At this moment, Yang Che’s mood was extremely heavy.
After carefully recalling and pondering every word Wu Qingxuan had said, his mood became even heavier.
“Benefactor Yang, how is it?” the old monk asked, raising his eyes.
Yang Che was expressionless, only saying in a low voice, “Senior, Wu Qingxuan said that a girl named Miaocui was also present. Where is Miaocui now?”
The old monk said, “This woman has gone mad. She babbles nonsense all day long. However, this woman has Peak Qi Refining Stage Cultivation, and in terms of Cultivation, there is no way she could have killed Ming Pu.”
“Senior, can you take me to see Miaocui?”
Yang Che forcibly suppressed a hint of unease in his heart, feeling a strange sense of confusion.
After a brief consideration, the old monk led Yang Che to a remote verdant Peak.
On this Peak was a bamboo forest, lush and green, full of vibrant life.
Inside the bamboo forest was a bamboo house.
After Yang Che followed the old monk here, he saw the door of the bamboo house wide open.
A woman in plain clothes knelt on a futon, continuously twirling a string of prayer beads in her hand, while muttering incoherently.
Yang Che recognized that this woman was indeed Miaocui, the young woman who had been by Great Master Ming Pu’s side.
Seeing someone approach, Miaocui suddenly opened her eyes and shrieked, scaring herself so much that she sat back, clutching the futon tightly to her chest, her eyes filled with terror as she repeatedly cried out, “Don’t kill me, don’t kill me…”
Yang Che could not believe what kind of terrifying event could scare a Peak Qi Refining Stage Cultivator to such an extent?
“Miaocui, do you still recognize me?”
Yang Che stepped forward and asked.
“Don’t come over, don’t come over! I just accidentally stabbed him to death, why are you still not letting me go even after turning into ghosts? You evil spirits, please let me go…”
Miaocui seemed to have seen something incredibly terrifying, shrinking back into the corner of the bamboo house.
Yang Che walked to her, and the somewhat confused expression in his eyes instantly turned firm.
He squatted down, suddenly grabbed Miaocui’s arm, and then the mysterious power within his muscles and bones directly surged into Miaocui’s body.
Miaocui trembled, just clutching the futon tightly, her face devoid of color.
After a long while, Yang Che released her and turned to the old monk, saying, “Senior, please take me to ‘Ming Pu Hall’ again. We should have an answer soon.”
The firmness in Yang Che’s eyes grew stronger and stronger, gradually losing all trace of confusion.
Upon hearing this, the kind-faced old monk also showed joy, and immediately, without hesitation, led Yang Che to ‘Ming Pu Hall’, which was exclusive to Great Master Ming Pu.
Upon entering the hall, a faint, almost imperceptible trace of dark Yin Qi seemed to be lingering within the grand hall.
Yang Che walked to the place where Great Master Ming Pu often lectured, closed his eyes, and began to sense carefully.
This time, Yang Che’s sensing took a very long time.
And the old monk was patient, never disturbing Yang Che.
Finally, after a long while, Yang Che opened his eyes.
He looked at the old monk and suddenly asked, “Senior, is there a possibility that a Mortal could be possessed by someone from the Demonic Path, yet it cannot be detected?”
The old monk shook his head and said, “Absolutely impossible.”
He paused briefly, then continued, “If a Cultivator is taken by Possession, we, those with Cultivation, might still occasionally misjudge, as there is nothing strange in the Cultivation World, and no one dares to claim to have seen all Cultivation Techniques. But if a Mortal is possessed, then there is absolutely no hiding place; it can be seen through at a glance.”
Yang Che smiled bitterly, “Senior, I’m afraid this time you truly misjudged.”
Upon hearing this, the old monk’s eyes immediately flashed with astonishing brilliance, greatly surprised by Yang Che’s words.
Yang Che immediately told the old monk his conjecture and said, “Senior, please seal that cage more securely. And be sure to send more Cultivators with deep Cultivation from your temple to go together.”
The old monk said, “Benefactor Yang, this matter is no small thing. How confident are you?”
“About seventy to eighty percent,” Yang Che said with a deep sense of helplessness in his tone.
“Benefactor Yang, can you increase your confidence a bit more? After all, this is beyond this old monk’s comprehension, and it is of great importance.”
The old monk clasped his hands together, looking extremely solemn.
Yang Che thought for a moment and said, “Then let’s go to Chaoyin Peak, but then you will need to open the light prison that contains Wu Qingxuan.”
The old monk said, “No problem. Let’s go now.”
Yang Che followed the old monk to Chaoyin Peak again, and this time the old monk also entered the dark cage.
“Yang Che, have you found Miaocui?”
Wu Qingxuan saw Yang Che and immediately asked.
Yang Che nodded.
At this moment, the old monk had arrived in front of the light prison that sealed Wu Qingxuan, muttering incantations.
The characters on the light prison actually began to fly away one by one with the old monk’s words.
Soon, the light faded, and the cage that sealed Wu Qingxuan completely disappeared.
When Wu Qingxuan’s face clearly appeared before his eyes, for a moment, Yang Che hesitated.
But it was only for an instant, then Yang Che firmly stepped forward and suddenly pulled Wu Qingxuan’s arm.
Wu Qingxuan subconsciously wanted to dodge, but when she was held tightly by Yang Che, a hint of joy also flashed deep in her eyes.
However, when the mysterious power from Yang Che’s body suddenly surged in, her expression instantly changed.
Yang Che’s expression also changed.
After all the twists and turns, in the end, the person who killed Great Master Ming Pu was actually Wu Qingxuan!
In fact, ever since he rescued Wu Qingxuan from the Black Wu Pond in the Wu Gate Forbidden Land last time, Yang Che had vaguely sensed that Wu Qingxuan seemed different.
Even though he forced the Primordial Spirit of the Heavenly Ghost Sect old woman out of Wu Qingxuan’s body, and Wu Qingxuan seemed to have regained her conscious mind, Yang Che still felt that she was different.
Just now, he used the mysterious power cultivated from the Heaven and Earth Chaos Art within his body to probe, and he was already certain that Wu Qingxuan was no longer a ‘Mortal’, but a powerful Cultivator with special power.
“Miss Wu, since you can Cultivate now, why did you still kill Great Master Ming Pu?”
Yang Che asked with some pain in his heart.
“Yang Che, I underestimated you, and I misjudged you even more.”
Wu Qingxuan’s body suddenly erupted with astonishing black light, and then her entire being was like a malevolent spirit enveloped in black mist, and the powerful aura almost forced Yang Che to fall directly.
Yang Che was enveloped by the black mist.
Wu Qingxuan let out a strange laugh and unleashed a ball of black Qi, which surprisingly matched the kind-faced old monk evenly.
The old monk, having been warned by Yang Che, had already notified his fellow disciples with deep Cultivation to come here, but it would take a little time.
At the same time, he was also extremely shocked, wondering why he couldn’t see through Wu Qingxuan’s ‘disguise’? He had completely failed to detect any hint of such a powerful Demonic Path Cultivator.
And how exactly did a mere Qi Refining Stage Cultivator like Yang Che manage to see it?
Wu Qingxuan, wrapped in black mist with Yang Che, rushed out of the dark cage and flew into the sky above Chaoyin Peak.
The old monk transmitted a true word, and at this moment, several Core Formation Stage powerhouses from Taiyan Temple were already flying towards this location.
Wu Qingxuan’s face was ashen. She truly hadn’t expected that the person who would ultimately disrupt her Cultivation plan would actually be Yang Che.
Sensing that several powerhouses were already closing in, Wu Qingxuan’s expression changed repeatedly, then she took Yang Che and swiftly flew towards a high tower Forbidden Land of Taiyan Temple.
“It’s in the direction of Taiyan Pagoda! Stop her quickly, don’t let her enter Taiyan Pagoda.”
The old monk’s anxious voice rang out, and at the same time, his figure sped up, chasing closely after Wu Qingxuan.