"Can that work? If we make a move, won't we give ourselves away?"
"Heh heh heh, can't you choose a time when that newcomer isn't in the Shura Field?"
Fang Huiran said, then looked up at other places before continuing:
"He inspects the cultivation trays at a fixed time every Monday and Wednesday! After that time, he's basically gone!"
Fang Huiran's words gave Liu Sandao and Fu Ruhai a glimmer of hope.
It should be easy to investigate the background of that newcomer.
"Alright, it's up to you to decide what to do! I can only help this much! The cultivation tray I'm in usually receives direct orders and tasks from that newcomer, so I can't be away for too long. If you need to ask me anything, just knock three times, and I'll receive it!"
After Fang Huiran's instructions, he hurriedly retreated behind a rock.
With Liu Sandao and Fu Ruhai's spiritual power, it was easy to evade the perception of the souls.
As long as they didn't encounter that newcomer, they should have nothing to fear within the cultivation tray.
The two of them passed through the cultivation tray, and many souls were around, feeding on some red liquid in front of the trays.
"Alas! What a pity!"
Fu Ruhai whispered to Liu Sandao using secret speech.
The scene before him filled him with regret.
At the center of each cultivation tray was a thick Fugen. As a God of Fortune who bestowed the fruits of fortune, it was more agonizing than having one's heart gouged out.
Seeing the continuously harvested fortune fruits mixed with bundles of currency, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Ever since the fortune fruit system was established, his position as God of Fortune had become a mere facade.
Nominally a God of Fortune, he was in reality a firefighter, rushing to put out fires, with no connection to fortune fruits whatsoever.
The very system he and Liu Sandao had painstakingly built had become the tool that ended his mission.
However, all of this was closely related to that newcomer.
If he hadn't acted against the rules, snatching Fugen everywhere, arbitrarily detaining souls, and cultivating them, the current disaster wouldn't have occurred.
The more resentment he felt, the more he wanted to quickly destroy this Shura Field.
As they were investigating, a continuous stream of currency rained down from the sky, drifting like leaves towards the various cultivation trays in the Shura Field.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, the entire Shura Field became agitated.
"Gurgle, gurgle" sounds were heard incessantly.
To better conceal their identities, they, like the souls, reached out and smeared some cultivation fluid onto themselves.
Liu Sandao remained silent, carefully observing the situation in the cultivation tray.
He roughly estimated the number of souls in the Shura Field. If that newcomer were truly preparing to make a move, he would surely rely on these souls.
At that time, they would be a terrifying demonic army.
Although their spiritual power might not be particularly advanced, the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court didn't have particularly high spiritual power either.
If the two sides were to fight, it was hard to say who would win.
"Why don't we just destroy this place!"
Fu Ruhai suggested.
Liu Sandao shook his head.
It wasn't time yet, and they might not win if they fought in the Shura Field.
Moreover, these souls were being coerced by that newcomer. They would eventually return to the cycle of reincarnation.
To put it plainly, they were also a form of life, just different from humans.
Only by guiding them onto the right path could this problem be fundamentally solved.
If they were to fight here, although they might not fear that newcomer, so many souls would surely suffer.
After much deliberation, they decided to play it safe.
"Stop right there, which cultivation tray do you two belong to?"
A familiar voice rang out.
Liu Sandao and Fu Ruhai didn't answer immediately, but turned their heads in unison towards the direction of the voice.
It was Lu Fang.
"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me asking you a question!"
Lu Fang shouted indignantly.
"We're from that one!"
Fu Ruhai replied in a rough, deep voice.
Liu Sandao's face twitched slightly, but he quickly regained his composure.
He hadn't expected Fu Ruhai to have such a skill, to be able to change his voice at will.
While magic could alter a divine being's appearance, most voices remained unchanged unless their gender was also altered.
"Get back immediately! If I catch you again, I'll crush your souls, and you'll never be able to enter reincarnation!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!"
Fu Ruhai nodded repeatedly in agreement.
However, his eyes paused slightly as he looked at Lu Fang.
Lu Fang was staring at Fu Ruhai's eyes, as if trying to see through him.
Fu Ruhai immediately shifted his gaze, which was filled with killing intent, away.
Although he wished Lu Fang would die before his eyes, he couldn't reveal their identities yet.
Liu Sandao listened to their exchange, and without a word, walked towards the cultivation tray that Fu Ruhai had indicated.
It felt like being caught red-handed by a teacher in class. Upon reaching that cultivation tray, the two of them even looked back at Lu Fang to see what he would do next.
Lu Fang looked at their eyes and felt as if he had seen them somewhere before, but he couldn't recall where.
After a brief inspection, finding nothing unusual, Lu Fang returned to his own cave for cultivation.
Just as he was about to begin practicing, someone came to report.
"Some souls have escaped, let's go catch them!"
"Oh? How many escaped?"
Lu Fang asked casually.
There were always a few souls in the cultivation trays who didn't know their place, especially those who had only recently been collected into the Shura Field.
They carried resentment and unwillingness in their hearts, so they desperately wished to reincarnate quickly and become someone they couldn't be in their past lives.
But souls that entered the Shura Field had only one outcome: either they were cultivated and lived forever without hope of a better future, or they cultivated until they could become stronger than Death itself.
However, encountering a Death like that newcomer, it was better to abandon that thought.
"Two... two! We found two skins on the ground!"
"Oh? Come, let's go see!"
Upon hearing this from the soul, Lu Fang immediately said.
These escaped souls were simply making a futile effort.
The entire world was under Death's jurisdiction concerning life and death. Even if they escaped, they would eventually be recaptured and brought back to the Shura Field.
The soul accompanying Lu Fang to inspect the area pointed and said immediately:
"It was there, they shed two ghost skins!"
The person pointed ahead and said.
Lu Fang looked down and saw that it was true. On one of the skins, there was a red mark that he remembered very clearly.
They were the two souls who hadn't stayed in the cultivation tray and had been wandering around just now.
Thinking back to their eyes, he was certain it was them.
The familiar gaze, that feeling, instantly brought Lu Fang back to his senses.
He had to report this situation to that newcomer.