Transform into ancestral tablets and create a supreme immortal clan.

Nanshan Yu raised her head, her eyes showing a calm after utter despair, her voice hoarse.

"This junior is Nanshan Yu, an inner disciple of Kaiyang Peak of Qixing Mountain."

Three months ago, my younger brother Nan Junchi and I were ordered to investigate the "Shangshan Blood Corpse" case, but we were ambushed on the way.

My younger brother was seriously injured and fell into a coma while protecting me, and he has not woken up yet.

Although I escaped with my life, I was afflicted by an extremely insidious "Blood Essence Soul-Eroding Curse." My soul gradually eroded, my magical power dissipated, my physical body decayed, and medicine became ineffective.

He smiled bitterly: "The person who plotted against us was very clever and erased all traces. The sect's investigation was hastily concluded, and it was determined to be an 'accidental encounter with a high-level demonic cultivator'."

"I don't believe it! That was clearly the work of someone from a sect who knows our whereabouts well and is skilled in incantations! My death is nothing to regret, but my younger brother Junchi has been innocently implicated and is unconscious, needing someone to take care of him. That's one reason."

"Secondly," his eyes flashed with intense hatred and resentment, "I must find out who killed my brother and me!"

"If you, senior, could lend me your body to enter Seven Star Mountain, uncover the truth, and ensure the safety of my younger brother, Nan Junchi, then I, Nan Shanyu, am willing to offer this broken body and soul to you, at your command. Even if my soul were to scatter, I would have no regrets!"

Shen Xiao listened in silence.

Blood Corpse of Shangshan? Blood Essence Soul-Eating Curse? A traitor's plot?

This plot seems vaguely similar to Shen Muge's experience.

Both incidents occurred during missions, and both investigations were hastily concluded...

A bold guess quickly took root in Shen Zhe's mind.

If we can use Nanshan Yu's identity to enter Qixing Mountain, we can not only find out the truth and settle the cause and effect for him, but also personally investigate the attitude of Qixing Mountain towards the Shen family and the mastermind behind the Shen Muge incident!

"Nanshan Jade, I am aware of your plight."

After the offering of your body, your remaining soul will fall into a deep slumber. Once I have completed the task entrusted to me and settled the karmic debts, your soul will be reincarnated.

Once the karma of this body is exhausted, its lifespan ends, and there is no possibility of rebirth.

Are you sure?

Without the slightest hesitation, Nan Shanyu knelt down and kowtowed heavily: "This junior is certain! I only beg for the true culprit to be brought to justice and for my younger brother to be safe!"

He knows his own situation better than anyone else.

Before coming here, wasn't this the result I was looking for?

"This is the Sacrifice of Life Incantation, which uses blood as a catalyst. Begin now!" Shen Xiao said no more.

The self-sacrifice mantra was not complicated, and Nanshan Yu quickly used his own blood essence to draw it on the bluestone slab.

Then, he slightly raised his eyes, looked at the red sun hanging in the sky one last time through the gate of the ancestral hall, and slowly closed his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the light in the ancestral hall gradually dimmed.

A faint light burst forth from the spirit tablet, manifesting a passage leading directly to the underworld from nothingness.

Shen Xiao's consciousness pierced through the netherworld and, with the aid of the self-sacrifice incantation on the bluestone slab, returned to the mortal world, awakening within Nan Shanyu's body.

Then, a beam of clear light fell from the sky, cleansing the dormant soul of Nanshan Yu.

Countless fragments of memories—about Seven Star Mountain, Kaiyang Peak, cultivation techniques, fellow disciples, missions, as well as his deep concern for his younger brother Nan Junchi and his current hatred—came flooding in and were quickly absorbed and organized by him.

The "Blood Essence Soul Devouring Curse" within the physical body also fell silent as Nanshan Yu's divine soul went into slumber.

This saved Shen Xiao a lot of trouble.

However, the damage to his physical body was still there.

Shen Xiao had to spend 30 offering points to buy several kinds of elixirs to restore his physical body.

After all, he was a cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and the cost of his treatment far exceeded that of Xiao Shisan in the past.

Fortunately, after all that effort, the injuries to the physical body were completely healed, and even Nanshan Yu's own cultivation and magical power were restored to 80%.

The supernatural power of "Impure World Reincarnation" is itself a rebirth of a body refined by the power of the underworld, transforming it into a bizarre existence between life and death.

Not only can it inherit 80% of the original body's abilities, but the "Blood Essence Soul Devouring Curse" that was applied to the original body's soul can therefore not be applied to the reincarnated body.

"Mu Yi".

"Ancestor!" Shen Muyi, who had been watching nervously, quickly responded.

"Nanshan Yu has fallen into a deep sleep. I will use his body to enter Qixing Mountain to carry out my mission."

This matter is top secret. You must not tell anyone except you, including Shen Shichu. This bottle of Qi-Harmony Pills is for your cultivation.

From now on, everything will proceed as usual. If necessary, you may secretly cooperate with the "Nanshan Jade," but you must be careful and not expose yourself.

"Yes! Mu Yi understands!" Shen Mu Yi was shocked, but she also knew that this matter was of great importance.

"Go! Take him away and return to Seven Star Mountain. On the way, I will familiarize myself with this body."

"Yes."

To avoid attracting attention, Shen Muyi helped the weakened "Nanshan Yu" and left the Shen family's ancestral home.

……

More than ten days later, at Qixing Mountain, Kaiyang Peak.

The return of "Nanshan Jade" did not cause much of a stir.

An inner disciple who has been afflicted by the Blood Essence Soul-Eroding Curse, whose cultivation has regressed and whose future is bleak, will find it difficult to attract much attention in the fiercely competitive Seven Star Mountain.

Only a few fellow disciples with whom I usually have a good relationship came over to offer a few simple greetings.

Shen Xiao controlled Nanshan Yu's physical body, relying on the absorbed memory fragments to handle the situation with ease.

He first went to the deacon's office to report that his injuries were difficult to heal and that he needed to rest for a long time, thus reducing his assigned tasks.

Then they returned to a secluded courtyard where Nan Shanyu and her younger brother Nan Junchi lived together.

The courtyard was very quiet.

The main room served as the brothers' living room, while the east wing was furnished as a simple hospital ward, where Nan Junchi lay.

Shen Xiao entered the east wing. On the bed lay a boy who looked five or six parts similar to Nan Shanyu. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pale face, weak breath, and unconscious.

A faint smell of blood and a strange, chilling aura lingered on his body.

Shen Xiao sat on the edge of the bed, reached out and placed his hand on Nan Junchi's pulse, while at the same time a very subtle trace of spiritual energy belonging to the Nanshan Jade itself quietly probed in.

"What insidious curse power!" Shen Xiao thought with a chill.

A power filled with resentment and decay resides within Nan Junchi's body, constantly eroding his vitality and soul.

The nature of this curse power is the same as the Blood Essence Soul-Eroding Curse in the Nanshan Jade, but it is more domineering and seems to directly affect the physical body.

Seven Star Mountain clearly provided some pills to keep him alive, but did not eradicate the curse power; it was only barely suppressed.

"It seems the other side is determined to kill them and has no intention of letting these two brothers live." Shen Xiao's eyes turned slightly cold.

One of Nan Shanyu's obsessions was that his younger brother, Nan Junchi, would be safe and sound.

It seems that Shen Xiao can only temporarily suppress Nan Junchi's curse.

It's not that he can't solve it, but the cost is too high. He doesn't have that many offerings right now. He should focus on his second obsession first: finding the real culprit and taking revenge.

This deal seems to be a bit troublesome.

However, given that this involves numerous cultivators, the number of lives involved must be considerable.

Once this deal is done, Shen Xiao should be able to accumulate 100 life points and gain his freedom.

There is no need to rely on "reincarnation" to move around in the outside world, nor is there a need to be confined to the Shen Family Ancestral Hall.

From the fragments of Nanshan Yu's memories, it is known that the two brothers did not have a prominent background in the sect and acted in a low-key manner, so it is unlikely that they had such a life-and-death feud.

The attackers' motives were likely related to their investigation of the "Blood Corpse of Shangshan" case.

There must be some hidden secrets involved.