Grudge Breaker

Chapter 254: Suspected Chaos Soul
"A fortune teller once told me that I would be as lucky as 996 and live as long as 724. I would have a bright future and would not have to eat dirt."

"What's the matter with death? It's bad luck. I have a good life! I won't mention it anymore~"

Song Weichen waved his hands, looking as if nothing had happened.

The main reason was that Mo Tingfeng himself couldn't see. His eyebrows were almost twisted into a knot. She knew it was all because he was worried about her. She wanted to comfort him, so she deliberately laughed it off and spoke in a very relaxed and calm manner.

"Well, let's not talk about it. My Weiwei is a lucky star sent from heaven. Everything will turn out well for her."

Mo Tingfeng kissed her gently on the forehead, his face full of tenderness.

He felt very guilty. What happened to him? When did he become so unable to hide his emotions? He even needed Song Weichen, who was in great danger, to vent his feelings. It was truly a case of concern being the cause of weakness.

So I collected my thoughts and focused on the present. The enemy retreats and I advance; the enemy is strong and I am weak. There is no way out in this matter.

Because she had taken the pill of Huangquan Sun Grass, Song Weichen was no longer in danger and no longer needed to rely on Mo Tingfeng's support. She carefully observed in the cave by herself.
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All traces of previous life here have been almost wiped out because of the fighting. There are only many wood carvings in varying degrees of burning in the crevice where the bed was originally placed. They all seem to be carved in the same shape. Song Weichen is curious, so he rummages into the crevice and pulls out a piece of wood that is still intact.

It was a chubby wooden figurine, which at first glance looked like a New Year picture doll holding a fish, but what it held was not a fish, but a round bead with the Big Dipper engraved on it.

The little fat baby seemed to treasure the bead in his hand, his eyes narrowed into slits due to smiling, and his chubby face pressed tightly against the bead.

"Is there any explanation for this?"

Song Weichen handed the wood carving to Mo Tingfeng, and dug into the cracks in the stone. They were all similar little fat babies holding beads, with obvious signs of hand-carving, and it was obvious that they were made by the same person.

"This child is called 'Baozhuzi', a 'confinement bottle' with a meaning of blessing. The carvings it holds in its arms are all kinds of strange, but they all have one thing in common, which is that they are the things that the person who owns Baozhuzi most wants to 'confine' by his side."

"People usually use 'baozhuzi' to hold carved ingots, officials like to use it to hold black gauze hats, and some military commanders use it to hold military tokens. There are many different uses, but they are generally related to wealth and power."

Mo Tingfeng looked carefully at the "bead-holding thing" in front of him. It was indeed holding a wooden bead, which was indeed quite rare.

"The Big Dipper has been believed since ancient times to be able to point out the path for the living to find the souls of the deceased. The Big Dipper is engraved on the wooden beads in the hands of this 'bead holder', and this may be the meaning of this."

"Also, you must have heard of a saying that everyone becomes a star in the sky after death, and this wooden bead represents a morning star. This means that the person who carved this 'bead' wanted to keep by his side forever a person who is no longer alive."

After Mo Tingfeng finished speaking, he put the "bead" back into the crevice. Song Weichen stared at it for a while, then silently took it out and put it back into his sleeve pocket.

"Maybe it was carved by 'Huo Zhazi' himself. Look at all the 'Huo Zhuzi' here. They may be his only concern and entertainment. This place has been destroyed like this. If it rains again, nothing will be left. I... I'll keep one."

Mo Tingfeng knew that Song Weichen was moved and softened because she heard that the person who carved the "beads" wanted to keep a person who was no longer alive forever. No matter who this person was, she wanted to keep a thought for the other person - she was such a person without principles, and the person he loved was exactly such a person.
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"In fact, it's already raining outside. We have to leave after one stick of incense."

He could already smell the fishy odor of wet soil and the scent of rain. It was a heavy rain, and it was only a matter of time before this place was destroyed.

"Weiwei, try to visualize the puppet Qi, instead of 'confronting Qi', to see if there is any remnant of the puppet Qi of the chaotic soul here?"

Mo Tingfeng wanted to test Song Weichen. He had just used a spell to explore and found that there was a clear reaction of puppet energy in this space, so he asked this question.

"okay."

At this time, Ding Heran and Ye Wujiu had already disappeared along the crevice into the underground river. Song Weichen didn't have to worry about them discovering that she could control the puppet's Qi, so she took out the puppet-controlling jade pendant and visualized the Qi according to the "Puppet Hiding Technique" that Mo Tingfeng had taught her before.

Because there are a large number of "beads" here, Song Weichen first tried to match the Qi with "thinking" among the seven emotions, but there was no response. Then he tried "worry" and "sadness", two emotions related to missing the deceased, but still could not match the Qi.

I kept trying until I reached the state of "shock"—bang! It appeared!

Many black wisps of ghost energy like a broken spider web appeared out of thin air around her. It seemed that a huge spider with a body that covered the sky was glaring at her from behind the broken spider web. On the spider's face were three empty eye sockets of the Ghost Lord, staring at her with ominous meaning.

The cold sweat that had just disappeared on Song Weichen's back slowly seeped out again. By the time she had absorbed all the puppet energy, she was almost exhausted - not from actual fatigue, but from the overly exhausting feeling of trembling with fear.

"The puppet energy here is 'shock' energy, and there is a lot of it, so much so that I suspect this is the lair of chaotic souls." Song Weichen reluctantly put the puppet back into the inner pocket of his chest, and tried to continue to explore deeper into the crevice, but he couldn't move his legs at all.

"Don't be so stubborn, I'll hold you."

Mo Tingfeng picked her up like a princess and continued to walk inside through the crack.

While Song Weichen was absorbing the puppet energy, he was not idle. Instead, he used magic to extract the remaining blood of the beast on the ground and put it into a small jade bottle. Mo Tingfeng always felt that there was something mysterious about the blood, as if some important clues were hidden in it, which he had not yet captured.

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After entering the crevice, it was obvious that the underground river had risen a lot. Part of the burning marks on the river had already been submerged in the water and would soon be completely submerged. Mo Tingfeng placed Song Weichen by the dry river and asked her to use the "Puppet Hiding Technique" to verify whether there was still puppet energy.

As expected, a large amount of "shock" energy filled the area all the way to the end of the water area. Song Weichen had become much more proficient due to his previous experience, and he quickly absorbed all the remaining energy nearby.

The water flow was getting faster and faster, and the water level was getting higher and higher. The little remaining puppet energy dissolved in the water and quickly became thin - Song Weichen withdrew reluctantly.

It is rare to have so much puppet energy. The two spirits in the puppet-controlling jade pendant - "Angry Birds" and "Attack of Ao Bing" have reappeared, and their power is even stronger than before.

It was a pity that the little guinea pig still couldn't sense her phantom spirit. Song Weichen wanted to absorb more of it, maybe it would reappear, but unfortunately...

“I can’t absorb it anymore.”

She was very unhappy and just lamented the waste.

"I have already sent a message to He Ran and Wu Jiu to go back to the old house first. We have to leave quickly as well."

Mo Tingfeng picked her up again, and while he was talking, the water had quickly reached her ankles. He turned to the side, and the two of them disappeared in a flash. The entire underground river was instantly flooded by water.
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At the same time, the two of them appeared in the old house in the Hidden Mist Village.

The advantage of Flash is that you can easily return to a place you have been to before - just like setting a "save point" in Hearthstone in the game.

Ding Heran and Ye Wujiu were already waiting in the main hall, discussing something intensely. When they saw the two people appear, they all bowed together. The four of them quickly aligned the information they had discovered, and they all realized a problem -

Since the puppet spirit dissipates when the water level rises, it means there were still chaotic spirits here not long ago!

"But there is clearly no one else inside except the necromancer, the man in black, the fire-lighter, and the three B-level dead ghosts. Where did this chaotic soul come from?"

Ding Heran's face was full of confusion, as he and Ye Wujiu had just been arguing about this.

"Luanpo is always elusive. Is it possible that he escaped before we arrived?"

Song Weichen made a reasonable assumption.

Ye Wujiu shook his head. "He Ran and I checked several times. There is no extraneous air in the crypt, so the chaotic soul must be one of the six 'people' who left traces."

"Right! So I think it's 'Fire Breaker'! No one has ever seen his true face, and he always appears and disappears mysteriously. Maybe it's to cover up the fact that he is a chaotic spirit!"

Ding Heran expressed his opinion quickly.

"It's definitely not 'Fire Breaker'. Luanpo is a bounty hunter? This is ridiculous! What is his obsession? He couldn't make money during his lifetime, so his obsession could not be eliminated after his death, and he eventually became a bounty hunter who made a fortune every day?"

It was rare for Ye Wujiu to make sarcastic remarks, which showed how intense the argument between the two had been.

"Stop arguing."

Mo Tingfeng interrupted calmly.

"The Necromancer is not completely dead."