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Chapter 501: Chapter 297: Husk

Li Shiming looked at the bizarre scene displayed on the screen with a horrified expression; it depicted the sequence from when the False Infant entered the cave dwelling until it destroyed the surveillance probe.

Indeed, what the False Infant had removed from above the cave dwelling was the surveillance probe, and when the False Infant held the surveillance probe in its hand, Li Shiming had a close-up view of the False Infant through a specific lens.

“Nascent Soul Emergence!” Li Shiming unconsciously spoke out what he had seen.

It was said to be the special ability of a Nascent Soul Ancestor; even if the body was destroyed, as long as the Nascent Soul remained intact, it could find an opportunity for Body Seizing and reincarnation.

Moreover, an emerging Nascent Soul, often moving with near-instantaneous speed, made it extremely difficult to capture after it had emerged.

Therefore, the chances of completely killing a Nascent Soul Ancestor were incredibly slim, for an escaping Nascent Soul could always find a way to reincarnate and seek revenge.

Usually, without the certainty of capturing the opponent’s Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul Ancestors would not fight each other to the death.

Li Shiming’s knowledge about the Nascent Souls of Nascent Soul Ancestors was limited; it was mainly too distant for him. What he did know, he had overheard in conversations with Golden Core cultivators.

His brain immediately started analyzing. First off, Nascent Soul Emergence was very dangerous, and it was rare for Nascent Soul Ancestors to resort to it.

It was known that the physical death of a Nascent Soul Ancestor was not true death; the death of the Nascent Soul was the actual demise.

Once emerged, the Nascent Soul was incredibly fast, yet highly fragile.

Nascent Soul Emergence was generally a desperate act to save one’s life.

Many Nascent Soul Ancestors would prepare vessels for Body Seizing in advance so that after an emergency when their bodies were destroyed, the emerged Nascent Soul could immediately rush to the prepared vessel and reincarnate.

Considering the identity of this Nascent Soul, the first person Li Shiming thought of was naturally Supervisor Feng Yi of the Skywalk Trading Company.

Perhaps other cultivators wouldn’t think that the Supervisor would come a million miles to pursue vengeance over the assassination of Fang Lu.

After all, Li Shiming was an Alchemy Master of Shushan Sect, and either of these identities, whether that of the sect or the master, would make Skywalk Trading Company cautious.

Yet Li Shiming understood that for the ‘Red Infant Ginseng Fruit’, it was highly likely that Supervisor Feng Yi had personally come over.

At this time, within the cave dwelling in Fire Cloud Valley, only Feng Yi’s False Infant could possibly be present.

Just then, an explosion resounded throughout Fire Cloud Valley, and over forty Golden Core cultivators, including those attending the grand event and those from within the sect, simultaneously flew out towards the location of the explosion.

Supervisor Feng Yi had never imagined that an almost foolproof method would be thwarted by an explosion within the cave dwelling.

Although the False Infant’s defensive power was extremely weak, this weakness was relative to a Nascent Soul Ancestor; such an explosion could hardly harm the False Infant.

The False Infant was hit by the powerful blast wave of the explosion but was protected by an energy shield outside its body.

The False Infant didn’t even need to use its vestment robe; no matter how intense the explosion, the impact on the False Infant from such a mundane explosion was minimal.

Although the explosion didn’t significantly affect Feng Yi’s False Infant, the sudden blast revealed its presence under the watchful eyes of over forty Golden Core cultivators.

The blast wave wasn’t strong, but it still affected the False Infant’s movement, preventing it from leaving the scene immediately.

“It’s a Nascent Soul!” a Golden Core cultivator exclaimed.

Though numerous, each of the Golden Core cultivators showed a look of panic and terror in their eyes.

The reason Nascent Soul cultivators are referred to as Ancestors is out of respect for them and supreme belief in their strength; the term ‘Ancestor’ indicated that the proud cultivators would bow their heads and set aside their dignity before them.

“Supervisor Feng Yi, why is your Nascent Soul here?” Master Tong Yun recognized Feng Yi’s False Infant and sharply questioned it.

Though Fire Cloud Valley was not a major sect, it was not a place where a False Infant could lightly dishonor it.

Fire Cloud Valley had existed for so long; although it might not be able to withstand a Nascent Soul Ancestor, it was not an easy matter for a False Infant to contend against Fire Cloud Valley.

Supervisor Feng Yi quickly calculated in his mind; he sensed a terrifying presence awakening within Fire Cloud Valley.

It was a powerful existence that could contest him, something he hadn’t expected to find within Fire Cloud Valley.

“What have you done to Master Li?” Master Tong Yun immediately asked, his voice filled with alarm.

He saw Elder Zhao lying unconscious on the ground and the completely destroyed cave dwelling; that was Li Shiming’s cave dwelling, prepared by Fire Cloud Valley for him.

With no trace of any cultivator’s presence inside the cave dwelling, he feared that Li Shiming had been killed.

As the host of the Alchemist’s event, if Li Shiming were to be killed in Fire Cloud Valley, not only would the perpetrator Supervisor Feng Yi be in trouble, but Fire Cloud Valley would also face difficulties.

He could hardly imagine what Shushan Sect would do upon hearing the news.

Shushan Sect, being a Righteous Path sect, might not temper its fury just because it is part of the Righteous Path. In the history of Beishu Continent, too many sects had been annihilated for offending Shushan Sect.

“Fang Lu was killed here; I came to investigate the details!” Supervisor Feng Yi didn’t plan to fight; he uttered a lie that even he didn’t believe.

He had been caught red-handed.