Chapter 770: I Won

Stepping into the Thunder Realm, the light noticeably dimmed a lot.

Because Yun Zhongyue and Yun Zhongge's cultivation levels are linked, they cannot enter the Soul Realm, so they have to wait outside.

Behind Ye Qingran's party, a group of Yun Tribe Core Lineage members followed.

Inside the Soul Realm, it is not like the outside with blue sky, white clouds, and gentle breezes.

It is grayish inside, the overhead is shrouded in dark clouds, looking desolate and lonely, with Dead Qi hanging heavy.

Ugh~

A shadow, white to the point of near transparency, drifted past Ye Qingran and the others.

"Miss, what was that just now?"

Leng Yue shrank her neck in fear.

"That… was a ghost!"

Those words not only frightened Han Xing Leng Yue and the others, but also scared some of the Yun Tribe girls, including Yun Qing.

Seeing everyone's faces turn pale, Ye Qingran shook her head, "Just teasing you, that was a human soul. It's just incomplete; what floated by was a heavenly soul."

As Ye Qingran kept talking, she suddenly began to understand where the wandering spirit came from...

Hearing it was a soul, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"This should be the outer edge of the Soul Realm; there aren't many souls here, but they'll likely increase as we go deeper. Prepare yourselves mentally, don't provoke them, and they won't be able to harm you."

Of course, this statement has one premise: the three souls must be intact.

If a person's three souls are missing one, the souls here will see you as a delicacy and try to possess your body!

As Ye Qingran said, the further in you go, the more souls appear, and the timid hold hands to give each other strength and courage.

"Sister Qingran, do these souls retain memories?"

A young Yun Tribe girl asked.

"No." Ye Qingran shook her head. "If a soul is whole, it has memories, but the souls of the Sea of Severed Souls are all fragmented, and their memories have vanished."

What puzzled Ye Qingran was what magical power the Sea of Severed Souls possessed that could attract all the broken souls here?

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Ye Qingran's steps halted.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a scent of blood up ahead!"

Her brow twitched, a dark glint flashing in her eyes, "Let's go see!"

Actually, a smell of blood inside the Soul Realm is perfectly normal, but Ye Qingran's intuition told her this time's scent was different!

Cutting through the thin mist, Ye Qingran, from a distance, saw several figures lying on the ground, badly wounded; as she approached, her pupils contracted.

"What happened?"

Hearing Ye Qingran's voice, the people on the ground all looked up, and upon seeing her, each one was stunned.

"Instructor Ye!"

But the injured ones on the ground were not strangers; they were the disciples of the Renxu 108 Class of the Academy!

Qin Feixue, Qin Zixie, Hong Wu, Duan Yu and Gu Wuyou, all were badly injured.

"Instructor Ye, you finally came..."

"Don't speak yet, healing is urgent."

Han Xing and the others hurriedly went to examine their injuries and gave them healing pills; after a while they began to recover a bit.

"Can you speak now? What happened? And… where is Lu Yunfeng?"

Qin Feixue and the others furrowed their brows, looking at each other, not knowing how to begin.

Seeing their reactions, Ye Qingran had already guessed the situation was unfavorable.

"The wounds on you were caused by Lu Yunfeng?"

A few nodded lightly.

Ye Qingran's breathing tightened.

Though she had guessed long ago, after their confirmation she still felt a flutter of anxiety.

"Why did he enter the Soul Realm?"

Lu Yunfeng should know that, in the Soul Realm, people like him whose souls are missing are the most dangerous.

Because the fragmented souls in the Sea of Severed Souls have been accumulating since antiquity, you never know which great being's fragment is hidden inside; they can easily possess your body and control your will!

"It's like this…"

Qin Feixue organized her words and concisely explained the matter.

"You said he sensed his own human soul at the entrance?"

"Lu Yunfeng said so."

Ye Qingran's eyebrows knit.

That's impossible.

For a person missing a soul, the lost fragment strongly resists the original body, so Lu Yunfeng's soul could not appear at the entrance at the same time he manifested there!

What actually happened?

Ye Qingran didn't pursue Lu Yunfeng's whereabouts; after all, he could easily grievously wound Qin Feixue and the others, and even if found, would be hard to subdue.

"Everyone, sit down and rest."

The other members of the Yun Tribe found spots to sit and cultivate. Though the Soul Realm was heavy with Dead Qi, the spiritual source was oddly dense, making cultivation inside highly efficient.

Ye Qingran felt a bit overwhelmed at this moment.

Originally, if Lu Yunfeng hadn't had an accident, she could have used his remaining soul, with the Soul-Attracting Pearl as a medium, to pinpoint human soul traces.

She was momentarily at a loss and had no idea.

"Aunt, are you looking for a remnant soul? My mother has a way!"

Feng Xiaohuo suddenly said to Ye Qingran.

Ye Qingran looked at her in surprise, "Oh? Go ahead and say it."

"The phoenix feather left by our ancestors has soul‑pursuing power," Feng Xiaohuo whispered, leaning close to Ye Qingran's ear. "The phoenix feather is with my mother. I only tell you, Aunt, because you're talented; I wouldn't tell ordinary people."

Ye Qingran burst out laughing.

What a cute little girl.

Feng Xiaohuo squinted and laughed along, but she still had something unsaid: she already regarded Ye Qingran as her future mother‑in‑law.

"Since the phoenix feather is so miraculous, I'd like to borrow it. Can you help locate your mother's whereabouts?"

Feng Xiaohuo closed her eyes, opened them quickly, and said confidently, "My mother is within this spirit realm; I can't sense her exact location. But if we get close enough, I can still find her."

Ye Qingran's eyes lit up.

Feng Xianyin finds the spirit realm easy to handle. With Feng Xiaohuo as a navigation whiz, she believes she can definitely find her!