Chapter 236: Two hundred thirty-six, Yin Spirit Pearl Chapter 236: Two hundred thirty-six, Yin Spirit Pearl After about another half hour of digging, Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning finally arrived in front of the array.
“Can you unlock it?” Qin Yushen was not very proficient in arrays; otherwise, he wouldn’t have failed to detect this one before.
Song Yan Ning scanned it carefully with her Divine Sense and nodded, “I can.” This array was the highest level she had encountered to date, but it would not stump her. It might only take a little more time.
She took out the Array Flags she had refined from her Storage Ring and with a wave of her hand.
When the Array Flags landed, Song Yan Ning conjured several more and waved them out.
After several waves of Array Flags had been deployed, the array in front of them began to ripple like water.
Song Yan Ning’s lips curled into a slight smile, “Let’s go in.”
“Mmhmm.” Qin Yushen smiled and nodded, extending his hand to pull Song Yan Ning’s, entering the array together.
As soon as they stepped into the array, they found themselves falling through empty air and quickly descended.
Qin Yushen reached out to embrace and protect Song Yan Ning. His Divine Sense had already detected an open space below.
They landed swiftly on the ground, which was enveloped in complete darkness. If not for their Divine Sense, they would not have been able to see their surroundings at all.
“There’s a Stone Gate over there; the Yin Spirit Pearl should be inside,” Song Yan Ning said, sensing that the yin energy was strongest there, pulling Qin Yushen toward the direction of the Stone Gate.
Qin Yushen took just two steps to get in front of Song Yan Ning. How could he let her take the lead, especially if they were to run into danger?
Song Yan Ning cast an envious glance at Qin Yushen’s long legs. Having long legs was an advantage; it took her two steps to match one of his.
Upon reaching the Stone Gate, Qin Yushen scanned it thoroughly with his Divine Sense and spotted a mechanism next to it. He pulled Song Yan Ning forward and pressed the mechanism.
While pressing the mechanism, Qin Yushen released a surge of Spiritual Power to envelop and protect both him and Song Yan Ning. The yin energy outside was already dense; inside would undoubtedly be even denser. Although the yin energy couldn’t harm them, it would be uncomfortable when it seeped into their bodies—and of course, he couldn’t bear to let Xiao Ning suffer any discomfort.
The Stone Gate creaked and slowly rose upwards.
As the Stone Gate lifted, a cold breeze that seemed to carry extreme yin energy wafted out.
Once the Stone Gate was fully opened, Qin Yushen led Song Yan Ning inside.
What met their eyes was a huge altar, with a bead emitting chilling yin energy suspended in its center.
“The Yin Spirit Pearl is indeed here,” Song Yan Ning said happily. With the Yin Spirit Pearl, Xiang’s strength could be enhanced to a new level. Although the Yin Spirit Pearl contained Spiritual Energy, it was of no use to cultivators like them. It was more suitable for those who practiced Evil Techniques, such as Evil Cultivators and Ghost Cultivators. That decrepit house harboring a Ghost Cultivator was for this very reason.
Only, that Ghost Cultivator didn’t understand arrays and couldn’t locate the Yin Spirit Pearl, thus having to rely on absorbing the Yin Spiritual Energy emanated by the bead to cultivate. Otherwise, this Yin Spirit Pearl would have already been refined.
Using Divine Sense, Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen found nothing else apart from the Yin Spirit Pearl.
Song Yan Ning summoned Xiang over and told her to stay and refine the Yin Spirit Pearl before leaving. According to her estimate, with Xiang’s strength, it should take no more than a day and a night to refine the bead.
As night slowly faded away, daybreak took over once again, and a new day began.
The world outside gradually started to bustle, filled with the sound of birds chirping and people talking…
“I wonder how those two Masters are doing. Did they catch that thing?” Zhang Xi looked at the old house with its doors firmly shut, a touch of fear in his eyes. Even though it’s daylight and the house doesn’t seem as terrifying as at night, it still sent chills down his spine.
“Captain, should we go inside and check?” A team member beside Zhang Xi suggested.
Zhang Xi took a deep breath and walked toward the old house’s entrance. He wasn’t afraid of finding corpses when he opened the door, but he feared encountering unclean entities.
Arriving at the front door, Zhang Xi hesitated for a brief moment, closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, and pushed the door open.
“Both Masters are lying on the ground,” said the team member, who had already dashed inside like the wind.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xi opened his eyes and quickly followed suit. As long as there was no such entity, it would be a relief.
“They’re still breathing,” the team member said with a sigh of relief after checking one of the Master’s breath under his nose.
Zhang Xi walked over, crouched down, and tapped one of the Masters on the shoulder, “Master, wake up.” If the Master was still alive, it meant there was no serious problem.
The Master slowly opened his eyes and looked around bewilderedly, “I’m not dead?” With what had happened the night before, how could he possibly still be alive?
Zhang Xi helped the Master up, noticing the trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, “Master, what happened last night? Was there anything unclean?” It was impossible for the Master to have been injured without reason.
“My junior brother and I encountered that entity as soon as we entered. It was very powerful, and neither of us were a match for it. Later we got injured and passed out. I don’t know what happened after that,” recalled the Master with a shudder at the memory of the previous night.
“So you didn’t eliminate it?” Zhang Xi asked with an ugly expression on his face; that would explain why the atmosphere still felt so sinister. If even two esteemed Masters couldn’t annihilate it, what were they to do? The orders from above were clear: until the source of the disturbance was identified, they couldn’t leave. They had evacuated the area the night before but hadn’t dared to go far.
The Master shook his head, seeing his junior brother awaken, and reached out to help him up, “You should seek someone more skilled for this job.” They were lucky to have escaped death.
“Master, please don’t leave,” Zhang Xi called out anxiously as he saw the two Masters starting to leave. Where could he find help now? Besides them, who else would dare to come here?
The two Masters didn’t stop, instead, they quickened their pace. They weren’t fools; why should they wait here for death?
Zhang Xi’s face fell as he withdrew his gaze, feeling the chilly draughts pass through, and couldn’t help shivering, “Let’s leave for now.” There wasn’t much he could do, he just hoped the situation would be resolved as quickly as possible.
“Xiao Ning, have you seen Xiang?” Li Meixiang hadn’t seen Xiang all morning. For years, whenever she woke up, she would always see Xiang standing in the courtyard, but not seeing her today felt unusual. She even checked Xiang’s room, but she wasn’t there.
“Xiang is out on a task and will be back in a couple of days,” Song Yan Ning walked over and took Li Meixiang’s arm. They had moved back to the courtyard house. Grandpa and Grandma felt that although it was comfortable living with the Song Family, it wasn’t truly their own home.