With He Zhiqing's reminder, Liang Yi and Su Youyi also found a direction to observe.
Upon closer inspection, just as Zhiqing had said, Zhang Feng's mana in the room did not change at all.
"This is not a real person," He Zhiqing concluded. After sensing that there were no patrols around, he took the lead and rushed into Zhang Feng's courtyard like a black lightning bolt. Liang Yi and Su Youyi followed closely behind.
After entering the courtyard, Su Youyi left traces of magic power on the way here. She could sense anyone coming.
"Not bad, you have that initiative!" Liang Yi praised his junior sister when he saw her actions. Before he could remind her, her junior sister had already thought of and did it.
"Hehe, it's all taught in books." Su Youyi stuck out her tongue.
When Liang Yi saw Zhiqing squatting at the door, he stepped forward and asked,
"What's wrong, Senior Brother He? Is there an ambush?"
"There's no ambush, but there are some small warning arrays."
"Should we destroy it? Or?" Liang Yi and Su Youyi did not understand formations.
"There's no need. Our Heavenly Circulation Sect has plenty of methods," He Zhiqing said confidently.
He stretched out his palm. After circulating his magic power, it gradually became blurry. After gently brushing against the ground, he stepped on it. The array did not go off!
"I used the Heavenly Circulation Sect's Heavenly Fortune Confusion Technique to disrupt this array formation and make it think that nothing had happened," He Zhiqing explained to them when he felt the two surprised gazes behind him.
"It seems that Zhang Feng is indeed not a real person."
He did not even come out when they were causing trouble outside the door. The truth was obvious.
They pushed the door open and entered. It was still the same scene they had seen through the window.
However, upon closer inspection, the three of them discovered something different: this wind was a little illusory!
Liang Yi walked in and took a look. On the table in front of Zhang Feng, there was a small purple bead. After Liang Yi picked it up, Zhang Feng disappeared.
"Illusionary Spirit Bead!" Su Youyi said the name of the bead, and Zhiqing nodded in agreement.
Liang Yi played with the bead in his hand. He knew this thing too. In his previous life, when he was playing infiltration, his favorite thing was to use this thing to attract the attention of NPCs and then use Justice Backstab!
[[Illusionary Spirit Pearl]: Purple quality. It can simulate an image and store it in the spirit pearl. It can be injected with spiritual qi at any time and release it to form an illusion. It has no lethality.]
The quality was purple, but it was only light purple. It had just touched the edge of purple quality and was far inferior to the Mirage Talisman. It was not very difficult to obtain. In his previous life, he could buy them through multiple means.
"Looks like the imposter isn't here. Let's find out if there's a secret passage or something." Liang Yi placed the Illusionary Spirit Bead back on the table and let it maintain the illusion, in case someone discovered that "Zhang Feng" had disappeared and alerted the enemy.
When Su Youyi rolled up her sleeves and was about to begin the exciting secret-passage segment, He Zhiqing had already pointed to a row of bookshelves against the wall in the room.
"Over there!"
"Eh? We found it so quickly." Su Youyi was a little disappointed. She felt that the enemy had fallen before she could even exert her strength.
"I didn't practice divination with Senior Brother for nothing. There will be a time for you to perform later."
Liang Yi saw that Zhiqing and Su Youyi were a little dissatisfied. He walked over and patted Su Youyi's head to comfort her.
"Yes, yes!" Su Youyi was full of energy again.
He Zhiqing was already looking for the mechanism of the bookshelf. When he heard the conversation behind him, a smile appeared in his eyes. Although his divination skills were far inferior to his master's, it was still very easy for him to calculate if there was anything strange in the room. After all, the room was filled with ordinary items.
When he touched the seventh book, Zhiqing keenly sensed something amiss.
"This is it!"
After removing it from the bookshelf, the bookshelf began to move slowly to the left, revealing a pitch-black hole under the bookshelf. Stone stairs snaked down.
The three of them looked at each other at the entrance of the cave.
"What should we do? Should we go down?" He Zhiqing asked Liang Yi. He and Su Youyi could protect themselves, but he was not sure about Liang Yi.
"Since you're already here, you may go on." Liang Yi used the four-character mantra. He had the Stainless Sword Jade that his master had bestowed upon him. As long as there were no big shots above the seventh realm, he would be safe. Moreover, he had already observed that the tunnel was not very wide. It was impossible for a large group of people to go down together.
Seeing how confident Liang Yi and Zhi Qing were, He Zhiqing knew that they had a life-saving trump card. Without another word, he led the way.
After the three of them entered the tunnel, the bookshelf slowly moved back to its original position. The room was silent, as if nothing had happened.
The tunnel was not pitch-black. There were night pearls embedded in the walls at regular intervals, emitting a sparkling light that illuminated the path under their feet.
The three of them carefully controlled their footsteps and quickly moved down.
The silent and repetitive path made their sense of time a little blurry. After about an incense stick of time, the three of them finally arrived at the bottom.
The space at the bottom was unexpectedly spacious, like a square. There were more than ten stone pillars side by side on the field. Strange patterns were engraved on the pillars. The pillars were divided into two groups. At the end was a building that looked like a sacrificial platform. Green light lingered on the platform, making it impossible to see clearly.
Liang Yi and the other two hid behind a thick pillar and stuck out three heads to observe the sacrificial platform at the end.
"It should be there," He Zhiqing said.
"I just checked the other parts of the altar, but there were no signs of life." Su Youyi held Liang Yi's hand tightly to prevent herself from trembling violently. She was not afraid, but excited.
"Since that's the case, let's go over and take a look," Liang Yi decided. At the same time, he also diverted a portion of his energy to the Stainless Sword Jade in his bag. If there were any strong enemies, he would take a shot at them first!
...
Yin Hao was currently lying on the sacrificial platform, trying his best to suppress Zhang Feng's soul in his mind.
The Spirit Devouring Sect had always been able to devour other souls to strengthen themselves. Later on, because they were too arrogant, they broke their reincarnation cycle and attracted the wrath of the heavens. They were hunted down and suppressed by all the factions on the continent. Now, they had finally made some progress.
The current sect master was astonishingly talented. He had created a new way to use the Spirit Devouring Technique and led the Spirit Devouring Sect to a new beginning. To put it simply, they could now use a secret technique to devour a person's soul without devouring all of them. They could completely replace that person under the surface.
In the past, the Spirit Devouring Sect was like wild beasts that had yet to develop intelligence. They only knew how to devour roughly. Now, under the leadership of the new sect master, they had successfully entered a new stage and gained intelligence.
This kind of secret technique was not without side effects. After devouring a soul, they did not absorb it in one go, but suppressed that person's soul in the depths of their consciousness and slowly tortured and absorbed his memories and power every day.
However, this would cause an intense resistance from the soul. Once the resistance was successful, the cultivation of the person using the Spirit Devouring Secret Technique would be absorbed instead. Therefore, this secret technique was extremely risky.
Right now, Zhang Feng in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness was making his final resistance. Once Yin Hao successfully suppressed this, he would be able to completely absorb all his memories and power, completely becoming the second "Zhang Feng".
The strength of Zhang Feng's last desperate resistance had exceeded Yin Hao's imagination. The pain as if his brain was about to split open actually forced him to scream.
"Zhang Feng!! You deserve to die!!"
"Liangyi! Just you wait! You're next!"
"Those who dare to ruin our sect's plan!!! All of you must die!!!"
Yin Hao, whose consciousness was a little blurry, did not know what he was shouting. He was just venting.
However, the unexpected answer actually stopped the intense pain for a moment.
"Why are you howling so loudly?"
Lying on the stone bed, Yin Hao's vision was covered by three shadows. An unfamiliar voice sounded in his ears.
"Brother! I think you need treatment!"