After a brief shock, Li Ye quickly calmed down.
Had the situation become this troublesome in an instant?
Before coming here, Real Person Zhou's meaningful hints suggested that he knew about the situation here. Perhaps he had even prepared for it long ago.
His trust in the sect made him feel that things could not be so simple. This was the Four Seasons Sect's Shanhe Cave Heaven, directly controlled by Jianmu.
Then the reason for doing this was...
Fishing for bait?
Li Ye took several steps back, moving away from the Land God Temple, and looked toward Tianhe City.
The city was still bustling with voices. The changes here seemed not to have affected it in the slightest, but a strange fox stench had already appeared in the air.
"Fox stench."
He recalled how the Earthfiend Ginseng had been controlled before. Its status had seemed to mention that it was controlled by fox stench, which was why it had so desperately wanted to bind itself in symbiosis with the lotus—and even now, that bizarre fox stench had not completely dissipated.
Was it trying to control me, or was there no way to attack me directly within Shanhe Cave Heaven?
Should I be bold one more time?
Li Ye thought rapidly. First, he formed a shield from spiritual power, pretending on the surface to resist while being unable to withstand the fox stench.
Yet beneath that facade, he had long used the Lotus Pill stored within Jianmu to maintain his clarity. To ensure no one discovered the act, he had even hidden part of his Divine Sense inside Jianmu.
After raising the Earthfiend Ginseng for so long, he had at least learned how this fox used fox stench to control others.
Under his convincing disguise, the fox stench around him initially