Death

"A-Cha, luckily, luckily I can become your wife and truly possess you. I will die without regrets... But... But I still want to be a little greedy and grow old with you. Unfortunately..."

The seriously injured Cha Suxun could see her soul, could see her lips moving as she spoke, but he could not hear her voice. He sobbed and broke down, "Ali, I can't hear your voice, I can't hear your voice..."

Tears blurred his vision, and he kept wiping away the tears, trying to see her clearly. Even when he wanted to stand up and hug her, he couldn't do it, and he was almost out of strength.

This time, he had no way to keep her.

Hearing Cha Suxun's words, Yuanli also felt heartbroken, but she could not feel much.

Even though he couldn't hear her, Yuanli still said her last words to him before she completely disappeared: "Cha Suxun, I really love you so much... Goodbye, my husband."

After saying that, she desperately moved the part of her that had not yet dissipated closer to him, wanting to kiss him one last time.

Cha Suxun understood what she meant, and tried his best to support himself and raise his head to get closer to her lips, but he was just a little bit away, just a little bit away, and he would be able to kiss his wife one last time, but just a little bit away, and she would completely disappear, and before him, there was only her body lying in a pool of blood.

Just like the countless times in his relationship that were just a little bit away, separating him from her by an abyss.

Cha Suxun crawled towards her body, wanting to hold her hand one last time before falling asleep. His body was failing, his eyelids had never felt so heavy, and the intense exhaustion made him fall asleep.

The last thing he saw through the slits of his eyes was the fingertips of her hand that was just half a finger away from touching her before she breathed her last.

Just a little bit...

On the long street, dark clouds gradually obscured the bright moon and the twinkling stars, and the night suddenly became depressing.

Yuanli frantically searched for a way back to the inn. As she saw more and more wandering ghosts, she knew her second life was over. She could no longer sense the Yuanli whose heart and eyes were filled with Cha Suxun, unable to access her memories. She had been asleep again, and she had no idea what had happened or why she was there.

But before she had run for long, the road and the surrounding scenery became blank, and she suddenly found herself in mid-air, falling into bottomless water. She did not feel suffocated, but instead felt very comfortable and relaxed. This wonderful feeling washed away all her sorrow and fear.

Lifted up by an invisible force, she left the water. When she lowered her eyes and saw her priestess uniform, Yuanli knew she was in the Sea of ​​Life.

She immediately cast a spell to take off her priest's clothes and transform into the clothes she would wear tonight in the mortal world. She concealed her divine aura, disguised herself as a mortal, and rushed to the inn in the human world.

There was no sign of Cha Suxun in the inn's room. Yuanli was very anxious. She hurried to Hengjin's room, only to see Si Xi and Yan Ye in the room.

Si Xi was surprised to see her return so soon. Seeing that no one else had returned, he couldn't help but wonder, "Is it just Godmother who came back? What about them? But what danger did Heqi and Godfather encounter that forced you to come back to recruit the old soldiers?"

"No."

Without further explanation, Yuanli quickly left the house and continued to look for Cha Suxun.

She should have known that Cha Suxun and the others would never let her act alone while she was still a mortal. However, whoever killed her under their noses and still found her body was definitely dangerous. Yuanli's biggest fear was that she would be with Cha Suxun before she died.

She took out the hidden wings and began to look for Cha Suxun's trace, but the place she arrived at after following the hidden wings was the place where she met the peddler when she woke up.

Yinchi stayed on the ground, flapping its wings continuously, and did not continue to fly, but there was no trace of Cha Suxun, and Yinchi did not disappear either.

She immediately sent a message to inform Tianshu to bring Hengjin over. While waiting, Yuanli was so anxious that she wanted to go to the Netherworld to check the Yin-Yang Scroll herself.

As before, she mobilized Cha Suxun's netherworld power to sense his soul, and was terrified to learn that he was on the verge of death.

When Heng Jin arrived and discovered that she was no longer a mortal, she was somewhat shocked and also somewhat happy.

When she saw him coming, she immediately told him about Cha Suxun. This little trick naturally could not faze Heng Jin. After he made a hand gesture, there was another round of earth-shaking and dizzying movements. When Yuanli was a little unsteady on her feet, Heng Jin reached out and held her in his arms to support her.

The moment the dizziness stopped, the mortal bodies of Cha Suxun and Yuanli appeared in front of him. Yuanli ran to Cha Suxun desperately and cast a spell to save his life.

Heng Jin quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her, "Ah Li! If his life span is over, and you rashly interfere with a mortal's life to save him, both you and he will be in danger!"

Yuanli knew that she had lost her mind due to anxiety, so she shook off Hengjin's hand and summoned the strand of her true body that she had given him to temporarily protect his heart meridians and delay his death.

Then, he quickly returned to the Netherworld and began to mobilize Cha Suxun's Netherworld power, repeating the method he taught him to read the Yin Scroll to check his lifespan.

After seeing that he only had 32 years left to live, Yuanli immediately returned to Cha Suxun, desperate to save his life, even consuming the spiritual power she had cultivated for nearly 10,000 years to heal his serious injuries.

The moment Cha Suxun woke up, Yuanli broke down and hugged him and cried bitterly.

Cha Suxun had not yet fully recovered from his grief. Seeing that Yuanli was safe and sound, Cha Suxun hugged her tightly, fearing that he would lose her again if he was not careful.

When the two let go of each other, Cha Suxun saw Yuanli's body lying beside him and the black bloody hole in her chest. He was filled with grief.

His underestimation of the enemy had truly cost him her, the wife he loved with all his heart and eyes. Until now, he had no idea what she was like, but the moment she turned to ashes, Cha Suxun finally faced his own feelings.

After telling them about the man in black, Cha Suxun said, "He used the Soul-Devouring Pestle, which I ordered the Huangquan Clan to guard. And since this man in black only killed her and didn't use it on me, he must be related to the Huangquan Clan. Ah Li, do you still remember the man in black when your two souls first met?"

"I remember a little bit. The man in black said he was helping another Yuanli. He said if he hadn't trapped me and put me on the verge of death, leaving my soul outside my body, there was no way the other Yuanli would have woken up. After saying that, he twisted a bead and knocked me unconscious."

Cha Suxun said in frustration, "I should have thought of this earlier. The ability to separate two souls and keep them safely in one body is something only the Huangquan Clan can do, besides the Netherworld."

"It's not your fault. We didn't tell you the whole truth before. But I feel that this man tonight is very similar to the man in black who separated us last time, but also different."

"Heng Jin said, "The way you died just now was similar to the outcome of using the Soul Devouring Pestle on you, but the person in black didn't do it. Could it be that she wanted to kill you, but the person who gave her the Soul Devouring Pestle didn't dare or want to use it on you? Or maybe she knew that if it wasn't a member of the Huangquan Clan who used the Soul Devouring Pestle personally, it wouldn't be able to unleash its full power and thus wouldn't be able to reduce you to ashes. But if something went wrong and your soul left your body, she would definitely be able to kill you back."

"Anyone other than the Huangquan Clan and the Netherworld Clan who forcibly uses the Soul Devouring Pestle will be left with a large, distinctive scar on their forearm. That scar will emit a black aura and a lingering, rancid odor, making it easy to find."

"Then let's go look for him now. The unique smell is the hardest to dissipate and the easiest to track. Regardless of whether we can find him or not, for us, it is a confirmation of his identity. Since she has already wanted to kill Axun, and Axun still has a long life, we can't let her have the Soul-Devouring Pestle in her hands. Wolves have the most sensitive sense of smell, so let Yan Ye track him the fastest." Yuanli said.

Without waiting for everyone's opinion, she sent a message directly to Si Xi, asking her to bring Yan Ye here immediately.

Everyone felt that the Yuanli in front of them was a little too different from usual, but no one could describe specifically what made her feel different. Perhaps she was just too anxious about Cha Suxun's safety.

After Yan Ye arrived, Yuan Li said, "Yan Ye, ask if there is any unique smell on the corpse, and try to track it."

After sniffing, Yan Ye said, "No, it's just a normal corpse. But I smell a very special stench around here, different from the smell of rotting corpses or rotting food, it's even worse than this, and it's very faint. I can try to track it, but I can't guarantee that I can track it. I also smell the scent of my aunt, the woman you, godfather, brought me to see."

"Remember this taste and be sure to find its source. Your recent mission is to find this taste."

As Yan Ye quickly chased out, Yuanli turned around and said to Si Xi, "Take your godfather back to the inn and protect him." Then she said to Heng Jin, "You guys continue your actions tonight. I'll come back to help after I finish this important matter." After that, Yuanli quickly chased after him.

Si Xi was about to follow her godmother's orders and take him back to the inn, but Cha Suxun said, "Si Xi, we're not going back. Follow us. I'll comfort your godmother if she's angry. From what I know about her, if she finds the real culprit, she'll definitely kill him at all costs. We don't know the true culprit's strength, and this Dishui Town is home to so many evil spirits. It's too dangerous."

"Tracing the source will take some time. I'll take you back to the inn first, and then I'll go protect Godmother. If you do anything bad in your mortal body again, Godmother will beat me to death and stew me."

"But it's been too long, and it'll take time to find them. After all, you're not a wolf, and you don't have a wolf's sense of smell. Let's go now, and take me with you." Seeing that Si Xi was still hesitant, Cha Suxun had to deliberately say, "Si Xi, you don't want to lose A Li either, right?"

The scene of her mother's death and the grief she felt at that time emerged in Si Xi's mind. She no longer hesitated and entrusted her godmother's mortal body to them. She immediately took Cha Suxun and chased in the direction where Yan Ye disappeared.