The Return of the Greatest Sect Leader
Chapter 6 ~ The Body that Dries

"Now grandfather is really similar to my grandfather," Tang Xinyue said, both ends of her lips rising.

Li Yao choked on his own saliva. His soul age was old, but now he was nothing more than a child. How would Tang Xinyue express if she knew of her disguise? Li Yao was rather curious about it.

"Let me guess, you must have just come down from the mountain. All this time you have only learned from your teacher without knowing what the outside world is like. So now that your teacher told you to study the world," Li Yao guessed.

Tang Xinyue's eye brows rose, appearing to be very surprised to hear Li Yao's guess.

"Wow, how could grandfather guess correctly like that?"

"If you look at the nature and level of your cultivation, it's easy," Li Yao replied casually.

"By the way, I have a bad feeling about the curse in the sect. This may be a valuable experience for you who are studying the world and humans."

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In accordance with Li Yao's promise, in the evening he and Tang Xinyue went to the Bamboo Forest Sect. In a hundred years, the Bamboo Forest Sect had not changed much.

Li Yao still remembered the location and state of the environment in the sect. There was another reason why Li Yao accepted Han Peng's request.

Aside from the rewards offered by him, Li Yao used to stay and be a guest at the residence of the Bamboo Forest Sect. They treated Li Yao very well, so this time Li Yao would repay their kindness.

Arriving at the gate of the sect, Li Yao and Tang Xinyue were instantly approached by a young man. The 20-year-old wore a green-colored uniform, typical of Black Bamboo Sect disciples.

It seemed that he had long since waited for the arrival of Li Yao and Tang Xinyue. After introducing himself, the young man named Xiao Chen immediately led them into his sect.

As the name suggests, the Bamboo Forest Sect was a simple sect built in the middle of a bamboo forest. The atmosphere within the sect was very calm and peaceful, especially with the sound of wind and bamboo blending together to form the music.

Amidst the journey, Li Yao silently observed Xiao Chen while looking at his cultivation. That young man had been at the Qi core forming realm, looking quite talented despite not being able to compare to Tang Xinyue.

Li Yao guessed, that young man must be the number one disciple in the Bamboo Forest Sect. Had Xiao Chen entered into a big sect, he would have still been acceptable to them.

They finally arrived in front of a simple building that looked not too big. According to Li Yao's memory, otherwise the building was a female disciples' dormitory.

Standing in the middle of the field, Han Peng accompanied by two men his age immediately welcomed their arrival very kindly. Li Yao inspected his surroundings then sensed that something was amiss.

Ever since arriving at this field, Li Yao had already been able to sense an extremely evil Qi. Such Qi can only be found in a place that takes a lot of lives, or where someone is carrying out demonic arts.

"What do you think of Xiao Chen? Although it cannot be compared to your grandson, Xiao Chen is the best disciple in the Bamboo Forest Sect." Han Peng tried to make small talk.

"Lumayan, but what a pity." Li Yao shook his head.

"I see, Xiao Chen should have gotten into a big sect so that his talent could shine more," Han Peng said softly, he glanced towards Xiao Chen who was standing not far away from him.

"What do you mean, Teacher? Master has already saved my life and given me a place to stay, how could I possibly exit the Sect Master just for wanting to break into a big sect!" xiao Chen said, not liking the words of his teacher just now.

"Is this the center of the curse?" sidelines Li Yao, diverting the conversation between Xiao Chen and Han Peng.

"Yes!" han Peng replied.

"Now the building is empty because we've moved them elsewhere. The building has been uninhabited for a long time" Fu Liu said.

"At first we couldn't believe that this place had been cursed, even when some disciples complained of having nightmares" explained Dong Bao, he was also an elder in the Bamboo Forest Sect.

"We believe this place was cursed when a disciple committed suicide, after which we checked this place and found that the Qi here was very dark."

Dong Bao's explanation of the cursed place was indeed true. When one was in a cursed place, that person's body would definitely absorb the negative Qi in that place.

What happened after that? The person will be exposed to negative feelings such as anger. The longer he was in a cursed place, the greater the impact it had.

The person can have prolonged nightmares, go crazy, even to the point of suicide. The density of negative Qi in the cursed place is also different.

Some are very concentrated, until the person can immediately kill himself when entering the place. There is also a very vague, until the person is not aware if the place he is visiting is a cursed place.

The negative Qi in this place was weak, although not too weak. Ordinary people even Han Peng-level warriors who had reached the Foundation Building Realm were unaware of the Qi.

"Why don't you guys ask the White Sea Monastery for help, aren't they very skilled in this field?" li Yao asked, curious.

"That's... "

The three of them could not answer out of embarrassment.

"I understand." Li Yao instantly understood, they definitely did not have enough money to pay the monk from the White Sea Monastery.

While Li Yao was conversing with the three elders from the Bamboo Forest Sect, Xiao Chen moved closer to Tang Xinyue who had been silently staring at the floor.

"Introduce my name Xiao Chen," Xiao Chen said as he reached out.

For a moment Tang Xinyue turned her head towards Xiao Chen then introduced herself.

"Tang Xinyue."

Finished saying that, Tang Xinyue looked back down at the floor. Xiao Chen pulled out his hand that wanted to shake hands then sighed. It was indeed not easy to approach a girl of Tang Xinyue's level.

"If you may know, what are you doing from there?" Xiao Chen asked in astonishment, he did not understand why the beautiful girl had stared at the floor for so long.

Tang Xinyue did not reply, she glanced at Li Yao who was still conversing then sighed. Something that was down there bothered Tang Xinyue's mind.

Instantly Tang Xinyue's feet hit the floor. The floor under their feet cracked and shattered to form an enormous hole.

"Why is it so rushed?" li Yao muttered as his body started to fall underground.

They all fell, there were six people in total. After landing Li Yao directly checked the circumstances around him, as well as everyone.

The sky was bright, cloudless, the moon was shining all around them. Down there, they all saw a very strange and sinister scene.

The dried-up human corpse clung to all directions. On the wall, on the ceiling, even to the floor they were on.