Talisman Sound

Inside the Looking Seaward Tower, Wenren Qingyi sat quietly, still pondering Li Fuchan's origins. Just then, a noise suddenly came from outside the door.

"Come in."

A person pushed open the door and entered. Wenren Qingyi immediately asked:

Where did Suo He go?

The man below bowed his head and replied, "Two years ago, shortly after he snatched that Pill Furnace from the building, he secretly murdered the Cultivator surnamed Huang who was traveling with him. Afterwards, he traveled to Evening Yin Island and Spirit Rhinoceros Island. Something happened on Evening Yin Island, and it has been closed off for the past few years, not accepting Rogue Cultivator. Spirit Rhinoceros Island did keep him there for a while, but not long ago he seemed to have stolen a medicinal Pill from the island. The Pill wasn't anything particularly important, and the people from Spirit Rhinoceros Island gave chase but couldn't catch him, so they retreated. He's currently hiding on Muddy Cloud Island, and it will take about seven or eight days to reach him from the building."

Wenren Qingyi seemed unconvinced and asked again, "When did he start using that Pill Furnace to refine pills and take medicine?"

Six months ago.

Wenren Qingyi nodded. "This person is overly cautious. He finally obtained a Pill Furnace of excellent quality, and he has no other commitments, yet he has managed to wait until now to refine pills to heal his injuries. However, half a year is enough."

The man below hesitated and asked, "Should we continue to keep an eye on the Suo He side?"

Wenren Qingyi shook her head. "The extra staff in the building have all been transferred to the Northern Sea, and I will be going there soon too. There's no need to wait any longer."

She slowly rose, her sleeves trailing behind her as she brushed against the corner of the table, her voice light and crisp, "Let's go, let's pay a visit."

Wenren Qingyi led sixteen people, all her trusted confidants who had followed her for many years, and they quietly left the Looking Seaward Tower in several teams, heading towards Muddy Cloud Island. After arriving on the island, the group dispersed to search, looking back and forth several times, but they still could not find any trace of Suo He.

The cultivator who had reported earlier was sweating profusely and whispered, "I clearly saw him enter Muddy Cloud Island and he hasn't left since. How could he have vanished into thin air?"

Wenren Qingyi's expression was indifferent as her gaze swept over the jagged rocks on the island's shore. Her tone revealed no emotion. "Suo He is a vicious wolf; he never easily leaves any leverage over anyone. The young master who slaughtered the Wenren Clan thirty-six years ago was like that, and the stray dog whose family has been destroyed thirty-six years later is still the same."

As soon as the words were spoken, a voice suddenly rang out from somewhere on the island, carrying a hint of arrogant laughter. "Heh heh, so it was someone who had been secretly chasing me all along. Turns out it's that bastard who escaped from the Wen family back then."

The cultivators behind Wenren Qingyi suddenly changed color and rushed to protect Wenren Qingyi.

Wenren Qingyi didn't even flinch, raising her hand to signal everyone not to panic. "It's not True Person, it's a sound-recording Law Technique."

As if to confirm her words, the voice continued, "Our two families share the same lineage, you guessed correctly. But I'm afraid even if you rack your brains, you still won't be able to guess where I am."

Wenren Qingyi looked in the direction of the voice and saw a Spirit Talismans hanging in a crevice not far away. The patterns on the talisman were gradually losing their luster as Suo He's voice rose and fell.

She glanced at it and said, "The Talisman Sound Art belongs to the Wen family."

Suo He's voice replied, "Since the Wenren family was slaughtered by my Suo Clan, there has been no more Wenren family. Naturally, the Talisman Sound Art has also become the property of my Suo Household."

Wenren Qingyi didn't waste any more words with him, and said calmly, "There's no need to say anything more."

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure slowly faded from everyone's sight, transforming into an identical Spirit Talismans, its patterns far superior to Suo He's. At the same time, in an inconspicuous guest room near Looking Seaward Tower, a young man in red suddenly sprang up from the bed, his pupils shrinking. The next moment, the door was kicked open.

To visit someone at their door.

Wenren Qingyi stood outside the door, her clothes still damp with moisture. Looking at the utterly horrified face, she explained, "The Talisman Sound Art originates from an ancient, long-lost Ancient Arts, using talismans as False Body. Unfortunately, I know more about it than you do."

Suo He looked at her, his expression changing several times, but in the end he neither summoned his Law Artifact nor turned to flee.

Knowing he was no match for Wenren Qingyi, he calmed down and said in a low voice, "The conflict between our two families began with interests and ended with hatred. The Wenren family died at the hands of my Suo Clan, and the Suo Clan also perished at the hands of the Huaishuo Gao. Now, you and I are no different. We are both stray dogs. It's just that I am lower than you, unable to take charge, and unable to cultivate to the Outer Scenery. My old injuries keep recurring, and I have to wag my tail and beg for mercy everywhere. When I am more seriously ill, I am a teenager; when I am less seriously ill, I am a young man. This cycle is shortening my lifespan. I am just prolonging my life with these useless Pill. You seem to have no hatred in your heart... Please spare me."

After hearing his words, Wenren Qingyi showed neither pleasure nor pity on her face, and simply nodded, saying, "I truly have no hatred."

Suo Yi looked at him, puzzled, and asked, "If you harbor no hatred, why have you pursued me for so many years, repeatedly trying to kill me in secret? And now you've cornered me?"

Looking at the young man before him, Wenren Qingyi could no longer see the arrogant young master from thirty-six years ago, who held a long knife, gouged out his own father's head, and laughed wildly to the sky. He looked much more disheveled.

"There will always be strong who kill weak, just as your Suo Clan killed the Wenren Clan, just as the Gao killed your Suo Clan. Perhaps someone will also kill the Gao. I have spent more than ten years of my cultivation in constant flight. At that time, I could not find anyone to help me. The Three Calamities have worn me down, and even my hatred has faded. I only fear that when I die, my grandfather will see me and say that I am heartless, unfaithful, and unfilial. He will have no choice but to find you himself and kill you, so that I may have a good death in the future."

Suo He Soundless for a long time after hearing his words. After a long while, he finally said, "Since you want to kill, then come on. I've been waiting for you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wenren Qingyi appeared before him in a single step, her palm shimmering with water and radiating a violent, dark aura. Suo He, having traveled extensively over the years, was quite knowledgeable. Upon seeing this, he instantly realized something and blurted out, "Is it the 'Turbid Flow Calamity'?"

Wenren Qingyi's palm was already pressed on Suo He's Spirit Platform. With the full force of Outer Scenery cultivator's attack, Suo He was only at the Great Aperture Opening the Mind Opening stage and was also suffering from strange injuries, died instantly.

Wenren Qingyi didn't look at his body again. After returning to Looking Seaward Tower, she left the official document and then drifted away, heading to the Northern Sea as instructed not long ago.

Shortly after she left, Suo He, who had been dead, suddenly opened his eyes.

His face suddenly changed, becoming younger and younger, but he didn't seem to care. He murmured, "It seems that's how things are. Back then, Wenren was careless and let you go, and now you're careless again, not caring about the strange wound on my body. This strange wound is both a weapon to kill me and a medicine to protect my Life Force..."

Just as he was about to say something, a soft sneer suddenly sounded behind him.

Suo He turned his head abruptly, exclaiming in shock, "Who is it?"

However, he saw nothing out of the corner of his eye and was plunged into darkness as a cold, Spell Light enveloped him.

Looking at the red-clad youth he had subdued, Li Fuchan lowered his long eyebrows and said, "That's how things are; there's always someone who forgets to finish the job."

Li Fuchan had long noticed the aura emanating from Wenren Qingyi that seemed to be related to the "Myriad Transformations at Will Register".

All of Li Fuchan's Ancient Arts were flawed, yet these Ancient Arts provided him with immense benefits.

In particular, the "Myriad Transformations at Will Register" allowed him to escape death and survive countless near-death experiences.

Most importantly, the "Myriad Transformations at Will Register" was left in the hole of the Flying Earthworm. The Flying Earthworm obtained its Ancient Arts from the immortal it spoke of.

This inevitably made Li Fuchan want to test him.

I never expected to witness such a good show.

He had no interest in the story between Wenren Qingyi and Suo He.

"The strange injuries on Suo He's body don't seem to fall within the Five Virtues; they look quite odd. We should examine the Talisman Sound Art on his body."

A vertical pupil suddenly appeared between Li Fuchan's brows, and a silvery-white light flashed within it.

The power of the Illuminating Light is so great that it can suppress people's Spiritual Nature. In addition, every time he Tribulation Divination the deduction, he will use the Illuminating Light Art to make the Three Lights devour each other. Now the power of the Illuminating Light is even greater. Therefore, Li Fuchan rarely uses it in this way except when fighting enemies.

A layer of Illuminating Light enveloped Suo He, and then Li Fuchan released Golden Light from the "Brow Peak" to investigate.

He once swallowed Flying Earthworm, Spirit Object used for alchemy, with Golden Light, thus turning "Brow Peak" from a cultivation term into a tangible object, greatly benefiting his use of the "Myriad Transformations at Will Register".

However, when he used it to trick Quan Yong last time, he used "Brow Peak" as collateral to ensure that the False Body could act in place of the real body and that Quan Yong would not see through it at a glance.

The golden and bright lights were released simultaneously.

A moment later, Li Fuchan withdrew the two lights.

His face was expressionless.

I couldn't see anything.

He wasn't disappointed; after all, it was just a simple test. It would be best if there were any gains, but it was also within expectations if there weren't.

However, he successfully obtained the Talisman Sound Art that Suo He had cultivated.

It is true that this Talisman Sound Art originated from the "Myriad Transformations at Will Register".

Moreover, this Talisman Sound Art is inherited from the Wen family, and the Wen family has many connections with the Mu Clan of the former Zhao Kingdom.

However, this connection was so distant that no one cared when the Wen family was slaughtered.

"I didn't expect that the Northern Lands, the Zhao Kingdom, would be involved again?"

Li Fuchan's current impression of the Zhao Kingdom is still based on the fact that the Emperor Zhao disliked those Dragonkind.

He was born with the Flood Serpent Fate, and he encountered setbacks everywhere in the Northern Lands. This was due to the influence of Tribulation Qi.

"If that's the case, then the immortal mentioned by the Flying Earthworm is either from the Zhao Kingdom or an enemy of the Zhao Kingdom." Li Fuchan deduced based on the available information and suddenly noticed a change in the Suo He beneath his feet.

As time went on, because his Lesser Yin Spell Light was constantly eroding Suo He's body, the strange injuries on his body were also offsetting Li Fuchan's Spell Light. Under this contest, Suo He gradually became more childlike. He could feel that the force of this offsetting was not great.

If he had mastered the "Wu-Gui Di-Yin Spell Light" technique, he could have easily eliminated this strange injury. However, Suo He was attacked twice.

Whether he makes a move or not, he won't live more than three days.

Li Fuchan wasn't so insane as to let him die on his own, and then leave gracefully.

He took Suo Yi to the deserted island where he was in seclusion for cultivation, and relentlessly tormented him with the Lesser Yin Spell Light for three days, watching him until he was ground to ashes before he finally stopped.

"The 'Autumn Moon Joining Frost' formation is quite conspicuous in the Western Sea, and the climate here is very unsuitable for my cultivation. I need to return to South of the Yangtze as soon as possible. As for the affairs of the Northern Sea, it's best to avoid getting involved if possible."

However, Li Fuchan glanced at the densely packed Tribulation Qi deep within his consciousness and murmured, "I'm afraid things won't turn out as I wish."

Destroying all traces of himself on the deserted island, Li Fuchan left the Western Sea without looking back.

At the same time he set off, in Azure Ram Temple in Hong Commandery, South of the Yangtze.

An Edict from the Purple Mansion was issued.

Investigate the Aristocratic Clan under your jurisdiction, and if any of them practice "Wandering Gold," kill them without mercy.