Chapter 133: The Yin Path and the Grand Banquet

Arrived at the Inner City gate.

That Xing Yong was still diligently guarding the gate.

However, Li Heng was already used to it and couldn't be bothered to say anything, walking straight out. But Xing Yong was a bit bored guarding the gate, and seeing Li Heng, whom he knew, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Brother Li, going out to complete a mission again tonight?"

Li Heng nodded, not offering much explanation.

"Then you must be careful. For some reason, these Ghostly Monsters have been abnormally manic these past two days. Just at dusk this evening, traces of those things appeared, causing quite a few casualties among the common folk."

Xing Yong said in a deep voice.

Li Heng was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. Abnormally manic? Most of the Weirds remaining in Bei'an City now were Dead Remnants who hadn't headed to Baishou Ridge and hadn't fled Bei'an City.

They actually dared to become manic?

Unless...

He sensed the Yin Qi existing between Heaven and Earth, lost in thought. Just as he had expected, the Yin Qi had become dense once again, and this time it was a leap—directly reaching the next critical point from one, not at all like the slow accumulation of the past.

Did the density of Yin Qi lead to the mania of the Ghostly Monsters?

"I will be careful, many thanks."

Withdrawing his thoughts, Li Heng smiled faintly. Whether they were manic or not meant nothing to him. Unless there was still an Innate Ghostly Monster existing within Bei'an City.

And even if it were Innate, it would actually just be that.

Xing Yong watched Li Heng leave until his back disappeared from sight. The other Guards who had been silent all this time then stepped forward, speaking with some confusion.

"He didn't want to pay you any mind, why are you being so fawning?"

"Hmph, why be so fawning? You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Go back to your posts and stand guard obediently. How can a swallow know the ambition of a swan?" Xing Yong said lightly, standing back in his place like an iron tower, and spoke no more.

The streets of the Outer City remained silent.

Except for those few main avenues and some pedestrians in twos and threes hurrying home, the other streets could be seen to their ends at a glance; there were no pedestrians at all. Silence, or even deathly silence!

The long wind whistled, passing through the streets, rolling up patches of withered yellow leaves, which then drifted and fell again. Li Heng stepped on these leaves, walking along the street, leisurely and carefree.

To others, he was just walking around aimlessly.

But Li Heng had long since used his Boundless Earth Dharma Image to sense the location and number of Ghostly Monsters in the city through the Earth Veins running through Bei'an City. Just as he expected, the number of Ghostly Monsters in the city had greatly decreased; there were only a few stragglers left.

These Weirds were very active, constantly shuttling through Bei'an City, never staying in one place for long. This directly confirmed what Xing Yong had just said—they had become very manic.

He couldn't be bothered to waste energy chasing these Weirds; he only needed to stand on their inevitable path. For example, the monster before Li Heng's eyes, with eyes emitting a scarlet evil light and a body covered in brown-black fur.

Li Heng stopped his steps, looking on thoughtfully.

Seeing Li Heng blocking the way, this monster let out faint hissing sounds, like a dog about to bark but not yet barking. However, it seemed to sense that Li Heng was not easy to provoke and did not launch an attack immediately.

Ghostly Monster.

In reality, this meant Weird, Strange, Monster, and Human Demon.

Weirds were those Li Heng often killed; Stranges were like the official report on Li Heng's person; Monsters were the one before his eyes now. However, Monsters and Demons were often mixed together, so they could also be called Ghostly Monsters, and finally collectively referred to as Ghostly Monster.

He didn't care about this classification.

Anyway, killing them all gave Source Power, so they were all Source Power.

This monster seemed to have lost its Reason. Seeing Li Heng not attacking for a long time while still blocking its path, it immediately lost patience, let out a roar, and pounced toward Li Heng.

Li Heng pressed with one hand. Before the monster could reach him, it was already suppressed by the Earth Dharma Aspect Power in mid-air, directly pinned to the ground, unable to move.

Even so, the monster still hissed, seemingly wanting to struggle out with all its might.

Had the Yin Qi become so dense that it lost its Reason?

He frowned slightly and pressed with one hand again. The Earth Dharma Aspect Power shook, directly suppressing and killing this monster, leaving it a bloody mess.

Source Power +10.

Truly a Dead Remnant, only this much Source Power.

Li Heng shook his head inwardly, though he knew that the Weirds in Bei'an City with any strength had basically died at Baishou Ridge, and the individual ones might have fled due to the battle between the two Innate beings.

Forget it, even a mosquito's leg is meat.

Suppressing the emotion in his heart, Li Heng continued walking and strolling. In this dense night, he was the reaper of these Ghostly Monsters in the human world, harvesting one whenever he encountered one.

After a while, he had directly slaughtered more than ten Weirds.

However, most of these Ghostly Monsters were weak, and few possessed any Weirdness. Bullying ordinary people and average martial artists was fine, but to Li Heng, they were not even as good as cannon fodder.

That was why only one hundred Source Power had been credited.

Eh? Interesting, wandering around, he had turned into the West City.

Li Heng paused his steps, looking at the still-silent West City before him. He sensed slightly; there were only two or three Weirds left in Bei'an City. And they seemed to have noticed someone hunting them, all staying in their respective places without moving.

He thought for a moment; since he had come to the West City, he had to go into that Yin Path and take a look. If he could run into a passing Yin Soldier troop, wouldn't that be more profitable than hunting these Dead Remnants?

And as long as they were still in Bei'an City, they couldn't escape his sensing.

Visualizing Yin Qi, Li Heng transformed back into a Living Dead Ghost. He took a step, and the Heaven and Earth before him shifted; he had arrived at this long-lost Yin Soldier Ghost Domain, one of the Yin Paths.

Looking around, the scenery hadn't changed; it was still the long, narrow street, with the Cold Moon Dharma Image of the Ghost Domain shining in the sky. The only difference was that the cold moon seemed to be getting further and further away from him...

Li Heng couldn't help but be startled. What was going on?

Was the Ghost Domain moving, or was that moon moving?

Many guesses arose in his heart, and he began to investigate within this Ghost Domain, even wandering to the edge of this Ghost Domain, the other side he hadn't been to before, which bordered a deep mountain.

But in the end, he still gained nothing.

He had to admit that for him now, the water in this Yin Path was still too deep. For instance, that Cold Moon Dharma Image in the sky was not in this Ghost Domain at all, but existed on some mysterious level, leaving him with no way to investigate.

Perhaps this phenomenon represented the disintegration of this Yin Path?

Li Heng pondered slightly in his heart and waited for a long time, but he didn't discover any abnormal phenomena. He didn't even see the Yin Soldier troops—those walking Source Power he had been thinking about.

Could the march have already ended?

He couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that he was going to make a wasted trip. It was better to return to Reality and slaughter those two or three Dead Remnant Ghostly Monsters as soon as possible to avoid complications; there was no need to waste time here.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw two humanoid black shadows suddenly emerge from the deep mountains ahead, coming toward the Ghost Domain where he was located, intending to pass through here.

Li Heng's eyes lit up, and a plan came to mind.

He sat directly on the ground in the guise of a Living Dead Ghost, waiting for these two humanoid shadows to approach. After a while, these two humanoid shadows arrived before him; they were two Weirds.

However, these two Weirds were very strange.

One wore a Daoist robe, and one wore a monk's robe.

The one in the monk's robe held a braised thigh in his right hand, gnawing on it as he walked, his mouth dripping with oil. It was just that there was a large hole in the middle of his stomach, and the meat he ate fell right out of this hole. He had eaten, yet he hadn't eaten.

As for the one wearing the Daoist robe, he had White Bone Prayer Beads hanging around his neck, his body devoid of flesh and blood, truly nothing but a skeleton, muttering something on his lips, such as "Praise to the Supreme Demon Venerable..."

"Hmm? Who are you? Why are you lying here?"

Seeing Li Heng lying there, the two Weirds could not help but feel strange.

"Could it be that you also came to attend the Great Banquet? But the Great Banquet has already begun, and we have already finished eating and are heading back. Or are you some unlucky fellow who lost his invitation and can't get in at all?"

The monk-robed Weird spoke while chewing.

"I actually think he's a guy who didn't have an invitation and came uninvited. Lying here now, I'm afraid he's someone who tried to sneak into the Great Banquet just now and was beaten up and thrown out."

The Daoist-robed Weird also spoke up.

Great Banquet? Li Heng was slightly surprised in his heart; what kind of strange thing had appeared again?

"What is the Great Banquet?"

The Living Dead Ghost that Li Heng was disguised as had a confused expression.

"You don't even know about the Great Banquet? Then why did you run here? Don't you know this Yin Path is about to dissolve? Or are you trying to take advantage of the Yin Path dissolving to follow this Ghost Domain into the Present World?"

The two Weirds were suddenly surprised and said as much.

"The Yin Path is dissolving; what exactly happened?"

Li Heng's expression remained confused, and he asked again.

"No way, you don't even know the Yin Path is dissolving? Nowadays, the Yin energy in the Present World is gradually thickening, and some Ghost Domains naturally have to move closer to the Present World. When the location changes, this Yin Path will naturally dissolve."

"No, you shouldn't be ignorant of even this!"

As they spoke, the expressions of the two Weirds suddenly turned grave; they moved directly away from Li Heng, watching him with great caution.

"How is that possible? This Yin Path is the marching route for the Yin soldiers. Would those Yin soldiers let this Yin Path dissolve? Are you kidding me?" Li Heng shook his head and said with a smile.

"Hmph, as expected, trying to fish, trying to trick some fools."

"Who doesn't know that the march of that troop has already ended? This Yin Path was built by them in the first place; now that the march has ended, why would they still put in the effort to maintain it?"

These two Weirds sneered and said.

"What do you know? The march ending was just for show to outsiders; in reality, they are still marching in secret. You don't know that?" Li Heng feigned disdain and continued.

However, these two Weirds seemed to ignore him.

One moved far away from Li Heng and walked forward, while the other returned the way he came, wanting to go back into the deep mountains. But the next moment, these two Weirds struck instantly, directly erupting with Terror-filled Yin energy, sandwiching Li Heng from front and back.

"A fool who knows nothing dares to walk on the Yin Path?"

The monk-robed Weird sneered.

"I, the Daoist, haven't eaten a Weird in a long time."

That Daoist-robed Weird smiled.

Clearly, their startled reactions just now were just fishing, or rather, testing him, letting Li Heng think they were wary of him so he would let down his guard. Now they seemed to have determined Li Heng's background and struck fiercely.

Li Heng shook his head slightly, unable to help but sigh.

Humans seek death, and Weirds seek death too.