Lady Xie was Matangi...
Su Che repeated the title to himself, but it meant nothing to him. The term seemed to carry some special meaning within the Devil Sect's system, but he had never studied it.
White Deer Grotto had secret dealings with the Devil Sect, and the Devil Sect had pursued Lady Xie all the way here. If so, Lady Xie might well be hiding somewhere nearby.
Thinking of this "old acquaintance," Su Che could not help shaking his head inwardly.
Lady Xie had always liked dancing along a blade's edge.
But what did Northern Pole Origin Palace want with her?
At that moment, Su Che truly wished that the senior Yin-Yang Dharma King were still by his side. With that old senior pointing the way, the mystery before him would naturally become much easier to unravel.
But for now, there was another pressing matter to handle.
Su Che found a secluded spot and silently worked his art. A ghostly light flashed behind his head, and a ghastly pale yin spirit drifted before him amid a gust of cold wind.
"This sinner, Lian Chengbi, pays respects to Nether Lord."
This yin spirit was the soul of Young Master Lian, the reverted elixir cultivator of White Deer Grotto whom Su Che had slain earlier.
Given the circumstances at the time, Su Che had not had the leisure to perform the entire soul-hooking and spirit-seizing ritual. Such methods were far too sinister; not only would the people around them have found it unpleasant, even Li Shouchang and Jiang Shoucheng, his fellow disciples, would have had trouble saving face.
But snatching a few soul fragments, kneading them into a yin spirit, then hauling it out for questioning was now as easy as turning his hand for Third Young Master Su.
"Let me