Chapter 196 The Omen of Celestial Devouring

Jing Yan and Qing Chen's expressions changed as they hurriedly said, "Captain Lin, control yourself!"

"Captain Lin, deep breaths, deep breaths, don't forget the painful lesson from last time!"

Lin Ling's expression flickered, and he finally noticed the changes in his body. He quickly took deep breaths to stabilize his emotions.

The jet-black color surging in his left eye slowly receded like the tide, and his single eye regained its clarity.

He vividly remembered the last time he lost control; he had slaughtered half a merchant caravan.

This had created the awkward situation of only the three of them traveling together on this empty official road.

"It's alright, I can, I can barely control this change now."

Jing Yan and Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this change.

They didn't have the strength to restrain an out-of-control Lin Ling, so traveling with him was still quite dangerous.

However, Qing Chen had an injection he'd invented. As long as Lin Ling still had a shred of consciousness and could control his body from attacking them, they could inject it into him to help him regain his composure.

It's just that this injector was manually made by himself, so it was a bit rough, and the effectiveness remained to be tested.

Looking ahead, the Black Azure Canyon was faintly visible.

After leaving Qing Si County for several days, they had finally arrived here.

Unlike Fang Yue, who rode a horse and sprinted all the way to quickly reach the Black Azure Canyon,

they had initially traveled with a merchant caravan until Lin Ling made a mistake and lost money. Only then did they take a carriage and horses on their own towards the Black Azure Canyon.

Since they weren't rushing madly and didn't dare to run so wildly on the official road for fear of attracting too many unpredictable beings, they traveled relatively slowly and steadily.

However, once they crossed the Black Azure Canyon, they would be on the Rising Sun Official Road, and the road would widen. Finding a merchant caravan to join would increase their safety considerably.

"I wonder if Captain Wu has reached Chu Nuan City yet. He set off many days earlier than us, and judging by his pace, he should be there by now. I really hope to reach Chu Nuan City soon so we can give Night a surprise. We've been secretly keeping the news about Lord Han and Captain Lin from him, hehe!"

As for Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, after that Silver-Clad Azure Guard came, she was officially incorporated into the Azure Department system, becoming a *Wu Baiyi* (Dance in White) and remaining at the same level as Night, continuing to coordinate Qing Si County.

According to Wu Wu, she planned to wait for a superior Azure Department official to come down and take over her position before she would set off to find them in Chu Nuan City and reunite with them.

However... she's really a pervert.

Jing Yan recalled the calm demeanor with which Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu ate after resolving to become stronger, and even he felt ashamed.

She was buying all sorts of strange corpses, cooking and eating them, without any disgust or worry about toxins.

Many things that would be highly poisonous to others had no effect on Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu at all.

In this gluttonous feasting, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's strength grew rapidly.

Not her realm, but her base attribute values soared.

Although Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was only barely at the Second-Rate Houtian Realm when she left, attributes were only added to improve the realm after they were full, which was very terrifying.

Her solid foundation made him feel inferior.

He, the king of eating, was content to have something to eat.

While Jing Yan was thinking about these things, he suddenly noticed that the moon in the sky was a bit different. In the lower right corner, there seemed to be a patch of scarlet.

"Qing Chen, what's that?"

"I don't know."

Qing Chen shook his head, sat on the horse, and continued flipping through records, then paused and suddenly looked up, "Wait! I seem to have seen a record of this phenomenon in a book from the Phoenix Organization. It seems to be called Celestial Devouring, an omen of great misfortune!"

"What does that mean?"

"I'm not sure. The records in that book were also very vague, but the only thing that was explained was that during the Celestial Devouring, many immortals disappeared and never reappeared... not just in our Qing Chuan Realm, but in the entire cultivation world, this phenomenon occurred."

"That's so scary?! Even immortals can't withstand it?"

Qing Chen's expression was solemn. "We need to get to Chu Nuan City as soon as possible. Celestial Devouring is definitely not that simple. It's better to get to Chu Nuan City early and have taller people to support us and share the pressure."

"Right, right, right, let's hurry."

With that, the two horses, plus a carriage carrying supplies and providing rest, set off again.

Lin Ling curiously looked at the strange full moon in the sky, seemingly having no concept of Celestial Devouring. This was the disadvantage of an illiterate person who didn't like to read.

Originally from a small place and not fond of reading, he naturally lacked sufficient knowledge of various events. However, if Lord Han were here, he would definitely be able to say something about Celestial Devouring.

...

Chu Nuan City. A reckless man came a few days ago, asking people everywhere, and the questions were very simple.

"Do you know where the Azure Department's Nightbreak Dawn is?"

"Do you know the whereabouts of An Dong'er?"

"Do you know where the Phoenix Organization is?"

Asking everyone he met on the street made it hard not to notice.

Tai Yuema, standing on a tree branch, looked thoughtfully at Captain Wu's back in the crowd.

The Azure-Clad White figure who caused trouble in Qing Si County seemed to overlap with the White-Clad figure causing trouble in Chu Nuan City.

"No wonder his strength is so fierce. If it's really the same person, I should have found a way to get rid of him earlier. The Phoenix Organization branch in the Black Azure Mountains suffered such a great loss, and this person is at least ninety percent responsible."

"But... before that... I'll grab an interesting test subject back first."

When he jumped down from the tree, Tai Yuema already had a mask on his face.

A rabbit mask.

...

Phoenix Organization, Chu Nuan City Branch.

A pure white, three-dimensional room.

Niu Zuo looked grimly at An Dong'er, who was wrapped in layers of white sealing cloth, only exposing her head.

"Lord Niu Zuo, our research is at a critical juncture, and we've just made a breakthrough. The higher-ups are in a hurry to take her away, this, this, this..."

A researcher in a white coat wiped sweat from his forehead, his face full of anxiety and distress.

If he could, how could he be willing to give up an experimental subject that had just yielded results like this? But...

"What are you dawdling about?... Niu Zuo, are you going to disobey my, Black Feather's, orders?"

A clear and melodious voice suddenly rang out from behind, followed by approaching footsteps.

It was a woman wearing a light black gauze dress, dressed somewhat openly, with an excellent figure.

She came to Niu Zuo's side, wrapped her arms around Niu Zuo's body, pressed her body close, her perfect curves gently pressed against Niu Zuo's body, and breathed softly, lowering her voice.

"If you want to resist me, I'll be excited."

"Lord Second Black Feather, please restrain yourself."

"Don't want to, I..." As she said that, Second Black Feather reached down, but Niu Zuo grabbed her hand.