Innocent Souls, Black Vajra Pestle

My mission lay here. No matter what I encountered, I had to gather all nine crystals.

Even if they could not be gathered completely, I absolutely could not let any other force threaten the seal within the Nine Corpse Tower.

Xiao Yu and I would give everything for this...

Daoist Qingshan said nothing. Master nodded at me and said no more.

He knew everything about me, and he knew the fate Xiao Yu and I shared.

We had already paid too much to raze the Nine Corpse Tower...

Now that we knew the Black Monks who worshipped the Black Lotus Buddha Demon had begun gathering in Mountain City to search for crystals and were also watching the Nine Corpse Tower,

it meant that this demonic Buddhist force of Black Monks had surely learned how powerful the crystals were. They might even know that the crystals were emanating from the Nine Corpse Tower.

In other words, did they already possess crystals?

With that thought, I asked,

"Senior Qingshan, Master, did they reveal any further information about the Black Monks?"

Both shook their heads. Master said,

"No!

Their communication is all one-way.

Superiors contact subordinates on their own initiative, but it is difficult for subordinates to contact their superiors.

Moreover, there is no contact between the various branches either.

But based on this, the upper ranks of the Black Lotus Buddha Demon

may have already obtained some kind of crystal and figured out how to use it.

And there may be more Black Monks coming to Mountain City than just these few..."

I agreed with Master's analysis, but beyond that, there were no more important clues or information.

Master was done beating them. He lit a cigarette and said,

"That's all the important information.

If there's anything you want to ask, go