Lady White Bone immediately forced down her fear and feigned calm. "I know leaving the Guarding Grounds without permission is a grave offense. I'm willing to accept punishment!"
"But before that, I ask the Cave Master to grant me one thing."
"Oh? What could make you so afraid, yet still dare abandon your post and come before me?"
Looking at the voluptuous woman trembling violently before her, the woman in thin silk grew curious.
"Speak. If I can grant it, I won't refuse."
"Thank you, Cave Master! Thank you!"
After thanking her repeatedly, Lady White Bone hurriedly said, "I intend to surround and kill a prodigy of the Human Race who may be hiding in the Ten Thousand Demon Lair. But I'm not confident in my strength. Please grant me a treasure so that wretch cannot seize the chance to escape!"
As if to emphasize how formidable her target was, she continued without waiting for an answer. "He excels at movement techniques and is impossible to pin down. He's also unfathomably skilled with arrays, and his Martial Dao strength is growing far too quickly. If we alert him with this attempt and let him escape, I fear he'll become a mortal threat to the Ten Thousand Demon Lair!"
Only after making certain she had left out nothing about his strength did Lady White Bone look expectantly at the woman before her, impatient for an answer.
"Granted!"
As soon as the word left the woman's lips, a streak of golden light flew from her palm and landed before Lady White Bone.
Lady White Bone did not reach out to take it. Clearly, she felt that alone was not enough.
After a moment's hesitation, she spoke again. "Lair master, I also need someone to stand guard outside the Ten Thousand Demon Lair