Chapter 508: Can a Ghost Cultivate? (1/2)

Lan and Xue Wei were resting in the carriage. They had already come to terms with the fact that they had to search high and low in the Ghost Realm before finding Li Zhiqing, and that there did not seem to be any other way to find her.

Since they had to wait, Xue Wei began cultivating. This was a small village, and thus Lan could envelop the whole place within his search, but there were no traces of Li Zhiqing.

While Xue Wei was cultivating, Lan was not just lying around. Anyone who looked at him would think that he, too, was cultivating, but he was, in fact, slowly unraveling his seal.

In a way, it could be seen as recultivating his strength, but it was done much more rapidly than if he had to cultivate from scratch. Even so, it would take time.

Lan and Xue Wei were both aware that although their strength could not be considered little, it was far from strong enough to walk unimpeded through the Ghost Realm.

If Lan had not sealed his powers, then they could cause all the havoc they wished, but with things like this, it was clearly impossible.

The time went by swiftly, and soon, the middle-aged ghost returned to the carriage. Seeing Xue Wei and Lan both deep in a trance, he raised an eyebrow in interest.

All memories from when he was alive had been removed, and thus he did not know how living beings cultivated, so he sat down without making a sound and observed them.

He could sense the heaven and earth essence pouring into Xue Wei, but he could not see what happened to it as it entered his body.

Lan, on the other hand, did not absorb any heaven and earth essence. He seemed more like he was asleep, but from time to time, a pulse of strong coercion would erupt from his body, and while the strength of this coercion would usually be at the same level, he could feel a miniscule increase in the density with each passing pulse.

Clearly, the snake was cultivating, and the cultivation technique was much more efficient than the one that Xue Wei was using.

The middle-aged ghost continued to observe the two of them. He was not only a merchant but also an inventor, and he liked fiddling with small gadgets.

Maybe he could get some enlightenment from seeing how these two cultivated?

However, after observing them for half a night, he found no pattern. When Xue Wei cultivated, everything just vanished within his body. He was like a big black hole, absorbing all the heaven and earth essence, and leaking no information as to what happened to the essence, while Lan did not absorb anything, but constantly released a terrifying force.

Even if the middle-aged ghost was better at discerning things, he could not understand the human cultivation system at all.