Qin Liuxi did not go down to have dinner but spent the entire night in the Immortal Ascension Tower, poring over countless volus in the Collection, especially miscellaneous records of Foreign Countries, until she found a bit of useful information.
The Red Sand Golden Scorpion of the Black Desert, known as the king of the desert, has potent venom and no natural predators for the ti being, but it is hard to find and even harder to capture.
Qin Liuxi leaped onto the roof of the Immortal Ascension Tower and sat down cross-legged facing the hint of rosy dawn in the sky, practicing her Breathing, running through the Taoist Scripture in her mind, and executing a Grand Circulation.
In the early morning, all things awaken.
Disciples within the temple began their morning routine, lighting incense and lamps.
Devotees carrying incense candles and offerings stepped on the morning dew and ascended the stairs.
A five-colored bird stealthily perched nearby, blinking its small eyes, then, in a rebellious act, took flight and landed atop Qin Liuxi’s head.
A shining mont for the bird, yet at this mont, it might as well close its eyes in death.
Qin Liuxi’s spiritual platform was clear and bright. The irritation and impurities of the past few days dissipated bit by bit with the flow of the spell, her consciousness sinking into her Dantian, with her Primordial Spirit brimming with energy.
After completing a Grand Circulation, she suddenly reached out and grasped the startled bird on her head, pinching its squeaking beak with her other hand, and huffed, "What a bold little thing."
The Five-colored Bird struggled: A bird is bound to die soday, just regrets not pooping on your head.
Qin Liuxi plucked a beautiful five-colored feather from it and flicked her palm upwards, setting the Five-colored Bird fluttering away.
Tucking the feather casually into her hair, Qin Liuxi descended the tower and went to the room where Sha Yuanzi was placed, who had been treated for his wounds and was now in a deep sleep.
Qin Liuxi quietly observed him until he opened his eyes.
Sha Yuanzi’s neck was nearly severed by her Golden Silkworm’s fine silk, injuring his throat; now, as he opened his mouth, his throat only produced a sound coarser than sand, unable to speak.
Qin Liuxi looked at him, full of malice: "Chi Zhenzi doesn’t want you anymore, you’ve been abandoned. Do you want to cry about it?"
Her tone was like that of a brat who’s been sent to primary school and threatened with parents not wanting him.
Malicious yet playful.
Sha Yuanzi: "?"
Qin Liuxi continued, "You tell all the locations of your hideouts, how about I send you back?"
She couldn’t keep this eyesore in Qingping Temple, not only would it lower the average attractiveness of the temple folks, but more importantly, it would be a waste of food.
As if knowing what she was thinking, Sha Yuanzi showed his teeth in a grin, struggling to utter two words: "Not leaving."
He had never been laid in such a crowded place, nor had anyone taken care of him, always having grown up by fending for himself. If his master didn’t want him anymore, then he might as well stick around here, wait to be taken out by Qin Liuxi, and incidentally irritate her!
After all, he was useless now.
Qin Liuxi sneered, "You really are a bit of a nuisance. My master doesn’t allow to kill you, but hasn’t stopped from crippling you."
What does that an?
Sha Yuanzi looked at her hand placed on his head, his pupils slightly shrinking, glaring at her.
Qin Liuxi extended her finger to her lips, shushed softly, and began to mutter a spell with her lips. One hand ford a seal, the other pressed on his head, and her eyes closed.
She was about to perform Soul Search.
Sha Yuanzi felt an extrely domineering stream of energy drill into his spiritual platform, rampaging through his sea of consciousness. Very quickly, that energy felt like it turned into sharp ice, piercing into his brain bit by bit.
The sharp pain was like his brain being shattered by thunder, his body stiffened, and he quickly lost consciousness.
Qin Liuxi continued to gesture the spell, searching his soul. Her face gradually turned paler and fine sweat seeped from her forehead.
The Soul Searching Technique was more taxing on spirit energy and more damaging to one’s own cultivation than the Da Yan Divination thod. The subject of the search would have their brains damaged by the magic; in light cases, they would suffer from mory loss, while in severe cases, they might beco idiotic.
Qin Liuxi couldn’t be bothered to waste words with Sha Yuanzi, nor did she care whether he would beco an idiot or not. She wanted to find Chi Zhenzi, and preferably to get that piece of Buddha Bone in her possession.
But as she saw more and more, her frown deepened until the mont of Sha Yuanzi’s birth.
Qin Liuxi stopped her hands, opened her eyes, and looked at the now unconscious Sha Yuanzi with a complicated gaze, silent for a long ti.
Movents ca from behind. Qin Liuxi turned her head and saw the displeased expression on Master Chi Yuan’s face. She felt slightly guilty as she stood up and said, "After these two patients stabilize, I will send you to the small dragon vein for retreat in a few days."
Master Chi Yuan said from behind her, "The Soul Searching Technique is harmful to the harmony of heaven, and should not be used casually. So things are predestined, and it is best to let nature take its course. Heaven has its own arrangents; rember that you are the most important."
Qin Liuxi paused in her steps and said, "I thought you would bla for soul searching him." She paused again before adding, "Chi Zhenzi once took over his father’s body, killed his mother, and then took him away when he was just one month old."
Master Chi Yuan was startled and looked at Sha Yuanzi.
Acknowledging a thief as one’s father.
What kind of karma was this?
Master Chi Yuan sighed.
Qin Liuxi went out, exhaling a breath of turbid air, and returned to her Daoist Room. After swallowing an Elixir Pill, she then led Teng Zhao and the others back to the city.
She still had to perform acupuncture on Du Mian and Quan Jing, then find Chi Zhenzi, and also capture the Golden Scorpion to prepare the poison. She needed to consider carefully how to mix the poison so that it was aggressive enough to act as an antidote without causing greater harm to Quan Jing.
As for Siluo, without catching him or figuring out his next move, she could only temporarily let him be. After all, the Underworld Hall Lords would be more anxious than her; it was their responsibility. How could they rely solely on her, a mortal?
anwhile, the flustered officials of the Underworld had just established an agenda, which was to have the City Gods from all regions contribute to the search for Siluo. They were to instruct the leaders of temples and Daoist Temples in the mortal world to work together in capturing the Evil Buddha Siluo. In return, they would facilitate the process of invoking deities during Daoist rituals and bestow additional abilities.
Indeed, even the true Daoists with real abilities didn’t always succeed in invoking deities or summoning Ghost ssengers every ti. Now that a consensus had been reached, future exorcisms and spell casting would certainly be more successful than before.
Thus, many Cultivators from the temples in Da Feng received dreams sent by City Gods to search for and capture the Evil Buddha Siluo. Those who contributed would be recorded in the rit and Derit Record with great rit accredited to them.
Qin Liuxi was also aware of this matter. She wasn’t inford through a dream but by Lao Hei himself. Although she did not need this transaction to perfectly communicate with the divine, this mission of earning rit certainly involved her.
She did not ntion anything about communion with the divine; instead, she asked Lao Hei to help look for the Golden Scorpion in the Black Desert by getting so ghosts to keep an eye out for it.
Black Impermanence readily agreed. What he did not dare to ntion was that his superiors had said that in dealing with Siluo, anyone could be spared except Qin Liuxi. She was an indispensable main force, the kind with real fighting capability.
Qin Liuxi sneezed, touched the cooling back of her neck, feeling an ominous chill.
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