The left eye gazed into the past; the right eye gazed into the future.
Bai Yujun swept her gaze across the reversing reflections. She saw the Jiuli forbidden land, and she saw the Divine Dragon Hall's demon beasts. The two sides had chased and slaughtered each other into a canyon ravine by mistake, and the Jiuli forbidden land was revealed to outsiders for the first time.
As for what secrets lay within the forbidden land—
Bai Yujun had absolutely no interest. There were too many secrets under heaven; she had no time to concern herself with them.
However, the methods of imprisonment were far too brutal. As a member of the Heavenly Army, she found them difficult to accept. A rift between her and the Jiuli sacred land was unavoidable. Bai Yujun could guess the old priest's intentions: nothing more than seeking out a totem sacred beast amid great chaos, bolstering their fortune to survive the crisis.
Becoming a totem benefited both sides.
Jiuli could strengthen its fortunes, while the totem sacred beast could become the faith of an entire people and receive the blessings of their fortune.
Bai Moulong no longer lacked longevity, and her fortune was hardly poor either. She had long since become a totem worshipped by many ordinary living beings. Her heart was calm; having it or not made little difference.
But with this whole affair added on top, her mood immediately soured.
The square remained filled with singing and dancing, while atop the high platform, silence was so complete that a needle dropping could be heard. Seeing no fight was going to break out, the monkey found it unbearably dull and squatted off to one side, gnawing on a fruit pit. Mu Duo sighed and seriously sampled the delicacies, unable to understand why a grand