At this moment, the shopkeeper's mind was in turmoil. What happened to him caused his mind to rumble!
He had heard of the Time Reversal Technique, but it was mostly used to backtrack. It could only be seen and could not be changed. Moreover, it could only be done by a Void Return cultivator!
But now … he had clearly used all his means to commit suicide. He had been poisoned, the restrictions on his physical body had broken out, and his soul fire had burned. Normally speaking, he should have died without a trace!
But Xu Qing had reversed his time with just a raise of his hand, changing the flow of time back to seven breaths ago!
This caused his heart to churn violently, and the terrifying shadow behind Xu Qing made his soul tremble. Even his eyes were stinging.
"How, how is this possible?!" Shocked, the shopkeeper quickly retreated. He wanted to repeat the same trick and commit suicide again.
But this time, it was obviously too late!
In an instant, Xu Qing was in front of the shopkeeper. He raised his right hand and grabbed the shopkeeper's chin. With a shake, all of the shopkeeper's teeth and the poison sac that had reappeared fell out of his mouth!
The shopkeeper's eyes were filled with horror. He was about to fight back!
Strands of soul threads spread out from Xu Qing's body like sharp swords. They directly drilled into the shopkeeper's physical body with dazzling light. Everywhere they passed, all the restrictions were destroyed, unable to break out!
A muffled groan came from the shopkeeper's mouth. In the next moment, the soul seed in his body instantly changed sides. His mind and soul were suppressed and burned!
All of his methods were ineffective at this moment. They were suppressed by Xu Qing in advance. All of this happened in a flash. Xu Qing was expressionless from beginning to end!
In the shopkeeper's eyes, everything he heard and saw was strange and inconceivable, but to Xu Qing, it was just a matter of raising his hand!
Now that he had suppressed all of the shopkeeper's methods, he was too lazy to ask. He had already made a basic judgment from the shopkeeper's previous series of reactions!
Therefore, without any hesitation, he raised his left hand and pressed it on the shopkeeper's head. His Divine Sense entered and began to search his soul.
In the cultivation world, soul-searching was an extremely cruel method. Because it was done by high level cultivators against low level cultivators, when forced contact was made, the lightest consequence would be that the soul would dim, and the heaviest consequence would be that the soul would be destroyed!
In particular, if one wanted to know the details, then the soul search had to be even more thorough. During the process, the soul search could not be divided and destroyed!
At this moment, Xu Qing was using this method!
The shopkeeper's soul showed signs of collapsing under his search. More and more cracks appeared on his soul, and an extremely shrill scream that sounded like a human's came from the shopkeeper's mouth.
This sound was like the cries of ghosts and howls of wolves, containing extreme pain. If a mortal heard it, they would definitely have nightmares for a long time. Even earth cultivators would feel their hair stand on end if they heard it!
However, they were high up in the sky, and there was no one around, so it was difficult to find a soulmate.
Only Xu Qing destroyed this person's soul bit by bit, examining all of his memories.
Gradually, the shopkeeper's life appeared in his mind!
The other party's background, identity, and so on gradually became clear. Because it was too complicated, Xu Qing didn't pay too much attention to it. Instead, he focused on what happened half a month ago!
He finally saw the scene he wanted to see!
More than half a month ago, in a hidden house, the black-robed man's figure and words!
But just as Xu Xiangqing was about to take a closer look, the image disappeared. The shopkeeper's soul was completely destroyed, no longer existing. All that was left was a limp body, completely motionless!
Xu Qing frowned slightly!
"This person's soul is missing."
It can't withstand a more intense soul-searching! "
Xu Qing recalled the preliminary investigation of this person's life!
"In his early years, he joined an organization of unknown origin. This organization gave him a chance to be reborn, but it also limited his life!"
As for the details, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and rummaged through this person's storage bag. He found a black mask inside. After scanning it with his divine sense, Xu Qing's expression became even uglier. There were hundreds of thousands of human souls inside.
After a moment of silence, Xu Qing's body flickered and he disappeared. He went to several locations in the masked man's memories!
Each location was a harvesting point set up by the masked man. Because the matter with his companions had been exposed, the situation was very tense. Therefore, he didn't open these harvesting points!
Xu Qing went everywhere. While destroying them, he also recorded the evidence. Then, he left this continent!
As for the shopkeeper's corpse, it was naturally taken away by him. This was also evidence!
Time passed. Five days later, in the Dao Heaven Domain's Nine States County!
This county was one of the seven enclaves of the human race. It wasn't very far from the Imperial Capital. Therefore, after Xu Qing sped up and spared no expense in using teleportation arrays, he finally arrived in five days!
When he arrived, it was already late at night!
Xu Qing had passed by this county on his way to the Imperial Capital. However, he didn't stay for long before activating the ancient teleportation array and leaving!
Now that he had returned, his heart was filled with killing intent. The moment he walked out of the teleportation array, his figure disappeared and he sped toward the location locked onto by the soul seed!
Of the three people, one was killed by the Tian Zhao County Chief, one was killed by Xu Qing, and the last one was here!
It was difficult for outsiders to find a good hiding place. However, Xu Qing had fused with his soul seed. No matter how hard he tried to hide, he would be able to see him clearly!
Since he had to clean up the family and find the person behind the scenes, he naturally had to get rid of him. At the same time, he needed to search his soul again to confirm the identity of the black-robed person!
"The other party's soul seed has been in one place for several hours and hasn't moved!"
In the night, Xu Qing's figure teleported through the Nine States County. One hour later, he appeared above a mountain range!
Looking around, this mountain range was pitch black. Only the sounds of birds and beasts could be heard. Then, there was the sound of the wind rustling the grass and trees!
Other than that, it was completely silent!
Xu Qing's gaze swept past and his body blurred!
In the next moment, when his figure became clear, he was already on this mountain. He was hiding in a natural cave!
Xu Qing frowned. On the way here, he had already felt that something was wrong. At this moment, standing here, the feeling was even more obvious.
Therefore, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He raised his right hand and waved it. The stable restriction in the cave was instantly destroyed and lost its function. It emitted a foreign corrosive smell.
In an instant, Xu Qing appeared in the cave!
On the ground, there was an array that was operating. A person was lying in the array. This person was middle-aged and full of vitality. However, he was motionless!
His clothes were completely naked and his stomach was squirming. Xu Qing's soul seed was right there!
On the ground outside the array, there was a jade slip. Xu Qing looked at the array and then at the jade slip. After he scanned it with his Divine Perception and confirmed that there was no problem, he raised his hand and grabbed the jade slip. The moment he checked it, the jade slip reverberated with an ancient voice.
"No matter who you are, being able to find this place means that you are the same as me. You are here to investigate the matter of the foreign immortal's Dao seed. I have already gotten the answer!
"As for this person, he is collapsing because he cannot withstand the soul-searching. However, with the support of my array, his soul has not completely dissipated. However, he will not be able to hold on for long. You can check for yourself!"
Xu Qing was silent for a moment before he spoke indifferently. "Insignificant skill!
"Xiao Ying, spread out in all directions and seal off your distance. No matter what method you use, you must find the person who is hiding in this place!"
As soon as Xu Qing spoke, the shadow under his feet instantly expanded. After it conveyed the feeling of flattery, it quickly spread out and covered the entire mountain range. It even continued to spread out to the outside world!
All the birds and beasts within the range of the shadow trembled in an instant. Xiao Ying had taken over and controlled everything.
Xu Qing looked at the person on the ground. He did not believe what the jade slip said. He believed that there was another possibility. The person he was looking for had some mysterious means to extract his Soul Seed and place it on someone else's body so that he could escape.
This method might not be targeted only at Xu Qing. After all, the other party did not know of Xu Qing's existence. Then, this method should be targeted at the investigators of the Imperial Capital!
Thus, this person left behind the jade slip to deliberately mystify things!
As for how he could extract the soul seed without being discovered by Xu Qing, this was the main point. However, there was one way. In fact, that was that the soul seed had never been taken out from the beginning. However, this method of not taking out the soul seed could truly achieve the effect of taking it out!
"A doppelganger?" Xu Qing looked at the unconscious person on the ground, a cold light flashing in his eyes!
If it was a doppelganger who had fused with the Dao seed from the beginning, and the main body and the doppelganger moved together, then they could create this seemingly perfect situation!
And the flaw in this matter also caused Xu Qing to make such a guess. The main point was that it was impossible for anyone to find this place faster than him!
Therefore, according to that person's plan, when someone really found this place, his doppelganger would already be dead. The array would also explain everything. Presumably, even if someone used the passage of time to investigate, there would be no trace of him.
He was indeed searching the doppelganger's soul, and he was indeed setting up an array to prevent the doppelganger's soul from completely collapsing. The doppelganger had indeed lived for a period of time!
It was just that the people investigating this matter had come too late!
Xu Qing pondered.
He understood that if this guess was correct, then it was impossible for that person to predict that he would come so quickly.
And the traces here also proved that the array had been set up not long ago.
"Whether it's true or not, I'll know once I test it out!"
The soul threads in Xu Qing's body exploded, and rapidly weaved behind him to form … the third level of the God Spirit Form!
Amid the rumbling, the sky and earth changed colors. A purple, terrifying image appeared behind Xu Qing and merged with him!
As if a God had descended, it caused the blurry heterogeneity in all directions to erupt. The walls of the cave could not withstand it and started to disintegrate. The appearance of all directions changed at this moment. The mountain became a tomb, the plants became skeletons, and the cave became a huge skull.
This scene was both illusory and real. It made it difficult to see the true appearance of the world.
And a figure walked out from this blur. His purple hair trailed on the ground, and he was astonishingly evil. Outside his crystal-like bones were flesh formed by countless blood threads, which spread out in all directions. It was a shocking sight!
There were also huge wings formed by purple feathers and flesh, and a purple moon rose behind him. There was also a terrifying hypostasis rising!
It was Xu Qing. At this moment, he walked to the array and raised his hand to grab the unconscious person on the ground. He instantly flew over and grabbed the person's head!
This time, he was not searching the doppelganger's soul. Xu Qing wanted to use the hypostasis's power to examine this unconscious person's life threads and find the location of his main body.
As for letting Xiao Ying leave first, he was afraid that if the other party was hiding nearby, he would be alerted and teleport away!
"Life Scar!
Open! "His divine voice shook the heavens!