A forest.
The orange cat was sitting on top of a large tree, looking at a faraway lake.
This place was very far from Ramon village, located in the middle of a mountain range at the edge of the wilderness.
Past this mountain range was another Duchy.
The orange cat pulled his gaze back, closed his eyes, and silently waited.
According to that wraith's memories, this place was too secluded, only a simple temporary base. Furthermore, the people of this world believed in the wraiths, so the wraiths didn't set up a strict defense here.
What they were most confident in was their individual ability to keep secrets.
— — -even the one who was infected by the plague, as soon as he was resurrected, numerous defensive techniques appeared on his body.
About half an hour later.
The orange cat abruptly opened his eyes and looked at the surface of the lake.
A wraith descended from the sky, landed on the surface of the lake, and disappeared without a trace.
Seeing that, the orange cat turned around and ran, quickly leaving this forest around the lake.
He stopped at the other end of the forest, took out the jade piece from before, and wiped it with his paw.
Immediately, the archery inheritance recorded on the jade piece disappeared.
「 What are you doing? 」 the Earth sword sent its voice.
"I don't have any usable jade tags right now, so I'm going to use their jade pieces to modify something" Gu Qing Shan also sent her voice.
The orange cat tossed the jade piece into the air, then used both paws to form hand seals at it.
The Earth sword swung once in the air, slicing a snake that was glaring at him on a tree in half, then said: 「 I thought you would directly kill all of those wraiths 」
The Six Paths Great Mountain sword flew out.
Shannu's voice followed:
"The number of wraiths here is limited, so what if I killed them all? That would only alert them and put gongzi in an even more dangerous situation "
The Earth sword was stumped and asked: 「 Then, what do you think he's doing? 」
Shannu replied: "I'm guessing that gongzi is trying to find a way to infiltrate the wraiths. This way, he wouldn't expose himself and would also be able to obtain a lot of information — — – am I right, gongzi?"
The two swords looked at Gu Qing Shan at the same time.
At this point, Gu Qing Shan had finished modifying the jade piece, so she couldn't help but chuckle: "Shannu, since when did you start thinking about such things?"
Shannu replied: "Because I have to pretend to be gongzi sometimes, I've been studying your expressions, movements, words, and thoughts"
Gu Qing Shan praised: "Not bad, you can prepare in advance for unexpected situations, I am very relieved."
Being praised, Shannu's tone became a bit more cheerful: "Then what exactly is gongzi planning to do?"
The orange cat opened his paw to show her the jade piece, then sent his voice: "The wraiths have the advantage in numbers and are powerful, but I still have to deal with the Plague Apocalypse and the extinct monsters, so I don't have the time to slowly fight against them"
"Then — — this is?" Shannu wasn't sure and asked.
The orange cat raised the jade piece with one paw, formed a hand seal, and sent his voice:
"Generally speaking, everyone's focus is different. It's hard to force someone to care about something they're not interested in, unless …"
Shannu fell silent.
She had no idea what Gu Qing Shan was talking about, so she could only continue listening.
Gu Qing Shan circulated her spirit energy and infused it into the hand seal.
"Unless there's something that's related to everyone's life and death, only then would it cause a huge commotion, causing the entire world to erupt with unprecedented power of change"
"This world is about to fall into chaos, if I don't scrape the bones to heal myself, there's no need to even think about it. I'll take advantage of the fact that the plague and monsters haven't fully descended to throw it into chaos"
— — -spell completion.
[Recording Technique]!
This was a very simple technique in the cultivation world, capable of recording everything that happened around it.
The orange cat held the jade piece in his mouth and once again headed towards the lake.
He arrived at the edge of the lake and waited for a while.
With the patrolling rules he obtained from soul reading, as well as the wraith he saw earlier, Gu Qing Shan had already calculated the time.
About two breaths' worth of time later, another wraith descended from above, about to enter the base.
Unbeknownst to this wraith, as soon as he opened the lock seals around the lake, a cat had appeared behind him.
This cat had entered the lake together with him.
The lake water was cold and damp, but there was a narrow stone path that led down from the surface of the lake all the way to the depths of the lake.
The orange cat followed behind the wraith, silently flying downwards, and soon reached the end of the path.
This place was about half the size of a soccer field, with two wraiths silently hovering in the air.
These two evil spirits were tightly wrapped in talismans, and their bodies were emitting strange fluctuations.
Below them, 7-8 wraiths were anxiously busying themselves.
They were occasionally using hand seals to control the talismans while sensing the changes within.
The orange cat held the jade piece in his mouth, slowly walked forward, jumped onto a long table, and silently observed.
Suddenly, one of the wraiths asked:
"Sir, how do you feel?"
One of the wraiths hovering in the air with talismans all over his body replied:
"I've received the fixed guiding fluctuations of the inheritance: 'Snowdrift'. The soul frequency and location of Baron Rhode of Langlois County has been confirmed. Once the inheritance reaches 75% completion, I will initiate the first soul exchange"
One of the wraiths curiously asked: "Sir, he's only a Baron, why would you need to use the precious' Snowdrift 'and personally take over his body?"
The wraith with talismans all over his body replied:
"You've only just arrived so you don't know. This Baron is a rare Condemner, he doesn't believe in the Deities and only believes in the Condemnation Codex. We still haven't obtained this Profession, so the higher-ups are paying a lot of attention to us"
"So that's why — —"
The wraith was surprised and wanted to say something else, but was cut off.
In the air, another wraith with talismans all over his body loudly declared:
"Attention all, Viscount Fidez's [Hundred Slashes] technique has been fully cultivated, please prepare yourselves for a complete soul exchange!"
While he was speaking, the talismans all over his body began to give off fierce auras.
Hearing that, the wraiths all gathered around this sir and formed their hand seals at the same time.
Instantly, chains that gave off a black glow flew out from their hand seals and tightly bound the wraith with talismans all over his body.
"Sir, the [Life Steal Body Swap] technique is ready!" one of the wraiths reported.
The wraith in the air solemnly declared: "Everyone, I'll be leaving now. From today onwards, I am Viscount Fidez, you will have to take care of the following matters. After I take over his body, I will go find Viscount Warren, don't contact me for now"
"Yes sir"
"Very well, let's begin!"
The wraith's hand seals changed again and again, shouting at the same time: "Farewell sir!"
In a split second, the wraith with talismans all over his body fell from the sky and heavily crashed to the ground.
One breath.
Two breaths.
He suddenly staggered to stand up, tearing off the talismans on his body while doubtfully asking: "Where … am I?"
The wraiths all formed their hand seals at the same time.
7-8 black chains immediately became taut, restraining this man to the point where he couldn't move at all.
"Law Seal!"
"Power Seal!"
"Divine Seal!"
"Object Seal!"
"Contract Seal!"
"It's under control!"
The wraiths shouted one after another.
The man struggled in a frenzy, shouting: "Damn it, you lowly wraiths, I am Viscount Fidez! How dare you disrespect me! "
The wraiths ignored him.
They exchanged glances. Someone spoke up: "The [Life Steal Body Swap] technique has been successfully completed without any mistakes, we can now proceed to the next step"
One of the wraiths stepped forward and said: "Then I'll do it"
He drew his Blade and swung.
"Don't — –"
The man on the ground didn't even have time to beg before he was sliced in half, losing all signs of life on the spot.
"Alright, the closest target left is that Baron Rhode, he won't be able to meet the requirement to be replaced in a short period of time, everyone rest up"
"Got it"
…
The orange cat held the jade piece in his mouth, coldly watching everything that happened in front of him.
After everyone had left, leaving only a single wraith on guard duty, he silently returned the way he came and returned to the entrance of the base in the middle of the lake.
As the orange cat turned back into Gu Qing Shan, the [Ghostly Shadow of Night] Thaumaturgy he was using immediately disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan raised the jade piece so that it could reflect their surroundings.
Finally, he raised the jade piece in front of himself and solemnly said: "Everyone, I am Rhode from the small village of Ramon in Langlois Prefecture of the Fran Duchy, a Baron"
"Recently, I received a gift from the wraiths during the enfeoffment ceremony — — several archery inheritances"
"Wraiths always give gifts to aristocrats, could it really be because they're humble?"
"I was very doubtful, so I tried to investigate"
"Just now, I've shown everyone the truth"
"Following this — — I'll collect a specimen and use it as proof"
"The battle will be a bit bloody, so don't watch"
He put the jade piece away, drew the Earth sword and Six Paths Great Mountain sword, and held them in his hands.
"Earth sword"
"Hm?"
"Now, it's time to kill"
Deep inside the base, the wraiths had sensed the abnormal fluctuations here and were quickly approaching.
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