Chapter 227: Su Shishi Makes Her Move (Thanks to book friend Xi Tang for the Alliance Leader tip)

"There's someone else?!" The County Magistrate, the Mo family head, and the Jiuyou Sect member were all shocked. They prided themselves on controlling everything from the shadows, being the chess players; how were they now being controlled by someone else?

Who was in the shadows?

They employed various methods.

The County Magistrate tried to mobilize the chain hidden on his back, but no matter how hard he tried, the chain seemed to be nailed into the space on his back, not moving at all.

The Mo family head had tattoos of eighteen types of weapons on his arms. These were actually eighteen types of weapons he had refined himself. In the past, these weapons were invincible, but now, these weapons were all silent, and he couldn't mobilize a single one.

The Jiuyou Sect member tried to summon the ghostly shadows hidden in his body, but those ghostly shadows seemed to have encountered something terrifying, hiding in his body, shivering.

All three realized that the person who made the move was not simple. This ability to ignore reality and casually change local rules... was it the Body Integration stage?!

Are Congwendao Sect disciples this extravagant when they go out, having Body Integration stage experts accompany them?

The County Magistrate and the Mo family head felt regret in their hearts. Just stealing a Phoenix Blood Stone, how did it provoke so many things, both the Jiuyou Sect and the Body Integration stage?

Seeing that Su Shishi had finally made her move, Meng Jingzhou was so scared that he quickly got up, ran away, and begged Su Shishi for protection.

He was the only person in the room who could move.

Lu Yang whispered to Li Haoran: "If she uses force, you don't seem to have the ability to resist. You should just submit to her."

"That way she can only get my body, not my heart!" Li Haoran responded righteously, though he was also drumming in his heart.

Su Shishi was gentle and generous, like a considerate big sister. If he really submitted to her, it didn't seem impossible.

Su Shishi pushed open the door and looked at the three people she had frozen. Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Li Haoran followed behind Su Shishi, feeling extremely safe.

"I didn't expect this, County Magistrate Shi. You not only colluded with the Phoenix clan but also with the Jiuyou Sect. You are guilty of heinous crimes. I have recorded it all with an image-recording ball!" Lu Yang started with a false accusation.

"Hey, hey, hey, you can't just say things like that." The County Magistrate's face changed.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, he is colluding with the Phoenix clan and the Jiuyou Sect. I can testify." The Mo family head took the opportunity to kick him while he was down.

"Let's get to know each other. I am Lu Yang, a Congwendao Sect disciple."

"Meng Jingzhou, Congwendao Sect disciple."

"Li Haoran, Congwendao Sect disciple."

Su Shishi didn't speak. She was easy to talk to in front of Li Haoran, but she wasn't like that in front of outsiders.

"I originally wanted to see what secrets this Phoenix Blood Stone had, but I didn't expect to catch a big fish."

Lu Yang took off the mask of the Jiuyou Sect member. The other party looked ordinary.

"You just said you wanted to refine the phoenix into a corpse puppet. Tell me the whole story, and I might spare your life." This was no small matter. The corpse of a Body Integration stage phoenix was right beneath their feet. Let alone refining it into a corpse puppet, even if the phoenix just turned over, it would be a devastating disaster for Luofeng County.

The County Magistrate's face was also very ugly. If the Jiuyou Sect really succeeded, his term as County Magistrate would be over.

The Jiuyou Sect member laughed loudly: "You've discovered me, and you still want to spare my life?"

"Senior Su, search his soul." Seeing that the other party had no intention of speaking, Lu Yang directly asked Su Shishi to make a move.

Su Shishi stepped forward, pressed her finger on the Jiuyou Sect member's brow, and frowned: "He is not a person; he is a corpse!"

Only to see the Jiuyou Sect member's eyes were lifeless, and his body quickly rotted, leaving only a pile of white bones.

This was a common method used by the Jiuyou Sect: letting the corpse act while the main body controlled it from behind the scenes. Once discovered, they would cut off the connection with the corpse, and the corpse would quickly rot, leaving no clues. It was very difficult to catch, but the people present didn't know much about the Jiuyou Sect.

"Want to run?"

Su Shishi made her move again, using the power of the Body Integration stage to shroud the entire Luofeng County in rules. No insect could enter, no bird could leave; she was determined to find the people of the Nine Nether Sect.

Controlling a corpse also had a range; the other party couldn't possibly run out of Luofeng County.

To let the other party escape when there was a gap of two major realms would be too shameful.

It didn't matter if she lost face, but she couldn't lose face in front of Li Haoran!

She opened her spiritual sense and scanned every inch of land in Luofeng County.

It stood to reason that a Body Integration stage rogue cultivator casually scanning a city with spiritual sense was a provocation to the Great Xia Dynasty, but there was a reason for this, and no one would hold Su Shishi accountable.

"Found it!"

Su Shishi quickly locked onto several suspicious cultivators with her spiritual sense. Those suspicious cultivators didn't know what kind of restrictions were on their bodies; once they were frozen by Su Shishi, they immediately died suddenly.

"So ruthless?"

The County Magistrate's face was ashen: "I heard that the Jiuyou Sect believes in the existence of the Nine Nether. Death to them is just a reincarnation, so it's not scary. Therefore, the Jiuyou Sect is a group of desperate people, very dangerous!"

Su Shishi used her spiritual sense to discover that there were formations hidden in the dry wells of many wealthy families, interlinked and very tight, covering the entire grand formation. It should be the formation to refine the phoenix.

"No, the Jiuyou Sect members who died suddenly were not in the Spirit Transformation stage. The real controller has not been found yet!" Su Shishi reacted. Those who died suddenly were all subordinates of the person behind the scenes.

"It's below, in the phoenix's corpse!" Lu Yang was the first to think of it. The old phoenix was in the Body Integration stage before it died; the corpse of a Body Integration stage cultivator could isolate spiritual sense scanning of the same level.

Su Shishi also thought of this point, but she didn't move.

"Senior Su, what's wrong?" Lu Yang was puzzled. Drilling into the ground shouldn't be difficult for a Body Integration stage cultivator, right? Can't a Body Integration stage cultivator perform a few small earth-drilling spells?

"Exactly, Senior Su, hurry down. If the Nine Nether Sect refines the phoenix, Luofeng County will be in danger." Li Haoran also urged.

Su Shishi thought about her wording and said: "My methods... might be a bit different from what you think."

Su Shishi took a deep breath to calm her mind. Things had reached this point, and she couldn't pretend to be a gentle lady anymore.

She clenched her fist, smashed it toward the ground, punched out a deep hole a person wide, and then jumped down, drilling into the ground.

Lu Yang and the other two widened their eyes and swallowed their saliva. Senior Su Shishi's methods... didn't seem to match her delicate appearance.

They suddenly remembered a question they had previously ignored.

"What aspect is she specialized in cultivating?"

Meng Jingzhou looked at the big hole and found it familiar. Why were these methods similar to his master's?

The three looked at each other, and an absurd guess appeared in their minds: "Su Shishi... could she be a body cultivator?"

Only to see a phoenix with bright red feathers lying quietly underground, as if it had just died. Suddenly, the formations left by the Jiuyou Sect on the ground were activated one after another. The phoenix's eyes lit up with green light, like jasper, and phoenix true flames burned around it, burning the entire underground into a hollow space.

"Since you've discovered us, let's just perish together!" The phoenix rang out with the voice of that Jiuyou Sect member, the voice hoarse and crazy.

That was what he said, but the Jiuyou Sect member couldn't be more regretful in his heart.

Setting up formations, stealing a Phoenix Blood Stone, resurrecting the phoenix, overturning Luofeng County—what a perfect plan! Simple and easy to operate, no loopholes, and wouldn't be discovered.

How come when stealing a Phoenix Blood Stone, there was a Body Integration stage cultivator guarding it?

Is this Phoenix Blood Stone of yours that valuable? Huh?

"Although I can't resurrect the phoenix in its full state in a rush, it's more than enough to overturn Luofeng County!" Things had reached this point, and the Nine Nether Sect member couldn't care about so much anymore.

"I know you are in the Body Integration stage, but so what? Are you a formation cultivator or a talisman cultivator? It doesn't matter anymore. Before you completely stop the phoenix from moving, it's enough for me to destroy Luofeng County several times!"

The phoenix chirped in the underground hollow wrapped in true flames. It spread its wings, carrying endless destructive power, as if reborn from the fire.

The Jiuyou Sect member was just about to control the phoenix to soar into the sky, but found that the phoenix couldn't fly no matter what.

"What's the situation?"

He used his spiritual sense to probe the outside world and found that Su Shishi was pinching the phoenix's beak with one hand, making it unable to fly even half an inch no matter how it flapped its wings.

"Fly?" A cold sneer appeared on Su Shishi's pretty face. She pinched the phoenix's beak with one hand, threw it down hard, and smashed the phoenix onto the ground fiercely.

The County Magistrate and the Mo family head brought Lu Yang and the other two down from the dug-out tunnel, just in time to see Su Shishi throwing the phoenix away, a scene full of beauty and violence.

Li Haoran tried hard to swallow a mouthful of saliva. If they got married, would he still have a way to live? ===== CHAPTER 228 =====