Not long after returning to Tonglin County, Shen Ying received word from the City God Temple.
"Snow Robe Lady has appeared at Holy Infant Mountain."
Shen Ying said with an odd expression, "Strange phenomena appeared in the skies above Holy Infant Mountain, and it nearly collapsed. Snow Robe Lady slaughtered Ghost Head Infant's subordinates to the last man, then left. Her whereabouts are unknown."
Lu Zheng looked completely baffled. "What's going on? Weren't they in the same group?"
Shen Ying nodded. "They were before."
"They aren't now?"
Shen Ying nodded. "Since Ghost Head Infant is dead, of course they aren't."
Lu Zheng blinked. "Since Snow Robe Lady was there at the time, could it be that she saw through the trap and therefore never showed herself?"
"That's possible," Shen Ying said. "But there's another possibility..."
Tu Yuya picked up from the side, "That Snow Robe Lady dug a pit for Ghost Head Infant."
"She pretended to cooperate, but intentionally or otherwise sent Ghost Head Infant into the Yang World to die." Tu Yuya curled her lips in a meaningful smile. "I heard Ghost Head Infant returned heavily wounded a hundred years ago, yet instead of breaking, he rebuilt himself, climbing another hundred-foot pole?"
Shen Ying immediately said, "That opportunity is at Holy Infant Mountain, and it is useful to Snow Robe Lady too!"
"So Snow Robe Lady's motives were impure from the very beginning?" Lu Zheng asked.
Tu Yuya shrugged. "Otherwise, she would have tried something before this."
After Ghost Head Infant was trapped, she had not even attempted to save him. The suspicion that she had done it deliberately was simply too great.
Lu Zheng patted his chest. He and Shen Ying exchanged smiles, both unable to help heaving a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he had not revealed the