The demon clan resides in the vast North Sea, while ghost cultivators hide in the Ghost Territory. Compared to the North Sea, the living conditions in the Ghost Territory are harsher, but that's from a human perspective. For ghost cultivators, it's a naturally gifted treasure land.

Because the Ghost Territory is filled with corpse aura everywhere, and corpse aura is the foundation for refining ghost dao techniques. Without corpse aura, ghost cultivators' cultivation levels wouldn't make any progress.

"Ah, it's so cold. Why is the Ghost Territory so cold?"

As the Golden Leaf Flying Boat delved deeper into the Ghost Territory, the group of students felt colder. The ghastly white corpse aura seemed like the cold air from a fridge, piercing their skin and making them shiver uncontrollably.

"The Ghost Territory itself isn't this cold; it's the corpse aura. Everyone, deploy your Soldier Aura Barriers to block the corpse aura," Fang Qiu instructed and demonstrated by first opening his Soldier Aura Barrier. The egg-shaped Soldier Aura Barrier was semi-transparent, enveloping his body and blocking the corpse aura outside.

Once you advance to the Fourth Soldier Realm of the Immortal Sage, you can condense martial energy and use the Soldier Aura Barrier to protect yourself. Upon hearing this, the students also quickly opened their Soldier Aura Barriers, blocking the corpse aura outside. Once isolated, the coldness on their bodies quickly vanished.

Except for Wang Xiaoqiang.

"Huh? Little Qiang, you're not afraid of the corpse aura?" Luoo Youshan was surprised to see that, unlike everyone else, Wang Xiaoqiang hadn't opened his Soldier Aura Barrier. She couldn't help but ask.

"I don't feel that cold, and having a barrier outside isn't comfortable," Wang Xiaoqiang shrugged nonchalantly, secretly circulating the Fire Element Spiritual Energy within his body, allowing it to flow over his skin to resist the corpse aura.

The Fire Element Spiritual Energy is a magic treasure to restrain corpse aura. At this time, not only was he not feeling cold, he felt warm and comfortable all over.

Everyone's gaze focused on Wang Xiaoqiang, amazed that he wasn't showing signs of coldness. Su Li said, "Little Qiang, are you a fire attribute spirit root?"

Wang Xiaoqiang replied, "I don't have a spirit root."

Upon hearing this, everyone checked Wang Xiaoqiang's spirit root attribute,

and to their shock, discovered that he truly had no spirit root.

Now, the feeling Wang Xiaoqiang brought to everyone was no longer of awe but of curiosity and suspicion.

Just imagine, how could someone without a spirit root practice cultivation?

And how could he attain the Fourth Soldier Realm of the Immortal Sage?

This is simply unbelievable!!

Now, everyone looked at Wang Xiaoqiang with a sense of seeing a demon spawn.

Focused by such gazes, Wang Xiaoqiang felt a bit uncomfortable all over.

"Little Qiang must have come across some great fortuity," Fang Qiu said, which helped dispel the attention focused on Wang Xiaoqiang, and the looks finally slid away from him.

The Ghost Territory wasn't originally called the Ghost Territory; it used to be called the Southern Domain.

The Southern Domain was located in the extreme south of the Immortal Realm, a barren land producing ghost insects and poisonous bugs. The most notable demarcation from the central plains area was where suddenly, like rising from flat ground, towering mountains connected majestically, reaching into the clouds, partitioning the north and south.

Since ancient times, few ventured to the Southern Territory from the fertile central plains, for two main reasons: one, the roads were steep; two, there were many fierce beasts, poisonous insects, miasmatic gas, and evil water, plus the land was often barren, making it unsuitable for farming.

Later, at some point, it began circulating in the Immortal Realm that within the endless mountains of the Southern Domain lived various savage alien races, eating raw flesh and bloodthirsty, among them ghost cultivators who even ate human flesh. Since then, no one dared to go there, and instead, there was a panic across the land, worrying day and night if those ghost cultivators might suddenly emerge from the Southern Domain, invade the central plains, and threaten the world.

For thousands of years, ghost cultivators and other alien races in the Southern Domain fought and slaughtered each other for territory. Ultimately, the ghost cultivators eliminated all other races and took control of the entire Southern Domain.

Due to the dominance and emergence of ghost cultivators, the Southern Domain ceased to be called the Southern Domain and was named the Ghost Territory. Over the years, countless human cultivators were buried here.

It's known as the Burial Ground.

For a thousand years, ghost cultivators have been lurking in the Ghost Territory, cultivating by relying on the dense corpse aura to strengthen themselves. They constantly emerge from the Ghost Territory, harassing the southern frontier, causing unrest among the populace. Ghost cultivators have become the sworn enemies of the human clan. The fear of ghost cultivators gradually deepened in people's minds, and in the southern frontier, when mothers coaxed their children to sleep at night, they'd say, "If you don't behave, the ghost cultivators will come and get you," scaring the children into being quiet.

Each time ghost cultivators raided human lands, they committed all sorts of atrocities, burning, killing, pillaging. The common people suffered greatly.

"Staying all together like this isn't conducive to exterminating ghost cultivators," Wang Xiaoqiang suggested, "We should act separately."

"Yes, we should act separately," Fang Qiu said, "But the Ghost Territory is too dangerous. If we act separately, we should pair up, so each can look out for the other."

The Demon Droplet's demon qi is unparalleled and extremely powerful, but it cannot be revealed to others. If used, it must be done alone. Seeing Fang Qiu arrange partners, Wang Xiaoqiang felt disheartened, but he couldn't object as it wasn't just about him; separating others could be dangerous, and the big picture needed to be considered.

"Everyone, find your teammates," Fang Qiu said while steering the Golden Leaf Flying Boat.

The students began searching for teammates, but Wang Xiaoqiang remained unmoved, unwilling to team up as it could affect his combat power.

As the leader of the group with the highest cultivation, Fang Qiu was the prime choice for students who wanted to team up with him, especially those terrified of the Ghost Territory.

Soon, a student with the weakest cultivation and smallest courage quickly spoke up. Fang Qiu saw he had the lowest cultivation and agreed.

Luoo Youshan and Su Li, two girls, formed a team. Two girls acting together was more convenient, especially since this mission would last for half a month.

Living, eating, and sleeping together for half a month, it was naturally more convenient for two girls to be together,

With the two girls forming a team, Princess Hua Shao was left alone.

Princess Hua Shao, being aloof, didn't team up with the girls, nor did she want to team up with the boys, so she remained indifferent.

When everyone else had found their teammates, only Wang Xiaoqiang and Princess Hua Shao remained unmoved,

And at this moment, the students looked at them with ambiguous gazes.

Princess Hua Shao remained indifferent.

Wang Xiaoqiang also remained indifferent as before.

As both remained unmoved, Fang Qiu had to speak up, "Hua Shao, Little Qiang, now it's just the two of you remaining. How about you two form a team?"

Princess Hua Shao decisively said, "I don't want to team up with him; I can act alone."

Wang Xiaoqiang said, "I feel the same as the princess; I don't need to team up with anyone either."

Fang Qiu said, "That won't do, Hua Shao. You are the princess of the empire, and if anything happens to you, I can't be held accountable. I'd feel uneasy with you acting alone. But if you team up with Wang Xiaoqiang, I'd feel much better." (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote recommendation votes or monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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