David’s heart was in turmoil, and he said to the old man, “We will discuss the news later.”
After saying that, he pulled Mingli and turned to leave.
The two quickly caught up to the young cultivator who had fainted and stopped him at the corner of an alley.
The young cultivator was shocked and looked at David and Ming Li warily: “What do you guys want? I don’t have any money!”
“Brother Tao, don’t worry.”
David tried to soften his tone and took out a small bag containing Yuan Crystals, which contained around a few dozen middle grade Yuan Crystals. “We just wanted to ask you something, and this is our gift.”
Upon seeing the Yuan Crystals, the young cultivator’s eyes lit up, but he immediately looked around warily and lowered his voice: “This is not the place to talk. Come with me.”
He leads David and another man through a winding maze until they come to an abandoned hut that is more dilapidated and nearly collapsed.
What do you two want to ask?
The young cultivator closed the door and asked expectantly, his eyes frequently glancing at the Yuan Crystal Sac in David’s hand.
“What do you know about the recent beheading of two cultivators, a man and a woman, in Jade God City?” David asked directly.
The young cultivator’s face immediately turned pale, and he shook his head repeatedly: “I don’t know! I don’t know anything! This is something you can’t ask, or you’ll lose your head!”
David handed him the bag of Yuan Crystals: “As long as you tell me, these are yours. And we guarantee we will never reveal that you told us.”
The young cultivator looked at Yuan Jing, his eyes filled with even greater struggle.
He clearly needed the money, but was even more afraid of getting into trouble.
David instead made things worse: “We just want to know the general outline, like the location of the execution? That shouldn’t be considered a big secret, right? Once we know the location, we’ll find a way to investigate it ourselves.”
The young cultivator gritted his teeth, grabbed the Yuan Crystal Pouch, and said in a rapid voice, “The execution will take place at the Fallen Soul Slope, three hundred miles east of the city! That’s where the Jade God Palace handles heavy criminals; that place is extremely scary!”
“It’s said that the souls of those killed there are imprisoned, never to be reincarnated! That’s all I know, I really don’t know anything else! Please, please stop asking!”
After saying that, he opened the door roughly like a startled rabbit and ran away without looking back.
“Soul Prison’s Soul-Shattering Slope”
As David pondered these words, his unease grew stronger.
Musa Senior and his wife were very skilled in farming. If it was just an ordinary beheading, they might still have a chance of survival with their methods.
But in such a dangerous place that specifically targets the soul
“Mr. Chen, what should we do now?” Ming Li asked.
“Let’s go to Fallen Soul Slope!”
David stated firmly, “Whether they live or die, I will find their traces!”
Without further delay, the two of them immediately left the city and sped towards the east.
Three hundred miles was just a short distance for them.
When David saw the place known as the Slope of Fallen Souls, his heart felt sad.
It was a sloping lowland area between two barren mountains. The area is not large, but it is filled with an eerie, scary and deadly aura.
The hillside was shrouded in a layer of gray fog all year round, making it difficult for sunlight to penetrate.
The land was barren, and it was a gloomy dark red, as if it had been stained with blood countless times.
In the air, there could faintly be heard countless wails and curses, the helpless cries of the souls who had perished here for countless years and whose souls were imprisoned.
In the middle of the slope stood several blood-stained black stone pillars, with thick chains engraved with runes wrapped around them.
That place was clearly an execution site.
David suppressed the emotional turmoil and anger in his heart and landed on the slope.
The ground beneath my feet felt soft and sticky, as if I were stepping on rotting flesh.
The ever-present ghostly wails became increasingly clear, piercing his soul like needles, but were easily blocked by the power of chaos.
He walked closer to the black stone pillars and examined them carefully.
Apart from old bloodstains, there were also many new scars on the stone pillars.
There were drag marks on the ground, scorch marks from spells, and several unusual pieces of damaged clothing.
David took a piece of cloth.
The cloth was woven from extremely strong silkworm silk mixed with a kind of ice-elemental spiritual silk, and still maintained a faint but pure aura.
This aura was somewhat similar to the gentle, calm, and peaceful magical aura that emanated from Senior Musa, but it also seemed weaker and more chaotic.
Other fragments carry a soft, calm, and vibrant wood-like energy, which matches the feelings emitted by Musa’s wife.
FAQ Novel
Q: What specific information is David attempting to purchase?
A: David is seeking details about the recent beheading of two cultivators in Jade God City, including the perpetrators and the location of the bodies.
Q: What is the primary obstacle David faces in acquiring the information?
A: The primary obstacle is the exceptionally high cost of 30,000 high-grade spiritual crystals, which David cannot afford with his current funds.
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