Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: Dr.Lock
Proofreader:? Arya
It was already a bit past midnight.
A cold mist filled the valley as it kept a stunned silence.
Gu Qing Shan and Ilya both stood in the empty valley, not knowing what to do next.
All traces of the ghost army ended as they entered the valley.
But there wasnât a single ghost here to be found.
âAn army of 100,000 canât just disappear without a traceâ Gu Qing Shan commented.
âI agree, that is impossible. This is a lost world of the Old Gods, even ghosts and revenants have to follow the Laws set by the divinity, not to mention, a large portion of them were Entropy Ghosts that scattered themselves, so they clearly still had to follow the most basic Laws of this world, as they couldnât appear or disappear out of thin airâ Ilya agreed.
Even after turning the entire valley upside down to check, they still couldnât find any other clues.
Ilya scowled: âI have a bad feeling about thisâ
âSame hereâ
Gu Qing Shan replied.
He released his inner sight again to scour through every last inch of space in this place.
After he had checked the mountains, the trees, even the dirt, Gu Qing Shan still couldnât find anything.
Ilya spoke: âSeems like weâll have to use a few special meansâ
Saying so, she took out a large, polished bronze mirror.
Carefully setting it on the ground, she sternly spoke: âMagic mirror, please tell me if there were any voices here within the last 200 breathsâ
The mirror stayed silent.
Ilya squinted her eyes, muttering: âTroublesomeâŠâ
She thought a bit more and asked: âMagic mirror, please tell me if there were any voices here within the last 1000 breathsâ
A low voice came from the mirror: ă To search for voices within the last 1000 breaths, you need 1735 units of Divine Power? ă
Divine Power?
As Gu Qing Shan heard that, he looked at Ilya.
Ilya seemed clearly troubled.
My wounds still havenât fully healed, if I use the remaining Divine Power I have to investigate an unclear piece of intel, that might be a bit unproductive.
Itâs fine if we manage to find out important intel.
But if there still isnât any intel after that, then it would be a huge waste.
While she was hesitating, Gu Qing Shan came forward and asked: âSo you need Divine Power? Just 1735 units are enough?â
ă Correct, 1735 units of Divine Power is necessary to start the search? ăthe magic mirror answered.
âIâll payâ
Gu Qing Shan placed his hand on the magic mirror.
Ilya hurriedly knocked his hand away, reminding him: âYou canât, the amount of Divine Power a living being can possess is limited, with your current strength, the maximum amount of Divine Power you can hold wonât even be 1735 units, you will die!â
âDonât worry, when it comes to Divine Power, Iâm naturally talentedâ Gu Qing Shan explained.
Ilya was stunned.
Naturally talented?
Is there such a thing?
Gu Qing Shan once again put his hand on the magic mirror.
The mirror asked: ă Are you sure you want to pay 1735 units of Divine Power? If you die, I canât be blamed? ă
âDo itâ
Following Gu Qing Shanâs voice, the number of Soul Points displayed on the War God UI changed.
[1735 Soul Points has been deducted]
[Remaining Soul Points: 510,000/400]
Gu Qing Shan glanced at it and silently nodded.
After deducting the fractional amount, the remaining Soul Points was now a round number.
All that effort and energy he spent into killing the ghost army wasnât in vain after all.
As the magic mirror was supplied with Divine Power, voices and noises began to appear.
Ilya and Gu Qing Shan stood in front of the mirror, carefully listening to it.
This was a mirror, but it could only give off soundâŠ
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised: âWhy are there only sounds without any images?â
âThis magic mirror can only search for sounds. But thatâs already quite a feat, searching for past images is much harder so there are hardly any treasures capable of thatâ Ilya explained.
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
For some reason, he suddenly recalled the first time he met Bai Hua Fairy.
At the time, to check whether or not his words were true, Bai Hua Fairy invoked a Divine Skill.
[Truth from Void]
Using Gu Qing Shanâs badge as a catalyst, Bai Hua Fairy managed to see all of Gu Qing Shanâs battles up to that point.
She could even see whether or not the people around him were dead or alive.
âŠGu Qing Shan fell into thought.
A treasure that came from the Mystic Zones of the 900 million World Layers canât even compare to one of Shifuâs Divine Skills?
Now that I think about it, every single Divine Skill that Shifu possesses wasnât as simple as they seemed.
While he was thinking that, clear voices began to appear in the magic mirror.
He quickly refocused himself to listen.
At first, there were a lot of noises and commotion coming from the mirror, together with restless screaming and shouting.
A few moments later, most of those sounds had calmed down, leaving only the sparse screeching of some ghosts.
Until finally, a thunderous voice speaking in ghost language came out from the mirror.
ă All troops, retreat? ă
After this, there were no longer any sounds.
The two of them exchanged looks of disbelief and continued to wait.
But the magic mirror just continued to stay silent.
Just as Gu Qing Shan and Ilya were about to give up, a faint sound came out from the mirror again.
It was the deep sigh of a woman.
Such a sound coming from the perfectly silent valley caused both Gu Qing Shan and Ilya to be caught off guard.
This was supposed to be where the ghost army gathered, why was there a sigh of a human woman?
A few moments later, a soft singing voice echoed in the dark valley.
âA journey so far.
Far outside of my wildest dreams.
Sometimes I still dream.
Of how much I miss homeâŠâ
The singing voice disappeared.
At this point, there were no longer any sounds.
âUniversal human language!â Ilya commented.
âThat was unlikely to be a human, demonized people have no way to infiltrate this worldâ Gu Qing Shan refuted her.
âThen just who was that woman?â Ilya asked.
Gu Qing Shan couldnât answer.
All they heard were a few lines of singing, how would they know who she was?
âNo, there still isnât enough intelâ he muttered.
Ilya crouched down, putting her hand on the ground and chanted: âOâ Mother Earth, she who watches over all, grant me witness to the sky, the wind, the rain, the mountain!â
As she completed her chant, the valley itself began to tremble.
Large mountain peaks began to sprout from the ground.
A majestic mountain range that stretched far was created out of thin air, standing tall between heaven and earth.
The place where Ilya and Gu Qing Shan stood was now the top of a towering mountain peak.
âThere are no traps within a 3-kilometer radius in the ground, nor are there any buildings, itâs all cleanâ
Ilya sighed and told him.
Gu Qing Shan took out a formation plate and quickly operated it.
Grand Anti-ghost formation, activate!
A yellow cluster of light began to expand from the peak of the mountain downwards.
A faint and curt grunt of pain abruptly came.
Both Gu Qing Shan and Ilya disappeared on the spot, reappearing where the sound had come from.
It was a large rock.
âThat rock was originally underground, it only appeared on the outside of the mountain because of my spellâ Ilya quickly said.
Gu Qing Shan slashed it with his sword.
The rock was instantly sliced to pieces, a jet black shadow rolled out from the rock, groaning while lying flat on the ground.
This was a shadow-type monster, its entire body was made of an incorporeal fog of darkness, but the head revealed its fierce and disgusting true self.
A Soul-devouring Revenant of Huang Quan!
âApparently it was hiding inside a rock underground, if it werenât because of your formation causing it to feel pain, it wouldnât have let out a single soundâ Ilya commented.
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
When he first came into this world, he saw one of these ghosts before.
At the time, the ghost had attached itself to a corpse, and Gu Qing Shan only managed to trap it using his Lightning power.
ă A ghost of Huang Quan, need me to contact it?? ă the Earth sword couldnât help but ask in a low voice.
âWait a bitâ Gu Qing Shan said.
He walked forward, crouching down in front of the revenant and carefully checked.
This monsterâs limbs were all torn apart, it was also very heavily wounded, enough for it to die at any time.
The wounds were clearly caused by sword-infused windâââ as if it was barely brushed past by the wind.
Who wouldâve thought it could survive for this long.
ă The light, uncomfortable, take away your lightâŠ? ă the Soul-devouring Revenant moaned
Sensing that it was about to die, Gu Qing Shan dispelled his anti-ghost formation.
It was now that the revenant stopped its heavy breathing.
A sword was pointed right at its forehead.
The shining light of Lightning, filled with a presence of destruction had concentrated right at the tip of the sword.
âCome, tell me, why are you the only one left here?â Gu Qing Shan pointed his sword at the revenant and asked.
Having the power of Lightning so close caused the Soul-devouring Revenant to feel extreme discomfort, but it still smirked sarcastically.
ă I hid here simply because I didnât want to be eaten by other ghosts. I never thought Iâd be found out like this? ă
âThen tell me what happened, I promise to think of a way to heal your woundsâ Gu Qing Shan said.
ă Too late? ăthe Soul-devouring Revenant shook its head, ă everything is about to be over, and youâre all done for as well? ă
Saying so, the Soul-devouring Revenant turned into a puff of black smoke that gradually faded away.
It died.