Volume 6: The Key to the Demonic World Chapter 40: Searching for the Beauty on the Yellow Springs Road
"Bullshit! That old bastard threw a hot potato to me! I don't want it anymore!" You Lan let the cat out of the bag in a fit of rage.
Mo Yi and Wei Xingying looked at each other in silence. It turned out that this old guy wanted to throw away the hot potato.
Just when Mo Yi and You Lan were in an inexplicable stalemate over the key to the Demonic Realm, a sharp cry suddenly came from the hut over there. The voice was exactly that of Gong Lili.
This scream stunned the three people present, including You Lan, who seemed to have never expected that the person who had just been diagnosed by them as unlikely to wake up would suddenly wake up.
Mo Yi's heart trembled, and he no longer cared about anything else. He pointed his toes and flew into the room in the next moment.
The furnishings within the thatched hut were sparse. Besides a few wooden chairs, there was only a simple bamboo couch. A few sticks of strange incense burned beside the couch, emitting a bewildering fragrance. Yan Lili was half-dangling from the couch, his face pale and bloodless, with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. Looking further, he could see a pool of blood on the couch.
"Lili~" Mo Yi's face changed drastically when he saw this scene. He rushed forward and gently carried her back to the bed. He called her softly, but Lili seemed to be still asleep, with her eyes slightly closed, and did not answer. If it were not for the pool of blood on the bed, Mo Yi would even think that the scream he heard before was an illusion.
He carefully reached out his hand to feel her breath, but it was still extremely weak, as if she had never woken up. However, Mo Yi always felt that something seemed to be wrong. He lowered his head and found that Gong Lili was holding an ink-colored bead the size of a goose egg in her hand. The bead was shining brightly at this time. Mo Yi only felt that the ink-colored bead was full of spiritual energy and murderous aura, as if it was extremely restless.
He frowned, and suddenly remembered that this seemed to be the "Soul-Devouring Pearl" that the barrier master Yan Xiaoxiao gave to Ying Lili as a betrothal gift to Yan Zheng when they were in Shamo City. It was said that it was a treasure .
But he remembered that Yinglili had always carefully kept this Soul Devouring Pearl in the treasure bag hanging around her neck. How could it suddenly appear without any reason? And how could it be held in Yinglili's palm?
"Is this the 'Soul Devouring Pearl' from the Ghost Realm?! How did it end up in her hands?" At this moment, You Lan had also come closer. With his sharp eyes, he spotted the inky-colored pearl at a glance and blurted out the answer, unable to conceal his surprise. He extended a finger and gently probed the 'Soul Devouring Pearl'. Seeing the inky-colored pearl shimmering with light, his face suddenly revealed a look of joy: "The girl is saved!"
Upon hearing this, Mo Yi's brows suddenly relaxed a little. He gently held the cold right hand of Ping Lili, which was hanging on the edge of the couch, and gently stroked the back of her cold hand with his fingertips, trying to pass that trace of warmth through his fingertips. At this moment, as if with telepathy, Ping Lili's eyelids twitched slightly.
"Soul Devouring Pearl! If I remember correctly, I once saw it in an ancient book. Doesn't this thing devour people's souls?" At this time, Wei Xingying also hurriedly chased in. When he heard about the Soul Devouring Pearl, his pale brows unconsciously twisted up, but he didn't understand where You Lan's joy came from. "'Soul Devouring Pearl', as the name suggests, devours human souls to improve the holder's spirit and cultivation. However, because it is a sacred object of the Ghost Realm, only people in the Ghost Realm can fully exert the power of this 'Soul Devouring Pearl'. "Magic power, for ordinary people, is simply something that helps its holder cultivate their spirit." You Lan spoke as he extended a finger and pressed it between Qing Lili's eyebrows, his eyes slightly closed, as if investigating something. "Sure enough, it's not far off from what I expected. This girl is truly blessed with a long life. After her three souls and seven spirits were shattered, they weren't completely dispersed due to the pull of the Soul Devouring Orb. Instead, they were accidentally devoured by it. Part of her missing soul and spirit must be contained within the Orb..."
"Then what should we do now?" Mo Yi was extremely anxious when he heard this, and he wished that You Lan could say all his words in one breath.
"She just screamed and vomited blood. It must be that her scattered spirit is trying to return to its place, or her soul has suffered some severe impact... In this case, there is a possibility that her consciousness can be restored. We can find a way to make this 'Soul-Devouring Pearl' return all of her spirit that it absorbed before!" You Lan said so, gently pried open Ying Lili's hands, took out the ink-colored bead the size of a pebble, pinched his fingers to make a gesture with one hand, and pinched the bead with the other hand, turning it continuously. In a short while, the ink-colored bead appeared even more brilliant under You Lan's fingertips. If you look closely, you will find that there is a seven-colored light swirling inside the bead.
At this moment, Mo Yi stared at the 'Soul Devouring Pearl' in You Lan's hand, tightly holding Ying Lili's cold hand, but his heart was filled with unprecedented uneasiness and fear.
When the word fear entered his mind, Mo Yi was startled again. So, this was what fear felt like. Yes, he was afraid. Afraid that she would never wake up again, afraid that he would lose her from now on, afraid...
It turned out that his previous fearlessness was simply because he had always been alone, free from all attachments, wandering like a ghost between the real world and the underworld. Therefore, life and death were the same, without sorrow or joy, let alone separation and reunion. Naturally, he lacked the concerns that ordinary people should have. But now, she was his greatest concern. As she had said to him that day in Hongsha Village, you are never alone. So his fear was understandable.
"I understand!" You Lan slapped his thigh, as if he had suddenly realized something. He turned around and said to Mo Yi, "I understand! The reason why she lost all five senses and lost consciousness is because part of her soul was taken to the underworld by the people in the ghost realm, and the other part was absorbed by this soul-devouring bead. The part of her soul that was in the soul-devouring bead tried to return to its place, but because it was restrained by the soul that fell into the underworld, it was unsuccessful..."
Hearing the word Huang Quan, Mo Yi's brows furrowed to the extreme. This was not the word he wanted to hear. However, neither Huang Quan nor Bi Luo could stop his determination to save her. Not even God could snatch his woman away from him. He practically spit out a few words through his teeth: "You just need to tell me how to save her?"
"Mo Yi, don't be impulsive..." When Wei Xingying said this subconsciously, he was shocked himself. Was he worried about Mo Yi?
Seeing Mo Yi's slightly surprised expression as he looked up at him, Wei Xingying suddenly felt a tangled sense of contradiction in his heart.
You Lan looked at Mo Yi holding Ying Lili's hand tightly, and suddenly raised an eyebrow and said: "But this method is just a sudden idea of mine. Maybe the success rate is only 50%. If you are not careful..."
"I don't need to hear the consequences. I just want to know how to save her." Mo Yi interrupted You Lan's endless chatter eagerly. The determination in his eyes made You Lan slightly stunned. His expression suddenly changed, as if he remembered something old. A trace of entanglement appeared on his face, but it disappeared in a flash.
You Lan exhaled a breath of foul air and said slowly, "Since part of her soul has been taken to the Yellow Springs Ghost Realm, we can only go to the Ghost Realm to retrieve her lost soul first, and then merge it with the part of her soul retained by the Soul Devouring Pearl, so that it can return to its place and wake her up."
"You mean, I should go to the Yellow Springs Ghost Realm to search for her soul?" Mo Yi was so smart that he immediately understood the key point. However, even though it was such a shocking thing, there was no trace of timidity in his tone. He paused and said, "How can I get to the Yellow Springs Road?"
"Soul-Separation Guide." When You Lan said these three words, Wei Xingying beside him was startled again and subconsciously repeated: "Soul-Separation Guide?"
This was the technique he had used before to allow his soul to leave his body. It was a unique skill that his uncle Long Yu had taught him when he was attacked by the Spirit Blood Curse. However, he did not know that this technique of 'Soul Separation' could actually lead people to the underworld.
"'Soul Separation' is an advanced magic spell that can make a person's soul leave the body. It took me thousands of years to figure out this unique method that can allow living people to go to the Yellow Springs Road. However, it has never been tested, so whether it can succeed is still unknown." You Lan expressed his concerns in a very blunt manner.
This kid is crazy!
You Lan looked at Mo Yi steadily, perhaps seeing Mo Yi's determination, he shook his head and said no more. He asked Mo Yi to sit cross-legged behind Gong Lili, and he plucked and waved his ten fingers as if playing a piano. Thin threads flowed out from his fingertips, and all the threads fell on Mo Yi. Mo Yi suddenly felt that his body suddenly became light and floating. Within half a cup of tea, Mo Yi suddenly felt that his spiritual consciousness seemed to have left his body, floating lightly in the air, just like the feeling of entering the iron plate that sealed the Canglong before.
At this moment, You Lan was seen pulling something into the air, and a golden beam of light suddenly appeared in front of him. Mo Yi felt his spiritual consciousness suddenly turn into a wisp of green smoke, being pulled by the golden beam, and he didn't know where it was being taken...
You Lan's warning faintly came to my ears: "Remember, after you find her soul, don't say anything. Just take her soul back along this golden beam. Don't pay attention to anyone. Go and come back quickly. Otherwise, neither you nor she may come back! Remember, remember!"
