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“Young mistress, please have mercy~ Speaking carelessly about such things could cost this humble Daoist his life~”
Li Lishan waved the ink fan in his arms, smiling faintly. As a Daoist half a step into Divine Transformation, he had never feared Jinyue’s cultivation level from the beginning.
His previous ingratiation was merely to conduct business with Jinyue. But now Jinyue’s demands were too high, far exceeding Li Lishan’s trading parameters.
“How boring. I’ll tell you something good later, so can’t you reveal just a tiny bit?” Jinyue sighed, still somewhat unwilling.
Li Lishan shrugged, laughing and shaking his head: “Haha, heaven’s secrets cannot be revealed. Perhaps the young mistress should ask the lords at the Grand Tutor’s Mansion.”
“Old charlatan, you’re such a killjoy!” Jinyue puffed her cheeks and rolled her eyes.
But her mood changed very quickly. The red-haired fox girl seemed to think of something, suddenly smiling coldly and enchantingly, looking at the fat Daoist with meaningful eyes:
“Speaking of which, this young lady has a good prophecy to share with you.”
“What is it?” At the mention of prophecies, the Daoist’s eyes immediately widened.
Jinyue’s mind recalled the scenes from the Azure Forest—
“According to a not-so-reliable source, there will be a demonic abyss eruption in the Western Region in a few months.”
“Demonic abyss eruption?” Li Lishan listened with his face full of astonishment; this was indeed a disaster-level prophecy he had never heard before.
However, Li Lishan still nodded obediently in acceptance, after all, she had attended high-level meetings of the Vengeance Pavilion with the Celestial Master, so the intelligence sources she could access naturally far exceeded ordinary imagination.
Just the value of this one sentence from Jinyue was already immeasurable compared to Yanran’s few premium pills!
While Li Lishan’s mind was rapidly calculating, Jinyue also smiled enchantingly: “Yes, who would have thought that after many years, the Western Region would finally experience a new wave of demonic abyss eruptions. I wonder how much land and how many lives will be devoured this time…”
“Young mistress, is… is this true?”
“Not at all true. First, the source is unreliable, and as for its authenticity, it cannot be confirmed, because in a few months this young lady also plans to go to the Western Region to confirm it personally~”
Jinyue recalled what Yino had said in the Secret Realm, and couldn’t help but smile knowingly.
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She had indeed promised to reveal a prophecy to Li Lishan, but she hadn’t specified whether this prophecy was heard from the upper echelons of the Vengeance Pavilion or from Yino’s mouth. Nevertheless, despite such ambiguous wording, the fat Daoist nodded repeatedly as if he had found a treasure:
“Oh! This humble Daoist understands, understands! Such sources indeed cannot be spoken of carelessly!”
“Good that you understand. As they say, heroes emerge in chaotic times. If the Western Region really falls into chaos in a few months, it would be a good opportunity for you to earn merit points in the Immortal Alliance, wouldn’t it?”
“Hehe, I understand, understand!” Li Lishan’s mind turned rapidly, and in just a few seconds, he seemed to have designed countless opportunities to profit from the disaster.
Seeing him so excited, Jinyue narrowed her enchanting eyes and smiled warmly: “By the way, don’t tell others. Be careful, heaven has eyes and might strike you with lightning!”
“Rest assured, young mistress. I’ve been in this business for many years and know the basic rules!”
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“You’re saying that Yino isn’t dead, but half-alive?” In the Heavenly Apparition Hall, atop the high platform, the white-haired immortal maiden raised her golden eyes, asking with some surprise.
Below her, the white fox girl knelt on one knee, her nine demon tails lying obediently on the ground, completely losing the arrogant posture she had shown in the Azure Forest, looking as tame as a little dog.
However, this actually helped Yuebai quite a bit. Because Yuebai had always been cautious around the Celestial Master, and now that she had been marked with evil patterns and corrupted by Yino, this was the first time Yuebai had lied to the Celestial Master. So even if her body trembled with her tail tucked between her legs, it didn’t seem out of place. After all, Yino hadn’t died, which meant she had essentially failed the mission, so appearing submissive when reporting to the Celestial Master was quite normal.
“Celestial Master, you don’t know the half of it!”
“At that time, I was just about to kill Yino, but at the critical moment, that old witch Liuli used evil techniques to corrupt the ancient tree demon of the Azure Forest!”
“The waves of the demonic abyss were too frightening, and I was also worried that if I stayed in place, Xumo would be annihilated by the ancient tree demon’s demonic abyss as well. So at that time, I thought Yino was definitely dead, and didn’t bother with him anymore, but instead fled with Xumo!”
“But who would have thought! Yino miraculously calmed the raging corruption of the ancient tree demon!”
“According to what I later found out, it seems Yino had contracted with the nine-colored deer from Snow Village, and one of the girls traveling with him also possessed a resonance talent that allowed her to talk with animals and plants. So they relied on the resonance talents of these two to calm the ancient tree demon’s anger… Later, though Yino didn’t die, he was half-crippled by the demonic abyss burns, and should now be back at Ranmo Peak recuperating.”
Yuebai’s description was animated, and although it was a fabricated version of events, coming from Yuebai’s mouth, it indeed carried some emotional authenticity. The reason was simple: Yuebai had truly been trapped and corrupted by Liuli and Yino.
This story was half false and half true, filled with Yuebai’s tears of corruption in the depths of the ancient temple and the countless forced surges of passion.
As Yuebai’s words fell, the Heavenly Apparition Hall sank into a long silence.
Yuebai vaguely noticed that the Celestial Master’s hand, which had just placed a chess piece, seemed to tremble slightly.
Click…
The chess piece was placed.