Chapter 119 Investigation He always felt that this shouldn’t be the case.
When Liang Daoheng saw his daughter had also come, his brows furrowed. He loved his daughter dearly and said sternly, "Bao'er, you're still seriously injured and look so grim. How could you come here?"
As he spoke, he turned to Master Hongmeng and his disciples, and said dissatisfiedly, "When I agreed to let my daughter Bao'er join your Taixu Sect, you promised me to protect her well. How could you let her take the risk of coming here!"
Master Hongmeng stroked his beard and shook his head, looking disapproving. He obviously did not agree with Liang Huailian coming, but he had no choice but to agree because he could not persuade her.
"What are you talking about!" Liang Huailian waved his hands impatiently. "Do you want others to talk about how the Wuding Sect's leader's only daughter retreated in times of crisis, acting selfishly and irresponsibly?"
Liang Daoheng choked. Although he usually appeared to be a fool, as one of the three major sect leaders, he was also righteous and responsible. He was unable to refute his daughter's retort.
"It's settled!" Liang Huailian seized the opportunity to leap back to Master Hongmeng's side and loudly announced, "The Taixu Sect arrived first, and the Wuding Sect arrived last!"
Liang Daoheng sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes widened and he said angrily: "My dear, you are cheating your father! It's obvious that——"
Without giving him a chance to finish, Liang Huailian interrupted again: "Shh! Let's listen to the people from Tianyan talking about business, don't waste time."
Liang Daoheng had just swallowed a breath and could hardly breathe it out, so he could only stare blankly.
This one-sided bickering between father and daughter sounded a bit funny, and it immediately made the originally tense and serious atmosphere become a lot more relaxed.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath, shaking his head and saying, "We are indeed a family!"
Even Zhan Yao couldn't help but say, "Liang Huailian has become smarter."
Mu Fuyun burst out laughing when he heard her words. What Zhan Yao said must be what was in her heart. As expected, she always felt that Liang Huailian didn't seem to be very smart.
Xie Hanyi stood in the spotlight, not as close to Mu Fuyun as before, but his eyes were always paying attention to Mu Fuyun's situation. Seeing her smile, he felt relieved.
He then repeated the arrangements he had just made to the disciples of the Taixu and Wuding sects. After both sides had made arrangements, he invited the two sect leaders and the Demon Lord Cangyan. The four of them went together to conduct a careful inspection in the center of this area, where Kun Sheyang's residual soul had escaped before.
The yellow sand here flows extremely fast, the fastest in the entire area, like an hourglass symbolizing the passage of time. Fine grains of sand follow the traces of the vortex and flow rapidly along a black hole as big as a bowl.
"It's still collapsing." Master Hongmeng looked down and made his judgment without having to use his spiritual power to probe in.
Covered by thick yellow sand, the spiritual veins are constantly collapsing and disappearing, just like charcoal turning to ashes. When the spiritual veins disappear, the sand loses its support and naturally continues to fall.
"Time is running out, and I made the seal in a hurry. I can only ensure that this area is temporarily isolated from other places. The subsidence here will not affect other places for the time being." Cang Yan stood in front of the three people. It was rare that he was not as indifferent as before. He carefully recounted what he had done before they arrived.
Liang Daoheng also put away his usual nonchalant look and nodded, saying, "As expected of the Lord of the Demon Realm, you acted decisively. This has greatly reduced the danger."
Cang Yan didn't respond immediately, but subconsciously raised his eyes and glanced at Xie Hanyi. He didn't know why, but he became more and more concerned about Xie Hanyi's every move. Deep down, he even began to compare himself with him.
"This place is right next to my Demon Realm. If anything were to happen, my Demon Realm would be the first to be endangered. I must do my utmost to control the situation." His mind wandered for a moment before he quickly returned to his usual cold tone. But then he added, "What's next is going to require me to get rid of you seniors."
Liang Daoheng and Master Hongmeng were both surprised to hear him say this. In the past, their two sects had always been estranged from the Demon Realm, even vaguely hostile to each other. It was only because of Tian Yan's mediation that they had been able to live in peace for so many years.
In the past, Cang Yan would never even look at them straight in the eye, let alone be as humble as he is now.
The solemnity on Master Hong Meng's face faded slightly. He smiled at him and nodded, saying, "It's part of our job. We live on the same continent. If something goes wrong, no one can stay out of it."
Xie Hanyi did not participate in their conversation and did not waste any time. He stood directly at the edge of the cave entrance, raised his right hand slightly, and covered it lightly. A stream of spiritual power overflowed from it. He carefully followed the direction of the vortex and explored inside.
Although the spiritual veins have been exhausted, there are still residual chaotic spiritual power and demonic energy stirring in them, so we cannot take it lightly.
Seeing this, Master Hongmeng and Liang Daoheng did not follow his lead and personally investigate the situation. Instead, they stood on either side, protecting him in the middle. They also understood that this place was complex and intricate, requiring constant vigilance.
Cang Yan was observing Xie Hanyi's situation, ready to remove one or two of the seals at any time.
With the help of these three people, Xie Hanyi was able to concentrate all his attention on the spiritual power that emerged from his palm.
He had excellent control, and his spiritual power went down along the cave entrance. He quickly found the direction among the rapidly flowing and intricate quicksand, and extended all the way underground along the imperceptible and fleeting cracks.
Just as he expected, beneath the yellow sand, there was residual spiritual power from the spiritual veins surging, like streams of ashes, stirring it up, forcing him to slow down his exploration speed.
Because he was carrying the entire spiritual vein in his body, and due to the occasional fluctuations, the blood in his body was also under wave after wave of impact. At this moment, he was next to this collapsed spiritual vein, and he felt a burning pain coming from the palm of his hand, which quickly spread to his limbs and bones, as if he was being roasted on a raging fire, which was unbearable.
His face turned from pale to red, and beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead. His Taoist robe was wet and slowly stuck to his body. He looked quite embarrassed, but he maintained a calm expression from beginning to end.
The area beneath the yellow sand was vast. It took him two whole incense sticks of time to finally explore the situation underneath this area. After he finally evacuated, his tense body relaxed for a moment, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xie Daojun, how is the situation?" Liang Daoheng generously handed him a rare top-grade pill for strengthening the qi and calming the mind, and asked.
Xie Hanyi waved his hand, indicating that it was not necessary. In his situation, he had no shortage of spiritual power and his state of mind was stable. He just needed to be patient.
"The situation is pretty much as I expected. There's a lot of scattered spiritual energy floating around, but none of it is overpowering. I'll just seal it up when the time comes. However, there's one thing that's a little strange."
Upon hearing this, the other three people listened attentively.
"Apart from scattered spiritual energy, there isn't even a trace of residual demonic energy down there, let alone a single remnant of soul or broken spirit."
According to common sense, Kun Sheyang's residual soul caused chaos here and was destroyed by Qi Yuanbai. During the confrontation, there would always be some scattered fragments left. Even if there were none, there must be a small amount of demonic energy.
"Perhaps, the previous remnant soul was not strong enough, and it was difficult to leave any trace after it turned to ashes." Liang Daoheng frowned and guessed after thinking for a moment.
"That's indeed a possibility," Master Hongmeng also speculated. "The scale of the Changgeng Battle back then was huge, and Xie Daojun must know it better than anyone else. Although Kun Sheyang is powerful, he can't withstand the siege of so many people. Plus, the residual soul left behind by your sword attack, Xie Daojun, can't be too powerful."
"The most urgent task right now is to seal this area first, to prevent the collapse of the spirit vein from spreading to more places."
Xie Hanyi listened to what the two said but didn't agree. He felt that this wasn't the right thing to do.
If the remnant soul wasn't powerful enough, how could it have swept away all the suppressed demonic energy, leaving no trace behind? And how could it have broken the seal that Qi Guiyuan had personally forged so many years ago, and that countless powerful cultivators had reinforced year after year?
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At the same time, Mu Fuyun, who was searching for remaining monsters near Wubei Town with Zhan Yao and others, also frowned.
"It's strange. We've been searching for so long, but there's nothing." The speaker was Xiao Yan.
While flying the sword, he looked at the jade token in his hand and found that so much time had passed and all the messages sent by everyone were useless.
Because he was distracted, he lost control of the sword and jumped forward, hitting Hongying's back.
Hongying turned around with a sullen face, twisted his arm and started to lecture him.
"Don't you have eyes? Can't you see there are dead bodies down here? Do you want me to fall down?"
Several people simultaneously cast their gazes towards the ground. Buried in the endless yellow sand were numerous dried, sunburned corpses, the remains of innocent civilians whose vitality had been drained by the demonic creatures.
These were all young disciples who hadn't experienced much of the outside world, so seeing such a scene made them feel strangely uncomfortable. They didn't dare to look any further, and quickly turned their eyes away, pursing their lips and remaining silent.
"It's good that they can't find it. Perhaps the Sect Master dealt with them all," Zhao Yueyue said with a pale face. "That at least means no one else got hurt later."
"Yes, I hope Daojun can take everyone to repair the seal as soon as possible..." Yu Cen murmured.
Everyone nodded silently, agreeing deeply.
Only a hint of confusion flashed in Mu Fuyun's eyes.
Because of Xie Hanyi's previous words, she already had doubts in her heart. Now that she saw the abnormal situation, she naturally would not ignore it like other disciples did.
The last time I came to the Western Extreme, there were clearly many monsters here. According to the elders and others, Qi Yuanbai only killed Kun Sheyang's residual soul and did not touch anything else. How come there is no trace of monsters at this moment?
She thought about it, took out the jade token, and sent a message to Xie Hanyi.
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