One who stays near ink gets stained black.
This situation naturally enraged Jiu Yin. Jiu Yin shook off Xu Yi, took two steps forward, and roared at Bai Da in the altar: "I really underestimated you. Even in this state, you still have the strength to shout... I'll show you how to shout..." After saying that, he formed a hand seal and chanted an incantation towards the array above the altar. The array shone brightly, and the magical lightning became thicker and denser...
Bai Da cried out in pain, its long, sharp scream quickly turning into a pitiful wail... With another dull thud, Xu Yi collapsed to the ground, gripping the earth tightly. Tiny grains of dirt got stuck under her fingernails, making her movements somewhat sluggish... Accompanied by the pebbles embedded in her fingernails, a dull pain slowly seeped into Xu Yi's heart...
No... I can't fall into demonic possession... I can't... I can't waste Bai Da's last remaining spiritual power...
As Xu Yi thought about Bai Da's wounds and his shallow white magic power, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer and burst into tears. With a moment of relief, the crimson mist that was about to merge into the black bead was repelled from her body.
The guide was about to step forward to stop his senior brother, but was forced back two steps by Bai Da's sonic waves. Just as he regained his footing, he saw Xu Yi squatting on the ground, crying his heart out. He quickly stepped forward, patted Xu Yi's shoulder, and comforted him, "Were you scared? It's okay, it's okay..."
Xu Yi's eyes were filled with hatred for Jiu Yin. Not daring to look up and let Dao Yin see her, she buried herself in Dao Yin's chest, hugging Dao Yin's waist and continuing to cry to hide her hatred...
Daoyin thought Xu Yi was genuinely frightened, so he patted her back reassuringly and then turned to his senior brother, saying, "Senior brother, please don't deliberately lead Xu Yi down the path of evil anymore. She has never done anything wrong and shouldn't be treated like this."
"Hmph..." A cold snort: "It's her choice, I'm just offering her a different path, what's wrong with that?"
"Your cause!" For the first time, Daoyin didn't call him "Senior Brother": "Don't try to lure others to follow you just because you've fallen into the demonic path yourself. A choice is only a choice when you can choose freely; otherwise, it's coercion, it's intimidation... Xu Yi is different from you; she doesn't need to be like you..."
"Like me? You mean becoming a demon?" Jiu Yin chuckled sinisterly twice: "What's wrong with becoming a demon? The world is vast, there are no more constraints... This is true 'freedom'..."
Jiu Yin, lost in reverie, raised his arm and twirled around, as if the world were in his grasp… Then his expression hardened, and he pointed a finger at Yin, his face filled with an arrogant superiority: “You don’t understand… You’re not me, hahaha, of course you wouldn’t understand… hahaha…” With that, he grinned maliciously and strode away…
Xu Yi raised his head in Dao Yin's arms, his gaze towards Jiu Yin filled with resentment, his heart brimming with the bitterness and unwillingness that he couldn't kill him... His eyes instantly turned red. Dao Yin sensed something was wrong, lifted Xu Yi up, and injected a wisp of the Heart-Cleansing Mantra between Xu Yi's brows. A little bit of cool mountain spring water seeped into his mind... Xu Yi was awakened and instantly recovered...
"What...what was I doing? What happened to me?" Xu Yi belatedly realized that she had almost gone astray...she was still a little scared and kept patting her chest to catch her breath...
The guide patted Xu Yi's back again: "I just transmitted the Cleansing Mantra to you. This place is surrounded by an array and filled with the blood mist from the sacrificial ritual. It's easy to be affected by it. Recite the Cleansing Mantra whenever you want, so you don't get tainted by this filthy place..."
“Okay,” Xu Yi nodded, “I understand.”
Seeing that Xu Yi had regained consciousness, Daoyin led her back to the altar and sat her down cross-legged. Xu Yi followed suit, but her gaze remained fixed on the altar, wondering when Wu Zi and the others would find the mark she had left behind…
When Xu Yi followed the guide, he was very obedient and did not use any methods to mark the way, for fear of revealing his whereabouts. He only nailed a wisp of ghostly energy to the ground before stepping into the formation, which caused trouble for Wu Zi and the others... Originally, the two of them were waiting for Xu Yi to return at the Imperial Observatory, but they waited and waited and waited and did not see him. It was not until evening that they realized that Xu Yi was also missing...
The two hurriedly went out to search, but there were no signs along the way, and they didn't even know which direction Xu Yi had gone... The two were at their wits' end... They tried to pass messages to Xu Yi, but there was no response, and even when they used Xu Yi's ghost energy to set up an array to search, it would only flash briefly and then disappear...
Left with no other option, the two had Qing, under the guise of the Imperial Observatory, contact an informant in the government to find out where Daoyin had gone. They eventually learned that the two had left in the south of the city...
The two walked in the direction of the south of the city. The array that Wu Zi was looking for would light up briefly and then go out again, making it impossible to judge the distance...
Fearing they might alert the enemy, the two secretly returned to the Imperial Observatory...
Given the current situation, Xu Yi has definitely been discovered and will likely be imprisoned along with Bai Da. Wu Zi was extremely worried about Xu Yi, so he pleaded with the warden again, hoping to ask if he could summon back the shadow beneath Xu Yi's feet for questioning… The warden, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, opened them for a moment, glanced at Wu Zi, and then closed them again, neither agreeing nor refusing…
Wu Zi was so anxious his mouth was dry, and he shamelessly asked again, "Please say something, sir..."
“Xu Yi is the destined one, there will be no problems, you don’t need to worry.” After a while, he spoke again: “Even if there are any hardships, they are necessary for her on the path of cultivation. The more she sees now, the smoother she will get through in the future, so there is no need to worry too much.”
"But..." Wu Zi didn't give up. He had just opened his mouth when the supervisor opened his eyes and shouted, "Get out!" Then he waved his whisk and sent Wu Zi flying out the door.
When Bai Er saw Wu Zi come out, he quickly went over to take him and asked, "How did it go? Did he agree?"
Wu Zi sighed deeply and shook his head resignedly: "We can only wait until the sound guide comes again in three days..."
People say a day apart feels like three autumns—that's a metaphor for love. Wu Zi is now more like someone desperately needing to use the toilet but unable to—he doesn't know where to turn, he doesn't know where to sit, he doesn't know where to stand…
Xu Yi was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awakened by a faint sound of the array pausing. Xu Yi looked at Dao Yin, who was sleeping soundly beside her. Everything was quiet, and even the array that had been constantly striking with lightning during the day had stopped operating. Xu Yi used her ghost energy to probe the surroundings but did not detect Jiu Yin's aura...
This seems like an opportunity, but would someone as meticulous as Jiu Yin really be so unguarded around Xu Yi? It seems more like a trap, a trap to lure Xu Yi…
Xu Yi's mind was in complete turmoil. On one hand, she kept wanting to stand up and check on Bai Da's condition, while on the other hand, she kept suppressing the urge to investigate...
Just as she was caught in a dilemma, Xu Yi smelled an incredibly delicious aroma… This… was yin energy, pure and unadulterated yin energy, like the finest food. Xu Yi instinctively took a few more sniffs, and now she was even more certain that this was a trap, a trap aimed at her…
But isn't this... the perfect opportunity to go and investigate? Xu Yi pretended to be lured and stood up, slowly walking towards the sweet smell, observing her surroundings as she went. All around was quiet, without even the chirping of insects or birds... Xu Yi walked very slowly, her eyes constantly scanning her surroundings...
Slowly, Xu Yi got closer and closer to the altar. She could even see the wide-open altar door. The door was just open, revealing red and black threads inside, like a tied-up noose, waiting for someone to slowly slip through it...
If she goes through that door, she can see Bai Da, but she will also be locked up and won't be able to move around as freely as she does outside... But if she doesn't go in, she won't be able to see Bai Da...
In a flash, Xu Yi was suddenly shoved from behind. She cried out, "Guide to Sound..." The next second, she stepped onto the altar, and instantly, the altar door closed... No matter how much Xu Yi pounded on it, it was no use...
At this moment, the array above their heads also began to slowly operate, emitting a crackling sound as it circulated...
The clicking sounds grew faster and more frequent, eventually merging into a smooth, spinning sound. Xu Yi looked at the faintly glowing Fare above his head and heard Jiu Yin's exaggerated laughter: "Hahaha, you can't wake him up, I drugged my junior brother..."
Xu Yi looked at the distorted face of the entangled figure pasted on the outside of the altar array and loudly questioned, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"Hahahaha..." A series of exaggerated laughs: "The formation is now activated, and it won't stop unless you two are refined... However..." Jiu Yin's drawn-out tone revealed a hint of temptation: "You have a chance to survive. That snake only has a few breaths left, far less than you... As long as you absorb and refine all its blood essence, you can withstand the Fa Lei and be reborn..."
This was an attempt to lure Xu Yi into refining and absorbing Bai Da completely, thus turning him into a demon... Xu Yi didn't want to become a demon, much less refine and absorb Bai Da, so he protested, "Impossible! I would never do that! Even if I die with him, I will not walk this path..."
"Oh? Even if we die together, we shouldn't go down this path?" Jiu Yin laughed exaggeratedly twice: "Haha... Don't you want to save him? If you don't become stronger, how can you save the person you want to save?"
"You...you're insane?" Xu Yi had never considered absorbing other people's power to save others. At this moment, she only wanted to save Bai Da. To kill the person she wanted to save in order to save others—wasn't that putting the cart before the horse? "Killing one person to save another is a paradox...you're the one who's insane..."
"Am I crazy? Maybe I am..." Jiu Yin's eyes darted around dully for a moment, then he looked at Xu Yi again, his expression even more mad: "But who in this world isn't crazy? Listen to me, listen to me, absorb his blood and bones, refine his essence... Once you've weathered these magical lightning bolts, you'll be invincible when you emerge... Then you can save whoever you want, kill whoever you want, you can even make your own rules... making all living beings grovel under your rules... Isn't that better and more enjoyable than your current state of humbly begging for survival?"
“I don’t want to…” Xu Yi shook her head: “I absolutely do not want to go down this path.”
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