Yinshan Record

Chapter 873 Several Provocations Against the Mastermind (Part 2)

The clean room was quickly tidied up; Lü Zheng worked extremely fast, displaying a decisive and efficient demeanor.

Su Che watched the ever-changing sword intent at his fingertips in the clean room and fell into deep thought.

Humans are divided into three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are pure and reside in the brain. The seven spirits are solid and follow the body.

Therefore, there are also the concepts and distinctions between spirit and body.

After death, life ceases, the soul dissipates, and the three souls either transform into ghosts by absorbing the yin energy of the earth, or vanish between heaven and earth. The seven spirits decay along with the body, having come from heaven and earth, and thus return to heaven and earth.

Therefore, life and death are the most critical junctures for cultivators. Cultivators avoid death and prolong life because after death they become ghosts, their seven souls separate, and they are no longer the same people they once were.

There are even extreme cases where, after a practitioner dies, their soul transforms into a ghost cultivator, while their corpse develops sentience and becomes a zombie.

Originally one person, now divided into two.

From a spiritual perspective, it's already a hopeless situation of utter defeat and loss.

Therefore, once one reaches the Void Step level and progresses further, a clear distinction can be drawn between different attitudes towards the physical body.

As for the Changsheng Sect disciples who died here, their souls have already been taken away.

The spirit resides in the brain, surrounding the innate spiritual seed, forming a perfect structure from the inside out, which does not change easily.

However, within the brain palaces of these Changsheng Sect disciples, a residual magical power from the demonic sect faintly lingered. It was like mist, intertwined with the five desires, and directly extracted and burned their souls. At this moment, there were still some traces of demonic fire remaining in their brain palaces.

Su Che was somewhat familiar with this method of attack; it resembled a technique once demonstrated by Nongyue of the Black Blood Cult.

After that, the murderer quietly retreated, leaving behind his body.

Then a second group of people arrived. These people acted swiftly and decisively, severing the heads directly. The wounds on the necks of the Changsheng Sect disciples were smooth and round, as if they had been cut off by an invisible blade. At the same time, this group of people used secret methods to disturb the remaining impure spirits in the corpses, completing the final arrangement.

The two groups of people, one in front and one behind, could be described as a group of people acting separately, or as two groups of people keeping an eye on the Changsheng Sect.

The first one committed murder to establish authority, the second one fueled the flames.

There's a reason behind every explanation.

Su Che watched the ever-changing sword intent at his fingertips in the clean room and fell into deep thought.

The method of soul-stealing was somewhat traceable, but the subsequent decapitation was something Su Che had never seen before.

Although they are called sword cultivators, they cannot see the sword intent. Sword intent belongs to the spiritual realm, which specifically refers to the unique characteristics of each person. For example, the brutality of the Taiyu Abi Sword is not the same in the hands of Beimang Ghost Ancestor and Su Che.

There is no obvious personal style on the wound.

If it was done by martial arts scholars, then martial arts fist techniques could indeed achieve such a feat, but the destruction of the seven souls was too bizarre and did not seem to be the method of martial arts scholars at all.

As for Taoism and Buddhism, they are completely devoid of any rules or principles.

Perhaps it was just his own ignorance, but Su Che always felt there was some inexplicable hidden meaning.

This matter may not be as simple as it seems.

"Your Excellency, someone has suddenly handed you a letter, saying that it can answer your questions and resolve your doubts."

The door creaked open, and Lü Zheng carefully walked in, carrying a black tray in his hands.

"What's the origin?"

"She was a short woman dressed in black, with a black veil over her face. The disciple tried to stop her, but in the blink of an eye, she disappeared, leaving only this letter behind."

Su Che glanced at the pristine white envelope.

A casual flick of the wrist.

A wisp of sword intent, as thin as a thread, trembled gently in the air.

A burst of demonic fire erupted, and black venomous snakes snaked out of the flames, lunging at Su Che.

The unexpected turn of events caught Lü Zheng completely off guard, leaving him no time to react.

However, Su Che simply made a light stroke.

An invisible arc enveloped the demonic fire.

The sword intent of creation, like a net or flowing water, tightly entangled it.

Su Che immediately recognized the owner of this magical power.

Nongyue. One of the two Buxu (step-empty) cultivators of the Black Blood Sect.

He is also the prime suspect in the murder of disciples within the Changsheng Sect.

"They've even tried to use illusions on me."

Su Che extinguished the demonic fire with a single finger, then flashed out of the building and soared into the sky.

In this brief change in magical power, Su Che had already sensed Nongyue's aura. At this moment, Bu Xu of the Black Blood Sect was in the sky.

"This yang marrow came in so quickly."

The mountain above the sky sensed the changes in the energy flowing towards Su Che.

"I didn't expect him to arrive so quickly."

Nongyue said softly, "Let's avoid their sharp edge first."

The two then transformed into streaks of blood-red light and shot towards the sky.

Su Che followed closely behind, and three beams of light streaked across the sky, drawing the attention of all the residents of Guzhu.

Of course, there are also some people with ulterior motives.

In a remote mountain not far from the Kingdom of Guzhu, a young man in brocade robes gently waved a folding fan and toyed with a jade thumb ring in his hand.

He lay on a golden armchair covered with a white tiger skin, surrounded by six beautiful young women who giggled and gently fanned him.

"Young Master Hai is a brilliant strategist; the Yang Marrow has indeed fallen into his trap."

A venomous snake-like figure stood not far away. He was tall and slender, with narrow eyes that had no pupils and were entirely white.

The young man in brocade robes didn't speak, but instead asked the woman on the other side.

"Sister Hua, you are a disciple of the Longevity Cult. Just how capable is this Yang Marrow? Are Mountain Moving and Moon Playing enough for you?"

Hua Gu gazed at the vast sky, speechless for a moment.

"The Fairy of Painting probably saw her former fellow disciples and was momentarily lost in thought."

Bu Xu's voice, as cold as a snake's, said, "It's not his fault..."

"Liu Qi, you're wrong. Our senior sister Hua is a disciple of the Cangtian Sect. Many years ago, she was sent to the Changsheng Sect as a death squad, but unexpectedly, she failed at the last moment."

Young Master Hai said softly.

"I don't know if what I said is right or wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi's expression changed slightly.

He came from the Wanling Sect and had been a neighbor of the Changsheng Sect for many years. He had never known that the former leader of the Changsheng Sect had such a past.

Hua Gu glanced at him sideways.

"Your path is not easy. How did the Celestial Masters sect manage to ruin Bai Ze back then?"

Young Master Hai, however, was not offended.

"I'm not him."

He turned the folding fan slightly in his palm.

"Gentlemen, why not take a small gamble and see if our Chief Yang will live to see tomorrow?"

"I bet he can't."

Liu Qi revealed his gleaming white teeth.

"Then I bet he can."

Young Master Hai continued.

He reached into the clothes of a girl next to him and began to unbutton them from the inside out.

"Sister Painter, you've been with the Longevity Sect for so many years, what exactly is the Demon Lord of Extinction? Have you gotten any results yet?"

(End of this chapter)