Chapter 151: Night Raid on the Female Lead

"Alright, I'll accompany you as your master." Qian Jue Shan saw she finally had some spirit, and nodded.

Song Yan and the others naturally followed as well.

Meanwhile, Li Hang's corpse was temporarily kept in the custody of Second Elder Zong Rao.

Zong Rao was also investigating Li Hang's death, and when Yuan Yao's party came to visit, she was not surprised.

"Jue Shan, you've come at just the right time; come take a look as well."

Qian Jue Shan nodded, he raised his hand and lightly tapped Li Hang's brow; in an instant, a thread of spiritual power streamed into his body.

After a moment, he withdrew his fingertip, turned his head to look at Yuan Yao, and said, "Yao Yao, come."

Yuan Yao nodded solemnly, stepped forward, extended her hand and lightly tapped Li Hang's brow; she then closed her eyes, focused her thoughts, and used her spiritual sense to invade his body.

After circulating once, she discovered that Li Hang's spiritual veins had been severed.

One must know, when the spiritual veins are severed, the soul will be harmed.

And after a cultivator dies, a strand of essence and qi remains within the body; this is also called soul power.

Li Hang's soul power had completely dissipated.

Yuan Yao was about to speak, but saw her master slowly shaking his head.

Qian Jue Shan gestured for Song Yan and the others to step forward one by one to examine Li Hang's cause of death.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Qian Jue Shan asked, "Did anyone find anything?"

Cang Li said, "When essence and qi scatter, the soul perishes. Li Hang did not commit suicide out of fear of guilt; he was... murdered."

Qian Jue Shan asked, "Do you know of the Soul-Capturing Forbidden Technique?"

Song Yan furrowed his brows slightly, "The Soul-Capturing Forbidden Technique is one of the ancient, supremely yin and toxic forbidden arts; if the practitioner obtains a drop of the opponent's heart's blood, they can control the opponent's life and death. If the practitioner is powerful enough, they can gradually control the opponent's thoughts and every action."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao's eyes sank.

She never expected Lu Xiangxiang to possess such ability.

But upon reflection, it makes sense—since Lu Xiangxiang is reborn, she naturally can cultivate all the techniques she mastered in her previous life, including forbidden arts.

Zong Rao looked at them and said, "What do you think? Among those present just now, who could possibly have mastered the Soul-Capturing Forbidden Technique?"

As they fell into silence, Yuan Yao spoke directly.

"Lu Xiangxiang."

Upon hearing this, aside from Zong Rao, Qian Jue Shan and the others showed no surprise.

Zong Rao is also a smart person; upon seeing their expressions, she understood everything.

Zong Rao said doubtfully, "But how could a little girl like her have the chance to come into contact with ancient forbidden arts? Moreover, she's only at the late Foundation Establishment Realm; trying to cultivate an ancient forbidden art would be nearly impossible..."

Yuan Yao wanted to reveal the truth of Lu Xiangxiang's rebirth, but she was silenced by the 250 System.

【Host, another warning: you must not reveal any information about the original plot to any living being!】

Xiao Lingwei crossed her arms and said, "She probably obtained some great opportunity upon entering the Carefree Sect."

Ying Wuji suddenly said, "This person Lu Xiangxiang must not be allowed to live."

Cang Li hesitated slightly, "But we have no evidence; if we kill her now, wouldn't that be a bit too hasty?"

Xue Jin suddenly said, "I can kill her covertly."

Yuan Yao did not hear the 250 System's warning, and seemed lost in thought.

Previously, the system constantly reminded her not to kill the female lead.

But now, after the senior brothers finished discussing killing Lu Xiangxiang, the system had no reaction.

Could this mean that the female lead can die at their hands?

Or perhaps...

The system knows the female lead will certainly not die.

Upon thinking of the second possibility, her heart jolted, and she used her thoughts to ask the system: "Can my senior brothers kill Lu Xiangxiang?"

【Cannot be killed.】

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao's heart turned half-cold.

Yuan Yao continued to ask: "No matter the method, can the female lead not be killed?"

【Yes, host. The female lead Lu Xiangxiang bears the core of the original plot; she cannot truly die, and if she is killed by your senior brothers, she will also revive in some way.】

"Can I kill her?"

【Yes, host. But you must complete the conquest of one billion target individuals before you can kill her; otherwise, this world will collapse and be destroyed because of you.】

When others kill the female lead, she will definitely revive in some way.

As for Yuan Yao killing the female lead, there are two outcomes: one, if she kills her before completing the conquest of one billion target individuals, it will cause the world to collapse and be destroyed; two, if she kills her after completing that conquest, she will succeed in killing her.

After all said and done, one still cannot escape that damned conquest mission!

Yuan Yao suddenly thought of crippling Lu Xiangxiang, turning her into a human pig, and imprisoning her forever!

After this idea surfaced, her breathing became rapid.

"Don't kill her for now." Yuan Yao raised her head and looked at them.

Since we can't kill Lu Xiangxiang right away, let's beat her half to death first!

She wants Lu Xiangxiang——

To repent!

…

In the blink of an eye, the sky grew dark.

After Lu Xiangxiang returned from her daytime outing, she sat in meditation and cultivated in her room.

Suddenly, someone knocked on her door.

Lu Xiangxiang suddenly opened her eyes, she said: "Who is it?!"

No one responded; only continuous knocking on the door.

Lu Xiangxiang narrowed her eyes, already feeling wary in her heart.

She cautiously got out of bed and slowly approached the door.

"Who's knocking on the door?"

Still no one responded.

A sense of foreboding welled up in Lu Xiangxiang's heart; she conjured a longsword in her hand, just as she was about to approach the door—

Boom!

A loud explosion!

The roof instantly shattered with a huge hole!

And by the time Lu Xiangxiang reacted, a sack had instantly been placed over her head.

"Who!" she cried, her vision plunged into darkness, her heart jolted; just as she shouted, the hand gripping her sword was instantly seized and her sword taken away!

Afterward, she was wildly punched and kicked.

"Who exactly are you?!"

"Ah!"

"Yuan Yao, it's you, right?!"

The sack-covered Lu Xiangxiang was given a brutal beating.

No matter how hoarsely she screamed, no one came to her rescue.

Lu Xiangxiang was beaten so badly her whole body ached and several bones were broken.

"Yuan Yao, you have finally fallen into my hands today!" At that moment, a sinister male voice sounded.

The instant the voice fell, Lu Xiangxiang received another kick.

"I'm not Yuan Yao!" the sack-covered Lu Xiangxiang exclaimed, hearing this, she hurriedly explained.

But unexpectedly, she was beaten even more severely.

"Yuan Yao, although I'm somewhat face-blind, I still recognize you! The kick you gave me in Wuduan Mijing earlier—I'll repay you a hundredfold!"

"I'm not Yuan Yao; I'm her junior martial sister, I'm not her!"

"Stop making excuses!"

A girl clad in night attire, her whole body wrapped tightly in black cloth, revealing only a pair of beautiful large eyes, crouched down and thrust her fists forward, smashing hard at the Lu Xiangxiang lying on the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"I warn you, Yuan Yao, from now on every time I see you I'll beat you! Who made you so deserving of a beating? Next time I'll chop off your hands and feet and make you into a human pig!"