Ten Thousand Viper Sea Teahouse.
Beyond the glazed windows, the bustling scene seemed like no more than an illusion. Thick white mist, fine as spider silk, layered over itself and wrapped around the entire little building.
The corridor was like an ice cellar, its chill piercing to the bone.
Dense Yin Qi filled the air, casting everything in sight beneath a gloomy veil. Shadows flickered indistinctly, making the place seem sinister and terrifying.
Pei Ling stood beside Li Lieyue. Deep in their eyes, dim purple flames flickered as countless tiny runes rose and intertwined. Through the shattered human skin and dry bones on the floor, they looked toward Fu Xuanxu and the other three.
Seeing Pei Ling again, Yan Minghua furrowed her delicate brows. The urgent desire she felt to draw close to him grew even stronger!
She even began to imagine him taking her as a cultivation partner...
The instant the thought arose, Yan Minghua jolted awake. She immediately circulated her cultivation technique, forcibly suppressing her wild imaginings.
Pei Ling was the Holy Son of Chongming Sect, one of the four demonic sects, and the Dao Companion of that demoness Li Lieyue. He had even taken the Sect Master's Wife as a cultivation partner in public. Such a depraved, wicked villain—she absolutely could not fall into his trap!
As she was thinking this, Fu Xuanxu spoke from nearby, explaining, "It came in from outside the door. Now, there's nothing but mist outside."
At that, Pei Ling furrowed his brows and said curtly, "I want to know everything that happened."
Zhong Kui Yueji, Ning Wuye, and Yan Minghua had also come to their senses by now. They had all been transported here from Chongming Sect through a Teleportation Array. Yet even the Holy Son of Chongming Sect knew nothing about