Ye Chuqi explained to Red Beard with a straight face, "I found a powerful sense of malice spreading through Liao Leaf Forest. I don't know how to describe it to you, but if it completely takes over the forest, the consequences will be unthinkable."
Even if the malice affected only the small area around Liao Leaf Town and Liao Leaf Forest, she could not let those people get their way. Most plans were linked step by step. If she could disrupt even one small part, she would deny them their chance.
Just like she had in the Lost Forest.
Ye Chuqi suddenly realized she seemed to be locked in a feud with the people from Kabu Continent. She ran into them everywhere, and every time, she managed to ruin their plans.
There would surely be more confrontations to come. If they kept lurking, plotting strange things, and dragging Eldest Senior Brother into it, she would show no mercy.
But after searching all over, they still found nothing connected to the malice.
Liao Leaf Forest lay just outside Liao Leaf Town, and nearly the entire forest was shrouded in malice, yet there was no trace of it inside the town. That alone was strange enough. Stranger still, after finding no source in town, Ye Chuqi took Red Beard through the forest, and he felt none of the malice there!
There seemed to be some crucial detail she had overlooked.
Ye Chuqi swept her gaze around, hoping to find a clue amid the uncertainty that would spark an idea. At last, her eyes settled on the towering Beast-Tamer Guild building not far away.
If this was deeply connected to Kabu Continent, could the malice Red Beard could not sense be tied to their unique method of cultivation?
Beast Souls?
Ye Chuqi suddenly