"Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!"
"G-Ghost! SAVE ME!"
"Pah!"
"Ugh…"
"Can you stop screaming like a girl? What…what happened?"
At the corner of the Graveyard, right outside the massive mansion, the middle-aged man asked the youth in front, annoyed.
He was just leisurely enjoying his tea on the porch when this guy suddenly came running, screaming like a girl.
If someone heard it, they might think he did something untoward.
Of course, he was angry.
"S-Sir, g-ghost."
The young man came to his senses after getting a smack in his head. But his fear didn't just disappear.
Rather, he pointed at the Graveyard and mumbled incoherently to the middle-aged man, shivering in fright.
"Ghost? How can there be ghosts inside the Divine Cauldron Sect? Are you stupid?"
The middle-aged man rolled his eyes and once again smacked the head of the young man in anger.
"You are a cultivator for fuck sake. Is it good to cower like a mortal? Show me what ghost you are talking about. I will cure that ghost or whatever."
He said before striding towards the graveyard. He didn't believe there were any ghosts in this place.
After all, that meant some demonic forces entered the premises of the Divine Caudron Sect. But how was that possible?
As for those dead outer sect disciples turning into one, that was a pipe dream. The Yin energy here wasn't so dense as to give birth to a ghost.
"S-Sir, l-look at this…"
Since the superior had already ordered, the young man could only walk in front and show the state of the Graveyard.
But even after seeing it once, he couldn't help but shiver in fright.
Before him, the once-peaceful graveyard was in ruins, the ground torn apart with digging marks everywhere.
But that wasn't the worst of it, as each grave had its head unearthed, the bodies still buried beneath the soil.
From afar, it looked as if hundreds of corpses were trying to crawl out of their graves, their heads frozen mid-rise, staring straight at them.
No matter the angle, those corpses looked as if they would come alive at any moment and drag whoever watched them down into the earth.
How could the youth not get scared? In his years of serving this Graveyard, he never saw such scenes even once.
This was just too creepy as hell.
"Chu Liang!"
"Sir?"
Just when youth was backing up a little in fear, he heard his boss gnashing his teeth in hatred.
"Damn it, Chu Liang. It is you, isn't it? Is this your way of taking revenge on me?"
Unlike the youth, the middle-aged man wasn't afraid. Rather, his anger suddenly peaked.
After all, from his angle, the state of this Graveyard looked as if someone were playing a joke. A sick joke at that.
"Fuck… don't you have any respect for your fellow disciples? Chu Liang, now even Elder Chu Yuxuan cannot save you."
"FUCKING BASTARD!"
The middle-aged man yelled in fury, swung his sleeve, and immediately made his way to the affairs hall.
Now that Chu Liang had crossed the line, he couldn't bear it any longer. So what if he had the favor of an Elder?
Let that Elder see what kind of relatives she has. Maybe she would even punish that bastard with her own hand and thank him.
Robbing a tomb was one thing, but playing with and disrespecting the dead like this…
"Sir… where are you going? What about the Graveyard?"
The youth was stunned by the sudden outburst of the middle-aged man and hurriedly followed. He didn't want to stay here; those unseen gazes made his skin crawl.
"Do I have to tell you where I'm going? You're no different. Go bury yourself and don't ever show your face to me again."
The middle-aged man was mad, and the young man had to scratch him; of course, he got scolded badly.
After cursing, he immediately left to meet the elder in charge and file a complaint to the inner sect. As a veteran, he at least had that much connection.
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[Extraction successful!]
[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Mei Yan, Lotus Drift (Skilled)]
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[Extraction successful!]
[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Zhao Ping, Mountain Splitter Strike (Skilled)]
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[Extraction successful!]
[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Cai Lei, Mist Step Technique (Skilled)]
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[Extraction successful!]
[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Yang Lei, White Crane Kick (Skilled)]
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Lucien looked at the list of techniques he gained after rampaging the entire graveyard and sighed heavily.
He noticed that each of these techniques had the proficiency of at least 'Skilled' rank.
[A/N: Proficiency: Beginner, Basic Mastery, Skilled, Proficient, Expert, Master, Saint, Legendary]
Moreover, except for the Mist Step Technique, all the other techniques were at the late yellow rank stage.
'This must be the minimum threshold for extraction.'
Zhiran thought in realization. After all, he was unable to extract the brain even when he found a very fresh corpse in the Graveyard. Besides this, he couldn't find any other reason.
'Fortunately, this trip wasn't a waste. Besides, I even got a sword technique, and that too at the Proficient realm.'
He thought with glee, as he never thought he would get such a huge reward this time. A late yellow rank sword technique, and that too in the realm of Proficient.
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[Extraction successful!]
[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Zhang Wei, Cloud Piercing Sword (Skilled)]
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'Tsk, tsk…poor guy was too unlucky. With such a skill, he was destined for greatness, but now..'
Zhiran shook his head, feeling emotional. In this world of cultivation, talent, and resources were everything.
But more than that, he personally believed that Luck was the main factor, too.
If luck wasn't on your side, no matter how much potential you had, you would just be like this Zhang Wei, unknown and buried.
'Well, at least your legacy is with me. Consider it an inheritance.'
He thought before standing up, ready to get out of the dorm. Since he had the sword technique now, he, of course, had to practice it to the fullest.
Although his realm was higher now, his abilities were just that, not to mention his weapon.
Before the inner sect competition arrived in a month, he had to practice hard and increase his realm, along with his combat abilities.
He hadn't forgotten his grudge with Wu Zhen. That guy crippled him in his previous life just to spite Tianyu.
This life, he was going to do the same or even more.