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"Since he didn't know, then his spirit servant remained a spirit." Cheng Sheng said.

"What? A spirit?!" they exclaimed in shock.

Cheng Sheng looked at them. "Well, spirit servants are originally a spirit so why are you all shocked?" he asked. He didn't wait for them to answer and continued. "But, since spirit servants need to have a medium, that person's spirit servant unsurprisingly is weak, and can't even make itself a spiritual body, making it have an appearance and appear to others, thus its master didn't know its existence since he didn't see it." He explained. "It only was created out of its master's will. And its master's will is… to kill that family whom he thought fled or hid to not pay their debt." He told them.

"So this is why it turned evil?" they said.

Cheng Sheng nodded. "Although the family moved houses, but the spirit servant managed to find them because of the karma between its master and the family." He continued. "But, since the spirit servant can't be seen, nor it can speak, it can't tell its master where the family lives. So, it went to find the family by itself and execute its task, which is the reason why it was created." He sighed.

The others also can't help but sigh. This unconditional feeling… it makes one frustrated but also sad. This spirit servant can't even pay respect to its master nor its master can see it. Such a pitiful being.

The atmosphere suddenly changed. Cheng Sheng coughed. "But, when the spirit servant reached the family, because it traveled far and used its energy, which is originally weak, to find the family, it almost died when it finally found the family and also found out that it is unable to harm them since it is too weak." He continued. "So, it can only attack the weakest person in the family, which is the ill daughter." He said.

"This…" their expressions suddenly looked complicated. They looked conflicted. They pitied the spirit servant, but morally, they also don't want for it to harm the humans. Yet, because the spirit servant exists to harm the family… ai. This matter is too complicated.

Cheng Sheng continued. "But, something unexpected happened." He spoke. "When the spirit servant approached the daughter, its spirit which is too weak but also reeks with evilness, it entered the daughter's body. Then, it fed from the daughter's vitality." He said. "And since the daughter is harmed this way, the spirit servant continued to feed from the daughter's vitality, and waited to become stronger so it could also harm the mother and father." He explained.

Their expressions turned ugly.

"So, this is why I thought that it was a demon." Cheng Sheng spoke and suddenly made a pause. "Well, it can also be called a demon." He said and sighed. "But, since it has a thread of life with its master, which surprised me, it is still a spirit servant." He told them.

"Ai…" Qian Su sighed. "I don't know what to say…" she said and shrugged.

"But, it is fortunate that you killed it." Kang Ce spoke. "Not only because it turned to a demon, but also you managed to save that daughter." He said.

The others nodded in agreement.

"What happened to that person now?" Feng Mo asked. "The master of the spirit servant." He added.

"Since it didn't know about the spirit servant's existence and the thread of life between them was severed, he wasn't punished." Cheng Sheng answered. "Also, the family has to pay him their debt." He added.

"What?!" You Rou exclaimed. "But, the family, especially that daughter, almost died…" she said, feeling sad and indignation.

"But, xiao Rou, this is what they owe to the person." Xie Lan spoke. "And isn't it because they owe him this so the spirit servant was created?" he asked.

You Rou fell silent, as well as the others. That's right… what was owed should be paid. Now look at the disaster it brought, which was actually unintentional. Ai. They thought and sighed.

"Then, what about those Eating Worms and spirit servants?" Jing Cheng asked.

Everyone started when the main problem at hand was brought up.

"Right." Cheng Sheng muttered when he remembered it, too. "Since the spirit servants are just spirits, and their mediums are basically just objects, the Eating Worms, if it won't but it could, can just suck vitality from their mediums as long as the spirit servants won't die, the spirit servants' spiritual bodies can't be harmed by the Eating Worms except for their medium, so it is convenient to use spirit servants when you want to use the Eating Worms." he explained.

"So, if the Eating Worms would touch the spirit servants' spiritual bodies, it will be their medium's vitality would be harmed and not their spiritual bodies, even though it looked like it was their spiritual bodies that are harmed?" Li Tian said.

"That's right." Cheng Sheng answered.

"So, aside from the Eating Worms, we also have to find these spirit servants?" Lei Qing asked and frowned.

"Yes." Cheng Sheng answered and took a sip of his drink. "Don't worry. Aside from the Spirit Tracing Talismans, you can also use the Visual Origin Talismans to find them, well, to be exact, their thread of life since the strings of the Eating Worm has a similar function with the spirit servants' and their master's thread of life." He explained.

"Oh…" they muttered when they finally understand it.

Cheng Sheng just smiled. "The Visual Origin Talismans are like my and Ling Yun's eyes, so it won't pose a problem to you as long as you feed the talisman with your spiritual energy." He told them.

They all nodded in understanding. When they use the Visual Origin Talisman, they will see the world as how Cheng Sheng sees it. This thought makes the Xinfaxian Sect, as well as the Youxiwang Sect and Xiao Le, feel happy.

They all had dinner after and saw Jing Kang and Lei Ling when they joined them. Jing Kang has finally calmed down, and everyone tacitly agreed not to let Jing Kang know about the spirit servant. They only told him what Cheng Sheng told them after. Jing Kang also knows that there is something that they aren't telling him, so he didn't ask anything. He will just wait until he adjusts his emotions and prepare himself before he asked them, or Cheng Sheng, about what Cheng Sheng said. He can guess that a spirit servant harmed someone, since before he left earlier, Cheng Sheng was talking about the spirit servants being used for the Eating Worms.

"Then, to find the spirit servants, let's split our forces." Zheng Fu Gong suggested.

"Okay." They nodded as they answered. There is also the Intersect Competition in which they have to be present to cheer for their sects, and also to not make the citizens notice that something happened and alarm them, as well as to not alert the enemy again.

They decided to ask Wu Bai to make a puppet for themselves to act as their dummies and attend the Intersect Competition on their behalf while they are out to look for the Eating Worms and the spirit servants and capture them all.

Most of all… they really have to thank Cheng Sheng for being conscientious, and to make everything convenient for them.

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"Er Zi… are you alright?" Wen Yan asked as he and Zhu Xi pulled Fei Yinzi, who was dangling on a branch, up for him to avoid the wolves who are jumping up to bite his leg.

"Thank you." Fei Yinzi spoke as they all crouched on the thickest and widest branch as they watched the wolves on the ground who are gritting their teeth as a low growl can be heard from their throats. They looked like they are itching to bite them for diner. 

"Er Zi! Are you alright?" Jing De, who are on another tree together with Jing Xu, Qian Jue and Qian Meng, to avoid the wolves, asked.

"Yes… thanks for your help earlier!" Fei Yinzi answered as he wiped the sweat off of his forehead. He was almost bitten earlier when they ran if the Zunjingde Sect and the Qianxu Sect hadn't appeared and intercepted the wolves, buying the Xinfaxian Sect some time to escape. Of course, they also turned back to help them.

"It's now dark… shall we kill the wolves and have them for dinner?" Jing De asked.

"Let's preserve our strength first. It will be easy to kill them later." Qian Jue suggested.

"Okay!" they answered. Not only they have to fight the other participants who are over hundreds, but they also have to guard against the wolves and other beasts in the mountain.

"Here are some pills." Fei Yinzi spoke as he threw a bottle of magic pills to them. "For saving me and my fellow disciples earlier." He told them.

Jing Xu caught it. "Though it was just a coincidence, but thanks!" he said.

"But we still have six days left… won't you run out of magic pills?" Qian Meng asked.

"No. Don't worry." Zhu Xi answered. "We have lots of them!" he said, assuring them.

But, his answer made the others want to beat him up. Su Mi, Su Yi, Wen Yan as well as Fei Yinzi placed a palm on their face, feeling embarrassed.