C2 Ye Sha!

"The footprints are not far away from here." A hoarse voice sounded through the rain.

"They didn't run too far. The footprints haven't been washed away by the muddy water, which means that they haven't been walking for long."

As they spoke, the sound of horse hooves came again. Judging from the sound of the hooves, there were four people in total.

"The two of you, continue to follow the footprints and chase after them."

"Yes!"

"You and I will stay here and wait for the Spiritual Sage to meet up."

Immediately after, there were a few hurried horse cries and the sound of dismounting.

The conversation came from under the tree. Chen Yuan and Liu Xiaoxiao, who were hiding in the tree, were shocked. Other than the four ghosts, who was the Spiritual Sage that they were talking about?

They were very close to the Sunsetwood Grove. What should they do now?

Just as Chen Yuan was thinking of a countermeasure, Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly pinched him, causing him to come back to his senses.

At this moment, a shocking scene appeared in front of them.

"Strange, why did the rain stop just like that?" One of the ghosts under the tree said.

"It's not that the rain stopped." The one who spoke was the leader of the ghosts. His voice was trembling, and his pupils contracted. He stared at the raindrops that had yet to fall, revealing a conflicted expression of desire and fear.

"This is... the Spiritual Sage's method!"

"The Spiritual Sage?!"

The other ghost's exclamation also represented Chen Yuan and Liu Xiaoxiao's current feelings. However, their worries were even heavier than the two ghosts.

They had completely misunderstood another question.

The Spiritual Sage that the ghosts spoke of was actually a cultivator!

Not only that, but this Spiritual Sage was not a simple cultivator. He was also a Shadowmancer!

Cultivators could cultivate sword techniques, blade techniques, Body Technique, and some even more special people who were able to communicate with the heavens and earth through some fortuitous encounters. They were called the Shadow Arts!

The heavy rain continued to fall, but a strange scene appeared in the area where Chen Yuan, Liu Xiaoxiao, and the two ghosts were.

The raindrops fell from the vast sky. Each drop of water was crystal clear. They did not quickly sink into the puddles, but instead, they quietly floated in the air.

From extremely fast to extremely quiet, from suddenly appearing to suddenly stopping, and from the sparkling water that reflected the shocked eyes of everyone present.

Looking at the raindrops that had yet to fall, it was as if they were sharp longswords that were suspended above their heads. It could not help but cause people to feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Xiaoxiao's hands were clenched so tightly that they turned white. As the daughter of the pavilion master of the Celestial Archives, she was very clear on how terrifying a Shadowmancer was.

At the same time, she looked down from the treetop.

A thin figure wearing white clothes suddenly appeared in the middle of a puddle of mud!

"You are too stupid."

The voice of the Spiritual Sage rang out in the rainy night. His voice was filled with a strange coldness.

"The person you are looking for is right in front of you, but you can't find him. Ordinary people are just ordinary people, even if they are ghosts."

"If I don't hurry over, I'm afraid they will really escape from under my nose."

Just now, his vision was a little blurry due to the heavy rain.

The white-robed Spiritual Sage Yu Bai gradually walked over. His figure gradually became clear. His originally somewhat hunched body became straight as he took a step forward. His hair turned from black to white, like silver snakes that were spreading out in all directions. When his face became clear, he was an authentic cultivator!

Yu Bai looked at the two people hiding in the trees with a cold expression. His eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.

"I really didn't expect that after the Celestial Archives was broken, you two would be able to run so far away. You almost escaped alive."

"Let's go!" Almost in the instant Yu Bai spoke, Chen Yuan made a prompt decision. He carried Liu Xiaoxiao and jumped down from the tree, landing behind the tree.

Chen Yuan was unable to determine the true strength of the other party. The only thing he could do was to stay far away from the Shadowmancer who was rumored to be extremely terrifying!

"Running away might be a good choice, but since you have already fallen into my hands, how can you possibly fail?"

Yu Bai revealed a rare smile. However, his smile was filled with killing intent, adding a bit of coldness to it.

Being locked onto by Yu Bai's gaze, Chen Yuan felt a chill on his back. He used all his strength to push himself out another three meters.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a sudden pain in his chest. The coldness from behind him instantly spread throughout his entire body.

Immediately after, without any warning, Chen Yuan stumbled and fell to his knees on one knee. Even so, he still tightly hugged Liu Xiaoxiao and did not let her fall into the water.

"What's wrong?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked nervously.

Before Chen Yuan could answer, Yu Bai's voice sounded from behind him again. "Do you think that the raindrops in the sky are just for decoration?"

Yu Bai found it funny. These two people were still just two young people who had not experienced much.

"There's something wrong with this rain!" Liu Xiaoxiao quickly reacted.

Why were the raindrops so cold? Why did this rain come so suddenly and without warning?

"No, no, no. Of course, there is no problem with the rain. If it were an ordinary person, they might feel much more energetic after being drenched in this rain. Why?"

At this moment, Yu Bai was already confident that he could win. He was not worried that Chen Yuan and Liu Xiaoxiao would play any tricks. "Because this rain did not contain any poisonous substance. It was formed by my cultivation — the Frostbreath!"

Yu Bai mentioned a word. "Cultivation!"

Every cultivator obtained power from different "Cultivations", and these powers were also the source of their strength.

Then Yu Bai cultivated the Frostbreath in his body!

"The Frostbreath is the foundation of my cultivation, and to ordinary people, it is pure energy. But to cultivators, it will become a poison that devours the foundation! It will slowly follow the flow of energy in your body, and through every circulation, the more you use your technique, the faster it will act. Just like now."

"You are too despicable! As a cultivator, you actually..." Liu Xiaoxiao's scolding was interrupted.

"Who said that cultivators must be honorable? Who said that cultivators must have high and low statuses?" Yu Bai's eyes shot out a bright light as he stared at the two people not far away.

"As long as I can achieve my goal, is the process important?" Yu Bai's smile was terrifying, and it carried a hint of madness.