253: Chapter 31: Killing the Embryo (6k)_2 253: Chapter 31: Killing the Embryo (6k)_2 To ensure everything was foolproof,
Xie Xuanyi had left a wisp of Sword Qi mark in those portals beforehand.
the environment here seems to be the same as it was back then, with no changes,”
He swept through the area.
Xie Xuanyi’s expression was calm.
He had visited this place several years before.
The scope of the Northern Hunt was never fixed.
Of course, even if the scope were fixed, Xie Xuanyi was not one to follow rules.
“If I’m not mistaken, maybe I’ll have to venture deeper into Li Lan Mountain…
to see the mark from back then.”
Just as Xie Xuanyi was preparing to quicken his pace,
a figure suddenly appeared within the range of his Divine Thought.
Xie Xuanyi paused for a moment, then frowned and gripped his umbrella sword tightly.
How could there be someone in such a place?
Logically, the Northern Hunt’s Cloud Ship should have landed on Li Lan Mountain; was this the Dachu Imperial Family’s Hidden Guard looking for me?
the snow and wind at the edge of his vision dispersed.
Not far in front of Xie Xuanyi appeared a pitiable woman who had fallen and sat in the snow.
The wind and snow whined.
The woman sat on the ground, looking fragile and pitiful.
She wore only a thin red garment that was nearly in tatters, with her hair hanging down.
But her face was indeed extraordinarily beautiful.
Among the women Xie Xuanyi had seen in his life,
probably only Jiang Miaoyin could compare with her.
Her pale skin and bright red clothes contrasted sharply with the icy snow-covered landscape.
Xie Xuanyi silently looked at the woman before him, then he silently surveyed the standing stone tablets all around.
Resentful Ghost Ridge was so named because
it was the battlefield for several major wars between the Dachu Dynasty and the Demon Country.
It was said that a thousand years ago…
this place was a mass grave, with endless resentful spirits and malevolent energy buried deep within.
Cultivators possess three souls and seven spirits.
After death, these should scatter,
but if there is too much resentment, combined with some mysterious array patterns, it’s possible to capture some remnant souls and spirits, allowing them to linger in the world, visible and walking among the living.
These are what are called “evil spirits.”
Evil spirits, unlike the Sword Qi left by the Sword Cultivators of Xuanshui Cave Heaven, are considered spirits and rootless drifters.
The Sword Qi left by the ancestors in Xuanshui Cave Heaven yield formidable combat power and could even battle with cultivators from outside if they had the chance to leave the Xuanshui Cave Heaven.
To leave behind such a wisp of Sword Qi, one needs at least the cultivation of the late Yin God Realm!
However, evil spirits cannot be exposed to sunlight and have many restrictions when walking amongst the living.
becoming an evil spirit is not difficult; even ordinary mortals can achieve it.
It is simply a matter of capturing a wisp of lingering thought with array patterns before taking their own lives.
They mostly rely on array patterns to survive.
Once the array patterns that keep their remaining spirits intact are broken, the evil spirits will vanish into smoke and ashes together.
“Is this an evil spirit?
Or a Demon Cultivator?”
Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes at the woman who had fallen to the ground, somewhat uncertain of her identity.
The aura emanating from this woman was very strange.
His Divine Thought swept over her, yet he could not discern her true identity.
It seemed to be wrapped in a hazy mist.
“Sir, I have been waiting for you here for a long time,” said a voice filled with sorrow, echoing across the Resentful Ghost Ridge.
The woman was not only exceptionally beautiful,
but her voice was also very enchanting.
Xie Xuanyi stood still, smiling as he looked at the woman in red before him, “Do you know who I am?”
“You are my benefactor…”
The woman looked up with anticipation, cautiously asking, “Sir, you took so long to come, have you gathered enough money to redeem me?”
With those words spoken, Xie Xuanyi felt that the woman was most likely not a demon.
The courtesan quarters, the stories of scholars and beautiful ladies.
Xie Xuanyi had read many such tales.
Those barbaric demon cultivators from the Demon Country probably had no interest in these stories that were unique to the Human Race, both boring and hypocritical.
This sounded more like something a deeply resentful Li Mei would say.
“You’ve mistaken me for someone else,” said Xie Xuanyi, shaking his head, preparing to leave her behind.
It was said that on Resentful Ghost Ridge, malignant spirits appeared from time to time, countless in number.
Having encountered one now, he wondered if it was considered “lucky”?
He was not interested in the identity of this woman.
If she were a demon, he would simply slay her.
Now, she appeared to be nothing more than a lowly woman waiting for her husband to return…
Xie Xuanyi didn’t care to inquire further and was ready to continue on his journey.
As they brushed past each other, with Xie Xuanyi walking further away and the distance between them increasing, the woman suddenly called out loudly.
Xie Xuanyi stopped in his tracks.
“Would you really leave me to die?” asked the woman softly, covering her face, her voice filled with misery, “Even if you are unwilling to redeem me, shouldn’t you at least save my life?
They are all here to kill me…
You are carrying a sword, help me kill them all!”
The first part of her plea carried tones of despair,
while her voice gradually turned colder in the second part.
Her voice carried a venomous chill of resentment.
The surrounding winds and snow also seemed to bear a bone-chilling murderous intent.
Xie Xuanyi calmly gazed ahead, not knowing when several dark shadows had appeared amidst the snowy landscape of Resentful Ghost Ridge.
Pairs of fiery, red pupils broke through the storm,
Falling from atop the high mountains.
There were no resentful ghosts on Resentful Ghost Ridge tonight, but there were many great demons.
“She is indeed here.”
“Prince was right, Ao Ying was trying to flee to the Northern Border Great Wall,” whispered voices began to rise around the Resentful Ghost Ridge.
Xie Xuanyi turned his head slightly, looking around, his Divine Thought detecting more than a dozen towering figures emanating a demonic aura.
All of them were transformed great demons.
All at the Cave Heaven Realm.
These great demons did not even avoid the presence of this “outsider”; they did not use Divine Thought to converse.
They spoke directly in front of Xie Xuanyi, exchanging thoughts.