Chapter 423: Suspected to be Yu Qing

Among those five superpowers that did not come to offer congratulations was ‘Dongming Sea’, the leader of the eight tribes of the demon race.
At the mention of Dongming Sea, Su Che immediately thought of Yu Qing, for the last time he heard news of Yu Qing, he was being chased by the two Yuan Ying elders of Tianxin Pavilion and eventually fled into the waters of Dongming Sea, after which there was no further news of him.
“Could this matter be related to Yu Qing?”
Without much need for reason, Su Che immediately linked the incident to Yu Qing.
This senior brother Yu Qing who once led Su Che into Tianxuan Sect was likely the reincarnation of some powerful being, with many deep secrets surrounding him. If he could orchestrate such a major incident, Su Che wouldn’t find it strange at all.
Coincidentally, at this very moment, the third elder of Tianxin Pavilion, Gu Lie, was still in the Immortal Prison. Su Che then asked in his mind, “Gu Lie, do you still remember Yu Qing, the one you and Gu You pursued some time ago?”
“Master, of course I remember,” Gu Lie replied with a bow in the Immortal Prison.
“Why were you chasing him?” Su Che asked.
“He tried to steal the inferior Dao artifact, the Heart Confusing Mirror, from our sect. He failed, and once discovered, we pursued him for thousands of miles, but he still managed to escape,” Gu Lie replied.
“Did you injure him back then?” Su Che asked further.
“Yes, Master,” Gu Lie replied cautiously, fearing punishment: “Although he was seriously injured and had no flying magic artifacts, neither I nor Gu You could catch up with him. He fled into Dongming Sea, and we had no choice but to give up.”
“Oh?”
Su Che became quite curious: “At that time, Yu Qing was only at the late stage of the Golden Dan realm. Even though he was severely injured and had no flying magic artifacts, he could still use his physical flight technique to fly faster than Gu Lie and Gu You, who were both in the middle stage of the Yuan Ying realm… Our senior brother Yu Qing is truly extraordinary!”
Thinking of this, Su Che asked again, “What is the use of that Heart Confusing Mirror from Tianxin Pavilion? Why did Yu Qing want to steal it?”
“The main function of the Heart Confusing Mirror is to assist our sect’s art of deception in battles, confusing opponents and plunging them into various illusions. It can even make them regard us as their closest friends, eliminating any hostile feelings and thus their ability to resist…”

Gu Lie explained in detail the function of the Heart Confusing Mirror, which, in simple terms, was a supernatural power used to manipulate minds. Only after that did he say, “As for Yu Qing’s exact purpose in stealing the Heart Confusing Mirror, we can’t guess, but it must be related to its uses.”
“The art of confusing minds…”
Su Che nodded slowly, thinking to himself, “It seems likely that those five superpowers that didn’t come to offer congratulations have already been dealt with by Yu Qing…”
It was hard to say exactly what Yu Qing had done to them, but Su Che intuited it must be related to him.
Since it was likely connected to Yu Qing, Su Che decided not to get involved. Yu Qing had his own reasons and needs for what he did, and meddling might even hinder him.
Yet, sometimes, if you don’t pursue something, it will come to you. After a morning passed, Lao He suddenly warned Su Che, “Master, there’s a message from the fourth level of the Immortal Prison. Long Li from the Xuansha Sect is experiencing unstable soul conditions; it seems he’s under soul attacks from others…”
“Long Li?” Su Che frowned.
Long Li was an Yuan Ying elder of the Xuansha Sect and also the representative of their sect who came to the Tianxuan Sect to offer congratulations. Although the Xuansha Sect and Tianxuan Sect had been bitter rivals for thousands of years, in recent years, Tianxuan Sect had seen several people successfully reach the Yuan Ying stage, greatly boosting their sect’s strength. The Xuansha Sect no longer dared to oppose them head-on and had tried various ways to reconcile their old grievances.
Thus, for this ceremony of passing on the sect leader position, the Xuansha Sect also sent an Yuan Ying elder and presented generous gifts as a celebration.
Of course, past grudges no longer mattered, as a few days ago, Su Che had already taken control of the Xuansha Sect’s four Yuan Ying elders, turning them all into his loyal servants. However, these matters hadn’t been made public, and even the other eight Yuan Ying elders of Tianxuan Sect were unaware that their new sect leader was about to take control of the entire Qi Yuan Star…
Slaves who had undergone soul transformation on the fourth level of the Immortal Prison could still sense each other’s soul conditions, even from millions of miles away. But due to the great distance, Su Che couldn’t use their souls to observe what was happening there.
At that moment, the fourth level of the Immortal Prison detected a sudden and severe instability in Long Li’s soul condition. This meant Long Li was under some kind of attack, either on his mind or his Yuan Shen, causing his soul to become unstable.

“Yesterday, it was mentioned that Yu Qing wanted to steal the Heart Confusing Mirror. Today, one of my subordinates has already suffered such an attack. Could it be that Yu Qing is also doing something similar to me, trying to secretly control the various sects on Qi Yuan Star?”
Su Che couldn’t help but smile bitterly inwardly: “If that’s the case, it’s truly like a flood destroying the Dragon King Temple—family members no longer recognize each other.”
Su Che had already guessed yesterday that the five major sects, including the Dongming Sea Sect, might already be secretly controlled by Yu Qing. So today, perhaps he has set his sights on the Xuansha Sect, the arch-rival of the Tianxuan Sect. This is because Yu Qing still doesn’t know that he has already completely taken control of the Xuansha Sect.
“Haha, interesting!”
In the Immortal Prison, Lao He laughed heartily, patting his belly: “You two brothers are clearly the two greatest calamities in the cultivation world. Even if you’re not together, you’ll still cause trouble in the human world, and sooner or later, you’ll collide.”
Cause trouble in the human world?
That’s too harsh a statement. Of course, Su Che didn’t want to accept it, but he was too lazy to argue with Lao He.
“Let’s go to the Xuansha Sect to see if my intuition is correct. If it’s not Yu Qing, then who could it be?”
Thus, the newly appointed Supreme Sect Leader seemingly flew out of the Tianxuan Sect alone. In reality, there were still over a dozen fully combat-ready Yuan Ying-stage subordinates in the Immortal Prison to assist Su Che in fighting the enemy. The other Yuan Ying subordinates were all busy with their own plans for the great migration.
As for the affairs of the Tianxuan Sect, they were still handled by the previous Supreme Sect Leader, now the first vice-sect leader, “Feng Yi.” To be honest, Su Che merely held the title of Supreme Sect Leader and basically didn’t handle anything.
The Xuansha Sect was only over two hundred thousand miles away, and it would take less than half an hour to fly there.
But after only one-third of the journey, Lao He in the Immortal Prison sighed deeply: “Master, Long Li is dead!”
“Dead?”
Su Che was stunned. To put it plainly, this was the first subordinate among those who had undergone soul transformation to die.
“A message just came from the fourth floor of the Immortal Prison. It’s suspected that someone tried to use a soul-searching technique on Long Li, because the fourth floor completely erased Long Li’s soul,” Lao He replied slowly.
“Did that person capture Long Li so quickly?”
Now, with so many subordinates under Su Che, losing one or two didn’t matter at all. But now he was secretly amazed at the person suspected to be Yu Qing—his methods were truly sophisticated. In just fifteen minutes, he had captured Long Li and planned to use a soul-searching technique on him.
“Even if it’s not Yu Qing, it’s definitely not an ordinary person.”

Soochae’s curiosity grew even stronger; she longed to meet this unknown “rival” right away, wondering if they might become opponents…