Putting aside the negligence of the "Proper Authorities" which seemed to exist in every world I knew I needed to focus because although I have Venusa with me it doesn't change the fact that I am walking into a ghost's lair where sometimes a ghost can pull strength from or alter the environment around them depending on the ghost.
I was lead down a secret hallway that wasn't listed on the blueprints provided by the bureau to slightly more lavish room which also wasn't on the blueprints but the reason why immediately became apparent as the smell of death hit me the moment I stepped in the door.
In the room were various corpses of formally very attractive women that were chained to post around the room with collars which listed prices which I very much doubt were just for a quick roll in the hay with the young women chained here as I could see some dead upper district people judging by their clothes wearing mask their bodies though lacked cultivation which could be a good sign or a bad one.
If it was good news that meant that they were ordinary people who didn't have cultivation who came to buy illegal slaves in which case the ghost that killed them is most likely weak as it remained here instead of looking for more victims or trying to lure them here if this was bad then that would mean she thoroughly devoured their cultivation and enhanced her own there would be no telling how far along her cultivation she was.
heading deeper inside the slave shop I noticed a golden cage and inside was a perfectly preserved tan skined woman with midnight blue hair, golden eyes, large tits, a small waist and wide hips wearing a cheap harem girl outfit one could be forgiven for assuming that she was alive if not for the fact that she had zero life signs and the rotting corpse of an infant in her arms and as I came closer I realized why unlike the other women her body remained perfectly preserved it because she possessed the golden starlight physique it should have been obvious considering her hair and eyes but this wasn't the cultivation world people had dyes for hair and contact lenses which made things tricky as they were seemless in this world and my current cultivation was too low to detect it until she was directly in front of me such a waste it was disappointing.
For clarification the golden starlight physique (not related to heroic organs) is a female treasure physique wichch allows women to cultivate faster during the night without the need for pills and potions which meant that they would face far less bottlenecks especially if she practiced one of the starlight mantras, sutras or starlight techniques and if the cultivator reaches tier four supposedly they would undergo a transformation depending depending on what they cultivated and how they lived Creating what is known as their origin star which was unique to each individual and can further evolve with nearly limitless potential I never had a physique so I was always envious for people who were blessed by the universe to have a natural physique although I could technically create one for myself but it wouldn't be possible for now until I achieve a higher tier of cultivation.
Although I definitely wouldn't leave this corpse behind as it was a treasure in of itself although it didn't have any cultivation at all even the so called righteous sects would definitely fight to the death for this in my previous life in fact there was a war between sects over the corpse of a old man that never cultivated when it was discovered that he had a failed yang physique which as many male cultivators desired to turn into yang essence pills and tools the old man's family was slaughtered and four small sects and one medium sect were destroyed in the fight only for it to stolen by a large sect's elder and that was a failed physique not a complete and high grade one like this following Foxy while making a mental note to pick up the corpse on my way out.