Chapter 182 (1/2)

Now, Qi Aoshuang was aboveground.

Everyone surrounded her.

“Shuangshuang*, what happened to you just now?” Feng Yixuan asked worriedly. “I saw that you weren’t moving, and I wanted to go down, but I was also afraid of disturbing you.” Feng Yixuan’s worry was not unfounded. Often, outside disturbances could be fatal.

*It’s a common way to nickname someone double of a Chinese character in their first name and is supposed to be cute, like calling a cat kitty or dog puppy, etc. and is a form of endearment, like calling someone “little [insert Chinese character from first name]” in Chinese.

Qi Aoshuang looked up to see the barrier had disappeared. She immediately understood that her conjecture had been correct. However, could someone tell her why she had a connection to the disk now?

“This was the spiritual Eye.” Qi Aoshuang brought out the small disk. “It is called the Rainbow Inkstone.”

“Rainbow Inkstone?” Everyone was skeptical.

“How do you know what it’s called?” Xi Shaoqi stared at the Rainbow Inkstone. What a pretty little thing.

“She told me.” Qi Aoshuang put it away.

“Liar!” Xi Shaoqi jumped up and down. How could objects talk? Clearly she was lying to him again.

“Let’s first kill the spellcaster.” Feng Yixuan rubbed his hands together, gnashing his teeth.

“Yes, yes, let’s go kill him. If he runs away, we won’t be able to.” Xi Shaoqi also gnashed his teeth.

“He should have run away by now,” Qi Aoshuang said quietly. “He should have sensed when the barrier broke.”

Everyone’s heart sunk. They understood clearly that perhaps, there was an even greater danger waiting for them.

Now that the spell was broken, their true foes could finally come.

“What do we do about this place? I don’t want to stay the night here, but I don’t want to die either.” Xi Shaoqi frowned as he scanned the deathly silent village. He would rather camp in the desert than stay in the eerie village.

“These bodies will rot sooner or later. There might be an outbreak of disease, however.” Xi Shaosi stroked his chin thoughtfully. “Many people will come here for water. If the water is contaminated, it will be terrible. We don’t know where that underwater spring is connected to either.”

“Let me.” Leng Lingyun stood up, making various symbols with his hands as he muttered an incantation. Instantly, his hands emitted multiple dots of light. Each speck split apart and descended upon the entire town. The moment they touched a corpse, the corpse would start to become transparent, then disappear. Soon, the streets were empty. Xi Shaoqi turned to look at the room beside them and found that the people there were also starting to dissipate. Just like that, the entire village became deserted, not a shadow of a figure left remaining.

“What spell was that?” Feng Yixuan frowned. He felt extremely uncomfortable.

“Yeah, what kind of magic was that?” Xi Shaoqi asked with wide eyes. “It’s so creepy.” A sudden chill rose in his heart.

“It is exclusive to the Temple of Light.” Leng Lingyun responded faintly with no intention of saying more. He walked over to the the camels, ignoring Xi Shaoqi’s continued questioning.

Qi Aoshuang eyes flashed with understanding. The Temple of Light must have used this magic to hide many bodies, which was why Leng Lingyun hadn’t been willing to give specifics.

“We need to be careful now. There might be more assassins than just this one.” Xi Shaosi also walked over to the camels. He kept on feeling a sense of unease.

They left the village, traveling the entire night. They finally stopped after they were far away.

Qi Aoshuang brought out tents from her interspatial ring. Xi Shaoqi and Xi Shaosi started to build the tents.

The bonfire started to crackle noisily, driving away the bitter cold.

Feng Yixuan wholeheartedly roasted meat, calculating which portion was the tastiest. He would give that to Qi Aoshuang, and give the nastiest piece to Leng Lingyun. Meanwhile, White Emperor and Black Feather crouched on each side of his shoulder, waiting for the meat to cook.

Qi Aoshuang inspected the small disk in her hand, her thoughts confused. The item was very mysterious. Who was that little girl who was last in the illusion? Was the little girl the Rainbow Inkstone? Qi Aoshuang shook her head, then noticed Leng Lingyun eyes filled were with grief. She followed his gaze to a sealed, small box. Leng Lingyun gently caressed it.

“Leng Lingyun, is that…” Qi Aoshuang regretted from the moment she spoke. What else could it be that could cause Leng Lingyun such grief?

As she anticipated, Leng Lingyun responded in a low voice, “This is Xuanxuan’s ashes. She always said that she wanted to live in a pure white, perfect world. I wanted to bury her in such a place, but I haven’t found it yet.”

Qi Aoshuang fell silent, a strange feeling arising in her heart.

“Have this. Put Xuanxuan’s ashes in a safe place. We’ll find the place you’re looking for and then bury her there.” Qi Aoshuang fished out an interspatial ring and handed it to Leng Lingyun.

“Interspatial storage ring?” Leng Lingyun exclaimed in a hush voice.