Chen Ping and Hu Mazi felt the restraints disappear and hurriedly struggled to their feet.
They looked at the dissipating array around them, as well as the dry corpse left behind by Xue Wuying on the ground, both wearing expressions of shock.
“What… what just happened?” Hu Mazi asked in confusion.
Chen Ping also looked bewildered. He only remembered his soul being pulled by Xue Wuying, and then he lost consciousness.
As for what happened afterwards, he had no idea at all.
At that moment, the voice of Chi Yun Mojun echoed in Chen Ping’s sea of consciousness: “Lad, you were lucky this time. If it weren’t for me stepping in, that fellow would have sucked away your soul long ago!”
Chen Ping was startled and quickly asked, “Senior, was that you who saved me just now? Weren’t you weakened in spirit, on the verge of collapsing?”
Chen Ping could not understand it. After Chi Yun Mojun’s spirit had clashed with the Phagocytosis Venerable, it was extremely weakened and had nearly perished. How could it help him now?
“Bloody hell, even in my weakened state, inside your sea of consciousness, destroying that fellow’s spirit would be a piece of cake for me. I am a ninth-heaven demon lord, after all. That guy is nothing but a fart.”
Chi Yun Mojun boasted.
“That is truly too kind of you, Senior…”
Chen Ping had no idea what exactly had happened in his sea of consciousness, so he could only thank Chi Yun Mojun first.
“No need to stand on ceremony with me!” Chi Yun Mojun said smugly. “However, that fellow’s soul was ultimately absorbed by that golden ancient book in the end, which saved me quite a bit of trouble.”
Only then did Chen Ping understand. So earlier, Xue Wuying’s soul had been absorbed by the Da Luo Jin Dian in his own sea of consciousness.
Even Chi Yun Mojun’s spirit feared the Da Luo Jin Dian, so Xue Wuying’s soul was even less of a concern.
Seeing the look on Chen Ping’s face, Chi Yun Mojun hurriedly explained, “But I did give that guy a proper thrashing, you know. Don’t think I’m just bragging!”
“Of course not. Senior is the most badass figure in the ninth heaven. How could you possibly brag?”
Chen Ping said with a faint smile.
Those words made Chi Yun Mojun’s face flush a little, and he directly ignored Chen Ping!
Hu Mazi looked at Xue Wuying’s dry corpse on the ground and asked, “Chen Ping, what should we do now?”
Chen Ping came back to his senses and gazed at the dry corpse on the ground, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
“Xue Wuying is dead. We need to find clues about your clansmen’s souls on him somehow.”
With that, Chen Ping walked up to Xue Wuying’s dry corpse and began searching his body.
Soon, he found a black jade pendant in Xue Wuying’s bosom.
The jade pendant was pitch black all over, engraved with some eerie runes, and it emanated a chilling aura.
“What is this?” Hu Mazi asked curiously.
Chen Ping examined the jade pendant closely and said, “This should be an emblem of the Evil Dao Hall. Perhaps we can find some clues from it.”
After saying that, Chen Ping pocketed the jade pendant and then said to Hu Mazi, “Master Hu, let us leave this place first and find a safe spot to study this jade pendant carefully.”
Hu Mazi nodded, and the two of them wasted no more time, turning around and leaving the Evil Dao Hall branch.
When they exited the valley, they found that it was already deep into the night outside.
Moonlight spilled across the ground, adding a touch of eerie beauty to this sinister mountain forest.
“Where shall we go next?” Hu Mazi asked.
Chen Ping thought for a moment and said, “Let us find a place to rest first, then figure out how to study that jade pendant. By the way, do you know of any safe spots nearby?”
Hu Mazi thought for a bit and said, “We can return to Dongxiang County to rest. It is safe there too.”
Chen Ping glanced at Hu Mazi. He knew full well that Hu Mazi definitely wanted to head back to Dongxiang County to fool around with women.
