Chapter 69: Creating a Physical Body for the Old Ghost

"Understood!"

Xian Lang nodded and immediately turned around, in pursuit of a group of people.

Looking at the leaving person's back, Xian Yue couldn't help but praise the remarkable development of the Chaos Twin Dragon Body. For such a short period of time, the individual's cultivation had skyrocketed into the Soul formation Realm, just an inch away from the Body Integration Realm!

In stark contrast, Xian Yin and his friends, who had been on equal footing with Xian Lang a moment ago, could only fight at the level of the Nascent Soul realm. Such an obvious difference in their talents.

 Eternal Divine City spread over an inexpressible distance, but the families lived in crowded communities. Not much time had passed before more than a dozen people gathered, preparing to move toward Blossom Beast Hall.

"Clan leader, when am I going to have my very own special physique? It's simply jealousy watching them cultivate so fast!" Xian Yin asked, his voice carrying a touch of wistfulness.

Wordless at first over how Xian Lang had suddenly managed to leapfrog past him, Xian Yin learned soon enough that it was because the clan leader had gifted him with a strong physical essence.

"Absolutely, I want one too!" chimed in Xian Ruomeng, nodding energetically and casting hopeful glances at Xian Yue.

"That kind of body is not easily acquired. It all depends on luck. Don't worry, I will make it sure that you get one the moment a right physique is available!" Xian Yue promised them.

The main reason Xian Yin was not granted the Chaos Twin Dragon Body is because Xian Yue recognized his strong tendency towards body refinement. Although having integrated no special physique, Xian Yin's physical power had already surpassed his cultivation level primarily because he practiced often at the Thunder Pond, channeling its lightning to reinforce his body.

So if someday a physical source which he is trained for appears, Xian Yue would surely make him merge with it. The same reason applied to Xian Ruomeng; the Chaos Twin Dragon Body won't be good for her as well and they will wait for the proper body before continuing.

Xian Yan then posed a question, "Clan leader, how strong is the physical level of Xian Lang and the rest? Why do they happen to be even stronger than us?"

Xian Yan and Xian Ran had already been in combat with them before, so they knew that the combat strength of Xian Lang and Xian Tian was something on another dimension.

Since martial arts and talent could not be the decider for the difference, it was because of their superior physiques.

"You both share the supreme immortal body, and Xian Lang and Xian Tian possess the supreme divine body; naturally, there is a huge gap in both strength in combat and speed of cultivation!" Xian Yue explained.

"But do not worry; your bodies will eventually let you become the most outstanding heights!" he said encouragingly .

On the other hand, in Xian Yan's ring, Gui Lao was taken aback. He never heard the terms "Supreme Immortal Body" or "Supreme Divine Body"!

Apart from that, can the person before him be the clan leader of Xian Yan? A man who has no hint of cultivation can manage the Xian Family, and it is unbelievable.

This revelation left him interested. For the long years of his training, he never faced a person who could make a special physique.

What's more is that the Xian family, being small, seemed to store a great number of talented individuals, and most of whom had very strong special physiques. Based on their conversation, the individual in front of him seemed able to make special physiques.

How was this possible? With these thoughts, he also received a sort of intimidation from the strong energies coming off from the Thunder Pool, knowing that this tiny family had a rather extraordinary cultivation environment.

"Xian Yan, have you been refining some elixirs lately? There's quite a distinctive scent of potions around you!" Xian Yue noticed.

"Yes, recently I have become a disciple of a senior who is teaching me the art of alchemy!" Xian Yan nodded positively.

Little did he know, however, that the old ghost in the ring was a great alchemist. Having mastered the dark ghost flame, he was able to instruct Xian Yan not only in a technique known as the "Burning Technique" but also in the subtleties of alchemy.

This technique felt incredibly compatible with Xian Yan's own natal flame, the Golden Emperor Dragon Flame.

"Since you've become a disciple, why do you still keep me hidden in the ring? Isn't that somewhat disrespectful to your teacher?" Xian Yue remarked, glancing at the ring.

"Ah? How could the patriarch know about that?" Xian Yan was shocked. The old ghost had said that the ring could even protect him against any probing with spiritual senses.

Could it be that Uncle Wu had mentioned it to the clan leader beforehand? But then again, Xian Yue didn't seem to have noticed the old ghost cooped up in the ring!

"Haha, of course, this holy ring is able to hide one's spiritual sense, but not on me!" Xian Yue laughed.

In the past, the old ghost appeared, fully focusing his attention on Xian Yue, only to find that he really was an ordinary human being!

He immediately thought this must be even more intriguing and asked, "Then how do you see through the holy ring despite not having any cultivation?"

"Old Ghost, forget to scan the cultivation of the clan leader with your spiritual sense; you won't be able to see through it!" Xian Yan explained.

"The clan leader has to have mastered a technique that can hide his aura and make it invisible to others."

"It's not that I am deliberately hiding my power. In fact, even if I let out just a fraction of my aura it would destroy the whole world because it just can't handle my presence! "

Gui Lao was left speechless with what Xian Yue claimed. He had met arrogance before, but no one had ever been able to say such great power!

He would have dearly liked to argue the point with him then and there, but for being chief of his clan he could only say, "Ah, I see. Your strength is formidable, indeed. I was mistaken!"

"Xian Yan, is this your master? Why does he appear in a soul form? Do powerful beings usually leave their physical bodies?" Xian Yin asked curiously, looking at Gui Lao's translucent figure.

His question was by no means ironic, as it came from his narrow understanding of such things.

"Now, I am sorry to say that in a cruel battle, my body was totally destroyed and my soul was tainted by some kind of mysterious power. This weird force made my body unable to repair itself!" Gui Lao explained.

This was said to be linked to the dark ghost flame that due to its unusual powers it was impossible to apply them in fixing bodies it had damaged. It was said to be from the underworld but whether it was really so or not could never be confirmed.

Except for the cause of death being brought about by a dark ghost flame, if his soul was still intact, the body should at least have been reparable at his cultivation level.

"Clan leader, do you have any treasures that can restore physical bodies?" Xian Yan asked devoutly, hoping that the clan leader's enormous divine power could somehow solve this problem.

Gui Lao snorted inwardly; how could such a minor family have something to reverse that bizarre power?

"Even though I don't own any treasure, I can definitely help your master regain his physical body!" Xian Yue announced.

"Many thanks, Clan Leader!" Xian Yan exclaimed excitedly.

Just as the old ghost was about to let it slide and tell Xian Yan to stop being too optimistic, he felt a golden light sink into his forehead. In an instant, all the strange power that had been gnawing at his soul dissipated completely.

In the brief time it took for this to happen, bones sprouted out around him, and became flesh and blood. Within seconds, he was rebuilt to his original standard, reclaiming even the realm from which he had fallen, restoring him to his former Supreme Realm status!