The Evil Soul Master's Invitation

Electrolux rolled his eyes at the other, then said to Lin Yun, "Nonsense. If that were really the case, you would have been shaken to death by the residual force long ago."

Lin Yun rolled his eyes back at him and questioned him within the Sea of Consciousness, "It's not this, it's not that—so what exactly do you mean?"

Electrolux replied, "These remains don't look like they belong to them; it's more like they were forcibly held in this state."

"Because there is no source energy similar to their own within their souls or physical bodies. Instead, there is a layer of powerful necromantic energy that I cannot decipher existing on their outermost shell, like a nutshell."

Lin Yun suddenly said with some concern, "Then the wine I used just now shouldn't have any problems, right?"

Electrolux said, "You don't need to worry about that. All the non-living matter in these is perfectly normal."

Lin Yun returned to the city gate at this moment.

Since the things inside were fine, it meant that not everyone was unable to leave like he was.

Lin Yun looked at the city gate, and sure enough, other people were entering and exiting the city without any issues.

They didn't even seem to feel any sense of oppression based on their expressions.

Lin Yun's shoulder was suddenly tapped by something.

Lin Yun turned his head abruptly and saw a young man in his thirties wearing toad-eye sunglasses, looking at him with a sunny smile.

"Little brother, are you from out of town?"

Lin Yun sized the other person up vigilantly, took a step back, and said, "Yes, what about it?"

"What a coincidence, so am I, though I arrived a few days earlier than you."

Lin Yun narrowed his eyes, and he heard the young man say, "How about we go somewhere else to talk?"

Ten minutes later, Lin Yun and the young man sat at a small barbecue stall. Lin Yun did not eat anything on the table, nor did he drink the wine provided.

Even though this place was actually chosen by him.

Waiting for the young man to take a sip of wine, Lin Yun spoke up, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

The young man glanced at Lin Yun and then said, "You're from Shrek Academy, right? With this cultivation level, you must be from the Outer Court."

Lin Yun was about to ask what he meant when he heard the young man say, "My name is Chu Zhengzhang, and my Martial Soul is called the Nether Flower. It is a type of Martial Soul that cultivates by absorbing the vitality of living beings."

"As you might have guessed, I am an Evil Soul Master, and furthermore, an Evil Soul Master at the four-ring Soul Ancestor level."

Lin Yun put down the cup by his hand. He didn't feel too panicked, as Electrolux had clearly told him that he could win.

"Since that's the case, are you here to kill me?"

Lin Yun asked the other person in a deep voice, but Chu Zhengzhang said, "No, I am here to ask for your help."

Lin Yun narrowed his eyes and said to the Chu Zhengzhang before him, "You're here to ask me for help?"

Lin Yun's expression at this moment was just like that 'you're coming to me for people' look from Liu Haizhu.

Chu Zhengzhang said, "To be honest, I think this is absurd myself, but there's no other way. This is an order from that person. You'll have to come with me for a trip."

Lin Yun looked at him and then said, "And what if I say no?"

Chu Zhengzhang said flatly, "Nothing happens, but you can forget about leaving. Let me give you a concept: the Evil Soul Master senior who brought me here was a Titled Douluo. He had only just advanced recently, but he was still a Titled Douluo, and he was wiped out by a single sentence."

"Think about what level of expert that is. Shrek Academy wouldn't be able to fish you out, and you don't look like you're worth Shrek Academy risking their lives to save."

Lin Yun took a deep breath and smacked his lips, "If you put it that way, I suppose I can go and take a look."

Chu Zhengzhang's words had indeed convinced him. If this were a lie, it was likely a poor one, because from Chu Zhengzhang's perspective, he was a Soul Ancestor and Lin Yun was only a Soul Grand Master; if he really wanted to kidnap someone, he wouldn't need to waste his breath.

If this were true, then Mu En would most likely not come to save him, and since the other party already possessed such strength, there was nothing they could be plotting against him for.

Just as a billionaire sitting on hundreds of billions wouldn't go to a school gate to sell starch sausages.

Lin Yun followed Chu Zhengzhang, winding through twists and turns until they soon arrived at a hillside within Flying Star City.

Watching the woods grow increasingly dense, Lin Yun couldn't help but frown and said to Chu Zhengzhang, "How much further? This place is way too damn remote, isn't it?"

Chu Zhengzhang laughed.

"With that foul mouth of yours, people would believe you're an Evil Soul Master."

Lin Yun said impatiently, "I'm just not a refined person. To put it bluntly, I used to be the type hovering on the line between life and death. How can you be refined when you can't even get enough to eat?"

Chu Zhengzhang chuckled, his interest piqued as he replied, "The road is still long, so tell me, how did you manage to sneak into Shrek Academy? I have a strong feeling your Martial Soul is also of the dark or undead attribute."

Lin Yun said, "That's a messy account. My family had no money, so my Martial Soul awakening was delayed until I was eleven. It just so happened that your sect's people were on a killing spree and wiped out my entire village, leaving only me."

"Then, your sect's people were swept away like fallen leaves by the folks from Shrek Academy. I was picked up, and they helped me awaken my Martial Soul as a sort of apology for arriving late. That's the situation."

"Because I had just awakened, even though it was a dark attribute, they didn't kill me on the spot and kept me at Shrek Academy to observe my future conduct."

A look of envy flickered in Chu Zhengzhang's eyes.

"Although it's a pity your parents died, I envy your legendary experience."

Lin Yun narrowed his eyes and said casually, "What's there to envy? You look like someone with some background, so why did you join an Evil Soul Master organization?"

Chu Zhengzhang said, "The opposite of you, I lived in a wealthy family. To tell you the truth, I am the son of a Count in the Heaven Spirit Empire, and that year, I was the only male heir in the entire Count's estate."

"During the awakening ceremony, my Martial Soul mutated and became a dark-attribute Martial Soul."

"Although my family tried their best to help me hide it, a Viscount under my father's command, seeking to climb the ranks, reported my situation to Shrek Academy with added embellishments."

"Overnight, my father was killed, my mother was forcibly humiliated by that Viscount and committed suicide out of shame. Everything my family owned, including my sister, was seized by the Viscount. Because of a single word from that Shrek Elder, all of this became legal in the Heaven Spirit Empire."

"The entire family, except for me—whom my mother pushed into a secret passage, rolling me right out of the city—was wiped out without exception."

Lin Yun clicked his tongue and then said, "I've probably met those Shrek Elders. While they aren't necessarily all good people, regarding the matter of bullying your mother, they wouldn't just let that Viscount run wild, would they? Who was that person?"

Chu Zhengzhang shook his head and said to Lin Yun, "I wasn't practicing in the abnormal way of the dark attribute back then and was only at level thirteen, so of course I didn't know the other party's name, but I heard them mention the character 'Xuan'."

Lin Yun almost couldn't hold back his laughter and said to Chu Zhengzhang, "Then you're just unlucky to have run into the biggest piece of trash among them..."