It's time to become a fairy.

Lin Yushu's eyes showed panic, but he managed to maintain a calm expression on the surface and asked, "When we just got off the spirit boat?"

Ye Qingge didn't respond to that. When they got off the spirit boat, Chen Ziming distributed beads to everyone to simulate ordinary people, but he didn't give one to Lin Yushu. When Lin Yushu tried to conceal his aura in his own way, he revealed the first flaw.

Lin Yushu's actions revealed Yin energy, which activated the symbol on Ye Qingge's back. She initially thought it was the effect of Yin energy, but then realized something was wrong. If other people were to wear it, the same thing would happen. If all five people wore it together, the symbol on their hands should have deepened in color very quickly, but that was not the case.

The group used the same method, but the symbols did not darken in color. Instead, the closer they got to the school, the darker the symbols became. However, this flaw could not be told to Lin Yushu.

She smiled and said, "That was just a point of suspicion. I didn't notice it at first either. What really made me suspicious was Chen Ziming's bump at the door. As a member of the Demon Suppression Division, no matter how big the conflict, he wouldn't take action during a mission, let alone do something so obviously."

"This is very abnormal!"

"In addition to Chen Ziming's abnormal behavior after entering the school, I carefully recalled my experience from the beginning. Chen Ziming showed malice towards me from the start, and his subsequent actions repeatedly showed behaviors that I found disgusting. On the contrary, you used your status to get closer to me and lower my guard."

"I didn't care at first because of the old grudge between Minister Yan and Minister Chen, but it's not normal for it to happen repeatedly."

As Ye Qingge spoke, she moved closer to Lin Yushu, her aura pressing down on him. She used her mental illusion technique, not immediately, but it still put immense psychological pressure on Lin Yushu.

His body trembled slightly, and he could no longer maintain his original smile: "So, I see."

"Actually, these are just doubts. What really confirmed my identity as a disciple of the Misty Demon Sect was when I discovered Chen Zimo's puppet identity while dealing with him."

Ye Qingge made a hand seal, and her fire elemental divine power transformed into layers of milky white flames that enveloped the surrounding area. Even if Lin Yushu didn't make a move this time, she was prepared to take action.

It's normal to apply appropriate pressure to make the other party reveal a weakness, but given that we're in this strange place, dragging it out for too long won't do her any good.

Lin Yushu also noticed Ye Qingge's actions. His original fearful expression disappeared, and his face became calm. His eyes were as still as a deep well. He praised, "Not bad, not bad at all. This strength and ability to observe details are indeed comparable to Feng Yumeng, who was in the same year as me."

"But just because you've already made a backup plan doesn't mean I haven't... Go to hell!"

Just as Ye Qingge's flames were about to reach him, Lin Yushu sneered, quickly forming hand seals, and the surrounding Yin energy erupted once again.

On the floor of the principal's office, waves of yin energy surged, forming a sinister array. The yin energy from the entire school was drawn to converge here, and the closest yin energy even transformed into countless weapons, enveloping Ye Qingge's five figures.

However, while he was fast, Ye Qingge, who was prepared, was even faster.

The power of the "Soldier's Technique" enveloped the Cloud Sword. Taking advantage of the gap in the opponent's formation, Ye Qingge suddenly pierced Lin Yushu's heart with her sword. Only then did the Yin energy attack, and the four clones exploded, leaving only Ye Qingge's figure behind Lin Yushu.

Sensing Lin Yushu's rapidly fading life force, Ye Qingge calmly said, "Senior Lin, it seems you've lost this battle after all!"

"is it?"

Lin Yushu turned his head, a mysterious smile appearing on his pale, chubby face: "That's not necessarily true. So what if my physical body dies? The elders will resurrect me, while you and that Yan Ye'an will be trapped here forever... just wait to die!"

Wow

A cold wind swept through, and Lin Yushu's soul emerged from his body. A bead on his chest emitted a pale golden light, enveloping Lin Yushu and sending him flying into the distance.

At the same time, the yin energy in the principal's office also reached its limit.

Ye Qingge's pupils contracted, and she quickly spent 10,000 points from the system shop to buy a Demon-Slaying Pill and threw it forward.

The surging purifying power swept around, and the power of the Demon-Breaking Pill collided with the Yin energy, causing a violent reaction. The roof of the entire principal's office was blown off. Seeing that the Yin energy in the vicinity was becoming dense again, Ye Qingge quickly jumped down from the side.

Below, the head teacher had just finished speaking, and the "parents" and ghostly students, shrouded in eerie energy, were being led back to their classrooms by their teachers. Yan Ye'an, quick as lightning, dropped the branch he was holding, summoned his spirit sword, and flew it towards Ye Qingge's feet, shouting, "Qingge, watch out for the spirit sword's location!"

Ye Qingge responded loudly, quickly adjusted her position, and her toes made contact with Yan Ye'an's spirit sword, abruptly dissipating the force. She then leaped to the side again and landed smoothly.

After this transformation, Lin Yushu's soul had escaped this place. The yin energy in the principal's office transformed into a thick pillar of yin energy that shot into the sky, enveloping the entire campus. Suddenly, a terrifying power erupted from the school gate, combining with the emanating yin energy. Intricate runes began to appear in the sky, and the scene outside the school gate gradually blurred, as if... detached from reality.

"Chen Ziming's move was a contingency plan left over from the collision when he had an ordinary person hit Lin Yushu."

Ye Qingge felt a chill in her heart. Just now, she observed the direction in which Lin Yushu's soul escaped. She had personally witnessed the point where the power at the door erupted, which was exactly where Lin Yushu had crashed into the door earlier.

Countless Yin energy runes surged forth, their power amplified by the surrounding Yin energy, making the entire school's Yin energy more concentrated than ever before. The Yin-spirited students of this prestigious school, and even the teachers, received unprecedented enhancements, while the Yang energy of ordinary people, bewitched by the Yin energy, was suppressed like never before.

"All members, listen up! Emergency! Gather all civilians and bring them together in one place!"

Ye Qingge immediately issued the order: "There's something strange happening at the school. If these ghostly students devour ordinary people, we'll be overwhelmed by them!"

The original ordinary Yin spirit students had no strength, but now, with the blessing of the formation, if they were to devour more ordinary people, there would be hundreds of Yin spirits at the Divine Awakening level! Such strength was nothing to Ye Qingge, but when the number reached several hundred, it would be a huge burden for him!

Lin Yushu was clearly well-prepared. The entire school was under lockdown, and there was no time to escape. The most important thing now was to eliminate the danger and then find a way to break through.

Yan Ye'an was the first to react. Although she didn't understand the reason for Ye Qingge's order, she had unwavering trust in Ye Qingge. With her hands forming hand seals, the returning spirit sword flicked and transformed into more than twenty identical flying swords, which rapidly attacked the nearby ghostly students and even teachers from the center of her attack.

The others were slightly taken aback, but quickly realized the current situation and took swift action to save ordinary people.

With everyone working at full strength, countless ghostly students were quickly killed and eliminated, including the teachers. All of them were at the Spiritual Awareness level, and teachers except for those at the Divine Awakening level were no match for them.

Just as the group had eliminated nearly a third of the ghosts, the dean of students let out a sharp roar from not far away. Countless ghosts and teachers retreated rapidly, no longer maintaining their original normal teacher and student appearances, and each one revealed their hideous ghostly true forms.

They retreated extremely quickly, and the people who prioritized protecting ordinary people had no time to give chase. After gathering the remaining ordinary people together, Yan Ye'an and the others quickly surrounded Ye Qingge and asked, "What exactly happened? What should we do next?"

Ye Qingge explained the situation in general terms. The three people other than Yan Ye'an showed incredulous expressions and clearly wanted to ask more questions, but Ye Qingge did not give them the chance.

"Time is of the essence. If we delay too long, even if none of these spirits are ordinary people, they will easily reach the level of Divine Awakening under the influence of Yin energy. One or two, or even a dozen or twenty, Divine Awakening spirits are nothing to us, but hundreds would be terrifying!"

"The important thing now is to find a way to break the seal and escape from here!"

The three women exchanged glances, and finally the woman spoke up, asking, "Miss Ye, do you have any ideas on how to break the formation? We will do our best to help!"

They had seen Ye Qingge's expression as she killed the Yin spirit. Although they had some doubts about Ye Qingge's words, there was no doubt that Ye Qingge was stronger than them.

In times of crisis, people will subconsciously gravitate towards the strong and those with more independent opinions.

Ye Qingge didn't answer immediately. She was also thinking of a solution. After a while, she glanced at the time on her personal crystal brain, and a flash of inspiration struck her. She said, "I have a general idea of ​​how to crack this. You guys protect me while I find a way to do it!"

The three looked puzzled, but Yan Ye'an nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I believe you!"

Seeing that the three of them had no better solution, Ye Qingge could only nod.

Yan Ye'an stood with his sword in hand beside Ye Qingge, protecting her. The other three stood in the remaining three positions, wary of any possible attacks from the nearby Yin spirits.

Among the information extracted from the jade tablet, the teaching building and other places have special rules and dangers. In comparison, although this place is easy to be besieged by evil spirits, it is the safest place at present.

Ye Qingge spent another 10,000 points from the system shop to exchange for a protective spiritual artifact before sitting cross-legged, opening the free travel function, and selecting the Empress's slot.

The formation here is extremely strange, and none of them have a way to break it. The only thing Ye Qingge can think of is to find a way to break it by freely traversing through the formation.

Feng Lingxiu's free travel was inaccessible because she had already arrived at the destination and could only use free travel again after possessing another body to complete the mission. Su Qing'er had just completed her mission and was probably still in a critical situation. Even if she traveled through time, she wouldn't be able to find a solution immediately. Only the Empress's world was relatively peaceful, so it became Ye Qingge's first choice.

Everything went black for a moment, and as her senses gradually returned, a faint scent of incense wafted in. It was the familiar study. Countless memorials were piled up on the desk, clearly indicating that the Empress had been reviewing official documents before her free journey.

"Qing, you've come."

The Empress's voice carried a hint of eagerness. With Ye Qingge's arrival, she no longer needed to review official documents herself; she could direct Ye Qingge to do so.

If handled well, Ye Qingge's abilities in this area can be cultivated, and she won't even need to give verbal instructions; she will only need Ye Qingge to provide guidance when reviewing official documents.

Ye Qingge was unaware of the Empress's ulterior motives. She put down the pen she was using to correct memorials and asked anxiously, "Who is the nearest array master, and where is he?"

"The closest one is probably Grandmaster Zhang, the array master enshrined in the Heavenly Court. If anything happens, he will arrive within ten minutes of being summoned."

The Empress hesitated for a moment before answering, then asked with a puzzled look, "Have you encountered trouble?"

Ye Qingge did not answer immediately. She summoned a maid and asked her to call the array master. Then she paced anxiously back and forth in the study.

Two minutes later, Ye Qingge calmed down considerably after using the Hongmeng Breathing Technique to soothe her mind. It would take ten minutes for the summons to arrive, so there was no point in being anxious. She might as well use the time to do something else.

She pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, took out a blank piece of paper, and drew the symbol on the back of her hand.

The Empress exclaimed in surprise, "This is... the same symbol from last time, but it looks even more complete than before!"

Ye Qingge nodded, looking expectantly, "Yes, another symbol has been added, making the meaning even clearer... I wonder if Your Majesty can figure out what it means?"

The Empress pondered: "So the two symbols originally contained a location, but when the three symbols are put together and enter the complete version, it doesn't mean that anymore. The location is just secondary; what's more important is that it seems to be expressing... a cry for help? A distress signal?"

Chapter 71 A plea for help from thousands of miles away, first meeting with Yan's father

"A distress...signal?"

Ye Qingge was taken aback.

The Empress nodded and said, "Since you drew these symbols last time, I have consulted many related texts and also inquired with the Underworld Lord about their possible meanings. To be more precise, the meaning the owner of these three characters wanted to express is—Save me!"

"However, while the meaning is as it is, the uses of these three characters are not limited to that. The characters have a locating function, and can naturally also be used for reverse locating to determine the location of the character's owner. Moreover, the character symbols contain attributes of the underworld, and should carry some of the character's underworld abilities that need to be developed. It seems that they also have the ability to absorb spirits."

"However, the specific methods of use still need time to be explored and determined, so I can't say for sure."

Ye Qingge rubbed her temples; she felt she needed some peace and quiet.

The Empress had studied the symbols and her judgment on their application was very accurate, seemingly more complete than the results Ye Qingge had obtained through her own exploration. However, what Ye Qingge was clearly pondering was the meaning of the symbols.

She remembered when she first discovered this symbol, it was when she first encountered the Yin Spirit. She had broken through to the Divine Awakening Realm, slain the Yin Spirit, and was attacked by its power, thus obtaining this symbol.

What kind of being could make a wandering spirit ask for help?

After pondering for a moment, Ye Qingge asked, "How do we reverse-locate the owner of the symbol?"

"The characters of this symbol are ingenious, but the level of the power owner is not high enough to utilize the symbol to its fullest potential. By learning a minor supernatural power, one can deduce the identity of the symbol owner."

As the Empress spoke, she began to teach Ye Qingge how to cast minor spells.

The spell was simple. With the Empress's body, Ye Qingge could skillfully use it by making hand seals before the array masters stationed in the Heavenly Court arrived.

Seeing the arrival of the array master, Ye Qingge withdrew her hand, preparing to purchase the spell with points after returning to her main body. Only then did she raise her head and imitate the Empress's usual demeanor.

"Your humble servant Zhang Nian greets Your Majesty."

An elderly man in a plain-colored robe, with white hair and beard, came to Ye Qingge and bowed to her.

Ye Qingge smiled and gestured for the other party to stand up. After exchanging a few polite words as usual, she changed the subject and got straight to the point: "I wonder how much Master Zhang knows about the Yin Soul Formation?"

Zhang Nian pondered for a moment and said, "I have some knowledge of Yin Soul Formations, but I am not as proficient as I am in defensive formations. I can make and break ordinary formations, but I cannot deal with those that are too high-level."

"Not high level."

Ye Qingge shook her head, thought for a moment, then stretched out her hand. The image of the runes she saw in reality appeared in her mind, and she began to simulate them with her spiritual power.

In reality, Ye Qingge has reached the realm of spiritual awareness and has studied the Empress's Primordial Dao Scripture. The quality and strength of both the god within her body and the spiritual essence of the god far surpass those of ordinary cultivators. The changes in the formation are clearly displayed in Ye Qingge's eyes, but Ye Qingge knows nothing about formations, so she has no way to break them.

Through her efforts to restore it, mysterious symbols began to appear in the small space in her palm, operating according to special rules.

At first, Zhang Nian didn't take it seriously, but when he saw how each symbol worked, his breathing gradually became rapid. When the array in Ye Qingge's palm was fully formed, his mind was completely open, and he entered a state of contemplation.

"Does Master Zhang have a way to break this?"

Having almost finished evolving the formation, Ye Qingge raised her head.

Zhang Nian subconsciously said, "The formation is not of a high level; it can be easily broken by force."

Ye Qingge opened her mouth, only to find herself speechless. At the Empress's level, such a formation could indeed be broken with ease.

But she can't actually do that in reality. If that were the answer, why would she need to call Zhang Nian?

Ye Qingge frowned, and Zhang Nian also came to his senses, realizing that his answer was inappropriate. He quickly said, "Although the level of this formation is not high and the method of its set up is quite immature, the way it operates and even the way the runes are arranged are very novel. It has broadened my thinking and I was so engrossed in it that I beg Your Majesty to punish me."