Chapter 136 (1/2)

Xue Wei exited the rooard and his co, and he seemed to be in severe pain

He had remembered what Tianyi had told him and acted exactly as they had planned

Hei Gou’s face turned ugly, but it quickly straightened out as Xue Wei sent hie

Hei Gou's expression froze in place, beco

Xue Wei had not saidtheir treasure,” but this already shohat he had been doing inside the rooht here because of so that would not benefit them, but now it seemed that Xue Wei had turned it around

This h or cry,his handsome face turn into a hideous expression Fortunately, all the villagers and the priestess were busy observing Xue Wei and his appearance that was lacking all energy

”I see that it liked your soul,” Qing Li gloated, but he dared not speak too loud He had been scared silly earlier when the thunder rumbled, and the temple shook, but now he reached the conclusion that the reason for this to happen was because ‘it’ was very pleased with Xue Wei’s soul

The priestess frowned Her eyes gleaence, and she was quiet as she looked at Xue Wei from top to bottom

”You there, speak up What happened inside the room?” the priestess asked with a stern voice that was filled with uncertainty and a bit of fear

”I don't know,” Xue Wei answered with a frown on his face before gri ”I stepped into a world of darkness I could not see anything at all, and within this world, soh h I do not knohat part ofpain and I al at the memory The priestess nodded her head, satisfied with the answer

”The two of you will followto her It was as if nothing had happened that day that could shock her

Xue Wei and Hei Gou obliged without resistance and followed the wo Li wanted to tag along, but Long Tian stopped him In the end, only the three of thee itself

After walking slowly into the deeper parts of the temple, the priestess came to a halt She turned around and looked at Xue Wei before she snorted

”You did not lose any of your soul, and the natural phenomenon that appeared ain appear in the world,” she said

Her face was still expressionless, her voice devoid of e her words, Xue Wei was stunned and looked at her ide open eyes

”I don't knohat youabout losing my soul?” he asked In response, the woman just snickered

”Don't try to trick ht amusement ”I have been the priestess of this temple since I was five years old The ritual to become the new priestess is horrible, and it connects you to the sword I heard what you two spoke about within the room, and I have to ad woe since birth My soul is slowly being shaved down little by little, and ht now, I am already a little too old to do my duty, but I am supposed to find a husband and produce a child as soon as possible”

”When my child turns five years old, this child is supposed to take over the job as a priestess, and the mother's life will be forfeited”

”Will she be used to feed the sith her soul until she dies?” Xue Wei asked, and a sad s like that,” she replied, without going into details

Xue Wei paid it no heed He did not think that it mattered too ers

”Would it not be ideal for the entire village if I take away the sword?” Xue Wei asked after a bit of silence ”As things are now, all of theive up their souls to the sword one after another”

”This is also the reason why no one here has h cultivation rank; they are sih to succeed”

”It is true that they are giving up their lives,” the priestess said with a solee exists for the sake of holding the sword captive We can never let it go,” she said, sighing deeply, and did not hide the fact that she disagreed with that