Chapter 707: Learn to restrain your desires

Chapter 707: Learn to restrain your desires

“Are you full?” Qin Feng asked as he looked at the chaos around the temple, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

The others also wore expressions of shock. They couldn’t understand how such a petite and graceful young lady like Bai Wushuang could have eaten so much food.

Ya’an’s wariness of Bai Wushuang had diminished somewhat, as she felt that she was easy to handle and posed no significant threat.

“Mmm-hmm,” Bai Wushuang replied with her mouth full, the food muffling her voice.

Looking at her slightly protruding belly and the oil stains around her mouth, she must have been quite satisfied with the meal.

This was naturally not the last meal before the war, but Qin Feng did it intentionally.

The City God had said that those with desires in their hearts would be drawn to the Ghost Mirage by the Night Wandering Ghost. And of all the people present, Bai Wushuang’s only vice was her insatiable appetite.

Therefore, before the battle began, Qin Feng had made sure to stuff her full of food so that once they entered the Night Wandering Ghost’s domain, she would be less likely to succumb to its lure.

It seemed that Bai Wushuang had eaten too fast and choked. She beat her chest a few times, causing quite a commotion.

Qin Feng handed her a cup of tea and solemnly asked again, “Are you full?”

“Yes, I’m full, I’m full,” Bai Wushuang replied happily.

“So you can’t eat anything else now, right?”

Bai Wushuang rubbed her stomach and thought for a moment before replying, “I don’t think I can eat anything else.”

Qin Feng took a deep breath, “Alright, let’s start the operation according to the previous plan.”

...

The Demon Slaying Department members who had come from the Imperial City split into two groups. One group accompanied Qin Feng to the Night Wandering Ghost Shrine, while the other group used Bai Wushuang’s identity token to seek help from the Sword Dao Alliance.

After all, according to Qin Feng’s suspicion, the members of the Demon Slaying Department in Suiyang City had already defected, so they couldn’t be relied upon.

Not only could they not be relied upon, but they also had to be wary of people like Liu Qing secretly stabbing them in the back, so the help of the Sword Dao Alliance was indispensable.

As the sky gradually darkened and the household lights were turned on, a long line of people could be seen on the streets waiting to pray and make offerings at the shrine. They were chatting and laughing, seemingly happy and carefree.

If Qin Feng hadn’t already used his Dual Pupil ability to see through the illusion, he would have been fooled by this scene.

He focused his spiritual sense and glanced around the area, then spoke softly, “No matter what formation it is, it will follow the principles of the Eight Trigrams. I’ve already marked the potential locations for the cultivation materials in the City God Temple.”

“You should all split up and search for them. If you see any of the Night Wandering Ghost’s hair, don’t act rashly and come to me immediately, okay?”

However, when he finished speaking, there was no response.

Qin Feng turned around curiously, only to find that Bai Wushuang and the others had disappeared without a trace!

“This is all an illusion!”

Qin Feng shouted.

At that moment, the shy smiles on the faces of the beautiful women vanished, replaced by murderous intent as they attacked Qin Feng in unison.

Qin Feng had no intention of just waiting to be killed. He immediately unleashed a white lightning bolt and pierced Liu Jianli’s shoulder.

She clutched her wound, her eyes filled with tears. “My dear husband, you are so cruel.”

Damn it...

Qin Feng’s anger flared up upon seeing this. Even though it was only an illusion, the fact that he had to raise his hand against his own women still left an unpleasant taste in his mouth.

Moreover, the Ghost Mirage was under the control of the Night Wandering Ghost, who was clearly watching and toying with him by refusing to show himself.

The attacks from the beautiful women were relentless, and Qin Feng was hard pressed to fend them off while also being on the lookout for any hidden moves from the Night Wandering Ghost.

As time passed, he suffered several injuries.

At this terrible moment, Xuan Yi’s voice suddenly echoed in Qin Feng’s mind, “When the mind is clear, the Dao flows naturally.”

As these words were spoken, a clear qi radiated from Qin Feng’s Divine Sea and enveloped him.

In this state, Qin Feng felt a sense of tranquility, and the alluring women in front of him no longer held any appeal.

“Ahhh!” Agonizing cries rang out as the illusions of the beautiful women instantly dissipated.

A white ghostly figure materialized, and Qin Feng excitedly shouted, “Elder!”

“Mm,” Xuan Yi replied indifferently before raising his gaze to the night sky. A pair of eerie green eyes flickered in the darkness before disappearing.

“Elder, what technique did you just use?”

“The Heart Cleansing Mantra. It can clear the mind of distractions and allow one to focus.“

“I could have helped you break the illusion earlier, but I wanted to lure out the mastermind behind it, so I held back. However, it seems that this fellow has sensed my presence and is hiding in the shadows, unwilling to reveal himself.”

So the Night Wandering Ghost was afraid of the elder, so it didn’t dare to come out...

Qin Feng nodded slightly, then a thought suddenly occurred to him, and his expression stiffened as he shyly asked, “Elder, how long have you been here?”

After a moment of thought, Xuan Yi replied, “Ever since you said, ‘It is not wrong for a man to have desires, the key is to learn self-control’.”

So he had been there almost from the beginning... Qin Feng’s face went blank as he remembered the manifestation of his own desires he had just witnessed. He couldn’t wait to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.