Chapter 727: Ya'an's Troubled Heart

Chapter 727: Ya'an's Troubled Heart

In the midst of the Suiyang City ruins, there was a particularly clean and open area where Zhan Qingfeng and the others were waiting.

Qin Feng’s soul that had entered the Netherworld Realm had been drawn back to the mortal world by the Soul Attracting Formation.

However, due to the prolonged time away, the fusion of his soul and physical body still required some effort, so at the moment he could only sense the movements around him, but was unable to open his eyes and move his body.

Zhan Qingfeng asked anxiously: “Brother Qin hasn’t come up yet?”

Ya’an’s tone was filled with worry, “It’s been so long, he... he couldn’t have run into trouble, right?”

Shen Li spoke with difficulty, “Hurry up and talk to Junior brother, I can’t hold on much longer.”

‘Brother, you really need to work harder at your endurance...’ Qin Feng inwardly mocked.

But Qin Feng didn’t know that Soul Attracting Formation was an extremely complex formation that consumes a lot of soul and energy, and once it is started, it cannot be stopped at will.

This adds up to nearly two sticks of incense, which was almost the limit of Shen Li.

Sun Qi panted, “My junior brother has already merged into the Soul Attracting Formation, but I don’t understand why he’s still not waking up.”

“Originally, there were no precedents of a living soul entering the Netherworld Realm, so perhaps there was an error in the teacher’s plan, and something went wrong somewhere.”

Hearing what Bajie Brother said, Qin Feng fell into contemplation.

‘Based on what Senior Brother Bajie said, could it be that the teacher had already anticipated the possible troubles I would encounter in Suiyang City?’

‘In that case, was I being plotted against by the enemy, or was I being plotted against by the teacher?’

‘I feel like I’m just a chess piece being moved around by someone.’

‘No, being a fish on a cutting board might be a more fitting analogy for my identity. But even if I’m just fish meat, I’ll be a tuna, this is my last bit of stubbornness...’

‘Huh? My body seems to have regained sensation, but I still can’t control it freely.’

‘What’s behind my head, it’s soft and rather comfortable.’

After regaining the sense of touch, his sense of smell also quickly returned to normal.

Qin Feng’s nose was filled with the refreshing fragrance of a woman – it was Bai Wushuang’s scent, which he was very familiar with.

Recalling her graceful figure, Qin Feng began to suspect what was supporting his head.

Gurgle~

That was the sound of Bai Wushuang’s hungry stomach.

After the previous intense battle, and then staying still for a long time to protect Qin Feng’s physical body, she was now extremely famished.

Seeing this, Ya’an seized the opportunity and took out many pastries from the Spatial Ring.

“Miss Wushuang, you must be quite tired as well. Why don’t you let me take over, and you can go eat something over there?”

Bai Wushuang’s eyes lit up at the sight of the exquisite pastries, “Great, great!”

Suddenly, a loud bang rang out!

The Heavenly Tower National Teacher’s figure vanished into thin air, leaving behind a small paper talisman fluttering to the ground.

...

The calamity in Suiyang City had finally passed. Although the city was in ruins, most of the commoners had remained unharmed under the protection of the Immortal Technique “Seeing Flowers in the Mist.”

As long as the people were safe, rebuilding Suiyang City was merely a matter of time.

The local Demon Slaying Department had been completely wiped out after the calamity, which had drawn the high attention of Commander Nan Tainlong and others.

In the empty Demon Slaying Department of Suiyang City, the great hall was filled with people, including Qin Feng and the others.

After hearing the details from Qin Feng, Nan Tianlong and the rest had grave expressions.

The ability to manifest incarnations through the power of incense offerings, as well as the mysterious means to rapidly increase one’s strength, especially the terrifying monster from the previous night, had cast a shadow over everyone’s hearts...

“If what you say is true, then we must pay extra attention to all the new shrines that have appeared in the Southern Domain.”

“After all, no one knows if an incident like the one in Suiyang City might happen again,” Sima Kong, the Immortal Spear, said solemnly.

Hearing this, the group fell into somber silence.

The logic was clear to everyone, but putting it into practice was easier said than done.

The Mad Blade Zhen Tianyi directly voiced his concerns –

The Southern Domain was vast in territory, and aside from the towns, there were many remote rural villages. The former was relatively manageable, as they usually had a Demon Slaying Department stationed, but who could keep an eye on the latter?

Even though the Demon Slaying Departments across the regions would arrange patrols to survey the land, the number of villages destroyed by Demons and Ghosts in a single night was still terrifyingly high.

To prevent the Immortal Realm’s Gods and Demons from taking advantage of such an environment was no less than a fool’s dream.

At this point, Qin Feng suddenly spoke up, “I do have an idea that might help narrow down the area of vigilance.”

Everyone turned to look at him.

“From my previous understanding, for the Immortal Realm’s Gods and Demons to manifest incarnations through the power of incense offerings, they would certainly have requirements for the amount of spiritual power.”

“And those remote rural villages have sparse populations, which obviously cannot provide enough spiritual power.”

“So those Gods and Demons, if they want to corrupt people’s hearts and collect spiritual power, they must choose locations with dense human populations, like cities!”

Nan Tianlong nodded in agreement, “But even so, we cannot be everywhere at once.”

“Just like Suiyang City, even if there is a Demon Slaying Department in charge, they will be bewitched by the Gods and Demons and lose their original intention.”

Qin Feng thought for a moment before speaking again, “If my guess is correct, the places where the Immortal Realm’s Gods and Demons can descend to the mortal world will not be too far from the Immortal Realm’s rifts.”

“If we can use the Immortal Realm’s rifts as the center and expand outwards, then strengthen the defense and vigilance of the cities within a thousand-mile radius, we should be able to prevent disasters like the one in Suiyang City from happening again.”