Omen...?
When he heard the disciple's report, True Person Yuan He's eyes flew wide. "What?!"
Meanwhile, Yu Sheng was still puzzling over what "a yokai" was supposed to mean. It took his brain two seconds to match the phrase with that lunatic snake...
The disciple who had come to report quickly explained what had happened at the bottom of the Demon Suppressing Tower. Halfway through, True Spirit Yuanling could no longer sit still. "The Ominous Wandering Star suddenly went berserk? Let's get over there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered something and hurriedly turned to cup his hands toward Yu Sheng. "Ahem, something unexpected happened in the Demon Suppressing Tower. I have to go take a look. I'm really..."
"It's fine, it's fine—I'll go with you," Yu Sheng waved him off before he could finish. "I happen to have a few things I want to discuss with that 'Ominous Wandering Star.'"
True Spirit Yuanling nodded and said no more. He raised a hand and began forming a spell, preparing to ride the clouds into the air.
But just as his hand reached halfway up, he saw Yu Sheng casually pull open a door. On the other side was the Demon Suppressing Tower...
"...I forgot you could do that," True Spirit Yuanling said, stunned for a moment. He clapped his hands. "Even better. This is faster. Let's go!"
At the bottom of the Demon Suppressing Tower, a vast cavern connected directly to the earth-vein spring was filled with flowing light. The crimson glow from the magma beneath the earth mingled with the dim spiritual radiance emitted by the surrounding earth veins. Some restless arcs of lightning still lingered above the enormous platform at the center of the vein flow, but the Demon Suppressing Stone Pillars around the platform had