Everyone saw the space before the cliff ripple, churning into a vortex. The silvery-white moonlight gradually faded, replaced by a huge golden hall—majestic, spectacular, and towering. Its base was broad and its roof pointed, while the two characters "Town Evil" brimmed with an unusual spiritual resonance.
Lu Hou'er, who stood among the crowd so inconspicuously, felt an intensely agitated and uneasy emotion surge up within him the moment he saw the words "Town Evil." A streak of black qi faintly flashed through the depths of his pupils, but he quickly returned to calm.
The paths of evil and devilry might seem alike, but they were in fact distinct. Evil was evil, devilry was devilry; the boundary between them was as clear as the Jing and Wei Rivers, and they could not be spoken of in the same breath. Had "Town Evil" been changed to "Town Devils," Lu Hou'er would likely not have reacted as he did now.
Still, such a mysterious and dreamlike sight left everyone present dazzled and entranced. Even Mr. Yue and Third Young Master Bai were inwardly stirred, their hearts filled with fervent anticipation.
The Record of Exorcising Heresy recorded that the Town Evil Golden Hall was the Array Core of the Nine Heavens Jade Scenery Cloud Array, which the Great Sui Imperial Advisor had set up to suppress Goguryeo's Evil Artifact. Inscribed upon it were nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine Exorcising Evil Golden Runes, passed down from the Ancient Times and possessed of incomparably immense power.
This power was mainly divided into two aspects. One was the suppression of evil beings and the annihilation of evil and devils, against which it was invincible. The Exorcising Evil Golden Runes contained the righteous qi of heaven and earth, their power fierce, tyrannical, and inexhaustible. Through the accumulation