837: Using Slaughter to Halt Sin at the Blood Stained Pool

"Mother, they're smarter than we imagined."

At the same time that Hu Ma and the others entered the Yin Mansion and reached the Blood Stained Pool, and Miss Red Wine began casting a spell on Shao Daozi, someone spoke softly deep within this exquisite mansion:

"They're smarter than we imagined. They didn't fall for the trap we deliberately set for them at Fierce Tiger Pass. Instead of attacking head-on during the day, they went straight for the heart of the matter."

There was a hint of ruefulness in his voice. The Old Madam Li listening to him spoke through a bronze mirror.

The old madam was the most senior member of the Wuchang Li Family, but she was so old she could no longer enter and leave the Yin Mansion at will. So the Li Family Chief Steward had come below to take charge, though the old woman was clearly still very concerned.

"If they'd really taken the bait and fought us head-on at Fierce Tiger Pass, I would have thought even less of those people from beyond the heavens—and of the descendants in whom the Talisman Suppressing Hu Family had placed such high hopes for generations."

Hearing that the powerful enemy had already reached the Blood Stained Pool, Old Madam Li showed not the slightest alarm. Instead, she said quietly, "The National Teacher wants to become an immortal and obtain those people's Natal Spirit Temples. He believes they can be used to oppose Tai Sui, and that they are their greatest treasures."

"But I think what matters most to us people in this line of work is precisely the principles those people from beyond the heavens believe in, and the knowledge and wisdom in their minds..."

"The Hu Family Descendant has achieved so much because the Hu Family was