Was it you that night?
Chapter 258 - 256: She Was Tightly Bound by That Remnant Soul

Chapter 258: Chapter 256: She Was Tightly Bound by That Remnant Soul

In the beginning, Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng both visited Shen Qinghe at the Simple Residence Courtyard. Feeling that outsiders were affecting the speed of her cultivation, Shen Qinghe decided to set up a Barrier outside the Simple Residence Courtyard.

Although Xiao Chen couldn’t comprehend why the Heaven Realm would be so ruthless towards Dongfang Wuya, he felt that the Heaven Realm must have also heard the rumors about the World-Ending Catastrophe and wanted to capture Dongfang Wuya for that reason.

After all, with the troublesome obstacle of Dongfang Wuya finally gone, it was a great cause for celebration.

He thought he finally had the chance to get close to Shen Qinghe. Yet, because her cultivation base was too high, he, in his cultivator’s body, couldn’t get near her unless he made up his mind to reveal his true form and awaken the Divine Power that had been dormant for many years.

But he felt there was no need to go to that extent yet.

If he were to awaken his Divine Power, he wouldn’t be able to stay at Sky Pole Sect anymore and naturally wouldn’t be able to get close to Shen Qinghe. This was not his desire.

One day, after finishing her cultivation, Shen Qinghe finally left the house to get some air. From a distance, she saw Meng Yun sitting on a wooden stool, lost in thought. She approached and asked, "Why aren’t you continuing to search for Mr. Wuya’s Remnant Soul?"

Meng Yun could only tell the truth: "I’ve searched everywhere I could, up and down Sky Pole Sect, but I’ve found nothing."

He felt he had let down Qinghe’s trust in him.

Shen Qinghe’s brows and eyes dimmed as she stared blankly ahead.

Seeing her like this, Meng Yun felt uncomfortable. "Don’t be sad. I’ll keep searching. There must be places we’ve missed. We should think about where Wuya liked to spend his time the most."

At that moment, Shen Zhiyao also walked into the courtyard and immediately responded, "Isn’t it obvious? Mr. Wuya’s favorite place is the Simple Residence Courtyard and his favorite person is Qinghe. Wherever Qinghe went, he liked to follow, and he especially loved Qinghe’s bed."

Meng Yun felt this reasoning was sound, so the most likely place to find the Remnant Soul was the Simple Residence Courtyard.

But they had searched inside and out of Simple Residence Courtyard, painstakingly combing through Qinghe’s bedroom a thousand times, yet they found nothing.

He looked at Qinghe and suddenly had a thought: "Could it be possible that Wuya’s Remnant Soul remained on Qinghe herself?"

After all, Dongfang Wuya’s favorite person was Shen Qinghe, wasn’t it?

"On me?" Shen Qinghe was taken aback.

Shen Zhiyao suddenly felt that Meng Yun made sense: "That seems quite reasonable."

"How on earth could I find a Remnant Soul on me?" Shen Qinghe felt this was far-fetched.

Meng Yun said excitedly to Shen Zhiyao, "Zhiyao, go and check Qinghe’s body to see if you can find Wuya’s Remnant Soul."

Shen Zhiyao really approached Shen Qinghe, concentrated her spirit, and meticulously examined her from head to toe. When she sensed a strand of aura that didn’t belong to Qinghe on the corner of her lips, her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

She gestured to Meng Yun to get out the Soul-Nourishing Device, then carefully gathered that strand of the Remnant Soul into the device.

Shen Qinghe stared blankly as Shen Zhiyao busied herself, "Elder Sister..."

"See for yourself if it’s Mr. Wuya’s Remnant Soul," Shen Zhiyao handed the Soul-Nourishing Device to Shen Qinghe.

Shen Qinghe’s heart pounded relentlessly, and her hands trembled as she reached for the device. Shen Zhiyao quickly steadied her hands, "Take a careful look, and try to stay calm first."

Shen Qinghe suppressed her excitement and reached out with her Divine Sense toward the Soul-Nourishing Device.

The moment her Divine Sense probed, it was tightly entwined by the Remnant Soul within the device. Who else could be this shameless but Dongfang Wuya?

Shen Qinghe decided not to retract her Divine Sense and let it stay in the Soul-Nourishing Device, accompanying the strand of the Remnant Soul.

Finally, with good news at hand, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Shen Qinghe was filled with fighting spirit.

Nobody noticed the flowers in the corner trembled slightly, and Xiao Chen at Spring Breeze Pavilion had his eyes on every movement in the Simple Residence Courtyard.

He frowned, not expecting Dongfang Wuya to have left behind a remnant soul.

He couldn’t let Dongfang Wuya have a chance to turn the tables; he needed to find a way to obliterate that remnant soul as well.

Yet with his current cultivation base, he couldn’t even break Qinghe’s barrier, so how was he to eliminate that remnant soul?

That’s why it’s not good for a woman to be too strong, especially women with a stubborn nature like Qinghe’s.

If he really let Qinghe nurture Dongfang Wuya’s remnant soul into full strength, he would have even less of a chance to get close to Qinghe in the future.

After some thought, he decided to seek out Yan Changsheng, planning to visit Simple Residence Courtyard with him.

Yan Changsheng didn’t expect Xiao Chen to come. After Xiao Chen made small talk, he revealed his purpose, "Qinghe stays in Simple Residence Courtyard all day and doesn’t come out. I’m worried something might happen to her. How about we go and check on her?"

Yan Changsheng had been troubled by the lack of opportunity to get close to Shen Qinghe. Xiao Chen’s words were exactly what he wanted to hear.

The two of them hit it off immediately and headed towards Simple Residence Courtyard.

"Zhiyao, Changsheng and I have come to see you," Xiao Chen spoke up first.

Shen Zhiyao instinctively glanced at Shen Qinghe. Shen Qinghe had just found Dongfang Wuya’s remnant soul and was delighted. But hearing that Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng had come, she immediately shook her head at Shen Zhiyao.

Shen Zhiyao took the hint, raising her voice, "I need to cultivate and don’t have time to entertain the two fellow cultivators, please excuse us!"

Xiao Chen looked towards Yan Changsheng, who thought of an excuse, "I want to pay respects to Master, Zhiyao, may I?"

Upon hearing Yan Changsheng’s voice, Shen Qinghe frowned, "There’s no need. My father also does not wish to see you. Fellow cultivators, please leave. My elder sister and I need peace to cultivate and can’t entertain you!"

Yan Changsheng had anticipated such a response and wasn’t surprised, yet he was still disappointed.

Xiao Chen, with a purpose in mind for coming, naturally was not willing to leave like this, "Qinghe, we just want to see Master and won’t disturb your cultivation. Just let Changsheng and me see Master for a moment, and then we will be on our way. Is that alright?"

He thought that by saying this, Shen Qinghe would give in a little, but there was no response from inside Simple Residence Courtyard, which he hadn’t expected.

The current Shen Qinghe was implacable. If he couldn’t even enter Simple Residence Courtyard, then how would he destroy Dongfang Wuya’s remnant soul?

He wasted another quarter of an hour, and the Shen sisters paid him no heed. He could only return from this visit empty-handed.

In the following days, he tried to enter Simple Residence Courtyard under the pretext of visiting Shen Zhuo, unfortunately, Shen Qinghe remained unyielding.

This left him with no strategy.

Why had he fallen for such an old-fashioned, obstinately stubborn woman? Moreover, this woman’s cultivation base was advancing by leaps and bounds every day. If he let her continue to cultivate like this, who knows how powerful she would become in the future.

He’d thought that after getting rid of Dongfang Wuya, he would be able to find an opportunity to get closer to Shen Qinghe, but it turned out he was thinking too simply.

Just as Xiao Chen racked his brain to destroy Dongfang Wuya’s remnant soul, Sky Pole Sect was suddenly surrounded by cultivators from the Demon Realm as well as The Four Seas and Eight Wilds.

Shen Qinghe, after several months of diligent cultivation, had improved her cultivation base. When these people approached Sky Pole Sect, she sensed them immediately.

If Dongfang Wuya were still presiding over Sky Pole Sect, who would dare to provoke it so brazenly?

It was only after hearing the news of Dongfang Wuya’s death that the Demon Realm and the cultivation world dared to cause trouble at Sky Pole Sect.

It wasn’t just Shen Qinghe who sensed it. Shen Zhiyao was also no longer the same; her cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Complete Stage.

The Shen sisters exchanged glances and hurried to the front of Sky Pole Sect as quickly as they could.