Chapter 403: Why Did You Wait Until Today to Be Exposed?

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“Ever since I interacted with you a few times, I realized that you’re powerful. You can’t master it overnight. Since you’re so powerful, why did you wait until today to expose yourself?” Yao Qingyi saw that Shen Yaowei’s eyes were calm and became even more curious.

“This is my private matter. Please forgive me for not being able to tell you.” Shen Yaowei looked around.

Before speaking to Yao Qingyi, she had been completely absorbed in the previous events, so she hadn’t noticed anything amiss.

But now that she looked around carefully, the entire street was so quiet that it was strange. It was fine if there were no pedestrians, but even a wandering beggar, or even a Tom, Dick, or Harry, was nowhere to be seen. There were no insects around, as if there were no other living creatures other than the two of them.

“Senior Brother Yao, do you feel that the aura around you is very wrong?” As she spoke, she had already stopped in her tracks. She was even more certain that her perception was definitely right!

Yao Qingyi looked around and also felt that the aura around him was unstable.

There seemed to be something lurking in the depths of the darkness all around, stirring.

“There’s indeed something wrong. Speaking of which, we’ve been walking for so long today, but we haven’t encountered a ghost race. It’s really strange.” As Yao Qingyi spoke, she took out a yellow talisman from her sleeve. “1’11 use this talisman to investigate the situation first.”

Shen Yaowei took a step back and distanced herself from Yao Qingyi.

Yao Qingyi infused spirit energy into the talisman with a raise of his hand. Then, with a light chuckle, the talisman in his hand turned into a golden light and instantly flew out from where it was. It went straight ahead and disappeared in an instant.

However, before the two of them could heave a sigh of relief, the talisman that was originally heading straight ahead appeared behind them and flew straight towards Yao Qingyi.

Yao Qingyi’s expression turned serious as he reached out to take the charm. “This charm actually circled around on its own and appeared behind us. It can be seen that the two of us are trapped on this repetitive path. This is the first time I’ve seen such a powerful ghost wall.”

“The road we’re on has already been sealed. I’m afraid the outside world isn’t so quiet. We have to leave here immediately to know what’s going on outside.” Although Shen Yaowei said that, a strong sense of uneasiness appeared in her heart.

For some reason, she felt uneasy today, as if something big was about to happen.

She had never felt so uneasy before. Shen Yaowei subconsciously looked in the direction of the General’s Mansion and His Highness Li’s Mansion.

She didn’t have time to delay now. She had to leave this place as soon as possible.

At the thought of this, a thought surfaced in her heart. She raised her feet and walked towards a corner in the east.

Reaching down, Shen Yaowei scooped up some soil and placed it inside a handkerchief. Without hesitation, she continued walking towards the west.

She meticulously picked up the soil from every corner, replicating the same action in each direction – east, south, west, and north. Only after gathering a small amount of soil from each corner did she finally raise her hand.

The spirit energy in her body poured out and fused with the soil on the handkerchief, fusing it into one. The originally ordinary soil emitted bursts of light.

“You want to invite an Earth Immortal to lead the way?” Yao Qingyi saw through Shen Yaowei’s intentions at a glance and looked at her with even more surprise.

Calling upon the Earth Immortal to guide the way was a method that utilized spiritual energy and incantations to summon the Earth Immortal for assistance and break through obstacles encountered during a journey.

In the Imperial Preceptor’s residence, apart from disciples of his level, ordinary disciples had never even heard of this method, but Shen Yaowei could use it so freely.

“An Earth Immortal’s guidance can allow me to escape from danger as quickly as possible. I don’t want to take the risk.” As Shen Yaowei spoke, she fused the soil further with her spiritual power until it finally formed a firm mud ball.

Immediately after, she took off the small gourd at her waist, opened it, and mixed the blood of the black rooster into the soil.

The soil was quickly dyed dark red. The thick smell of blood, accompanied by Yang energy, enveloped the entire mud ball. Shen Yaowei raised her hand and divided the red soil into three pieces. Then, she bent down and placed it on the ground. She pinched the three pieces of soil into the shape of three small mounds.

Then, she took out three slender white candles and inserted them into three small mounds..