Chapter 031: Numbness

The Eight Souls City gradually became lively, lights were lit everywhere, and people wearing the clothes of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's old women were moving on the roofs.

When the cultivators who were trading in the night market saw all the people from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect appear together, they were startled, thinking that some extremely good stuff was circulating, or that a disaster was about to happen.

Those who were well-informed soon found out that someone had sneaked into the Wanjian Sect and stole Wan Daiyi's treasure!

The news spread quickly, and soon, the cultivator who tried to get involved and gain some benefits was detained by the people of Wanjian Sect.

Ji Weihang, who was carefully gathering information in the city with his spiritual sense, did not notice the existence of the Out-of-Body Stage. For some reason, Wanqi Shuang did not chase after him. The ones leading the team now were some of his own disciples. They were at most at the Nascent Soul Stage.

At this time, she had changed her appearance and clothes again, and was waiting in an empty room in an inn for Ji Chengyuan to come.

——This is the remote and deserted inn she had specially found. It would take time for the Wanjian Sect to search here.

She sat on the chair, with three thin wounds on her palms, blood oozing out, forming a smile, the same as the one Ji Chengyuan had left on her hands before.

"Does it look like a smile? As long as I cut open the mark I left on your body again, I can find you. But it can only be used once... This is a family spell... As a swordsman, you shouldn't be afraid of this little pain, right?"

During the brief period they spent together fifty years ago, Ji Chengyuan used this method to find her fighting against an evil cultivator in the out-of-body stage.

Only when she saw the same smile lines as before, she was so sure that the other person recognized her.

Looking at the lights and the growing noise in the city, Wei Hang was a little dazed. She met more familiar faces today than in the past fifty years. The ripples of memories in her mind made her feel subtle and strangely dizzy, and she wanted to rest.

At this moment, a hand affectionately wrapped around her shoulders, and a strong, slightly suffocating floral fragrance curled around her neck, shocking away the dizziness in her mind.

"I thought it was my illusion at first." A soft and sweet voice sounded in my ears, "I actually smelled the scent of my dear friend."

Before Ji Weihang could slap the demon in the face, Ji Chengyuan had already left her body and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Xiaoxi."

"Ayue." Ji Weihang turned around and looked at Ji Chengyuan, saying, "Long time no see."

Kunxi and Miyue were the pseudonyms they each gave when they first met. At that time, they both concealed their identities and only thought that the other party was an ordinary casual cultivator who was on vacation near the E Xue Peak.

"The last time I found out it was you in the Three Realms Secret Realm, I've remembered your smell now." Ji Chengyuan sat on the bed and twitched his nose. "It's been fifty years. You've been hiding so well. I thought you were dead. Why didn't you come to find me? Didn't I tell you that if you come to the Demon Realm to find me, no demon will be able to hurt you..."

"...But, since you have already left your body, no one can hurt you."

Wei Hang didn't want to reminisce about the past, and said directly: "I got the Po Mo, and I want to exchange it with you for Ying Feiqiong's memory."

"I haven't seen you for fifty years, and you've become so cold. Don't you miss me at all?" Ji Chengyuan said in a sad tone, but his rejection was direct, "No."

"The Wanjian Sect is looking for you all over the city now. If I trade with you, won't everyone think I stole something?"

"What do you want?" Wei Hang asked. The demons wouldn't worry about this responsibility. Ji Chengyuan just had other purposes.

"As for the memories, you just want to see them, right? You don't need to take the crystal, just read it, and Bandai won't know. After that, I'll pretend nothing happened and use it for a trade." Ji Chengyuan said with a sly smile on his face.

Wei Hang understood immediately, "If they can't produce the Obsession Demon, they naturally can't exchange the memory. You don't lose anything, you get both the memory and the Obsession Demon."

Ji Chengyuan nodded proudly.

Wei Hang nodded, "Okay." She just wanted to know what was in the memory, and everything else had nothing to do with her.

Ji Chengyuan flipped his hand and took out the same wooden box that he had presented to Bandai. He pried open the mechanism with his fingers, and inside was a pale golden crystal, with white light flashing inside.

This is a crystal that can store images. After the formation master carves a small formation on the surface, it can store memories. The white glow means that it already has memories and can no longer store anything.

To read memories, you can choose to use spiritual consciousness or touch with your hands. However, there are many cases in the past where touching with spiritual consciousness resulted in the sea of consciousness being shaken. Out of caution, most people will choose to touch with their hands.

Just as Ji Weihang was about to reach out his hand, Ji Chengyuan pulled his hand back, "Hand over the sword with one hand, and the memory with the other."

Wei Hang thought about it, and Kun Qing appeared beside him holding the Mo-Bearing Sword.

As soon as it came out, the demon was obviously excited. Without receiving Wei Hang's instructions, Kun Qing did not suppress the demon's excitement, and let it hum in his hand.

Seeing the demon, Ji Chengyuan praised: "As expected of Xiaoxi, you actually stole such an important thing from Bandaiichi."

What's so great about stealing? Wei Hang ignored the hypocritical praise and said, "When I touch the memory, Kun Qing will let go and give you the Po Mo."

Nodding, Ji Chengyuan stretched out his hand and let her touch the memory crystal in the wooden box.

She stretched out her hand, and the moment she touched the crystal, a familiar feeling of numbness spread throughout her body.

Kunqing noticed something was wrong at the first moment and was about to take action but saw Ji Chengyuan's hand threateningly on Ji Weihang's neck, so he could only remain still.

“Oh my.” Ji Chengyuan smiled and swung the wooden box in his hand. “It can actually numb even the Out-of-Body Stage. It’s worthy of being Feiyanlou’s top product.”

Ji Weihang could feel the other person's hand pinching the back of his neck, neither light nor heavy.

"Let her give me the demon?" Ji Chengyuan said with a smile, "This is the spirit of your life treasure, right? Use your mind to instruct her, and then let her go back. I believe you don't want us to fight and attract the people of the Wanjian Sect, right?"

Under her instructions, Kunqing reluctantly handed the Po Mo to Ji Chengyuan, and then returned to her.

"This is not a measure against you." Ji Chengyuan added Feiyanlou's top-grade "anesthesia" to her body to seal her movements, while explaining, "The real memory crystal has already been sent back to the demon world. This is a fake one prepared for Bandai."

"What a coincidence." Ji Chengyuan said with a smile, "To thank you for your contribution to the demon clan." The demon with the raised hand waved in front of her, "I invite you to visit the demon clan? My aunt heard about you a few days ago and has been saying that she wants to meet you."

Ji Chengyuan's aunt is the Demon Emperor Ji Ni. Wei Hang doesn't think it's a good thing that the Demon Emperor wants to see him.

Ji Chengyuan put the wooden box containing the fake memory crystal into the storage bag, carried Po Mo on his back, picked up the motionless Wei Hang, and strode out of the room.

The innkeeper was waiting outside the door. He showed no surprise when he saw this scene. His expression was normal. He just whispered, "The Wanjian Sect is about to search here."

This place is actually the base of the demons. Wei Hang, who was motionless, suddenly realized something and was speechless.

Since it is a demon stronghold, there must be secret passages that are unknown to the public.

"I hope you won't kill me with your sword as soon as you recover." Ji Chengyuan whispered as he carried Wei Hang through the dark passage, "I'm just a weak demon general. You, who is equivalent to a demon, shouldn't bully the weak."

Ha. Ji Weihang sneered in his heart. Ji Chengyuan was used to pretending to be nice. It was better to believe that the demons were born weak, kind, and loved to eat vegetarian food than to believe her.

This secret passage was obviously also made of materials that could isolate spiritual consciousness. Wei Hang could not hear any noise outside and could only hear Ji Chengyuan's breathing, footsteps, and heartbeat.

"What happened fifty years ago has nothing to do with us." Ji Chengyuan suddenly whispered, "You know it wasn't my aunt who did it. We dealt with that group of demons later. I hope you can trust us as much as you trust the demons."

Weihang couldn't speak and didn't respond. She had her own thoughts and guesses about what happened back then.

If she thought Ji Chengyuan was involved, she would have punched him to grab the memory crystal. The reason why she could stay with her until now was, of course, because she was not on her list of enemies.

Interestingly, although the demons are the most notorious race in the entire continent, not a single demon is on Wei Hang’s list of enemies.

After exiting the secret passage, there was a dark and dense forest. Ji Chengyuan shuttled through the dense forest for a while, jumped into a ravine, entered a cave, and found a long-distance teleportation array leading to the demon world.

The people in charge of patrolling in Bahun City could be chopped off, Ji Weihang thought, allowing the demons to have strongholds, secret passages, and even long-distance teleportation arrays at such a close distance!

The Eight Souls City is located in the central area of the human world. The demons can easily transport a large number of demon soldiers here... Maybe they have already transported a lot...

Ji Chengyuan seemed to be completely unaware of her thoughts and was talking to the guards: "Well, I'm going back to Xuesha City. Have you sent the wooden box back?"

The person guarding the formation was an old monk. There were very few monks who looked so old. Usually, only monks who failed in practicing evil ways would be in such a state. But Wei Hang did not feel the bloody aura that a cultivator of evil ways should have on her. Therefore, he could not help but pay more attention to her.

The guard didn't even glance at them. He kept his head down the whole time, subtly changing the array pattern on the ground as instructed. He replied, "It has been sent back. When the demons over there see that something is being sent back, they will probably take it back to the master immediately."

Of course, the teleportation array can teleport more than just people. Teleporting objects is inherently easier than teleporting living things.

Hearing that the memory crystal must have fallen into the hands of the Demon Emperor, even Wei Hang couldn't help but sigh in her heart - was she too unlucky? Is it so difficult to get a memory?

Since it is in the hands of the Demon Emperor, I can’t get the memory back for the time being.

Under Ji Chengyuan's surprised and panicked gaze, Ji Weihang raised his hand and punched that person in the face.

Ji Chengyuan let go of her hand and fell backwards. When she stood firmly on the ground, she was sprinkled with the black medicine taken out of the storage bag.

The numbness spread throughout his body. Ji Chengyuan fell straight to the ground, watching with his eyes open as Ji Weihang paralyzed the defenders in the same way.

Clapping his hands, Ji Weihang turned around and said to her:

"What a coincidence! This 'anesthetic' was provided by me to Feiyan Tower."

It's just the residue left over from refining in the Chaos Furnace.