At the instant the evil cultivator called Blackwater's soul scattered, the flickering ghost flames were directly absorbed by the curved blade in Blazing Fire's hand.
I, too, absorbed a wisp of true qi. It was neither dense nor strong.
Even the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword absorbed a trace of hateful energy from the demonic Daoist whose soul had scattered.
To outsiders, we undoubtedly looked like evil cultivators. There was no question about it.
No wonder that demonic Daoist had believed I was an evil cultivator until the moment he died.
Couldn't be helped. It was simply the fate I was born with.
Now that Blackwater the demonic Daoist was dead, the next step was to check the cave he had mentioned, where innocent souls were being refined into "Cured Ghosts."
"Blazing Fire, let's check downstream."
"Yes!"
Blazing Fire replied.
Then, with Blazing Fire in tow, I began making my way downstream.
As for the ordinary ghosts that had been drawn over by the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Wheel and were still standing around in a daze, we paid them no mind.
They would come to on their own soon enough.
Luo Jianhua could come deal with Blackwater the demonic Daoist's corpse...
Blazing Fire and I walked roughly seven or eight hundred meters downstream, where we indeed sensed a dense, sinister aura.
Blazing Fire even directly pinpointed the location.
"Lord Jiang Ning, it should be over there!"
Blazing Fire raised a hand and pointed toward a spot.
At the foot of a mountain wall beside Dalai Creek, thick vegetation concealed what lay within.
Blazing Fire and I could only press onward through the shrubs and weeds.
Before long, we truly found a cave beneath the mountain wall.
There was an iron door outside the cave, and it was locked.
Under the Heavenly