"You already know?" Daoist Jingxin was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief and said "good" several times.
“But we only recently discovered the clues, and the entire cultivation world already knows about it.” Shen Sanruo’s expression was somewhat solemn.
"Currently, all we know is that they are extracting spiritual energy from the cultivation world. We don't know how they are doing it. The evil cultivators' conspiracy is probably more than halfway complete. The spiritual energy in the cultivation world has decreased significantly compared to ten thousand years ago. Now the entire cultivation world is searching for a way to stop the decrease in spiritual energy."
Upon hearing this, the Taoist Jingxin, whose heart had just settled down, became anxious again, and a few more wrinkles appeared between his brows.
He certainly knew what it meant for his spiritual energy to be extracted.
Her gaze toward Daoist Jingxin held a newfound hope and expectation. "Senior Jingxin, do you know anything else?"
Shen Sangruo never expected that the unexpected discovery in Xingchen Plains would involve such a key figure.
Perhaps after today, the evil cultivators' conspiracy will be fully exposed.
While pondering, the Taoist Master Jingxin murmured, "I understand, I understand."
"An array! They must have been drawing spiritual energy through that array!"
"Formation?"
Master Jingxin looked up, his eyes filled with certainty. "Yes, it is an array, and it is located within this area."
"Back then, when I led the entire Taichu Sect to besiege Yalan here, I stumbled upon dozens of sneaky evil cultivators. This is the main battlefield of demonic cultivators, so how could there be any evil cultivators here?"
The division of labor between evil cultivators and demonic cultivators is very clear, dividing the cultivation world into two battlefields centered on the Ninghua Sect and the Taichu Sect, and they will not interfere with each other.
"I immediately sensed something was amiss, so I sent men to investigate. Sure enough, they discovered that they had secretly set up a formation in an extremely hidden place."
"But after we learned of this, we were surrounded by demonic cultivators and were unable to investigate what kind of formation it was, nor could we send the message out."
“Ya Lan and that group of demonic cultivators are too troublesome. We have no choice but to sacrifice most of the sect to kill him, and then use our souls as an array to seal his soul.”
Ya Lan controlled the demonic cultivators' attack with her divine soul. Those demonic cultivators were like puppets, feeling no pain, and only knew how to attack forward.
Master Jingxin sighed, his voice tinged with self-reproach, "If the news had been spread back then, the cultivation world might not be in such a passive position now."
But everyone knew in their hearts that the Tai Chu Sect had already done its best.
Once one of only two super sects, now only these eleven remain, a tragic fate, much like that of the Ninghua Sect.
"The Taichu Sect has done enough for the cultivation world. The evil cultivators' conspiracy has not yet reached its end. Thanks to the timely appearance of our seniors and the crucial information they provided, we can still stop them," Shen Sangruo said.
Su Xiyu chimed in, her eyes sparkling with delight, "Yes, as long as we destroy the array that extracts spiritual energy, the evil cultivators' conspiracy will be thwarted."
The Pure Heart Daoist's expression shifted slightly. "By the way, young friend Shen, do you know what happened in Starry Plain before? Who made Ya Lan disappear completely? There are such capable and extraordinary people in the cultivation world."
They used their divine souls to restrain Ya Lan's divine soul, like a balance scale, maintaining equilibrium, and neither could leave.
But Ya Lan's soul is extremely powerful, and over the past ten thousand years, it has been constantly devouring and absorbing their souls to recover.
Most of the other members of the Taichu Sect disappeared because their divine souls were completely exhausted.
As Ya Lan's soul gradually recovered, the balance began to tilt in her favor.
Only a few members of the Taichu Sect remained, struggling to hold on. Once their souls were devoured by Ya Lan, Ya Lan would break free of the seal.
But now that they have left the seal, it means that Ya Lan is dead.
Moreover, it was the kind of death where the soul completely vanished.
They exhausted the entire sect's spiritual energy, yet they still couldn't completely suppress Ya Lan's spiritual energy. When they learned that Ya Lan had disappeared, they still couldn't quite believe it.
Little did they know, the powerful figure who had devoured Ya Lan's soul was standing right in front of them.
One of Shen Sangruo's glorious achievements: eating cliff waves raw.
"Senior Jingxin, you flatter me. It was I who devoured Yalan's soul." Her expression remained calm, and her tone was perfectly humble.
But what she does is anything but low-key.
Even more reacting than Daoist Jingxin was Shi Zhili, who immediately shouted, "It's you?!"
Those eyes seemed to want to bore a hole through her.
“Yeah, that’s our junior sister.” Song Weiyan looked smug, but when she looked at Shi Zhili, she was full of disdain. “Tch, she’s never seen anything like this before.”
"It's just that she devoured the soul of the radical demon lord Ya Lan. It's no big deal. Just like I won't emphasize to you, ten months and twenty-one days ago, our junior sister single-handedly trampled the great demon Ya Lan, who was extremely skilled in soul magic, under her feet. To add, before that, our junior sister had not learned anything related to soul magic."
Fang Yu joined in, echoing Song Weiyan, "Is it that impressive? I think it's just so-so. After all, it's just a trivial matter among Sister Sang Ruo's many achievements. There's no need to emphasize it like that."
The tone shifted abruptly, and the voice suddenly became impassioned, "I just want to ask, whose life is this?!"
His gaze was fixed intently on Shi Zhili, clearly directed at her.
Shi Zhili: ...
If you want to step on him, just say so.
Ignoring the two squealing figures, all that remained in my mind was the shock of Shen Sangri swallowing Ya Lan's soul.
He instinctively felt that this was impossible, but it seems that it is indeed the case.
The scene quieted down, and everyone turned to look at him, seemingly waiting for him to make a statement. Even his master looked on with amusement.
How could you help someone else slap your own apprentice in the face?!
There was no way to fool him anymore, so Shi Zhili turned his head to the side and said with great difficulty, "Okay, I admit, you are indeed a little more capable than I thought."
If this had happened to anyone else, he would have readily admitted that he was very capable, but this person was none other than Shen Sangruo, whom he was filled with prejudice.
Then I realized it wasn't that impressive anymore.
He will never be fooled by her!
Song Weiyan and the others knew exactly what he was thinking, and they all gave him a disdainful smirk.
Shen Sangruo took all of this in view, but made no comment.
The best way to deal with someone like Shi Zhili is to ignore him.
For her, whether or not she could get along with this person made no difference whether he was there or not.
"In that case, young friend Shen is our savior." Daoist Jingxin chuckled and looked at her with admiration. "If it weren't for young friend Shen, I'm afraid not a single person from the Taichu Sect would have survived."
To gain the trust of that old bastard Wuwei in such a short time and have him entrust the Ninghua Sect to her, she must have some real skills.
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