Chapter 6001 - 6005
An extremely simple yet highly targeted temporary trapping and isolation formation.
The core of the formation wasn’t lethality, but rather “delay,” “interference,” and “isolation.”
The array patterns, outlined by chaotic energy, cleverly utilized the abundant wood-attribute spiritual energy and earth-stone energy of the area, creating a field resembling a natural chaotic spiritual energy field.
Once triggered, intruders would instantly feel the surrounding space become viscous, spiritual energy flow become sluggish, and divine sense perception be severely interfered with.
Furthermore, sound, light, and even energy fluctuations within the formation’s range would be greatly weakened and distorted, making them difficult to transmit.
Setting up such a temporary formation required an extremely high level of mastery of formations and control over chaotic energy from Kai.
He had to complete it without causing any abnormal fluctuations in external spiritual energy and ensure that the formation perfectly integrated with the environment.
Even if someone carefully scanned the area with their divine sense, they would only feel that the spiritual energy was slightly “congested,” and wouldn’t suspect it was a man-made formation.
Time passed second by second.
The pine trees remained unchanged, and the light and shadow dappled.
Like the most patient hunter, Kai became one with the ancient pine, his breath completely still, even his heartbeat and blood flow almost stopped.
His entire focus was on sensing the movements at both ends of the path.
About half an hour passed.
They’re coming!
Kai’s mind stirred slightly. His divine sense detected three rapid but deliberately concealed auras approaching from the southern end of the path.
The leader, with a deep and refined aura carrying a chilling quality, was clearly a fifth-grade Upper Immortal—it was Fei Qing!
Two steps behind him were two guards dressed in black, with cold faces and hawk-like eyes.
Both were fourth-grade Upper Immortals, their auras linked, their steps synchronized, clearly well-trained masters of combined attack.
The three moved at a moderate pace, maintaining a high level of vigilance.
Fei Qing’s narrow eyes constantly scanned the surroundings, his hand seemingly holding some kind of detection artifact, faintly emitting a spiritual light.
Two guards, one on each side, subtly protected Fei Qing, their sharp eyes scanning every possible hiding place.
Closer and closer… thirty zhang… twenty zhang… ten zhang…
Just as the three were about to step into the range of Kai’s array, reaching the bend in the path, a sudden change occurred!
It wasn’t an attack from Kai, but from Fei Qing himself!
Fei Qing, walking at the front, suddenly paused, and the detection artifact in his hand flashed a faint red light!
His expression changed abruptly, and he shouted, “Something’s wrong! An ambush!”
Before he finished speaking, without even checking what the ambush was, he retreated rapidly to the side and rear!
At the same time, he flicked his sleeve, and several azure ice spikes, carrying a chilling aura, shot out in a fan shape towards the suspicious area at the bend in the path!
These ice spikes weren’t random attacks; they contained exquisite ice laws, freezing the air in their wake with white frost—their power was astonishing!
What a vigilant old fox!
Kai inwardly praised Fei Qing, but his movements were swift.
Just as Fei Qing retreated and fired his ice spike, a hazy gray sword light, seemingly breaking through spatial limitations, appeared atop the ancient pine tree where Kai was hiding,
striking the area Fei Qing was about to step into without a sound!
*Whoosh!*
A deep, muffled sound.
The simple array Kai had set up beforehand was fully activated!
But it wasn’t triggered by Fei Qing; Kai himself activated it to its maximum power!
In an instant, the space within a ten-zhang radius of the bend in the path suddenly froze!
The air seemed to turn into viscous glue, the light distorted slightly, and all sound seemed to be swallowed up.
Even the several sharp ice spikes that shot towards them visibly slowed down, and the cold light on their surfaces dimmed slightly.
The two black-clad guards reacted extremely quickly, flanking Fei Qing the moment he shouted.
A pair of jet-black short halberds appeared in their hands, the runes on the halberds glowing, ready to counterattack in the direction from which the sword light was coming. At the same time, one of them opened his mouth as if to shout, clearly to sound an alarm!
However, the array’s effects had already manifested.
Their movements seemed to be stuck in quagmire, becoming sluggish.
The guard who was about to shout, his voice reached his throat, but felt blocked by an invisible force, only able to utter a short, sharp “hoarse” sound, unable to form an effective sonic signal!
It was this lightning-fast delay that allowed
Kai’s figure to swoop down from the ancient pine tree like a ghost!
His target wasn’t the two guards, but Fei Qing, who was being retreated at high speed, slightly shielded by them!
Fei Qing’s eyes flashed with cold light. Although he was shocked by the strangeness of the ambush and the precision and ruthlessness of his opponent’s attack, he was, after all, a veteran of countless battles and remained calm in the face of danger.
He reached for his waist with his right hand, and a palm-sized, tortoise-shell-shaped black shield, exuding an ancient and heavy aura, instantly enlarged, blocking his path.
At the same time, his left hand formed a hand seal, and he chanted incantations. A dense surge of Xuan Yin cold energy suddenly erupted around him, condensing into a layer of crystal-clear ice armor covered with mysterious runes! The
“Mysterious Tortoise Spirit Shield” combined with the “Mysterious Yin Ice Armor”—this was his strongest defensive combination!
He was confident that even if he took a full-force attack from a sixth-grade Immortal Realm cultivator, he could survive!
However, Kai’s attack wasn’t about brute force.
His descending figure twisted strangely in mid-air, like a fish, narrowly escaping through the gaps in the hastily thrown halberds of the two guards, heading straight for Fei Qing!
Facing the Xuan Turtle Spirit Shield radiating a thick spiritual light and the chilling ice armor, Kai neither dodged nor evaded. He simply pointed his fingers like a sword, a point of deep, chaotic gray light, like the beginning of the universe, condensing at his fingertip.
He pointed!
There was no grand display, no dazzling light.
His fingertip gently touched the center of the Xuan Turtle Spirit Shield.
*Pop*…
a soft sound, like a bubble bursting.
The seemingly invincible, radiant Xuan Turtle Spirit Shield, where the fingertip touched, suddenly lost its spiritual light.
Countless spiderweb-like gray-black cracks rapidly spread across the shield’s surface from that point!
Immediately afterwards, the entire shield, like a rock weathered over millions of years, silently turned into ashes, which fell in a flurry! Fei Qing’s pupils constricted sharply, utterly horrified!
This Xuan Turtle Spirit Shield was an ancient treasure he had acquired at great cost, possessing extremely strong defensive capabilities, yet it had been shattered by a single finger from the opponent?!
Before he could activate his ice armor or any other means, Kai’s finger, imbued with chaotic power, had already struck the Xuan Yin Ice Armor on his chest with unstoppable force!
Crack!
A crisp cracking sound rang out.
The Xuan Yin Ice Armor, strong enough to withstand divine weapons, was equally fragile before the power of chaos, instantly disintegrating!
The terrifying power contained in the fingertip, capable of annihilating all things and returning to chaos, had already penetrated his body!
“Ugh!”
Fei Qing groaned, feeling an indescribable, cold, deathly, and destructive power surge into his body.
Wherever it passed, his meridians froze, his magical power dissipated, and even his soul felt a needle-like sting and a sense of sinking!
His Xuan Yin magical power, cultivated for hundreds of years, melted away rapidly before this power, like snow meeting boiling water!
“Stop him!”
Fei Qing roared hoarsely, desperately channeling his remaining magic power as he retreated rapidly.
At the same time, a crimson jade talisman slid from his sleeve, which he was about to crush! It was the life-saving talisman he had urgently requested from Yu Wuji!
However, the two guards were now in even greater trouble.
Just as Kai attacked Fei Qing, Ming Li, hidden behind the boulder, made his move.
He didn’t reveal himself, but suddenly shot out two hair-thin, almost invisible “Netherworld Soul Threads” from the shadow of the boulder!
These soul threads weren’t physical attacks, but directly targeted the soul, extremely vicious!
The two guards were fully focused on dealing with the pressure from Kai and the slowdown caused by the formation; they never expected such a bizarre attack hidden in the shadows!
The Netherworld Soul Threads instantly pierced the back of their heads!
Their bodies stiffened simultaneously, a look of confusion and pain flashing in their eyes, their movements instantly frozen.
Although Fei Qing’s cultivation at the Immortal Realm and his unwavering will prevented his soul from immediately collapsing, making an effective reaction or issuing an alarm was extremely difficult.
Kai, however, gave Fei Qing no chance to crush the jade talisman.
As he pierced the ice armor and the chaotic power invaded Fei Qing’s body, Kai’s left hand shot out like lightning, grabbing Fei Qing’s right wrist, which was holding the crimson jade talisman!
*Crack!
* A tooth-grinding sound of bone breaking rang out!
Fei Qing’s wrist was instantly crushed!
“Ah!”
Fei Qing let out a short scream as the crimson jade talisman flew from his hand.
Kai didn’t even glance at the talisman; his right hand transformed from fingers into a palm, striking Fei Qing’s dantian!
This palm strike was perfectly controlled.
The vast chaotic power surged in like a raging tide, but instead of immediately destroying Fei Qing’s dantian, it transformed into countless fine, resilient gray chains, binding and sealing his dantian, meridians, and sea of consciousness layer by layer!
At the same time, an even greater force surged straight into his soul, forcibly suppressing and imprisoning his consciousness!
Fei Qing felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and all his strength receded like a tide.
His consciousness rapidly blurred, and the last remaining sensation was the other person’s cold, deep eyes, seemingly containing an endless starry sky.
Thump!
Fei Qing’s burly body collapsed to the ground, eyes closed, breath faint, already unconscious and completely imprisoned by the power of chaos.
From Fei Qing’s sudden retreat upon sensing something was wrong, to Kai’s appearance, breaking the shield, shattering the armor, and capturing Fei Qing, and then Ming Li’s covert intervention to restrain the guards, the entire process was swift and swift, taking only two or three breaths!
Fast!
Too fast!
And the coordination was perfect, the calculation precise!
The two guards, injured by the Netherworld Soul Silk, had only just recovered a sliver of clarity from the piercing pain in their souls when they saw Fei Qing already lying on the ground.
A calm-faced young man stood beside Fei Qing, looking at them indifferently.
The two men were terrified, knowing they had run into a brick wall; their leader had been captured, and they themselves would likely not escape death.
They exchanged a glance, then simultaneously roared, burning their life essence, and rushed towards Kai without regard for anything else.
The short halberd in his hand erupted with a blinding black light, clearly indicating his intention to perish together with the enemy, or at least to create a commotion that would alert the entire mansion!
“Stubborn fools,”
Kai coldly snorted. Without any visible movement, he simply flicked his sleeve.
An invisible, intangible yet mountain-like force, seemingly capable of suppressing everything, descended with a deafening roar!
The two guards felt as if a towering mountain had crushed them, their forward momentum abruptly halted.
Their bones creaked, their internal organs felt as if they were about to shift, their burning essence was forcibly suppressed, and even breathing became incredibly difficult!
They exerted all their strength, yet they couldn’t even move a finger, let alone launch an attack or make a sound.
This was Kai’s simulated “Suppress” technique using chaotic power, though not as refined as that of cultivators who specialized in it.
But with his solid foundation and the characteristics of chaotic power, it was more than enough to suppress two injured fourth-grade Upper Immortals.
Without further delay, Kai quickly stepped forward and, using the same method, imprisoned the souls and cultivation of the two guards with chaotic power, plunging them into a deep coma.
He quickly scanned the battlefield.
Apart from the three unconscious men lying on the ground, there were no other traces on the path.
Although the exchange had been brief and intense, the energy fluctuations and sounds had been greatly limited by the isolation and delaying effects of the formation, and had not traveled far.
The pine trees in the distance continued to rustle, as if nothing had happened.
Kai waved his hand to collect the fallen crimson jade talisman and quickly searched Fei Qing and the two guards.
He removed their storage bags, personal jade pendants, and other items that might have tracking or markings, especially several items on Fei Qing that were clearly identification and communication artifacts.
“Ming Li, take these two guards, let’s go back the way we came, and retreat quickly!”
Kai lifted the unconscious Fei Qing with one hand and ordered Ming Li, who had appeared.
“Yes!”
Ming Li replied without hesitation, lifting the two unconscious guards with one hand each.
Kai checked the surroundings again, confirming that no obvious traces had been left, especially the remnants of the temporary array he had set up, which he had completely erased with his chaotic power.
Then, just as they had come, the two of them blended into the shadows and quickly retreated along the path they had taken back towards the hidden cave entrance in the abandoned garden.
The return journey was even more tense.
After all, carrying three living people inevitably hampered their movements, and they had to be even more careful to avoid any potential patrols.
Fortunately, Kai chose a sufficiently concealed path, and he seemed to have an intimate understanding of the security patterns around the Jade Immortal City, managing to narrowly avoid several patrolling guards.
Returning safely to the corner covered in old vines, Kai reopened the hidden entrance, and the three of them, along with the prisoner, entered one by one, restoring the entrance to its original position.
Only when they returned along the damp, narrow underground passage did Kai breathe a sigh of relief.
The most dangerous and crucial capture was finally complete.
But what remained were the enormous challenges: how to get the prisoners out of the heavily guarded Jade Immortal City, and how to extract the truth from Fei Qing.
However, once they had captured the prisoners, the initiative was in their hands.
When Kai and Ming Li, carrying the unconscious Fei Qing and two guards, reappeared in the secret room where Lian Xing and the others had moved,
even though Lian Xing and the others were somewhat prepared, they were still speechless with shock at the sight before them.
They really… had captured them!
Moreover, under the full curfew of Jade Immortal Prefecture and with the Inner Palace on high alert, not only was the most crucial Grand Steward of the Inner Palace, Fei Qing, captured, but two of his trusted guards were also rescued!
This efficiency, this method… it’s simply unbelievable!
“Senior… are you… are you alright?”
Lianxing looked at Kai’s still calm face and Fei Qing, who was being carried by him, his breath weak like a dead dog, her voice hoarse.
“He’s fine.”
Kai threw Fei Qing on the ground as if he were throwing away a bag of trash. “Find the most secluded, soundproof, and well-isolated secret room, wake him up, I have questions for him. These two guards…”
He glanced at the two men that Ming Li had left in the corner, “lock them up for now, they might be of some use.”
“Yes! There’s a specially made interrogation room at the deepest part of the underground, originally used to detain and interrogate important prisoners, it’s fully equipped with arrays, absolutely isolated.”
Leopard Brother quickly said, his eyes filled with awe, and took the initiative to step forward, together with Monkey, to carry Fei Qing underground.
Lianxing took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and began directing her subordinates to handle the aftermath.
“Immediately activate the highest level of concealment array in the safe house. No one is allowed to leave. Leopard, go check the outer perimeter and make sure there are no tails.”
“Monkey, you cooperate with Senior Mingli to deal with these two…” She pointed to the two unconscious guards.
Soon, everyone was busy with their respective tasks.
This seemingly ordinary safe house, like a sophisticated machine, began to operate efficiently.
Kai went straight to the underground interrogation room.
He knew that digging out the truth from Fei Qing might not be much easier than capturing him.
This old fox’s fear of Yu Wuji and the Divine Race might far exceed his fear of death.
But in any case, the truth about the tragic deaths of Senior Mu Sha and his wife had to be revealed.
And Fei Qing was the key to opening this dark door.
In the dim, cold interrogation room, filled with various restrictive runes, Fei Qing was firmly bound to a cold metal chair by special spirit-suppressing chains.
The chains gleamed with a dark light, not only imprisoning magical power but also continuously generating a faint, eroding pain that kept one constantly conscious yet utterly weak.
Kai sat on an ordinary wooden chair opposite him, with Ming Li standing behind him like a statue.
Lian Xing stood in the doorway, observing with a grave expression.
Leopard Brother brought a bucket of icy water and splashed it violently on Fei Qing’s face.
“Cough cough… Ouch…” Fei Qing’s body trembled, and he slowly awoke.
The pain of the icy water mixed with the chains corroding his soul instantly jolted him fully awake from his unconsciousness.
He struggled to lift his head, and the first thing he saw was Kai’s deep, calm eyes, which seemed to pierce through all illusions.
Fei Qing’s heart sank to the bottom.
He recognized those eyes—the terrifying young man who had appeared like a ghost on Listening Pine Path, breaking through all his defenses with unbelievable means and capturing him alive!
“You…who are you?”
Fei Qing’s voice was hoarse and dry, filled with undisguised weakness and fear.
He tried to circulate his magic power, but found that his dantian felt like it was cast in molten iron, his meridians like they were bound by iron chains, and he couldn’t mobilize even a trace of power. Even his divine sense was suppressed within his sea of consciousness, unable to be released.
This feeling of being completely powerless, a lamb to the slaughter, filled this Grand Steward, who was used to the power of life and death, with immense panic and humiliation.
Kai didn’t answer his question, but calmly looked at him and slowly spoke. His voice wasn’t loud, but it seemed to carry a thousand pounds of weight, each word striking Fei Qing’s heart:
“Mu Sha, Liu Qingyin. Fallen Soul Slope. Soul Refining Crystal, Jiaxu 73.”
Fei Qing’s pupils suddenly contracted, and his face instantly turned ashen!
Although he tried his best to control himself, the fleeting extreme fear and guilt did not escape Kai and Lian Xing’s eyes.
Sure enough!
He knew!
And the impact and shock of this matter on him far exceeded his imagination!
Kai leaned forward slightly, his gaze like a knife, locking onto Fei Qing: “Tell me, why did they die?”
“Who gave the order? What are you hiding? Where is the Soul Refining Crystal now? Tell me everything you know. Perhaps, I can give you a quick death.”
Fei Qing trembled, his eyes filled with fear, struggle, and hesitation.
He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but in the end, he tightly closed his mouth, lowered his head, and looked like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.
He knew that once he spoke, not only would he surely die, but his very soul would likely suffer unimaginable torment.
He knew better than anyone the methods of Yu Wuji and the terror of the gods.
In comparison, the threat posed by this young man before him, though terrifying, perhaps… perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope?
Or perhaps the other party was just trying to trick him?
“Refuse to speak?”
Kai’s voice remained calm, but the temperature in the room seemed to drop several degrees.
He stood up, walked to Fei Qing, and extended his right index finger. A point of chaotic gray light shone from the tip of his finger, like the only light source in the darkness, yet emanating an aura that sent shivers down one’s spine.
“You should have felt it, the power invading your body.”
Kai’s voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, “It can easily annihilate your physical body, and it can also gradually grind away your soul, subjecting you to torment a thousand times more painful than the extraction of your soul by the Soul Refining Crystal, and the process will be extremely, extremely slow.”
Fei Qing’s body trembled uncontrollably. He could clearly feel the cold, lifeless power within him, like a leech, ready to devour everything he had at any moment.
The other party wasn’t lying; this power… is terrifying! ”I…I don’t know what you’re talking about…”
Fei Qing gritted his teeth, his voice trembling, still trying to make a last-ditch effort, “Mu Sha…Liu Qingyin…they violated the divine decree, descending to the mortal realm without permission…”
*Crack!
* Kai’s fingertip lightly touched Fei Qing’s shoulder.
There was no splatter of blood, no sound of bones breaking.
But Fei Qing’s shoulder, at a speed visible to the naked eye, rapidly turned ashen and withered, then…turned into fine dust, fluttering down!
As if that part of his flesh and bones had never existed!
“Ah!!!”
A shrill scream, inhuman in its shrillness, erupted from Fei Qing’s throat!
It wasn’t just simple physical pain, but the extreme agony of having a piece of his soul forcibly ripped out!
The erosion of chaotic power directly affected his life essence and soul!
“I’ll talk! I’ll talk!!”
In just a breath of torment, Fei Qing’s psychological defenses completely collapsed!
Tears streamed down his face, his voice distorted, “Spare me! Senior, spare me! I’ll tell you everything! Please stop! Stop!!”
Kai withdrew his finger, and the spreading grayness immediately ceased.
But a fist-sized chunk was missing from Fei Qing’s shoulder; the wound was smooth as a mirror, devoid of blood, only a chilling grayness remained.
“Speak,”
Kai said, sitting back in his chair.
Fei Qing gasped for breath, his eyes filled with boundless fear. He dared not conceal anything any longer, and began to recount his story in a hoarse voice, like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
“It was…it was the Lord of the City…Yu Wuji who gave the order! About a month and a half ago, that couple named Mu Sha and Liu Qingyin, using some unknown method, sneaked into the vicinity of the City Lord’s mansion’s inner treasury, seemingly…seemingly trying to steal or investigate something…”
“They were discovered by the inner treasury’s security array, and although they immediately fled,…but a faint trace of their aura was still intercepted.”
“The Lord of the City personally took action, using that trace of aura as a guide, and employed a treasure bestowed by the divine race, quickly locating their position and capturing them.”
“And then? What did they want to steal or investigate?” Kai pressed.
“I…I don’t know the specifics!”
Fei Qing hurriedly said, “The Lord of the Prefecture interrogated them personally; I wasn’t qualified to listen in. But…but later, when the Lord of the Prefecture summoned me, his face was extremely grim. He said that the two had discovered a ‘great secret’ concerning the Divine Race’s plans in the Azure Nether Immortal Continent, and it must not be revealed in the slightest.”
“They must be executed immediately, and their souls must be completely refined and imprisoned using the Soul Refining Array at Falling Soul Slope, ensuring absolute safety, without even a chance for reincarnation!”
“A great secret concerning the Divine Race’s plans?” Kai’s eyes narrowed. “What plans?”
“I…I really don’t know the details!”
Fei Qing cried, “The Lord of the Prefecture didn’t say it explicitly, only that it was top secret. Even he had to be careful and dare not delve deeper, only to carry out the divine decree.”
“He instructed me to oversee the execution, to ensure a clean execution, and to properly safeguard the Soul Refining Crystals, reinforcing them regularly, awaiting the Divine Race’s envoy to collect them…”
“Collect them? What do the Divine Race want these Soul Refining Crystals for?”
Lianxing couldn’t help but interject, her face pale.
The Divine Race was directly intervening, even regularly collecting Soul Refining Crystals?
The hidden meaning behind this sent chills down her spine.
“I…I don’t know either. I only know it’s part of a divine decree. In various parts of the Azure Nether Immortal Continent, whenever certain high-ranking criminals are executed, Soul Refining Arrays are usually activated to collect Soul Refining Crystals, which are then uniformly handed over,”
Fei Qing said, trembling. “The Soul Refining Crystals of the Mu Sha couple, numbered Jiaxu 73, are…are in the deepest part of the Inner Palace’s secret vault, in the Xuanbing Chamber, sealed by a restriction personally set by the Palace Master. I only have the authority to view them and periodically reinforce them; I cannot retrieve them.”
Kai remained silent for a moment, digesting this information. The Divine Race
‘s scheme, top secrets, regularly collecting Soul Refining Crystals…all of this reeked of a heavy conspiracy and bloodshed.
The Mu Sha couple had probably inadvertently stumbled upon the core of this conspiracy, which led to their tragic fate.
“Where is Yu Wuji now? When will the Divine Race envoy arrive?” Kai continued to ask.
“Lord of the Palace…Lord of the Palace should be in seclusion at the Wuji Hall today, cultivating or handling palace affairs.”
“The Divine Race envoy…their arrival time is uncertain, but they usually come once a year to collect Soul Refining Crystals and deliver new divine decrees.”
“The last time they came was half a year ago, the next time…it should be a few months away.” Fei Qing answered every question, hoping to suffer less torture. Chen
Ping stood up and paced a few steps in the cramped interrogation room.
The situation was more complicated and serious than he had anticipated.
It directly involved the Divine Race, and Yu Wuji was likely to know more inside information.
“Senior, what do we do now?”
Lianxing asked worriedly, “Fei Qing is missing, Yu Wuji will soon find out, and then…”
“What he knows is enough.”
Kai glanced at Fei Qing, who was slumped in the chair, his face ashen, without any pity in his eyes, “As for Yu Wuji…since he was the one who directly gave the order and is likely to know, then our next target is him.”
Upon hearing this, Lianxing and Mingli were both shocked.
To directly attack Yu Wuji, the Lord of the Jade Immortal Mansion, a seventh-rank Upper Immortal with a divine background?
This…this is simply earth-shattering!
“Mr. Chen, Yu Wuji is a seventh-rank Upper Immortal, and the Jade Immortal Mansion is full of experts. We are no match for him at all,”
Ming Li advised Kai
. “Senior, I think we should consider this carefully,” Lian Xing also advised Kai.
Yu Wuji is not someone anyone can just attack.
“Don’t worry, I won’t be foolish enough to rush to the Jade Immortal Mansion and attack Yu Wuji directly,” Kai smiled faintly. “Lian Xing, I remember you mentioned that Yu Wuji has a daughter, right?”
“Yes, her name is Yu Ranran. She is a fifth-rank Upper Immortal and a famous talented woman in the entire Jade Immortal City. Yu Wuji is always proud of his daughter,”
Lian Xing nodded. ”Then I’ll start with his daughter…” Kai smiled wickedly.
“Senior, Yu Ranran almost never leaves the manor, and she certainly won’t let strangers near her. How will you make your move on her?”
Lianxing asked疑惑地.
“I can disguise myself as Fei Qing, enter the Jade Immortal Manor first, and then find an opportunity to get close to Yu Ranran,” Kai said.
Hearing that Kai planned to infiltrate the Jade Immortal Manor as Fei Qing, and even possibly plot to get close to Yu Wuji’s daughter, Yu Ranran, Lianxing and Mingli were speechless with shock.
This plan was too audacious, and too dangerous!
Disguised as Fei Qing, operating in the core area of the Jade Immortal Manor, and having to deal with the manor lord’s daughter—a slight misstep could lead to utter ruin!
“Senior, this…this is too risky!”
Lianxing said urgently. “As the Grand Steward of the Inner Palace, Fei Qing comes into contact with an extremely complex array of people and affairs on a daily basis. There are quite a few people who know his words, actions, and interpersonal relationships inside and out.”
“Although you can change your appearance and imitate auras, subtle habits, ways of handling affairs, and even your understanding of certain people and matters may reveal flaws! Moreover, that Yu Ranran…”
Lianxing paused, lowering her voice, “Although this girl is Yu Wuji’s only daughter and is greatly favored, seemingly innocent and carefree, she is actually extremely talented and shrewd, and is by no means an easy person to deal with.”
“She is also proficient in music, formations, and ancient books, and has a considerable reputation within the palace. If you contact her as Fei Qing, what if she discovers it…”
Mingli also said in a deep voice, “Mr. Chen, Fellow Daoist Lianxing is absolutely right. Infiltrating the enemy’s lair and impersonating a high-ranking official is a risky move.”
“Yu Wuji is a seventh-grade Upper Immortal, with keen divine sense and extraordinary perception. If he detects even the slightest abnormality, the consequences will be unimaginable. Perhaps we should consider this further and find another way.”
Kai’s expression was calm, as if the risks they mentioned had already been calculated.
“Risks certainly exist. But right now, this is the most likely way to get close to Yu Wuji and investigate the Soul Refining Crystal and the secrets of the Divine Race.”
“By forcibly entering the Jade Immortal Mansion and confronting Yu Wuji and many experts from the Jade Immortal Mansion head-on, the chances of victory are slim, and it will inevitably alert the Divine Race, making them wary.”
He looked at Fei Qing, who was slumped on the ground, barely breathing, his eyes cold: “As for imitation… who said we need to completely imitate?”
Upon hearing this, a trace of despair and fear flashed in Fei Qing’s cloudy eyes.
Kai said no more, walked to Fei Qing, squatted down, and calmly asked: “Fei Qing, are you afraid of dying?”
Fei Qing made a hoarse sound in his throat, struggling to beg for mercy, but his body, corrupted by the power of chaos, was no longer under his control.
Kai reached out and placed his hand on Fei Qing’s head. “Your memories, your habits, everything about you… lend them to me.”
As his words fell, a chaotic power far purer and more vast than before, carrying Kai’s powerful divine sense, surged into Fei Qing’s shattered sea of consciousness like a torrent!
Soul Search!
This was one of the most domineering and cruel methods in the cultivation world, forcibly seizing another’s memories. The victim of the soul search would at best become an idiot, and at worst, have their soul scattered!
Fei Qing’s body convulsed violently, his eyes rolled back, and he uttered unconscious hoarse sounds. His face was contorted in extreme pain, clearly enduring unimaginable agony.
Kai closed his eyes and concentrated, like the most precise loom, rapidly combing, peeling away, and absorbing the chaotic fragments of memory in Fei Qing’s sea of consciousness.
Fei Qing’s life was a struggle from humble beginnings, gaining Yu Wuji’s favor, climbing step by step to a high position, managing internal affairs, and handling countless shady matters for Yu Wuji.
His understanding of the internal structure of the Jade Immortal Mansion, his speculation about Yu Wuji’s personality and habits, and his knowledge of the important figures within the mansion.
The procedures and methods for handling various affairs, even his personal habits, catchphrases, hidden preferences and fears…
a massive amount of information flooded into Kai’s consciousness like a tidal wave.
If it weren’t for his unparalleled divine sense, his profound and unfathomable foundation, and the protection of his soul by the power of chaos, such a brutal soul search could easily have caused his own divine sense to become chaotic, or even been corrupted by the other party’s memory fragments.
Moreover, soul search has a weakness: it cannot uncover the secrets deep within the sea of consciousness, but can only reveal the other party’s ordinary memories.
Furthermore, it is extremely dangerous for the soul searcher, so few cultivators would attempt to search another person’s soul; if they were to accidentally confuse the memories, they would become the other person.
After a moment, Kai withdrew his hand.
Fei Qing’s body stopped convulsing, collapsed to the ground, his eyes empty and lifeless, drool dripping from the corner of his mouth, having completely become a mindless shell.
His soul, under the impact of the soul search and the erosion of the power of chaos, had shattered and dissipated.
“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.
” Kai sighed softly, his palm emitting chaotic gray light that completely annihilated Fei Qing’s corpse, leaving no trace.
After doing this, a strange change began to occur in Kai.
His figure slightly increased in height, becoming similar to Fei Qing’s, his facial features rippling like water, gradually transforming into Fei Qing’s lean yet sinister appearance.
His clothes, under the influence of chaotic power, also changed into a dark blue brocade robe, even the subtle patterns were identical.
More importantly, his aura rapidly subsided and transformed, becoming deep and condensed, carrying a chilling, profound yin energy. His cultivation fluctuations were suppressed to around the fifth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm, exactly as Fei Qing usually displayed.
Even his eyes narrowed slightly, carrying a hint of Fei Qing’s characteristic scrutiny and calculation, his back straight yet carrying a subtle arrogance.
In just a few breaths, Kai had become another Fei Qing!
His appearance, aura, and cultivation fluctuations were all incredibly lifelike, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake!
Lianxing and Mingli watched in stunned silence.
Changing appearance and simulating aura were not difficult for high-level cultivators, but for Kai to imitate a person’s spirit, temperament, and even cultivation details so realistically in such a short time was simply unheard of!
This was not only a testament to the skill of his magic, but also a manifestation of his ultimate control over his own power and the Dao of Transformation!
“Senior…you…” Lianxing was at a loss for words.
“I have a general grasp of Fei Qing’s memories. Although I cannot replicate them 100%, they should be sufficient for daily interactions and general affairs,”
Kai said, his voice even adopting Fei Qing’s slightly hoarse and gloomy tone. “Mingli, go and bring the two guards…”
Mingli nodded and went to fetch the two guards!
The reason Kai hadn’t had Mingli kill the two guards beside Fei Qing was precisely to wait for this moment.
If he only transformed into Fei Qing’s appearance, some people might have doubts. But with two bodyguards by his side, no one would think twice.