Jichuan was very famous in the Great Yan Dynasty, not only because it was a major river that spanned several provinces, but also because the main stream of the Naihe River in the Underworld was located within Jichuan Province, right on the riverbank, flowing parallel to Jichuan.
Ye Xianya guessed that Jiang Yi probably wanted to come to the Naihe River in Jichuan to steal souls.
After nightfall, the ghost messengers will send all the souls they have gathered during the day into the main stream of the Naihe River.
You must understand, this land is vast, and many people die every day.
They all gathered in the River of Helplessness, numbering in the tens of thousands.
With Jiang Yi's strength, it wouldn't be difficult for her to take advantage of the chaos to extract and devour a few souls.
If she stayed here for a while, she would definitely be able to devour a lot of souls.
Many souls enter the underworld every day, and the underworld is relatively loosely managed. The ghost kings are also vying for territory and interests, and their minds are focused on other things. By the time they realize what's happening, it's too late. These ghost kings can't possibly come to the human world and kidnap Jiang Yi, can they?
After all, she's neither human nor ghost now, so as long as she wears that skin, her ghostly power won't leak out, and the underworld naturally can't control her.
Ye Xianya guessed correctly; that was exactly what Jiang Yi was planning.
If she wants to return to her former glory and even improve her strength, the most effective and direct way is, of course, to devour souls.
In fact, the souls of cultivators are a great tonic for her, but in order not to alert them and to quietly improve her strength, she could only come to Jichuan and wait by the Naihe River.
On the second day after arriving, Jiang Yi bribed a ghost immortal and ate a lot of souls that the immortal had sent her.
Ye Xianya, through calculation, has almost found Jiang Yi's exact location.
Jiang Yi is, after all, an old-fashioned and cunning woman. Although she is by the Naihe River, she will not stay in one place, so... it will be quite troublesome for Ye Xianya and the others to find her.
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That evening, Jiang Yi appeared again at the edge of Jichuan. As darkness fell and the Naihe River appeared, a smile appeared on her face. Following yesterday's routine, she tried to bribe the ghost immortal guarding the Naihe River, but she was rejected.
The ghost immortal who governs this section of the Naihe River is an upright and incorruptible woman. She not only refused Jiang Yi's bribe, but also used her magic to strike Jiang Yi hard.
Jiang Yi felt a terrifying force pass through her body and strike her soul, almost causing her to fly away and disperse.
The power of the ghost immortal is inherently restraining of ghosts.
Jiang Yi is not a real person after all, but just a ghost hiding in human skin, so of course she can be hurt.
She quickly fled.
Because she urgently needed her soul to heal, she had no choice but to return to the place she had been in the day before.
The ghost immortals over there are easy to talk to. As long as I offer some high-grade spirit stones like I did yesterday, they can devour a lot of souls to heal my wounds.
Ye Xianya and Qi Chengshuo happened to be here.
Jiang Yi had just landed on the ground when she saw them.
Ye Xianya made her move the moment she landed.
Having consumed numerous spiritual fruits and herbs, her strength increased significantly.
With a single blow, Jiang Yi was sent flying.
Jiang Yi was startled and immediately ran away.
Just as Ye Xianya was about to give chase, a terrifying force suddenly swept in from the Naihe River, striking Ye Xianya directly.
In that instant, Ye Xianya even felt her soul trembling, as endless fear swept over her.
If it were an ordinary person, they would have long since lost the will to resist.
But she was different. Even though she knew she was no match for him, Ye Xianya still gritted her teeth and controlled the jade bone fan to fight back.
She was prepared to be knocked away, and possibly even killed as a result.
But Qi Chengshuo stood in front of her and took the blow for her.
The moment Qi Chengshuo was knocked away, Ye Xianya felt her mind go blank for a second.
She instinctively flew towards him.
"I'm fine!" Qi Chengshuo, lying on the ground, saw Ye Xianya staring blankly at him. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and forced a smile, saying, "I'm practically immortal now. I just suffered some minor injuries and will recover soon."
After he finished speaking, he tried to get up, but found that Ye Xianya reached out her hand.
Qi Chengshuo was stunned for a moment before he grasped her hand and used her strength to get up from the ground.
After the terrifying power from the River of Helplessness struck Qi Chengshuo, it disappeared. If it weren't for the bloodstains on the corner of his mouth, Ye Xianya would have doubted whether it was just her imagination.
Qi Chengshuo took the opportunity to hold Ye Xianya's hand tightly.
If he had known she would come to pull him, he would have let her hold his hand. He would have been happy to help her block ten or a hundred times, let alone just one.
Ye Xianya turned her head and saw Qi Chengshuo staring at her with a silly grin.
She silently withdrew her hand and touched Qi Chengshuo's chest.
Sure enough, the power here seemed even stronger, and it kept surging outwards, nourishing Qi Chengshuo's soul and body.
She had never seen any power that could simultaneously enhance the strength of the soul and the physical body until she witnessed Qi Chengshuo's special heart and realized that she herself did not know much about the secrets of this world.
"Your heart must be a treasure, just as the Demon Emperor said. I even suspect that the Demon Emperor coveted your heart and wanted to eat it to increase his strength, which is why he sent those demon kings to kill you."
"It's a pity that those demon kings can't kill me now, unless the demon emperor comes himself, but as you said, he doesn't dare to leave that forbidden place," Qi Chengshuo said with a smile.
Ye Xianya nodded. She tried to move closer to the Naihe River, but the force that had attacked her earlier did not reappear.
"Sect Leader, be careful!" Her actions startled the elders of the Taiyi Sect.
Zhengzheng rushed over and pulled Ye Xianya back.
"If it really was Ghost Lord Bei Tu who came, why did he stop after only one attack?" Ye Xianya asked, puzzled.
She even suspected that all of this was a conspiracy by the National Library of China.
Including Jiang Yi's awakening.
Perhaps they only wanted to lure her to the River of Forgetfulness and then get rid of her.
However, when she was in Xilong Province, Ye Xianya was very cautious and did not approach the main stream of the Naihe River.
Today, in her pursuit of Jiang Yi, she was somewhat careless. Having anticipated Jiang Yi's appearance here, she immediately came to lie in wait, being remarkably close to the Naihe River.
"Bei Tu, I know it's you. You allowed your daughter's soul to remain in the world, causing harm to all living beings and violating the heavenly laws. You show no remorse and actually appeared in the Naihe River to attack me, a living person. Aren't you afraid that Yama will punish you when he finds out?" Ye Xianya's voice echoed throughout the Naihe River.
"As one of the ten Ghost Kings of the Underworld, you knowingly break the law. You will surely be condemned by all living beings. Sooner or later, you will lose everything and suffer the consequences of your actions," Ye Xianya said loudly as she cast her spell.
She knew that ghosts and immortals guarded various parts of the Naihe River.
Although the status of ghost immortals is lower than that of ghost lords, they are subordinates of different ghost lords.
The Ten Ghost Kings have been vying for power for a long time, and the other Ghost Kings must be trying to find something to hold against Bei Tu.
This is an opportunity.
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