After entering the room, the elder shut the door and set up a soundproof array. "What exactly happened? Weren't you sent out to carry out a sect mission?"
Lin Taichu did not hide anything. He recounted everything that had happened in Soul Severing Valley, the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild's scheme, and Bai Xuan's deal with the Shadow Department. Qin Fang also added the grudge between the Qin Family and Bai Xuan.
The elder's expression grew increasingly grave as she listened. When she heard that Bai Xuan had joined forces with the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild to search for the Myriad Demons Scripture, she abruptly rose to her feet. "Outrageous! Bai Xuan is trying to drag the Azure Cloud Sect into utter ruin!"
"Elder, you know about the Myriad Demons Scripture?" Lin Taichu keenly caught her reaction.
The elder sighed, walked to the bookshelf, and took out a yellowed ancient tome. "The demonic calamity three hundred years ago began because of the Myriad Demons Scripture."
"Back then, besides Qin Fang's father, another senior from the Azure Cloud Sect had presided over the sealing of the Demon Cave. That senior mysteriously disappeared after sealing the Demon Cave, leaving behind only this notebook."
She opened the ancient tome and pointed at one page. "It says here that the Myriad Demons Scripture is not a cultivation technique, but an atlas recording passages to the demon realm. It details the locations of seventy-two demon realm rifts. If it falls into the hands of someone with ill intentions, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Lin Taichu was startled. "No wonder both the Azure Cloud Sect and the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild are fighting over this book. They want to open the demon realm rifts!"
"More than that." The elder's expression was solemn. "The notebook says that the