Old Man Yinming

Although the newly added function wasn't of much use to Mo Shang, it had made him think of a question...

Since System Remnants existed in this world, that clearly meant he wasn't the only one with a system. Other people should have systems too!

At the thought, Mo Shang couldn't help wondering: just who could possibly shatter something like a system?

The thought made Mo Shang feel a little uneasy. After all, if someone with a system like him got targeted, both he and the system would be in danger...

"Master, there's no need to worry. You have the Death Immunity trait. As long as you don't die, no one can destroy me," the system declared confidently, as if it understood what Mo Shang was thinking.

"What if the trait doesn't work?" Mo Shang asked again.

"Don't worry. I'm no piece-of-junk system. As long as I'm fine, the trait won't stop working," the system replied.

If I don't die, you can't be destroyed. If you can't be destroyed, the trait won't stop working. If the trait doesn't stop working, I can't die. Hiss, are you exploiting a bug here?

Mo Shang was dumbfounded. How had they somehow wound up in a bug loop? This was just absurd...

"Don't ask, don't ask. It's all just basic operations..." The system sounded proud. If it had a face, it would probably be grinning from ear to ear.

"Are you all right?"

Seeing Mo Shang suddenly stand motionless, Jiang Shuyu looked concerned and anxious as she asked him.

Gu Qingzhou and Liu Ruyan also looked at Mo Shang with concern.

"I'm fine, don't worry. But this Orb has acknowledged me as its master..." Mo Shang came back to his senses, gave everyone a reassuring look, then continued.

"Hey, no worries. It's a small thing. As long as you're all right."

Hearing this, Gu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and waved it off. Then, curious, he asked about the Orb's use. "By the way, what's that Orb good for?"

"Not much. It can take people to lower worlds, that's all," Mo Shang answered honestly, without hiding anything.

The Mystic Heaven Domain Mo Shang lived in wasn't a single world. It consisted of an upper True Realm and countless lower worlds. This was no secret.

Besides, the world Mo Shang was currently in wasn't some small world, but the upper True Realm within the Mystic Heaven Domain.

For cultivators in an upper True Realm, traveling to a lower world wasn't difficult.

They only needed to reach the Question Dao Realm to cross the void at will and travel to other worlds. But no Question Dao Realm cultivator would go to a lower world for no reason...

"Then it really isn't much use."

Hearing that, Gu Qingzhou immediately lost interest. Liu Ruyan and Jiang Shuyu were no different; neither of them reacted much.

"It's getting late. We should go meet up with Sword Uncle," Liu Ruyan said to the others, glancing at the darkening sky.

"No rush. We should deal with the tail first..."

After Liu Ruyan spoke, Gu Qingzhou seemed to think of something and glanced toward a corner of the street.

The group left behind the bustling crowds along the street and gradually headed for the sparsely populated outskirts, entering a dense forest.

The trees and grass were lush, and the insects had begun to fall silent. The bustle of the streets was nowhere to be heard; only the rustling of leaves in the breeze filled the empty, lonely space.

Once inside the forest, the four didn't continue onward. They stopped where they were.

"Come out, old man. You've been following us all this way. Aren't you tired?" Gu Qingzhou looked ahead and spoke calmly.

As soon as Gu Qingzhou finished speaking, it was as if the light between heaven and earth had been swallowed in an instant. The cool evening breeze turned into icy blades that scraped painfully against their skin.

Dense black mist surged out of thin air, sealing the entire path. From within it came a chilling, cackling laugh, old and sinister, enough to make one's scalp crawl.

"Heh heh heh. You noticed the old man and still dared to head somewhere with fewer people..."

The sinister voice fell. The black mist rolled and contracted sharply, and a hunched shadow slowly stepped out of it.

His beard and hair were as white as dry sticks, and his wrinkled face resembled tree bark. Yet his eyes glowed with the eerie green of ghostly flames. Dense death energy and Killing Intent coiled around him, giving off an intensely frigid aura...

The newcomer was none other than Old Man Yinming, who had competed with the group for Falling Star at the auction earlier!

"You laugh so horribly. How many Soul Hall Masters do you eat in one sitting?" Hearing that creepy laugh, Mo Shang asked without thinking.

"Soul Hall Master? Is that some new meme? I don't think I've heard that one..."

Hearing this, Gu Qingzhou immediately came over, producing a notebook and pen and rapidly jotting it down.

"That's enough..."

Mo Shang's mouth twitched. He finally understood why Gu Qingzhou knew so many Blue Star memes. Turns out he'd learned them all from Mo Shang—more precisely, from his future self...

"You brat, you dare ignore the old man? You're asking for death!"

Seeing Mo Shang and Gu Qingzhou ignore him, veins bulged on Old Man Yinming's forehead, and a trace of anger entered his vicious gaze.

As his words fell, Old Man Yinming abruptly raised a hand. Dark Yin energy gathered into a gigantic Black Ghost Claw, which came crashing toward Mo Shang and Gu Qingzhou with the force to rend the sky and split the earth!

Wherever the claw passed, the air sizzled as it corroded. The ground instantly split with streaks of black cracks, and death energy surged wildly.

"Oh, now you're getting worked up..."

At the sight, Gu Qingzhou raised an eyebrow and reached out. A golden longsword appeared in his hand, and a fierce Sword Intent burst forth.

But just as Gu Qingzhou was about to attack, Mo Shang suddenly reached out to stop him. "Back off. I'm about to show off."

"Huh?" Gu Qingzhou froze in place.

And while he was still dumbfounded, the Black Ghost Claw had already come crashing down right in front of Mo Shang.

"Watch out!"

Jiang Shuyu's pupils contracted at the sight. She tried to act, but it was already too late. All she could do was watch as the claw struck Mo Shang squarely.

Boom!

The power contained in the descending claw erupted, swallowing Mo Shang. Everything around them turned to dust in an instant, and clouds of smoke billowed into the air.

"Heh heh heh. I thought you had some ability, but you were this pathetic after all."

Sensing that Mo Shang's life aura had completely vanished, Old Man Yinming gave a sinister laugh, a hint of a smile tugging at his lips.

But soon, Old Man Yinming seemed to sense something. He abruptly turned his gaze to Jiang Shuyu, and his smile vanished.

The next moment, a terrifying aura rose from Jiang Shuyu along with Blood Qi Flame, sweeping across the entire area with killing intent that surged like a monstrous tide.

"Whoa, you're going all out! Calm down, Jiang Shuyu, calm down..." Seeing this, Gu Qingzhou broke into a cold sweat and hurried to talk her down.

"Mo Shang is dead. Right and wrong no longer matter to me. Reincarnation Annihilation!" Jiang Shuyu said coldly.

Yin and Yang energies flowed around her. A Taiji Reincarnation Diagram slowly unfolded around her, instantly covering the entire Cangyun City. Wisps of annihilating aura seeped from it, making their hearts tremble.