Two Beautiful Sisters, the Cellar Entrance

Her voice was still icy, but her gratitude was utterly sincere.

Having just watched Ji Feng kill without the slightest hesitation, Liu Chunmiao was still shaken.

Behind her stood her younger sister, Liu Jieqi.

Liu Jieqi was quite outgoing. She stepped forward and offered Ji Feng her hand.

Ji Feng reached out as well, taking her soft, seemingly boneless little hand in his.

"It's nothing. Helping you was just helping myself."

Ji Feng paid them no further attention and headed straight for the tile-roofed house in the middle.

"Benefactor, what are you looking for? My sister and I can help. Don't worry, we know this place very well."

Liu Jieqi gazed at Ji Feng, her eyes brimming with affection.

She radiated a fiery allure that stirred Ji Feng's heart despite himself.

"Oh, I'm looking for a soul tool of mine called the White Tiger Dagger. Help me look for it," Ji Feng said, making something up offhandedly. "You must have had plenty of things stolen too. Go find them, then leave as soon as you do."

"Benefactor, you'd better not barge into this house. That old hag was an evil soul master from the Holy Spirit Cult. Who knows what bizarre ritual she was preparing here?"

Liu Jieqi knew the old woman was conducting a bizarre ritual?

Ji Feng did not rush to open the door. He asked, "Do you know what sort of ritual they were conducting?"

"Benefactor, we at Shrek Academy have been tracking these evil soul masters for days, but we only have a sketchy understanding of their ritual."

"Tell me whatever you know."

"All right, benefactor. Of those three, the old woman was the most important. When she underwent martial soul awakening at six, she had nothing but a wild dog martial soul with zero innate soul power.

Unable to cultivate her martial soul, she could only get married and have two children. But who could have known her husband would fall gravely ill and die right after their marriage? With nowhere left to turn, she joined the Holy Spirit Cult.

Somehow, the Holy Spirit Cult could sacrifice other people's lives to help her break through the limitation of zero innate soul power. She began cultivating at forty, and her two sons' talents improved at the same time."

Liu Jieqi spoke fluently, far better than her ice-beauty sister.

Ji Feng pressed on. "Then where's the ritual site? This place doesn't look like somewhere you'd conduct a ritual, no matter how I look at it."

There were only three tile-roofed houses and a storeroom here, nothing else. What sort of ritual could they conduct?

"That's hard to say. We've seen simple rituals while traveling with Xuan Zi for practical training, and complicated ones too. Some can be performed with just four candles made from human fat. Others involve building an entire palace of human bones and killing people day and night without stopping."

Ji Feng continued, "Then are there any rituals involving insects?"

Liu Jieqi thought for a moment, then said, "I haven't heard of any."

As she spoke with Ji Feng, she unconsciously edged closer and closer, her somewhat tattered Shrek Academy uniform revealing tantalizing glimpses of skin.

Ji Feng studied her carefully for a moment before asking, "Have you ever seen anyone from the Holy Spirit Cult perform a ritual?"

Liu Jieqi shook her head, and her two towering peaks swayed along with it.

"Not with my own eyes. My teacher only told me about them."

"You've never seen one, yet you're standing here spouting nonsense? Aren't you going a bit too far? Is being a vixen who seduces men really all you're good for?"

Ji Feng did not want to bother with this busty, brainless woman. His habit of speaking without a filter had flared up again.

Liu Jieqi's cheeks reddened, and her earlier easy manner vanished. "Benefactor, we're not actually vixens. Our martial souls are both foxes. My sister's is an Ice Fox, and mine is a Fire Fox. It's really all a misunderstanding. Our soul rings don't have any charm abilities. They're all elemental soul skills."

Liu Chunmiao said, "That's right. My soul skills focus on control through ice, while Jieqi's focus on powerful attacks. They're both awfully powerful."

Ji Feng replied offhandedly, "They'd better really be tight. I don't like loose ones."

So their martial souls were foxes. No wonder they possessed an innate power of attraction. Only now did Ji Feng understand why.

Liu Jieqi said, "We cultivate seriously and never slack off. My first soul skill is Fire Dance, and my second is the Fox-Tail Flame Ring. Oh, and benefactor, those two sons really liked me. They told me a lot."

Ji Feng's eyes lit up. "That impressive? What did he tell you?"

Liu Jieqi said, "Don't tease me, benefactor. How could I be as impressive as you? You're only a soul scholar, yet you killed three people in succession. Even though we're Shrek students, we can't compare to you."

The elder son, Ziqiang, said the Supreme True God was in the Underground Chamber. He wanted to take the Supreme True God with him when he eloped with me."

An Underground Chamber?

Ji Feng recalled the red light rising from underground. If it was in the Underground Chamber, that certainly sounded plausible.

"He wanted to elope with you? Why didn't you run away?"

"Oh, benefactor, stop teasing me. Just look at how ugly that elder son was. I'd rather die than let him touch me. Besides, carrying around something as sinister as the Supreme True God—isn't that asking for an early death?"

The reason evil soul masters need rituals is to restrain that evil soul power and keep it from running out of control. If you take the Supreme True God away from the ritual site, the evil soul power will only go berserk and turn on you.

I heard about someone from the Holy Spirit Cult who defected and fled with a Ritual Spirit. In the end, the spirit turned on him. Not only did he die, but his entire family was wiped out."

Ji Feng smiled. "Then that's good. It proves that thing can only stay here. Let's hurry and leave before it latches onto us."

That was what he said aloud, but Ji Feng still wanted to see what the Supreme True God looked like.

He might have to obtain soul rings himself in the future. The more life-saving trump cards like this he had, the better.

But before searching for the Supreme True God, he had to get these sisters to leave.

They were from Shrek, and Ji Feng had no desire to let them learn his secrets.

Liu Jieqi said, "Benefactor, we could take a look in the backyard. When that Old Woman died just now, she pointed her head that way."

Wait, did she even have a head?

Ji Feng did not dwell on that. In that case, there was no harm in taking a look.

The backyard was the inner courtyard.

Ji Feng returned to the inner courtyard and searched the entire area, but still found no entrance to the Underground Chamber.

Suddenly, Liu Jieqi pointed at the large rock beside the well. "Benefactor, there might be a mechanism under that rock."

Ji Feng was just about to move the rock when something suddenly occurred to him.

What if these two women ambush me from behind while I'm moving it?

As someone who had used Q Reading for ten years, Ji Feng knew the first rule of transmigrators well.

Always play it safe!

He turned and stared at Liu Jieqi until she began to feel unnerved.

"Benefactor~ Not here~ If you want to~ Let's go somewhere else~" Liu Jieqi panted as she spoke, her little face flushed crimson.

Our benefactor only looks like he's in his teens. Does he already have those desires?

So potent!

The more Liu Jieqi thought about it, the redder her face grew.

Liu Chunmiao watched Ji Feng. She was not lovestruck like Liu Jieqi.

"Benefactor, I understand."

Liu Chunmiao activated Martial Soul Possession. Two yellow soul rings appeared around her, and an icy-white fox silhouette materialized behind her.

Her first soul ring lit up, and a cloud of icy mist enveloped the boulder.

Crack, crack, crack! In an instant, the boulder chilled rapidly, its temperature plunging from the inside out!

Only then did Liu Jieqi understand her sister's intent. She reined in her budding romantic feelings and likewise activated Martial Soul Possession. Unleashing her first soul skill, she fired a streak of flame that struck the boulder before them!

Under the alternating cold and heat, the rock exploded with a boom!

A concealed door abruptly came into view, wisps of blood-red light seeping through its cracks.