It was dangerous outside, but someone here never heeded warnings

Leave blank space.

This is a common technique in dialogue design and theatrical performance.

Sometimes, not saying or acting can be more impactful than saying or performing something directly.

When engaging in "Fraud," sometimes speaking less can bring unexpected advantages and results.

Just like Lin Yu at this moment, he only said a word or a question casually, as if he didn't say anything, but everything seemed to be understood without being spoken.

After all, Lin Yu didn't know anything about the two corpses—he didn't know if they were Guan Night Orchid's companions or how they died.

At this point, any attempt to explain would only expose his limited information before Guan Night Orchid could.

However, by using his identity as a "Yaomo" to ask this question, Lin Yu completely gained the upper hand.

Whether Guan Night Orchid knew these two people or not, whether Guan Night Orchid knew about their deaths or not, Lin Yu would find out soon enough.

Even... if Guan Night Orchid's information is also limited, then Lin Yu's words, which sound like both a threat and a question, could be interpreted entirely as a "threat" and a "warning."

And things turned out exactly as Lin Yu had predicted.

Guan Night Orchid's expression changed slightly, and then she said, "These are... Kings Feng Xu and Hu Pingzhou... They were indeed my companions, and they came in with me, but how could they be dead here?!"

"Could it be the two kings... no, no... they disappeared in the Yin Side more than half a month ago, and parts of their bodies are missing. It's probably the horrors from the Yin Side who did it!"

Guan Night Orchid spoke hurriedly, her breathing quickening, revealing her utter panic and fear.

Lin Yu nodded slowly upon hearing Guan Night Orchid's words. "It's good that you know about those two— Brother Jian and I just arrived here and saw their bodies lying here."

"Your Majesty, why didn't you two say so sooner!"

Guan Night Orchid said urgently.

Lin Yu sneered, "I am Yaomo. What's so surprising about seeing a dead person, especially one killed by another Yaomo?"

Jian Cunyi also spoke leisurely, "You don't need to worry about these two. They both practice demonic arts. I'm a little curious, how come someone from such a prestigious family would associate with two people who practice demonic arts?"

Lin Yu knew that Jian Cunyi was probably concerned about this matter, which was why he asked again. So he immediately followed up with Jian Cunyi's words, speaking in a sneer, "So you were confused with those who practice demonic arts. No wonder you were so adept at begging for mercy... It seems that although you come from a righteous background, you are not so rigid and inflexible. That's good."

As Lin Yu spoke, Guan Night Orchid blushed slightly. "I didn't..."

But then, she muttered to herself, somewhat confused, "But why do you say that Brother Feng and Hero Hu are demonic? Although they don't come from any Great Martial Halls, and Brother Feng is indeed not from the Righteous Path, practicing a somewhat unorthodox family Martial Arts... but they would never practice demonic arts."

"I've known them for a long time and witnessed them fight many times; their qi and blood circulation showed absolutely no signs of demonic power."

Jian Cunyi, "But the demonic energy I sensed from the two of them is undeniable—the dead cannot fake it. You can check for yourself if you don't believe me."

Upon hearing Jian Cunyi's confident words, Guan Night Orchid also stepped forward, squatted down, and grabbed the wrists of the two corpses. Then her expression changed slightly.

"How strange! How strange! There really is mixed demonic energy... Why is that?"

She looked puzzled, then quickly shook her head.

"I still don't think these two are like the demonic cultivators... Oh well, they're already dead, there's no use thinking about it now! Let's hurry, Your Majesties!"

"This place... is getting stranger and stranger."

Guan Night Orchid spoke, she led the two of them, walking faster and faster.

She led the two of them around the Duxuan Sect for a while, and soon they arrived at an octagonal pavilion.

The pavilion is located next to a dried-up pond and artificial hill, and inside there is a stone table and four stone benches.

Although there is a fence, it is still a pavilion after all... so it is naturally open to the wind from all sides.

"We've arrived. Let's just stay in this pavilion."

Guan Night Orchid spoke, she stood in the pavilion and waved to Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi.

The action and the location aroused suspicion in both Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi.

After all... this interconnected pavilion doesn't seem any more sturdy than the walled Transmission Pavilion.

When people are looking for a "refuge" or to hide from something, they naturally trust open and spacious structures less.

At this moment, both Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi minds.

"Could it be... that this Heroine, though seemingly admitting defeat, is actually feigning weakness to gain trust, and has chosen this location to exploit the hidden terror within the Duxuan Sect, intending to perish together with the two Yaomo?"

But Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi both knew that this was impossible.

The two stepped onto the pavilion and came to Guan Night Orchid's side.

Guan Night Orchid looked at Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi, who were standing on either side of her, and said, "Your Majesties, as long as we don't leave the area of this pavilion, we are safe."

Then, she looked up at the sky again. The gloomy sky, a mix of blood and gray, seemed even lower, as if it were about to collapse and crush her.

"Almost there, Your Majesties... just a little while longer."

Guan Night Orchid spoke, she simply sat down on a chair in the pavilion.

Jian Cunyi and Lin Yu also sat down on the chair and waited quietly.

A few more minutes passed...

"Gulu gurgle gurgle..."

Suddenly, strange and peculiar sounds rang out from all directions, like more than a dozen large beasts driving away intruders into their territory with threatening growls, or like the rumbling stomachs of hundreds of hungry fat men with eyes gleaming green.

The sound sent chills down the spines of both Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi.

On the contrary, Guan Night Orchid the most timid, seemed to have already gotten used to it, and sighed softly.

"The Yin Time... has begun."

As the words fell, the Gulu sounds grew clearer and louder, accompanied by...

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi noticed that the outlines of the buildings outside the pavilion, those buildings bathed in a hazy, blood-red light from the sky, were beginning to "wriggle."

One by one, the buildings slowly "melted," like wax figures being scorched by a fire, gradually losing their original shapes and becoming soft, undulating hills and ravines where their original forms could still be vaguely discerned.

This scene almost made Lin Yu wonder if he had eaten some kind of hallucinogenic fungus.

Besides these, he did indeed instinctively sense danger.

Jian Cunyi, who was standing to the side, was no exception.

Jian Cunyi could even pinpoint the source of the danger.

"I've really hit the jackpot... Such heavy demonic energy!"

Jian Cunyi low voice, looking at Lin Yu: "At least one Twelve-Guans Yaomo is lurking here!"

Then, Jian Cunyi paused, shook his head, and corrected himself. "No, it's not just Twelve-Guans... This shouldn't be the result of it releasing its full power, so this Yaomo's Divine Rank is likely higher and more terrifying!"

Jian Cunyi was speaking, Lin Yu interjected, "Demon King? Demon Lord?"

"More or less," Jian Cunyi long breath, "Fuck—anyway, it won't be lower than Twelve-Guans."

Lin Yu looked at Jian Cunyi and said, "Brother Jian, this might actually be a good thing... This Yaomo encountering us is a good opportunity for us to deal with it."

Jian Cunyi shook his head. "These Great Demon have cultivated for hundreds of years. The long years of cultivation have given them Wisdom that is no less than that of humans, and at the same time, they have gained cunning and treachery far beyond that of ordinary people."

"Furthermore, every Great Demon possesses its own unique Innate Divine Ability. Even for me... if I were to rashly and unpreparedly enter their lair, which they have cultivated for many years, it wouldn't be so easy to resolve."

"It's easy for me to save my own life... but this Yaomo is, after all, from the Duxuan Sect. No matter what its purpose is, I can't let it continue to entrenched itself and cause trouble inside this Daoist Sect ruins, especially since this is a Daoist Sect with which I have a connection," Jian Cunyi said. "So... I really have to deal with it here. And considering that we're about to enter the Nine Cold Mountain and deal with the 'Diviner,' I also have to conserve my strength. It's a real headache."

Hearing Jian Cunyi's words, Lin Yu pondered and said, "Then... Brother Jian, why don't you conserve your strength and let me try out this unknown Yaomo within the Duxuan Sect?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Jian Cunyi looked at Lin Yu and said, "If you have a way, you can certainly try."

"But... do you have any ideas?"

Lin Yu said, "I'll have to take it one step at a time."

With that, Lin Yu stood up and walked straight to the edge of the pavilion.

He looked at Guan Night Orchid, who was standing at the pavilion entrance gazing outside, and said, "You just said that your two companions have been missing for half a month, is that right?"

"But we just saw their bodies, and they both looked like they had only recently died... In other words, we won't die if we rashly enter this Yin Side, right?"

"Besides, you must have escaped from the Yin Side before—after all, you said you spent a long time exploring in there, so it's impossible that you knew how to avoid the Yin Side from the beginning, right?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Guan Night Orchid quickly replied, "Yes, yes—but Your Majesty, I still do not recommend that you go."

"After all... once you go, there's a high chance you'll get lost inside—although disappearance and death aren't inevitable, they're still extremely probable!"

You shouldn't risk your life alone!

Guan Night Orchid said.

Lin Yu laughed, "Don't worry, I'm not going to risk my life alone..."

With that, Lin Yu grabbed Guan Night Orchid the collar, grabbed her, and strode out of the hall.

"Brother Jian, you stay here and prepare to meet us—I'll take the girl out for a stroll first!"