After returning to the inn, Xu Chunniang said hello to a few people and returned to her room.
After entering the room and confirming that the formations were in normal condition, she calmed down and asked about the black fog.
"What are you?"
Mohun thought for a moment and spoke sincerely.
"I am nothing, and I have no ill will towards you. This is all an accident..."
Before it could finish its words, it saw the flames in front of it suddenly rise several inches, almost reaching its body.
At the same time, a cold and murderous voice sounded in its mind.
"You want to say that all this was just an accident? Well, if that's the case, there's no need for you to exist."
"Ahh... it wasn't an accident!"
The demon soul hastily changed its words, but it was too late. Its body, which had already shrunk by half, shrank by half again.
Fortunately, it finally opened its mouth in time and saved the other half of its body.
Having saved his life once again, Mo Hun was still in shock. At the same time, he also realized his situation: life and death depended on the thoughts of others.
"Since it's not an accident, then tell me clearly what you are and who brought you here."
The voice in his mind seemed to sense his fear and eased its murderous intent a little.
The demon soul didn't dare to speak nonsense anymore and had to tell its origins.
"I am the demon soul, and the master sent me here."
Demonic soul
Xu Chunniang frowned, vaguely realizing that she seemed to be involved in some secret matter.
"What is a demon soul? Who is your master?"
"The demon soul is me. My master is the one who created me. He is the most powerful person in the world. My master can do anything."
Xu Chunniang automatically ignored the demon soul's praise for its so-called master, "Then why did he send you here?"
The demon soul was silent until the surrounding flames were only a few inches away from it and it felt the threat of death, then it spoke hurriedly.
"As a demon soul, it is natural for me to erode and devour your soul..."
It originally thought that the owner of this body would become furious after learning the truth and would start a sea of fire to devour it.
But after waiting for a long time, the flames around him actually receded a little.
It blinked in confusion, and a new voice sounded in its mind.
"Swallowing the soul, what happens next?"
"Naturally it has been replaced."
Instead... it is what happened.
There was a chill in Xu Chunniang's eyes. When she sensed that the evil soul had entered her body and was trying to devour her soul, she had a vague guess.
But unexpectedly, she really got it right.
She closed her eyes and carefully thought about what happened today.
From the moment the word was released at the City Lord's Mansion, to the moment she and Huo Chunyan went to the City Lord's Mansion to witness the duel between Zhuge Yun and Xie Changyuan.
Then Zhuge Yun suffered a crushing defeat, and finally she was ambushed when she was leaving.
All of this seems to be unrelated, but it seems like there is a big net that is slowly spreading out in secret, waiting for the prey to take the bait.
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and opened her eyes. On the surface, Zhuge Yun's Dao heart was damaged and he suffered a blow due to what happened today.
But in fact, everything Zhuge Yun suffered was obvious.
However, the crisis she faced was hidden in the dark and was even more dangerous.
If she didn't have the Heavenly Fire, her soul would have been corroded by the evil spirit by now.
A solemn look flashed across Xu Chunniang's face. If the evil spirit could really take over, it would be impossible to detect unless it revealed itself.
A bad thought arose in her mind. During this period of time, Shangguan Xue had been living in the City Lord's Mansion.
Inside Shangguan Xue's body... is she still the same person
Thinking of this, Xu Chunniang's expression changed.
In the past few years, the sect has conducted vigorous investigations and has discovered some spies hiding in the sect.
Although the evil cultivators have been a bit restless in the past two years, overall they have not caused any major trouble.
Unexpectedly, they have secretly refined such a sinister thing as the "Demon Soul".
Not only can it kill people without them being seen, but it can also allow the demon soul to sneak into the sect under the identity of a disciple.
I just don’t know how many such evil spirits there are.
Xu Chunniang felt a chill in her heart. This matter must be reported to the sect as soon as possible!
She had just stood up and taken two steps when she suddenly stopped.
In the eyes of the City Lord's Mansion, she was already a person possessed by a demonic spirit. If she showed any unusual movement at this moment, it would surely not escape the eyes of those people.
If those who did it knew that she was not possessed by the evil spirit, but suspected the City Lord's Mansion...
I'm afraid she will lose her life here before she even leaves Hunyuan City.
Xu Chunniang finally lowered her eyelids, sat back in her original position, and continued to torture the evil spirit in her soul.
"What will you do after you devour my soul?"
Mohun was stunned for a moment, "This... I don't know."
Before it could even start, it was discovered and then roasted over a fire.
As if it realized that the owner of this body was dissatisfied with its answer, it quickly added a few more words.
"But the master's order is that after replacing you, he must first act according to your character. Moreover, eroding the soul is a slow process that takes a long time."
"It takes a long time? Aren't you a demon soul? You sound quite powerful. Even my powerful spiritual sense couldn't stop you."
Mohun felt very proud when he heard the compliment.
"It's easy to devour the soul, but to preserve and integrate all the memories in the soul, you can only erode it bit by bit, which will take several months or even years."
Xu Chunniang was thoughtful. It seemed that in the short term, she didn't have to worry about the people from the City Lord's Mansion discovering that she had escaped from the Demon Soul.
"Then do you have any way to communicate with your master?"
"Within a certain range, the master and I can sense each other's existence and communicate in a unique way. But this place is too far away from the master, so I can't sense it."
Xu Chunniang asked some more questions. In order to prevent this evil spirit from fooling her with false information, she deliberately asked some questions three or four times in different ways.
However, although this demon soul is somewhat intelligent, it has only been around for a short time. Under the threat of death, everything it says is true.
She stopped questioning until she could get no more information.
The demon soul felt the heat around him slightly subsiding, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very satisfied that he had escaped with his life.
Xu Chunniang stayed in the room for a long time, until it was getting dark, then she pushed the door open and walked out. Relying on her memory, she walked to Zhuge Yun's door and tapped on it rhythmically with her fingers.
The person who opened the door was Zhao Xingsan. When he saw Xu Chunniang, a hint of surprise flashed across his face.
When she came back just now, her attitude towards Zhuge Yun could be described as indifferent.
He didn't ask a single question the entire afternoon.
He thought that he would not see Senior Sister Xu here.
After all, he had heard about the discord between Senior Sister Xu and Senior Brother Zhuge.