Chapter 1460: The Her in His Memories
While Great Master Lan and Xiong Tianba were talking, many of the people around didn’t even spare Mu Guyue a glance. A Soul Slave actually dared to interrupt when her master was speaking.
She deserved such a fate.
Among the others in this area, many, like Great Master Lan, had brought their own Soul Slaves.
Those Soul Slaves all stood behind their masters. After witnessing this scene, there was not even a hint of sympathy in their eyes, only endless numbness.
You Su Qianqian stepped forward, gently took Xiong Tianba’s burly arm, and let out a low chuckle, seemingly muttering to herself, “Still a bit ungrateful…”
Her voice was extremely low, but Xiong Tianba heard it. He turned his head and gave her a doting look.
Although You Su Qianqian was a Soul Slave, she was truly his favorite woman at the moment.
That female demon general had a stubborn personality and looked difficult to tame. But the more a person was like this, the more he enjoyed conquering them. He wanted to make her completely submit to him, to beg for mercy beneath him…
Many people in other areas also saw what happened here, but they didn’t understand what was going on.
Just a moment ago, Li Yan had seen that female demon general standing up with Great Master Lan and heading towards the passage behind them. But then, Great Master Lan had stopped.
Then, as Great Master Lan seemed to be speaking, the female demon general had, without any warning, spat out blood and was inexplicably sent flying.
“Eh? It seems Great Master Lan is not satisfied with this Soul Slave’s performance!
It’s no wonder. Great Master Lan has always been competitive in everything. This female demon general is very strong, but perhaps the fight took too long, which displeased the ever-victorious Great Master Lan, hehehe…”
At his side, Tang Feng, having lost this bet, was also looking at that area. Suddenly seeing such a scene, he was first stunned, then shrugged, a smile appearing on his face.
This woman had made him lose a treasure. Even though she had defeated another Soul Slave, she still ended up in such a state. It made him feel a little better.
And Li Yan, standing to the side, although his expression did not change, in the instant that the female demon general was sent flying, spitting blood, he felt his heart suddenly clench violently.
At the same time, his pupils contracted sharply, then returned to normal.
Li Yan’s eyes were fixed on the female demon general who was struggling to get up from the ground. Her mouth and face were still stained with blood, her complexion as pale as paper, and her whole body was trembling.
Then, he saw the woman bite her lower lip, her head bowed, clutching the pill bottle, and slowly following Great Master Lan towards the passage behind…
Li Yan watched her retreating back. Inside his wide sleeves, his hands slowly clenched into fists, then slowly relaxed.
But the expression on his face remained calm and undisturbed, revealing no emotional fluctuations at all.
When the Soul Dueling ended and Li Yan returned to his courtyard, the sky was already full of stars. After bidding farewell to Tang Feng, Li Yan sat quietly in his courtyard.
He leaned back against the thick trunk of the tree behind the stone bench, his face half-upturned, looking at the myriad stars. His pair of dark eyes were sparkling, echoing the stars in the night sky.
One of Li Yan’s arms rested on the stone table, his five fingers continuously tapping on the surface, creating a series of soft “tap, tap, tap” sounds that had a strange rhythm in the night.
A female voice seemed to echo in his ears again. This voice was extremely magical, not delicate and crisp, but rich and magnetic.
“A little bit of skill. You must be the one who poisoned Zhong Mengyin?”
Li Yan, who was still fleeing, felt his body tremble as the voice transmitted into his ear…
This was on Windy Cool Mountain. After he had gone to detonate the “Heaven-Shaking Thunder,” that female demon general had spoken to him for the first time while he was escaping…
Then another scene appeared in Li Yan’s memory.
…It was a cave residence, within a spirit plant garden. The moment he turned around, the originally calm spirit plant garden suddenly erupted with a burst of dark light from a corner.
The light flashed and disappeared, and then a cold, pleasant voice sounded in Li Yan’s ear.
“Brat, you were lucky to escape last time. This time? Who else can save you!”
This voice was somewhat familiar to him. Li Yan just glanced towards the corner and was scared out of his wits.
In the corner of the spirit plant garden, at some unknown time, that female demon general had appeared.
A pair of phoenix eyes stared at him, filled with chilling killing intent. The rapid rise and fall of her towering peaks showed anyone that her anger had reached its peak.
“It’s that female demon general who was guarding Nameless Mountain!”
Li Yan’s heart jumped in shock. He never thought he would encounter this woman at the bottom of the sea. He immediately turned and fled…
Then the scene changed again. Li Yan’s consciousness was hazy, all he wanted was to escape from the female demon general’s pursuit!
He swung his palm out, but what he touched was a warm, smooth surface, like touching a piece of high-quality jade. A strange and inexplicable ripple went through his mind.
Then, a layer of warmth and softness covered the back of his hand. An intense heat instantly spread through Li Yan’s entire body, and his body trembled lightly.
Then, before his eyes, an incomparably beautiful face appeared. A pair of phoenix eyes, half-closed, met his…
The scene changed again. When Li Yan woke up, what he saw was an unobstructed, flawless naked body, the most perfect form in the world.
He dared not stay any longer and turned to leave in a hurry!
And in that instant, his gaze fell upon the green robe spread out on the ground, and his expression froze.
He clearly saw a patch of dark red on the green robe. With years of fighting, he could tell at a glance that those were somewhat dried bloodstains…
Li Yan’s slowly tapping fingers suddenly stopped.
Immediately, all the images in his mind disappeared. The expression on Li Yan’s face changed several times, then he suddenly stood up.
He raised his hand to open the restriction at the courtyard gate, and with a flash, his figure disappeared into the vast night…
Mu Guyue lay motionless on the bed. This was a small, dark room, not her usual resting place.
The dark room only had a small window high up on a slanted wall. Through the small window, Mu Guyue could only see a few stars in the sky.
After she returned today, her entire cultivation was sealed, and then she was thrown in here.
Great Master Lan did not torture her, which was probably related to her impending fate. As a Soul Slave, although she was filled with grief and indignation, she could not bring herself to commit suicide.
At this moment, being locked in here, Mu Guyue knew that Great Master Lan was taking precautions against certain things. For example, she herself could not commit suicide, but she could use the hands of others, like Ting Lan, or someone else.
Although no one here would dare to easily harm others, Great Master Lan, through Mu Guyue’s performance today, had still taken precautions. She immediately restricted Mu Guyue’s freedom, not allowing her to come into contact with anyone else.
Lying on the bed, Mu Guyue’s mind was a complete blank. Although she had been a Soul Slave before and had often been subjected to inhuman torture by Great Master Lan, who used her for various soul attack tests, Mu Guyue still held onto hope for the future. She felt that she could also use this opportunity to learn more about soul cultivation methods, perhaps secretly find a relevant medicinal pill or technique, and secretly undo her soul imprint.
With her personality, she would never resign herself to being enslaved. So, she had been secretly thinking of how to escape.
Therefore, although she had endured all sorts of hardships before, she had persevered.
But now, she was to be transferred to a male cultivator as a Soul Slave. This was something she could not accept, so she had pleaded at the risk of her life.
But the result was just Great Master Lan’s cold-blooded punishment. In order to get the treasure she needed, what was one Soul Slave, even if she had just won a match for her?
If she had known this would happen, she should have let her opponent kill her directly in today’s duel. That would have been her best release.
Unfortunately, her reaction was too slow. Now that Great Master Lan had imprisoned her and forbidden anyone from contacting her, she had lost her last chance.
In fact, even if she could contact others, Mu Guyue could only let Ting Lan kill her. Others would not dare to do so, but that would harm Ting Lan.
Great Master Lan had already seen through her thoughts, leaving her with no power to resist.
Mu Guyue didn’t know how long she had been in this dark room. She had gone from an initial blank daze to gradually regaining her senses.
Looking at the small window above, even though she was a cultivator, at this moment she was worse off than a bird. She, who could once roam the heavens and the earth, was now just a caged winter bird.
Lying on the bed, Mu Guyue stared blankly at the small window. She could only lie there quietly, so weak she had no strength at all.
At some unknown time, the incomparably strong Demon Clan general, had two lines of clear tears sliding down from her eyes, silently, flowing across her smooth, beautiful face…
In the artifact refining chamber, Great Master Lan, holding the Canghao Stone and observing it carefully, was pondering a certain method for forging this item.
She was a Great Grandmaster, not a novice in artifact refining.
After obtaining the refining materials she needed, she would often carefully consider the entire refining process, especially for such a rare treasure.
If she failed in the refining due to a single misstep, it would not be easy to gather all the refining materials again.
But at a certain moment, her brow suddenly furrowed. The protective restriction she had set up around her courtyard had suddenly issued a warning.
“So late, who could be visiting?”
She waved her large sleeve forward, and instantly, an image of the scene outside her courtyard appeared in the empty space before her.
In the night, just outside her courtyard, stood a young man with an ordinary face, his expression respectful.
The moment she saw the visitor’s appearance, Great Master Lan was stunned.
“Why is he here in the middle of the night?”
In the spacious reception hall, when Li Yan walked in, he saw Great Master Lan, dressed in a black robe, sitting in the main seat.
“This junior pays his respects to Great Master Lan!”
Upon stepping into the reception hall, Li Yan immediately bowed deeply.
“Li Yan, I still remember your name. Hmm, it’s been several decades, and your soul has become even more solid. It seems you have been cultivating diligently these years.”
When Great Master Lan saw Li Yan, she also noticed the changes in the world around him and couldn’t help but be surprised. Only about thirty years had passed, yet this boy’s displayed realm had already reached the Late-stage Nascent Soul.
“Reporting to Senior, this junior has indeed been in closed-door cultivation these years and has just made a small breakthrough.”
After paying his respects, Li Yan stood respectfully at the side, and Great Master Lan did not ask him to sit.
“Alright, let’s not waste time with pleasantries. Why have you come to see me today? If it’s for refining medicinal pills or magical treasures, I’m afraid I don’t have the time, but I can introduce you to others.”
Great Master Lan had matters on her mind, but she remembered that this Li Yan had very good cultivation aptitude, and she had also promised that he could come and find her.
Seeing that Li Yan had broken through to the Late-stage Nascent Soul in just over thirty years, she patiently asked him his purpose for coming.
If he wanted her to help him refine something, that would be a bit too presumptuous, and she would immediately send him away.
“Senior, do you still remember the matter you once mentioned to this junior?”
Li Yan raised his head and spoke with a serious expression.
Upon hearing this, Great Master Lan’s eyes immediately flickered.
“Oh? You mean the matter of cooperating with me to study that formation for fifty years? What, have you thought it through?”
Great Master Lan’s voice remained calm. She had, of course, guessed as much, and a faint light appeared in her eyes.
That formation had not improved at all in the past few decades, but it was costing her a fortune every month. The spirit stones were one thing, but the consumption of soul spirits was truly too great.
This formation was of great significance to her. If it succeeded, it could unlock a secret of the sect, a secret related to the two Supreme Elders.