Yang Qi stood frozen in place, still struggling to process Ye Ling's words.
Before meeting Ye Ling, he knew this world had an unknown side, filled with supernatural phenomena. Adepts could fly through the sky and move like gods.
However, those things were still within Yang Qi's comprehension.
But what Ye Ling spoke of – Black and White Impermanence, the Underworld, reincarnation… these were all things from myths!
Weren't those supposed to be fake?
Even if adepts were like gods, they were still human, with mortal bodies, subject to aging and death.
Yet now Ye Ling told him there were true gods in this world?
Yang Qi felt his brain was about to overload; he couldn't accept the sheer volume of information.
Ye Ling didn't expect Yang Qi to accept this new reality immediately. He shifted his attention back to the old house, preparing to deal with the remaining evil spirits and restrictions.
This old house was like a playground to Ye Ling, but for most ordinary people, it was hell!
Anyone who stepped inside was doomed to die!
Ye Ling wasn't sure how many of the evil spirits in this house were born from people who had died within its walls.
Spiritual energy spread out, covering every corner of the house. The evil spirits hiding within sensed the threat. They stopped lurking and lunged at Ye Ling and Yang Qi with shrieks!
The already dim and eerie house became even more like hell under the dance of these demons!
"Roar!!!"
Amidst the shrieks of the evil spirits, Yang Qi snapped back to attention. Seeing the charging spirits, he froze in terror, no longer daring to think about gods and demons!
There were at least ten evil spirits rushing out of the house, each ferocious and menacing. One wrong move and they would be torn to shreds!
With his life hanging in the balance, Yang Qi naturally forgot about gods and immortals.
Yang Qi retreated to Ye Ling's side, his voice filled with panic, "Sir, they're coming out! Let's escape..."
However, before Yang Qi could finish, he saw cold demonic flames swirling around Ye Ling, coalescing into a grinning demonic face in mid-air.
Yang Qi stared, dumbfounded!
The charging evil spirits were all devoured by the demonic face before they could even get within five meters of Ye Ling and Yang Qi!
In less than three seconds, the once cacophonous old house returned to a deathly silence.
The chilling aura in the house vanished. Sunlight streamed in through the windows, giving the old house an inexplicably peaceful and warm feeling.
Yang Qi stood beside Ye Ling, dazed, looking at the house whose decor remained unchanged but whose atmosphere had drastically shifted. He felt somewhat disoriented.
Was it over?
Ye Ling retracted his demonic energy and said to Yang Qi, "The evil spirits here are all dealt with. Now, take me to get that device. Before setting up the bait, I need to see what it looks like."
Yang Qi snapped back to reality and responded repeatedly, "I, I understand… I'll take you there now."
Ye Ling shook his head and said, "Just tell me the location of the device, and I'll take you there. It'll be faster."
Although Yang Qi didn't understand what Ye Ling meant, he replied, "It's in Xichuan Province, at Xiaomei's old home."
"Li Xiaomei's old home?"
Upon hearing Yang Qi's words, a flicker of surprise crossed Ye Ling's eyes. He clearly hadn't expected Yang Qi to hide Li Xiaomei's device at her old home!
Li Xiaomei's old home, Li Family Village, had long since become a ghost village, devoid of any living soul, and no one had entered it for nearly ten years.
However, that abandoned village was Li Xiaomei's ancestral home. Ye Ling had investigated there before, searching the entire Li Family Village with no success.
Ye Ling believed that if the Cloud Palace's objective was the device invented by Li Xiaomei, then Li Xiaomei's old home would have been thoroughly searched by the Cloud Palace!
Ye Ling was extremely curious about where Yang Qi had hidden the device to evade his and the Cloud Palace's search.
Yang Qi said, "To be precise, I didn't hide it at Li Xiaomei's old home, but near that Li Family Village. The place I hid it is a bit special, and I can't explain it clearly right now."
Ye Ling didn't dwell on the matter. He directly placed his hand on Yang Qi's shoulder, "Since you can't explain it clearly, let's go to Li Family Village!"
As he spoke, Ye Ling took Yang Qi and vanished from the spot.
...
Shortly after Ye Ling and Yang Qi left, a black car stopped not far from Yang Qi's old residence. Two men in black, wearing sunglasses, sat inside.
The man in the passenger seat took out a mobile phone, took a few photos of Yang Qi's old residence, and then asked the driver, "Old Yu, do you know why the higher-ups suddenly want us to come here?"
The driver, Old Yu, replied while smoking, "I heard from the people upstairs that the evil spirits in the Yang family old house have been eliminated, and they want us to see who did it."
The man in the passenger seat speculated, "Do you think it was those guys from Shu Mountain? This is Shu Mountain's territory after all. Those evil spirits in the old house have been there for over ten years, killing many unlucky people who stumbled in. It's not impossible for Shu Mountain to have noticed this place."
Old Yu said, "If it was Shu Mountain, that would be good. This place isn't of much use anyway. If it's destroyed, it's destroyed, and Shu Mountain won't be able to trace it back to us."
"The crucial thing now is that the higher-ups sent people to Yang Qi's home, and Yang Qi escaped."
The man in the passenger seat exclaimed, "That trash escaped? You're not kidding me, are you?"
Old Yu exhaled a ring of smoke and said grimly, "That's the truth. Our surveillance on him has weakened over the years, so it's normal for him to escape."
"But he's just a half-baked cultivator at rank two or three. He can't run too far, and we'll catch him sooner or later."
The man in the passenger seat's expression turned grim, and he said in a low voice, "Old Yu, don't you think something is wrong with this situation?"
Old Yu asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
The man in the passenger seat said, "Recently, a very powerful expert suddenly appeared at the Dark Night Base where Li Xiaoxiao is located. Our Cloud Palace people can't even get close to the Dark Night Base, and we've lost track of Li Xiaoxiao."
"Now Yang Qi's situation has also become problematic. I suspect another force is also eyeing Li Xiaomei's inheritance..."
Old Yu shook his head, "That's impossible… Looking at the whole world, apart from the Red Dust Pavilion, other hidden great families are all struggling to manage themselves. Which force would dare to oppose our Cloud Palace? And the Red Dust Pavilion is cooperating with us; they have no reason to hide it from us and suddenly make a move on Li Xiaoxiao and Yang Qi. You're probably being overly cautious."
The man in the passenger seat shook his head, "I hope I'm just being overly cautious… However, a formidable figure has recently emerged in China. Even the Red Dust Pavilion is being troubled by that person, so we should be careful and avoid provoking him."
Old Yu chuckled, "You're talking about Ye Ling, the rising star on the Immortal Ranking, right? Don't worry, that guy won't be causing trouble for much longer."
The man in the passenger seat's eyes lit up, "What? Do you have the latest inside information?"
Old Yu said confidently, "Of course!"
"Tell me quickly!"
"Haha… Don't just focus on gossip, finish the job first!"
"Old Yu, don't keep me in suspense! Which big shot is going to deal with Ye Ling?"