Chapter 387

Chapter 387: Life and Death Boundary

Tang Yi finally understood Jiang Yun’s purpose.

Next, Jiang Yun had to defeat a large number of evil spirits to make his spiritual energy vortex larger and more visible.

In this way, it would definitely attract the attention of others, prompting them to come to the vortex to see what’s going on.

"That’s indeed a good idea, but…" Lu Yourong furrowed his brow and said, "Where can we find so many evil spirits?"

Tang Yi also scratched his head, saying, "Exactly, I doubt whether there are so many evil spirits in this world!"

Jiang Yun killed nearly five hundred evil spirits, but the vortex formed was only about ten yards wide!

If he wants the vortex to reach a hundred yards, a thousand yards, ten thousand yards, who knows how many more evil spirits he needs to kill.

It could be fifty thousand, five hundred thousand, or even more!

"I can’t be sure about these, we have to try to find out."

Even though he said that out loud, Jiang Yun believed in his heart that there were definitely enough evil spirits.

This is a world, and within a world, the number of the human and demon races is at least in the millions.

Even if only one out of ten, or even one out of a hundred, becomes a vengeful spirit, it is still a very large number.

Jiang Yun pondered and said, "I think vengeful spirits must be very interested in certain things, so now I need to experiment with one vengeful spirit."

"Before I find what they are interested in, I hope you both can help me attract as many vengeful spirits as possible."

"No problem!"

Tang Yi agreed right away, but then added, "But if your spiritual energy vortex becomes large enough, it won’t just be our fellow disciples who see it. Others will see it too. What if they are attracted to it?"

Jiang Yun smiled slightly and softly uttered one word – "Kill!"

Tang Yi was deeply impressed by this answer!

So, Tang Yi and Lu Yourong separately chose a direction to search for vengeful spirits.

Jiang Yun asked them not to go more than a hundred miles away, as this was the safe distance his divine sense could cover.

In case they face danger, he could step in to help.

As Tang Yi and Jiang Yun left, Jiang Yun quietly snuck up behind a shadow spirit.

Jiang Yun wasn’t just guessing that the shadow spirit would be interested in something.

Jiang Yun was sure that the ghostly aura would attract shadow spirits.

He knew that beasts, especially for their own blood, were very interested in blood.

Back in the Beast Forest, to find Lu Xiaoyu, he used his blood to lure many beasts.

So now, Jiang Yun wanted to see if there was anything else besides the ghostly aura that could attract shadow spirits!

Seeing the shadow spirit ahead completely unaware of his tracking, Jiang Yun first ruled out scent.

He then cut his finger and squeezed out a few drops of blood, but the shadow spirit still didn’t react.

Next, Jiang Yun released various types of magic, including demon energy, spirit energy, life force, and different spells.

He even emptied out all kinds of elixirs from his storage tools.

Everything was ineffective!

This made Jiang Yun furrow his brow and mutter to himself, "Could it be that they are only interested in ghost energy?"

"But once I absorbed the ghost energy, it completely disappeared. Even if it exists, I can’t activate it."

"If I can figure out what the ghost clan is, maybe then I can understand how to use ghost energy."

Thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Bai Ze, now that there is time, can you tell me what the true ghost clan is?"

Bai Ze had been holding back for days, his "all-knowing" status in this world constantly being challenged, making him doubt if he really knew anything at all.

Now, hearing Jiang Yun finally ask a question he knew the answer to, Bai Ze’s spirits lifted, and he eagerly started explaining.

In Bai Ze’s story, Jiang Yun’s surprised expression on his face became stronger and stronger.

It was only then that he realized he was ignorant about many things.

In the world, there are many different races, apart from the human race and demon race, there is another way of categorizing – living beings and spirits!

Living beings are those who are alive, while spirits are those who have passed away!

And, this way of categorization is also effective for the world.

Whether it’s the Mountain-Sea World, the world Bai Ze is in, or even the world they are currently in.

Even though there are many worlds, ultimately, there are only two main categories – Life Realm and Death Realm.

In the Life and Death Realms, there are countless worlds in each.

When a life is living, it is in the Life Realm, and after death, it will go to the Death Realm.

However, there is a divide between life and death, with spirits forever separated.

The two realms of life and death will never touch.

The true ghost clan is a special group born in the Death Realm, they are spirits from birth.

Therefore, they should not appear in the Life Realm.

Of course, according to Bai Ze, there may be some powerful beings like Taoist Demons who have transcended life and death, able to freely move between the two realms.

However, Gui Li apparently doesn’t possess such strength, so when Bai Ze learned that Gui Li was a true member of the ghost clan, she was extremely shocked.

"Life Realm, Death Realm!"

Jiang Yun also remembers that his adoptive father once said, all things have spirits, and after death, a spirit remains eternal, known as the soul, entering another world, transforming into a ghost, then entering the cycle of reincarnation.

He didn’t understand at the time, but now he finally knows.

In that world, it’s called the Death Realm, and although living beings are also called ghosts after death, they are not truly part of the ghost clan.

Only the spirits born in the Death Realm are truly part of the ghost clan!

Of course, not every living being will have an eternal spirit after death.

In many cases, it’s possible for your soul to completely vanish, that is, to completely disappear, not even becoming a ghost.

The most common is self-detonation, whether it’s in the Blessed Land or the Dao Spirit. Once a cultivator chooses self-detonation, they are choosing to perish completely, with their form and spirit dissolving entirely.

Despite Bai Ze explaining the matter of life and death in detail, there are still ambiguous areas, since he has never died himself.

Jiang Yun is not concerned about this profound question because it’s beyond his current understanding. His focus remains on the ghost energy.

"Ghost energy is a special energy that the spirits possess, similar to demonic energy. Can I understand it as…deathly energy?"

With this in mind, Jiang Yun squints slightly, points at his life fire, when suddenly a spirit that has been ignoring him all along.

"You’re crazy!"

Bai Ze couldn’t help but scream as Jiang Yun made a move, knowing exactly what Jiang Yun intended to do.

However, Jiang Yun calmly said, "Only the dying can release death energy, so I have to weaken my life fire and let my life force gradually fade away!"

With a point of his finger, Jiang Yun’s fiercely burning life fire suddenly flickered slightly, weakening the momentum of the flame.

As the life fire dimmed, a faint air of death immediately emanated from Jiang Yun’s body.

Although the death energy was very weak, the ghostly figure walking ahead of Jiang Yun suddenly stopped without any reaction.

Then, it abruptly turned around and looked at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun knew that he had finally found a way to attract the dead spirits!