The Wenren Si Yuan he mentioned was named Wenren Lingshe. She was the Grand Elder of Yanxi City, with unfathomably deep cultivation and considerable standing among the Five Righteous Sects. Now serving as the Si Yuan of the Du'e Abyss, she managed the gatekeepers and Abyss Sons, overseeing the entire Abyss's defenses and hunting down prisoners still at large in the outside world.
Hearing this, everyone looked a little strange and glanced at their usually inconspicuous companion. Someone teased, "Cen Da, you've got some nerve! You're usually so quiet, we thought you were a block of wood. Who'd have guessed you'd set your sights on the dignified Si Yuan?"
"If the Si Yuan hears that, she might reward you with three hundred lashes."
Cen Da chuckled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? This is the 'Yellow' district. In the eyes of those big shots, we're no different from ants. Otherwise, so many people have died these past few days. Why are they still insisting we turn in five hundred jin of stone every day?"
"They won't even notice the 'Yellow' district."
As they spoke, a figure, seeming real and illusory at once, suddenly swept past them.
Someone saw it and instinctively tried to say something, but the next moment, he fell into a daze.
Everyone present stared blankly for an instant, then quickly returned to normal.
Unaware of anything, they continued discussing the same topic. "Wenren Si Yuan really has such a presence. Do you remember what she looked like the last time we saw her? Dressed in a black robe like a male cultivator, expressionless, her eyes sharp as knives... I was ready to..."
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By the Underground River.
Between the rugged rock walls, a spacious stone house had been built, taking advantage of the terrain.
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