Wasteland, biting west wind.
Fu Xuanxu and the other two were moving forward cautiously, step by slow step.
An antique compass floated in midair, giving off faint spiritual energy as it guided them onward.
"Senior Brother Fu, the rules in You Su Fen have changed in a very strange way this time." As they walked, Zhong Kui Yueji sent him a voice transmission. "Our cultivation has been suppressed all the way to the Qi Refining Stage. We can't use anything—not talisman arrays, [the will of the people], or even our sword-intent senses."
"We can't sense Ghostly Beings in advance anymore."
"Do the records from Jiuyi Mountain mention anything like this?"
Fu Xuanxu replied by voice transmission, "No. But anything can happen in the Four Great Fiendish Lands."
"We have to be especially careful now."
Ning Wuye sent a voice transmission. "At least Senior Mo said that the two Ghostly Beings we're supposed to find, 'Yu' and 'Xi,' have also been suppressed by the Law power. Their strength should be about the same as ours."
"They carry the Law power Senior Mo needs. When we find them, there's no need to waste words. Attack immediately!"
"We still have to be careful," Fu Xuanxu sent back. "Senior Mo said both Ghostly Beings have a group of subordinates. If we end up fighting, we'll be outnumbered."
He paused, then sent another voice transmission. "It's strange. When I went to find you two, Pei Ling was supposed to look for Junior Sister Yan and Li Lieyue."
"But Junior Sister Yan has returned, while Pei Ling and Li Lieyue still haven't come back to the teahouse. I wonder why."
"Maybe they came back, then went out again," Zhong Kui Yueji said. "That's what we just did."
Ning Wuye replied curtly, "As long as Junior Sister