"What is wrong with that welt ? I know there must be something wrong with it," Cheng Jiayi directly remarks in low voice. Yang Guang does not directly alert the 'extraordinary old men' who still stunned with event few seconds ago. Among all those cultivators present, Mu Ying is the one that seems less concern with everything that occur. His eyes does not stray away from Cheng Jiayi, and he directly detect the change occur between the two teen.
However, there is something that make him far more concerned. Ever since he entered the wardroom, his nose smell something that he should be familiar with, but he just cannot pinpoint what exactly it is. This makes him wary and has long been ready himself. He does not know why, but his dangerous sensor is working at maximum level.
"Huh ?" Tantai Ying has always been avoiding those upright cultivator from the way of Taoism because their aura always repelling his. The only Daoist he was closer in his entire life just the celestial master You. They have quite a deep bond that transcend the boundary of cultivation method. Beside that stinky old man is quite a looker when he was young. It is just his mouth a tad too sharp.
Despite of the closeness of celestial master You with other Daoist, Tantai Ying never bother to care. But now that he is closer with the old Daoist Rui Gang, he was shocked to find out that the man has strong yin smell on his body and soul. Like he was nothing but a corpses and he will not notice this if Rui Gang does not walk past him. The old man Rui Gang has strongly opposed the ghost cultivation due to what happened to his clan about 40 years ago. Thus, Rui Gang always distanced himself from any ghost cultivators like they are a plague.
It is a tragedy that even Tantai Ying shuddered when he remembered it. The Rui clan practically eliminate overnight, whoever that perform the massacred wiped-out entire clan. He remember came to the Rui clan ancestral home and it was washed with blood of young and old. There was no one left alive, and he remembered that there was one missing corpsed at that time. The little granddaughter of Daoist Rui Gang.
He was literally going crazy after the incidents and vowed to kill any ghost cultivators he seen despite of their lack of involvement in the massacred. He had killed so many of the ghost cultivators including innocent one. Thus, he was caught and detained at Mount Baiyun monastery. The ghost cultivators who is innocent asked for his punishment, and as he had killed indiscriminately, celestial master You has no choice but to imprison him for 25 years in Mount Baiyun dungeon. He was also received a heavy backlash from his cultivation that is known as upright and because he break the precept of Rui Clan Dao that would not take innocent life.
He was released after 25 years imprisonment and had changed ever since. He still hate the ghost cultivators and vowed to learn about what happened to his family. It was rumoured, Rui clan was eliminated by the remnants of the last Ghost King that killed about 100 years ago. At that time, each and every old men in this room, just a young cultivators and have less involvement in the elimination of Ghost King. Most of the prominent monks, Daoist priest and cultivators at the time choose to sacrifice their life to kill the Ghost King. They choose to disperse their cultivation and together die in a massive blast that even until today one still can visit the site and see the remnants of the battle. It was said, the last Ghost King has almost attained the pinnacle of ghost cultivation and lead thousands of ghost army that intended to cross over to the common human world and be an overlord. He even fashioned himself like an emperor.
The Ghost King initially just a normal ghost cultivator that discovered a secret ghost art when he raided the secret tomb of King of Yin. The Yin emperor is known as a legendary figure that ruled the Yin Kingdom during the era of Shang Dynasty, but this kingdom disappeared just like that and what left is only several written relics that mentioning this lost kingdom.
Who knows that the Kingdom truly exist. The last King of Yin so obsessed about the idea of immortality sacrifices his entire kingdom so he can live forever and becoming an eternal King. But who know, it just a delusion on his behalf and he was kill by the Shang King that heard about the deviant art he perform. The king body was buried in a secret tomb and all traces of the kingdom is destroyed including the ghost art he practiced.
But who knew, the Ghost King assimilate the body of the King of Yin and learned the secret of his cultivation and with the progression of cultivation, he improved the ghost art of King of Yin. He has successfully duped most of the good cultivators at that time, and wanted to sacrifice the population of City C so he can open the portal to underworld and unleashed undead army.
It is the Rui clan head at the time that discover his plan and successfully incapacitate the Ghost King with Yang Dagger, the relic of Rui Clan. With his injury that allowed the cultivators to finally destroy the Ghost King and ruined his plan for good. Everything about his cultivation was destroyed and nothing left. It is only there were remnants of his follower that successfully hide themselves before the demised of the Ghost King. Few had been discovered but there are those that hide themselves deeply.
Because Rui clan direct involvement, this remnants of ghost King follower have a deep hatred to the clan and wanted to take revenge for their king. At the end, the massacred took place and left only a single Rui Clan member, Rui Gang.
No one know how the follower of ghost King can breached the protection of Rui Clan ancestral home. Until today it is a mystery that no one can actually answer. Besides, it is an event that occurred about 40 years ago.
However, now that Tantai Ying smell such a heavy yin from Rui Gang, he could not help but take a double look at the old Daoist. Rui gang who is now looking at the two teen that almost huddle closer to one another, and a smirk appear on his old face.
"Rui Gang," Tantai Ying call his name out loud, and it cause the Daoist to halt his movement toward Cheng Jiayi and Yang Guang. But then he continue move toward the two teens and ignore the call of Tantai Ying.
"Hei old ghost what are you doing, stop fighting with Rui Gang," the celestial Master You remarks to Tantai Ying. But the ghost cultivator shake his head.
"No. You don't understand. I am not fighting him, I want to ask him, why his body and soul is heavy with Yin smell, " Tantai Ying said which causing You Qianzhi frown. He look at Rui Gang and want to call the old Daoist and he is surprised to see Rui Gang has already standing beside Yang Guang that busy observing something on Cheng Jiayi arm.
Yang Guang who look at the protrusion behind his left forearm have a deep frown. He could not detect anything about it but somehow there is an alarming danger he can sense from the protrusion.
"What ? What is it ? " Cheng Jiayi asked with distressing sound. He look up at Yang Guang then to the invincible Fushe. "I don't know what it is, but it seems there something in it. Your Yang essence contain it that is why your Yin essence gone haywire. Those thing feed on your Yin essence," Fushe remarks as he observed it thoroughly. Yang Guang look up and turn to call his grandfather when someone suddenly pull him away from Cheng Jiayi. Yang Guang look at the old Daoist from Rui clan. However, the old man has an unnerving smile on his face and with underhanded tactic, a dagger appear on his hand and slashed it toward Yang Guang.
There is a cold energy crept out from the dagger and Yang Guang hurriedly move his self from the dagger range. It is what Rui Gang intend to do, separating Cheng Jiayi from Yang Guang. With quick movement that belied his old age, the old Daoist Rui Gang pull the weak Cheng Jiayi and place the dagger on his neck. Cheng Jiayi does not even have the chance to scream or anything and he could only release a small whimper like a tiny mouse.
"Why ! Why is it always him ?" Cheng Jiayi lamented inside his mind and look at those 'extraordinary old men' that have all sorts of surprise mien. They look at Rui Gang and their expressions seems to think this old man is actually out of his mind. Rui Gang smirks deepened as the dagger which imbued with the cold Yin energy is pressed down onto Cheng Jiayi soft neck.
"Don't move all of you, or else I will kill him."