“Huh?”
As Yuebai’s words fell, Liuli in the depths of the ancient hall was instantly bewildered.
She had finished casting the corruption array on Lily long ago. Just now, Liuli had also noticed a certain ahoge haired girl who arrived late in the corner. She was trying to calm Lily’s emotions along with the Nine-Colored Deer. Beside the two girls, a sword-carrying girl in a horse-face skirt was hiding in the shadows, her gaze anxiously fixed on the battle situation. So since Liuli had finished casting the array, she had been quite at ease about her sister’s situation. Instead, she had the leisure to observe Yino’s situation. Liuli was puzzled why, after so much time had passed, Yino and Jinyue were still just trash-talking over there.
Clearly, the four of them had all sorts of grudges and resentments against each other, but when they got together, they all just stood there eyeing each other warily, chatting for ages without anyone making a move.
What made Liuli feel even more absurd was how, as she was just sitting back and watching the drama unfold, that white fox girl suddenly looked up and met her gaze.
Liuli didn’t even know who she was.
But…
“Prophecy?”
Hearing this sensitive keyword, Liuli couldn’t help but look closely, observing the brazen nine-tailed white fox with some caution.
Liuli had always been interested in so-called “prophecies.”
But her rank wasn’t high enough yet. As far as Liuli knew, there were indeed several senior archbishops at the Full Moon Cult headquarters in the Demon Abyss who had access to prophetic intelligence. And back when they ordered Gu Wanglan to massacre the Snow Village and capture the young Nine-Colored Deer, and later had Gu Wanglan wipe out the village and take Chen Jianxin…
These precise pieces of intelligence, almost like prophecies, were also things Liuli had learned from her superiors before eventually relaying them to Gu Wanglan at certain points in time. These prophecies were very secretive; Liuli wasn’t even sure how many hands the intelligence she received had passed through.
Later, during the sacrifice, Liuli had also asked the Mother Goddess about prophecies.
The answer was no.
So, Liuli could be certain that the Full Moon Mother Goddess did not possess the ability of prophecy, but over the years, the prophecies relayed by those archbishops who worshipped the Mother Goddess had all come true.
Gradually, Liuli began to feel curious about the existence of prophecies. She also wanted to know how those high-ranking archbishops knew about these prophecies that even the Mother Goddess was unaware of.
But unfortunately, no matter how much Liuli inquired in the Western Region over the years, information about prophecies was extremely scarce. Even people who knew about the existence of prophecies were pitifully few.
Liuli vaguely understood an unspoken rule: with her current connections and status, she simply wasn’t qualified to access so-called prophecies.
“You’re saying you can know the birth time and place of the future Child of Prophecy?”
Thinking of this, Liuli suddenly spoke up and asked.
At these words, the white fox girl on the platform immediately curved her lips into a smile.
She looked at Jinyue with a smug expression, then carefully chose her words before addressing the red-robed Holy Maiden of the Full Moon Sect:
“That’s right. Not only do I know, but if the Holy Maiden helps me today, perhaps in the future, this humble one might even give the Holy Maiden a chance to personally experience prophecy.”
“Personally experience prophecy?” Liuli raised an eyebrow, even more curious.
Actually, Yino felt the same way. He recalled the wound at the corner of Jinyue’s lips earlier, and her vague description of the abuser. This sense of secrecy that everyone knew about but dared not mention became even more serious.
And clearly, from Liuli’s thoughtful reaction, Yino could tell that she actually knew something about the existence of these so-called “prophecies” as well.
“Liuli, if you help this humble one kill Yino, not only will I tell you about the prophecy, but Yino’s innate Sword Dao Holy Physique will also belong to you.”
“You can sacrifice Yino to the Mother Goddess. I don’t want any spoils from him. I just want him dead here today!”
Seeing that Liuli had taken the bait, Yuebai negotiated more confidently.
She didn’t want to negotiate in person at all, because this would cause Xumo to be suspicious of Yuebai’s identity, and the more she showed herself, the more people would know about Yuebai’s identity.
But Yuebai had no choice. Because now Jinyue was making a fuss, Yuebai had to come out in person to complete the mission.
As a pawn under the Celestial Master, Yuebai naturally had access to many of the organization’s prophecies.
However…
She was lying to Liuli.
How could Yuebai possibly tell these confidential prophecies to an outsider like Liuli?
But even so, Yuebai felt that just the prospect of getting her hands on the innate Sword Dao Holy Physique was enough to tempt Liuli.
This gift of a Sword Dao Holy Physique – she had no reason to refuse!
“You old hag, you’re talking nonsense!”
“Liuli, don’t believe her bullshit! She can’t possibly tell you the prophecy!”
At some point, Jinyue suddenly bristled, glaring at Yuebai in angry.
Now, with the tables turned, Yuebai didn’t care about Jinyue’s curses at all.
Her nine demon tails swayed gently behind her as she rested her chin on her hand, snorting coldly and looking at Liuli with a playful tone:
“Holy Maiden, what do you think?”
“I…”
Liuli raised her eyebrows slightly, falling silent for a moment.
In her confusion, she glanced at Yino’s back, and suddenly her beautiful eyes became much clearer, dropping with a hint of suspicion: “I can help you, but you must show your sincerity first.”
“Sincerity?”
“For example, information about the prophecy.”
“You haven’t helped me yet, why should I tell you in advance?”
Yuebai laughed in anger.
But on the other side, the red-robed Holy Maiden also shrugged her shoulders, not rushing at all as she bargained: “You don’t have a deposit, so why should I believe you won’t run away afterwards?”
“Tsk…”
Seeing that this Holy Maiden wasn’t easy to fool, Yuebai also inwardly clicked her tongue.
She pondered for a moment, then took out a crystal-clear white-gold spirit pearl from her sleeve.
“I can’t say the prophecy out loud in public, but I can give you a token first.”
“This spirit pill is a soul source pill that I, as a fox demon, have refined over a hundred years. It’s worth about a quarter of my cultivation…”
At this point, Yuebai’s charming eyes flashed with a cold light, and she secretly curved her lips into a cold smile: “I’ll put this soul source pill in your hands first. If I really break my promise later, you can sacrifice this soul source pill.”
“Holy Maiden, I’m sure you know the significance of a soul source pill to demon kind. I can’t possibly destroy a soul source pill refined over a hundred years just for a few words of prophecy!”
“Is it really a hundred-year soul source pill?”
Seeing that white-gold spirit pill, Liuli immediately widened her eyes in surprise.
Yuebai snorted coldly, gesturing for Liuli to come over.
Liuli fell silent for a moment, but finally chose to walk down from the high platform, circling around Jinyue and Yino from the side, then step by step approaching Yuebai’s side-
“Liuli, don’t believe her bullshit! That soul source pill must be fake! She’ll run away afterwards!”
At some point, the red foxgirl spoke up more anxiously, scolding.
But her voice seemed to be ignored by everyone. Liuli just glanced back at her disinterestedly, then continued walking towards the white fox girl in front of everyone.
“Jinyue, look how anxious you are?”
“Whether it’s real or fake, won’t she know once she checks it herself?”
Yuebai sneered, giving Jinyue a disdainful look while casually tossing the spirit pill to Liuli.
“Holy Maiden, please examine it carefully…”
Liuli caught the pill, her beautiful eyes raising slightly as she truly sensed an extremely pure soul source power within it.
“It really is…”
Liuli murmured softly, fingering the white-gold soul source pill. She first looked up at Yino in the distance, then back at Yuebai. But Yuebai didn’t seem nervous at all and continued:
“Now, you surely believe me, don’t you?”
“I believe you.”
“Since you trust me, go kill Yino. After he’s dead, dispose of his corpse however you wish… As for Jinyue, you can rest assured. When the three of us attack together, that fox, no matter how cunning, can’t possibly use illusions to deceive all three of us at once!”
Towards the end, Yuebai revealed her vicious true nature, once again turning her alluring eyes toward the pale-faced red foxgirl on the other side.
She savored Jinyue’s desperate expression, feeling deeply satisfied. After all, in all these years, this was the first time Yuebai had seen such a pathetic and humiliated look on Jinyue’s face!
Before, Jinyue was a rebellious and stubborn. Even when the Celestial Master imprisoned her in the celestial prison, when Yuebai went to mock her, Jinyue remained expressionless throughout, showing no sign of anger or embarrassment.
But now…
The iron-willed Jinyue had finally cracked! Yuebai could even see that little face clutching Yino’s arm was about to cry from fear!
“Jinyue, this is what happens when you defy destiny!”
“When I catch you later, I’ll make sure you watch as he—”
SLASH!!!
Halfway through Yuebai’s cruel laughter, a horrifying blood-colored thorn suddenly pierced through her heart from behind.
The gushing blood not only stained the white fox girl’s chest-high pleated dress but also splashed all over Xumo’s face as he stood beside her.
“Master—?!”
Xumo’s eyes widened, staring in disbelief at the blood-soaked white foxgirl while turning to look at the red-robed Holy Maiden who had suddenly backstabbed her.
Actually, ever since Yuebai started negotiating with Jinyue earlier, Xumo couldn’t understand what was going on. His master had clearly said this evil sect’s Holy Maiden was on Yino’s side, yet now she was negotiating terms with the detestable Holy Maiden, and even easily believing her.
But because Xumo had just been scolded by his master for being talkative, and she had ordered him to keep his mouth shut and just listen, he hadn’t dared to question anything, silently waiting as Yuebai negotiated with the enemy.
But now, Xumo really couldn’t understand.
What was going on?
His master had repeatedly warned Xumo, but now that he was being obedient, his master had fallen for the grave mistake of trusting the enemy?!
“COUGH—!!!”
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the white foxgirl violently coughed up blood. As her pierced heart stopped beating, her legs began to weaken, and her delicate body started to collapse forward.
But as she fell, the blood-colored thorn that had pierced her heart was pulled back out through the foxgirl’s back, the cruel barbs spraying more black blood across the ground.
“Master!!!”