My Master Disconnected Yet Again (Part 4)

Chapter 666: Professional Blackie

Yuan Yang City

"Chef, how do you think the dark fire came about?" Lonemoon turned to address Yi Qing. Logically, the dark fire should be confined to the underworld. Even if the other party was a demon, there was no way he would be able to bring the dark fire out of the underworld. This Earth Demon aside, Lonemoon doubted that even Little Black would be able to do something like this. He would not be able to break through the several realm gates to get the dark fire out of the underworld.

Yi Qing frowned and shook his head. "Shortie should have been in the Underworld. The dark fire shouldn't appear in either the mortal realm nor the immortal realm."

"That's not for certain," Shen Ying suddenly commented.

Both of them turned to face her at once. "What do you mean?"

"Isn't there a hole?" Shen Ying asked.

"A hole?" Lonemoon stared blankly at her for a moment and suddenly realized what she was talking about. "You mean the hole in the River of Forgetfulness in the immortal realm!"

"Master, you mean to say that..." Yi Qing was just now catching on. "The dark fire fell through that hole in the River of Forgetfulness?"

"Mm." Shen Ying nodded.

Both Lonemoon and Yi Qing pondered over this. There was indeed that possibility. The dark fire in the Underworld was meant to take in the ghouls. It was normal that it would appear in the River of Forgetfulness. What's more, the Earth Demon had said earlier that he was severely injured. He thought he would never wake up again. Now, from the looks of it, he was not just imagining things. He had really been dead. His soul had entered the River of Forgetfulness and even the Underworld.

However, before he could reincarnate, the invader came and broke a hole into the River of Forgetfulness. The Earth Demon was probably at where the hole was created. He must have fallen through the hole, together with the dark fire, and landed in Zhong Yi's body. This would explain why he didn't think the dark fire was particularly harmful to his body in the beginning. It was because he was already a wandering soul. The dark fire was naturally ineffective on him. But once he landed in the fiendish cultivator's body, he became infected more or less with the latter's life. That's why the dark fire began to attack him.

What's more, he didn't seem to know how to answer most of their questions earlier. It was almost as if he had already forgotten many things. It must be because his memories had been partially wiped off when he was in the River of Forgetfulness. What remained were just bits and pieces of his memory.

"I remember Shortie saying that a soul was missing from the River of Forgetfulness," Lonemoon suddenly said. "It's not this Earth Demon, is it?"

Yi Qing's expression darkened. He nodded. It was obvious that it was.

Lonemoon pursed his lips. This was all caused by that stupid invader! They had to solve this problem quickly, otherwise they could only imagine what else they would have to clean up! They were moving a bit slowly – they had to do what they could to help a certain someone advance in terms of cultivation level! Lonemoon's mind became filled with various lesson plans and training programmes.

Zuo Shuming, who had been meditating just nearby: "..." Why did he feel a chill run down his spine all of a sudden?

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After hearing that the fiendish cultivator Zhong Yi had been dealt with, Shu Yuan finally heaved a huge sigh of relief. He no longer looked as strict and nervous as he did before. Now, he was much more relaxed. Smiling brightly at Yi Qing, he said, "You're really an Uncle-Master indeed. You got rid of that demon so quickly. I just wonder how Uncle-Master found that demon?"