Threat

In this world, where men were honored and women demeaned from birth, the fact that she had founded such a transcendent force showed just how formidable the Grand Elder of Mystic Yellow Prefecture was.

Ye Lin and Toutian were led by the woman to the front of a palace.

"Alright, I can only bring you this far. Martial Ancestor is inside. I won't see you in—you may enter on your own."

After saying that, the woman turned and left without the slightest hesitation. Ye Lin and Toutian glanced at the doors before them, then stepped inside.

Within the palace stood a woman in a turquoise-green long dress, a hairpin adorning her head. Her beauty was like that of an immortal fairy from the heavens. She held a book in her hands, reading its contents.

Even from afar, she was breathtakingly enchanting.

Not to mention the aura she exuded—it was simply impossible to tear one's eyes away from her.

"Sit."

Before Ye Lin and Toutian had even found their footing, the woman spoke without raising her head.

The next moment, stools appeared out of thin air beside them. The two sat down and looked at the woman before them.

"I already know why you have come. What I want to know is this: what benefit does it bring to Mystic Yellow Prefecture?"

The woman set down her book and looked at Toutian and Ye Lin. Those eyes seemed capable of seeing straight through one's soul.

Under that gaze, Ye Lin felt as though every secret he possessed had been laid bare.

"I dare guarantee that Mystic Yellow Prefecture will be able to continue existing."

Ye Lin's expression remained steady as he spoke in a deep voice.

"Oh? Even I would not dare say such a thing. Time washes away all traces.