Spirit Hunters of Maoshan Sect

“What is that metal container?” Ye Shaoyang curiously asked .

“It\'s is a family heirloom,” Tan Xiaohui smiled and answered .

She seemed reluctant to explain any further, so Ye Shaoyang did not press the matter any longer .

The moth flew ahead and led the trio onto the path . After a few hours, they finally reached a valley .

After making a turn, the moth finally rested on a twig of an old tree . It emitted a red light and vanished into the air .

“That is Dead Man Valley,” Tan Xiaohui pointed deep into the valley .

However, Ye Shaoyang had already noticed it before Tan Xiaohui pointed it out . In between the cliffs, not too far away, black Qi simmered in the air .

“Corpse Qi… but mostly man-made Violent Qi,” Ye Shaoyang sensed the Qi before he continued, “I can understand that there is Violent Qi here . I guess it came from the Gu poison, but what about the Corpse Qi? Is it from the Blood Gu Undead King?”

Tan Xiaohui nodded . Ye Shaoyang was taken aback, “Isn’t that Undead King buried? How powerful is it to be able to release such strong Corpse Qi?”

“The Blood Gu Undead King is different from the usual Undead Kings . According to the legend, he was the first blood witch . Before he died, he planted a Blood Gu in himself . His dead body became the host for the Blood Gu, which cultivated him into the Blood Gu Undead King . He’s been cultivating thousands of years, “ Tan Xiaohui explained .

Ye Shaoyang gasped . He’s been cultivating on such an evil path for such a long time . How strong has he become?

“Judging by the thickness of the black Qi, the ritual must be starting soon . We’ve arrived just in time . Let’s get moving, and be careful . ”

Tan Xiaohui took out a pack of powder from her backpack . She dipped her finger into the pack of pink powder and applied it on Ye Shaoyang’s face and neck .

“This Qi Covering Powder can hide your Qi . Those blood witches are real sensitive to Qi . We need to be careful not to let them find us . ”

While she applied the powder on Ye Shaoyang, she stood close to him so that their faces were almost touching each other . Ye Shaoyang quietly stared at her face and noticed her beautiful features .

Tan Xiaohui suddenly realized this . She shyly looked away as her cheeks turned red . She tossed the pack of powder to Ye Shaoyang, “Finish applying it . Apply the powder on your neck, face, and hands . ”

After both Ye Shaoyang and Xiao Ma applied the powder, Tan Xiaohui led them through the jungle, and they carefully approached the valley .

As they walked, Xiao Ma suddenly asked,“Why is this place called Dead Man Valley?”

Tan Xiaohui explained, “This valley is a perfect spot for undead and Gu cultivation due to its nature . Besides, it is a hidden spot, so normal people cannot find this place easily . A group of Gu masters came to this place to cultivate . Of course, the group of Gu Masters were not nice people, but they were the lesser evil in the story . A few blood witches soon found out about this spot, so they wanted to move their Undead King here . The Gu masters disagreed, so a fight erupted .

“The blood witches woke up the Undead King using a ritualistic sacrifice . In one night, all the Gu masters were killed, and there were more than a hundred of them . Then, my family arrived . We fought a tough battle and managed to defeat the blood witches in the end . We exiled those who were still alive and buried those who died . However, there were too many casualties; hence, they renamed this place Dead Man Valley . ”

“All the Gu masters were killed in one night?” Ye Shaoyang was shocked, “What did the blood witches do with the Undead King when they were defeated?”

Tan Xiaohui, “Once they were defeated, they moved the Undead King away in his coffin . Luckily, they were not powerful enough to summon the Undead King a second time . Otherwise, my family would suffer the same fate as the Gu masters . ”

Suddenly, Ye Shaoyang’s phone rang . This caught Ye Shaoyang by surprise . He was not someone who used his phone a lot, so he had forgotten about the existence of a phone since entering the jungle .

It was Xie Yuqing calling him . She asked, “Where are you?”

Ye Shaoyang told her that they had almost reached Dead Man Valley .

Xie Yuqing was immediately pissed upon hearing this, “Why didn’t you call me?”

Ye Shaoyang scratched his head in confusion, “I wanted to check out the surroundings once I reached the place . I would have called you after that . What’s the hurry?”

“If you walk a few steps further, there will be no signal, so of course, I needed you to call me sooner!”

Ye Shaoyang was taken aback . He suddenly recalled that Xie Yuqing had installed a GPS device in his phone so that she could track his location, so Ye Shaoyang said, “The Dead Man Valley is north of me . You’ll be able to see it when you arrive . However, I suggest that you don’t come here now . Let me go into the valley and check it out . If I need your help, I’ll come back to this spot and call you . ”

Xie Yuqing agreed and told him that she was in a town near the valley . She would remain on standby, so she could come to him anytime .

He hung up the phone and continued walking . Soon, the trio was near the valley, and his phone no longer had a signal .

From the outside, the valley looked like a normal one . However, it was filled with black Qi that even the sunlight could not penetrate . The valley was filled with a deafening silence . Not even the sound of a cricket could be heard . They could feel no wind at all as even the air seemed to be dead there . This was obviously no ordinary place as even Xiao Ma, a normal person, could feel a difference in the aura the valley emitted .

Ye Shaoyang observed the geography around Dead Man Valley . It was a narrow gully sandwiched between two steep cliffs . The cliffs were too dangerous to climb, so there was only one way into the valley .

Tan Xiaohui pointed at the back of the mountain that formed the left cliff of the valley, “Let’s go up from here . We can see the situation of the valley and decide our next step from there . ”

Ye Shaoyang and Xiao Ma agreed, so they started climbing up the mountain . They walked along the cliff and observed from above .

Xiao Ma’s legs felt wobbly as he looked down, so he moved aside and stopped looking .

After walking for a few dozen meters, they saw three men in black guarding the two sides of the entrance . Behind the entrance, there was a narrow path leading deep into the jungle . Ye Shaoyang immediately realized that it was only the front of the valley!

“Those are blood witches!” Ye Shaoyang lay down on the cliff as he carefully observed the blood witches . Suddenly, he heard faint noises coming from the behind them . He quickly warned Tan Xiaohui, “There are two people coming towards this direction!”

He carefully scanned the surroundings . Finally, he found a rock big enough to hide behind . He signaled the rest of the group, and they snuck to hide behind the rock . Sure enough, they heard steps approaching them .