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A loud reprimand suddenly pierced the air, startling both me and Xiaomei.
"Are you two discussing how to drag the Sect Master down?" A woman appeared before us.
A chill ran down our spines at the thought of her possibly reporting our conversation to the Ghost Gate Sect Master.
In an instant, a murderous intent flickered in both our eyes.
"What’s wrong with you? Your faces look strange," the woman observed, her body trembling slightly as she took a step back.
Xiaomei's murderous intent intensified, and I noticed a faint glow forming in her hand, ready to strike at the woman. However, the next words from the woman immediately halted Xiaomei's actions.
"Can I join you?" The woman's eyes sparkled with an unusual light.
"Why?" I asked, puzzled by her request.
"Because I want freedom. I don't want to stay in the Ghost Gate Cult any longer." As she spoke, a shadow of sorrow crossed her face.
I glanced at Xiaomei, who seemed to have lowered her guard after hearing the woman's words.
"What’s going on?" I asked the woman, my gaze fixed on her. At such a critical moment, any mistake could be disastrous.
"You don’t know? Everyone who enters the Ghost Gate Cult cannot leave because they are cursed with an Evil Art. This Evil Art is unsolvable unless the Sect Master dies. I've been in the Ghost Gate Cult for a long time, enduring countless moments of loneliness and despair. You have no idea. I have family and children. When I was captured by the first Sect Master, he placed this Evil Art on me. I've tried countless ways to break free, but nothing works. So, I’m asking for your help." The sincerity in her eyes was palpable.
I felt confused; there was something contradictory about what she was saying.
Noticing my doubtful expression, she explained, "It's because you aren’t part of the Ghost Gate Cult, right? As long as someone who isn’t from the Ghost Gate Cult becomes the Sect Master, the Evil Art placed on us will automatically dissolve. It’s as if the Ghost Gate Cult no longer exists."
Her words made both Xiaomei and me tense up immediately. How did she know we weren’t part of the Ghost Gate Cult?
"What are you talking about?" I maintained my composure; it was crucial to stay calm at this moment.
"Isn't it obvious? From the moment you entered, I sensed it. Your aura is different; it resembles what I felt before I joined the Ghost Gate Cult. This kind of aura is very sensitive to me," she said.
Xiaomei and I exchanged glances before turning back to her. "So your previous demeanor was just an act, right?"
The woman nodded and said, "Yes, I don't understand your intentions, so I can only pretend. For the past few days, I've been secretly watching you. I've noticed that you have a deep hatred for the Ghost Gate Sect Master, which is why I decided to confront you. I hope you can take me along."
Her words made me cautious about her; this woman clearly wasn't simple.
"How can we trust you?" Xiaomei asked.
The woman seemed to anticipate Xiaomei's question. She smiled and opened her mouth. Both Xiaomei and I looked at her curiously, wondering what she was about to do.
Suddenly, the woman pulled something from her mouth and handed it to Xiaomei.
Xiaomei frowned, looking at the woman in surprise. "You’re a demon."
The woman nodded and said, "I’m giving you my inner core. You should trust me now."
Xiaomei hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded and accepted the inner core.
"What are your plans?" the woman asked us.
I understood what she was asking but chose not to speak first. Xiaomei continued, "Now we need to take advantage of the time while the Ghost Gate Sect Master is outside. We should go to the Listening Pavilion and kill his divine beast; that will solve everything."
The woman nodded in agreement with Xiaomei's suggestion.
"Then let's set off now," I said.
Xiaomei and the woman nodded, and we followed the direction on the map with the woman leading the way.
As I watched her back, doubts still lingered in my mind. Taking advantage of her distraction, I leaned closer to Xiaomei and whispered, "Do you really trust her?"
Xiaomei glanced at the woman and pulled out the inner core. "With this in hand, there's no need to worry. The inner core is extremely important to a demon; as long as we keep it safe, we're fine."
Although Xiaomei made a valid point, my concerns remained. I decided to push them aside for now.
As we passed by where the Ghost Gate Sect Master resided, the ground suddenly shook beneath us, giving a sensation akin to an earthquake.
"What is going on?" I felt a sense of unease in my heart.
The woman walking ahead stopped when she heard my voice and said, "It’s possible that something inside sensed the aura coming from you."
Xiaomei and I were taken aback. The woman approached us, sniffing at our auras, and said, "Haven't you noticed? Your aura has already seeped out."
Immediately, Xiaomei and I began to sniff ourselves, and sure enough, our aura had indeed leaked out. The previously concealed scent seemed to have fully emerged at that moment. Not only that, we also saw an eerie green light seeping from the place where the Ghost Gate Sect Master resided.
"Look, your auras have all been absorbed by something inside that the Ghost Gate Sect Master possesses. This eerie green light is the information being transmitted to the Ghost Gate Sect Master from within. We need to hurry to the Listening Pavilion and eliminate the divine beast inside; otherwise, if the Ghost Gate Sect Master receives this signal, we will be in big trouble," a hint of worry appeared on the woman's face.
Xiaomei and I nodded, not bothering to consider what exactly was inside. We quickened our pace and strode forward.
Before long, we arrived at the Listening Pavilion marked on the map. I had thought it would be a mansion, but it turned out to be a cemetery.
"We didn't take a wrong turn, did we?" If the cemetery had the three large characters for Listening Pavilion written on it, I would truly believe we were lost.
The woman confidently nodded and said, "This is it."
Xiaomei was puzzled as she circled around the cemetery several times and said, "There’s no way through here; I've already checked with my demon power."
The woman replied, "That won’t work. Your demon power cannot probe anything within the Listening Pavilion; it’s been isolated by a special Evil Arts used by the Ghost Gate Sect Master. Wait a moment; I'll show you."
Xiaomei and I looked at her in confusion as she stood on a tombstone in front of the cemetery and without hesitation bit her finger until it bled.
"What is she doing?" I asked in bewilderment as she seemed intent on getting her blood onto the blank tombstone before her.
"I don’t know."
The woman used her blood like ink to write many characters on the blank tombstone that we couldn’t understand. After writing for quite some time, she finally stopped.
Suddenly, the characters she wrote began to change, slowly forming strange patterns that quickly morphed into an odd animal figure.
"Ancient Divine Beast," Xiaomei murmured to herself.
"What is the Ancient Divine Beast?" I asked Xiaomei, puzzled.
Xiaomei pointed at the divine beast that appeared on the tombstone and said, "That is the Ancient Divine Beast. Could it be that the beast inside is the Ancient Divine Beast?"
As she spoke, Xiaomei's eyes widened in amazement.
The woman stood up and, having heard Xiaomei's words, said, "You are right; this is indeed the Ancient Divine Beast. It is Xiezhi."
I lost my composure at that moment, feeling as if I had misheard. Why had the Ancient Divine Beast become the guardian beast of the Ghost Gate Sect Master?
At that moment, a rumbling sound echoed from the ground, as if something was about to crack open.
Looking closely, I saw that the tombstone the woman had just written on had split in two.
Just then, when no one was paying attention, a beam of light shot out from the tombstone, pulling all three of us inside.
This process lasted only a few minutes. When the light faded, we found ourselves thrown heavily onto the ground.
"Look, there are Xiezhi patterns everywhere," the woman was the first to notice and said to us.
I gritted my teeth against the pain and looked around. The walls were covered with Xiezhi patterns, and even the floor was adorned with them.
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