There were no more miserable screams echoing in the abandoned house. It was completely silent.
Xu Qing closed his eyes and sensed the strand of Essence that the Golden Crow had absorbed. However, the amount was too small, so he could not display it. Still, it was enough to determine his location.
"Then … when he comes back to life, he will definitely be even more terrified. However, this is still not enough. I need to let him die dozens of times before the Essence will gradually become stronger.
Xu Qing opened his eyes and lowered his head to look at his shadow.
At that moment, his shadow was spreading across the blood on the ground. After covering it, it filled the dried corpse. After the span of a few breaths, the shadow returned to Zhou Quan's emotions and pointed him in another direction. At the same time, it sent a sincere request.
Capture … me … imprisoned … me …
Xu Qing had tortured and killed him for two reasons. First, it was to appease the evil in his heart. Second, it was to allow the Golden Crow to devour him. Third, it was to give the shadow enough time to devour the other person's body so that it could pinpoint his location more accurately.
In this way, when combined with the strand of Essence that Xu Qing had absorbed, he could finally find the other person no matter where they were hiding.
When he sensed the shadow's sincere request, Xu Qing thought for a moment and nodded.
The shadow immediately let out a joyful wave of emotions. It seemed that it found this very fun and was very excited.
Xu Qing's expression was calm as he turned around and disappeared from the house. He had a vague feeling that someone had been observing him during the past two days.
This feeling became increasingly clear. Xu Qing did not want to be noticed by the Purple Lands, so he hid himself even more.
An hour later, a large number of people were lining up outside the eastern gate of the Purple Lands' capital city. They were leaving the city one after another. Most of them were carriages, but there were also cultivators.
Among them was a young man. His clothes were quite expensive, and he did not seem to be from an ordinary family. However, he did not have the privilege of leaving the city quickly. He had to wait in line, which showed that his bloodline was not noble.
At that moment, in the line, the young man's face was slightly pale. His breathing was ragged, and he would occasionally look around. He … was the cultivator from the Specter Clan. In the end, he did not immediately choose to use the body outside the city. Once he used it, he would be chased far away. After he died, he would not be able to return to the capital city. His innate ability had a limited range.
To him, a place with a lot of life was the place where one's ability would be displayed to the greatest extent. Therefore, he did not want to leave easily. At the same time, if that body died, the damage to him would be much more serious than the other bodies.
Therefore, he was prepared to use his current body to leave the city and lure the mysterious pursuer away. Then, he would return as a springboard. After all, the death of his current body would not affect him much.
Besides, he had been found three times in a row. This made him very clear that the other party must have a way to track him down. As for what that method was, he did not know, and he could not guard against it.
This caused the uneasiness in his heart to grow even stronger, especially after the death. The cruelty of the other party, and the last sentence, were like a cold wind blowing into his heart, lingering for a long time.
Most importantly, after his resurrection this time, he had an indescribable feeling. It was as if something important to him had been lost.
This feeling made him feel a sense of danger for the first time.
'It's too strange, but I don't believe it. With my methods, how could I be locked onto?'
As the young man's heart trembled, he didn't notice that the guard at the city gate not far away had an eye peeking out from his shadow and glancing at him.
In the next instant, just as the young man was about to line up to the city gate, a mosquito flew over and silently landed on the young man's neck. Before the young man noticed, the mosquito viciously stabbed into the blood vessels on his neck.
Then, it softly sent a message into the young man's ear.
"My master sends his greetings."
Then, the mosquito's body exploded, allowing the little black bug to quickly enter the young man's body.
In an instant, the young man's body trembled and he let out a shrill scream. As the crowd scattered in panic, he fell to the ground and rolled around. Finally, with a bang, his body turned into a pool of blood and scattered across the ground.
In the next moment, one of the guards at the city gate suddenly trembled. When he opened his eyes again, it was a different person.
Taking advantage of the chaos, he turned around to leave the city. However, in the next instant, his body suddenly stopped and became stiff.
Shock appeared in his eyes. He wanted to lower his head, but he couldn't do it. His body seemed to be out of his control, and he let out a faint chuckle that made his hair stand on end. "Aha, I've done something. I've caught you."
As he spoke, the guard slowly turned around, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile. After greeting the other guards beside him, he cheerfully walked forward.
As he walked, the eyes quickly disappeared from the shadows of the guards and the people in the queue, fusing into the ground beneath his feet.
Everyone here … had been implanted with eyes by the shadow. It was obvious that the shadow was good at playing hide-and-seek. After it found the cultivator from the Specter Clan, it parasitized everyone in its line of sight and waited for the cultivator to come.
The cultivator from the Specter Clan miscalculated and fell into the shadow's trap.
At this moment, there was intense fear in the guard's eyes. He had never encountered such a thing in his life. At this moment, his heart was trembling, and he was about to break down. For the first time, he was completely terrified because he realized that he had encountered a Specter Clan that was even more terrifying than himself.
It was in this fashion that, amidst the shadow's joy, the guard skipped away from the crowd and headed into another abandoned house in an alley.
There were many abandoned houses in the Purple Soil Capital, and death was very common here.
As he walked in, the Specter Clan cultivator saw Xu Qing, who was sitting inside with a calm expression, waiting for him. When he saw Xu Qing, the Specter Clan cultivator, who was possessed by the Specter Clan cultivator and controlled by the shadow, knelt down with a thud and slapped his own face repeatedly with both hands.
Xu Qing glanced at him and ignored him. He looked outside the door.
"Since you're here, why don't you come in?" Xu Qing asked calmly.
The guard controlled by the shadow paused for a moment before continuing to slap himself.
As soon as Xu Qing spoke, a young man walked out from the distortion outside the door.
He was dressed in a luxurious robe and had a jade pendant that emitted a gentle light. He had a very handsome face and a complicated gaze. It was … Chen Feiyuan.
Xu Qing looked at Chen Feiyuan. Chen Feiyuan's aura was very strange. He didn't have any powerful cultivation base fluctuations, but Xu Qing felt a sense of danger. At the same time, his aura was very weak.
That was why the shadow hadn't noticed that he was being followed.
"You've become a Treasure Keeper," said Xu Qing.
Chen Feiyuan's Cultivation base was only at the Qi Condensation stage. However, the ripples emanating off of him seemed to flow through his blood vessels, and emanated a sense of time. It was almost as if there were some object stored inside of him.
'I'm not a Treasure Keeper. The direct descendants of the Purple Soil Eight Great Clans can coexist with their clan's only magical treasure. After I came back, I started to coexist with it. Actually, that's why the clan leaders of the Purple Soil Eight Great Clans all have astonishing battle prowess.
'Cultivation base is important for us.
But bloodline is even more important. '
Chen Feiyuan walked in and sat down. He looked at the Specter Clan cultivator who was slapping himself.
What a strange cultivation method.
Xu Qing said softly.
"The royal family of the Purple Soil Kingdom is the strange one. This is their bloodline talent. They can coexist with all magical treasures. Later, the eight clans took it from them. After countless years of breeding, they finally merged this bloodline talent into their own bloodline.
Chen Feiyuan shrugged and looked at Xu Qing.
"I haven't congratulated you on your rise in the Seven Blood Eyes.
You've changed a lot, "said Xu Qing seriously.
The Chen Feiyuan in his memory wasn't like this. In fact, he had vaguely sensed that someone had been secretly observing him over the past few days, but he hadn't been able to find any trace of him until today. On one hand, he had grown stronger, on the other hand, he had received his teacher's inheritance, and on the other hand, he had been influenced by the magical treasure.
Chen Feiyuan shook his head. 'Besides, you've changed a lot too. I didn't expect that the little kid from back then would become a member of the Seven Blood Eyes.
Chen Feiyuan glanced at Xu Qing, and his eyes fell on the Specter Clan cultivator who was slapping himself. His eyes were filled with killing intent.
That's him?
.
One of the bodies. "Xu Qing nodded.
'I went to the place you were at last time. There was a bloody smell.
This … I'll play with you. '
Chen Feiyuan's eyes were filled with cruelty, madness, and deep hatred as he stared at the Specter Clan cultivator.
Xu Qing nodded, got up, and walked out of the house. The shadow also returned and relinquished control. In the next moment, shrill screams and wails came from the room.
The screams lasted for half an hour, and the degree of misery was almost the same as when Xu Qing attacked last time.
Finally, Chen Feiyuan walked out of the room, his body still trembling. It seemed that the anger and madness in his heart still hadn't dissipated. His eyes were red, and he took a deep breath when he reached Xu Qing's side.
"Tingyu guessed that you were here, but I told her that you weren't."
'Xu Qing, the major families of the Purple Lands haven't noticed your arrival yet. I've sealed them and hidden them. My power is limited, and I can't seal them for long. However, I'll do my best. Don't worry about avenging your teacher.
'The few old fellows of the Purple Lands who were unwilling to die like this were very tempted by the Sea Corpse Race's reward. These people aren't human anymore. They're willing to do anything in order to live.'
'Xu Qing, you're on your own now,' Chen Feiyuan said in a low voice and walked into the distance.
Xu Qing looked at Chen Feiyuan and suddenly spoke.
'Senior Brother, take care.'
Xu Qing saw a trace of Grandmaster Bai's temperament in Chen Feiyuan. It was his hatred for the Purple Lands and his determination to change.
Chen Feiyuan stopped in his tracks, but he didn't look back. He continued walking, step by step, more and more determined until he disappeared into the void.
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