The night was dark and windy, thousands of lights were extinguished, the dark clouds in the firmament were heavy, the moon could not be seen, only a few stars in the horizon, glimmering with weak light.
The night wind blew past HeYang City, like wild ghosts crying in the night, it was really cold and terrifying, even thinking about the calamity that had just happened here, on the streets outside the city, there was not a single person to be seen. On the long ancient path, occasionally a few withered leaves were blown by the wind, rolling up and down alone, drifting far away.
And in this strange night, a black figure suddenly floated up from HeYang City, like a ghost, almost not a physical body, quietly landed outside the city, swiftly swept towards the ancient path south of HeYang City. And not long after, another grey figure followed closely, stared intently at that black figure.
These two people were naturally the shaman demon and ShangGuan Ce, from the southern border to now deep into Central Plains, this pursuit could be considered to have lasted for a long time. ShangGuan Ce with FenXiang Valley's profound skills, in addition to a mystical and unfathomable nine cold ice condensing thorn magical weapon, the shaman demon had a hard time dealing with him. But the shaman demon's strange skills, every time out of one's expectations, in impossible places it could transform into thousands of changes and hundreds of maneuvers, also gave ShangGuan Ce a headache, time and time again he was about to capture him but repeatedly missed.
If it was any other ordinary person, encountering such a situation, most would have given up, just that ShangGuan Ce was under FenXiang Valley master Yun YiLan's orders, the shaman demon most likely had the method to unlock the southern border ancient shaman tribe's Heaven Fire secret, no matter what, FenXiang Valley was determined to get it, so along the way, he braced himself and also chased.
But this persistence, was not entirely in vain, the difference in their skills was clear, the shaman demon in a short time would not be able to contend but the shaman demon had repeatedly used various strange skills to escape, were seen by ShangGuan Ce, gradually he had an idea, until now, if the shaman demon wanted to escape from ShangGuan Ce's pursuit, it was becoming more and more difficult.
This point, ShangGuan Ce knew it in his heart, the shaman demon understood it even more but knowing was knowing, he really could not do anything. If there was a way to get rid of this abominable person, he would have used it countless of times in this thousand li but ShangGuan Ce had enjoyed a great reputation for close to a hundred years, at that time he was an influential figure in the southern border, his skills, knowledge and experience, all of them were top notch, far from what LiXun and the other FenXiang Valley second generation disciples could be compared to. Although the shaman demon continuously used different skills but each and every one of them was seen through by him, at most he could only hide for a moment, he escaped a distance but not long after, ShangGuan Ce still caught up with him.
Actually the reason why ShangGuan Ce, or FenXiang Valley Yun YiLan must capture him back, the shaman demon already knew it from his few conversations with ShangGuan Ce but to him, he was definitely not willing to surrender without putting up a fight.
This night, watching as ShangGuan Ce was getting closer and closer, and the ancient path swiftly retreated, there were very few hills, instead the terrain gradually flattened and opened up, a stretch of wilderness appeared in front of them.
In this kind of place, where else could he escape to?
The shaman demon laughed bitterly under the black cloth, exerted his strength and dashed forward but the sound of the lightning fast wind behind him, grew louder and louder.
Just when he was at a loss, suddenly he seemed to sense something, as if he discovered something, he turned his head and looked to the side. His name was Shaman Demon, as the name suggested, one would know what kind of skills, skills and supernatural powers he was adept in, in addition his physique was different from ordinary people, towards spirits and Yin energy, he was ten times more sensitive than ordinary cultivators, this was still on the main ancient path, while he was hurriedly running, he still acutely discovered that in the depths of the ancient path in the wilderness, there was a deep and gloomy ghostly energy, emitting from far away.
The shaman demon was overjoyed, his body made an emergency turn in the air, forcefully twisted over, swiftly swept into the wilderness, ShangGuan Ce who was pursuing him snorted, his body like duckweed, floated and swayed, indescribably free and at ease, easily changed direction, again exerted his strength to pursue.
Just that this slight delay, the shaman demon once again widened the distance, his figure also looked slightly blurry, but ShangGuan Ce was not too worried, in this long and arduous journey, he had already grasped most of this mysterious shaman demon's skills, expected that he would not be able to play any tricks, right now his mood, more or less like a cat catching a mouse.
Spent countless of effort, pursuing for thousands of miles, exhausting mental and physical effort, shouldn't you be punished?
ShangGuan Ce sneered in his heart, with the confidence that the overall situation was in his hands, easily pursued.
Very soon, what appeared in front of the evil shaman proved his conjecture, this was indeed a place with strong Yin energy, called mortuary in Central Plains, which was also where the corpses of those who had passed away were placed. But looking at the dilapidated condition of the small house in the courtyard, most likely it had been abandoned for a long time.
The shaman demon couldn't help but feel disappointed, with his original intention, this morgue was rich in Yin energy, it was the best place for him to use his strange skills but after being abandoned for a long time, the effect was reduced, especially he had a few skills similar to the Ghost Way, and could control corpses, its power was rather strong, along the way he did not have the chance to use it, if he took this opportunity to suddenly use it, most likely he could make ShangGuan Ce this old man suffer a great loss.
Just that this morgue had been abandoned for a long time, naturally there would not be any recently deceased bodies lying here.
But even though he was disappointed but to the shaman demon's state of mind, this place could still be said to be a place where he could make a comeback, without any hesitation, his black figure with a sound, swept into that dark and gloomy house in the morgue.
But when his figure floated in, an indistinct thought flashed past his mind: This morgue had been abandoned for a long time but how could the eerie energy still be so strong and lasting?
This night the moon was dark and the wind was strong, the morgue house was even darker, it was difficult to see one's five fingers. But to a cultivator, especially someone like the shaman demon whose physique was different from normal people, this darkness was not difficult, very soon he could see the general situation in the morgue house, this place had indeed been abandoned for a long time, the surrounding walls were riddled with holes, extremely dilapidated, the first altar which should have been used to offer sacrifices to the dead, had already fallen to the ground, in the middle of the house, a few broken coffins lay disorderly, some even had not been closed properly.
Outside the morgue, the sound of the wind suddenly tightened, evidently ShangGuan Ce was hot on his heels again, looked like he was about to catch up, the shaman demon did not hesitate, his body shook, several strange nail-like iron weapons appeared in his hands but his entire body was covered with iron thorns, without even looking, his fingers flicked, sounds incessantly, these few monsters instantly disappeared into the darkness, flew into every corner of the house.
And when each monster disappeared into the darkness, its tail would suddenly emit a faint blue halo but it was only a flash, gone in a blink. As these monsters entered the darkness of the room, the Yin Qi in the room, which was already bone-piercing, suddenly became ten times stronger, as if it could pierce into the bones.
The shaman demon sneered, his eyes swept, his entire body suddenly floated up as if weightless, straight towards a coffin in the corner of the house. The coffin looked ordinary, and the lid was not closed properly. Half of it was hanging out.
The shaman demon quietly slid in, a place that ordinary people would avoid like the plague but he seemed to like it very much, and as his body slid in, that slanted coffin lid was also closed by him.
The next moment, the sound of the wind abruptly stopped, the house immediately became quiet, there was no sound at all. ShangGuan Ce's figure, appeared at the entrance of the house.
The shaman demon hid in that coffin in the corner, his heart was assured, just that this coffin was broken, there were a few cracks on the wooden wall, through the cracks, he could see ShangGuan Ce's every movement clearly, he was even more complacent, as long as ShangGuan Ce was not careful for a moment and walked two steps into this house, he would trigger the yin formation he had set, borrowing the strong eerie energy here, he would definitely catch ShangGuan Ce unprepared.
He was anticipating but ShangGuan Ce seemed to be extremely careful, did not rush in to search for the shaman demon, instead stood at the entrance, carefully peering into the house, seemed like he would not dare to brazenly enter for the time being.
The shaman demon was disappointed, secretly cursed the old thief was really cunning, regained his senses, slowly started to notice where he was.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back to his senses, he felt an explosion in his mind, and he was almost scared out of his wits.
He was in this coffin, there was actually another person!
Actually with the shaman demon's uniqueness, in this coffin, not to mention a person, even if there was a dead person, to put it bluntly, even if it was a skeleton, he would turn a blind eye and might even feel some familiarity, but unfortunately in the coffin below him, there was a living person!
And this person from when he entered the small house to when he slid into the coffin, he was completely undetected, not even the sound of breathing was heard. The shaman demon in shock, his entire body started to tremble but finally he managed to control himself with his remaining rationality, did not shout out or break out of the coffin but his forehead, back and palms, were already covered in cold sweat.
But the next moment, what made him even more shocked, was that the living person below him, was not breathing …
A living person who was not breathing!
The shaman demon in that instant, had already judged clearly, the person below him, was indeed a living person. Because both of them were in the same coffin, there was not much space between them, with his sharp senses, he very quickly discovered that this person's heart was beating slowly but for some reason, this person's mouth and nose were not moving. The shaman demon quietly stretched his hand over to check, after a long while, there was no movement, this person was indeed not breathing.
The shaman demon felt his scalp turning numb.
This unimaginable change happened right in front of him, the shaman demon originally wanted to plot against ShangGuan Ce but this time his mind was in a mess, for a moment he could not concentrate, his blood surging. Just that he was after all a highly skilled person, with a thought, he immediately felt something was amiss, quickly activated his true way, calmed his mind, after a moment, he then calmed down.
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