Daoying

Chapter 716: Secret Soul Search
The sea breeze carried a light salty smell, blowing away the fragrance of tea in Xie Huan's hand.

He took a sip, his eyes still looking at the rolling clouds in the distance, and said lazily: "It's rare to have peace and quiet these seven days. I will go into seclusion tomorrow."

Xu Weisu held the kettle in her hand and poured him a new cup of tea. She chuckled when she heard him say, "You have ignored your injuries these past few days and have been busy picking up corpses and taking advantage of others. You have probably made a lot of money under the allocation of the Council of Elders. Even a small chamber of commerce is not as rich as you now."

Xie Huan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, smiled bitterly and said: "No matter how much money I have, it's not enough. I have a world to support."

After a pause, he continued, "During this time, you should spend some time with Xu Hong."

Xu Wei's fingertips paused slightly, and ripples appeared on the surface of the water in the teacup.

She was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I... will try my best."

Xie Huan knew that she still had some grudges in her heart. When Xu Hong became a demon, he devoured too many people and also killed Xu Zifeng. This was an eternal pain in Xu Wei's heart.

He hugged Xu Wei and comforted her, "The Xu Hong of the past is dead, and the Xu Hong of the present may not be the same person."

Xu Wei forced a smile: "I know, but... it takes time."

Xie Huan said no more. Some knots in his heart could only be untied by himself.

As dusk deepened, the setting sun between the sea and the sky was as red as blood, reflecting the golden glitter of the teacup in Xie Huan's hand.

Suddenly, there was a light "hiss" sound, and a few rays of red light burst out from the void, outlining the figure of a charred figure like karmic fire burning paper.

The hell-black robe fluttered without wind, and the flaming eyes seemed to burn through people's hearts.

The two girls were leaning on Xie Huan's shoulders. Seeing this, they hurriedly stood up, their ears slightly red, and they twirled their sleeves and retreated behind him.

"It seems that I have disturbed your fun."

There was a hint of sarcasm on Jinhai's lips.

Xie Huan brushed off the non-existent dust on his shoulders and said with a smile, "Daoyou came at the right time."

"I came to say goodbye."

Jin Hai said stiffly.

"Will you stay a few more days?"

Xie Huan tapped the stone table with his fingertips, causing ripples in the teacup.

"Will you share Zhang Yunhua's information with me?"

"will not."

"Then what's left?"

Jin Hai sneered, a complex expression flashed in his eyes, "Although we are not friends, we have experienced life and death together." He paused, "I have a message for you. Your whereabouts have been exposed. Daoyin's people are looking for you. Be careful."

Xie Huan's eyebrows moved slightly, but he remained silent.

"The next time we meet, we'll be enemies."

A red glow shone from Jin Hai's body. "Unless you are willing to share the information about the Grand Void Ancient Forbidden Zone."

After he finished speaking, a Molten Star Halberd appeared in his hand, and with a flash, his entire body turned into flowing fire and disappeared.

Xu Wei's eyes showed worry: "Daoyin's people are out, we should leave quickly."

"Don't panic."

Xie Huan pondered for a moment and said calmly: "The Elders are all on the island now. Even if Daoyin comes, they dare not act rashly. Besides, there are the Three Emperors in charge. The people of Daoyin are not stupid."

Xu Wei was still worried: "But Daoyin is cunning and may not care about these things."

Xie Huan's eyes darkened slightly: "So I have to dig out useful information from Zhang Yunhua as soon as possible, and then hand him over to Jing Huang. Time..." As he was speaking, he suddenly sensed a familiar breath approaching, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise, "Long Xiu is here."

Xu Wei followed his gaze and chuckled, "You've eaten all the meat, and Brother Long Xiu doesn't even have any soup to drink."

"So, he will definitely go crazy. You guys stop him for me and don't let him bother me."

Xie Huan stood up, and disappeared into thin air as he waved his sleeves.

Xu Wei and Luo Furong looked at each other and smiled, one shook her head and sighed, while the other held her forehead and smiled slightly.

……

The underground secret room at the headquarters of the Canglong Chamber of Commerce on Dragon God Island.

——It is the forbidden area of ​​​​Potian Alliance. The walls are engraved with soul-calming runes, the ground is paved with thousand-year-old black ice, and even the air is condensed with a biting cold.

Zhang Yunhua was pierced through the major acupuncture points on his body by nine meteorite iron chains and was suspended in the air in the center of the formation.

Dark golden spells flowed on the chains, and every time he struggled, the runes would burn into his flesh like a branding iron, making a hissing sound.

Although he was seriously injured and defeated, he was a cultivator in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm after all, and he had to be suppressed by drastic measures, otherwise problems would easily arise.

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Yunhua had disheveled hair and was grinning at Xie Huan in front of him. His eyes were as fierce as lightning. "Little beast, do you think you can do anything to me with this method? I am a great cultivator in the late stage of the Spiritualization. In this world, unless an immortal appears, no one can extract information from my brain!"

Xie Huan did not answer, but closed his eyes slightly. Green spiritual light suddenly appeared around his body, and in an instant he turned into a half-dragon form. The Holy Light Dragon rose into the sky from the sky, uttering ancient dragon language and obscure mantras.

Suddenly, the Holy Light Dragon shattered and turned into forty-nine crystal chains. Dragon-shaped Taoist patterns floated on each chain. They moved like living things and penetrated all the major acupoints on Zhang Yunhua's body in an instant.

"This is!--"

Zhang Yunhua's pupils suddenly shrank, his face suddenly twisted, he screamed, golden light flowed from his seven orifices, and he roared in pain: "Little beast! You actually used the laws of the great way to tear apart my soul!"

"President, you are too kind. How can I understand the laws of the Tao?"

Xie Huan replied calmly, sitting cross-legged and forming seals with his ten fingers: "This is just a secret method passed down by the ancestor of the dragon clan. I have slightly improved it."

His third eye suddenly opened, emitting a green light. "As they say, it is difficult to see the soul of a Divine Transformation cultivator, unless one is an immortal. Unfortunately, my secret technique was passed down by the ancestor of the Dragon Clan, who is no weaker than an immortal."

As soon as he finished speaking, the forty-nine chains of laws suddenly shone brightly. Zhang Yunhua let out a series of shrill screams, his whole body convulsing and twitching. The golden light that overflowed from his seven orifices became stronger and stronger, and it actually condensed into a vague shadow of his soul above his head. It was entangled by the chains and was being torn apart inch by inch.

A few days later, the secret room returned to silence, except for the thick smell of blood.

Xie Huan's face was pale, his chest was heaving violently, and beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead. It was obvious that he was extremely exhausted.

Zhang Yunhua's body was oozing with blood, as if he had been fished out of a pool of blood. He looked emaciated and exuded a rotten smell, and it was difficult to tell whether he was dead or alive.

Xie Huan closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, and practiced the "Formless Heavenly Heart Technique" to restore his spiritual power.

Even with his powerful cultivation and supernatural powers, it would be difficult for him to forcibly search the soul of a cultivator in the late stage of the Divine Transformation Realm.

Zhang Yunhua used his "will" to lock onto the key information, and after being tortured tens of thousands of times, it finally broke apart partially, allowing some useful information to be extracted.

Seeing that he would probably die if he continued searching, Xie Huan stopped. After all, he still needed to give an explanation to the Mirror Emperor.

A few days later, Xie Huan began to tinker with the dragon corpse.

Unexpectedly, the dragon corpse offered no resistance. Although its power had been refined into "antimatter", it still shared the same origin as the dragon clan.

Half a month later, he finally found some useful information from the faint remaining fragments, and confirmed the true identity of the dragon corpse - the dragon clan leader of that year!

(End of this chapter)