Chapter 741: Discovering Little Seven's Identity
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
"If you cure Third Bro, we are willing to follow you." Feng Zhi answered.
She didn't threaten them with Shi Chen's life in the first place. She stabilized his condition before asking them about this matter, which made them feel at ease.
"Alright." Sima You Yue nodded. "Seven bottles of blood can help you relieve your pain for seven days. I will come back in seven days. This is Feng'er, my little brother, and will be the master of our sect."
"Isn't the sect master you?" Feng Kai asked.
"I'm lazy and don't like managing many things." Sima You Yue replied.
"I'm only acting as one, he's the real sect master." Ximen Feng explained.
"Do you have any opinions?" Sima You Yue asked.
Feng Zhi shook his head. He was unhappy when he heard the person they were following wasn't her but her little brother. But as long as the real sect master was her, they naturally had no opinion.
"Seven days later, I will come again." Sima You Yue said. "Remember, you can't let him do anything, cultivate, or use spirit power. If you think he's unable to, knock him out and throw him aside."
Eh———–
Shi Chen drew his lips. His credibility was not so low right?
Ni An Yi and Kong Ren looked at him thoughtfully, seemingly really considering Sima You Yue's proposal.
"I won't use spirit power. You don't have to look at me like this." He glared at them both.
"I think it's better to know you out, less there are any accidents." You Si also agreed.
"It's actually good for him to knock out. If you agreed, you should knock him out." Sima You Yue threw a pill to Feng Zhi. "Feng'er, let's go."
Ximen Feng hugged Little Roar and as soon as they left, Feng Zhi let Shi Chen eat the pill.
"This is not knocking you out, but for just in case." Feng Zhi said.
"First Bro." Shi Chen looked helplessly at the brother.
"It's just sleep for you. When you wake up, your body will be better. Third Bro, take it." Feng Kai urged.
"Third Bro, we will feed you the blood of the auspicious beast blood promptly every day." Several brothers looked at him in earnest.
"Alright, to reassure you all." Shi Chen consumed the pill. Immediately, he felt drowsy, when he returned to his room, he fell asleep.
Ni An Yi helped Shi Chen go back to sleep, while others remained in the hall to discuss today.
Kong Ren sniffed a bottle of blood and commented, "This auspicious beast is warmer than other auspicious beast."
"I think it's funny." Dai Yi said. "Who seen a contract master and their contract beast get along like this?"
Everyone thought of the scene of them threatening each other, and they couldn't help laughing. They were really not like master and servant, but more like family.
"First Bro, if she really cured Third Bro. Our days will change." Hong Wu said.
"Over these years, we have spent days of being hunted and fleeing. If I can really stand in front of the crowd in the future, I don't know if I can get used to it." Tao Hong Sheng revealed.
"The future life may be more exciting." You Si said.
"I'm afraid it won't be that easy." Feng Kai disagreed with them. "This is establishing a martial sect, and it will grow to an extent that other sects won't dare to bully us at will. I don't know when it will be."
"There is always hope." Kong Ren said. "And I feel that with her, this day won't be too far away."
"Tenth brother is right. This is hope." Hong Wu said.
"I'm really looking forward to it..." Tao Hong Sheng murmured.
After Sima You Yue returned, she made a delicious meal for Little Roar alone. The little guy's aggrieving glances finally disappeared.
"Yue Yue, I bled so much blood today. You need to make food to compensate for my blood." Little Roar asked after eating the beggar's chicken in his hand.
"Everyone eats eggs after bleeding. You've eaten a whole chicken, haven't you been compensated?" Sima You Yue rolled her eyes at him.
"But I bled so much blood, how can a single chicken make it all up?' Little Roar flew beside Sima You Yue and grabbed her sleeve and swayed coyly.
"Your oil stains is on my clothes." Sima You Yue looked at the oil stains disgustingly, but she did not throw him out.
"Yue Yue...." Little Roar not only wiped the oil from his claws, but also used his small head to poke her and put the oil stains of his mouth on her.
Sima You Yue rubbed her head. "Tell me, what else do you want to eat?"
"Roast birdie!" Little Roar blurted out without hesitation.
Sima You Yue drew her mouth. Wasn't that a threat they used to talk about?
"No birdie." She refused.
"We got so many birds that time, and we haven't finished them yet." Little Roar said.
Sima You Yue finally recalled when she and the Goshawks arrived in the Primordial Lands shortly after, she did receive a lot of goshawk corpses. With Little Spirit's special method of storing, things that should be thrown away would be the same, and it was better than the refrigerator on Earth.
Since Little Roar wanted to eat, she went to get a wing out and roast it. Therefore, when someone came to the courtyard, they would see a huge plate,a small corner, a small meatball gnawing on wings bigger than itself and not imagine how many roasted bird wings there were! Its little tail moved from time to time, and its whole body seemed to move along the bird wing."
Sima You Yue gave him a great deal of them and ignored him. She entered her room and into the Spirit Pagoda.
Before, Xu Jin and them were all here. She didn't have a chance to go in. Now, she went in to check on Little Seven right away.
A faint mist enshrouded Little Seven. Little Seven transformed into her original form in a dormant state. Her body was changing gradually in the mist.
"With this thing here, those spirit medicines should grow better." Little Spirit appeared.
"Although I had some speculations before, I didn't expect it to be like this. She really is..." Sima You Yue sighed.
If Little Seven really stayed with her in the future, she was afraid she would have to worry a lot. No wonder Yuan Shao Jie and them wanted to lock her in the inner sect and didn not let her go out.
If people knew about her identity, she was afraid that the whole continent would quiver and the heaven and earth would change color.
"Then what are you going to do?" Little Spirit asked with a different dignified look from the past.
"She said that she felt she had an opportunity to evolve beside me. Maybe after this evolution, she would leave." Sima You Yue said.
If one wanted to ask her what to do, she didn't know. She could only take it step by step.
"In the days ahead, help me pay attention to the situation outside, I will enter close cultivation and refine the pill for Shi Chen. If there is nothing major, don't call me."
After that, she went into the alchemy room.
Chapter 742: Another Accident
Several days later, Sima You Yue came out of the Spirit Pagoda. The first thing she saw was Rainbow chatting happily with Halcyon.
"Brother, you're out!" Rainbow smiled and beckoned to Sima You Yue.
Sima You Yue walked over and asked, "What are you talking about so happily?"
"We're talking about Little Roar." Rainbow answered. "Do you know that when you are gone these days, Little Roar often runs outside teasing people, and gets severely beaten by someone."
"He went out to play rogue again?" Sima You Yue thought of her absence, that guy must have been lawless. She somewhat regretted not bringing him into the Spirit Pagoda with her.
"He didn't go find anyone, but just Feng Zhi and the group. He teased those brothers over and over again, making Ni An Yi and them want to thrash him every time they saw him." Halcyon said.
Sima You Yue breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't go outside and provoke others.
In her opinion, Feng Zhi and them were already her people. It was alright for Little Roar to tease them.
"Yue Yue, Third Aunt came to find you before, but I said you were in close cultivation. She asked you to come and find her when you're out." Halcyon informed.
"I got it. Anything else has happened these days?" she asked.
"Nothing much. But the number of people in Green City has increased recently."
"Came to kill me?"
"No, they came for Feng Zhi and them." Halcyon answered. "The news of the ten great evils here had spread and those who had grievances with them came here."
"Then how are they now?" Sima You Yue was startled.
"Several of them are hurt, but not very seriously." Halcyon replied.
"What about Shi Chen? How is he?"
"He is still knocked out from the day you went. He hasn't woken up and didn't participate in the fight." Halcyon answered. "Yesterday, Ni An Yi was still saying that fortunately you let them knock him out, otherwise with his temperament, he certainly won't stand by idly."
"I thought of this possibility at the time and made them do that." Sima You Yue said. "They must not be living in their former courtyard now. Where are they now?"
"At Third Aunt's."
"At Third Aunt's? Did Third Aunt come to find me for this?"
"No. Third Aunt came to see you on the second day of your retreat. Feng Zhi and them lived there for the last two days." Halcyon answered, "But don't worry, You Lin and Hong Wu arranged an array together. Those people hadn't entered Third Aunt'shouse yet."
"Hong Wu is an array master?"
"Yes."
"Then let's go and check their situation." Sima You Yue said as she walked out the front door.
"They dug a tunnel." Halcyon said.
"..."
When Sima You Yue came to the tunnel entrance, she found that the tunnel was dug provisionally. It was handled well. It took a whole day to complete it. She suddenly thought that if she took this to Earth to build roads or open mountains, it would be very fast.
A while later, she arrived at Third Aunt's house and went into Third Aunt's courtyard.
"You Yue, you're here." Little Wu who felt the movement of someone coming, she came out and saw Sima You Yue. She greeted her with a smile.
When the people in the room heard Little Wu called her name, they also came out.
"You Yue, you're finally out." Ni An Yi started.
Sima You Yue saw that Ni An Yi was injured and spoke, "Didn't you say that you suffered a minor injury. Why does it look quite serious?"
"In order to attract the attention of those people, we went around the place where we previously lived." Ni An Yi replied.
"You Yue." Third Aunt Du came out from another room.
"Third Aunt." Sima You Yue came over and said apologetically, "I'm sorry I've caused you so much trouble."
"If there is any trouble, it is just a matter of closing the shop." Third Aunt Du said. "Even without this incident, my shop won't be open for two days."
Since they intended to follow Sima You Yue to form their own force, they naturally could not continue to nest in this little Green City.
Sima You Yue also understood this, so she did not continue the topic. Then she asked, "Where's Shi Chen?"
"In the room." Ni An Yi answered. "Fortunately, you let him sleep, otherwise we can't predict when he will use his spirit power these days."
"I'll take a look." Sima You Yue entered and saw Shi Chen lying on the bed. She checked his pulse and determined there was nothing, then gave him a pill.
Soon, Shi Chen's eyes rolled, and his eyelids slowly opened. His eyes were still a little confused. Noticing Sima You Yue and Ni An Yi and the rest, his consciousness slowly returned.
"Sixth Bro, you're injured? What happened?" He asked.
"It's nothing." You Si replied.
"You all have injuries. How could it be alright?" Shi Chen did not believe them and struggled to get up.
"Even if something happened, it doesn't concern you now." Sima You Yue glared at him. "All you have to do now is heal your own injury. Otherwise, no matter what happens, you can only be their burden."
"I..." Shi Chen wanted to refute but found himself unable to.
"You are my people now. With me here, how can anything happen to them?" Sima You Yue stated. "Ah, this is the pill. If you take it, in two ****, you can join them."
Shi Chen accepted the pill. He looked at the longan-sized pill and was in disbelief.
After eating it, the cold aura that trapped him for many years would be cured?
"Don't underestimate this pill. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth 100 million crystals." Sima You Yue said. "In addition to several days of drinking the blood of an auspicious beast, your injury was not easy to treat."
"I don't doubt it, but at this moment, I feel like I have been dreaming." Shi Chen said.
"You'll know in a while if you have been dreaming." Sima You Yue smiled unkindly.
"Why?" Ni An Yi asked.
"Because this process will make him feel immense pain from dying to living. With that pain, where would he feel that it is a dream." Sima You Yue replied.
"It'll hurt so much?" Dai Yi was distressed for Shi Chen, wondering if he could hold on.
"Burning fire and freezing cold, an abyss of suffering, scraping meat off bones and tendon, don't you think it's painful?" Sima You Yue retorted.
Her words scared Ni An Yi and them. He asked, "Is there any way of relief?"
"Relief?" Sima You Yue glanced at Ni An Yi who was holding his arm, and nodded. "There is indeed a method to relieve it."
"What method, tell us." Ni An Yi was agitated when he heard there was.
"This method is very simple. When he is in pain, you put your arm in his mouth and let him bite you, and his pain will naturally ease." Sima You Yue spoke seriously.
Chapter 743: Attack
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Pffft—
Little Wu and Rainbow and they impolitely laughed out loud.
"You Yue, I am being serious!" Ni An Yi protested.
"I am also being serious!" Sima You Yue refuted. "The pain of skin peeling off and of meat being scraped from the bones is gradual. How is there a method to deal with it?'
"Why is it so painful?" Rainbow shivered.
"The cold aura has already infiltrated his internal organs, his limbs, and bones. Now we have to force it out gradually, of course it'll be painful." Sima You Yue replied. "But you don't need to be afraid. It is only pain. Just let them give their arms to bite on."
"You Yue...: Ni An Yi shouted helplessly.
Sima You Yue stood up and said, "In order to not leave a psychological effect, you should leave him alone. If you're not afraid, there's nothing if you stay. Rainbow, let's go."
"Oh." Rainbow and Halcyon left with Sima You Yue, leaving Shi Chen and the brothers behind.
She didn't ask if they wanted to stay behind. After she left, she went to find Third Aunt Du. She didn't forget that Halcyon told her Third Aunt had looked for her.
Third Aunt Du was using spirit power to control the silk weaving in her room. When Sima You Yue entered, she saw the orderly interweaving of silk covering the space above.
For embroiderers, weaving was also a way for them to increase their strength.
She leaned against the door and watched the sight inside the room. She remembered that year, she also watched her weave. At that time, Third Uncle was beside her. Third Uncle told her happily that meeting her in this life was his most fortunate thing.
Unfortunately, Third Aunt continued to weave till now and she still leaned on the door, watching, but there wasn't a chivalrous tree beside her.
Third Aunt Du saw Sima You Yue come in. She stopped and uttered, "You're here."
"Third Aunt." She walked in and hugged her from the side and rested her head on her head.
Third Aunt Du smiled and reached out and hugged her. "How are you still like a child."
"In front of Third Aunt, I am a child!" Sima You Yue said coquettishly.
"I want you to live like a child." Third Aunt Du said, "But you ask too much of yourself, bear too much, and looking at the things you do, I feel heartache for you. You have lived too crudely these years."
Sima You Yue shook her head. "It's not crude. By the way, Third Aunt, they told me during my retreat, you came to find me. Is there something?"
"It's nothing. I just want to ask you when you plan to leave, so I can deal with the shop." Third Aunt Du said.
"Why for what?" Sima You Yu said. "Thos spirit cloths can be used to make clothes for us. This house can stay empty here, maybe we will need it in the future."
"Then I'll leave it." Third Aunt Du said.
"Mm, leave it here."
"Then when are you leaving and forming your force? What are your plans?" Third Aunt Du asked.
Sima You Yue let go of her and sat beside her. "This matter is not urgent and needs to be planned slowly. When Shi Chen's condition is better, they can be used by me. We'll discuss this matter together. But leaving is a two-day matter. It's disorderly here, and is not suitable for planning.
"Then I'll pack up these two days. Although there are not many things here, I have to pack them all." Third Aunt Du said as she got up.
"You can pack up later. Shi Chen's body needs two days to fully recover." Sima You Yue pulled her back. "Let's chat."
Seeing Sima You Yue being reliant on her, Third Aunt Du smiled, "What do you want to talk about? Are you going to tell me about your past affairs? Or the man you like?"
When she mentioned the man that she like, Sima You Yue first thought of Mo Sha. Since that guy brought her out of the Formless World, he had not woken up.
"Third Aunt don't make fun of me. Where do I have a man I like?" She chuckled.
"You really do not?" Third Aunt Du looked at her knowingly.
Sima You Yue shook her head. "Third Aunt knows everything about my past life. I haven't grown up in this life, and I have been busy cultivating. Where would there be anyone?"
When Third Aunt Du thought of what Fatty Qu said about how she had cultivated and the amount of suffering she underwent, she felt distressed. She held her hand and said, "You worked hard."
"Not hard at all." Sima You Yue smiled. "Although it seems that I am always a bit miserable every time, I had a lot of gains. Compared to what I gained, the pain was nothing.
"Good child." Third Aunt Du saw how openly she saw things, she hid the distress in her heart.
"Third Aunt, you know a lot of things before. What do you think about forming a force?"
"I actually heard some things from your Third Uncle..."
Sima You Yue and Third Aunt Du talked in the room for a long time. She did not stop until Third Aunt Du started packing. After she left, she went back to her place and told Fatty Qu and them about leaving.
Everyone's stuff had always been in their spatial ring, so they didn't need to pack up. The group of people went to Third Aunt's courtyard.
Third Aunt Du's courtyard wasn't large in the first place. But since everyone was there, it was a little crowded. Fortunately, everyone was able to wait in the courtyard. Although they were crowded, it was not impossible to move.
SIma You Yue and Sima You Lin set up a teleportation array in the courtyard while Shi Chen healed. After he was done, they would leave here.
In the past two days, a lot of people wandered around Third Aunt's shop. Some even attacked the protective array. They were getting impatient.
After the teleportation array was ready, Sima You Yue asked Wei Zi Qi and them to leave first.
Wei Zi Qi, Sima You Ming and them, along with five of the Feng family escorts left. The courtyard immediately became empty.
The people outside the small courtyard saw the bright light inside the courtyard. They shouted, "That's the light of the teleportation array? Those people have left?"
"I heard they have an array master. Maybe he arranged the array." Someone said.
"No, there are still people inside. They hadn't all left. Everyone, quickly attack! We must not let them run away!"
"Right, let's all attack! Don't let them run away! Once we let them run today, it will be difficult to know their whereabouts later!"
The people outside all rushed toward the protective array, and the array became shaky in a while.
When the people outside started their attack, Feng Kai and the group ran out of their room.
"These people are really possessed! Fourth Bro and fifth Bro, let's go counter them!" Feng Kai was furious and wanted to fly out and fight those people.
"Why bother with them." SIma You Yue said. "Just them jump around. They can't get in here anyways."
"This array is going to be broken by them. What If they came in and caused Third Bro to be bothered!" You Si asked in an anxious tone.
Chapter 744: Unexpected Places
You Si was anxious, but after being glimpsed lightly by Sima You Yue, he miraculously settled down.
"This array is arranged by You Lin and Hong Wu. I don't know what level Hong Wu's ability is at, but I'm clear about You Lin's." Sima You Yue said. "As far as they are concerned, they are underestimating him if they think they can easily break this array through force."
"But this array looks really fragile."
"Even if it is fragile, it can hold on until your third brother's done. Don't waste yourself here, if you go out and get injured, the loss is on me." Sima You Yue waved at them.
"Come back." Feng Zhi stood at the door. "Even if we can't resist it, can you be any better than them?"
Feng Kai knew that the people around Sima You Yue were stronger than them. If something really happened, they can solve it without them moving. It's just that everything used to depend on themselves. Now they suddenly had someone to depend on, they were still not used to it.
"Since elder brother and You Yue said so, let's go back." Ni An Yi abide.
"Mm." Feng Kai glanced at Sima You Yue. He did not insist on going out anymore.
Sima You Lin went around and examined the array. After making sure there was no problem, she returned and with Sima You Yue set up a second teleportation array.
The arrays they arranged were all for one-time use. Unless they excel in arrays, they would not know where they went. Half of the people had already been sent away, and that array could no longer be used.
Shi Chen was inside the room. His skin was red for while then white for a while. He was biting on a towel, and blue veins protruded. Sweat beads kept falling down, and his clothes were covered in sweat.
Kong Ren and them watched from the side. Their faces were serious.
When they saw Feng Kai and the rest returned, they were a little surprised and asked, "The situation outside..."
"It's okay. With them there, we don't need to worry about the situation outside." Feng Kai spoke.
The brothers had been together for so many years. They naturally understood what he meant. They shared the same thoughts in their heart. But because they were worried about Shi Chen, everyone didn't speak.
"Ugh——-"
Shi Chen felt torn with pain. He looked up, biting the towel, uncomfortably.
"How much longer does Third Bro need to persist?" Tao Hong Sheng asked.
"About time." Hong Wu replied. "You Yue said for two days. More than half of the second day has passed. He needs to hold on for a few more hours."
"With this one incident of pain, if Third Bro's body gets better, it's worth it." Dai Yi said.
"I really hope Third Bro gets better. He had been tortured by this illness for all these years." You Si said.
In fact, they all felt it. Shi Chen really didn't want to live on before because he felt he caused their lives to fall to this point. But if he ended his life too easily, he would be sorry for them, so he persisted.
Among the brothers, he was the smartest. If he could get better, his future life would be extraordinary.
Shi Chen bit hard on the toward and his eyes revealed determination. Although the pain made him want to commit suicide, he knew that as long as he passed this level, he could live like a normal person.
Did anyone want to die? No, no one wanted to die! No one wanted to die; they all wanted to live.
He was included as well!
He waited for death because his condition was not getting better, and there was no possibility of surviving. He was tortured by the illness every day. Now that there was hope in his life, he wanted to grab it tightly.
Fortunately, although the process was painful, he felt his body got warmer and warmer, and his vitality revived under the pain. It felt great to regain strength!
Under the bombardment outside, You Yue's tranquilness and the worries in the room fluctuated, and this day came to an end.
Third Aunt Du packed all her things. Sima You Yue entered the room. Seeing that Shi Chen had completed the painful process, she checked his pulse while regulating. She nodded and said, "Your condition is all better, your body is basically all clear. It's just that your body has been in deficit for so many years. You still need to recuperate.
"Thank you." He sincerely thanked her.
He felt the efficacy of the pill later in the process. He had eaten a lot of pills before. The absolute efficacy of this pill was just as she had stated.
Sima You Yue took out a pill bottle. "Eat one of these each day for ten days. It can condition your current body. I hope the next time we meet , you will have recovered."
"Are you leaving?" Shi Chen was startled.
"No, not now, but we'll always have to be separated later." Sima You Yue replied.
They hadn't discussed the matter of forming a force, how could she leave first.
"You take some rest. We'll leave in a little while later." She stood up. "People outside can't wait to come in."
Shi Chen took a pill, and his weak body felt more comfortable. Although his body was still weak, he felt exuberant vitality flowing in his body, which made him excited.
They quickly packed up everything. Sima You Yue asked Third Aunt Du to pack the tables and other furniture, saying they might be staying in the wild for a time. With these furnitures, it would be more convenient when camping.
Everyone got in the teleportation array. Sima You Lin started the teleportation array. When the teleportation array activated, they were teleported away. The array stones burst into dust shortly after they left and were scattered by the wind.
The people attacking from outside also broke the protective array after they left. When they entered, there was only an empty cold courtyard.
Deep in the dark forest, Sima You Yue and the others exited the space tunnel.
"You Yue, you're here." Fatty Qu and them were playing with a group of flamingos. When they saw them coming, they greeted them with smiles.
"You're at ease here." Sima You Yue strolled over and slapped him on the head.
"Who asked you to send us here." Fatty Qu protested. "I thought you would send us to a nearby city, but you sent us here."
"The nearby cities are too eye-catching lately." Sima You Yue said. "We must avoid the limelight first."
"Then how long are we going to stay here?"
"Not for long." Sima You Yue answered. Then she asked the flamingos, "Where is your king?"
As soon as Sima You Yue's voice fell, the flamingo king's voice transmitted from afar.
"Greeting young master."
Sima You Yue looked up, and the flamingo king quickly fluttered over here. Sima You Ming followed them aside, presumably just now.
When the flamingo king flew over, he transformed into human form and paid his respects to Sima You Yue. "Greeting young master."
"Fifth brother, you're here." SIma You Ming and them got off their flying beasts.
Sima You Yue nodded to them and then asked the flamingo king, "Do you know which direction is Red Mountain Peak in?"
Chapter 745: Strange Red Mountain Peak
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When the Flamingo King heard Red Mountain Peak, his face changed drastically and he subconsciously shivered.
"Young Master is going to Red Mountain Peak?"
Sima You Yue nodded.
Investigating the latest strange incidents in Red Mountain Peak was their third mission this time.
"Young Master shouldn't go." Flamingo King discouraged.
"Why?" Fatty Qu asked.
"Because it's strange and dangerous." Flamingo King answered.
"We're going to see what's happening there." Sima You Yue said. "Investigate the strange incidents before we can turn in the mission."
"Can't you reject it?" When the Flamingo King said that, he remembered it was inappropriate for him to say that. He explained, "Red Mountain Peak is quite far away from us. We originally never heard of it before. But I'm afraid that no one in Central Province doesn't know where it is."
"Do you know what's stange over there?" Sima You Yue curiously asked.
"I've seen it with my own eyes." The Flamingo King answered. "A few months ago, when I was traveling outside, I happened to go to the peak adjacent to the Red Mountain Peak. I witnessed a group of people who heard about the strange things in Red Mountain Peak and went in to investigate. Only one person came back half a month later. That person was covered in blood, his eyes were dull, and when asked about his companions, he said they were dead; they were murdered. That person became a fool."
"So strange? Did he and his companions encounter something else?" Wei Zi Qi asked.
"It's not just this group of people." The Flamingo King answered, "At that time, my thoughts were the same as you. I felt they might have encountered an enemy or something like that. Because his companions were dead and he came back, he became lifeless. But at that time, a waiter next to me sighed that it was another batch of unbelievers of heresy. So I asked the waiter, he said that it was that this was not the first group of people to go. Recently, there were many. Some went and came back like fools, but others went and never returned!"
Sima You Yue sucked in a breath.
"Is this for real? After a trip, he became a fool? This is too strange!" Fatty Qu exclaimed.
"Isn't it?" The Flamingo King affirmed. "Those who went, regardless of their strength, end up with the same result. So even if I know that the Young Master is very strong, I still implore Young Master not to go."
Everyone fell silent after listening to the Flamingo King.
"You Yue, what do you think?" Sima You Lin asked.
"This situation is much worse than we thought." Sima You Yue also was not sure if they should go or not. She hesitated for a moment. If she was alone, she would like to check it out, but if she was them, she was a little uncertain.
Fatty Qu and them were also hesitating. So many experts had gone to end the same way. Their strength wasn't high, wouldn't they have the same end result?
"You say it is a mission of the sect? What happens if you don't complete it?" You Si asked.
"It won't matter if we don't complete it. Didn't we just give up the second mission?" Fatty Qu said.
"What's the second mission?" Ni An Yi followed his words and asked.
"It's just..." Fatty Qu started and stopped halfway. He chuckled at Ni An Yi.
"What are laughing at?" Ni An Yi saw him laughed and felt he was infuriating.
"Nothing, nothing." Fatty Qu stopped laughing but he didn't say what the mission was.
"The second mission is probably killing us." Shi Chen smiled.
"Hehe..." Fatty Qu laughed embarrassedly, confirming his words.
"It turned out you wanted to kill us!" Ni An Yi punched Fatty Qu's shoulder. He didn't hurt him, but his hand hurt. He shook his hand twice before it felt better. "God, what did you do, why is it so hard? It hurts!"
"Fatty is on the refining body route. If you hit him, you're looking for pain!" Sima You Yue glanced at him expressing you're stupid.
"The situation in Red Mountain Peak is not clear. If it is only a mission of the sect, you can choose to give it up." Shi Chen expressed his thoughts.
"I also think so. The unknown risks are the most dangerous." Feng Zhi agreed. "If you know the situation over there, it would be okay. Even if you have a strong opponent, you can take precautions in advance. But the situation is unclear, it's best to not add trouble."
Since the two pillars of the ten brothers said this, her heart wavered. She looked at Sima You Ming and asked, "Elder brother, what do you think?"
"I think it's been months since Flamingo King went there. After a few months, we don't know what's going on there. Whether to go or not, go to the neighborhood in the vicinity to find more about the situation and then make a decision is good." Sima You Ming expressed. "Maybe things are different now than before."
"I also agreed with elder brother." Sima You Ran agreed. "We'll approach to check the current situation. If it is as complicated as he said, as long as we don't go in, it will be alright. If the situation has changed, we can go in and take a look."
Believe in everything but take it with a grain of salt. It was better to see things as they are.
"This is also possible." Shi Chen said. "This strange phenomenon only occurs in Red Mountain Peak. As long as you don't enter Red Mountain Peak, it is safe to listen to the news nearby."
"Then let's take a look. If you heard that it's weird and gave up, it's not like our style." Ouyang Fei said.
All right, let'g go around Red Mountain Peak." Sima You Yue said.
"I haven't seen anything like this!" Dai Yi said excitedly.
"Can you go?" Fatty Qu asked. "Wouldn't you be exposed and attacked as soon as you appeared in public?"
"This is really possible." Sima You Le said.
"Don't we go?" Dai Yi asked in surprise.
"It's better you don't appear in front of people as of late." Sima You Yue said. "I think the people who receive information about you are not only those in Green City. You should avoid the limelight."
"But aren't we following you?" Ni An Yi said.
Sima You Yue shook her head. "You don't follow me now. I want you to do something, and you can do those things after you leave here."
The rest could guess what she would let them do and nodded. They were unlike Ni An Yi and them who wanted to go to Red Mountain Peak.
"We have just left Green City these two days, and those people will surely search for your whereabouts nearby. You wait here for a few days before you go out. We will also discuss what needs to be done to form a force..."
Chapter 746: Arranging for Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan and Snow Wolf Clan
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During these days in the Dark Forest, everyone discussed the forming of a force together. Now Sima You Yue wanted them to do was not to recruit people but to have them go around and find a place to establish their force.
Sima You Yue asked Fatty Qu to make some human skin masks for them and let them wear them after they left. By that time, others would not know they were the ten great villains, which would be more convenient.
To be on the safe side, she asked them to make a pledge. They didn't have to recognize her as the leader, but they had to swear on the things about her. They couldn't publicize them or hurt her at all.
Feng Zhi and they understood her scruples. They all pledged and let the rules of heaven and earth provide trust for both parties.
After the discussion, she asked Ximen Feng, Feng Zhi and the rest to discuss the specifics while she took the time for leisure.
Kong Ren and Hong Wu asked her for advice on alchemy and arrays. She was more interested in these compared to forming a force, so she chatted with them in earnest.
A few days later, the flamingos returned with news. After searching for a period of time, the people outside gave up pursuit of Feng Zhi and them and went back.
Those people were speculating where Feng Zhi and the group would go if they left Green City. They thought of many places, but no one thought they would hide in the Dark Forest.
As soon as the wind died down, Sima You Yue urged them to leave. After Feng Kai and them spent some time with You Yue and her group, they found they had similar temperaments and couldn't bear to go. Especially Hong Wu and Kong Ren, they still had a lot of things to discuss with Sima You Yue!
She made it clear to them during these days. In order to protect their safety, she gave them some feathers of Little Roc. If they encountered any danger, they could take this to get help from the nearby bird clan.
Feng Zhi and the group left with a thick stack of human skin masks and Little Roc's feathers. After they left, Sima You Yue also prepared to leave.
Sima You Yue asked for the direction of the teleportation array. It seemed that she needed to bypass the snowy mountains. She thought of the scarlet lake in the center of the forest, and the two clans inside her spatial ring.
Rejecting the flamingos' offer to send them off, they went to the center of the forest. She called out all the members of the saber-toothed tiger clan.
"You will live here in the future. Or you can go elsewhere." Sima You Yue said.
When the saber-toothed tiger clan was in the Spirit Pagoda, they were locked in a dark area alone. They didn't know where they were. Now they saw the blue sky and white clouds, as well as the scarlet lake. They were very cordial.
"We want to try here, if life doesn't work, we'll leave again." The saber-toothed king said.
"I already told the flamingos, and they will help you a bit." Sima You Yue said. "In addition, the snow wolf clan will live on the snow mountain over there. You are all from the little realm. I don't need to explain to you the principle of keeping watch and helping each other?"
"We understand." The saber-toothed tiger king said.
Sima You Yue nodded to him. Then she sat on the Sima You Lin's flying beast and flew towards the snow mountain.
When they arrived on the snow mountain, she called out the snow wolf clan, and told them the same thing, and that they could live here.
The snow wolf clan thought they would really follow her and lived in that dark place for a hundred year. They didn't expect her to release them so early.
"Then the agreement between us..."
"If necessary, I will come find you." Sima You Yue said, "If not, then you will be free after a hundred years."
Both the saber-toothed tiger clan and snow wolf clan were brought out of her little realm. They had previously agreed that they would be at her dispatch within the hundred years. She had thought there would be some situations here. As a result, the situation above was much more difficult than she had previously expected. They never came in handy, but Little Roc evolved into the Legendary Great Roc, so now she obtained the entire bird clan's assistance.
Since they were not needed, she might give their freedom back early.
After arranging the snow wolf clan, they went over the top of the mountain, spent half a month leaving the Dark Forest, arrived outside of the city, found a teleportation array, stopped at two cities, and arrived at Charred Mountain Ridge which was next to Red Mountain Peak.
Charred Mountain Ridge had vast territory but its population was not large because the climate here was not suitable for ordinary people, so there were cities with a spirit master as city lord to accomodate for the long distance. Usually, the towns here were not lively, but they have been lively for more than a year. Many outsiders had come to these towns in order to enter Red Mountain Peak.
Mushui City was one of them.
No, to be precise, Mushui City was much more lively than other cities because it was located on the edge of the Red Mountain Peak and separated from Red Mountain Ridge by a river.
Sima You Yue and the group were sitting in a teahouse by the river. Although they had a large group, they did not choose to take a private room, but divide themselves into two tables and sat in the dining hall.
They were far from each other. People normally couldn't see that they were together.
"Did you hear that a group of people went to Red Mountain Peak a few days ago. They still do not believe in heresy." A person at the table next to them murmured.
"How do you know?"
"I saw it with my own eyes. They passed from here." That person pointed at the river outside.
"These people sure have guts. They still dare to go there. It's a pity!" Someone shook their head and sighed as if those people wouldn't be able to come back.
The person who sighed was a male next to their table. Sima You Yue looked at his face filled with pity, and asked, "This young master, how can you be so sure they can't come back?"
That person did not expect Sima You Yue to pick up on hum. He hesitated and sighed again, "It's not that I'm sure, but that none of the people that went had come out in the past three months. Why do those people send themselves to death?!"
"Not a single one returned? Wasn't it said that there were some people who could come back occasionally?" Wei Zi Qi asked.
"That was before. No one can come back as of late." That person replied.
"How do you know?" Wei Zi Qi continued.
"Because I watch it here every day! I will record here how many people go and how many people return."
"Can they go in from here and come out from another city?" Fatty Qu made a conjecture.
"No. if someone comes out from other places, the news should spread throughout the continent." That male denied.
"Are you here everyday?" Sima You Yue curiously asked.
"Yes. Because I need to record data, I have been here always recently."
"Record data? You..."
Wei Zi Qi wanted to ask about his identity when a man dressed as a soldier hurried in from outside. "City Lord, an urgent report just came from the villa!"
"Urgent report? Where?" The City Lord of Mushui City stood up suddenly.
"It's ours." The guard reported. "We just got news that the weird phenomenon has occurred in two towns outside our city, similar to the situation in Red Mountain Peak."
Chapter 747: Is the Ghost Clan Out
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"What did you say?!" Mushui City lord was shocked. He grabbed the guard's clothes so hard that it was as if the soldier had lied, he would take his small life.
"City Lord, it's true. The guards have surrounded the two towns. Please go and see!" That guard anxiously urged.
"Damn it!" Mushui City Lord three the guard down and ran out. The guard immediately followed.
Sima You Yue and the group looked at each other. They all stood up and followed up after checkout.
They were not the only ones that followed. Many people in the teahouse also checked out and left together. When they went out, there were people who were attracted over by the news. They all headed in the same direction, and so they were not worried about going the wrong way at all.
After going outside of Mushui City, everyone chose to fly midair. If they couldn't fly, they summoned flying beasts, and arrived at one of the towns after half a day.
At this point, people outside couldn't enter because the soldiers surrounded the town.
Sima You Yue and them descended from their flying beasts. Through the guards, they could see some blood faintly.
"You Yue, it's so bloody here." Bei Gong Tang frowned.
"Mm, I believe there aren't many alive." Sima You Yue commented.
"That's what Red Mountain Peak looks like? People in every town are massacred?" Fatty Qu asked.
"It's strange." Sima You Ran murmured. "There are no traces of spirit power used here."
"Those people died without resistance?"
"Should be so."
"It's a pity we can't see the situation inside. I don't know what's going on."
"I think since the soldiers are guarding here, other places aren't?" Sima You Yue said.
"Other places?"
"The territory is so vast. It's impossible for everyone to live in this small town. Let's go and see if there are other places in the nearby village that have the same situation." Sima You Yue suggested.
"That's right! Let's go look elsewhere." Sima You Le agreed. "If this town is like this, then other places shouldn't be spared. Let's go find one nearby."
There were many people who shared such thoughts. Since those people couldn't see the town, they turned around and left.
SIma You Yue and the group flew in one direction at random, and after flying for half a day, they caught sight of a small village. Before they approached, they smelled a thick bloody smell.
"There is also a case here!" Fatty Qu shouted.
"Let's descend."
Sima You YUe patted Halcyon's back and Halcyon took everyone downward.
"There's no sign of breathing." Feng Yi said solemnly.
With their strength, they could tell the general situation inside with a single glance.
"Let's go in and take a look. Let's hope to find some clues." Sima You Yue said.
They walked into the village. Bodies were scattered in front of the houses, and each of them died miserably. Hearts were dug out of the children.
Along the way, they could tell that the strength of these people weren't high. Many were ordinary civilians that did not cultivate. Those who were cultivators weren't strong.
"These people died terribly. The expressions on each face are all terrified. It seemed that they were scared before death. Especially the children, their internal organs are gone." Sima You Ming said sadly.
Sima You Yue's face was gloomy, and she was distressed by the misery in front of her. Those children were still so young. They had not had the chance to explore the colorful world. They were killed by unknown things and died so miserably.
"You Yue, how did these people die? These wounds don't seem to be done by human's spirit power or by spirit beasts." Fatty Qu asked.
Sima You Yue squatted down. She took out a pair of silk gloves and wore them, and then flipped over the body in front of her.
"It's really strange." Sima You Yue said.
"Fifth Bro, what did you find?" Sima You Le asked.
"Feng Yi, Feng Er, you have learned a lot from master. Can you see any abnormalities?" Sima You Yue asked.
"Looking at the blood they shed, they should have been killed last night. But their wounds rotted as they had died a long time ago. This is unreasonable." Feng Yi answered.
"It is unreasonable." Sima You Yue turned over the corpses twice. She stood up and took off the gloves on her hands. She spoke, "These wounds are lingering with aura of death. And..."
"And what?" Fatty Qu asked.
"And they were sucked dried of essence when they died. So their bodies looked as if they had died for several days. And because the wounds were of direct contact, they seemed to be rotten for a long time." Sima You Yue concluded.
"Sucked dried of essence?" Everyone took a breath. "What creatures can suck people's essence?"
"And there is still an aura of death lingering in the wounds. It's too strange!"
"Brother Feng Yi, do you know what can make them look like this?" Sima You Qi asked.
"Ordinary creatures can't cause this kind of harm to people." Feng Yi replied. "I haven't seen it before, but I have heard of something similar."
"What instances, what caused it?" Wei Zi Qi asked.
"It's the ghost clan." Sima You Yue answered..
"That's right." Feng Yi said. "I just heard that people who were killed by the ghost clan would have an aura of death lingering in their wounds. But this is the first time I'm seeing it."
"People of the ghost clan? Why are they here? Wasn't it said that the ghost clan cannot leave the Ghost Realm and come to the other continents?" Ouyang Fei asked in amazement.
"It's not impossible to come." Feng Yi gave a deep look at Sima You Yue, and replied, "People of the Ghost Realm only need to find the right method, and they could come."
That year, wasn't her mother one of those....
Sima You Yue summoned Little Dream.
"Yue Yue." Little Dream came out and rushed into Sima You Yue's arms.
Sima You Yue rubbed Little Dream's head. "Little Dream, take a look. Are there any abnormalities in these corpses?"
"Okay." Little Dream came down from her arms. She crouched down and sniffed in front of the corpse, and said, "Their souls are gone."
"Souls are gone? What does that mean?" Sima You Le asked.
"It's gone! What else can it mean!" Little Dream said. "When these people die, their souls are sucked out."
"Don't their souls all go to the Ghost Realm after people die?"
"No, coming out is not the same as being sucked out." Little Dream explained. "After death, the body muscles will be more relaxed as the soul leaves. The muscles of these people are obviously tight, indicating that the soul did not come after death, but it was sucked out before they died."
"Sucking souls. This is a bit like the soul eater I encountered before!" Fatty Qu exclaimed.
"It's different." Feng Yi spoke, "Soul gnawing beasts are devil beasts of the devil realm. They can suck souls after death. As for the people of the ghost clan, they can suck any kinds of soul."
Chapter 748: Meeting an Old Friend
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"The soul gnawing beast used to exist in the Ghost Realm." Little Dream said. "But they can't come to the Human Realm. They often travel to the Devil Realm. So this isn't unique in the Devil Realm."
"It's true that both the Ghost Realm and Devil World have them." Sima You Yue said. "This is not the time to discuss this. The opponent is very vicious. Presumably, he's not a good stubble."
"In other words, the strange things in Red Mountain Peak are also caused by the people of the Ghost Realm?" Wei Zi Qi concluded.
"If a part of the soul is sucked out, that person will be mentally incomplete, like a fool." Little Dream said.
"In the beginning, there were only a large number of mentally incomplete people in Red Mountain Peak. Later, these deaths began to occur. It used to be constrained in the Red Mountain Peak, but now it has spread to the adjacent territory. This shows that the situation is becoming more and more dangerous." Sima You Ran said.
"What is this Ghost Clan trying to do?" Fatty Qu asked. "Do they want to occupy human territories?"
Feng Yi was listening then discussing when he suddenly looked toward the entrance of the village. He shouted, "Who's there?!"
"Could it be those from the Ghost Realm haven't left yet?" Sima You Le guessed.
"No, they are human." Sima You Yue also sensed the movement at the village eastside. "They're most likely like us who thought to visit the surrounding villages to investigate the news."
At this time, the other party also discovered their presence. The group ran over.
"Audacious thief, how dare you do such cruel things. Take my move!" A female saw them and yelled. She attacked them indiscriminately.
Feng Yi easily resolved the opponent's tactics. A surge of pressure passed over and the female was rooted in place, unable to breath.
"Have mercy!" A familiar male voice transmitted from afar. He saluted Feng Yi before seeing the situation.
"Brother Chou?" Sima You Yue called out in surprise when she saw him.
"You Yue? Zi Qi? Why are you here?" Chou Xiao Tian was surprised that he would meet them here.
"We came to investigate the situation of Red Mountain Peak. When we heard that something happened here, we came over. Are you also investigating this?" Sima You Yue replied. Seeing that female being pressured by Feng Yi, she asked, "Is she with you?"
"This is my Junior Sister Yan Ling. She is quick-tempered and has offended you. Please forgive her." Chou Xiao Tian apologized.
"Feng Yi." Sima You Yue called out. Feng Yi retracted his pressure, and the female was able to retrieve her life from the gate of hell.
"Thanks a lot." Chou Xiao Tian nodded his thanks to You Yue.
"Fortunately, you met us. If you meet some other people, then it is not easy to discuss." Sima You Yue said.
"Hmph," Yan Ling snorted and returned to Chou Xiao Tian's side dissatisfied.
At the time, others also came over and asked, "What happened?"
"Elder Senior Brother, just now, Junior Sister offended them. Fortunately, we knew each other. Now everything is alright." Chou Xiao Tian answered.
"You know them?" Mu Gang asked.
"Yes, it's some friends I met in Heavenly Tiger Ridge." Chou Xiao Tian answered, and then introduced both sides.
Mu Gang paid his respects to Sima You Yue and the group. "Little Junior Sister is worried for those who died, so she was so reckless. I, Mu Gang, will apologize to everyone here."
Sima You Yue saluted back and added some polite greetings.
Sima You Yue noticed that Chou Xiao Tian and then were alright. That Yan Ling was probably spoiled since childhood. Even if she did something wrong, her Senior Brothers would apologize for her, and she didn't say anything.
It was just a little girl. They didn't plan to fuss about it on the account of she wouldn't cause trouble with them.
"You Yue, since the last auction, I haven't seen you for a few years. Aren't you in the Central Area? Why did you come here to investigate Red Mountain Peak?" Chou Xiao Tian asked.
"We participated in the examination of the talent academy and became students of the sect. This time, we took on a sect's mission to investigate the strange things in Red Mountain Peak." Sima You Yue replied.
"Then what have you discovered?" A blue robed man behind Mu Gang asked.
Sima You Yue noticed the aggressive look in the male's gaze. Her eyes flicked slightly, and replied, "We just arrived at Mushui City yesterday, and this is the first time we saw these. How can I discover anything yet? But I feel that these people died brutally and their wounds are abnormal."
"Have you thought of investigating these abnormalities?" The blue robed man asked.
"We just arrived here, before we remember to discuss these abnormalities, your little Junior Sister attacked us." Sima You Yue said. "What did you discover?"
Mu Gang shook his head. "We also found that these corpses are somewhat different. They were killed yesterday night, but why are the corpses showing their current state."
"Your noble sect is a large sect. Presumably more knowledgeable than our little brats. Do you know why?" Sima You Yue probed.
"We don't know what's going on." Mu Gang said. "We want to report the situation to the sectm and hopefully we can get an answer."
"Since we found out about the situation, let's go back and report to master." The blue robed man affirmed.
Mu Gang nodded. "We're going back. Do you want to go together?"
"We still want to look at the situation here again." Sima You Yue rejected.
"Then we'll take our leave." Mu Gang cupped his hands before them.
"Elder Senior Brother, I want to stay with them. You guys go back first." Chou Xiao Tian said.
"Then pay attention to your safety." Mu Gang did not say more and nodded to Sima You Yue and the group before leaving.
Yet Yan Ling stood rooted at her spot.
"Little Junior Sister?' Mu Gang paused and looked at her.
"I want to stay with Senior Brother Chou." Yan Ling said.
"Brother Chou is staying with us to reminiscence the old times. You're not going to. What are you staying here for?" Fatty Qu did not like this female and whispered, "Do you want to reminiscence the old times with us too?"
They did not have any old times with her. If they really were to reminiscence, they could only talk about how she attacked them just now.
"Little Junior Sister, if you stay outside, master will be worried." Mu Gang said. "Come with us."
"I..."
"Do you want to make Master angry?" Mu Gang frowned.
Yan Ling thought of her father's anger, and she pouted and left unhappily.
After they left, Sima You Yue glanced at Chou Xiao Tian doubtfully. "Why do I feel like your Senior Brothers don't like you?"
Just now he said he wanted to stay, but those people weren't worried at all that he would be in danger, as if his life and death had nothing to do with them.
Chou Xiao Tian smiled bitterly. "They didn't expect me to be alive."
"Didn't you snatched the goddess of their dreams?" Sima You Yue teased. Seeing Chou Xiao Tian dodging eyes, she chuckled, "Did I guess it right?"
Chou Xiao Tian was embarrassed and uncomfortably shifted the topic. He asked, "What did you discover just now?"
Chapter 749: Need to Investigate
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Sima You Yue raised an eyebrow. How did this guy know?
When Chou Xiao Tian saw the look on Sima You Yue's face, he knew he guessed correctly. "What did you discover? Quickly tell me."
"How did you know we discovered something?" Fatty Qu questioned.
"You all appeared to be aware of something. You must know something. My senior brothers can't see it. But we have been together for some time." Chou Xiao Tian explained.
"Tsk, only you know." Fatty Qu said.
"That's right. Quick, tell me what you discovered." Chou Xiao Tian smiled and urged.
"In fact, it's nothing. We just guessed what type of creatures can cause these wounds." Sima You Yue answered.
"Did you guess right?"
"We have some prospects of an answer, but no confirmation." Sima You Yue said.
"When I looked at these corpses, they were exceptionally strange." Chou Xiao Tian commented. "I have never seen such brutal and strange wounds."
"It's normal if you haven't seen it before." Sima You Yue replied. "You haven't seen anyone from the Ghost Realm."
"Ghost Realm? You're saying people from the Ghost Realm did that?" Chou Xiao Tian whispered.
"At least, they can be made by the creatures of the Ghost Realm. As for the people of the Ghost Realm or other creatures in the Ghost Realm, it is unknown." Sima You Yue explained.
"How can it be the Ghost Realm? Why did you suspect the people of the Ghost Realm did it?" Chou Xiao Tian was shocked by the news because it was harder for people of the Ghost Realm to come to the Human Realm than for people of the Devil Realm. He never expected there would be a day where he would encounter people of the Ghost Realm. So he couldn't digest this news for a while.
"Because these people had their souls and energy drained before they died." Sima You Yue said. "In addition, an aura of death still lingered in their wounds."
"Aura of death?"
"There are no traces of spirit energy in the whole village, because the other party doesn't use spirit energy at all, but aura of death. Except those from the Ghost Realm, who else would use an aura of death?" Sima You Yue reasoned.
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Chou Xiao Tian squatted down and examined the wounds. Sure enough, he noticed a faint black mist lingering on the wounds. If one didn't examine closely, they wouldn't find it at all.
"How do you know that this is the aura of death?"
"Because I am smart." Sima You Yue replied.
She couldn't just tell him, she had seen it before.
That was true. She had seen the aura of death before. The person who was suppressed by the seal under the Dragon Reflection Mountain was enshrouded completely with the aura of death. But at that time, she hadn't recovered her memory. She had thought it was an ordinary black mist. After recovering her memory, she realized that the aura of death was too thick to be dissolved.
When Chou Xiao Tian saw how she answered, he knew she didn't want to talk further, so he stopped asking.
"You all guessed that this was done by the people of the Ghost Realm. Why didn't you just say it?"
"Why should I say it?" Sima You Yue refuted. "I don't even know them. You and them aren't even close."
Chou Xiao Tian glanced at her and was moved. The reason behind was the main reason.
"Now you know the reason. What do you plan to do?" He asked.
"Nothing much. So many people died here. I don't know if those people can find them and deal with the corpses. Otherwise, we'll deal with them."
Everyone agreed, so they burned the place clean with fire.
After leaving the village, they continued to walk around. They met many people on the road, all of them appearing sad or angry. Occasionally, they witnessed one or two villages were burned.
"It seems that the same situation is happening in those villages." Sima You Yue said. "Those people passed by the villages before us, and they are also being burned. There is nothing to gain by going now. Let's go back."
"Where are you staying now?" Chou Xiao Tian asked.
"In a small inn on the waterfront." Sima You Yue answered. "It's not that big, you probably wouldn't stay there."
"We have more people, so we are staying at the largest inn in the city." Chou Xiao Tian said.
"Since we already guessed it, let's go back."
They flew back to the city and heard people at the gate of the city say that the city lord has not returned. It was estimated that they were still investigating the cause in the town, or they were going to the surroundings for inspection.
At the gate of the city, Sima YouYue and them separated from Chou Xiao Tian and then returned to the inn
"You Yue, now we know the reason, are we going back to the sect to report?" Fatty Qu asked.
Sima You Yue looked out the window at the torrent of rain, which was the source of this matter.
"No, I'm going over there to see."
"You're going? It's dangerous over there!"
"I know, but I have a reason to go." Sima You Yue said.
"What can you do there?" Fatty Qu said. "You Yue, don't think that Third Aunt and Brother Ximen are gone, so you can do dangerous things."
"Even if Third Aunt and them are here, I will still go." Sima You Yue said. "For my companion, I must go."
"Fifth brother, is it because of Little Dream?" Sima You Ran asked.
Sima You Yue nodded. She understood what Sima You Ran meant when he asked if she went for Little Dream, but she was going because of something Little Dream told her.
After Little Dream determined it was done by the people of the Ghost Realm, she said, "There are scents of ghost spirits. If she can catched the ghost spirits, and let them be absorbed by Mo Sha, he would recover quicker."
Mo Sha suffered such a serious injury for her. Since this was possible, she would try it. Even if Ximen Feng knew about it, he would not stop her.
Fatty Qu wanted to dissuade her, but Bei Gong Tang grabbed his arm.
"Let's go with you." Wei Zi Qi suggested.
"No, just wait for me here." Sima You Yue rejected. "I have Little Dream, ordinary soul attacks have no effect on me. But you are different. What if something happens to you?"
"But you are alone, we can't be assured." Sima You Qi said.
"I also have Feng Yi and Feng Er, and Little Roc and them." Sima You Yue insisted. "Second brother, believe me, I will successfully resolve this matter."
Everyone saw her insistence. Although they were worried, they had no choice but to look at her with anxiety.
"Rest assured, couldn't I invoke the tribulation? If it's really a last resort, I'll invoke the tribulation again. People of the Ghost Realm, no matter how strong they are, are afraid of this."
"That's true, fifth brother has so many ways of preservation which could be used against the ghost clan. If she really encountered people of the ghost clan, it is not necessarily her who would suffer." Sima You Ran was confident in her.
"Then when do you plan to go?" Sima You Lin asked.
"After tonight." Sima You Yue answered. "Those things all happened at night. Yesterday, they were at the side of Mushui City. Maybe, they will be here tonight."
Chapter 750: Group of ghosts appear!
It was already evening by the time they returned, and deep into the night by the time they reached a conclusion.
Sima You Yue had yet to fall asleep. She leaned against the window in her room, daydreaming as she watched the river flowing outside.
"When will you be well?" She toyed with the devil snare bracelet in her hand, muttering.
Inside the devil snare bracelet, ever since they came back from the formless world, she could feel a strong sense of longing from the shadow curled up in the corner. It finally moved, coming into a shape slowly.
"You could have fused with Senior, but you actually fell into a deep sleep again. If the method that Little Dream talked about actually works, I don't care how dangerous it is. I will definitely help you to catch those ghosts."
Mo Sha had just awoken when he heard what she said, and a light smile appeared on his icy face. He took out some soul fluid and drank it, his transparent body becoming increasingly corporeal.
Suddenly, Sima You Yue could feel a silhouette float over from across the river, forming a dense mass of black. Just as she thought they would attack Mushui City, the black silhouettes suddenly took a sharp turn, flying towards a nearby village.
"Something's happening. Big Bro, Fatty, wait here and don't go outside." Sima You Yue ordered before she immediately flew out the window.
Although Fatty Qu was anxious, he dared not leave the house. Sima You Yue had set up a protective array over this house, and it would generate lightning strikes the moment any ghosts attacked, dissipating them.
Only Feng One and Feng Two flew out after her.
As they reached the outside, they immediately realised that there were a few figures who were flying out as well and towards those black silhouettes.
As for those black silhouettes, they had long since guessed that they would do so, and separated into four different directions. Those figures had no choice but to split up and give chase.
Sima You Yue led Feng One and Feng Two flying towards the sky, catching up quickly to those ghosts.
"Ya ha-" Those ghosts suddenly stopped flying, and turned around inside, quickly surrounding Sima You Yue and the others in a circle.
"Young Master, be careful." Feng one and Feng Two flanked Sima You Yue, each taking their place against the ghosts.
Sima You Yue saw that they looked similar to the average person, it was just that their faces were stark white, and their bodies were transparent. They were extremely ugly.
"Although they're ghosts as well, my Mo Sha is a lot more good looking." Sima You Yue thought to herself.
Because Mo Sha was now conscious, he could hear what she was thinking and he opened both eyes as his gaze turned soft.
"Hyeh hyeh- there's actually someone who dares chase after us." One of the ghosts sneered, his voice sounded as terrible as it could be.
"Your voice sounds terrible." Sima You Yue covered her ears, "If I were something like you that never saw the light, I would hide in the ghost realm forever and never come out!"
"Who knew you'd actually have some eyes on you, that you'd know we're from the ghost realm. You still dared chase after us? You sure are gutsy."
"Thank you for your praise, you're not the first one who's said that." Sima You Yue said.
"Hmph, just a tiny little human. Let us not waste time, get rid of him so we can move on." Another ghost had a chilling voice, as if the chill was from some ice cold depths.
Sima You Yue was a first ranked divine saint while Feng One and Feng Two were Monarch Ranked experts. However, they were just brushed off as tiny humans.
Did they not know how powerful humans were?
The people who destroyed the mountain would definitely know. However, since they said things this way, this only showed that they did not think anything of Sima You Yue and the others at all.
They were extremely powerful!
Feng One and Feng Two did not wait for Sima You Yue's orders as they attacked simultaneously, sending out bursts of spirit power. However, they were dispersed easily without doing much harm at lal.
Very quickly, the floating dark shadow came back together.
"The average attack is useless against them." Sima You Yue said, "Try using fire."
Feng One and Feng Two thought of that as well as Feng Two used a fire based spirit attack, and fire rain was sent their way.
"Ah-"
Those ghosts who were weaker, cried out in pain as they were burnt by those flames. Very quickly, the ghosts who cried out were burnt into nothingness.
Although some had been burnt to death, most of them stood there without harm. When the fire attacks came their way, a cloud of black mist would form in front of them with a wave of their hand. When those flames encountered the black mist, it was as if someone had doused it with water, extinguishing it.
A monarch ranked attack was dissipated just like that! Furthermore, this was the fire attribute that the dark attributes were weak against. If it were other attributes, the results would have been even worse.
"Hyeh hyeh, you dare stand against us with this level of power." The ghost that had spoken up at the very beginning started to mock them.
Feng One and Feng Two turned solemn. Earlier on, although the attack that Feng Two had sent out was merely a probing ont without using all his strength, it was only able to burn those who were weaker. Who knew how powerful their foes were!
It was no wonder those people who had gone before them were all exterminated. These ghosts were truly much stronger than human spirit masters.
"You better not get arrogant. You merely rely on the death aura. Your bodies have no power at all." Sima You Yue said, reminding Feng One and Feng Two, who had been confused.
"What rubbish!"
"Is it really rubbish, though?" Sima You Yue said, "The death aura isn't yours, is it? I wonder who gave you that death aura, strong enough to deflect Feng Two's attacks. However, I dare say that if it were not for that death qi, you wouldn't be able to take even a single one of my blows."
When those ghosts heard what Sima You Yue had said, they became incredibly riled up.
The death aura was their secret, and not a single one of those they had killed had known about it. However, a tiny little human had now discovered it!
"I'm guessing that you're ghosts who are under someone's control, right?" Sima You Yue said, "Furthermore, that death aura has been given to you by that person. That person is on Bright Red Mountain Peak, but unable to move. As such, has no choice but to let you roam outside to absorb the souls and vitality of others."
The more she said, the angrier those ghosts got. How did she guess it all!
"That is why you guys are nothing but bluster." Sima You Yue concluded.
"What about those who were burnt away?"
"Of course, those were the ones who did not obtain any death aura to protect their bodies. Otherwise, they're just those who react slower than snails." Sima You Yue said.
"Hmph, so what if you're right?" That ghost hugged, "Today is the day that you all die here!"
"You want to kill us? However, you won't be able to, and neither will those after you!" Sima You Yue made a motion of flipping her hand over and pulling it up, unfazed at all. "You merely have a bit of death aura. Do you really think that you will be able to sweep the world under your feet? You'll be gone with a bout of fire!"
"Ha ha ha, what a daring brat! I'm going to eat you whole!" The one who spoke grinned widely, as the death aura on its body grew denser, rolling about its body incessantly.
Sima You Yue snorted coldly as she produced a small fireball. The moment Crimson Flame's fireball was revealed, the expressions of the ghosts changed.
"Didn't you want to eat me whole? Let's compete!"
After speaking, she tossed the fireball over...