In that place, there was a Seal Barrier personally set up by Luo Pengfei.

After circling over the bamboo forest deep in the mountains a few times, the cabin door of Luo Pengfei's private plane opened, and then Luo Pengfei walked from his chair to the cabin door with a calm demeanor. After gazing at the mountains and rivers below for a while, Luo Pengfei closed his eyes and softly chanted an incantation.

Suddenly, a huge vine burst out of the ground in the bamboo forest, reaching straight for Luo Pengfei who was standing at the helicopter's cabin door. After circling around Luo Pengfei three times, the vine yanked him from the helicopter.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Pengfei was pulled by the vine and landed steadily inside the bamboo forest. Immediately after, the huge vine retracted back into the ground.

Luo Pengfei opened his eyes, his face still calm and collected. He then waved to the hovering helicopter, and it flew away from the bamboo forest.

After watching the helicopter depart, Luo Pengfei started walking towards the northern part of the bamboo forest.

Less than five minutes later, he arrived before a sheer cliff. Carved on this cliff was a pattern of a great peng spreading its wings and soaring high.

This was the location of the Seal Barrier that Luo Pengfei had established!

Inside the Barrier resided the secret organization that Luo Pengfei had painstakingly established over more than a hundred years — the Feipeng Sect.

Luo Pengfei spread the fingers of his left hand and touched the great peng carving, eyes closed, muttering an incantation.

Soon after, a burst of flames suddenly appeared on the carved peng, lifelike as it flew towards the top of the cliff. Then, with a flash of golden light, a stone door emerged atop the cliff and slowly opened.

Luo Pengfei withdrew his left hand, opened his eyes, and entered the door with his hands clasped behind his back.

Once he was inside, the stone door closed tightly, and the peng that flew to the top of the cliff immediately flew back to its original place and reverted to its original appearance without the flames.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

As Luo Pengfei entered inside the Barrier, a series of bell chimes rang out, followed by the lighting of hundreds of oil lamps along the dark and narrow passageway in front of him.

At that moment, a Yin Soul wearing red floated over and knelt in front of Luo Pengfei, respectfully saying, "Your subordinate greets the Sect Hierarch!"

This Yin Soul was called Yao Qingyuan, who had been Luo Pengfei's capable assistant when he presided as the president of the Yin Yang Master Association over a hundred years ago. After his death, Luo Pengfei sent him here to manage the affairs of the Feipeng Sect.

"Rise," said Luo Pengfei indifferently, with his eyes slightly closed.

"It's been many days since we've seen each other; how have you been recently?" Yao Qingyuan asked with a smile.

Luo Pengfei looked at Yao Qingyuan but did not respond to his polite inquiry. Instead, he went straight to the point and asked, "I've come to the Sect today because I've recently encountered some trouble. I would like to send some Martial Soul Corpses and Poisonous Soul Corpses to resolve it for me."

A Soul Corpse is a body that an Onmyoji has attached a Yin Soul to using Yin Yang Arts. Ordinary Soul Corpses are controlled by Corpse Driver Masters using spells and incantations, but the Martial Soul Corpses and Poisonous Soul Corpses of the Feipeng Sect are somewhat different; they are revived by attaching Yin Souls to the corpses in a manner akin to raising the dead, and by allowing the corpses to absorb the yin and yang energies of the world over a long period to temporarily come to life.

In addition to this, Martial Soul Corpses and Poisonous Soul Corpses possess thought processes like normal human beings, with most of their behavior being governed by the thoughts of the Yin Soul within them, while Soul Corpses are completely under the control of traditional Corpse Driver Masters.

Most of the disciples in the Feipeng Sect established by Luo Pengfei are Soul Corpses. Apart from Martial Soul Corpses and Poisonous Soul Corpses, there are also Soldier Soul Corpses, Instantaneous Soul Corpses, and so on — more than a dozen types of Soul Corpses.

Initially, Luo Pengfei founded the Sect with the goal of sending Soul Corpses to deal with disobedient Onmyoji within the Yin Yang Master Association, having the Soul Corpses assassinate the insubordinate Onmyoji or send them to the Wooden City Prison.

However, now, as the number and types of Soul Corpses have grown, Luo Pengfei's ambition is not only to control the Yin Yang Master Association but to gain more wealth and power. And the bomb Soul Corpses that the Feipeng Sect has been working to refine lately are key to fulfilling Luo Pengfei's ambitions.

"Sect Hierarch, what kind of trouble is it?" Yao Qingyuan asked.

With narrowed eyes and a grim expression, Luo Pengfei replied, "Very serious trouble, the kind few in this world could solve."

"I understand," said Yao Qingyuan. "Then I will send the strongest Martial Soul Corpses and the most poisonous Poisonous Soul Corpses to take care of the trouble for you."

"I'm afraid that's still not enough. We must dispatch at least ten of the strongest Martial Soul Corpses and ten of the most poisonous Poisonous Soul Corpses from the sect."

Upon hearing Luo Pengfei speak thus, Yao Qingyuan was greatly alarmed and couldn't help but say, "Sect Hierarch, do we really need to send so many Martial Soul Corpses and Poisonous Soul Corpses? That's enough to massacre an entire city!"

"Hmm!" Luo Pengfei glowered angrily at Yao Qingyuan with discontent, "Do you dare to question my decision? I have already said, this is a very big trouble!"

Yao Qingyuan, panicking, prostrated himself onto the ground, begging for mercy, "Sect Hierarch, I am wrong, I will definitely follow your instructions."

Luo Pengfei said no more, just snorted angrily before turning to walk towards the Barrier exit. When he reached the Barrier Gate, he stopped, paused for a moment then tilted his head slightly to the left, saying, "I promise you, as long as this trouble is resolved and the bomb Soul Corpse is successfully refined, I will release both your Yin Soul and hers."

"Ah!" Yao Qingyuan, kneeling on the ground, suddenly became ecstatic, "Thank you, Sect Hierarch, I will definitely accomplish these two tasks well."

After Luo Pengfei had left, a look of intense hatred suddenly appeared on Yao Qingyuan's face. In his heart, he loathed Luo Pengfei deeply. He had originally dedicated himself to the study of the Yin Yang Arts to subdue demons and uphold the righteous path in the human world, only to encounter such a despicable and sinister President like Luo Pengfei.

Back when the Yin Yang Master Association was still known as the Yin Yang Alliance, he, deeply disappointed in it, had intended to resign as the Vice Alliance Hierarch and retire to the mountains with his wife to live a carefree life. To his dismay, Luo Pengfei not only forbade him from leaving the Yin Yang Alliance but also had men take away his wife's Yin Soul. Thus, to redeem his wife's Yin Soul, he had no choice but to abandon the idea of leaving the Yin Yang Alliance.

More than ten years after Yao Qingyuan's death, what he didn't expect was that Luo Pengfei not only did not return his wife's Yin Soul as agreed, but he also captured Yao Qingyuan's own Yin Soul, confining it within this Barrier. It was while gazing at the vessels for refining Soul Corpses necessary within the Barrier that Yao Qingyuan realized that Luo Pengfei's reluctance to let him go stemmed from coveting his unique Spell for refining Soul Corpses and his extraordinary talent in this area.

Later, to retrieve his wife's Yin Soul, Yao Qingyuan had no choice but to refine and develop various types of Soul Corpses as Luo Pengfei demanded. Over the long span of more than a hundred years, he had refined nearly ten thousand different kinds of Soul Corpses.

Now, Luo Pengfei had finally offered the terms for releasing both him and his wife's Yin Soul. For Yao Qingyuan, this was both a hope and a sinister scheme to be wary of. Knowing Luo Pengfei, it was very possible that after the success of the plan, not only would Yao Qingyuan and his wife's Yin Souls not be released, but there could be the entirely opposite outcome, causing them to disperse entirely.

Therefore, while refining the Soul Corpses, Yao Qingyuan deliberately kept one hand hidden. Whether or not Luo Pengfei fulfilled his promise to release him and his wife's Yin Soul, Yao Qingyuan was determined to exact revenge for the hundred years of wrongs he suffered.

After getting up, Yao Qingyuan turned and walked deep into the Barrier. At the very end of that Barrier, there were three doors leading to different Barriers:

The one on the left was where corpses were stored; every beginning of the month, specially assigned people would place dozens of stolen corpses there. These corpses were primarily used for refining Soul Corpses;

The middle door led to the domain of the Feipeng Sect's main sanctuary, where it was a paradise of water and moon. Except for the Sect Hierarch's wife, concubines, and maidservants, the rest were Soul Corpses refined by Yao Qingyuan;

The door on the right led to the place where Yao Qingyuan usually refined Soul Corpses; inside were seventeen layers, each one refining a different kind of Soul Corpse.

Because Martial Soul Corpses were created by capturing the Yin Souls of ancient martial arts masters and binding them within, these Soul Corpses were prone to rage and going out of control. Therefore, Yao Qingyuan normally used Soul-locking Nails to pin them to the walls until it was time to release them by removing the Soul-locking Nails;

Even though Poisonous Soul Corpses were not as likely to lose control and become manic like Martial Soul Corpses, due to being steeped in a concoction of over seven hundred poisons, their cells emitted poison with each breath. Thus, to prevent these Poisonous Soul Corpses from injuring himself and other Soul Corpses, Yao Qingyuan secured them with Soul-stabilizing Talismans.

To avoid causing mass casualties, he had no intention of following Luo Pengfei's order to dispatch the ten strongest Martial Soul Corpses and the ten most poisonous Poisonous Soul Corpses. Instead, he planned to send only three strongest Martial Soul Corpses and one most poisonous Poisonous Soul Corpse, with the remainder simply being ordinary Soul Corpses to make up the numbers.

Should he send out the ten strongest Martial Soul Corpses and the ten most poisonous Poisonous Soul Corpses, Yao Qingyuan dared not contemplate the consequences, but it would be enough to slaughter all the people of a city. He could only hope that the big trouble referred to by Luo Pengfei would be able to take down these three strongest Martial Soul Corpses and eliminate the strongest Poisonous Soul Corpse before its corpse poison caused massive casualties.

Night fell.

Yao Qingyuan, controlling the ten so-called strongest Martial Soul Corpses and ten most poisonous Poisonous Soul Corpses, arrived at the Barrier where corpses were stored.

By then, the people Luo Pengfei had sent to transport the Soul Corpses had been waiting inside the Barrier for a long time.

"Be careful," Yao Qingfei said, "Once you reach your destination, simply tear off the Soul-stabilizing Talisman from their foreheads and they'll be able to move freely."

"Got it, now you go back!" one of them said to Yao Qingyuan.

After a smile, Yao Qingyuan left that Barrier. Back at the main hall before the Barrier Gate, Yao Qingyuan let out a long sigh of relief, because he had left important information on several of the Soul Corpses, hoping that the big trouble mentioned by Luo Pengfei could find this place after defeating the Soul Corpses.

At this moment, Chen Hao and his companions were still in F City's urban district, preparing to set off the next day for Anyang Town bordering D City.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.