The ghost had a long horn growing from its forehead, a burly physique, knotted muscles, and a fierce face. The instant it appeared, the ghosts within Chu Xiu’s Spirit and Flesh Storage Pouch seemed to sense a threat, and raised their heads vigilantly.

Chu Xiu’s eyes also lit up slightly: "This Curse Spirit is of very high grade... Was it refined using the soul of a Horned Demon General?"

"Senior, you can tell that!" Jiang Miaoyin opened her small mouth in surprise, then laughed: "Besides one Horned Demon General, it also has fused many other souls!"

"Actually, I was already refining this Curse Spirit before, and it’s only recently that it was initially refined."

Even such a powerful creature, despite Jiang Miaoyin having SS-level talent, it was difficult to refine.

She felt somewhat relieved: "The battle in Peng City resulted in a large number of high-tier souls appearing, which brought down the price of souls; otherwise, my family might not have been willing to let go."

"Even so, the cost isn’t small, right?" Chu Xiu said.

This is, after all, a demigod soul.

Chu Xiu’s words seemed to remind Jiang Miaoyin of something: "Indeed, in the past, the elders of my family would never have given me so many resources, let alone bestowed the Red Lotus Sun Chasing Bow upon me."

"But recently, for some unknown reason, they’ve become generous all of a sudden, and not just a little generous, but doubled and even tenfold generous!"

As Jiang Miaoyin spoke, she looked at Chu Xiu with curious eyes.

With her insight, she could naturally guess the reason.

The sudden generosity of the family elders could only be due to Chu Xiu!

This sparked a tremendous curiosity within her. Who on earth is this senior? He’s classified as top-secret by the Investigation Bureau! And the big figures in the family, merely because she explored the same dungeon as him, bestowed a wealth of resources!

"The son of a Celestial King? That shouldn’t warrant such tight secrecy!"

"Moreover, the Celestial King structure was established just twenty-one years ago, so even the eldest son of the most prolific Celestial King is only thirty-three years old. The senior shouldn’t be that young."

"Furthermore, our Jiang Family is one of the Four Great Families, we wouldn’t eagerly approach someone just because they’re descended from a Celestial King."

"Could he be an ancient monster who has survived from the era of dark chaos?"

Jiang Miaoyin considered this very likely. Twenty-one years ago, the Eight Celestial Kings dominated the era, but that didn’t mean all other powerful figures of the same era perished. Even if they couldn’t monopolize resources and develop as quickly as the Celestial Kings, if they continued to explore the Abyss until now, their strength would undoubtedly be formidable.

Some might have even found opportunities, making it not surprising if they could face off against the Eight Celestial Kings.

She believed that, although Chu Xiu’s frontal combat strength might not be that strong, his divine techniques and secret techniques were numerous, definitely reaching the level of a strong demigod, which matched the traits of an ancient monster.

Moreover, these ancient monsters might possess various secrets, so it’s not surprising they would be particularly emphasized by the Investigation Bureau.

"However, Qin the Senior holds great righteousness, which doesn’t seem like the style of someone from the dark era."

Jiang Miaoyin had thought long before coming, yet couldn’t find a satisfactory answer, and her curiosity peaked.

In the end, she restrained herself from asking.

She had that bit of restraint.

She just occasionally sneaked a glance at Chu Xiu.

This amused Chu Xiu a bit; he could roughly guess what Jiang Miaoyin was thinking.

If this woman knew he was only in his twenties, he wondered how shocked she would be.

"Let’s go," Chu Xiu said and raised his hand to summon the Garuda.

The divine bird had already been fully repaired by him.

The two stood on Garuda’s back, which lightly flapped its wings, traversed a distance of several kilometers, and soared into the descending abyss pit.

Instantly, a strong Yin wind whipped up from the bottom of the furnace.

Jiang Miaoyin took out the Red Lotus Sun Chasing Bow, immediately dispersing the surrounding Yin Qi.

Chu Xiu glanced at her and said, "This bow’s power decreases with use, so conserve it well."

Once said, Chu Xiu pointed his finger, and in an instant, the surrounding Yin Qi seemed to receive some sort of command, automatically scattering.

This made Jiang Miaoyin feel a bit numb.

How could Qin the Senior have mastered yet another divine technique?

Every meeting seemed to be stronger than before, is this reasonable?

"No, no, how can someone level up so quickly? It must be Qin the Senior preparing some sort of artifact equipment specifically for this journey..."

Jiang Miaoyin thought to herself.

Chu Xiu, of course, wouldn’t explain unnecessarily. He looked toward the bottom of the pit, where the figure of the unknown ghost was no longer visible.

He focused his mind, deploying his Divine Sense.

Previously, due to the high concentration of Yin Qi here, Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense couldn’t extend very far.

But now, after the transformation of his Divine Soul, his adaptation to Yin Qi greatly improved, expanding several times greater than before. Even the Heroic Spirit skilled in reconnaissance skills couldn’t compare to him here.

However, at this moment, the Heroic Spirit ghost was no longer visible; it might have had some connection with the God of Pain, previously helping to ambush Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu wasn’t discouraged. While deploying his Divine Sense, he maneuvered the Garuda to descend deeper.

"Swoosh—"

Like sword auras, gusts of Yin wind swept upward from the bottom, whistling past Chu Xiu’s ears. But these winds, potent enough to sever steel, would automatically divert away as they approached him, as if there was an invisible shield around him.

The further down they went, the fiercer the Yin winds became until Chu Xiu could no longer completely isolate the Yin Qi. It was then that his Divine Sense detected a stretch of land spreading endlessly into the distance.