"When we were preparing to make our move, I had people watching all around Nether Emperor Mountain. I was afraid that bitch would get away." Madam Black Pool walked beneath the eaves, her face full of hatred. "Who would have thought we'd search inside and out and still fail to find her? Where could she be hiding?"
"No need to look. She left long ago." Black Mountain King, who had been silent in thought, suddenly sighed and handed over the jade tablet in his hand. "She left this on the stone mill before she departed. It was meant for you. Take a look."
"She left long ago? Could she really foresee the future?" Madam Black Pool accepted the jade tablet with a face full of doubt and examined it. It read: Since you wish to supplant the host, I shall leave early. Wu Yunfang, do not miss me!
Though it was only a dozen or so words, storm clouds gathered across Madam Black Pool's face. With a smack, she crushed the jade tablet in her hand into powder, then suddenly swept her gaze around and shrieked hoarsely, "You must still be hiding somewhere in this Nether Emperor Palace! I will find you!"
"How do you know she must be hiding in the Nether Emperor Palace?" Black Mountain King frowned.
"Does that even need saying?" Madam Black Pool said, both furious and embarrassed. "Ever since our physical bodies were destroyed in the Immortal Realm, you haven't called me by my name even once during all these years in the Underworld. No one else could possibly know it either. How could she know my real name is Wu Yunfang? Clearly, she overheard our conversation with Jin Tai earlier and learned my name that way. Now she is putting on this mysterious act