"
Ten thousand Nether Stones is not a small amount. If a Jindan cultivator has no other extra income, it will take decades to save enough. Even a Yuanying cultivator will have to save seven or eight years. Giving so many gifts to the Ghost King Bai Mei for the first time they met is definitely not just to make a familiar face.
Qingyang said: "I am an outsider cultivator. I recently passed by Baimei City. I heard the name of Baimei Ghost King and wanted to pay a visit. So I hope you can be flexible."
"I'm afraid that's not possible." The gatekeeper said.
"Why not?" Qingyang asked.
The gatekeeper pointed to the line outside that almost reached the end of the street and said: "To be honest, these people outside want to see my Ghost King. Although the gifts they prepared are not as good as yours, they are very sincere. Many of them have been waiting here for several years."
"Why is the Ghost King unwilling to see these people?" Qingyang asked again.
The gatekeeper said, "It's not that I don't want to see you, but I find it troublesome. Look, there are at least thousands of cultivators lined up outside, right? My Ghost King is only one person. If I have to see them one by one, wouldn't I be exhausted to death? So my Ghost King has already made instructions. Anyone who wants to see her must wait outside the gate after registering. Whenever she is free or in a good mood, she will randomly select a few to see. Do you know why these people are waiting outside? It's because they are afraid that my Ghost King will suddenly be in a good mood and miss the opportunity."