It was still June 8th, around ten o 'clock in the morning.
Old Antique was still in class, and Jiang Liuyue, who had spent three days recuperating from the backlash caused by the destruction of her spirit clay, had gone into seclusion early.
When she walked out of the apartment's basement, the sunlight was a little dazzling when it shone on her face.
Jiang Liuyue knew that all the killers on the ranking list of killers were looking for her … she had to be especially vigilant against that One Inch Ash in particular. As long as she was killed, all the killers at the bottom of the ranking list would move up one place.
However, it would be far from easy to find her in this vast sea of people.
The basement she used for seclusion was located in the center of Jinghua city.
It was a parking lot, and at the very end of the basement was an abandoned convenience store. However, the owner of the convenience store had run off with his sister-in-law with the money, and the property management had later rented it out. Back then, Jiang Liuyue had directly bought this place for her seclusion, and had paid the rent and deposit for fifty years in one go.
This had been an absolutely brilliant plan. Cultivators were in fact very particular about choosing a seclusion location. Many cultivators who were particular about seclusion would choose a spirit eye. A spirit eye was formed naturally from the spirit qi of heaven and earth. It was equivalent to a natural spirit gathering array, and its effect was much better than that of an artificially created array, as it could continuously replenish the spirit energy needed for seclusion.
Apart from looking for a spirit eye, some cultivators would also hire a diviner to tell their fortunes … in short, the seclusion location had to be a place with good feng shui. Once it was confirmed, the necessary protective measures would be taken to prevent anyone from disturbing the seclusion.
But this abandoned convenience store that Jiang Liuyue had chosen didn't have a spirit eye, let alone feng shui … squeezed into this completely inconspicuous corner, it could be said that it couldn't be more low-key. No one would ever think that the grand Master of Shadow Stream would be hiding in such a small corner …
What Jiang Liuyue needed to do now was to seize every moment she had to restore her realm.
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There was a river of sewage on the outskirts of Jinghua city, where the city's waste water would eventually converge. It would then be degraded and absorbed by a purifier before being redistributed to a water plant for recycling.
When Jiang Liuyue arrived, it was already noon. It was very hot in Jinghua city at this hour, and given the stench of sewage from the river, almost no one passed by.
"It's here …"
Back then, after Jiang Liuyue had taken out the stone ghost mask, she had asked her younger sister, Jiang Liuying, to find an opportunity to throw it into this river of dirty water and seal it.
Jiang Liuyue used the Turtle Breath Spell to stand in front of this river of dirty water, her gaze fixed on its surface. The stench here was overwhelming. If she came here without preparation, she would definitely faint because the five senses of a cultivator were much stronger than that of an ordinary person.
She raised her hand, and a ray of spiritual light appeared at her fingertips. Then, with a buzz, it shot toward the surface of the water.
Back when she had sealed the stone ghost mask in this river, Jiang Liuyue had set up a spell to undo the seal, which was similar to a password red envelope mechanism. The way to undo the seal was to inject her own spirit energy and reawaken the seal.
After Jiang Liuyue injected her spirit energy into the river of sewage, ripples instantly appeared in the originally calm and still river.
Hua hua hua …
Layer upon layer of water surged up like a geyser. Jiang Liuyue raised her eyes and saw the spirit pouch at the center of the waves. The spirit pouch still had the yellow waterproof talisman she had stuck on it back then.
With a wave of her hand, the spirit pouch above the geyser immediately came to her.
After so many years, the stone ghost mask she had obtained from a gang of grave robbers was finally going to see the light of day again.
There were many legends about the stone ghost mask, but Jiang Liuyue considered herself a very cautious person. She hadn't wanted to use the stone ghost mask to take the so-called cultivation shortcut, but now that things had come to this, she couldn't think of any other way to turn things around.
Frowning slightly, Jiang Liuyue opened the spirit pouch, and black smoke immediately whizzed out of it. The smoke lingered in the air as it let out a strange laugh. "Junior, my venerable self thought that you had already forgotten about me when you sunk me into this water back then. After so many years … why has your realm regressed? It looks like you haven't been doing so well. "
"Now that things have come to this, I have no other way out," Jiang Liuyue said softly, her eyes dark.
"If you had known earlier, you would have cooperated with my venerable self earlier. If you had made the decision back then, you would never have fallen to this state … "The stone ghost mask in the black smoke laughed continuously." What, have you figured it out now? You should know what it means to cooperate with my venerable self, right? "
Jiang Liuyue: "Back then, Lord Devil Emperor was researching a spell to counter the Great Demon Sealing Wave Spell, but in the end, he accidentally messed up and sealed himself inside. Lord Devil Emperor's so-called cooperation is nothing more than to borrow external strength to come out into the world again. "
Devil Emperor Gua Pi: "… What the hell?! That's how you know? "
The stone ghost's face immediately flushed red. This was too shameful!
Jiang Liuyue: "Lord Devil Emperor's deeds have already been recorded in the history books, and are now a mandatory test point every year."
Devil Emperor Gua Pi: "…"
After a moment of silence, Jiang Liuyue raised her eyes. "There's just one thing I don't understand … in the cultivation circle, there are countless people who want to obtain the stone ghost mask. Why doesn't senior think of a way to cooperate with them? "
"Hehe, what's the use of trying to obtain me? I only cooperate with those who are fated with me. In the hundreds of years that I was sealed away, you were the first person to find me. Unfortunately, we hadn't reached an agreement back then, and you weren't even willing to listen to my venerable self for more than a few words before you sealed me in this smelly river … "
Devil Emperor Gua Pi smiled slightly. "I can help you with two things, but only if you let me borrow your body for a period of time. During this period, your soul will be sealed away in the stone ghost mask. "
"Soul swap?" Jiang Liuyue frowned.
"This is the only way I can think of at the moment." Sealed in the stone ghost mask, Devil Emperor Gua Pi said, "Of course, don't worry. You've helped me before, so I won't leave you alone after the deed is done. Once I find a suitable body, I'll let go of your body … "
"Of course this junior believes Lord Devil Emperor's words." Jiang Liuyue smiled bitterly. Now that things had come to this, it actually didn't matter to her that she had lost everything. "Furthermore, this junior believes that given Lord Devil Emperor's valiant demeanor in the past, he wouldn't lower himself to stay in a woman's body for so long. Although there's a special group of people on the market now called crossdresser big shots … "
"Crossdresser big shots? What's that? "Devil Emperor Gua Pi hadn't been in contact with the outside world for a very long time, and felt that he was a little out of line.
Jiang Liuyue: "A group of men who like to wear women's clothes, and who also attract a lot of people's attention …"
Devil Emperor Gua Pi: "…" He hadn't been out for over a thousand years, had the world become so scary?
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