Chapter 370: Chapter 370

370: Chapter 358: The Great Serpent 370: Chapter 358: The Great Serpent Fang Geyu stiffly turned his neck to meet Su Jing’s ice-sculpted visage, who was eyeing her with a cold, cool gaze.

The warmth of the skin between her fingers seemed in an instant to become some sort of stinging poison, and Fang Geyu quickly withdrew her hands.

She coughed lightly twice, her fists pressed to her lips, and then took three steps back, performing an insincere sword salute, “I’ve seen the Young Sect Master, Su.”

Su Jing brushed off her snow-white sleeves, expressionless, but clearly showing disgust, “No need for such formalities.”

Fang Geyu was no ordinary person; she had great pride.

Though startled for a moment, she quickly calmed the storm inside her heart.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled, “Congratulations to the Young Sect Master, Su, for recovering your soul.”

Su Jing responded indifferently, “You’re too kind.”

“Surely, Young Sect Master, Su, you are not on the same path as us?” Now that the soul within the broken shell was finally back, Fang Geyu began to issue an eviction notice.

Su Jing remained silent, her head bowed as she smoothed the wrinkles on her sleeve.

It was at this moment that Baili An stepped forward and said, “Fang Geyu, does Lady Su Jing need to examine the Ghost Marriage Seal on your wrist?”

Fang Geyu looked suspicious, “Why would she want to look at my Ghost Marriage Seal?” Yet underneath, she discreetly stomped on his foot twice.

This damned corpse demon, having switched back his body, should have at least given her prior notice.

She had lost face in front of Su Jing.

Unperturbed by Fang Geyu’s small movements, Su Jing’s expression remained icy cold, “I need to use your Ghost Marriage Seals to discern the whereabouts of Ghost.”

“Ghost?” asked Fang Geyu.

“You’re looking for Ghost too?”

Baili An said, “Our realms have not yet reached Chengling, and our senses are limited.

The mountains have already been sealed from the outside; we cannot leave.

Moreover, under the secret investigation of the Taixuan Seventh Scripture Master, we have learned that in this opening of Ghost Mountain, the Demon Clan has infiltrated, attempting to use Ghost’s hand to open up the three realms of Ghost Mountain.”

They had sealed off the mountain!

Fang Geyu’s eyes widened in shock, “Demon Clan could infiltrate under Her Majesty’s watch; how reliable is this Seventh Scripture Master’s information?”

Su Jing said, “The Demon Clan’s demonic essence naturally cannot hide in front of Her Majesty, but what if it’s a human Cultivator who has defected to the Demon Clan?”

“This…” Fang Geyu’s heart leaped with alarm.

“This hasty mountain seal without any warning is beyond normal; unless something uncontrollable is about to happen within Ghost Mountain, Her Majesty would have never decided to act so.

The taboos hidden within the three realms of Ghost Mountain, let alone the Tianyao Human Continent, even the Six Realms and Four Seas must surely be implicated.”

“So you came for this reason?” Fang Geyu observed her, smiling, “Su Jing, always avoiding the world, since when have you cared about the affairs of the world?”

Seeing that Fang Geyu was losing control over her sharp tongue again, Baili An urgently said, “Fang Geyu, being able to find Ghost and dealing with him is also our purpose here.”

After a moment of silence, Fang Geyu finally showed her Ghost Marriage Seal on her arm.

She looked at Su Jing with heavy eyes and said, “I want to know, since the Demon Clan’s hand has already reached into the three realms of Ghost Mountain, why doesn’t Her Majesty personally intervene and stabilize the situation in Ghost Mountain?”

Su Jing’s cold fingertips touched the mark, and as she lightly pinched, the mark instantly disappeared.

After a series of calculations with her fingers, she said, seemingly with a sigh, “Her Majesty, born of the clear qi between heaven and earth, the Great Serpent feeds on divine and clear qi.

Its presence lingers within the three realms; should Her Majesty step into this territory, the divine clarity around her will become the trigger to awaken the Great Serpent.”

The Great Serpent was one of the most terrible calamities of the primordial ancient times, and yet the Great Serpent itself was not part of the Demon Clan, and no one could deduce the origins of the Serpent.

Ancient Divine Scrolls recorded that the Great Serpent could bring forth the Black Water Abyss.

Wherever the Serpent passed, it would bring the engulfing black waters, and all laws would fail against it.

During the early days of the Mortal World, the most terrifying flood of black waters was accompanied by the image of the Great Serpent slipping through, countless God Demons perishing on the land that emerged from that black water.

The words “Great Serpent” were synonymous with the end of the world.

“Fang Geyu, what’s wrong with you?” Baili An expressed his concern.

He had never seen her look so pale; even her sword-pressing hand was trembling slightly.

Fang Geyu took a deep breath, “Nothing, I am just curious, after the Demon Clan undergoes such great efforts to open the three realms and release the Great Serpent, what benefit does it bring them?”

Su Jing was still as serene as still water, “The Great Serpent is just one of the taboos; the three realms of Ghost Mountain hide more than that.”

Fang Geyu bit her lip, her eyes flashing with a trace of murderous intent due to the words “Great Serpent,” “So, where is Ghost now?”

After looking deeply at her, Su Jing said, “To the northwest, three hundred miles.”

Throughout the conversation, Fang Geyu became exceptionally quiet, her worried demeanor causing Baili An great concern.

He asked her several times in private, but Fang Geyu was very cold, not willing to say much.

It wasn’t difficult for Baili An to guess that Fang Geyu’s change was definitely related to the Great Serpent.

In the northwest direction, two hundred miles…

It was the other shore of a small River of Oblivion where the Ghost Ship transmits.

The team led by Ying Xiu was temporarily staying by the River of Oblivion’s edge, waiting for the return of the Crown Prince.

The terrain here was very peculiar, with a dead swamp stretching on both sides, and a profound abyss standing in front.

With no-fly Barriers in the Second Realm, preventing Sword Flight, they had to climb over the cliff by hand to leave the area.

Two hours later, Ying Xiu finally returned.

Meng Zifei was quite helpless, “So many years have passed, Your Highness hasn’t changed at all; whenever it involves Miss Yin, you lose your composure.”

Ying Xiu’s eyes were filled with a somber darkness, and he did not speak.

Only then did Meng Zifei notice the blood on his face and was startled, “Who has injured Your Highness ?”

Ying Xiu’s lips moved slightly, but he remained silent.

Meng Zifei, being astute, whispered, “Has Your Highness met with the Taixuan Sect, Su Jing?”

Ying Xiu felt annoyance surge in his heart, wishing not to speak any further about this person.

Understanding his feelings, Meng Zifei thoughtfully did not press further, handing him a box of elixirs, “This elixir is my advance reward for participating in the Wandao Immortal Alliance exam; it can heal the wounds on your face.”

Many years of unresolved matters, of course, couldn’t be solved with a box of elixirs, but Ying Xiu knew too well not to slap a smiling face.

He accepted the elixir, but noticing Meng Zifei’s lips faintly turning black, he couldn’t help but ask, “Young Master Meng, you don’t seem well?”

Meng Zifei smiled, “I was just careless for a moment and was poisoned by a demon.”