Chapter 125
Chapter 125 The Spirit Servant’s Miscalculation
Ye Shaoyang shook his head, as he corrected Xiao Ma, “The funeral procession was a real event . The soulbound demon might not be the one that killed the girl . However, this is its territory . It knew we would be coming . It purposely punctured our tires, while we were about to come across the funeral . It possessed the girl’s body to divert my attention . While all our eyes were on the girl, it took the opportunity to kill her father . Then, it disguised itself as the father to gain our trust . ”
“Even as a supreme demon, it is not easy to hide from me . It knew it had a demon Qi that I could pick up on easily . That’s why it came up with such a brilliant plan . It disguised itself as the man and pretended to look for a new spot to bury the girl . To went to all these troubles to get inside the car unnoticed . Then, it created the illusion along the way in an attempt to make us fall off the cliff . ”
“Holy sh*t! That is ingenious! Truly a win!” Xiao Ma exclaimed, “But why would it need to do all these things? Wasn’t it powerful enough to just attack us directly?”
Ye Shaoyang smirked, “If it was just planning to attack you two, of course, it wouldn’t need to go through all these ha.s.sles . It could have killed you without even touching you . But I have the Qixin Dragon Sword with me . It would not be able to defeat me easily . Hence, it came up with such a comprehensive plan . ”
Xiao Ma lightly kicked the body of the creature, “This ugly creature, is it as powerful as Feng Xinyu?”
“More or less as powerful . ”
“Seriously?” Xiao Ma’s eyes widened in disbelief, “But you killed it so easily!”
“You think it was easy?” Ye Shaoyang felt like slapping him, “If it really attacked me directly, it wouldn’t win easily . However, it was in our car just now . You two useless fellows were there to make things worse . Luckily, I found out about its plan soon enough . That gave me an upper hand . I managed to shove the Lock of Ultimate Death into its mouth in the nick of time . If I hadn’t find out, we would most probably be dead by now . ”
Old Guo replayed the incident in his mind; he still felt horrified, “Junior brother . Do you think that this creature is Madam Chee’s spirit servant?”
“Most probably . Madam Chee is a supreme demon . This soulbound demon must be one of her most powerful spirit servants . I don’t think she would have any other spirit servant stronger than this one . ”
Xiao Ma asked, “I don’t get it . How did it know that we will come here?”
“This area is its territory . Plus, a soulbound demon has senses that are much more potent than ours . It could have easily found out when we first entered this area . Then, it plotted this incident . ”
Xiao Ma sn.i.g.g.e.red, “Well, I guess it miscalculated . We still managed to kill it after all the ha.s.sle it went through . If it knew it would end up this way, I guessed it would have just chosen to attack us directly . At least, it stood a chance to escape that way . But Little Ye, now that its soul has escaped, what will happen next?”
“Its soul has cultivated to the level of a supreme spirit, so it is quite powerful . However, it lost its physical body, so that will weaken its power . It will be much easier to stand against it in the future . We didn’t go through such a close shave for nothing . Come, let’s get into the car . ”
Old Guo drove the car back to the track . They got into the car . Now, only a pool of black blood and some sticky green liquid remained visible on the backseat . The man’s body had also disappeared . On the seat was the shiny Great Coin of Carving .
Ye Shaoyang took some paper from the windscreen and wiped the coin clean . He placed it back in his pocket and said, “See it now? The man you saw just now was not real . Once the supreme spirit dies, this fake body melted away . ”
Xiao Ma sat down on a clean spot of the backseat and asked, “Little Ye, I’ve heard you mention a soulbound undead before . I know it’s powerful . But what about this soulbound demon? Is it a spirit or a demon?”
Ye Shaoyang patiently explained, “Some spirits leech on other objects and parasitically cultivate on these objects . As these spirits become stronger, the object itself becomes alive . If the object is a non-living thing, it will become a specter . If it is a corpse, it becomes an undead . Lastly, if the object is a living organism itself, it will become a demon . However, the spirit actually controls the demon’s consciousness . So, it will become a soulbound specter, soulbound undead, or soulbound demon . ”
Xiao Ma asked further, “So, which is the most powerful?”
“This depends on the way the spirit cultivates and many more factors . It’s hard to say . ” Ye Shaoyang did not want to discuss this any further . He looked around . Then, he instructed Old Guo,”Drive on . Let’s go to the town . ”
Old Guo hesitated, “Should we really?”
“Why not?” Ye Shaoyang asked in surprise .
As Old Guo started the engine, he shook his head and let out a sigh, “Yet another risky adventure . And my car is giving me troubles now . Junior brother, who should we claim the money from this time?”
Ye Shaoyang thought for a while, “We are doing this for the Star City Corporation . I think we can claim the money from Zhou Jingru . I guess that she wouldn’t mind, as this amount is nothing to her . ”
Old Guo’s eyes immediately widened in enlightenment, “Great! Star City Corporation is so wealthy! Not like Liu Ming, who is such a stingy fellow! And he even asked for a discount! This time, you have to help me, junior brother . Charge a higher price!”
Xiao Ma chipped in, “How dare you ask for this . Do you know how close Zhou Jingru is to Little Ye? They could even possibly marry each other someday! The entire Star City Corporation might land in Little Ye’s hands! If you are trying to rip her off, that means you are ripping off Little Ye!”
Ye Shaoyang stopped Xiao Ma’s filthy mouth with a kick, “Shut up!”
However, Old Guo took Xiao Ma’s words seriously . His face lightened up, “That can really happen! I can see that the girl is into you! It’s obvious! All you need to do is act a little more proactive! I think this can happen!”
“Stop spouting nonsense,” Ye Shaoyang’s eyes rolled up in annoyance, “Keep driving! I need to rest . ”
Ye Shaoyang closed his eyes and circulated the energy within his body for two major cycles . By the time he finished this and opened his eyes, he noticed that they had already left the hill . He looked further and noticed that they were in an area full of houses . Light bulbs shone through the house windows like stars from afar .
“So, this is the town?” Ye Shaoyang asked .
Old Guo simply nodded .
Ye Shaoyang further instructed, “Find out the location of the Gu master for me . I need to take a rest . If we b.u.mp into him, I might need to fight him . ”
He thought of the Six-Eyed Child . The creature had only appeared once before him, and he had never really fought with it . Nonetheless, it made him a little anxious .
Old Guo and Xiao Ma got out of the car and walked into the town to ask around . Ye Shaoyang remained in the car and circulated his energy for another two cycles . This time, he felt really recharged .
He turned and noticed that Old Guo and Xiao Ma quietly stood by the car window, as they stared at him . Ye Shaoyang asked, “What’s wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?”
“Nothing . We found something, but you were ‘recharging’ just now . We didn’t want to disturb you . ”
Old Guo pointed at the hill in the north, “We asked around . No outsiders have come into this town lately, except for this one staying at the midsection of the hill . He came here a few years ago . He built a big mansion and told people that he reared animals for a living . But he was a mysterious guy, and n.o.body has seen him selling any animals . Some villagers claim that they saw a few ponds full of toads and centipedes in the mansion . ”
Ye Shaoyang could smell something fishy now . It was not unusual for people to rear and sell toads and centipedes . In fact, centipedes were usually sold as traditional Chinese medicine . However, n.o.body would rear these animals on such a large scale without selling any . Ye Shaoyang further enquired, “Did you ask if they know how he looks like?”
“All they can tell is that this guy is a single man in his forties . They have never seen anyone entering or leaving his mansion; this guy is mysterious . Besides, venomous insects infest the area around his mansion . No one dares to go any nearer . ”
Ye Shaoyang nodded, “A Miaojiang Gu master would use a lot of venomous insects, which fits what you just described . Anyway, this place has existed for three years . Was he already here since three years ago? What is he here for?”