Fun fact: this man grinning viciously and using demonic methods to eat people was actually one of the good guys

After hearing the sound of the Shadow landing, Lin Yu immediately planned to go around to the other side of the bookshelf to see who the Shadow was.

But Jian Cunyi reached out and stopped him.

"Brother Lin, be careful... This person doesn't seem to be a 'Player,' and I can't even be sure if he's human, demon, or monster. In short, his aura is very strange—he managed to evade our senses just now, so this guy is probably not simple."

"Besides, I haven't completely controlled him, so let me go first."

Jian Cunyi spoke, he took a step forward and then raised one hand.

As Jian Cunyi raised his hand, a sudden gust of wind arose inside the Transmission Pavilion, rolling up both rows of bookshelves in front of them and steadily pushing them aside.

"Kara--"

As the rows of bookshelves moved, the Shadow that had fallen to the ground on the other side of the Transmission Pavilion was revealed to Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi.

Looking at the scene, Lin Yu said with some helplessness, "Brother Jian... I think you might be overthinking it."

Because of the Shadow behind those rows of bookshelves...

He was lying on the ground, rolling around and groaning, looking very painful.

Moreover, although this person was dressed in a full set of night clothes and even wore a hood, judging from her slender figure and outline, she seemed to be a young girl.

The cry of pain, "Ouch!", was clearly a woman's voice.

Clearly, when Jian Cunyi shook the Copper Bell and pulled her off the ceiling, the fall was quite severe for this guy.

Jian Cunyi looked at the woman in black writhing on the ground like some kind of larva and said helplessly, "Alright, Brother Lin... I was indeed a little too nervous."

"It's just that this person concealed her aura so well that I couldn't help but overthink things without knowing her background or identity."

Jian Cunyi spoke, Lin Yu also sighed.

"Brother Jian, your concerns are not without merit, but clearly... this person's strange aura is only due to her excellent concealment skills, not because she is actually that strong."

"In nature, besides the top predators who need to kill with a single strike, there are sometimes even the weakest prey that have no means of attack or defense, skilled at camouflage..."

As Lin Yu spoke, he looked again at the Shadow on the ground.

And this guy...

It's clearly the latter.

Jian Cunyi: "That makes sense..."

As he spoke, he reached out and a gentle Pure Qi lifted the woman in black from the ground.

"Ouch, that hurts! Be gentle, be gentle... Huh? Why doesn't it hurt anymore?"

As Jian Cunyi lifted the woman in black, she screamed incessantly, but the screams abruptly stopped halfway through.

The woman in black touched her back, buttocks, and arms. Although her face was covered by a veil, revealing only her eyes, those eyes were enough to convey her bewildered and dazed expression.

"Hey, oh, why doesn't it hurt anymore?"

Jian Cunyi said, "Because I used Healing Spell to heal your injuries... although the injuries themselves weren't very serious."

"In short, young lady, I apologize for my rudeness earlier. After all, I hadn't noticed you in the Transmission Pavilion before, and I was quite startled when I suddenly sensed your presence, which is why I struck you so hard."

"I observe that your qi and blood are in perfect balance, indicating you belong to the Martial World Righteous Path... Therefore, I apologize for my earlier offense."

Jian Cunyi said politely.

Hearing Jian Cunyi speak so politely, the woman in black pondered for a moment, then straightened her back. "Honestly, I was the one who came to this pavilion first, and you suddenly attacked me, making me fall so badly! That's too much!"

"Judging by your attire, you must be a member of the Daoist Sect. Which sect do you two Daoist Sect to? How could you act like this! You have to compensate me—otherwise, I'll tell your master that you're bullying people outside!"

Jian Cunyi's originally polite communication was suddenly taken aback by the other party, leaving the "Feng Shui Master" slightly stunned.

"This..."

Lin Yu sighed and patted the "Feng Shui Master" Jian Cunyi shoulder.

"Let me do it, Brother Jian."

He stepped forward, looking at the woman in black before him, his face cold and stern. "Which Daoist Sect we belong to is unimportant. What's important is... Although Brother Jian said your aura is upright and suggests you belong to the Martial World Righteous Path, your actions suggest you may not be Righteous Path of them!"

"You sneaked into the Daoist sect's Transmission Pavilion without permission, and when you saw us arrive, you sneakily hid. After being discovered by Brother Jian and me, you even turned around and accused us—how dare you!"

"In my opinion, you're the one with ulterior motives."

Lin Yu spoke in a serious and sharp tone, as if he were about to strike and knock the woman in black to the ground at any moment.

However, the woman in black was not intimidated by Lin Yu. Instead, she stood with her hands on her hips even more confidently.

"This Duxuan Sect is an ancient sect whose lineage has been severed. How could I have infiltrated here? I simply stumbled upon it by chance. Do you think I wanted to come here? I'm trapped here!"

Lin Yu pressed further, "Then why did you see Brother Jian and me hiding?"

The woman in black immediately replied, "Didn't you two attack as soon as you saw me? This Dao Sect ruin is so strange, who knows if you're good or bad—when I heard the commotion, I naturally had to hide!"

"Eccentric?"

Lin Yu frowned and asked.

The woman in black stared at Lin Yu for a moment, then said incredulously, "Didn't you two notice anything strange about this place?"

"If anything is strange, it's that we're outside the Transmission Pavilion..."

Jian Cunyi was about to speak, Lin Yu interrupted him.

"We vaguely heard some noises coming from outside the Transmission Pavilion, that was the only odd thing. Now it seems that the noise was most likely caused by you," Lin Yu winked at Jian Cunyi immediately understood that Lin Yu was trying to conceal information about the two corpses. "Apart from that, there's nothing else strange."

Jian Cunyi nodded. "Yes... before I met you, there was nothing strange about the entire sect."

Upon hearing this, the woman in black looked at the two of them, and suddenly seemed to understand something. "Oh, oh—I see... How long have you two been here?"

Jian Cunyi glanced at Lin Yu, and without Lin Yu's objection, said, "We've only been here for less than half an hour."

The woman in black suddenly realized, "No wonder... And judging by the time, it's definitely around 'Yang Time' outside now... It's normal that you haven't seen anything 'strange'!"

"Heh, heh... you're in for a rough time," the woman in black sneered twice, then said, "Do you know how long I've been here? I've been trapped here for a month!"

Hearing the woman in black's voice, Lin Yu narrowed his eyes. "A month? What's going on... And you mentioned 'Yang Time,' do you mean this place also has 'Yin Time'?"

As Lin Yu spoke, the woman in black shook her head. "I'm not telling you... You two went straight to the Transmission Pavilion of the Duxuan Sect as soon as you came in, who knows if you're any good people!"

"While there are fewer pretentious scoundrels in the Daoist Sect than in the martial arts world, they're not entirely absent—I think you two are the real scoundrels who covet the magical Magical Artifacts and other treasures of the Duxuan Sect, which is why you judge me by your own petty standards and think I'm here to steal too!"

The woman in black retorted.

Jian Cunyi explained, "Then you've misunderstood. We both received the Daoist Sect tradition. The master beside me has a deep connection with the Duxuan Sect, and the senior master who left me the tradition was a highly accomplished figure within the Duxuan Sect hundreds of years ago..."

The woman in black said, "You say so, but I don't understand your Daoist Sect methods. How am I supposed to know if you're lying to me?"

"I think you two are nothing but demons! You're two evil sorcerers!"

Jian Cunyi was about to defend himself when Lin Yu suddenly stepped forward.

His face hardened, and he said, "You little brat, you actually saw through my and Brother Jian's disguise. You can't be allowed to live now!"

As he spoke, Lin Yu's hands surged with blood energy, and the Karma Threads Divine Ability wrapped around his hands. The energy of the [Empty Bottle] spewed out, carrying with it the Heavenly Demon energy of the "Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord".

Jian Cunyi stared blankly at Lin Yu's actions for a moment, then decided to remain still.

Lin Yu's large hand reached for the woman in black. The woman's expression Cataclysm, and she threw two Hidden Weapons in an attempt to escape. However, the Hidden Weapons were immediately deflected by Lin Yu's two Sleeve Arrow.

"Bite!"

"When!"

After two crisp, clean sounds, the Sleeve Arrow, with two soft pouches attached to it and iron weights, was nailed to the wall behind the Transmission Pavilion. Pale yellow smoke billowed from the pouches, clearly some kind of Smoke Bomb used for escape.

The woman in black, who was about to turn and run away, was caught by a sudden gust of wind and swept towards Lin Yu's direction.

I didn't realize it when she was rolling on the ground, but this woman in black is actually quite tall, with long arms and legs. When the wind blew her, she flew sideways like a straw.

Lin Yu grabbed her by the back of the neck, looked at her, and gave a chilling sneer, "Be more careful in your next life! Don't be so clever!"

As he spoke, Lin Yu raised his hand.

The woman in black screamed, "Daoist priest... no, Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life!"

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I'm still useful! There's another terrifying being within the Duxuan Sect —if you kill me, you can't defeat him!"

"That being has been lurking within this Duxuan Sect for a long time. Once the 'Yin Time' arrives, you will not be able to deal with him. Only I can help!"

"Whoosh!"

Lin Yu's Right Hand fell.

"Ah--!"

However, after the woman in black screamed, she suddenly found herself unharmed.

Only the mask on his face was gone.

Her face, streaked with tears, appeared before Lin Yu, looking pitiful; her lips were pale, and her cheeks were somewhat ashen.

She forced a smile at Lin Yu's leniency.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Thank you for sparing my life!"