575: Changes in Yidaoxia

“Ah!”

Amidst Feng Yuan’s pained cry, the blood shadow surging from his body gradually solidified. At this moment, Feng Yuan looked as if all his essence, Qi, and spirit had been drained, collapsing like mud onto the ground, his face ashen.

He also saw the thing that had emerged from his body and felt the dense, sinister, bloody Qi emanating from it, causing his body to shiver once more.

If Shen Bei hadn’t stumbled upon this by accident, could this thing have been forced out? Wouldn’t he have been controlled by it forever!

“Hiss, hiss!”

The emerging blood shadow was ferocious and, having lost its sanity, lunged directly at Shen Bei.

He was originally a Great Cultivator at the ninth stage, undergoing the five minor declines. Before his death, he used a secret technique to be reborn through blood Qi.

This time, he had finally managed to possess a body and could coexist with Feng Yuan.

Although he couldn't completely replace him, he could at least survive, but now everything was ruined. Being stripped away by Shen Bei’s single move, he was gravely injured and no longer had the ability to merge into anyone else’s blood Qi again.

Thinking of this, he bared his fangs and brandished his claws, utterly ferocious, rushing forward with a bloody aura, like a dripping ghost.

“Prodigy! Still daring to commit murder!”

Shen Bei roared again, casually raising his hand. Lightning exploded, and white smoke billowed from the blood shadow that had lunged at him, as if it were being burned, until it vanished into thin air.

This scene made everyone swallow their saliva. The Team Leader was indeed the Team Leader. They couldn't compare to the world-shaking abilities of a Divine Ability Great Cultivator. But facing a fierce creature, he could decree life and death with a single word!

Pan Fei watched the annihilated blood shadow from afar, his fists clenching with a crackling sound.

Such a fierce creature was incredibly rare. He had paid a huge price to make a deal with it, making it his secret weapon, but now it was directly destroyed.

He had originally intended to use this to control Feng Yuan, thereby bringing the Feng Family onto his side.

But now, without Feng Yuan’s life as a threat, the Feng Family would only hate him, creating an enemy for no reason.

Fortunately, they couldn't produce any evidence that the blood shadow was his doing, otherwise, it wouldn't just be the Feng Family's trouble.

At this moment, Shen Bei narrowed his eyes.

This reminded him that the Apocalypse Cult on earth's surface was also making Mind's Eye Potion.

It could be confirmed that it had evolved from the heart blood of the underground.

Now, seeing the vanished blood shadow, Shen Bei was a bit bewildered.

Were the side effects of heart blood so great?

Someone actually fell out of Feng Yuan’s body!

What the hell…

Parasitic possession?

Then, did the Mind's Eye Potion on earth's surface… also have this side effect?

But why hadn’t Two Headed Vine and Bu Jin mentioned it?

Or, did the Apocalypse Cult simply not know about such severe consequences of the Mind's Eye Potion?

Shen Bei stroked his chin, finding it incredibly bizarre.

At this point, Shen Bei’s gaze turned to Feng Yuan: “You truly are brave.”

“I—”

Feng Yuan had a mouthful of Qi stuck in his throat, stopping the words he was about to say.

What else could he say?

He didn’t know what to say!

“I won! So, you should fulfill your promise, right?” Shen Bei didn’t want to waste time.

Feng Yuan snorted coldly: “The money Xu Sheng owes will be written off, and I will no longer touch his family!”

There was nothing to say about being inferior in skill. Feng Yuan clearly recognized reality.

Shen Bei had defeated him. If he dared not keep his promise, then Shen Bei had many ways to deal with him.

The Night Watchers acted according to rules. If you didn't follow the rules, did you really think the Night Watchers were pushovers?

Just as Feng Yuan was feeling extremely distressed, he heard Shen Bei say: “Oh, right! Tell your Feng Family to be prepared. There are many matters concerning your Feng Family that you should explain to the Night Watchers, to the court, and to Your Majesty!”

Feng Yuan, enduring his weakness, sneered upon hearing this. Want to retaliate? Don’t even think about it! We’ve already blocked all your paths!

The Feng Family has no explanation to give you!

“I’ll be waiting for you!” Feng Yuan forced out a disdainful sound, then coughed up blood.

If the Night Watchers dared to come looking for trouble, then it would be the Night Watchers who got into trouble.

Shen Bei ignored Feng Yuan. He walked towards Xu Sheng, who immediately fell to his knees and kowtowed to Shen Bei, tears streaming down his face.

Seeing this, Shen Bei waved his hand and said, “No need for this. Don’t gamble again in the future.”

“If I gamble again, Sir, you can chop off my hands,” Xu Sheng swore.

Shen Bei waved his hand, dismissing everyone on the spot.

This small mission was handled; he just had to wait until tomorrow to activate the panel and harvest attributes.

Returning to his residence, the weather was getting colder. The osmanthus tree had shed most of its flowers, and many fallen osmanthus petals were scattered in the courtyard.

The lingering scent of osmanthus was still strong, but it couldn't compare to the fragrant aroma nearby. The wind swept through his hair, brushing against Shen Bei's cheek as they walked side by side, a ticklish and refreshing feeling.

He yawned.

Shen Bei lay on the rocking chair.

Just as he was about to drift off to sleep.

Footsteps of a specific frequency came from the doorway.

Shen Bei slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze sharpened, looking as the double doors were slowly pushed open.

A familiar figure peered in cautiously, then slipped inside.

It was none other than Fu Jian.

“Any news?” Shen Bei asked lazily, still rocking in his chair.

Fu Jian pulled up a chair and sat down, saying, “Zhen Li is too cautious. It took a lot of effort to get in touch with him.”

“What did he say?”

“Don’t you want to hear how I got in touch?”

“Not interested.”

Fu Jian: …

Fu Jian almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Damn it.

He had spent so much effort to contact Zhen Li naturally, without arousing suspicion.

Good heavens, he didn't even want to hear about the process?

Fu Jian rolled his eyes.

He had even prepared a storytelling-style monologue for nothing.

Turns out Shen Bei only cared about the results.

Fu Jian took a deep breath and said, “According to the information I got from Zhen Li, One-Blade Gorge is a place guarded by the Royal family. How to describe it… it’s probably similar to a Secret Realm. Inside is where the Secret Monarch Cang Hai fell.”

Shen Bei already knew this information.

But he felt that Fu Jian’s choice of words… wasn’t very accurate.

“Fell”?

Shouldn’t it be a tomb barrier?

“Wait a minute—” Shen Bei interrupted, “Could you explain what you mean by ‘where he fell’? Is this Secret Monarch Cang Hai still alive?”

Fu Jian nodded, then shook his head: “This involves quantum mechanics. He might be alive, or he might be dead. No one knows.”

Shen Bei: …

Good heavens.

Wu Bi’an was already dead, and this guy could still be alive? That was truly unbelievable.

Could such a situation exist?

There was no definite answer, only by going down would they know.

“Continue.” Shen Bei nodded, signaling Fu Jian to proceed.

Fu Jian continued: “This One-Blade Gorge has recently undergone changes, like an unstable barrier, with cracks appearing, allowing entry. Zhen Li returned to report to King Wei and prepare to send people down.”

“Once, when I was drinking with this guy, he got drunk and revealed some information: that Secret Monarch Cang Hai possesses a key that allows entry into the Old Capital without relying on the Royal Bloodline!”

Upon hearing this, Shen Bei’s eyes lit up.

This…

Wasn't this exactly what he was pursuing!

So far, to get close to King Wei, Shen Bei had been working extremely hard.

All for the sake of getting King Wei to take him to the Old Capital, find Suspended Lantern Sect, and remove his complete breakdown.

And now, it seemed there was a shortcut.

That was… Secret Monarch Cang Hai!

However, after a brief moment of excitement, Shen Bei frowned.

The matter of gathering people was currently Zhen Li’s responsibility, and King Wei was probably also reviewing it.

Could he go along?

Presumably… it was almost impossible.

These days, he hadn't seen the Night Watchers short of anyone, which meant that Zhen Li was not recruiting people from the Night Watchers.

Shen Bei pondered for a long time, thinking of several plans.