Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 618 - 191: Martial Fool, Martial God

A few days later.

In the shadow of the small courtyard.

A figure in gray clothing, wearing a crane mask, knelt respectfully in front of Xie Wei, reporting the situation.

The Xie Family seems lenient, but in reality, they are strictly guarded.

All information and whereabouts concerning "Ximen Gucheng" have been thoroughly investigated by the Xie Family’s "Hanzhou Dark Guard".

As soon as Li Yuan steps out of the Xie Family’s gate, all his information gets reported back swiftly.

The "Hanzhou Dark Guard" does not use "tracking" methods to investigate people in Mingyue Prefecture, but instead utilizes "trajectory investigation and elimination methods".

On every street in Mingyue Prefecture, there are informants from the "Hanzhou Dark Guard". They won’t deliberately follow a person because their targets tend to be stronger than them.

Tracking would only alert the target, leading to a dead end.

However, they can easily determine if the target has taken a specific path, and if so, where that path leads to.

Then, based on whether these paths and places make sense, they conduct further investigation and deduction.

Your anomalies, your sinister intentions, will be directly reflected in the paths you take and the places you visit.

After Li Yuan became the son-in-law of the Xie Family, the resources of the "Hanzhou Dark Guard" quickly shifted in his favor.

It wasn’t because they suspected him, but rather because the Xie Family, in taking such a son-in-law, naturally needed to understand him.

Getting clarity is beneficial for everyone.

In fact, before the marriage, Li Yuan had already been investigated. If everything hadn’t been normal, the marriage wouldn’t have happened.

At this moment...

The Dark Guard continued the report.

"Reporting to Master He, that young master Ximen has not left the house since the wedding.

And indeed, there are many legends about the Immortal Mountains and islands in the East Sea, which are recorded in the archives and the information collected recently."

The Dark Guard handed over the new dossier, adding, "These messages are extremely difficult to verify, so they’ve been kept in the Dark Pavilion before."

The archives of the Hanzhou Dark Guard are divided into the "Bright Pavilion" and the "Dark Pavilion". The former contains confirmed or urgent information; the latter, unconfirmed and not urgent or unverifiable information.

Xie Wei nodded slightly, accepting the dossier, and began to read it carefully.

As she read, she realized that there were many legends about the East Sea, including tales of immortals encountered by audacious knights venturing overseas.

The knights who fled back to land even described the Immortals: ethereal, seated on clouds, ever-changing, inscrutable...

Xie Wei stared at the description for a while, realizing that the described Immortals were certainly not physical beings...perhaps illusions, or possibly tricks of Evil Ghosts. The East Sea is inhabited by gigantic Demon Beasts and terrifying Evil Ghosts, making it unsuitable for human habitation.

Yet...these descriptions at least corroborated the possible existence of Immortal Mountains in the East Sea.

Could those Immortal Mountains be the homeland of her brother-in-law?

Indeed, if not from an Immortal Mountain, what else could produce such a miraculous being, pure and flawless as white clouds?

She closed the dossier and waved her hand.

The Dark Guard retreated.

Soon after, Xie Yu came running in.

Xie Wei put away her solemn and thoughtful expression, replaced it with a dignified smile, and asked, "What’s wrong with you and your husband now?"

Xie Yu huffed, "He...he’s still practicing!

I already told him that my brother would be returning this afternoon, and he said he knew, but this morning...this morning...he suddenly went into seclusion.

And it’s the kind of seclusion that can’t be opened from the outside."

With that, Xie Yu clenched her small fist, saying, "I really want to hit him."

Xie Wei blinked her bright eyes, recalling the Dark Guard’s investigation, and couldn’t help but laugh.

This young master Ximen hasn’t just not left the main gate; he hasn’t left the side gate either.

He’s truly a Martial Fool.

Quite a match for her brother.

Xie Yu said, "When my brother returns, I suspect he’ll break down the secret room’s door. Eh...what to do?"

She rested her chin in her hands, troubled.

Xie Wei suddenly asked, "Did he...and you...ever..."

Xie Yu: ???

Xie Wei pointed her index fingers together.

Xie Yu turned pale and shook her head.

Xie Wei frowned, saying, "Then I must go and have a word with him. As the son-in-law of the Xie Family, he should fulfill a son-in-law’s duties. How can he treat you like this?"

"Sister, don’t..." Xie Yu started to speak but stopped, then continued, "He’s just...too innocent. He found a cultivation method, got absorbed in it, and couldn’t come out.

I can wait for him, and I find his method quite interesting; I’ve been pondering it recently."

With that, she repeated Li Yuan’s words.

Xie Wei, being the "Master He of the Hanzhou Dark Guard", was well-informed. But upon hearing such a novel concept of "Refining the Soul with Skill", she found it preposterous.

The essence of power in this world is to cultivate "Source Blood".

Source Blood is a power above Shadow Blood, transitioning from "shadow" to "source" because it aligns with the Ancestral Talisman.

The Fourth Grade, essentially, is the expansion of the Bloodline Power, extending from the individual to the Domain.

If you "refine the soul with skill", what kind of soul would that be?

Without the match of Source Blood, would it not just be a wandering soul? What good would that do?

"Xiaoyu’Er, you should advise him not to firewalk."

Xie Wei said, "Refining the Soul with Skill is a bit too much...it doesn’t seem the Righteous Path."

Xie Yu nodded, "When my brother returns this afternoon, I’ll persuade him."

...

Afternoon came quickly.

But Xie Feng did not arrive.

He had promised to come but did not show up.

Watching her brother, who missed the appointment, and her husband, who sealed himself away upon knowing his brother-in-law was coming, Xie Yu felt rather confused and after a long pause, muttered, "Those two really have quite the understanding."