Chapter 178 The Truth

The person who came out was Gu Wan.

His attire at this moment is very different from before.

The white cloak she usually wore disappeared, replaced by a pitch-black dress.

Judging from the style alone, it is somewhat similar to what Su Qingwu is wearing.

Looking at his face again, because he is a ghost cultivator, there is no trace of blood on his face, and his long black hair is tied behind his head.

Judging from the aura emanating from his body, it is only equivalent to the Yuanying Yuanman realm, not the Huashen realm that Su Wen mentioned before.

Is it a decline in strength, or was it a mistake from the beginning?

Gu Wan had already seen Su Qingwu at this moment and was flying towards her.

Although she had been trapped before, she had always known what was happening in the outside world, so she knew very well that it was all thanks to this person that she was able to escape this time.

As she came close, she stopped abruptly and bowed towards him.

"Thank you for saving me, my friend. I will definitely repay you with all my strength."

After saying this, she waved her sleeves, took out the mustard seed space hidden beside her, and handed it to the girl in black.

"The promised earthworm fruit is in this space. You can take the space with you. There are also some other spiritual plants planted in it. They are of a fairly good age. You should be able to use them."

In the Yuanji world, mustard seed spaces are not uncommon.

Su Qingwu hesitated for a moment, said thank you, and reached out to take the item.

The so-called mustard seed space, judging from its appearance, is just a piece of gray stone the size of a fist, but there is a whole new world inside.

Just keep injecting spiritual energy for about a hundred breaths, and you can reach the inner space.

This space is quite different from the Yuqing Mirror space that Su Qingwu had obtained before.

The former cannot recognize a master, and anyone can use it as long as they can get the mustard seed space.

The latter must refine and recognize the Lord before they can enter the space.

Besides that, there is one more thing.

The mustard seed space is not completely closed, but has a certain connection with the outside world, especially the concentration of spiritual energy, which changes synchronously with the external environment.

But this is not the case with the Yuqing Mirror Space.

Seeing Su Qingwu accept the treasure, Gu Wan smiled and continued:

"This place is not safe, let's leave first."

"Lin Yan is in Tianhe City now, why don't we go directly to this city?"

"good."

The two reached a consensus and quickly left Bailuo Villa, heading east.

After about half an incense stick of time, they arrived at Tianhe City.

Su Qingwu took Gu Wan to the inn rented by Lin Yan, and the master and apprentice finally reunited successfully.

Tianhe City is much safer than the outside world.

Arriving here, Gu Wan began to explain the cause and effect of the incident.

"In order to successfully destroy the Mo family, I made a deal with Bailuo Villa, asking them to help me hold back the reinforcements from Guiyang Sect.

At that time, both parties agreed that after the matter was accomplished, I would hand over 10,000 soul stones and promise to refine a puppet for them with strength comparable to that of a spirit transformation realm.

I had heard of the name of Bailuo Villa a long time ago, and I thought I was well prepared and had been on guard against them, but I didn't expect that I would be ambushed in the end."

Hearing this, Lin Yan asked in a low voice:

"Could it be that they went back on their word and turned against you, Master, after the puppet was refined?"

Gu Wan shook her head slowly.

"They didn't train a puppet at all. Their target from the beginning was me. They wanted me to become a ghost servant and then be driven by them. Although I found out that something was wrong, I was still a step too late.

If it weren't for Su's rescue, I would have no way of escaping and would have been defeated by them in the end. Now I have only lost some of my cultivation and my strength has declined, which is a blessing in disguise."

Su Qingwu asked at the right time:

"Senior, do you know the identity of the person behind the scenes who controls Bailuo Villa?"

Gu Wan nodded and said frankly:

"Have you ever heard of Lingji Sect?"

Su Qingwu suppressed the surprise that suddenly arose in his heart and nodded in response:

"Of course I've heard of him. He's one of the top three forces in Xuantian Continent, and he's quite famous."

Gu Wan continued:

"Bailuo Villa is actually a force under the jurisdiction of Lingji Sect. I only learned the truth after being ambushed this time.

The man whose soul was taken away by your treasure was one of the seven returning monks of Lingji Sect. That’s why I mentioned earlier that Bailuo Mountain Villa is not safe. If Lingji Sect finds out that something happened there, they will definitely send people there again.”

Su Qingwu never imagined that Bailuo Villa was actually related to Lingji Sect.

She already had a grudge against this sect, and now it was double the enmity.

What Gu Wan just said also confirmed one thing.

The owner of the giant palm is not a ghost cultivator.

In fact, Su Qingwu had already sensed this when he used the Nine-Capture Soul-Snatching Scroll.

In this place where only ghost cultivators can come and go to trade, the most powerful being is actually a living person.

After a change of mind, she continued to ask:

"Senior, do you know what is the purpose of Lingji Sect opening Bailuo Villa?"

Gu Wan carefully responded:

"Contracting ghost servants is one thing, and the other is to attract a group of ghost cultivators to come and use them to create powerful puppets. The giant skeleton mentioned earlier was made up of a hundred thousand souls."

At this moment, inside the Nine Soul-stealing Scroll, the enemy is struggling hard to break free from the restraints.

Su Qingwu noticed this and immediately activated the treasure restriction.

The next moment, the face of the gray soul turned extremely ferocious, as if it was in great pain.

A moment later, Su Qingwu came to the mainland and heard a voice begging for mercy.

She ignored it for the moment and allowed the restriction to continue.

Beings who can cultivate to the state of returning to the void have extraordinary minds and character. His current request for mercy is most likely a pretense, hoping to wait for her to let down her guard so that he can have a chance to resist.

At this moment, she was thinking about another thing.

"Among the people that Lingji Sect sent to Bailuo Villa, is there only one person who is in the Return to Void Stage?"

Gu Wan nodded and replied:

"From beginning to end, I only saw that person, and didn't see any other living people. Bailuo Manor is not very large, covering less than ten acres. With such an area, one Fanxu is enough."

Su Qingwu thought of another problem.

"Fellow Daoist Lin once said that there are many rumors about the villa, the earliest of which can be traced back to ten thousand years ago. Was this villa originally under the jurisdiction of the Lingji Sect, or did something unexpected happen in the middle of the process and it was taken over by this force?"

"That is unknown. The Lingji Sect has been established for more than ten thousand years, so both possibilities exist."

"The soul of this person who was captured must have a soul lamp set up in the sect. However, his soul is still alive, so I don't know if the soul lamp has any abnormal reaction."

"Most likely, my friend, you must be careful to guard against the monks of Lingji Sect in the future."

"Thank you for your reminder, I will pay more attention."

At this moment, at the Lingji Sect's headquarters thousands of miles away, the sect's disciples guarding the Soul Hall discovered that Elder Fang's soul lamp was abnormal and immediately reported the matter to the sect master.

In just a moment, all six Return to the Void members of the sect arrived at the Soul Palace.

Looking at the soul lamp with a faint crack, several people looked unhappy and started discussing immediately.

"It seems something happened at Manor Bailuo!"

"It's really strange, why didn't Junior Brother Fang send any news back before?"

"It probably happened suddenly."

"Junior Brother Fang is quite powerful. He was able to prevent him from even sending out a message for help. I don't know who did this."

"Bailuo Manor has been keeping a low profile over the years. It should be unlikely to offend those powerful forces."