Yunxi did not know much about the Heavenly Demon Palace's Saintess, so she spoke with great courtesy. The other woman's cultivation was evenly matched with hers, and those eyes in particular gave her the feeling that they saw through everything. Thus, she remained rather guarded.
Once the group of four left Wugui City, Xun Kun tossed out his Flying Boat. In a flash, all four boarded it. After adjusting their direction, they sat cross-legged, and Cao Yi recounted what had happened in Wunian City, ensuring that the Saintess and Xun Kun shared the same information as them.
Ren Tianning turned her amber eyes toward Cao Yi after listening.
"Fellow Daoist Cao, what insights do you have?"
Lowering his eyes, Cao Yi said:
"I would not dare call them insights. I merely speculate that there must be an array within the black hole. Otherwise, it would not have prevented even Great Powers among the ghost cultivators from approaching. This seems more likely to be an artificially created black hole than a naturally formed one."
Xun Kun nodded after hearing this, agreeing with Cao Yi's assessment. The other party was an eighth-grade array master, and this was a possibility deduced from his area of expertise. It was highly convincing.
Ren Tianning seemed to agree as well. She then looked at Yunxi and said:
"Fellow Daoist Ranxi, True Venerable Mingyou said this was a trap set by the evil cultivators, intended to gather the Soul Power of ghost cultivators. Why are they doing this?"
"What else could it be for? Gathering Soul Power is naturally to nourish the Evil God's divine soul."
"Oh? What basis does Fellow Daoist Ranxi have for such a conjecture?"
Ren Tianning continued asking.
Yunxi could not be bothered to explain sentence by sentence, so she pushed a jade