Chapter 295: Chapter 146: I Possess a Technique that Can Reverse Fate, Change Destiny, and Control Life and Death!
With an icy expression, Lin Xuankong’s gaze fell upon Li Xiaohu’s corpse, a trace of hope in his heart. He possessed the Manluo Demon Grass and Demon Pearl; naturally, he could use the residual aura at the scene to trace the killer! But right now, what Lin Xuankong wanted most was to save his former friends and several of his most trusted subordinates.
With the consumption of a hundred points of True Qi, a seemingly real yet illusory Divine Soul suddenly appeared above Li Xiaohu’s corpse. This Divine Soul looked exactly like Li Xiaohu.
At this moment, the seemingly real yet illusory Li Xiaohu had a confused expression. He lowered his head to look at his own corpse, then glanced at his Divine Soul body. Soon, the confusion on his face turned to utter shock!
Li Xiaohu looked around at everyone. Then, his Divine Soul’s eyes fell upon Lin Xuankong. After drifting unsteadily towards him, he waved at Lin Xuankong and seemed to say something. However, as only his Divine Soul remained, he couldn’t make any sound. Only because Lin Xuankong knew Lip Reading could he understand what Little Hu was asking: "Elder Lin, can you see me?"
Lin Xuankong felt a sudden surge of relief. He then continued to perform the Great Reincarnation Technique, looking towards the other corpses.
Soon, the Divine Souls of Han Lu, Yang Shan, and Li Er all floated out from their corpses. Han Lu, whose right leg hadn’t fully recovered before death, still limped habitually as a Divine Soul.
After his initial shock, he drifted to Ma Jiang’s side, constantly waving at his master and trying to speak.
Unfortunately, aside from Lin Xuankong, no one else present—neither Ma Jiang nor Gao Yunchao, neither Zhao Yufei nor Jiang Yuran—could see the Divine Souls of these four, nor sense their existence.
No matter how loudly Han Lu, Yang Shan, and Li Er shouted or how vigorously they gestured, they remained completely undetected. Even when Han Lu passed directly through Ma Jiang’s body, Ma Jiang had no reaction at all.
Lin Xuankong ceased the Great Reincarnation Technique and gently shook his head as he looked at the dozen or so remaining corpses of the Yin Talisman Sect members.
Li Xiaohu’s body lay in the innermost part of the warehouse. This young man, whom Lin Xuankong had always cared for, had died behind Han Lu. Clearly, Li Xiaohu was also valued by this Steward. Thus, when they encountered the enemy, he had been protected in the innermost area and was the last to die.
Han Lu, Yang Shan, and Li Er had died later because their strength was relatively better. However, the corpses of the other disciples had long exceeded the one-hundred-and-thirty-two-breath limit of the Great Reincarnation Technique.
Of course, seeing that the Divine Souls of the four people he cared most about had been extracted, Lin Xuankong had calmed down by now. Even if I could save these sect members now, I might not act.
The Great Reincarnation Technique is so terrifying and Extremely Divine and Mysterious; it’s a Demon Technique that would make anyone panic. The fewer people who know about it, the better!
Han Lu, Yang Shan, Li Er, and Little Hu are people I have an excellent relationship with in the Yin Talisman Sect; of course, I’ll save them. But the others... if I save too many, information about the technique might leak!
Seeing that the Divine Souls of the four were now safe, Lin Xuankong breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Ma Jiang and Jiang Yuran and said, "Chief Steward Jiang, Boss, I have to leave for some urgent matters. But don’t worry, I will definitely find a way to catch the perpetrator!"
Having said that, Lin Xuankong turned and walked out.
The Divine Souls of Han Lu, Yang Shan, Bald Li Er, and Li Xiaohu then involuntarily floated away, following Lin Xuankong.
Bald Li Er’s Divine Soul drifted closer to Yang Shan’s, muttering something, while Han Lu and Li Xiaohu constantly interjected from the side.
"Are we dead?" Li Er rubbed his bald head.
Yang Shan frowned. "We probably aren’t completely dead yet!"
Han Lu raised an eyebrow. "Half-dead?"
Li Xiaohu shook his head. "Stewards," he said, "we should be completely dead and have turned into ghosts. It feels so strange to become a ghost! When I used to hear scary ghost stories from my dad, I was terrified. But now that I’ve become a ghost, it doesn’t feel so bad... Just now, Steward Han threw a few slaps at Steward Ma but couldn’t make contact. It seems that as ghosts, we don’t have any attack power!"
Han Lu’s eyes widened. "Which eye of yours saw me slapping my master? I was just trying to see if I could touch him! Let me tell you, I, Han Lu, am one hundred percent filial to my master. Even in death, even as a ghost, it’s impossible for me to hit my master!"
Bald Li Er laughed. "Slapping with both left and right, Steward Han! Truly a paragon of filial piety!"
Han Lu was speechless.
The group chatted for a while, then, filled with curiosity, they floated around constantly. Occasionally, they encountered passersby. Bald Li Er would even stick his bald head into their stomachs or chests, looking around from the inside.
None of the passersby—man or woman, old or young—could sense a bald head phasing in and out of their bodies.
Han Lu laughed. "Vice Steward Li," he said, "that was a pregnant woman just now. Aren’t you afraid of being reincarnated as her son if you keep phasing in and out like that?"
Bald Li Er was stunned. "Is that possible?"
The usually calm Yang Shan looked questioningly at Lin Xuankong, who was continuously leaping ahead. "Why do I feel something’s off?" he asked. "Why do the four of us keep drifting towards Steward Lin, seemingly unable to move away from him? Could our appearance as ghosts be related to Steward Lin?"