Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 116 Gray Stone Pendant
Xie Changyan and the others had already surrounded the coffin to check the situation inside.

"Quite a few were buried with them," Qi Bumian said with a cold, sharp expression. "They're all demonic artifacts."

Shen Youqing was getting a little itchy to do it.

The next second, she bent down and reached into the coffin to search for the magical artifacts.

Seeing Shen Youqing like this, Jiang Chenying pursed his lips into a straight line, but in the end he said nothing. He simply took out an antidote pill and a calming pill and handed them to her to prevent demonic energy from entering her body or from being accidentally poisoned.

Shen Youqing took the two pills, swallowed them, and continued searching.

"The body inside this coffin must be someone of high status or wealth," Qi Bumian speculated. "The coffin is made of very rare wood; ordinary people probably couldn't get their hands on it."

“If it were a cultivator, the corpse wouldn’t have decomposed so quickly.” Jing Liang looked at the stark white bones, lost in thought. “Besides, the bones of a demonic cultivator wouldn’t be this white either.”

“This body must have been an ordinary person before he died,” Xiao Youqi said.

It's very strange that an ordinary person's coffin was filled with demonic artifacts.

Unaware of the situation, Shen Qiuluo was cautious. She did not speak rashly, but stood quietly to the side and listened.

Shen Youqing searched inside the coffin for a long time. When she found a gray stone pendant that looked just like the Nightmare Ring, the Nightmare Ring instantly turned cold and stopped burning.

Seeing Shen Youqing pick up a gray stone pendant with his finger, the conversation among the group abruptly stopped, and they all looked over.

Xiao Youqi frowned.

"What is this?" Jiang Chenying frowned. "It looks very similar to that black stone pendant from before."

Xiao Youqi did not speak immediately; he was deep in thought.

"So, is there any connection between this coffin and Qiuzi Village?" Chi Guyuan asked tentatively. "Could the situation in Qiuzi Village be caused by the remains inside this coffin? And those patterns, the patterns are very regular, like an array."

After Chi Guyuan finished speaking, the ruins of the Fox Fairy Temple suddenly fell silent. Apart from the seven people who didn't quite understand, Jiang Chenying and the others fell into deep thought.

"Are there any living people left in the village?" Shen Youqing asked abruptly.

Xie Changyan replied, "Many villagers on the other side of the abandoned baby tower were killed or injured, but the rest should be fine."

The lightning array on the back mountain was constantly firing, followed by a loud bang. They were worried that Jiang Chenying and Shen Youqing wouldn't be able to handle it, so they rushed over after dealing with the ghost baby at the abandoned infant tower.

"Should?" Shen Youqing hissed. "I'll go back and check!"

Her intuition told her that something might have happened to all the villagers of Akiko Village!

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Youqing used his speed to rush towards Qiuzi Village, weaving through flowers and trees.

"I'm going." Xie Changyan said, and then dashed out like an arrow.

Seeing that Xie Changyan had gone with them, Shen Qiuluo, feeling uneasy, also wanted to go.

Shen Qiuluo had just taken a step when Jiang Chenying called out to her, "Your agility is not as good as theirs, don't go and cause trouble."

Shen Youqing and Xie Changyan are extremely fast, and it is virtually impossible for Shen Qiuluo to catch up with them. If she fails to catch up with them and gets left alone in danger, it will only cause her more trouble.

Shen Qiulu's expression stiffened slightly, then she lowered her long, thick eyelashes and gave a docile sound.

Just as Jiang Chenying said, Shen Youqing and Xie Changyan were very fast; it only took them half an hour to go and come back.

Seeing the cold and solemn expressions on their faces, Jiang Chenying already guessed the answer.

“Not a single one survived,” Xie Changyan said coldly. “They are all dead, and all died in the same way.”

Jiang Chenying closed her eyes.

Shen Qiuluo gasped, a hint of fear appearing on her beautiful face. "Are they all dead?"

Xie Changyan responded with a cold and stern expression.

As if startled, Shen Qiulu muttered in a low voice, "We were too late; we couldn't save those people."

Seeing Shen Qiuluo's self-reproach, Chi Guyuan hesitated for a long time before speaking coldly, "Junior Sister, don't jump to conclusions before you understand the situation. We're just annoyed that they're causing us trouble even after they're dead."

There's no regret or guilt whatsoever!

Those who have committed heinous crimes, they're dead, and to put it bluntly, they died a good death. Their solemn expressions simply mean they're in deep trouble.

Jing Liang nodded in agreement, "Junior Sister, don't be too kind."

Shen Qiulu's face went blank; she clearly hadn't expected that these senior brothers weren't so compassionate.

The Azure Jade Sect is so upright and honest, this...

Clearly, Shen Qiuluo had misunderstood the situation; being upright, honest, strict, and rigid does not equate to being compassionate.

Xiao Youqi reached out and took the gray stone pendant from Shen Youqing to study it.

Shen Youqing stood quietly to one side, deep in thought.

The coffin has been dug out, and the relatively important Nightmare Ring is also in their hands.

With the Nightmare Ring still around, the Crimson Demon will definitely return.

But given the current situation, I'm afraid there's more than just one Red Demon.

Xie Changyan and Jing Liang chose to go down into the pit to check again, to see if there was anything else under the coffin.

Lost in thought, Shen Youqing was pulled back to reality by the ghost baby on her shoulder. She stared at the ghost baby for a while, and then a thought struck her: "Can a ghost baby suck people dry and turn them into mummies?"

Jiang Chenying suddenly looked up at Shen Youqing, and he instantly understood what Shen Youqing meant, "There's something else over at the abandoned infant tower!"

Ghost infants are usually devoured directly; draining their life force is not the way a ghost infant would do it.

The first dead body they found today led them to the Abandoned Infant Tower, but the tower only contained ghost infants and a fox demon that suddenly appeared.

Based on the previous clues, the fox demon only eats women's internal organs and drains their life essence... In any case, we still need to check again to make sure we haven't missed anything.

"Carry the coffins and leave!" Shen Youqing said coldly. "Damn it, I don't believe we can't kill them all!"

Qi Bumian, a body cultivator, lifted the coffin with one hand and said, "Let's go!"

The group hurried towards the baby abandonment tower.

Qi Bumian, holding the coffin with one hand, did not slow down at all.

Shen Qiuluo and his team could only follow them to a new location, completely bewildered.

Tower for abandoned babies.

A graceful woman leaned against the low baby-abandoning tower, her loose red dress hanging on her body, her fragrant shoulders half-exposed.

Upon seeing Shen Youqing and his group approach, the fox demon gave the men a flirtatious wink, her allure as captivating as silk.

"You fucking..." Shen Youqing took a deep breath, looking at the alluring fox demon, she really couldn't hold back anymore, "You have nine lives!"

Upon seeing Shen Youqing's repulsive face, the fox demon's alluring expression instantly turned ferocious.

"Enough with the nonsense, prepare to die!" The fox demon charged at Shen Youqing.

Shen Youqing flung out a stack of talismans with his backhand, instantly sending himself flying. "Damn it! You're dead!"

Jiang Chenying and Xie Changyan swiftly attacked from the left and right flanks.

Qi Bumian placed the coffin on the ground and said to Jing Liang beside him, "It feels like there's no use for the three of us."

The fox demon wasn't as powerful as one might imagine, probably because she had died several times.

Jing Liang responded, his mind filled with the situation inside the crater.

"I want to go back to the Fox Fairy Temple and take another look at the pit." Jing Liang looked at his teammates and hesitated before speaking. "I have a feeling there's something under the coffin."

Qi Bumian dusted off his hands. "I'll go with you."

"I'll go too." Xiao Youqi was really not at ease with his two trusted disciples.

The three of them left in a hurry.