Yet the gale was only a prelude. Before long, dark clouds rolled in from every horizon, rapidly squeezing the clear sky above Thousand Mile Lake. The visible patch of sky shrank at a discernible pace. The demons and ghosts around Thousand Mile Lake all cast uncertain, startled glances toward it, wondering whether some great event was about to unfold again...
Wood Lady Mu had spent many years in the Demon Ghost Domain, yet she had never heard of such an abnormal phenomenon above Thousand Mile Lake. For a moment, she looked around in mild astonishment. Suddenly, the lake waters around Shuntian Island, which rippled gently all year round, became utterly still. Not only nearby—looking farther out, the entire lake lay deathly silent. Even the wind could not stir it, and the sight sent chills seeping into one's heart.
Wood Lady Mu swiftly released her divine sense to sweep the waters around Shuntian Island. She discovered that the fish beneath the surface were fleeing in terror toward the surrounding waters, as though something dreadful were about to happen.
With so many abnormalities appearing at once, Wood Lady Mu dared not delay. She quickly took out a silver orb. Yue Qianchou had once instructed her that if anything unusual occurred in the Demon Ghost Domain, she was to report it to him immediately. With such a bizarre phenomenon before her, how could she dare procrastinate? If anything went wrong, it was not something a mere tree demon like her could bear...
As for matters in the Demon Ghost Domain, Yue Qianchou might have been a hands-off shopkeeper, but if anything truly happened, he would always be the first to deal with it. After all, the Demon Ghost Domain was the foundation of the Demon Ghost Exterminates Immortals Array, mankind's sole and strongest