Soul Stones
“Let’s chop their limbs off and let their corpses sunbathe from the city walls,” suggested Zhang Ba.
“Consider it done.”
Daoist Zhan Lang thought he was fast until he failed to see what happened between Mu Yu’s arm first raising and caught his neck, only realising he was beaten to the punch once Mu Yu had him suspended on one arm.
“Consider yourself done?” Mu Yu asked.
“H-h-how?” Daoist Zhan Lang attempted to churn spiritual qi and draw in oxygen to no avail. “Wh-who are you?”
“You’re no qualified to know for the same reason you’re not qualified to breathe this world’s oxygen.” Mu Yu cast Divine Soul Formation to interrogate Daoist Zhan Lang on Five Mountains Alliance’s machinations first.
Upon liberation, Daoist Zhan Lang, offered Mu Yu a bow on his knees. “I am at your service, Master.”
“Gr-Grandpa…” Zhang Ba teetered until his legs buckled.
Xiaoshuai strutted up to Zhang Ba and mocked, “Who has a death wish again? Your pants reek!”
“Tell me what plans the five sects and Third Heaven Palace have,” Mu Yu demanded of Daoist Zhan Lang.
“Under Third Heaven Palace’s orders, our five sects are redesigning the laws of the cultivation world, forcing everyone into submission with an iron fist and executing anyone spreading libel,” answered Daoist Zhan Lang.
“What’s the technique you mentioned?”
Daoist Zhan Lang presented a hand-sized white stone. “This stone is called soul stone. The stone will absorb the soul of anyone we kill, thereby gaining power. We can then use the souls captured within to boost our cultivation. I planned to do that for my grandson.”
“What are the stones’ bigger purpose?” Xiaoshuai queried.
Mu Yu felt a cold qi secreting from the stone as he fiddled with it. “I’m actually surprised they would go so far.”
“What?” Xiaoshuai grabbed the stone to check out what Mu Yu’s comment was about and then threw it back as though it was a hot potato. “It’s like the bugs turned into a stone, converting souls to soul energy. Cultivators’ cultivation will improve exponentially until they reach Body Synthesis Realm, whereby they become another soul for the stone. Third Heaven Palace can then fetch it to use. Damn, cultivators are just blindly turning themselves into soul energy for Third Heaven Palace.”
“This must be how they’re working around the lack of bloodshed due to the ceasefire.”
“Should destroy it.”
Mu Yu inquired, “How many people have you killed?”
Daoist Zhan Lang replied, “Prior to arriving at Squarewater City, I have killed no less than three hundred people defying Third Heaven Palace. I hung their corpses at city doors after I killed them, suspending them in the air using a special method so that people could witness vultures cull their remains. I planned to let my grandson use the stone once I had killed five hundred people.”
“Who were the people you killed?”
“We are currently targeting advanced and famous cultivators opposing Third Heaven Palace, including elders. So far, we have killed twenty-three patriarchs, leaving those sects powerless to stop us due to lack of leadership. It also helps deter others from challenging our authority. Several Formation Sect members have been captured. Those we capture are also killed on the spot.”
“How many formation casters have you killed?!”
“I killed five lowly members. Two Greater Heaven Stage formation casters were captured nearby and will be publicly executed at the city’s entrance at noon.”
“Who are the two?”
“Lu Deyi and Situ Yangtian. I have heard they are important members, so their executions will be impactful.”
“Where are they now?”
Daoist Zhan Lang prostrated himself at the sound of Mu Yu’s frigid tone. “They must have been escorted to the city doors by now…”
Mu Yu turned to Zhang Ba. “I came here for the hundred spirit stones.”
Zhang Ba emptied out a back of spirit stones and kowtowed, convulsing. “All of these are spirit stones. Please spare me. I will never repeat the same mistake again.”
Mu Yu took a hundred spirit stones. “I only take what’s mine. As for you, you’re almost useless to me.” Keeping his eyes on Zhang Ba, Mu Yu released his control over Daoist Zhan Lang.
“Who are you?!” thundered Daoist Zhan Lang.
“I returned your awareness to you so that you see what the price of killing Formation Sect’s disciples is.”
Whoosh!
As Zhang Ba assumed an erect posture, his head fell off his shoulders, rolling to Daoist Zhang Lang.
“Y-you killed my grandson?!”
“Obviously. I won’t be killing just you. If any harm befalls Greater Heaven Casters Lu and Situ, I promise Mystic Spirit Sect will also be erased.”
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