CHAPTER 609: CHAPTER 588 SECOND UPDATE

Elder Can had a different idea from Elder Su at this point.

Elder Can felt that the whole situation had reached a point beyond their control and they needed to resolve it quickly while the Young Master still could. Although Ghoul Ravine could not be considered a proper sect, they had struggled to this day, spending so much time and effort, seeking stability above all.

Elder Su, however, had a different point of view. Especially for this black demon creature, although its nature was unknown, the strength it had demonstrated in just these few days was terrifying.

Moreover, wasn’t Ghost Shadow also cultivated in this way? And compared to this creature, Ghost Shadow was not even worth mentioning.

Elder Can shook his head, We cannot control this thing, what if it gets out of control?

How could it get out of control, Without a person, how can it live?

Elder Can was about to speak when suddenly he saw his own Young Master stand up. The two elders immediately stopped their silent argument and both looked towards their Young Master.

The black smoke became even more docile in the hands of the youth, and even followed the movements of Yin He’s fingers with its body swaying, adopting a prostrating and worshipful posture, extremely submissive. Elder Su was even more excited as he watched, Look, this thing is very afraid of the Young Master. With the Young Master’s strength, there must be a way to control such demon creatures.

Seeing this, Elder Can wasn’t sure whether to speak up and warn Yin He.

He vaguely knew that this demon creature was something the Young Master had stumbled upon as a very young child. At that time, the Young Master had survived on wild fruits in the wilderness, like a feral child, and was chased into a cave by a stray dog, where he accidentally found this creature and was thereby able to survive in the wilderness.

Since then, this thing had always followed the Young Master. It was later when Master Huo Yi taught the Young Master how to control this creature and, by a stroke of luck and the Young Master’s innate ability to absorb Ghost Shadows, he was able to control it. This was also why the Ravine Master and they had agreed to this plan and conducted experiments on several disciples, with astonishing results.

However, everyone only saw the creature’s power, but Elder Can was slowly realizing that it was even more cunning than they had imagined, entirely different from Ghost Shadows.

Even though the black smoke was so obedient in the Young Master’s hands, Elder Can still felt it was a ruse, cunningly seeking a temporary submission in exchange for a grander objective.

Elder Can was about to speak when suddenly, Yin He moved his finger and pinched the black smoke between two fingers. The black smoke immediately coiled into a ring around the young man’s slender fingers, its excess tendrils swinging with the movement of his body.

Yin He gave a cold smile, and the next moment, he suddenly took out a glass bottle from his chest and swiftly tossed the black smoke from his hand into it.

Elder Can immediately breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his Young Master with unexpected approval, realizing for the first time that the Young Master’s intelligence was always spot-on, never slipping up on major matters.

Elder Su saw this and wanted to say something, but Yin He had already turned his head, instantly interrupting what Elder Su was about to say.

"Take good care of Lian Gui, and if any Disciples of Ghoul Ravine experience a similar situation, inform me immediately," Yin He commanded. It now appeared that he had underestimated the situation. He knew the creature’s cunning better than anyone.

When the creature was originally tested on Zheng Muyuan, he had felt that it was not truly sluggish and senseless.

"Yes, Young Master—" Elder Can followed up immediately, feeling much more at ease. He promptly ordered, Any disciple who shows such symptoms should be immediately brought to the front courtyard.

Yet, in the following days, those few Disciples of Qiandao Temple whose condition was very similar to Lian Gui’s suddenly calmed down and even showed some recovery, much better than those Qiandao Temple disciples who frantically craved blood. Their eyes became much clearer.

Even Elder Can and Elder Su found the situation strange.

Could it be that Lian Gui was just an isolated case, and that the others were affected by Lian Gui’s influence?

...

Zong Yunqian decided to personally investigate and followed a Qiandao Temple disciple who had wandered off alone to the back mountain.

Although Zong Yunqian didn’t know what the disciple intended to do, the hurried expression and random dashing into the mountains perplexed him.

After some time, Zong Yunqian realized that the disciple was not moving erratically but was capturing wild creatures. It seemed that any living thing was a target; first, the disciple pursued a rabbit but, seeing as the rabbit was too fast, switched to chasing a bird in the sky, and before he could catch the bird, he got distracted by a plump weasel.

Even though Zong Yunqian still couldn’t figure out what the disciple was trying to do, when the disciple pounced on a mouse, Zong Yunqian’s brow furrowed immediately.

The next moment, he saw the Qiandao Temple disciple gnawing on the mouse like a madman, its squeaks lasting for quite some time before finally stopping.

Zong Yunqian, Gu Dao, and Xi Feng exchanged looks, all confused.

"Let’s capture him first and talk later," ordered Zong Yunqian, unable to comprehend the bizarre behavior.

The next second, the three of them rushed out and quickly subdued the Qiandao Temple disciple to the ground.

This time, Zong Yunqian was much wiser. Instead of confronting the problem head-on, he used a Soul Locking Net previously meant to deal with Ghost Shadows. His caution was entirely due to the words of Ju Nanyi.

The disciples of Ghoul Ravine pinned down on the ground didn’t move, which surprised Zong Yunqian. He hadn’t expected such calm if, as Ju Nanyi had said, these disciples harbored something truly terrifying within them.

Zong Yunqian turned his head to look at Gu Dao and Xi Feng.

"It seems Ju Nanyi was only scaring us with empty threats. Gu Dao, collect the net and take him away," Zong Yunqian said, remaining cautious and wanting to check if there really was something...

However, as soon as Zong Yunqian finished speaking and Gu Dao and Xi Feng moved to retrieve the net, they suddenly trembled and stared fixedly at something inside the net, so stunned they couldn’t even make a sound.

Gu Dao pointed at the net...

Zong Yunqian immediately noticed their unease and turned to look at what was inside the Soul Locking Net.

Aside from the disciple of Ghoul Ravine, nothing else seemed to have appeared. Yet, the next moment, Zong Yunqian no longer thought so, as the sight before him had already altered his expression.

Dark smoke slowly spread from the body of the Ghoul Ravine disciple, whose limbs were gradually transforming into a black liquid. The liquid accumulated visibly fast due to the confinement of the Soul Locking Net.

It seemed as though the net was intensifying the movement of the black liquid.