Chapter 465: Chapter 463: Spoils of War

Early the next morning, when Lu Heng awoke from his cultivation state, the door was knocked on once again.

After coordinating with the Shadow Beast and donning the alias “Zhenyuan,” he opened the door.

“Old Daoist, mission accomplished!”

“We used your Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder Talisman to strike down that mastermind!”

As soon as the door opened, Li Xun’s face was full of joy.

“It’s good to succeed!”

Lu Heng slightly nodded and said with a faint smile.

“Old Daoist, your Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder Talisman is truly extraordinary!”

“A bolt of lightning struck down, directly scattering the mastermind’s soul, not even leaving a trace of ashes.”

Li Xun said with a cheerful laugh.

Upon hearing this, Lu Heng furrowed his brow but said nothing more.

“Old Daoist, we also found a few trophies at the scene; we need your help to take a look.”

Li Xun continued.

“Of course!”

Lu Heng nodded.

No need to guess, he already knew what Li Xun and Tie Xiong had discovered.

After all, he had deliberately left them at the scene.

But to play the part thoroughly, Lu Heng feigned curiosity and followed Li Xun to the next room.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Xuan Tong, Xuanxin, Sima Xuan, and others gathered together, pointing and discussing something.

“The old Daoist is here, please make way!”

Seeing this, Li Xun hurriedly spoke.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Tong, Xuanxin, and the others quickly retreated to make way for Li Xun and Lu Heng.

What was surrounded by this group was a table.

And on the table were the trophies of Li Xun and others, totaling three items.

The first was a scroll the thickness of a finger.

The second was a black wooden plaque.

The third was a slightly tattered old white banner.

Upon seeing Lu Heng walk to the table, Tie Xiong, Group Leader Xu, and Captain Fu quickly stood up from their chairs.

“Old Daoist, these are the three items we discovered near the mastermind.”

“We still haven’t figured out their specific uses, so we request your guidance!”

Tie Xiong said with a smile.

“No problem!”

Lu Heng gently stroked his long beard and looked down at the three items on the table.

He was very familiar with the items since he had placed them there.

However, to keep up appearances, he furrowed his brow in thought for a moment.

Then he reached out, opened the scroll, and pulled out a roll of yellowed old paper.

He then spread this roll of old paper on the table.

The others unanimously leaned forward, curious about what was recorded on the old paper.

What met everyone’s eyes was a dense array of small, cursive script.

Before they could clearly see the content, Lu Heng quickly closed it again.

“Old Daoist, what does this paper contain?”

Li Xun couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.

Although the others didn’t voice their questions, they were all equally curious.

“What is recorded on this paper is the Death Curse Technique used by the person who cast the curse!”

Lu Heng said solemnly.

“What… the Death Curse Technique?”

Upon hearing this, Li Xun’s eyes widened.

Xuan Tong, Xuanxin, and the others instinctively licked their lips, their eyes glued to the old paper, unable to move away.

“Yes, the Death Curse Technique!”

Lu Heng nodded slightly, then continued, “Mastering this curse technique allows one to curse others, causing them to die a tragic death within three days.”

“Is it really that powerful?”

Li Xun exclaimed in amazement.

Lu Heng glanced sideways at him and laughed, “This curse technique is likely copied from elsewhere and is incomplete.”

“However, there is the caster’s own addition on it, suggesting that the person is also a high-level master!”

“A high-level master?”

Upon hearing this, Li Xun and Tie Xiong exchanged a glance.

Doubt appeared in both of their eyes.

If, as Zhenyuan suggested, the mastermind was a high-level master, how could they have been easily dealt with?

Even though they had the Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder Talisman from Zhenyuan.

Lu Heng keenly sensed their expressions and said with a soft smile, “If I’m not mistaken, an ancient cultivator should have awakened during this period.”

“And what they are skilled in is this curse technique!”

“The one who acted against you at Hemei Hospital might very well be just a separate consciousness!”

“A separate consciousness?”

Upon hearing this, Li Xun and the others were taken aback.

Lu Heng turned to Li Xun and asked, “Young Friend Li, you mentioned before, that when my Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder Talisman struck down, the person’s body and soul were completely annihilated, right?”

“Yes!”

Li Xun readily nodded.

Lu Heng then continued, “The Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder Talisman is powerful, but it cannot erase someone without leaving a trace.”

“Therefore, I concluded that the person was merely a separate consciousness!”

This answer rendered Li Xun, Tie Xiong, and others speechless.

After all this effort, the mastermind they went through great trouble to kill turned out to be just a separate consciousness?

If even a separate consciousness was this formidable, what would happen if the true form appeared? Wouldn’t they be nothing?

At this thought, Tie Xiong couldn’t help but frown.

Li Xun also showed a bit of concern.

Seeing this, Lu Heng knew he might have overdone the intimidation.

So, he quickly added, “Young Friend Li doesn’t need to worry too much.”

“In today’s environment, creating a separate consciousness is extremely difficult.”

“That person must have paid a heavy price to create such a separate consciousness!”

“In ancient times, creating a separate consciousness was not easy for cultivators, let alone in today’s environment where spiritual qi has not yet recovered?”

“Moreover, in ancient times, the relationship between a separate consciousness and the true form was very close, possessing the same cultivation, and proficient in the same spells.”

“Although that person created a separate consciousness, it did not inherit the cultivation and spells of its true form.”

“Otherwise, why would the separate consciousness carry this old paper?”

“Therefore, I am certain that for a long time to come, that person will not appear again!”

Upon hearing this, Tie Xiong couldn’t help but curiously ask, “Old Daoist, why are you so certain?”

“I have my reasons for thinking this way,”

Lu Heng gently stroked his beard, speaking unhurriedly, “And the reason is… the actions of the separate consciousness!”

“The actions of the separate consciousness at Hemei Hospital clearly indicate it was collecting the souls of the newly deceased.”

“I believe the purpose of collecting souls was to compensate for the losses of its true form…”

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

The cultivator proficient in curse techniques must have suffered greatly after creating the separate consciousness.

Therefore, it dispatched the separate consciousness to Hemei Hospital, leveraging the recent incidents there to collect souls.

This explanation clarified why the mastermind appeared at Hemei Hospital.

It also indirectly validated Zhenyuan’s previous statement.

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