At the bottom of Tianque Pavilion's valley, all was peaceful.
Yet in the dungeon, the imprisoned Huangque believers felt a great uproar rise in their hearts!
They caught a faint whiff of plum blossom fragrance and briefly lost focus. By the time several of them came to, the two jailers outside the cells had already vanished.
Vanished?
The prisoners immediately realized that the plum blossom fragrance they had just smelled came from Bingmei Yaohou's evil technique—Soul-Snatching Cold Fragrance!
Of course, some magical artifact might also have been at work.
Either way, the two jailers had disappeared, while the prisoners had regained their clarity.
Whoever had come clearly had no intention of harming the prisoners and had withdrawn the faint plum fragrance.
"Don't make a sound." A young man's voice quietly rang out, horrifying them so badly that the prisoners who had intended to call out forcibly shut their mouths.
Huangque Disciples possessed the divine technique Huanghuang Tianyin, capable of dispelling all negative mental states.
However, they were all in the Jiang Realm and could not withstand a Sea-grade evil technique. By the time they were wondering why the dungeon smelled of plum blossoms, they had already fallen victim to it.
"I am a helper invited by Pavilion Master Jinque'er. Stay in your cells. Before sunset, Tianque Pavilion will return to its former peace."
Among the prisoners, an older woman stepped forward excitedly and lowered her voice. "Hero... sir, directly above us on the surface, there is a wooden hut. Two Dong Ting fiends are inside."
"Mm, they've already been dealt with. Stay put." The young man's voice came again, greatly stirring everyone's spirits.
Torches were mounted along the walls outside the cells.
Yet the flickering firelight could not reveal even the slightest shadow of the mysterious person.
Everything felt so