As Chu Wuyá saw that grayish aura enter Wu King Malin's body, he noticed Malin's face turn pale abruptly! His whole spirit and energy seemed greatly diminished.
"Brother Malin, what happened?" Chu Wuyá asked with a frown, looking at Wu King Malin.
"Chu Emperor, I suddenly have a feeling of heart palpitations."
"How can this be??"
Wu King Malin deeply frowned as his divine sense probed his body, but he couldn't find that grayish aura at all!
"Can you still perform the Wu Soul Tracking?"
Chu Wuyá asked worriedly.
Right now, his biggest concern was the whereabouts of that mysterious person. As long as the Wu Soul Tracking could be performed, everything would be fine.
The old ancestor was pressing hard.
"I'm sorry, Brother Chu. I'm not in the right state today. Can I rest for a few days?"
Wu King Malin looked at Chu Wuyá, with an apologetic expression.
"Very well. If the Wu King needs any help, just ask!" Although Chu Wuyá was extremely anxious, there was nothing he could do.
Performing Wu Soul Tracking required Malin to be in good condition; otherwise, it might all be for naught and waste many resources. It was better to let him rest for a few days.
"No… my Nascent Soul… how can this be?"
Suddenly, Wu King Malin stared at his three-inch-tall Nascent Soul in his dantian, his eyes wide with disbelief.
In that brief moment, he found that the Nascent Soul in his dantian had turned from its original pale white to an inky black color.
It looked extremely eerie.
Especially with black spots all over the face of the Nascent Soul, like pockmarks, and its head covered with bumps like a toad's back. It was utterly disgusting.
"Wu King, what's happened to your Nascent Soul?"
Hearing Malin's exclamation, Chu Wuyá and the middle-aged men beside him all looked at Malin with confusion.
"My Nascent Soul… just turned pitch black in an instant!"
"Look at this…"
Wu King Malin sat cross-legged, his divine sense continually examining his Nascent Soul.
He tried to cleanse the Nascent Soul with his mana but found that the blackness couldn't be washed away, as if it had deeply integrated into the Nascent Soul.
"A Nascent Soul turning pitch black… I've never seen anything like this…"
At this moment, Chu Wuyá's divine sense penetrated Malin's dantian, discovering the three-inch-tall, cross-legged baby, now entirely black, as if it had bathed in ink.
It gave off an incredibly eerie vibe.
"Wu King, wait here for a moment. I will consult the ancestor and see what's going on!"
Chu Wuyá told Wu King Malin and then turned to head to the ancestor's retreat.
The ancestor was knowledgeable and should know what was happening.
...
"What? Wu King Malin's Nascent Soul turned black?"
A quarter of an hour later, Chu Yunxiao looked at Chu Wuyá before him, deeply frowning.
Once the Nascent Soul is formed in the dantian, it should be a pale white. This sudden transformation to pitch black was unprecedented.
"Did the Wu King manage to perform the Wu Soul Tracking?"
Chu Yunxiao pondered for a moment and asked.
"Ancestor, Wu King only tracked Qin Tiedan to the east. Just as he was about to use Wu Soul Tracking to locate the mysterious person who slandered our Chu family, his Nascent Soul turned black!"
"He didn't manage to perform Wu Soul Tracking on that mysterious person!"
Chu Wuyá said with frustration.
"This…"
Chu Yunxiao frowned deeply and said in a deep voice, "Take me to see him!"
...
In Tian Nan Market.
To the north, in a courtyard shrouded by purple bamboo.
Three white-bearded elders, faces painted with markings and dressed in peculiar attire, stood in the courtyard, each looking worried.
"First Elder, Third Elder, Fourth Elder, we just received news in the market that Wu King Malin, carrying our Heavenly Crow Disc, is currently a guest of Tian Chu Immortal Dynasty!"
"It's said he's preparing to perform Wu Soul Tracking to track Qin Tiedan and the mysterious person!"
At this moment, a graceful woman in purple clothing rushed over and landed in front of the three elders.
This woman was Jiu Zi, whom Qin Wang had once saved.
She was the Heaven Maiden of the Wu clan!
"What? Is there news about that dog Malin!?"
"Jiu Zi, is this information reliable?"
"Where did this news come from?!"
Upon hearing Jiu Zi's words, the three elders widened their eyes, showing delight.
Tu Mu, Tu Hai, and Tu Yun were the three Nascent Soul-level powerhouses of the Wu clan. This time, under the instructions of the clan's Sacred Wu Tu Meng, they were to capture the traitor Malin and retrieve the clan's supreme treasure, the Heavenly Crow Disc.
They had been tracking him from the Wu domain to the southern domain, but that wretched Malin had evaded capture several times and disappeared without a trace.
Unexpectedly.
He was hiding in Tian Chu Immortal Dynasty.
"The person spreading the news was a puppet, so it's impossible to trace them!"
"However, we've been tracking Malin for five years and he's always been silent. This time, we must take the chance, no matter how slight it seems!"
Jiu Zi said earnestly.
"The Heaven Maiden speaks wisely. We should head to Tian Chu Immortal Dynasty!"
"We'll deal with the ancient curse later!"
Tu Mu said solemnly.
The Heavenly Crow Disc was the supreme treasure of the Wu clan and had to be retrieved as quickly as possible.
Even if there was only the slightest chance, they couldn't miss it.
As for the ancient curse Jiu Zi mentioned, they would deal with it after retrieving the Heavenly Crow Disc.
...
At dawn.
[Daily Intelligence Refresh!]
[Today's Intelligence!]
[1: Yesterday you bathed in the Blight Blood Bath. Intelligence reveals that Wu King Malin used the furniture and items you had used to perform Wu Soul Tracking on you. He succeeded in tracking you, but was countered by the ancient curse on Wanyan Meng, turning his Nascent Soul from pale white to pitch black. Wu King Malin is currently in a state of collapse and can no longer track your other identity as the 'mysterious person who exposed the secrets'.]
[2: Yesterday you prepared the Blight Blood Bath. Intelligence reveals that the Blight Blood Bath can also be splashed on enemies, causing them extreme bad luck.]
[3: Yesterday you regretted not making a soul seed out of Murong Zhan's body and instead burning it. Intelligence reveals that the Murong family has unique expertise in tracking auras. Their ancestral tracking method, known as Heavenly Fragrance Locking Aura, will enable Murong Tai and the other three Foundation Establishment cultivators to track you down to ten miles from your cave residence on White Jade Mountain by noon tomorrow.]
[4: Yesterday you checked the jade token given to you by Jiu Zi. Intelligence reveals that Jiu Zi and the three Wu Kings, who have been searching for Malin for five years, have arrived at Tian Nan Market. Upon learning that Wu King Malin is working for Tian Chu Immortal Dynasty, they decided to go directly to Tian Chu Immortal Dynasty to retrieve the sacred Wu artifact 'Heavenly Crow Disc' before coming to find Wanyan Meng.]
[5: Yesterday you sent Zhang Fujiang to scout information at Eagle Cliff. Intelligence reveals that the left hand of the Barbarian God three hundred feet underground at Eagle Cliff has a significant connection with your Barbarian God Shield. Fragments of the Barbarian God Shield might greatly assist you in controlling the left hand of the Barbarian God.]