Having failed to uncover what was wrong with the Spiritheart Vines, Lin Mo did not give up so easily.
"Chen Li."
Lin Mo tucked the Gu-Devouring Bee he had just renamed into his sleeve, then took out the Treasure Gourd and released Chen Li. "Take a look at these vines. Is there anything unusual about them?"
"I keep feeling there's something wrong with them, but I can't find it. Do you have any ideas?"
Chen Li was a resentful ghost, fundamentally different from human cultivators.
Lin Mo thought Chen Li might have a way to do what he could not.
"As you command, Master!"
Chen Li was still the same as before, a vague humanoid shape formed from a great mass of ash. Chilling winds swirled around him, making even Lin Mo, his master, shiver involuntarily.
His feet hovered above the ground as he lingered over the vines for a while. Suddenly, his form flickered, and he plunged straight into the soil below.
A short while later.
Chen Li's ashen body slowly emerged from underground. He transmitted his voice to Lin Mo through spiritual sense, his tone exceedingly grave. "Master, I discovered an extremely well-hidden yin-evil aura within the roots of these vines."
"And... death qi!"
"This sort of aura usually emanates from corpses, or is extracted from the blood of living people through an utterly vicious process."
"As for its exact purpose... I was only an ordinary Outer Sect Disciple in life, so I'm unfamiliar with it."
It was perfectly normal for a resentful ghost to detect death qi.
But for Spiritheart Vines to contain death qi was clearly very wrong!
"I knew that old dog had ulterior motives."
With a heavy heart, Lin Mo returned Chen Li to the Treasure Gourd. He lowered his head and stared at