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"Queen Mother of the West... Even her name sounds like that of an immortal." I thought of the Queen Mother of the West from Journey to the West. She was a famous immortal.
"Exactly. She was so powerful that people secretly called her the Queen Mother of the West. There aren't many women that formidable. It's said that no one has ever seen her true form, and hardly anyone even knows her name. I've roamed the gambling dens for centuries, and I've only seen her once." Luo Dongjun spoke with some admiration, indirectly revealing just how formidable she was.
Anyone who could grow an immortal herb like Ten Years, One Dream and was also a power-holder within the organization naturally wouldn't be simple. But since she kept to seclusion and rarely went out, I didn't want to dwell on it. I continued flying toward the secret passage. Halfway there, Long Yue and Xiao Mengtong emerged from within and looked toward the four Ninth-Level Immortals from earlier, their faces filled with concern for me.
"What happened?" Xiao Mengtong asked me.
I immediately gave them a brief account of the Evil Emperor. Long Yue and Xiao Mengtong both grew worried. "We went to activate the grand formation just now, but discovered that it was rapidly consuming energy. So although we had originally planned to come up, we went to the underground waterways instead to see whether the energy was enough to support the formation."
"Mm. And then? How are things down there?" Luo Dongjun was even more concerned about the situation inside than I was. After all, if a Ninth-Level Immortal entered, all of us would be finished. Besides, these four belonged to the organization. With our strength, we certainly couldn't match them—much less with the Evil Emperor present. He was