This soul-searching technique was a secret technique inherited from the Demon Ancestor. The threshold to cast it was quite high, and one had to condense one’s primordial spirit to be able to use it. Therefore, Li Qing had never had the chance to take it out before.

Protector Liu would rather die than surrender and refuse to confess. Li Qing suddenly remembered that there was such a heaven-defying secret art in his mind. Moreover, he had just met the requirements of his primordial spirit, so he dared to try it. The effect was pretty good.

This soul searching technique was actually quite evil, because after using it, the person who was searched would basically turn into an idiot, his soul damaged, and even die on the spot. This was the reason why Protector Liu had become so stupid.

“If it weren’t for the extreme viciousness, I’d try my best not to use this secret art. After all, it would be damaging to Heaven and Earth.” Li Qing thought to himself.

He saw that there were three hundred Deepblue Nethergrass in the secret room. This was an item that the two forces had agreed to trade every year. It should be very precious, so he put it away. Although he didn’t know what use this item was, if he didn’t take it for free, what if he really needed it in the future?

When he walked out of the secret room, he was still worried that the information he received from Protector Liu was wrong. On the list provided by the Deepblue Water Manor, five of them were Protector Liu’s disciples. They happened to live on Cloud Water Peak.

Li Qing used his divine sense to scan the faces of the hundreds of disciples and quickly locked onto the five suspected targets. Then, he started to move. In just half an hour, he put the five people into the Yin Yang Chaos Bottle.

These five people didn’t have the backbone of Protector Liu at all. After Li Qing tortured them, they quickly revealed all the secrets, which was basically consistent with the information Protector Liu had obtained.

After coming out of the Yin Yang Chaos Bottle, Li Qing quietly walked down the Cloud Water Peak to find the Ghost-Faced Book’s livelihood.

Ji Bai was also a famous figure on Flowing Wave Island. He was the strongest Xiantian expert in the East China Sea. He was as famous as Pei Yunli, Xia Gu, and the others. He was sinister, cunning, and very difficult to deal with.

According to the information he had gotten earlier, Ji Bai’s Xuanlang Peak was not far from here. Li Qing walked for about half an hour before arriving at that location.

Xuanlang Peak was one of the top peaks on Flowing Wave Mountain. There were a lot of people, and there were over a thousand of them. This place was very close to the core of Flowing Wave Mountain, the Spiritual Wave Stage of the Central Peak. If the commotion was too big, it might alert Void Realm experts. Therefore, one had to be careful when attacking.

“The entire mountain is shrouded in formations!” Li Qing’s divine sense swept past and he couldn’t help but frown. Indeed, it was indeed worthy of being ranked at the top of the Flowing Wave Mountain. Its defense was indeed second to none.

Actually, this formation wouldn’t be difficult for him. If he wasted a bit of time, he would have a chance to enter. However, the problem was that Xiao Bai was in a critical situation. Ji Bai could bleed and refine pills at any time, so he had to enter as soon as possible.

If it weren’t for the possibility of alarming the Void Realm experts on the Spirit Wave Stage, Li Qing would have had the urge to directly barge in. With his current strength, no one in the entire Xuanlang Peak was his match.

There were two disciples guarding the path at the foot of the mountain. That was the only entrance and exit of the entire Xuanlang Peak. People came and went, and there were disciples coming and going from time to time. If they rushed in, they would definitely be discovered.

Fortunately, Li Qing had long been experienced in this matter. He casually grabbed a disciple from Xuanlang Peak and knocked him unconscious. Then, he put on his clothes and turned into his appearance. Holding a disciple token in his hand, he walked through the gate at the foot of the mountain openly.

The two disciples checked the token and confirmed their identities before letting Li Qing go without any doubt.

Li Qing swaggered on the Xuanlang Peak without any obstruction. It only took him half an hour to reach the peak. With a sweep of his divine sense, Ji Bai’s familiar figure appeared in his eyes.

Apart from Ji Bai’s figure, there was a faint light shield behind the side hall. Inside, a white cloud quietly floated. Chains of void stretched out from the light shield and stabbed into Bai Yun’s body, tightly binding her.

“Xiao Bai!” Li Qing’s heart shook.

It could be seen that Xiao Bai’s aura was already extremely weak and was on the verge of death.

There was a huge pill furnace in the middle of the side hall. Ji Bai was sitting beside him, holding a large plate of white liquid in his hand. This white liquid was Cloud Demon’s unique blood.

“In the end, I’m still a step too late. Ji Bai has already begun to bleed and refine pills! Fortunately, Xiao Bai still has one breath left and hasn’t died.” Li Qing felt relieved.

Ji Bai sat in front of the pill furnace. A large pile of ingredients had already been prepared. It was obvious that the furnace was about to start refining pills.

“With this Cloud Demon blood, I can refine the Cloud Soul Pill and use it to cultivate the Ghost Shadow Steps!” Ji Bai chuckled coldly, “When I successfully cultivate the Ghost Shadow Steps, even if I face an expert at the Void Realm, I will have a chance to escape. If I encounter Han Tie again, I will definitely be able to compete with him.”

He didn’t know what had happened, but a venomous expression suddenly appeared in his eyes, “Perhaps he might have a chance to kill Han Tie that fellow!”

He stood up and looked at the Cloud Demon trapped in the light barrier. He muttered softly to himself, “I won’t kill this Cloud Demon for the time being. Raise it in captivity. This way, it will be able to produce Cloud Demon’s blood all the time. It will be able to refine Cloud Soul Pills all the time. After cultivating the Ghost Shadow Steps to the Great Perfection realm, it will be able to end its life.”

“You don’t have a chance!” Li Qing’s voice came from the darkness.

“Who?” Ji Bai was shocked.

“It’s me!” Li Qing walked out.

“Han Tie, how could you quietly come here?” Ji Bai shouted.

“The defenses of Flowing Wave Island are useless. How can they possibly defeat me?”

“There’s a way to heaven. If you don’t go, hell will barge in without a door!” Ji Bai’s face revealed a look of ecstasy. “You actually dare to follow me to the peak of the Profound Wave Peak? Do you really think that you are invincible under the heavens? Today, I’ll let you experience my Profound Wave Peak’s boundless Ocean Formation!”

He had sufficient reason to be confident that he could capture Han Tie alive because this was his home ground. He was the Master of the Mysterious Wave Peak and controlled this invincible array.

No matter how powerful Han Tie was, he was still only a Xiantian expert. How could he escape from this grand formation?

Rumble!

Inside the hall, countless array patterns lit up, like ocean waves that swept up tens of thousands of waves, and their momentum was extremely shocking. Before he could fully activate it, it was already enough to make one feel that an undercurrent was slowly rising from the bottom of the sea, possessing an unparalleled power.

“Noisy!” Li Qing coldly snorted and waved his hand. The Yin Yang Primordial Chaos Bottle flew out and transformed into a size of several zhang, covering Ji Bai’s head.

“Stop struggling. You have no way to survive in front of my Oceanic Boundless Array!” A sinister smile appeared on Ji Bai’s face.

In the next moment, a terrified expression appeared on his face, and then he was swallowed by the Yin Yang Chaos Bottle…

The array patterns in the hall had just lit up when they quietly extinguished. Everything returned to calm.

Li Qing put away the Yin Yang Chaos Bottle and temporarily ignored Accountant Bai. Instead, he walked towards the light shield behind the hall and broke it with a single blade.

“Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai!” Li Qing shouted softly.

There was no sound.

Xiao Bai’s main body was a white cloud. Li Qing could not judge whether Xiao Bai’s consciousness was clear or not. He could only feel a faint aura inside.

After shouting for a long time, he still didn’t hear any response. He understood that Xiao Bai should have completely fainted.

“How is this Cloud Demon going to be rescued? Its structure is completely different from that of a human.” After pondering for a while, Li Qing took out the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Float and dripped it onto the white clouds.

This 10,000 Year Spirit Milk was a special treasure suitable for all situations. After absorbing this drop of Spirit Milk, Xiao Bai’s aura quickly grew stronger and gradually stabilized.

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that Xiao Bai’s life should not be in danger. He temporarily put her away with the Yin Yang Chaos Bottle and waited until he left this place before he started to argue.

As he left, Li Qing saw the pile of medicinal ingredients on the ground, as well as the basin of Cloud Demon blood. Before Ji Bai could refine the Cloud Soul Pill, he was caught.

“These are also good things, we can’t waste them!” Li Qing waved his hand and put away the ingredients, not even letting go of the pill furnace.

Everything was calm outside, and no one noticed anything unusual.

Ji Bai’s status was noble, and most people didn’t dare to disturb him. By the time others found out that Ji Bai had disappeared, or even Protector Liu and the others had disappeared, it would probably be a long time later.

Li Qing smoothly left Mount Liubo and returned to Liubo City. Seeing the bustling crowd, Li Qing knew that he was completely safe.

In the crowd, no one could catch him.

He casually changed his appearance and drilled into the crowd. No one could recognize him.

After finding an inn, Li Qing rented a comfortable courtyard and temporarily stayed here. It wasn’t too late for Xiao Bai to leave after he recovered.

He released Xiao Bai from the Yin Yang Chaos Bottle, placed him on the bed, and dripped a drop of ten-thousand-year-old spirit milk onto it.

On the third day, Xiao Bai finally woke up.

“Big brother, am I dreaming?” Xiao Bai turned into a human, his face slightly pale.

Li Qing chuckled and said, “It’s not a dream. I saved you.”

“Really?” Hearing Li Qing’s words, Xiao Bai couldn’t help but burst into tears and hugged him tightly, “I thought I was going to die this time. Wuwu.”

Li Qing patted her back and comforted her, “Alright, all the dangers are over. I will protect you well in the future.”

“Those people are bad. Capture me and let my blood go.” Xiao Bai said with a mucus and tears.

“How did you accidentally reveal yourself back then and be discovered by them?” Li Qing asked.

“Back then, I heard footsteps in the pavilion. I thought you were back. But when I went out, I saw that it was a group of strangers. They were scared and wanted to retreat. When they saw my appearance, their words were light. In a moment of panic, I used some methods of the Cloud Demon. Only then did I accidentally reveal my aura and be discovered by them.” Xiao Bai said.