Chapter 227

At that time, a black-clothed person stood beside my parents' corpses, smugly telling me that this was the price I paid for refusing the Holy Spirit Sect.

I was furious at the time; I wanted to kill him to avenge my parents, but he turned out to be a Soul King, and I, a newly promoted Soul Ancestor, was no match for him—he quickly defeated me and took me to their territory.

He told me that although my parents' bodies were already dead, their souls still remained, and if I did not want their souls to be scattered, I had to obey his orders.

I didn't want to listen to him, but he really let me see my parents' souls, and he told me he had means to torment souls, capable of turning my parents into vengeful spirits under painful torture.

At the same time, he smugly told me not to think of seeking help from the peacekeeping forces, because they were all his people; if they found out I had gone to complain, they would immediately turn my parents into vengeful spirits.

I feel sorry for my parents; they struggled to raise me to this age, yet they hadn't even enjoyed any good days before my life was taken, and I cannot let them suffer after death, so I could only obey his orders.

I also know that this organization called the Holy Spirit Sect is nothing good; serving them likely means going to hell after death, but I truly have no way out, truly no way! Please, spare me! I cannot die yet!

Looking at Li Wu, who was speaking tearfully about his ordeal before them, Tang Wulin and the others exchanged glances, their expressions somewhat strange.

Finally, Tang Wulin coughed once, loosened the Blue Silver Emperor binding him, and helped him up from the ground.

"Um... sorry, I didn't expect you to be forced; please forgive me."

His expression was full of regret.

Perhaps because the stimulation he received just now in the underground market was too great, his actions inevitably became somewhat radical.

He had always thought his own misfortune was enough, but in front of Li Wu it was truly a case of a minor witch seeing a greater witch.

At least he did not have to watch his parents die before his eyes while being forced to serve the enemy.

Gongyang Mo asked, "What is your martial soul?"

Li Wu stood up from the ground, extended his hand, and a dark-red plant emerged from his palm.

"My martial soul is this, Ghost Spirit Grass."

"I see."

Everyone present suddenly came to a realization.

Ghost Spirit Grass is a relatively rare plant-type soul beast; its racial talent is soul attack, and when cultivated to a ten-thousand-year level it can even directly inflict shattering damage on souls.

As a martial soul, Ghost Spirit Grass is likewise quite special; it inherits the soul-attack ability, but its strength is inferior to that of the Ghost Spirit Grass as a soul beast; overall it can be considered a relatively weak spiritual plant-type martial soul.

As for whether this martial soul counts as an evil martial soul, Tang Wulin and the others all felt it does not.

But evidently the Holy Spirit Sect does not think so; they likely wish to combine it with a special cultivation method to transform his Ghost Spirit Grass into a true evil martial soul.

Recalling the large number of evil soul masters in the underground market, Tang Wulin fell into thought.

In this light, not only were the evil soul masters originally from the Three Kingdoms drawn over by the Holy Spirit Sect, but even some local normal soul masters were forcibly turned into evil soul masters by them.

This makes their abnormal number of evil soul masters much more understandable.

However, this is really not good news.

Looking at the three Tang Wulin lost in thought, Li Wu trembled as he said:

"May I ask who you three are? Are you enemies of the Holy Spirit Sect?"

Tang Wulin came to his senses, speaking seriously: "I cannot tell you who we are, and we are not enemies of the Holy Spirit Sect, but we are definitely its enemies."

Hearing his answer, Li Wu suddenly went weak in the knees and knelt: "Then please save my parents! If it can be done, I don't care if you take my life! I beg you!"

No one expected that Li Wu, who had just been so afraid of death, would now be willing to offer his life in plea.

But hearing his mournful voice, Tang Wulin and the others had no doubt about his resolve; he was absolutely sincere.

Perhaps he was afraid of death just now also because he feared that if he died, his parents would truly be turned into vengeful spirits.

Tang Wulin sighed, took hold of the desperately pleading Li Wu, and said: "Get up; what do we want your life for? Even if you give us nothing, we will still help you rescue your parents' souls."

"Really? Thank you! Thank you!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wu was overjoyed, tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes.

Although his family was poor, it was very harmonious; seeing him about to grow up and have the ability to change everything, yet because of his own actions his parents met such a fate, this had already nearly overwhelmed him with guilt.

Yet he dared not die, for the black-clothed person told him that if he died, his soul would be made into a vengeful spirit together with his parents; he had no doubt about the truth of that statement, and that cruel black-clothed person would surely carry it out.

Now he finally saw a hope for revenge, and he was willing to stake everything he had.

Tang Wulin asked gently:

"Could you tell me about the personnel arrangement and rules of this Holy Spirit Sect branch?"

Knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles; earlier the black-clothed person had lied in many places, and the information he provided was fundamentally untrustworthy, but Li Wu is different—what he says is basically true, so Tang Wulin naturally wants to get a clear picture.

Li Wu nodded without hesitation.

"No problem."

Next, he told Tang Wulin everything he knew.

According to him, this Holy Spirit Sect branch has a full fifty people, most of whom are white-clothed like him, many also coerced into joining, while the black-clothed number about ten, all possessing Soul Ancestor-level or higher cultivation.

The leader, called the Holy Spirit Elder among the black-clothed, has seven-ring cultivation, making him extremely powerful and giving a sense of being unbeatable.

The white-clothed are all called Holy Servants, merely peripheral members, whereas those black-clothed are the core members, true evil soul masters, known as Holy Spirit Disciples.

At that time, the main enemies of Tang Wulin and the others will also be them.

At the same time, Li Wu also passed on the Holy Spirit Sect's secret signs and other information to Tang Wulin and the others, holding nothing back.

Through the information he provided, Tang Wulin and the three gradually formed a rough plan, and with Li Wu's help they have a great chance of taking down this Holy Spirit Sect branch.

After the plan was settled, Tang Wulin and the others did not rush to act, but instead waited for the academy's reply.

After all, this is the territory of the Ri Yue Di Guo, and there is such a mysterious and evil organization as the Holy Spirit Sect; they cannot act rashly.

And after waiting several days, they soon received a reply, whereupon the operation to exterminate the Holy Spirit Sect branch in Tian Yun City began.

By the way, the Ri Yue Di Guo has done many beastly deeds, and what this chapter describes is already among the worst of them.

After the Ghost Spirit Na Na incident ended, the original work clearly stated that those who, like her, were Holy Servants were also all forced into losing their families and homes; they all stood on the line between normal soul masters and evil soul masters, yet were coerced by evil soul masters into joining the Holy Spirit Sect.

The Shi Lai Ke Surveillance Team merely went overboard, beating up some ordinary soul masters who had been forced into becoming evil soul masters; then what kind of act is it to destroy someone's family and home in order to make the target an evil soul master? Isn't that beastly among beasts? (End of chapter)