Chapter 1307
Where is the Land of Extreme Yin?
Although there is interrogation video of Xie Junshan accusing Guo Mengyun, the content involving "reincarnation" and "immortal ascension" is too absurd and bizarre to be used as legal evidence to accuse Guo Mengyun.
Under the legal framework of modern society, you cannot arrest someone on the grounds that "she is an old monster from five hundred years ago".
Luo Fei immediately contacted Master Li of Qingcheng Mountain and informed him of the situation, especially the possibility that Guo Mengyun had reincarnated multiple times and was able to awaken her memories.
On the other end of the phone, Master Li remained silent for a long time before sighing.
“Young friend Luo, if what you say is true, this woman has reincarnated many times without forgetting her past lives, and her obsession with cultivating immortality is so strong that even though she failed this time, her spiritual resilience is extraordinary. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is already ‘half an immortal.’ Ordinary methods may not be enough to deal with her.”
"Please enlighten me, Celestial Master!"
Luo Fei said urgently.
According to ancient texts and fragments, there is a way to deal with such souls that are close to becoming ghost immortals... one can use the "Soul-Falling Dharani".
Master Li's voice carried a hint of solemnity.
"This object is no ordinary weapon, but a special magical artifact. It is said to be able to lock onto the very essence of a soul, forcibly separating it from the body and imprisoning it... preventing it from ever being reborn..."
Upon hearing this, Luo Fei not only did not find it absurd, but was overjoyed!
What he lacks now is precisely this kind of means to target unconventional targets like "souls"!
"Thank you, Celestial Master! I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, Luo Fei immediately said to Chen Xuanran.
"Xuanran, buy a ticket for the next available flight to Tanzhou right now! Be quick!"
Chen Fan, Wu Peixiong, and others gathered around, looking puzzled.
"Brother Fei, what are we doing in Tanzhou? Isn't the case almost over?"
Wu Peixiong scratched his head and asked.
"No time to explain in detail! We'll talk about it on the way!"
Luo Fei spoke urgently, packing his things as he walked out.
On the way to the airport, Luo Fei roughly told everyone the shocking truth that Xie Junshan had revealed, as well as his suspicions about Guo Mengyun.
"My God... Guo Mengyun... she is..."
Chen Xuanran covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes wide open, her face filled with disbelief.
"This...this is terrifying..."
"So Gong Xiaorui was just a pitiful pawn being used from beginning to end?"
Zhou Xiaobei felt that his worldview had been refreshed once again.
"That's right! We must find Guo Mengyun immediately! We must not let her have another chance to harm anyone!"
Luo Fei said decisively.
The group rushed to Huanghua International Airport in Tanzhou City as quickly as possible. After getting off the plane, Luo Fei immediately took a taxi to the city square near the address Guo Qian had left before.
They found the apartment building where Guo Qian lived, knocked on the door, only to find that it was now occupied by strangers who claimed that the apartment had just been rented and that the two sisters from before had never returned.
Luo Fei's heart sank.
He immediately realized that word had likely leaked about his interrogation of Xie Junshan! There might still be informants within the police force they hadn't yet uncovered! Guo Mengyun had found out beforehand and had run away with her sister!
Why did she take her sister away?
Chen Xuanran asked in confusion.
Luo Fei's mind raced, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Guo Mengyun knew that things might be exposed. Although the special task force might not find any direct legal evidence of her crime, I could use my position as a national security officer to detain her indefinitely under the pretext of 'endangering national security'!"
She only has two options if she wants to escape.
Either leave Great Xia immediately and go far away.
Either... she should hurry up and find a suitable "Extreme Yin Child" or "Human Demon" to complete her damned ascension ritual!
"And now, who is the easiest 'human demon' for her to find?"
Luo Fei looked at Chen Xuanran.
Chen Xuanran instantly understood and gasped.
"It's...it's her sister, Guo Qian?!"
"That's right!"
Luo Fei immediately took action, contacting Guo Qian and Guo Mengyun's maternal grandmother's home through the local police. After some inquiries, he obtained some fragmented information from the elderly grandmother.
Guo Qian's parents divorced early on, and her mother cruelly abandoned the two sisters. Her father later remarried, but the two sisters never accepted their new mother.
Once, the whole family went camping, and the stepmother accidentally fell into the reservoir. The father jumped in to save her, but neither of them made it back up... The two sisters then lived with their grandmother...
Luo Fei astutely grasped the key point; he carefully inquired about Guo Qian's birth date. Her grandmother struggled to recall and provided a vague lunar calendar date.
After hanging up the phone, Luo Fei's face turned extremely grim. Based on the date provided by his grandmother, Guo Qian's birth time was very likely also an unlucky hour!
She was also a woman of extreme Yin!
Although she was already married, not a virgin, and not the most exquisite "material," for Guo Mengyun, who urgently needed a "human demon" to complete the ritual, her older sister Guo Qian, who was of the yin nature and related to her by blood, was undoubtedly the easiest and most effective choice!
"This madwoman... she wouldn't even spare her own sister!"
Wu Peixiong cursed angrily.
Luo Fei's eyes were icy cold. Although he was unsure whether the so-called "becoming an immortal" really existed, he absolutely would not allow Guo Mengyun to disregard other people's lives again for that illusory attempt!
"Find them! Mobilize all forces, even if we have to turn Tanzhou upside down, we must find Guo Mengyun and Guo Qian!"
Luo Fei's voice carried an undeniable determination.
However, after the order was issued, reality was like a bucket of cold water poured over him.
The Great Xia Dynasty is vast and populous. If two people are determined to hide, they will be like drops of water entering the ocean. Finding them in a short time is no easy task.
Time ticked by, and the Tanzhou police and national security forces mobilized all available resources, setting up informants at train stations, airports, and highway entrances, but no valuable information came in for a long time.
Luo Fei's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, his anxiety almost becoming tangible.
"We can't just wait like this!"
Luo Fei suddenly stood up and dialed Master Li of Qingcheng Mountain's number again. Now, perhaps only this old man, well-versed in metaphysics and Taoist magic, could point him in the right direction.
After the call connected, Luo Fei quickly explained the current predicament and the possibility that Guo Mengyun might have escaped with her sister Guo Qian, and then asked anxiously.
"Master, if Guo Mengyun is truly desperate and wants to use her sister Guo Qian to complete her evil cultivation ritual, what conditions would she require? Is there any specific location?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before Li Tianshi's solemn voice came through.
“Young friend Luo, although Guo Qian is already married and has lost her virginity, she cannot be considered to have a pure Yin body. However, if her destiny is indeed extremely Yin, her soul is not entirely useless to such evil magic, but the effect will be greatly reduced.”
"If one wishes to forcibly perform a heaven-defying act using such 'defective' materials, the caster must find a truly 'place of extreme yin,' drawing upon the yin energy of heaven and earth to compensate for the deficiencies of the materials themselves and forcefully activate the formation." "A place of extreme yin? Where within the Great Xia territory is there a place of extreme yin?"
Luo Fei seemed to have grasped at a straw and hurriedly pressed for answers.
Master Li's voice carried a hint of remoteness and an inexplicable chill.
"If we're talking about the place where the Yin energy of the Great Xia Dynasty is most abundant and most concentrated, it has to be... Fengdu!"
"Fengdu?"
Luo Fei's eyes narrowed.
He had certainly heard of this name. It was an ancient city with a history of thousands of years. According to folklore, it was the capital of the underworld, the location of the netherworld, and the entrance to the Nine Nether Hells! It had been shrouded in mystery and gloom since ancient times.
"That's right, it's Fengdu."
Master Li affirmed.
"In the suburbs of Fengdu, there is a place called the Yin-Yang Cave. Legend has it that this cave is one of the entrances connecting the underworld and the world of the living, and is the place with the heaviest and purest Yin energy in the Great Xia Dynasty!"
According to ancient texts and anecdotes, some followers of the Yinshan School of Taoism who practiced unorthodox methods and cultivated the ways of ghosts, immortals, and demons once practiced there.
In modern terms, you should be able to find it using navigation.
Fengdu! Yin-Yang Cave!
Luo Fei had a sudden inspiration! Guo Mengyun was meticulous; to avoid revealing her whereabouts, she would definitely not choose airplanes or high-speed trains that required real-name authentication.
Since Guo Qian can drive, they most likely rented a vehicle and fled from Tanzhou via the expressway to Fengdu, which is located within the Jiangcheng administrative region!
"I understand! Thank you, Celestial Master!"
Luo Fei expressed his gratitude.
"Young friend Luo, I have already had the 'Soul-Falling Arhat' and the matching small altar you requested prepared at an accelerated pace. You... go and come back quickly, and be sure to be careful!"
Master Li gave his final instructions.
After hanging up the phone, Luo Fei's eyes flashed with a sharp light.
He immediately used his special status as a member of the National Security Bureau to contact the highest-ranking official in charge of the traffic management department of Tanzhou City, demanding that the other party fully cooperate and urgently check all vehicle records that left Tanzhou car rental companies and whose destinations or routes pointed to Jiangcheng, especially Fengdu, with a focus on vehicles rented or ridden by two young women.
The National Security Bureau's reputation, coupled with Luo Fei's undeniable authority, resulted in extremely high efficiency from the traffic management department. The feedback came back in less than half an hour!
"Director Luo, we've made a discovery!"
The traffic management official's voice was filled with excitement.
"We spotted a black SUV matching the description in the surveillance footage at a toll station on the Chongqing-Xiangtan Expressway leading to Jiangcheng!"
Inside the car were two young women wearing masks. Although their faces were not clearly visible, the figure and hairstyle of the woman in the passenger seat matched the photo of Guo Mengyun that you provided!
The driver looks a lot like Guo Qian! Based on the timeline, that car should already be inside Jiangcheng territory!
really!
They really went to Fengdu!
"Send me the vehicle information and the exact location where it was last seen!"
Luo Fei immediately gave the order, having already made up his mind.
He must rush to Fengdu immediately and stop Guo Mengyun before she completes that evil ritual!
……
Meanwhile, on the winding mountain road leading to Fengdu, a black SUV was driving smoothly.
The destination—Fengdu Yin-Yang Cave—was clearly displayed on the car's navigation screen.
Guo Qian was driving. Her hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, her eyes filled with a complex mix of tension, anticipation, and determination.
In the passenger seat, Guo Mengyun took off her mask, revealing her pure and beautiful face. She looked at the increasingly desolate and gloomy scenery rushing past the window, a faint, mysterious smile on her lips.
"Mengyun..."
Guo Qian hesitated for a moment before asking the question.
"Can...can we really succeed? After we ascend...can...can you take my sister with you?"
Guo Mengyun turned her head, revealing a soothing and gentle smile on her face. Her voice was soft yet carried a captivating power.
"Sister, don't worry. We are connected by blood, and you have the most Yin constitution. Although you are no longer a virgin, in this most Yin place, with our souls connected as a guide, the chances of success are very high."
Once I open the gates to immortality and embark on the path to immortality, I will never abandon you. Immortality and freedom throughout the world—wouldn't that be blissful?
Upon hearing this, Guo Qian's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed again, overwhelmed by deeper guilt and pain.
She stared straight ahead, her voice trembling slightly.
"Mengyun... I'm sorry... I'm also sorry to Dad and... and to her..."
Her thoughts drifted back to that afternoon many years ago that changed everything.
Her parents' divorce was a huge blow to her, and she poured all her resentment on her stepmother who appeared later, stubbornly believing that it was that woman's appearance that led to the breakdown of her family.
However, as time went on, she had to admit that her stepmother was genuinely good to her and her sister, showing them care and concern in every way.
The relationship between the family members gradually changed from being at odds to being harmonious and happy.
The stepmother was hardworking and managed the household well, and the family's financial situation gradually improved; they even bought a new car. Later, the stepmother became pregnant, and the father's face beamed with happiness; everything seemed to be moving in the best possible direction.
However, that very weekend, the whole family went on a picnic by the reservoir. Looking at her stepmother's slightly protruding belly and at her father's tender care for her, a strong, twisted jealousy and fear gnawed at Guo Qian's heart, which was still quite young at the time, like a venomous snake.
She was afraid that once her stepmother had her own child, she would no longer treat her and her sister well, and that their newly rebuilt, warm home would fall apart again.
As if by some strange twist of fate, when her stepmother was washing vegetables alone by the reservoir, she walked over... and pushed her hard from behind!
She only intended to scare her stepmother or make her lose the child... but she didn't expect that her stepmother would panic and slip into the deep water, struggling desperately.
She was terrified and screamed for help. Her father heard her cries and rushed over, jumping into the water without hesitation to save her... but neither of them made it back up.
The pillar of the family collapsed in an instant, and all the happiness vanished like a bubble.
This incident became an unhealable scar and a persistent nightmare in Guo Qian's heart.
The immense guilt made her sensitive and repressed; she was afraid to have children, and her marital relationship was always very poor as a result.
She always believed that her younger sister Guo Mengyun's later withdrawn personality and eventual "disappearance" were due to the shock of that major family tragedy. She felt that she, as the older sister, had failed to take good care of her younger sister, and her heart was filled with regret and a desire to make amends.
So when she learned that her younger sister might be in trouble in Haizhu City, she didn't hesitate to abandon her business in Tanzhou and rush over. (End of Chapter)