Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 47 What's the point of explaining to a dead person?

Upon hearing Su Chunyi's words, Chen Ye laughed and said, "They probably think that the most dangerous place is the safest place."

That was indeed the right thing to do. Chen Ye had been searching for a long time but hadn't found the person. He thought the man had already run away, and he never expected that the man would dare to stay in the same place.

However, the place where he was hiding was even more interesting; it turned out to be the Hengdao Inn, which he had visited before.

This saved them time traveling; as the sword light fell, the three arrived at the entrance of the Hengdao Inn.

Chen Ye glanced at it; the half-lion and the broken sword were still there, but now they were also draped with white banners, and the county magistrate, Cui, was dressed in mourning.

However, Chen Ye and Su Chunyi only stood at the door and did not enter the inn.

Lan Shi looked left and right, but couldn't see anything wrong. He couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What are we waiting for?"

Su Chunyi did not explain, but simply pulled Lan Shi aside and said to her, "Watch carefully what the master is doing."

Lan Shi was puzzled, but then he saw Chen Ye chanting incantations and drawing talismans, his eyes turning golden.

Chen Ye opened his spiritual eyes and looked at the Hengdao Inn. It didn't look special at all. The five elements of spiritual energy were stable and no different from other places.

Chen Ye had previously searched this place, but had not found any clues.

But he came and went in a hurry then, only glancing at the scene before leaving. Now that Su Chun said Jiang Shiyue was hiding here, Chen Ye looked at her much more carefully.

After observing carefully for a while, Chen Ye indeed noticed something amiss.

All things in heaven and earth possess spiritual energy, which is mostly divided into Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. If there is no external force to stimulate it, it is relatively stable most of the time.

However, the spiritual energy in Hengdao Inn was too stable; even the trees planted on both sides did not have any wood-type spiritual energy.

This isn't a dead tree; it should be constantly exchanging spiritual energy with all things in heaven and earth. Even the slightest exchange is dynamic, but after watching for a long time, there's still no movement.

"So it was an illusion. I didn't expect that Jiang Shiyue, that devil, would have this trick up his sleeve."

Chen Ye doesn't understand illusion techniques, mainly because Mo Ci didn't teach him. But as Su Chunyi said, his understanding of the basics of formations is much deeper than that of other cultivators.

The principle of formations is nothing more than using specific methods to draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to achieve the desired effect.

The essence of controlling clouds and rain, and flying on a sword, is the same.

Since what is seen before us remains unchanged, then a certain moment must have been chosen to replicate the scene and use it as a backdrop to deceive people.

This kind of thing breaks easily with just one poke.

"Let me see, Kan (water) devours the spirit, Li (fire) burns the yin, Gen (mountain) stops, repeating its way, this is the way of heaven..."

Even without understanding illusion techniques, the principles governing the flow of spiritual energy in the world remain the same. Array formations cannot function without spiritual energy, so Chen Ye carefully calculated the original location of Hengdao Inn and soon a smile appeared on his face.

"It's really not surprising at all. The key point of the formation is placed in such an obvious place. They really put the principle of 'the safest place is the most dangerous place' into practice."

Chen Ye walked to the half-lion, extended his fingertip and drew a line on the long sword, leaving a talisman with his blood. He then activated the sword box, and three sword lights shot out in the directions of the Kan, Li, and Gen trigrams.

Three shattering sounds were heard, and even mortals could see countless cracks appearing out of thin air.

However, an array is still an array. As soon as the crack appeared, spiritual energy gathered to try to repair it. But the blood talisman that Chen Ye left on the array's core also took effect at the same time, emitting a dazzling light.

The cracks that were supposed to be repaired widened again and eventually collapsed completely, revealing the true appearance of Hengdao Inn.

The ground was littered with dried blood and mutilated corpses, as if a massacre had taken place, and a nauseating stench filled the air. Several emaciated, bloodshot-eyed martial artists stood in front of the door, glaring menacingly at Chen Ye.

Previously, these features were concealed by an array, making them invisible.

Now that the illusion has been broken, the once peaceful inn is now like hell. Lan Shi was shocked. Is this the work of an immortal? He hadn't seen the corpse even when he was right next to it, and he hadn't noticed the stench of death at all.

Chen Ye looked at the bloodthirsty martial artists; they were clearly controlled by Jiang Shiyue's charm technique. However, this incomplete charm technique was extremely harmful to the human body, and these people probably wouldn't live much longer.

Chen Ye sighed, "A demon is a demon; he treats human life as nothing more than a trivial matter."

Those martial arts practitioners brandished their weapons and charged towards Chen Ye, but even if ordinary people were fearless, they posed no threat to cultivators.

Chen Ye shook the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and countless ghosts, including Yang Chongguang's, flew out, quickly suppressing these martial arts figures.

Yang Chongguang, standing on the heads of the two martial arts figures, asked, "My benefactor, shall we kill or not?"

Chen Ye shook his head. He didn't have time to distinguish whether they were innocent or accomplices. He could only take out a medicine bottle, pour out a little medicine, and then blow it away.

The medicinal powder dispersed and entered the nasal cavities of these martial arts practitioners, quickly putting them to sleep.

This is a relic from the monk Ku'e. He collected a lot of medicine bottles, and this sleeping potion was one of them. It was considered a standard item for demonic cultivators, but it wasn't anything special and could only be used to deal with mortals.

Chen Ye usually doesn't need it, but he never expected it to come in handy at this time.

As soon as these manipulated martial arts figures collapsed to the ground, a venomous voice echoed from inside the inn: "Why are you so aggressive?!"

Jiang Shiyue, whom he had only heard of before, finally appeared in front of Chen Ye.

The man emerged from the inn, his already effeminate face now even more ashen, as if he were dead.

Jiang Shiyue knew that his master had died inexplicably, and Cui County was suddenly thrown into chaos. He knew that a cultivator had intervened, but he really didn't know who it was.

He saw the message left by Chen Ye, but he didn't believe that the cultivators of the Qinghe Sword Sect would kill someone and then take the body with them.

With so many messy and chaotic things piling up and no way to sort them out, Jiang Shiyue just wanted to hide away for three to five months, hoping things would finally settle down.

Who would have thought that even after hiding so carefully, they would still come knocking on our door to wipe us out?

Chen Ye carefully examined this young master Jiang. To put it simply, if it were his previous life, he would probably be the kind of pretty boy who gets criticized. It's not that he's ugly, but he certainly doesn't look healthy or sunny.

With such a gloomy appearance, how can he be considered the most handsome man?

Seeing Chen Ye's disdainful look, Jiang Shiyue became even angrier, but he still suppressed his anger and said, "What exactly do you want? We're all on the same side, there's no need to fight to the death. Let's draw a line and discuss everything."

Chen Ye refused without hesitation, saying, "Who's like you, you devil?"

Jiang Shiyue roared angrily, "You dare say you're not a member of the Demonic Sect? Do you really think no one will know if you're impersonating a disciple of the Qinghe Sword Sect?!"

Chen Ye smiled and pointed to Su Chunyi beside him, saying confidently, "This is a disciple of the Qinghe Sword Sect. If you're not convinced, you can ask her for her opinion."

Jiang Shiyue spat and said disdainfully, "Do you think I'm stupid?! Using the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and sleeping potion in front of the Qinghe Sword Sect disciples? She's from the Qinghe Sword Sect? I'll write her name backwards!"

Ah this...

Chen Ye was somewhat embarrassed; this was indeed a difficult situation to explain.

But thinking about it, I've come to terms with it. What's the point of explaining to a dead person?

The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls fluttered, and countless vengeful spirits rushed towards Jiang Shiyue; the sword box opened, and four sword lights flew towards Jiang Shiyue; his right hand drew a talisman, and the immobilization spell was already being prepared... In just an instant, Chen Ye used all the means at his disposal.

Even when a lion pounces on a rabbit, it must do its utmost!

(End of this chapter)