As Third Master Bai sank into his thoughts, several low knocks sounded from outside the room.
The young woman opened the door and, seeing Mr. Yue, hurriedly invited him in. Sensibly, she left the room herself, leaving Third Master Bai and Mr. Yue a relatively private space.
Mr. Yue examined Third Master Bai's body. His brows furrowed slightly before relaxing as he said,
"The Blood Sacrifice Diagram is complete. Shouldn't this woman be dealt with? She knows quite a lot. If word gets out, it won't be good for Third Young Master."
The Blood Sacrifice Diagram originated from the God of Slaughter Diagram, and the God of Slaughter Diagram originated from Bai Qi. There had once been a rumor in the world: Bai Qi the God of Slaughter had slaughtered too heavily and incurred the jealousy of the Heavenly Dao. His inheritors were destined to suffer the tribulation of nine calamities and die at another's hands.
It was a kind of curse, a curse from the Heavenly Dao, something mortals could not break. Unless one could charge through every calamity in one unbroken path and step directly into the realm of divine and demonic fruition, shattering fate itself.
No one knew whether this rumor was true, but one thing was certain: this mythic figure was indeed a taboo in the hearts of many orthodox factions. They found him even more repulsive and unacceptable than some Demonic Cultivators.
The slaughter he had wrought in those years had left the entire Divine Continent drifting in a sea of blood. Thus, though his inheritors did not belong to the demonic path, they inspired even greater wariness than demons, and their circumstances were absolutely grim.
Even though Third Master Bai came from the Nine Surnames Bai Family, cultivating the fragmentary secret arts left behind