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I felt my expression gradually becoming more ferocious. Hu Fang, who was beside me, clearly showed signs of unease upon seeing my demeanor. After a moment of hesitation, she gently placed her hand on my arm and said, "Shen Xu, what exactly happened to you in Yang Master? You weren't like this before."
Hearing her voice, I turned to look at Hu Fang. Realizing that my current behavior was too obvious, I suppressed my emotions to avoid worrying her. "It's nothing, just a bit of pain in my body. I should feel better in a while. By the way..." I shifted the topic, "Weren't you going to get me something to eat? I'm actually feeling a bit hungry now. Could you please make me a bowl of noodles?" I smiled at her.
Seeing that I was improving, Hu Fang immediately showed a relieved smile and nodded repeatedly. "Okay, I'll go make it for you right now. Just wait for me!" With that, she hurriedly got up and left the room.
I lay alone in the room, enduring the pain in my body while my mind raced with thoughts. "Just as Mo Yun said, Mo Lin was fine when he rescued me. Why did he suddenly change so much after returning? Although the deaths of Mo Shu Senior and Mo Yu must have caused him great pain, he shouldn't have turned his anger towards me..."
As I pondered this, I vaguely sensed that things might not be as simple as they seemed. It could very well be as Mo Yun speculated; Er Ye might have done something to Mo Lin.
Just when I felt utterly helpless, I sensed someone standing silently at the door, watching me.
I quickly turned to look. There stood Mo Lin, silent and with a gloomy expression.
"Mo... Mo Lin? What's wrong? Didn't Mo Yun take you to treat your wounds? Why are your injuries still..." I asked, noticing the untreated wounds on Mo Lin's body.
He ignored my question and stared at me for a while before quickly walking over to the bedside. My heart tightened; could this Mo Lin be an imposter from Yang Master? But in this situation, what reason would they have to use such tactics against us?
Confused, I saw Mo Lin getting closer and felt uneasy. It was too late to call for help now. Since he had escaped from Mo Yun without her pursuing him, it was likely that Mo Yun had already met with misfortune. The only ones left were Hu Fang and that young assassin, who probably wouldn't be able to stop him and might even get caught up in it.
With this thought, I frowned and braced myself for the worst. Just then, instead of attacking me with the Black Soldier in his hand, Mo Lin unexpectedly grabbed my hand and lifted me onto his back before quickly heading toward the door.
"What are you doing, Mo Lin?!" I asked nervously.
"Don't worry; I'm not going to kill you. I'm just fulfilling my master's last wish."
"Master Shu's last wish? What did he tell you?!"
"Don't ask; you'll find out soon enough..."
With that, Mo Lin carried me through the hall and into a narrow staircase leading downward. After a short while of descending, we arrived at a dilapidated iron door. Looking at the door before me felt strangely familiar; it seemed like I had been here before.
As I stepped into the room, I noticed scattered books on the floor and clear signs of a struggle all around.
"Isn't this Mo Shu Senior's room?" I asked.
"Indeed," Mo Lin replied, turning his back to me as he began searching the room.
After a moment, Mo Lin seemed to discover something. He freed one hand and began to feel along the wall. Suddenly, a dull grinding sound echoed as a stone he pressed against the wall slowly sank in. This was followed by a series of grinding gears, and even the ground beneath us began to tremble slightly.
"What’s happening? What’s going on?!" I asked, feeling a bit anxious.
Mo Lin didn’t respond but turned to gaze at the wall opposite the mechanism. At that moment, an irregular vertical crack appeared on the wall, slowly widening and revealing a dazzling white light from within.
The instant I saw that white light, before I could even discern what lay inside, I blurted out instinctively, "Soulstone? Is there a Soulstone in there?"
"Yes," Mo Lin confirmed. "It seems Master must have shown you this Soulstone before. That’s even better; I won’t need to explain anything further."
As he spoke, the crack widened further, illuminating the previously dim room with blinding white light. At the same time, my restless emotions—along with my grief and anger—were suddenly suppressed, leaving me feeling unusually calm.
"This is it..." Mo Lin murmured to himself. "Master, I promise you, I will help you complete this."
From Mo Lin's tone, I could clearly sense that his state of mind had also calmed considerably due to that white light. He carried me step by step into the fully opened dark door.
Inside, I realized this room was not where I had first encountered the Soulstone with Yao Long. Instead, it was a much larger square room, with the Soulstone placed in the center, supported by a circular stone pillar about half my height.
Reaching the pillar, Mo Lin set me down against it while he reached up to take the Soulstone.
The moment Mo Lin lifted the Soulstone, the dazzling white light instantly dimmed but softened considerably, still illuminating the entire room.
"What are you planning to do? What exactly did Mo Shu Senior tell you?" I managed to turn my head and ask Mo Lin again.
At that moment, Mo Lin, holding the Soulstone, sat down in front of me. He gently placed it on his lap and said softly, "This stone is called the Soul Guide Stone. Although it has calming effects for the soul, it also attracts spirits. That’s why there is a Spirit Guardian Mountain in Yunpo Mountain. They were all drawn here by this stone."
“Master set up a talisman within the path of the slayer to confine the spirit to the mountains, preventing it from entering. Thus, those Lonely Spirits became the Guardian Spirits of the Mountain.”
“The Master knew that the Phantom Power within you had not been eliminated. On his deathbed, he instructed me to return and guide out the Phantom Power that had not completely disappeared from your body, but this requires a price…”
Hearing this, I vaguely recalled what that restless power inside me was during my moments of extreme anger.
However, this did not quite add up. The Void Spirit had told me that one of us would disappear. If it was him who vanished, then how could I still have residual power? Could it be...
At this thought, I was startled, my breath quickening as I muttered to myself, “Could it be that I am the one who disappeared?! But that doesn’t make sense; I felt intense sorrow when my parents died. If I am the Void Spirit now... how could that be possible…”
The more I thought about it, the more confused I became. If it weren't for being under the influence of the Soulstone right now, I might have gone mad again.
At this moment, Mo Lin, hearing my mutterings, said, “I don’t know what you mean by disappearance, but before he passed, Master wanted me to tell you that both your Void Spirit and your own soul still exist…”
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