Chapter 1876 - 337

The man raised his head, his hands clenched tightly.

In the gray mist at the store's entrance, two ferocious ghost figures appeared, with skull faces, dressed in black, holding rusty knives.

The clothes were somewhat blurry, but Li Zhiyuan had seen traditional Yu Family attire, which looked very similar to what these ghost figures were wearing.

Even if an ordinary person's soul is extracted, it's very difficult to create a ghost with such a ferocious aura because the upper limit is there; it's not impossible, just the probability is too low, not worth attempting.

Therefore, the ghosts used by the man should have been made using the Yu Family people as material.

Tortured to the extreme in life, causing their spirit and consciousness to be in a frenzied and violent state, then quickly killed to extract their soul for ritual refinement, finally put into his ghost array.

From his several encounters with the "Yu Family people," Li Zhiyuan felt that the real Yu Family people were not completely dead, but they were in a captive state, treated as a kind of renewable raw material, from top to bottom, from flesh to soul, all considered "treasure."

The ghost figures came with a fierce force, and there must be more hidden in the surrounding gray mist.

Chen Xiyuan's wrist flicked, the Jade Flute flipped, horizontal in front of her, her red lips lightly approached.

There was no sound, but the surrounding gray mist suddenly became dense.

The two ghost figures, which had already rushed to the steps, slowed down, finally almost coming to a halt;

"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"

In the gray mist, three more identical ghost figures were forced out, struggling desperately but unable to move.

This was only the beginning; soon, the surrounding gray mist began to roll like waves, with a layer of light blue covering the surface.

The man looked panicked, obviously unable to accept such a change in situation.

Because the miasma he laid out with his special ability was easily dominated by the other party.

Chen Xiyuan put down the flute.

The flute was just in front of the young man.

Li Zhiyuan realized that Chen Xiyuan wasn't playing music; she was setting up her Domain.

Although Hainan Chen Family is a legitimate Dragon King Sect, the number of Dragon Kings from the Chen Family is not many.

Grandma Liu managed to fill the large altar in the East Room with the tablets of the Qin and Liu Families; even if separated and placed individually, the number of tablets was still astounding.

In the history of the Chen Family, only three Dragon Kings emerged.

But each Dragon King from the Chen Family, during their generation, was almost unbeatable.

The Chen Family's Secret Technique is "Listening to Tides and Watching the Sea Rhythm," inspired by an ancestor observing the sea and listening to tides. That ancestor wasn't a Dragon King, and the created technique was incomplete and fragmentary.

However, later generations strove, gradually completing and refining the "Listening to Tides and Watching the Sea Rhythm" to perfection.

In this regard, it forms a stark contrast with the Yin Family.

However, this Secret Technique mainly cultivates the Domain, which is an enigmatic existence, different from formations and Feng Shui, forming based on self, expanding outward from one's own essence.

A Domain differs for each person; a thousand people have a thousand Domains, varied and diverse.

Chen Xiyuan simply used a flute to uphold her sonic domain.

This is also why there are few Dragon Kings from the Chen Family throughout history; other families have complete tiered teachings and methods, while the Chen Family faces a huge hurdle... talent.

Because each person's domain is different, teachers and elders can only teach basic things, and after the basic stage, young family members must comprehend it themselves.

If one comprehends it, they're considered accomplished; if not, they're discarded as failures.

It's akin to farming, reliant on good fortune to yield a harvest, consecutive poor harvests for one or consecutive generations are common occurrences.

Thus, the Chen Family can't consistently produce strong Dragon King contenders in every generation like the Qin and Liu Families once did.

Chen Xiyuan raised her left hand, holding a talisman between her fingertips, lightly tossing it.

The talisman paper spontaneously combusted, igniting the surrounding blue mist, the azure blaze surging back like a tide.

The man showed horror in his eyes, wanting to close his mouth to sever his connection with the mist. But as soon as he closed it, new blue mist overflowed from his nose, ears, and even eyes.

He was already encompassed within Chen Xiyuan's Domain.

"Ah!!!"

The raging flames rushed into the man's body, his body first swelling, then cracking with small openings, from which flames emerged.

His body began to wither and dissolve; apart from the human form, there seemed to be a squirrel-like entity inside, which constituted the man's body.

Li Zhiyuan didn't have time to observe closely before both the demon body and human form were annihilated, turned to ashes.

Chen Xiyuan waved her hand, dispelling the mist, and the incoming wind cleared away the ashes on the ground.

This is the fearsome or extreme nature of the Chen Family's "Listening to Tides and Watching the Sea Rhythm," where if there's a member of the family with exceptional talent and temperament who successfully expands their Domain...

Then, on the river, the strong will feel as if trapped in a quagmire in front of the Chen Family, while the weak will have no power to resist.

That "Yu Family man" wasn't weak; controlling five ghost demons single-handedly is quite the formidable demonic being, but before Chen Xiyuan's Domain, he couldn't even retaliate, dying in a straightforward manner.

Moreover, Chen Xiyuan's final ignition talisman was as low-grade as possible; she could even use a matchstick or lighter.

From this, it seems that this generation of the Chen Family indeed produced an extraordinary young figure, daring to wander the Jiang alone, proving her Domain has matured to a powerful extent.

When engaging her, one must avoid close combat; at least initially, don't be directly encompassed within her Domain, or you'll fall into passivity.