Chu Ge was extremely worried.
When the male villain actually comes out, it's not something that can be dealt with casually.
He could really cause trouble everywhere, resulting in immense destruction to this world. Moreover, he might reveal his secrets, making his life unbearable from then on.
Chu Ge deliberately patched and reinforced the game yesterday precisely because he was worried about these things; this was no joke.
It seems the patch was applied too late?
Even if he wanted to make temporary modifications and apply other patches now, it would be difficult to handle. After all, it's impossible to simply add a patch and turn Yan Qianlie into an obedient little boy who does everything according to your wishes. That's not something a patch can achieve; deleting the book and rewriting it is more likely.
"Don't rush." Qiu Wuji, having seen many storms, remained remarkably calm. "First, let's make a judgment. He was in a severely injured primordial spirit state, so he definitely didn't break through the boundary using his own power. He most likely took advantage of yesterday's turmoil. Because I was focused on contemplating the Heavenly Dao, he discovered a loophole..." Chu Ge took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and whispered, "Right... Also, you couldn't come out in your true form, and he couldn't either, but precisely because he escaped with his primordial spirit after our duel, without a physical body, his entire primordial spirit emerged."
Qiu Wuji asked, "How severely injured did you set him up?"
Chu Ge shook his head: "I didn't set it up that meticulously. He's only seriously injured and recovering. His next appearance will be in the next volume about the people from overseas; he won't be involved in hundreds of thousands of words in this volume."
"Hundreds of thousands of words without him, which means he's very seriously injured..." Qiu Wuji pondered, "From this perspective, he's most likely just a weakened divine soul, not necessarily stronger than my divided soul. There are still quite a few beings in this world who can threaten him, so at least in this respect, we don't need to worry too much."
Chu Ge breathed a slight sigh of relief. This analysis makes sense... The main issue is that the Yan Qianlie in my mind is incredibly strong. If such a powerful Yan Qianlie were to appear, the world would be doomed.
If it's just a weakened, remnant soul, then at least the destructive power isn't that exaggerated. Moreover, the chain reaction is that he will inevitably be more cautious, not acting rashly, and still in a phase of carefully observing the world. This aligns with Yan Qianlie's temperament. No matter how fiery and violent he appears, to survive so long in the demonic path environment and become a powerful figure, the prerequisite is caution, not recklessness.
"While he's still completely bewildered by this world, we need to find him quickly and put him back in the book." Chu Ge paced back and forth a few times, then turned to Qiu Wuji and asked, "Do you have a way to track him down?" He immediately dismissed the question, "You definitely don't, otherwise you would have already come knocking and wiped him out..."
Qiu Wuji said, "If we're looking for a physical body, because of the aura it's been contaminated with, and if there are any personal belongings or other traces of that aura, we can still trace it. But the primordial spirit is truly untraceable. That thing doesn't have any aura or anything like that, unless a curse has been placed beforehand... so it's often very troublesome once someone's primordial spirit escapes."
Chu Ge thought for a moment, "I could try to patch it up... let me think..."
He quickly sat down... Back at his computer, he quickly added a sentence to the text: "Qiu Wuji is currently studying the Vermilion Bird Fire Feather in a secret chamber. This item is not only rich in Vermilion Bird Flame, extremely beneficial to his own Void Fire, but it also seems to be subtly tainted with demonic energy."
"That's because it has been in Yan Qianlie's hands for a long time. Yan Qianlie's soul has become excessively entangled, and it already contains Yan Qianlie's demonic intent."
"Qiu Wuji frowned and pondered, wondering if he could trace the location of Yan Qianlie's primordial spirit through the demonic intent within this fire feather? After all, the fire feather is a Vermilion Bird divine object, not Yan Qianlie's possession, so it might be a little less effective. If it were a soul-nourishing item that Yan Qianlie himself had been using for a long time, it might be more promising..."
Qiu Wuji stared blankly at him.
This guy is truly a scoundrel. He started with the Vermilion Bird Fire Feather, then, fearing the Vermilion Bird Fire Feather's energy was too high to utilize, he abruptly changed the subject, and it even seems quite reasonable.
Writers are indeed all wicked.
After writing this, Chu Ge closed his eyes and searched, quickly retrieving a shimmering bead from the Heart of Blazing Flames.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness." Chu Ge was delighted to find the bead in his hand. "This is a Soul-Nourishing Bead. It has no energy of its own; it's used to contain and prevent the soul from dissipating. It was originally where Yan Qianlie's primordial spirit resided. It actually came out."
Qiu Wuji: "..."
"Look inside. It has no inherent attributes, but it has been stored there by Yan Qianlie's soul for a long time, causing it to shimmer. It's entirely the essence of Yan Qianlie's soul," Chu Ge said. "I'll write you a method for tracking people based on this..."
Qiu Wuji felt a pang of unease. The Heavenly Dao was blatantly cheating; it would be truly difficult for those inside to escape. Even if they did, they would be tormented by this damned Heavenly Dao. With a few keystrokes, it was impossible to prevent its alterations.
Looking at this from the perspective of someone in the book, Qiu Wuji truly felt that there was no way to fight against the heavens.
The poor female cultivator could only barely survive by cooking for him…
She shook her head and took the Soul-Nourishing Pearl: "In a sense, this is Yan Qianlie's body. With it, I can already sense where Yan Qianlie's primordial spirit is. I don't need any additional cultivation techniques…"
As she spoke, she closed her eyes, and a faint glow emanated from her brow.
Chu Ge looked at her with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation.
After a moment, Qiu Wuji opened her eyes, her expression incredibly strange: "I wonder if my senses are wrong… How could Yan Qianlie be in the Dark Room? Or is he just nearby?"
Chu Ge paused, then said, "It's not impossible. The Dark Room is, after all, a gathering place for ability users, although their abilities are rather… well… there's more mental fluctuation than elsewhere? Could Yan Qianlie have gone there to observe?"
"…That's also possible, although I don't think it seems quite right."
"Regardless, let's go to the Dark Room."
…The little flame was hiding in a corner of the Dark Room, observing coldly.
It happened to be the weekend, and the people in the dark room were all there, exercising.
Yan Qianlie could sense that these people all had spiritual fluctuations; they were all cultivators of soul cultivation techniques. What was most infuriating was that a group of soul cultivation cultivators were here running and building muscles—what were they thinking?
There was a young man whose physique seemed to possess the qualities of the Five Elements, particularly wind. If he cultivated wind-based techniques, he might have some potential.
This was the easiest to understand.
The rest left Yan Qianlie on the edge of his seat.
There was a strange person practicing writing on their face in front of a mirror… Yan Qianlie glanced at him discreetly; two words were written on their face: "Terrifying."
Then Yan Qianlie truly felt that this person was terrifying, and his anger flared as he ran away.
He almost ran out the window before realizing that it was some strange, mentally manipulative technique. How could such a weak amount of soul power have an effect on him? Yan Qianlie was completely baffled.
As for Zhong Yi, whom he most wanted to observe, he was playing chess with a masked man.
They'd been playing chess since early morning, and this was their third game—it seemed endless.
He'd been following Zhong Yi all night and hadn't learned a thing. He couldn't even hear him talk to anyone to learn more about the world. The guy hadn't exchanged more than a few words; it was all just empty greetings and pleasantries.
What was the point of following him?
He'd be better off following a vegetable vendor; at least he'd see more people and more things!
If it weren't for coming to the dark room and observing some interesting superpowers in this world, Yan Qianlie might have already run away and followed someone else.
Now, at least it felt somewhat "worth the trip." Watching that fat man's superpower was quite interesting.
He was slamming his fist into the screen: "Character Meow, where's my Qiuqiu's two-star birthday card?!" Yan Qianlie could almost see his fist transform into unknown particles, weaving through unknown paths, condensing into a phantom somewhere, and smashing into someone's face...
This "flying sword" had traveled thousands of miles, yet the fat man had barely used any energy.
Interesting, very interesting.
Once I'm familiar with the abilities of this world, I'll go find trouble with the Creator God.
Father God? Bah. It's just some kind of ability; I'll figure it out eventually!
Just as he was thinking this, the door to the dark room opened, and two Calabash Brothers stepped in.
Yan Qianlie's body nearly exploded with flames.
He didn't know about anything else, but he was all too familiar with that woman's Calabash Brother aura!
Who else could it be but Qiu Wuji!