Livestock Raised in Captivity? (Part One)

Mo Li Trio stood frozen at the sight of the bizarre humanoid monster formed from smoke. Once the smoke had fully solidified, the monster slowly opened its eyes. Its blood-red gemstone-like eyes gazed at the three of them without a trace of emotion. Then, an extremely androgynous voice rang out: "I never would have imagined that after thousands of years without any livestock entering this place, two groups of people would come in within just a few days. You are very courageous. As a reward, I'll allow you to enter the Inner Hall and pay your respects to me. Come quickly. Don't keep me waiting too long."

"Two groups? Where are the people who came in before us? What did you do to them?" Hearing the humanoid monster's words, Mo Li immediately thought of Tomboy. Almost instinctively, he hurriedly asked the question.

"...This livestock of yours is quite interesting. You can actually control the Qi within your body already. Ever since the Gate of Gods was sealed, very few of you livestock have been able to sense the existence of Qi. I'm looking forward to meeting you." The humanoid monster answered a different question and continued speaking to itself.

"Answer my question! What happened to the group that entered before us?" Mo Li shouted, somewhat agitated.

However, this time the humanoid monster said nothing more. It merely cast a meaningful glance at the three of them before its body gradually dissipated, eventually reverting to ordinary smoke.

"What exactly was that? Was it really the legendary Queen Mother of the West?" Wei Dengke asked.

"No. It was merely a False Body formed by wrapping smoke in Qi. The real Queen Mother of the West should be in the Inner Hall she mentioned."

"Qi? False Body? What are you talking about?" Wen