Chapter 266 - Discovering the Reason (2/2)
The three of their expressions fell immediately. Indeed, they were right. Bai Ze and Chef both had problems with their souls.
“The three of us have come into contact with ghost immortals. It must be the same person that’s behind all of this.” Xuan Tong’s face was a mask of worry. “The only question is why does he want the three of our remnant sous?” Remnant souls were different from whole souls – they did not affect the body much when they were missing. Over time, the bodies would recover without it.”
“He might not be after just three.” Shen Ying, who had remained silent the entire time, suddenly spoke. “There are other people who have come into contact with this ghost immortal.”
All of them paused. Yi Qing, who was still being carried by Lonemoon, spoke up, his eyes widening. “The two roleplayers!” He suddenly looked panicked as he turned to face the person at the table. “Master…”
“Let’s go!” Shen Ying dusted her bottom. “I’m full.” From breakfast.
The three of them exchanged glances and immediately drew their flying swords. Bai Ze and Xuan Tong had no choice but to follow them.
“Elder Lonemoon, who are the roleplayers?” Xuan Tong could not help but ask.
“Chef’s cheap parents.”
“…”
Elder Yi Qing’s surname was role? Didn’t divine beings take on their race as their surnames? She had not heard of the surname “role”!
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What Shen Ying said was definitely a possibility. If Shortie and the others were missing their remnant souls because they interacted with ghost immortals, then Feng San who had ghost immortals as friends likely also interacted with them. He was so chummy with Zhu Ming and had gone to the Divine Underworld more than once.
As for Long Zhen, although she had not met a ghost immortal, she had taken care of the dragon egg for many years. She did not even sense that there was Yin Qi in the dragon egg. If the ghost immortal took away her remnant soul as well, it was likely that she had not realised.
It was proven that they were not overthinking things. Feng San and Long Zhen’s reflections did not appear at all in Bai Ze’s Life Mirror.
“How can this be?” Long Zhen looked absolutely confused. Given hers and Feng San’s cultivation levels, how could it be that a part of their souls – albeit their remnant souls – got stolen without them even realising?
“According to what I know, ghost immortals’ cultivation levels are all very high. Divine beings of various levels are not even their match. But given my and Little Zhen’s cultivation levels, we can at least draw with them.” Feng San lowered his voice and said, “It is unlikely that there is a ghost immortal out there who is so much stronger than us that he can steal our remnant souls without us even realising. Why is it that we too…”
It was obvious that he could not figure it out. If Yi Qing, their son who ran away with his master, did not suddenly return to tell them this, they would not even have realised that they were missing their remnant soul.
“You can’t guess who might have done it either?” Lonemoon asked anxiously.
The two of them exchanged a look and shook their heads. “We don’t know. What’s more, why would the other party want just our remnant souls?”
“Do you have a way of locating your remnant souls?” Lonemoon asked. They were divine beings afterall.
They shook their heads. “Remnant souls are different from the other parts of one’s soul. We did not even sense that we were missing our remnant souls – how could we sense its position?”
“But we can ask someone why the other party would want remnant souls,” Feng San said.
All of them paused. Bai Ze seemed to suddenly understand something. “Do you mean Hongyu?”
“That’s right!” Feng San nodded. “Supreme Divinity Hongyu is the most ancient divine being in the Divine World. If anyone knows anything about souls, it would be him.”
Long Zhen chimed in, “Then we should immediately head for Ling Tai Mountain.” She turned and the air in the hall suddenly stirred, as if someone was ripping it apart. A black figure suddenly appeared in the hall out of nowhere.