Chapter 103: Gnawing hunger. When Ba-Shei vanished into the darkness, the other people around Yao Jun's body quickly prepared themselves, keeping a close eye on the surroundings. If someone got too close, they would either kill that person or grab Yao Jun's body and escape, depending on the opponents strength. With Yao Jun's consciousness in Ba-Shei's body, he was controlling it's body to move as he wished. This of course, did not grant him perfect control over Ba-Shei's body, there were certain limitations that Yao Jun needed to be mindful of. One limitation was that Ba-Shei's consciousness was also within the body. If Yao Jun were to control Ba-Shei's body and try to force it to do something it vehemently disagreed with, it could take back control of it's body and prevent Yao Jun from doing whatever it disagreed with. Another limitation was the range. The closer he was to his own body as he controlled Ba-Shei's body, the more fluent his control would be. If he got too far away, he would only be able to order Ba-Shei what to do, but not control it's body to do that. This was because his soul was currently too weak, making his range limited. They were hiding at the east side of the city, while Yang Yuhuan was imprisoned at the western side of the city. There was a distance of around six kilometers between them, which was too large for Yao Jun to perfectly control Ba-Shei's body, meaning that he could only order it to follow his bidding and hope that it agreed. Of course, as the holder of the Demon God's Gate, if Ba-Shei decided to go against his order, he had the power to punish Ba-Shei. Ba-Shei dove into the darkness, leaving the darkness every fifty meters and then diving back down again, repeating the process as it traversed the town. It was night now, so there was darkness everywhere, but people often underestimated how much darkness there was in the world, even when the sun was shining strongly. Every pebble on the ground, every blade of grass, every bug flying in the air or crawling on the ground. They all cast a shadow, a door for people and Demonic beasts who controlled the darkness element to dive into. Even if the sun was at it's brightest, Yao Jun had full confidence that he could traverse the entire town. Of course, Yao Jun was still being extremely careful, constantly making sure that Ba-Shei was not leaking out any of it's aura, lest they be discovered. As they were traveling across the town, Yao Jun also kept a close eye on the surroundings. There would be people from the Guo clan wandering around the streets from time to time, but none of the town's residents were out walking. Every shop was closed and all the residents were forbidden from leaving their homes, given the excuse that it was safer in their homes. Yao Jun could not help but start thinking when he saw this. It was indeed safer and more peaceful inside their homes, but how was this any different from a prison? They were safe and at peace inside their homes, but they were forbidden from leaving, forbidden from doing what they wanted. He couldn't help but think about what he himself wanted. Was this the sort of peaceful world he wanted to create for his loved ones? A world where they were safe and at peace, but trapped within a cage he had created? No, it was not. He wanted a peaceful world where those he loved could live in safety and peace, but also be free to do as they wished. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that what he and Wan Yi wanted were not so different, only on different scales. Yao Jun quickly shook his head and threw away the thoughts. He was in the middle of a mission, this was not the time to be getting distracted, especially while he was with Ba-Shei. Yao Jun found that Ba-Shei would often stop moving when he stopped paying attention to it. It did not stop because it was uncertain of what to do, it stopped because it was staring at the Guo clan people walking by, a hungry light in it's eyes. Yao Jun's consciousness was inside Ba-Shei, so he could obviously feel everything it did. Ba-Shei felt a gnawing hunger, a hunger that was ever present within it. Ba-Shei did not need to eat to stay alive, it could simply absorb the surrounding Qi to survive. But it still felt that hunger, a hunger that had never left it since the day it was born. "Don't worry. Once this is over, I will find you some good food.” Yao Jun forced Ba-Shei to ignore the hunger for now, promising it that he would provide good food for it once the mission was over. Ba-Shei of course listened to Yao Jun. As the holder of the Demon God's Gate, they followed his orders not out of fear of getting punished, but out of respect. That was also why they referred to him as lord. The place where Yang Yuhuan and her brother was imprisoned was disguised as a completely normal house, standing in an unremarkable spot that was easily missed. The prison was through a secret door in the floor that lead to a prison area beneath the ground, something left behind by the previous ruler of this city. “You fuck! Leave her alone and hit me instead!” When Ba-Shei entered the darkness that existed within the prison, a loud shout rang out. There were several cells in this prison, but only two of them were occupied. In one cell, there was a tall and burly man with golden hair that had been cut short. He was clad in a ragged Yang clan robe. Yao Jun had met this man once before, in Zhenya valley, he was the brother of Yang Yuhuan. He was currently shouting loudly at a person in the cell right across his. This cell contained two people, Yang Yuhuan, whose entire face was bruised and bloody, and a man who seemed to be around 50, clad in Guo clan robes, who was currently savagely beating Yang Yuhuan. “You shut up! Because of your Yang clan, we have already had to lower our heads for several years! I will deal with you later. ” The man stopped his punches and turned towards Yang Yuhuan's brother, shouting loudly. Yao Jun could even see the veins on the man's forehead sticking out, it was clear that he was full of rage. “Really, such a pathetic clan. You can't even deliver a good punch.” Yang Yuhuan let out a small laugh as she taunted the man. She had come to terms with the fact that she was going to die, so she was determined to anger the people from the Guo clan as much as she could before she died. “Weren't you awfully hungry Little Ba? There is some good food right there. Just make sure it is quiet.” While the man from the Guo clan returned to punching Yang Yuhuan in rage, Yao Jun's voice rang out in Ba-Shei's head like a soft whisper. Yao Jun could feel Ba-Shei's boundless excitement after his voice rang out. It quickly made it's way to the ceiling above the Guo clan man. The man was not even at the 1st Mortal Earth, so it was clear that he was not a fighter from the Guo clan, so Yao Jun was not worried about Ba-Shei. Once Ba-Shei reached the ceiling above the man, it positioned it's body and dropped out from the darkness, plummeting towards the man. The ceiling was only four meters away from the floor, so Ba-Shei reached the man almost immediately. The man heard something above him, so he raised his head to stare, coming face to face with Ba-Shei's split maw. While Yang Yuhuan and her brother were watching in surprise, Ba-Shei closed it's maw down on the face of the man, it's teeth sinking into his head. But Ba-Shei did not kill him, the bite was only to silence the man. When the man fell to the ground under Ba-Shei's weight, it coiled around his body and started slowly tightening it's grip, slowly crushing the man to death. Ba-Shei liked it when they squirmed and twitched right before death, it made him feel powerful. While Ba-Shei was crushing the man, Yao Jun found himself very surprised. Since his consciousness was still in Ba-Shei's body, he could feel everything it felt. When the blood of the man dripped down onto Ba-Shei's tongue, Yao Jun did not taste the metallic taste he had expected. Instead, the blood had a very sweet, almost fruity, taste to it. It was like he was drinking a fine wine, it was almost intoxicating. Yao Jun quickly regained his calm and cut off his sense of taste, lest he become addicted to it. After the man stopped twitching and squirming, his bones pulverized by Ba-Shei's strong body, Ba-Shei opened it's maw and swallowed the man whole, leaving behind no trace of him. After it swallowed the man, it turned to a shocked Yang Yuhuan. All it took was a quick move of Ba-Shei's mind, and Yang Yuhuan's body vanished into the darkness, entering the same black space that Yao Jun and Ba-Shei entered whenever they dove into the darkness. Before Yang Yuhuan's brother had the time to shout anything, Ba-Shei entered his cell and brought him into the darkness as well. Once the two were secured, Ba-Shei also vanished into the darkness, disappearing from the prison.