Chapter 478 - Weird Puppets (1/2)

“Are you moving or not?”

A voice suddenly rang out behind Xiao Chen. It turned out that the man behind Xiao Chen bumped into him because Xiao Chen suddenly stopped moving.

“Sorry, please go ahead of me.”

Xiao Chen smiled at the man, walked out of the line, and went to Yi Tong. When he saw Yi Tong, his expression became serious. “Brother Yi, that man said…” he whispered to him.

“Sh…” Yi Tong made a hush gesture and said in a low voice, “Let’s talk about it when we get into the city.”

When Xiao Chen and his companions entered the city, they went separate ways so as not to draw attention from others. Many people in the city were talking about the recent strange death cases. “It’s Soul-consuming Evil Flower,” Yi Tong whispered in Xiao Chen’s ears.

Xiao Chen’s heart skipped a beat. It was indeed Soul-consuming Evil Flower. The two people he met just now said that flowers bloomed all over the village and all the villagers died in one night, just like what happened in Mu Family Village a hundred years ago. According to the words, Xiao Chen guessed that the “Mu Family Village” should be Mu Chengxue’s hometown.

Yi Tong looked around before continuing, “To tell you the truth, Sister Bai once told me to investigate Soul-consuming Evil Flower. When I met you in Burg of the Feral Phoenix, I was investigating Soul-consuming Evil Flower there with None-flower. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any information on Soul-consuming Evil Flower in Abyss of Devil’s Aura.”

Xiao Chen furrowed his eyebrows even harder. Soul-consuming Evil Flower not only showed up in Violet Manor but also in the Human World. Back when Xiao Chen’s grandfather, Perfected Immortal Zixu, who was the leader of the Three Pure Sect, and Master Lingjue from Sanctum of the Arcane Spring went out to investigate Soul-consuming Evil Flower, they were missing since then as if they had disappeared from the world.

Actually, Xiao Chen knew that his grandfather was very powerful, just that the old man always hid his power. Besides, Xiao Chen believed that his grandfather must know something about Violet Manor and the cultivation world. Both his grandfather and Perfected Immortal Zixu were very strong, just like Jade Qing Seven.

Because of what happened in the Human Realm a thousand years ago, the Barrier between Violet Manor and the Human World almost collapsed. Thus, in the last several hundred years, as long as the Annihilation Times did not come, most people could not exert their power fully no matter how powerful they were, just like they were suppressed by the law of heaven and earth and could not break free bit by bit until the Annihilation Times came.

Seeing Xiao Chen preoccupied, Yi Tong asked, “Why did you care about it so much as well, Brother Xiao?”

Xiao Chen shook his head and sighed. How could he not be concerned? His grandfather and Perfected Immortal Zixu were missing and it was unknown whether they were alive or not. Though Senior Sister Luo had joined the Jade Qing Sect, Perfected Immortal Zixu would be her only master forever in her heart, just like Ling Yin would always be Xiao Chen’s master.

“What exactly is this Soul-consuming Evil Flower…” Xiao Chen could not help but wonder.

Yi Tong sighed and said, “It was over a hundred years ago that Soul-consuming Evil Flower first appeared. Until now, Soul-consuming Evil Flower is still traceless and nowhere to be found. How powerful it is!”

While talking, they walked into a tavern. Given their current power, Gu Feng and Xiao Ning didn’t need to eat anything in a short period, but Ziyun’er, Yang Qing, and others had to eat.

The group of people dared not to be in a high profile. They sat separately, ate some foods casually, and left in a hurry. After that, they went to a commercial house which offered service of transporting customers with Flying-cloud Stones. Gui Xian wanted to visit one of his old friends in Pingxi Village in the eastern territory of the North Continent, so as to reattach Xiao Chen’s broken arm.

They arrived in the eastern territory at the noon of the following day. Because Flying-cloud Stone didn’t go to remote areas, they had to transfer to a carriage when they were about 20 kilometers eastwards from Pingxi Village.

They sped up all the way and arrived at the outside of Pingxi Village in half an hour. At the moment, in front of them were balks and narrow paths that carriage could not pass, so they had to get off the carriage. Looking from afar, they saw crisscross footpaths between fields, streams, and many mulberries beside the balks.

It was midsummer, and mulberry leaves were luxuriant. Normally, there should be many farmers collecting mulberry leaves to feed silkworms; however, Xiao Chen and his companions only saw a bleak sight, and no smoke rose up from the village in the distance. Ziyun’er asked in a low voice, “Grandpa Gui Xian, does your old friend really live here? Why is this place so desolate?”

Gui Xian answered with furrowed eyebrows, “My old friend has a strange temperament, so remain quiet when you see him. Let’s go and have a look in the village.”

The group of people immediately headed to the village. It was always cool in the North Continent, so they did not feel sultry walking on the path among the fields even in midsummer. However, the closer they were to the village, the more they felt an unspeakably strange atmosphere.

Gu Feng and Xiao Ning were on guard with fixed attention. After a moment of walking, they gradually sensed a suppressing aura of death from the place in front of them. The closer they were to the village, the stronger the aura was.

Xiao Chen was very sensitive to Yin Qi and Qi of the dead, so he had a bad foreboding. It was impossible for a normal village to have such a strong aura of death unless all the people in the village died with resentment and caused Rancorous Qi to gather there. “Something bad might have happened there,” said Xiao Chen in a low voice.

Gui Xian shared his feeling and frowned. The group of people sped up and when they arrived in the village, Ziyun’er let out a scream of horror. Levitating Dark Fragrance and other girls all looked pale and frightened. Though they had killed many people, they were still terrified by what they saw.