Master of Strange Dao

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"Big brother, are we going in?"

Lou Huai asked cautiously. He could see that his elder brother's mood hadn't been great.

"Is the scent very faint?" Yu Ziqing observed Lou Huai's behavior, roughly guessing.

"Yes, the scent is very faint, but that stench, it's really foul. There's still a very slight trace of it, noticeable enough."

"Then let's go and take a look."

Now it could basically be confirmed that the Yin Family people had been taken from the temporary residence all the way here, leaving through the Abyssal Rift.

Here, the distance from that temporary point was only a few hundred miles. On the surface, it seemed that the Yin Family people hadn't left the peninsula at all, no wonder no one noticed anything unusual.

After all, according to the usual division of powers, the surrounding area, within hundreds of miles, basically belonged to them.

No other major forces would camp here.

If they did, it was clear they were picking a fight or causing trouble.

So, it was safe to say that the Yin Family had disappeared on their own turf.

King Xiang couldn't find anything, which was normal, as there were no traces or marks left.

The only person who acted then must have entered the Yin Family's temporary residence, inevitably carrying some of the spiritual energy from there.

He thought he cleaned up thoroughly with no traces left. Unfortunately, while the spiritual energy was gone, that lingering scent, to a pure devil like Lou Huai, was still very apparent.

This also indicated one thing: the culprit was human, not a devil.

Before Lou Huai even got close to that Grotto Heaven, he almost threw up his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

Yu Ziqing couldn't believe a devil dared to jump into what was, for them, the ultimate version of a cesspit.

Yu Ziqing took out a Jade Scroll and documented this rift.

He decided to reveal it later, depending on circumstances.

The Jade Scroll in his hand was like a poisonous cesspit, whoever it splashed on was doomed.

Yu Ziqing wasn't in a hurry, for this was the territory of Dazhen. This affair was significant, significant enough that Yu Ziqing felt the An Family wasn't equipped to handle it.

The priority wasn't to trap someone but to figure out where the Yin Family went.

Yu Ziqing's plan to collect for Old Emperor Zhen wasn't that high on the agenda. It was his plan, after all.

He couldn't let the Yin Family perish.

The sealing family's great favor in the past wasn't so easily obtained.

Like the last time, Yu Ziqing took Lou Huai and leaped into the rift, descending along the narrow crack.

On the way, they also saw talismans guarding against demons.

Even with such a small rift, even if a demon unexpectedly discovered it, there was no way to cross through this rift.

Stealthily emerging from the rift, there was still no defense, only an illusion array concealing the rift.

He confirmed further it was humans behind this.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so afraid of leaving some aura or traces attracting demons.

Yu Ziqing hovered a few feet off the ground, restraining his aura, walking three feet above ground.

From the moment he exited the rift and entered the Abyss, he had already embraced the Devil, roaming his body with the aura of the Black Sky Devil, to prevent his aura from leaking.

This incident served as a reminder to Yu Ziqing that his caution all along was necessary.

He felt no issues, sensing nothing amiss, but he couldn't deny the chance there was something he couldn't detect that a devil could.

He couldn't gamble on such a mere possibility.

While he had been traversing the Abyss, even if he left marks or aura behind, it would undoubtedly be the aura of the Black Sky Devil.

With so many types and numbers, the Black Sky Devils themselves could only recognize their kind by aura.

In this scenario, if someone could still discover Yu Ziqing and track him to the human world and identify him, then Yu Ziqing would acknowledge his defeat.

"Does this place seem familiar to you?"

"Big brother, I am a Human Devil, not an Abyss demon." Lou Huai shook his head, thinking, Lin Fu had never come to such places. How could a Human Devil from the human world have been here?

The surroundings were barren, a typical Abyss landscape with rolling hills, layer upon layer.

Peeking over a hill to look afar, all that was seen was this mountainous terrain. Yu Ziqing closed his eyes to sense, wanting to see if he could sense the presence of a hungry ghost, but he couldn't sense even the slightest bit.

This indicated that this place, in the Abyss, was extremely far from the large Abyssal rift where the hungry ghosts gathered.

Attempting to use the hungry ghost group as a marker was improbable.

"You can still smell that stench, right?"

"Yes, though it has faded a bit, it's still detectable."

"Keep pursuing."

Lou Huai circled nearby, confirmed the direction, and guided Yu Ziqing to continue advancing.

After traveling for nearly five days in these sprawling mountain ranges, Lou Huai sniffed the air, suddenly transmitting a message.

"Big brother, the scent up ahead is getting stronger."

The two crouched on a hillside, peering ahead but still saw nothing.

"It's definitely up ahead. As the wind blows, the scent becomes even stronger."

Yu Ziqing felt the direction, gazing between the two mountains in the valley, silently gauged the terrain, and continued to lead Lou Huai over the mountains.

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