Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 12Book 4: : The Ghost Bride

Vol 4 Chapter 12: The Ghost Bride

“The Ghost Bride, suspected in life to be a cultivator with the Yin-Convergence Spirit Body.

This physique possesses cold Yin spiritual power, and upon death, easily transforms into a powerful ghost.

The Ghost Bride appears as a spirit clad in a red wedding dress, wearing a red bridal veil that obscures her face. Because of her physique, after death, she became a vessel for countless ancient resentful souls.”

“After the Golden Era descended, the Ghost Bride first appeared in Qibao City, one of the Eighty-One Buddhist Cities of the Western Desert. Every Buddhist cultivator who tried to purify her was killed by her—even the abbot of Qibao Temple, the Qibao Patriarch whose cultivation was at late Core Formation, was no exception.”

“Countless cultivators and civilians fled Qibao City, which soon became a ghost town.”

“Buddhist experts launched multiple assaults. Even Void Mystical-level monks descended, attempting to reclaim Qibao City, but were all repelled by the Ghost Bride—unquestionably a true Void Mystical combatant...”

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“The second, the Shadow Ghost.”

“A formless ghost, with a black shadow for a body. Aside from its possession and body-snatching ability, no other special powers have been discovered.”

“It has a near-unbreakable ability to seize the bodies of others. After the Golden Era began, it broke free from beneath the Xianyuan Temple and possessed the body of a Core Formation abbot. Then it left immediately.”

“When Buddhist experts gave chase, it had already taken over the body of a lone Demon Ancestor roaming the Western Desert. By then it had already taken shape—hard to deal with.”

“Its power is hard to estimate. Extremely dangerous.”

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“The third, the Ghost Mother.”

“Appears as a pink jellyfish-like spirit. Origin unknown. It is a vessel ghost.”

“Possesses the eerie ability to enter magical artifacts and weapons, transforming into an artifact spirit.”

“Once inside, it can sever the connection between the artifact and its owner, unleashing power far beyond what’s normal.”

“Because of the Ghost Mother, the Western Desert has seen multiple artifact devours its master incidents. The highest-ranked known victim was a half-step Void Mystical artifact cultivator from Martial Emperor City, who came to forge Buddhist tools—only to be slaughtered by his own artifacts.”

“Now, the Ghost Mother has become a moving treasure vault, hoarding countless magical items, and still actively searching for more.”

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After reading through these three ghost entities officially recognized by the Buddhist sects as Void Mystical-level ghosts, Lin Jing fell into deep thought.

“This Ghost Bride is a humanoid ghost—not very suitable.”

“This Shadow Ghost, although it possessed a Demon Ancestor’s body, that body’s just a shell. Whether the ghost is fundamentally demonic or not is hard to say.”

“As for this vessel ghost—the Ghost Mother—visually, it’s a jellyfish, so it’s a sea beast, that’s true. But... it seems even more bizarre than the other two.”

“The Buddhist sects are really screwed, huh?” muttered the Thunder Dragon Ancestor, who had been sneakily peeking. “And these are just the Void Mystical-level ghosts—not even the tangible demons and monsters.”

“So, Your Highness, which one are we going to catch?”

After a bit of thinking, Lin Jing pointed at the Ghost Mother’s profile. “I’m more interested in this ghost—the vessel ghost that controls artifacts and kills. Based on the current information, it’s the only one that actually manifests in beast form. It might have been a jellyfish in life.”

“Though... I have no idea why a jellyfish would be in the desert.”

The Thunder Dragon Ancestor mused, “Maybe in ancient times, this place wasn’t a desert. And if that ghost’s been around for a long time, it makes more sense. Compared to the other two, that one at least leaves traces when it moves—might be easier to track...”

“We’ll just fish it out.”

Lin Jing summoned the Pine Leaf Mouse. The little Pine Tree climbed onto Lin Jing’s shoulder, and he said, “Since this Ghost Mother is a vessel ghost and likes seizing magical weapons to kill, we’ll just bait it with a big enough pile of weapons.”

“Over the next period, I’ll have to trouble Senior Thunder Dragon to carry as many high-grade magical artifacts as possible to draw the Ghost Mother’s attention here in the Western Desert.”

“As for me, I’ll need to go into seclusion for a while—to push my Longevity Body to major achievement.”

“I’ll provide all the magical artifacts for Senior to use as bait.”

If there’s one thing Lin Jing wasn’t short on, it was magical items. After the battle in Tongtian City, who knew how many artifacts and weapons he had collected—all stored in the Pine Leaf Mouse’s Monster Core.

As for pushing the Longevity Body to major achievement, Lin Jing was already just one step away.

In truth, Gu Qianqiu understood the Longevity Body better than Lin Jing did. In the thousand years she had been reduced to blood food by the Sky Lion Clan, the entire clan had poured their efforts into enhancing Gu Qianqiu’s Longevity Body.

That’s how Gu Qianqiu had achieved the miracle of attaining major achievement in the Longevity Body while still only in early Core Formation.

You have to understand, even with Lin Jing’s exceptional foundation of Qi Refinement Stage Thirteen before Foundation Establishment, by the time he reached early Core Formation, his Longevity Body had only reached the peak of minor achievement.

Of course, that didn’t mean Lin Jing was slow in progress.

Usually, for high-grade physiques, it was extremely rare to reach major achievement even by the Nascent Soul stage. Only low-level physiques like elemental ones might rapidly mature early on through external aid.

Under normal circumstances, for a physique with power on par with divine bodies, one had to reach the Nascent Soul stage to even hope for major achievement or perfection.

If someone could achieve major or even full completion before Nascent Soul, it meant they had the potential to fight across realms just through their physique alone!

The Longevity Body might not be known for raw combat power, but in terms of effectiveness, it was definitely comparable to divine bodies. For Lin Jing to nearly reach major achievement in just a few decades of cultivation—it was already quite impressive.

And now, aiming to push his Longevity Body to major achievement wasn’t that difficult—because even before his Core Formation, he had already obtained all of Gu Qianqiu’s experiences on cultivating the Longevity Body.

It’s just that improving the Longevity Body had never been Lin Jing’s top cultivation goal. He hadn’t actively focused on it, since raising its level only extended lifespan—it didn’t boost his combat power.

In fact, it might attract higher-level beasts instead.

He already had enough lifespan—what use was a few extra thousand years?

Naturally, Lin Jing had prioritized illusion arts, body refinement, and other paths that enhanced his strength.

But now, the situation was different.

He needed the Longevity Body’s vitality to suppress a ghost.

Also, after breaking through to Core Formation, his lifespan had more utility—it could power his divine ability and the Divine Control Technique.

So now, bringing the Longevity Body to major achievement and gaining more lifespan had a much higher return on investment. Lin Jing decided it was time to break through.

“Alright then...” the Thunder Dragon Ancestor sighed. Just hope this Ghost Mother wasn’t too strong. If he couldn’t handle it and had to ask the Demon Emperor for help—what a humiliation that’d be.

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While Lin Jing focused on temporarily enhancing his Longevity Body and assigned the Thunder Dragon Ancestor to “fish” for the Ghost Mother...

In Treasure City—

The red-robed Ghost Bride stood beneath crumbling ruins and reached out her hand, murmuring with confusion: “A ripple from one who lives...”

“Found that... perhaps I can recover fewer memories.”

A sheet of paper, shaped like a marriage certificate, condensed in her palm and slowly faded away.