The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 788 Your Grandpa Is Still Your Grandpa (2nd Update)
Junior Uncle wasn't the kind of elder with a strong desire for control. As long as the younger generation didn't die, even if they caused a huge mess, he wouldn't interfere.

Therefore, unless Yunran specifically told her junior uncle something, her junior uncle might not know what Yunran was doing.

At this moment, upon hearing that Yun Ran had been arrested and imprisoned in a very dangerous place where they could not be contacted...

Junior Uncle sat down directly, not as worried as one might expect.

He knew all too well how capable Yunran was of causing trouble.

High-level hunters often disguise themselves as prey, and this saying couldn't be more fitting for Yun Ran.

The junior uncle rushed over because he heard Long Ling mention the Yin Moon Stone, and also because Xie Xuzhi had been captured.

Of course, the main reason is Xie Xuzhi.

As an elder, he was truly heartbroken over Yunran's backlash injuries.

He used to be too embarrassed to coerce or bribe Xie Xuzhi, but now that he has the identity of a savior, he can use that favor to repay the debt.

Anyway, it's only been three years, and Junior Uncle doesn't feel any remorse at all.

Having made up his mind, the junior uncle looked at Long Ling with much more affection in his eyes when he did so again.

Those familiar with Junior Uncle know that if he shows a kind expression, it means that some people are about to be tricked.

"Come on, tell me what happened."

When Long Ling saw her junior uncle being so easy to talk to, she immediately became incredibly excited, eager to recount everything in detail from the beginning.

Junior Uncle held back for a while, then finally regained his composure: "Get to the point!"

Dragon Spirit: ...

I finally had a chance to show off in front of my junior uncle, but unfortunately, the timing wasn't right.

Long Ling could only focus on the key points and recount what had happened before, as well as what she had seen in the Death Mountain.

"You mean that after the creatures of the Death Mountain gained sentience, their cultivation seemed to hit a bottleneck, and there were even signs of their cultivation declining?"

Long Ling nodded quickly.

"Draw out the formation you saw before and show it to me."

This doesn't seem like the effect of a spirit-locking array; it's more like the effect of a spirit-devouring array.

Long Ling originally wanted to say that he couldn't be wrong, as he had fought quite a few battles with people from the Xuanmen sect and was quite familiar with those formations.

But he didn't know why, but in front of his junior uncle, he was rather timid and didn't dare to say "it's impossible" with a straight face.

This is probably related to the time when I first met my junior uncle, he grabbed my neck and shook me around.

Long Ling quickly turned around and took out paper and pen from the cabinet behind her.

Then he started drawing the formation from his memory.

Fortunately, he was so shocked at the time that he saw the formation made of Yin Moon Stones that he examined it very carefully, not missing a single detail.

Soon, a complex array pattern appeared on the paper, with no small detail overlooked.

Junior Uncle looked at it and nodded slightly: "Your memory and talisman-drawing skills are quite good. You can focus on cultivating these skills in the future."

This was just a polite compliment from Junior Uncle, a habit he developed after raising Yunran—children should be praised more.

But to Long Ling, it sounded like his junior uncle was paying close attention to him and planning to train him.

Long Ling was immediately excited: "Thank you, Junior Uncle. I will definitely work hard in the future!" Junior Uncle looked at Long Ling, who seemed to be burning something, with some confusion, but still nodded gently.

Junior Uncle had no idea that he had just said that sentence unintentionally.

In the future, Qingfeng Temple produced a powerful master of talismanic arts.

After carefully examining the pattern drawn by Long Ling, Junior Uncle said with certainty, "This is the Spirit Devouring Array, which is very similar to the Spirit Locking Array, with only some slight variations."

Even those from families with deep-rooted esoteric traditions might mistake it.

The Soul Devouring Array sounds like something bad, and it's incredibly sinister.

"Soul Devouring Array?"

The junior uncle, unusually patient, explained: "This Soul Devouring Array is a very ancient formation. In the past, it was used to seal and control those demons that could not be killed."

The Soul-Devouring Array can devour the aura of the beings trapped within, preventing them from ever reaching their full potential.

However, later, someone tampered with the Soul Devouring Array, using the aura of other beings being devoured on themselves.

This is tantamount to stealing the fruits of someone else's labor and reaping the benefits without sowing. As a result, the Soul Devouring Array became one of the evil arts that people despise.

I only saw some fragments of scrolls about the Soul Devouring Array back then; I never imagined I'd have the chance to see it with my own eyes.

The reason why Long Ling regarded this formation as a spirit-locking formation is because the spirit-devouring formation itself was transformed from the spirit-locking formation.

In fact, setting up a Soul Devouring Array is extremely difficult. It requires not only the powerful abilities of the person setting it up, but also the sacrifice of other living beings to activate it.

Threatening the Soul Devouring Array is even more difficult, so that's probably the purpose of those Yin Moon Stones.

There are only a few places where the Soul Devouring Array can be used.

Even though Junior Uncle hadn't confronted Yun Ran directly at that moment, he could roughly guess what those people's purpose was.

It's nothing more than wanting to obtain some so-called Great Dao.

By stealing the spiritual energy of other living beings and sacrificing them, one can take shortcuts within the rules of the Great Dao.

"There shouldn't be any major problems with Yunran for now. I need to go to the Ghost Realm. You can handle the rest."

Long Ling watched in disbelief as her junior uncle simply pulled with both hands, and a small crack appeared out of thin air.

The dragon spirit, who had been to the Ghost Realm, sensed the aura emanating from it when the small crack opened.

The junior uncle's figure vanished in a flash.

The dragon spirit was completely stunned.

No, he knew his junior uncle was powerful, but he didn't expect him to be this powerful!
When Yun Ran opened the Ghost Realm, she was extremely careful, forming hand seals and so on.
Unlike Junior Uncle, who was so relaxed, it was as easy as turning the handle of his own back door.

The small crack leading to the Ghost Realm closed after Junior Uncle's figure disappeared.

If Long Ling hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought he was seeing things.

At this moment, the phrase "Your grandpa is still your grandpa" was swirling in Long Ling's mind.

After a long while, Long Ling clapped her hands: "No, I must perform well and try to get on my junior uncle's good side."

I must be more favored than Yunran, then I'll be the one dominating her!

No one knows what was going through Long Ling's mind, that she was so eager to make a name for herself and compete with Yun Ran for favor.

(End of this chapter)