One evening, in a dense forest three hundred miles east of Shuanghua Valley.
Light and shadow flickered as a figure slowly emerged from nothingness.
The person was wrapped in a black robe, their face completely hidden beneath a wide hood. Strands of golden light flickered and flowed beneath it.
The Black-robed Man stood quietly on a tree branch, gazing toward the faintly visible mountains in the distance.
"How much longer are you going to wait? Hurry up and get this done so we can go back. There's too little incense here—it's miserable!" A rough voice came from beneath the hood.
"No, no, no. Dean Xiao said that the Daoist guarding Shuanghua Valley is especially skilled at bewildering the mind. We can't just rush in recklessly." Another voice spoke calmly.
"He can bewilder you, but can he bewilder me? I'm not even human." The rough voice was utterly unconcerned.
"Yes, yes, yes. You're not human. You're a Yinling. You're amazing. You're incredible." The other voice replied perfunctorily.
"Xiao Liang, you're a fucking coward! A weakling!" the rough voice cursed.
"You are me, and I am you. Cursing me means cursing yourself." Xiao Liang did not care in the slightest and even laughed.
"..."
"It's only been a little over a month. What's the rush?" Xiao Liang calmly reassured him.
"My Spirit God is indeed powerful enough that I needn't fear ordinary Divine Bewilderment Secret Arts. With you, this Yinling I'm inhabiting, we'll most likely be able to withstand that Daoist's Divine Bewilderment Demon Effigy."
"But the scouts and spies from before weren't useless either. The only reason they failed is because this man is extremely difficult to deal with."
"Since that's the case, there's no need for us to fight him head-on."
"I estimated their movements based on those previous scouts