ATPnovel Chapter 65 Soul-Seizing Technique
Chapter 65 Soul-Seizing Technique
"Are you a woman?"
Li Xiuyuan, who originally intended to throw two punches straight at Li Xiuyuan's face, stopped himself.
He looked coldly at the pale, terrified oval face in front of him and said with a hint of surprise.
This was something Li Xiuyuan hadn't anticipated.
Shen Lin, who had previously thought Li Xiuyuan would be instantly killed by that sword strike, took a deep breath upon seeing the scene before him, tried to put on a warm smile, and stepped forward, saying:
"Young Master Xiuyuan, I was just about to say that Shen Yan was originally a woman, and the youngest daughter of the head of the main branch of the Central State."
Ok?
Hearing this, Li Xiuyuan looked with great interest at the woman whose fair neck he had just grabbed.
She had an oval face, and although her face was pale due to the depletion of her inner energy, and there were traces of bright red blood at the corners of her mouth, her delicate face was still undeniably beautiful.
"You... what do you want to do? I'm telling you, you'd better kill me now, or you'll regret it!"
At this moment, Shen Yan felt that her internal energy was almost depleted.
Moreover, even the life-saving sword energy left to her by her master could not kill Li Xiuyuan. She knew that she probably had no way to survive today!
"Make me regret it?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled calmly, then endured the lingering pain in his meridians and rapidly channeled a powerful and domineering true energy.
As soon as the words fell, Li Xiuyuan's eyes trembled, and an invisible wave suddenly shot out, directly entering the pair of dark and cold eyes in front of him.
Sensing that Shen Yan was completely under the control of his "Soul-Capturing Technique," he slowly released his grip.
Then I saw Shen Yan standing there, looking completely dazed.
"Now tell me about your background and your position in the Shadow Pavilion."
Li Xiuyuan had barely finished speaking when Shen Yan immediately spoke up.
"My name is Shen Yan. I am the illegitimate daughter of the main branch of the Shen family in the Central State Royal City of the Great Li Dynasty. Although I have enjoyed the family's resources since I was a child, I have not been well taken care of."
When I was ten years old, my mother passed away. I left the Shen family with my master and joined the Shadow Pavilion. My master was one of the elders of the Shadow Pavilion.
Because of my master, I became the Listener of the Wind in Yunzhou, and came to Yunzhou to be responsible for all intelligence gathering and distribution for the Yunzhou Shadow Pavilion.
"Listening to the wind? What does that mean?"
"Listening to the Wind" is the alternate title for the person in charge of intelligence collection and distribution within the Shadow Pavilion, who manages all intelligence affairs in a state.
Above Listening Wind are the elders!
Li Xiuyuan nodded.
He couldn't help but become more and more interested in the Shadow Pavilion.
Standing to the side, Shen Lin watched as Shen Yan suddenly transformed into a well-behaved girl who answered every question.
He suddenly realized something.
This was the "Soul-Capturing Technique" that he had given to Li Xiuyuan just a few hours ago.
Shen Yan's current state is that she has been affected by a soul-capturing spell.
The Soul-Capturing Technique can completely control the person under its spell; their actions and words can be manipulated.
Isn't this exactly the state Shen Yan is in?
But... how is that possible?
If it were someone else, they might not know, but Shen Lin had practiced the "Soul-Capturing Technique" and had even reached the beginner level.
Even so, he didn't dare to use the Soul-Capturing Technique to control others, not even opponents much weaker than himself.
After all, he knew that the "Soul-Seizing Technique" was not something that could be fully mastered at the beginner level. If the opponent had a slightly stronger will or had cultivated some powerful mental techniques, they could directly break through the Soul-Seizing Technique, causing the caster to suffer a powerful backlash to their soul.
At best, it can cause damage to the mind and spirit, lethargy, and dizziness.
In severe cases, it can shatter one's soul and render them mentally impaired.
Compared to severe injuries from martial arts techniques, even if one suffers a qi deviation, there are many ways to resolve and recover. However, with techniques that affect the soul, once a backlash occurs, minor injuries may be able to be repaired, but if the soul is shattered and one becomes mentally impaired, then there is no way to save the person!
This is why there are extremely few cultivation techniques related to the spirit and soul.
But... how dare Li Xiuyuan use this?
Moreover, the opponent was a peak sixth-rank cultivator.
Standing there, Shen Lin stared at Li Xiuyuan, who continued to ask questions, as if he were looking at a monster, and unconsciously took a few steps back.
After all, if Li Xiuyuan were to use the Soul-Seizing Technique on him when he had already had his power drained and his mentality collapsed, he would definitely turn into an idiot instantly!
"Okay, then I'll ask you again, why did you attack me?"
How much information does your Shadow Pavilion know about me?
After a moment's thought, Li Xiuyuan continued to ask questions.
"The reason we attacked you is because the Shangguan family contacted our Shadow Pavilion and spent a thousand taels of gold to have our Shadow Pavilion pinpoint your location."
"I took action because Elder Wu and the others couldn't find you after so long, and when I returned to Yunzhou City two days ago, I discovered that everyone at our Shadow Pavilion stronghold had been killed. I suspect it was you who did it!"
"As for your information, I haven't collected much in my Shadow Pavilion, except for more information about your engagement than what's currently circulating."
After all, your appearance was too sudden, and the information we at Shadow Pavilion have gathered is currently limited.
Ok?
Marriage information?
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but frown slightly.
He had previously learned from the monk Suixin that the beautiful young woman, Nangong Linglong, whom he had met at the restaurant that day and who had shown great interest in his whereabouts, was also engaged to him.
The fact that he had an engagement other than Lin Wanqing was indeed a very secret matter.
"Marriage news? It's about Lin Wanqing from the Lin family? Isn't that common knowledge in Yunzhou City?"
"No... Lin Wanqing is just one of your engagements. According to the information we have gathered so far, you have a total of three engagements."
Three portions?
Upon hearing this answer, Li Xiuyuan was instantly shocked.
When Li Xiuyuan first learned about his extraordinary marriage to Lin Wanqing, the proud daughter of the Lin family, he never expected it.
Later, he met the monk Suixin, who mentioned the beautiful young woman Nangong Linglong.
Upon hearing this name, Li Xiuyuan knew that she was no ordinary person, not to mention that he was also engaged to Nangong Linglong.
Shen Yan, who had just been under the influence of the Soul-Capturing Technique, claimed that she had a third marriage contract.
This inevitably made Li Xiuyuan very curious about who this third marriage was with.
Judging from the previous two marriage contracts, whether it was Lin Wanqing or Nangong Linglong, Li Xiuyuan could tell that the people his mother arranged for him to marry were not simple individuals.
Therefore, the identity of the person he is engaged to in this third marriage is definitely not simple!
But just as Li Xiuyuan was about to ask about the third marriage prospect, he suddenly realized that because of his emotional fluctuations and distracted mental energy, his control over Shen Yan with the "Soul-Capturing Technique" had weakened.
Li Xiuyuan suddenly felt a slight tremor in his mind, and immediately saw Shen Yan spit out a mouthful of blood, her whole body trembling uncontrollably, before collapsing to the ground.
They completely broke free from the control of their own soul-capturing technique!
"My head hurts so much, what happened to me?"
At this moment, Shen Yan felt as if she was drenched in cold sweat. She tried hard to recall, but she had no memory of it at all. She only felt that she had said something she shouldn't have.
My head feels dizzy and throbs slightly.
She shook her head violently, then looked up at the young man standing in front of her with a look of astonishment.
"It was you! What did you just do to me? You…"