Act 1 Xiaonan Country's World of Immortal Cultivation Chapter 103: The Clues Provided by the Madman
Wuyou Village is located eighty miles north of Shang'an City. It can be regarded as a paradise in the mountains.
Unfortunately, this paradise turned into a deserted village a year ago.
Under the night, the overgrown weeds swayed in the wind, looking like ghosts from a distance.
"This is it!"
Qin Shaoyou and Bai Xiyao landed one after another.
As soon as they arrived here, they discovered something unusual.
Not far outside the village, there is an open space with several fallen trees lying in various directions.
This was not broken by a flood. Judging from the smoothness of the fracture, it was obviously cut off by some kind of sharp weapon.
Further away, there are still many traces left by the fighting.
"Judging from the degree of damage to these traces, the people fighting here should be in the Qi Refining Realm."
Qin Shaoyou said solemnly.
The Qi Refining Realm is not only the cultivation realm of those casual cultivators, but also the cultivation realm of the three missing outer sect disciples of Yuan Ling Sect.
After tracing this process, Qin Shaoyou felt that the matter became more and more complicated and confusing.
Sometimes he even felt that his pursuit was in the wrong direction.
"No need to guess, come and take a look!"
Not far away, Bai Xiyao's voice came.
In the deep pit in front of her, there was a middle-aged man's body half-buried.
This man's body has shriveled up and his appearance cannot be discerned, but from the tattered clothes on his body, we can still tell that he is a disciple of the Yuan Ling Sect!
Qin Shaoyou hurriedly approached and frowned slightly when he saw this person.
"This is...."
"Zhao Moli!?"
Under the moonlight, there was a broken dagger stuck in the grass next to the corpse.
The dagger seemed to reflect the moonlight and shine into his peripheral vision.
Although the light was not good, he still recognized it at a glance. It was Zhao Moli's magic weapon, a short sword.
Zhao Moli once used this magical weapon to cut off Qin Shaoyou's hunting knife, which was a trick of fate. He didn't expect that the dagger would end up like this.
Seeing this scene, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
Zhao Moli had indeed had issues with him before, but that happened two years ago in the outer sect.
Ever since he entered the Inner Sect and went to Kaiyang Island, Qin Shaoyou's goal has been to work hard to improve his cultivation. He has already ignored Zhao Moli.
But I didn't expect that when we meet again today, it will be like this.
"Do you know this person?"
"I think we know each other. We met him a few times when we were in the outer sect."
Qin Shaoyou responded coldly.
The state of Zhao Moli's death was extremely horrific. His whole body was as shriveled as skin and bones, and all the essence, blood and spiritual power in his body had been drained.
He did not turn into powder after death like the immortal cultivators Qin Shaoyou met before.
That's because for immortal cultivators, once they die, the spiritual energy in their bodies will escape from the spiritual pool and turn back into the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
This process is called returning to ruins.
The reason why it is called Guixu is because when most cultivators die, their lifespan has exceeded the limit of mortal life. When the spiritual power in their bodies is lost, the bodies they rely on to support their spiritual power will quickly turn into
Fly ashes and disappear.
Returning to ruins also means turning into dust.
Of course, there are surprises.
That is, when this cultivator died, he had not lived beyond the limit of his mortal lifespan.
Just like Zhao Moli.
When he returned to the ruins, he was only half a hundred years old.
The corners of Qin Shaoyou's mouth twitched slightly. He looked at Zhao Moli's right hand that was stretched out diagonally, guessing that he was trying to grab his dagger before he died.
It is a bit sad that the former "rivals" have disappeared like this.
"What...what should we do?"
Bai Xiyao lost his attention for a while.
She had always thought that the Yuanling Sect was so prestigious that as long as a disciple of the Yuanling Sect came down the mountain, the casual cultivators or other immortal sects would stay away and would not attack the disciples of the Yuanling Sect.
You must know that Yuan Ling Sect is the only one among the four major immortal sects that can refine a large number of elixirs and provide earth-level elixirs. Most of the immortal sects have no time to flatter them, so how can they be easily offended?
But what happened tonight really shattered her fantasy.
After tracing all the way to this point, one of the three outer sect disciples has been killed, and the whereabouts of the remaining two are still unknown.
Qin Shaoyou pondered and did not answer immediately.
Zhao Moli's death was so strange, this matter must be something serious. If they continue to investigate, both of them may be in danger.
But....
If they just give up, then Wu Huanyan and Xiao Dingyu will definitely not survive.
Just as he was thinking about it, the dagger actually flashed again.
"Um?"
What is going on?
Qin Shaoyou immediately stared at the dagger and released his spiritual thoughts to investigate.
There seems to be some spiritual power fluctuations on the dagger, but it is already very small.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Bai Xiyao asked.
"Zhao Moli may have left a clue for us!"
Qin Shaoyou flipped his hand and took out the exquisite umbrella with seven orifices.
"Sister, please don't scare it this time!"
Of course he was talking about the ghost boy hiding in the exquisite umbrella with seven orifices.
Although the ghost boy's strength is low, only around the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm, it can devour resentful spirits and control headless corpses.
Perhaps, if he takes a look at Zhao Moli's body, he will find something different.
Bai Xiyao pouted, but still nodded.
"Ghost boy, come out quickly!"
Qin Shaoyou shouted loudly, and a large stream of black mist spewed out from the mouth of the umbrella.
In this ghostly wilderness mountain village, it is particularly breathtaking.
"The ghost boy meets his master!"
It subconsciously stayed away from Bai Xiyao, fearing that this "strong woman" would come to make fun of itself again.
"Let me ask you, can you detect the remaining spiritual thoughts of the immortal cultivator?"
"Ghost boys can devour..."
It floated back, and seeing Bai Xiyao making no movement, it cautiously continued.
"The ghost boy can swallow the remaining fragments of the immortal soul of the immortal cultivator. After assimilation, he can know the information remaining in these fragments."
"However, this information is likely to be incomplete, so how much can be discovered depends entirely on luck..."
Fairy soul fragments?
This was the first time Qin Shaoyou heard about it.
But now is not the time to look into it in detail.
"That's okay."
"The one who died on the ground is my junior brother. Go up and see if you can find any useful clues?"
"Better...find out who killed him!"
The ghost boy nodded solemnly when he heard this, and at the same time he was secretly happy in his heart.
Although he seems to have become Qin Shaoyou's coolie, he is actually very happy to do this kind of work.
Whether it is swallowing resentful spirits or fragments of fairy souls, it can enhance its strength. It is eager to get more!
This ghost boy also has his own little thoughts.
It has met several owners before, but they all just wanted to control it with powerful spiritual thoughts instead of treating it as an independent individual.
Therefore, whenever it gets a chance, it wants to bite those people back and devour their immortal souls to enhance its own strength.
But Qin Shaoyou has treated it well so far.
At this time, the ghost boy felt that it might be a good choice to just follow this master.
The most important thing is that the "strong woman" next to its owner is too strong, and it can't bear the light of the spiritual fire shining on it.
If you want to run away, you are seeking death!
Thinking about it, it would be safer to just settle down and be a "follower".