Chương 171: The demon entity reawakens

"Let's go." Old Gu took the lead and walked into the city, followed by the others behind him. As he stepped into this city, Long Feng felt as though he just stepped through a very powerful energy barrier. This energy barrier made him feel like he was stepping into an entirely different space separate from the yin ghosts forest. If he couldn't see the dense cloud of ghost energy which surrounded this city, he would think that they had left the forest.

The feeling was incomparably profound, filling one with awe and veneration of the one who had such profound methods.

"How mysterious. Are these the methods of those four regions seniors?" He muttered in a daze.

"Indeed! I felt like I had completely left the yin ghost forest!" Yan jian exclaimed in agreement, then he sighed sadly.

"if only it was real" Hua Liuli also nodded.

"I can't imagine what realm those seniors have reached""I am not sure about that, but I do know that whoever did this has at least touched upon the concept of creating a separate space. He should have surpassed even the Dao realm" Old Looked around at the bustling city before him as he said in amazement. Long Feng smacked his lips with his tongue. Creating a separate space in the real world! What frightening strength was required to be able to do that? That was practically going against the entire world itself!

"Big brother Long Feng…" Hua Liuli's small voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts. Most importantly, Her voice was cold with worry. He turned back to her and saw that both her and Yan jian were staring at a pale faced Li Yue'er with worry on their faces.

"This…" Long Feng froze on the spot after glancing at Li Yue'er with an incredulous look on his face.

"What happened?" Old Gu was also startled and he couldn't help but turn. His pupils instantly shrank and shock coated his face when he saw what was wrong. His shocked expression was so exaggerated that it looked like his eyes would fall off. But his shock was understandable.

The moment Li Yue'er stepped through the energy barrier and entered the city, the ghost energy which was previously held back by the barrier actually surged and disregarded the powerful barrier as though it was non-existent as it flowed freely into her body. Of course, it was only a tiny stream of the ghost energy which passed through the barrier, otherwise it would have definitely caused a huge commotion in the city. Even then, this sight was very shocking. Long Feng's face fell as he stared at Li Yue'er's face.

He just noticed that faint pitch black veins could be seen wriggling around on her Jade like skin, even on her face. Although the veins were very faint, Long Feng and the others could still see them. Yan jian and Long Feng exchanged glances gravely as they understood what this meant.

Normally, whenever the demon entity within Li Yue'er's dantian stirred, the veins would be far more visible than this time, she would be unable to move even a muscle even falling unconscious, and her life source would vanish at a shocking rate. This time, the veins were faint and she was actually able to move, and her life source wasn't decreasing in any way. It was like the demon entity wasn't interested in her life source this time and was instead trying to absorb the ghost energy of the forest.

"When did this began?" Long Feng turned and asked Hua Liuli gravely. The fact that Li Yue'er was able to absorb the ghost energy of the forest absolutely couldn't be allowed to spread or else it would cause great trouble.

"I'm not sure. I only noticed after we all stepped through the barrier." Hua Liuli's cute face was filled with panic as she stared at Li Yue'er. Li Yue'er had always been at the very back of the group due to her uncommunicative nature. Old Gu had even forgotten that she was part of the team. Naturally, none of them noticed when this happened to her.

"I'm fine." Li Yue'er opened her mouth and said with a faint voice.

"What is going on? Can someone give me an explanation?" Old Gu looked at Long Feng and asked calmly, though his heart was far from being calm. Humans like them were unable to coexist with the yin ghosts due to various reasons, but the main reason was due to the fact that whenever a human saw a yin ghost, a deep hatred and killing intent usually surfaced from the depths of their beings, like they had been enemies with the yin ghost for several Thousands of generations.

If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The same situation also applied to the Yin ghosts. Therefore, as the ghost energy which pervaded the forest shared the same origin as the yin ghosts, the humans felt an innate disgust towards this energy. The ghost energy also suppressed the strength of any human within it. Of course, the stronger you were, the weaker this suppression was. The effects of the ghost energy on Dao realm masters was non-existent.

Same way, humans were unable to absorb this ghost energy. Anyone who forcefully tried to do so exploded and died without doubt. Even Dao realm masters were no exceptions to this. But right now in front of him, a young lady at the peak of the yin realm was actually absorbing the ghost energy into her body without anything happening to her! Could she be a yin ghost spy sent you infiltrate the humans? But since when were such weak Yin ghosts able to transform into human form? This situation was simply unbelievable.

"It is not what you think old Gu." Long Feng immediately replied. He understood the gravity of this situation and what would happen if it was spread. Li Yue'er would probably be mistaken as a yin ghost spy and killed. They might even be implicated as well. And all of this was actually due to the demon entity within her dantian. As he was hesitating whether to explain the situation to old Gu or not, Pu! Li Yue'er suddenly spat out a mouthful of blackish blood and she became extremely frail, almost falling down.

Hua Liuli managed to support her on time. Dread appeared on Li Yue'er's pale face as she looked up.

"It's… attacking the seal""Damn it" Long Feng's expression changed as he rushed to her side and gently held her wrist, directing the little soul power he had restored to her dantian. Inside her dantian, a ball of black energy floated in mid air, emitting a ghastly energy which wrapped around the entire dantian and extended all the way to her body. This was naturally the demon entity. Around the entity was a round transparent revolving formation which sealed off the demon entity.

This was the sealing formation which Lord yi ming, the soul master of the mortal heaven sect had placed to temporarily isolate the demon entity. This formation had managed to seal it off and was supposed to last for a while longer, but now, things were changing. The demon entity seemed to have a connection to the ghost energy in the forest and had been absorbing the energy silently. Perhaps they wouldn't have noticed at all until it was too late if it wasn't for the energy barrier around the city.

Even Li Yue'er herself hadn't noticed anything wrong. Long Feng could clearly sense that the current demon entity was over three times stronger than the last time and all the energy he had absorbed from it were replenished. Now, even the formation laid by Lord yi ming was unable to keep the demon entity sealed. Silently, a crack appeared on the formation as some runes shattered. As the crack slowly widened, a powerful suction power appeared from the demon entity through the crack.

The suction force immediately surged out of her dantian and into her blood. A faint greenish energy was absorbed greedily by the demon entity. Li Yue'er's pale face turned paler. Although the rate of the demon entity's absorbtion of her life source was only a tenth compared to before due to the seal, the speed would increase as the seal cracked and shatter.

"What is going on with her? Why is her life source vanishing so quickly?" Old Gu was astonished as he sensed Li Yue'er's life source. Her life source was actually even weaker than his own! How was this possible? He was an old man and although he had some achievements in the soul path, his martial cultivation was actually low so his true age was already over two hundred years. That was the limits of how long a spirit level master could live. He had less than twenty years remaining.

At most, his soul wouldn't vanish and he would be able to possess someone else's body once his own body dies due to his high soul cultivation. But compared to this lady's weak life source, one would even think he was the young one instead. With such weak life source, it would be a miracle if she could live for another three years! What the hell was wrong with her? Long Feng's expression was grave as he withdrew his soul power from her dantian.

"The seal will only last for one or two more days." He saw that even as the demon entity was absorbing Li Yue'er's life source, it still didn't stop absorbing the ghost energy. The stream of ghost energy which penetrated the energy barrier was still flowing into her body. It was even becoming more dense. It could be seen that once the seal broke completely, the demon entity would definitely cause a huge commotion by absorbing the ghost energy.

"At this rate, it will become much stronger than we can imagine. The seal might not even last another day."

"What do we do?" Yan jian walked over to his side and asked. Long Feng wanted to ask old Gu to help them and strengthen the seal on the demon entity. With old Gu's spirit transformation layer soul power, he would definitely be able to seal the demon entity. But that wouldn't solve the problem. The demon entity was able to absorb the ghost energy of the forest to strengthen itself. Even if old Gu strengthened the seal, the demon entity might soon be able to shatter the seal too.

Most importantly, it wasn't a wise idea to let others know about the demon entity, not even old Gu. Since Long Feng could figure out that the demon entity has some connection to the Yin ghost forest, then others could certainly think of that too. Therefore, not even old Gu could be trusted.

"We leave this city!" He gritted his teeth and said. Right now, this was their only path. Otherwise, once others noticed Li Yue'er's situation, the four of them would be in trouble. Long Feng wasn't delusional enough to think that they could escape from this city. Any ordinary peak Yang level cultivator could suppress the four of them, not to mention the more powerful masters here.

"Old Gu…" Long Feng turned to look at the old man, thinking of what to say to convince him to keep this matter a secret.

"Don't worry, kid. This old man will not speak a word about this matter." Old gu spoke before Long Feng could say anything. It seemed like he already knew what Long Feng was about to say. Long Feng paused and nodded gratefully.

"Thank you senior. This Junior will definitely repay your favor if I can" he replied. Old Gu nodded and began to walk away, his voice echoing in their minds."I won't be coming with you. You should be careful out there. If you ever leave your continent and enter the four regions, you can come to the northern region and join my Profound Soul Union. We will meet again if we are fated to" His figure slowly vanished into the bustling city ahead. Long Feng stared at the city ahead of them and sighed.

"Alright. We can't stay here any longer. Let's go" The four of them stepped through the energy barrier and returned to the ghost energy filled forest.

"We can't go far away otherwise we will not know if any situation or changes occur. Let's look for a cave nearby or something" Li Yue'er's situation was getting more severe as the demon entity got stronger and the rate of her life source vanishing had nearly doubled. It was already almost equal to the original rate. Their four figures slowly vanished into the dense ghost energy around.

In the very depths of the yin ghosts forest, Five figures sat around the huge coffin held down by nine divine chains. Of course, these five were among the eight yin monarchs. The entire area gave of a timeworm pressure and the aura of the five figures worsened the situation. Moreover, the ghost energy flowing out of the coffin edges and spreading out was so thick and dense that it seemed like even sound was suppressed by it. The place was eerily silent. Suddenly, the coffin began to shake.

The five figures who looked like statues, unmovable regardless of the situation were startled to their feet with shock and deep respect on their faces.

"The ancestor coffin is moving!" One of them spoke with a shaky voice due to excitement.

"It hasn't moved in hundreds of years! Quickly, alert the others! This could be our only chance to successfully destroy the seal and free our race!" Another monarch spoke hurriedly. One of the monarchs immediately vanished, heading back to alert the others.