At the time, the Extreme Life Sect had been hunted down and cornered by the Great Chu Kingdom, driven almost to the end of the road.
But at the most critical moment, they received help from a Mysterious Person. This person helped the Extreme Life Sect escape their predicament and gave them the Immeasurable Dao Scripture.
The Extreme Life Sect had already reached the end of the road. They no longer held any hope of leaving the Great Chu Kingdom alive, so they decided to use the Immeasurable Dao Scripture to make it a fight where the fish died and the net tore.
The members of the Extreme Life Sect discovered that the Immeasurable Dao Scripture possessed tremendous power. With this power, they could rise again after their fall.
As for why living people had to be buried beneath the tree, the woman did not know. She had merely acted on orders.
And so, the later chain of events came to pass.
The so-called Immeasurable Dao Scripture had not been obtained by the Extreme Life Sect through some fortunate coincidence. It had been gifted by a Mysterious Person.
"I originally came to see why the strange thing here had not reacted. Then I ran into you, and killing intent arose," the woman said painfully, her limbs shattered.
Xu Bai fell into thought. After a long while, he said, "You sold this house to the Fulong Escort Agency, didn't you?"
The woman nodded. "Once the strange thing took shape, it could slaughter people here. A steward within the sect told me to do it."
"You're a discarded pawn," Xu Bai suddenly said.
After hearing that, the woman did not answer. Her eyes were filled with gloom.
From what she had said earlier, Xu Bai could tell there were points worth examining.