Have you seen Yanjiao City at Yin Shi?

Lin Bei had a wonderful dream tonight.

He dreamt he was still in the Colorful Moon Tower, where a gentle and sweet girl helped him lie down in the Red Silk Curtains, slowly taking off his clothes one by one. One piece, two pieces, three pieces... then she slowly sat on him, and then began...

Slapping his face.

Swinging her hands, delivering one big slap after another.

Slap, slap, slap...

"Hey? Hey? What are you doing?" Lin Bei struggled wildly with his hands, and only after a long time did he suddenly open his eyes.

Only then did he realize that it wasn't just a dream; something was really hitting him!

It was a Half-Page Golden Book, a thin little piece of paper, but he didn't know where it got such strength from, hitting Lin Bei's face with a burning pain.

"What is this?" Lin Bei shouted twice, grabbing the Half-Page Golden Book. He saw a faint light moving on it, with a crooked name written on it.

Lin Bei.

"Huh?" Chu Liang was also startled and pushed the door open from next door. He saw Lin Bei holding the Half-Page Golden Book and said, "Isn't this Instructor Song's magical treasure?"

Lin Bei had also seen Song Qingyi use this object last night and immediately remembered. He sat up, puzzled, and said, "Why would Instructor Song send this thing to find me?"

Chu Liang exchanged glances with him, and a sharp glint flashed in both their eyes simultaneously. They both spoke loudly at the same time:

"She's in danger!" "She has a crush on me!"

"..."

Silence.

After a pause, Lin Bei said awkwardly, "How can you be sure she's in danger..."

"Just think about it. This is a defensive magical treasure given to her by Gentleman Hall. How could she easily send it out like this?" Chu Liang said, "She must have encountered some danger and couldn't escape, so she could only use this method to ask for help. And the only cultivators she knows near Yanjiao City are the two of us, which is why she found us."

"Then... even if she's in danger, why did she write my name and not yours? She must have some feelings for me..." Lin Bei's mouth was slightly stiff.

"Could it be because..." Chu Liang pondered, "Your name has fewer strokes."

Looking at the crooked "Lin Bei," it clearly didn't look like Song Qingyi's handwriting under normal circumstances. It was conceivable that the situation at the time must have been very critical.

"What should we do now?" Lin Bei immediately changed the subject, no longer dwelling on the matter.

Chu Liang's mind raced, and he said solemnly, "Song Qingyi is a true disciple of Gentleman Hall and has a magical artifact with her. If something can put her in danger to the point where she can't even escape, it might be a Fourth Realm expert. The best course of action now is for us to split up. You go back to Mount Shu to get reinforcements, and I'll go find Instructor Song first to check the situation."

"You go?" Lin Bei frowned and said, "But according to you, if the enemy has Fourth Realm strength, what use is it for you to go alone?"

"Just to confirm the situation. If there's any urgent danger, at least I can stall for time." Chu Liang said, "When you go back to the mountain, don't go anywhere else. Go straight to Silver Sword Peak to find my master. Among the elders of Mount Shu, there's no one more idle than her. If you look for anyone else, you might miss them and waste time. Only she is definitely not awake at this hour!"

His tone was full of certainty and confidence.

Lin Bei pondered for a moment. If one person went back to the mountain and the other went to find Song Qingyi first, the person checking the situation would definitely be in greater danger.

So he said, "Since you're looking for your master, why don't you go back to the mountain to ask for reinforcements, and I'll go check the situation."

Chu Liang shook his head and said, "My cultivation is higher than yours, so I'll go."

"Huh?" Lin Bei was startled. "Aren't we both at the early stage of the Divine Intent Realm? You..."

Chu Liang didn't say much, directly raising his hand to release a surge of energy, which was clearly much more vigorous than before.

"You're already at the mid-Divine Intent Realm?" Lin Bei was surprised.

When he first met Chu Liang, Chu Liang had only recently broken through to the Divine Intent Realm, and his cultivation was even slightly stronger than Chu Liang's.

How many days had passed since then? He was still some distance away from the mid-Divine Intent Realm, yet Chu Liang had already broken through?

If Chu Liang were some kind of reclusive cultivation freak, it would be one thing, but he had clearly been doing tasks with him these past few days. They ate at the same time, slept at the same time, went to school at the same time...

Where did he find the time to cultivate?

Of course, Chu Liang couldn't tell him that he had a big-headed doll doing the hard labor, making one day equivalent to several, and that he had only broken through the minor realm last night.

So he could only ask profoundly, "Have you seen Yanjiao City at the hour of Yin in the early morning?"

"Huh?"

"Stop the nonsense, let's hurry up and go." Chu Liang waved his hand, urging him on.

In a dark thatched hut outside Yanjiao City.

Song Qingyi stood in a corner of the room, her beautiful eyes filled with terror and despair, yet unable to make a sound.

The black-robed figure was in the center of the room, drawing something with ink mixed with blood. Then, one by one, he lit black candles, their dim flames eerie and chilling.

And by the door not far away, lay several dead black chickens whose blood was still warm.

"Heh heh, don't rush..."

The black-robed figure chuckled strangely as he drew.

"It's rare to encounter a Divine Intent Realm soul. If I can absorb you into the Netherworld Book, it will definitely make up for the losses of my Painted Skin Demon... No, I should say I'll make a huge profit."

"If I used such a brutal method, killing you first and then extracting your living soul, I could at most preserve eighty percent of your soul power."

"But if you are a little patient and wait for me to prepare the Yin-Yang Soul Capture Array, and then absorb you into the Netherworld Book, I can preserve one hundred percent of your complete soul."

Song Qingyi's breathing almost stopped.

She knew that the Netherworld Book was the most vicious artifact of the Nether King Sect, specifically used to plunder living souls to increase one's cultivation. Every time a living soul was absorbed, the Netherworld Book would gain a page, and the holder's cultivation would also increase.

But those absorbed living souls could not enter reincarnation and could only be trapped in the Netherworld Book, suffering.

"And you are also a Confucian cultivator. I've never encountered one before..."

"It is said that Confucian cultivators' souls are the most clear and transparent. If refined into a ghost, they can even travel in broad daylight."

"You are so beautiful, I can refine you into a Bewitching Rakshasa specifically for confusing people... No, with such scholarly aura, it would be better to make you into a ghost in a painting, unpredictable and hard to guard against, or perhaps..."

"No... don't..." Song Qingyi struggled to utter a few words, trying to break free.

But she had been pierced by the Soul Piercing Nail, and even with all her strength, she could only move a finger. How could she escape the devil's clutches?

She desperately cast her gaze outside. Her last struggle just now was to use the Half-Page Golden Book to send out a message. But she wasn't sure if those two Mount Shu disciples could guess her intention, or if they would have a way to rescue her.

But at this moment, the terrifying shadow had already enveloped her.

"Fleshly body shackles, netherworld eternal..."

The black-robed figure raised a hand and lightly flicked a finger, igniting the last black candle.

With the array complete, he slowly offered up a black jade book.

"My treasure, come and welcome your new life." His eyes flickered with a sinister glow, cold and wild, letting out strange, continuous laughter: "Hehehehehehehe..."

Is today a double monthly pass day? While I'm not yet behind on chapters, I'll quickly ask for comments, collections, monthly passes, and whatever else. The splash screen was just removed yesterday, I hope today's results can continue the momentum. My good brothers, I beg you.