Li Piaoyue shook her head. "This... I do not know. But... if this continues, I fear that before we find a way to destroy that Wujian ghost cultivator, it may return ahead of us."
"Moreover, Demon Shadow Palace has long occupied the Cangshan region and has been actively making moves. Its purpose may very well be inextricably linked to the Heavenly Demon sealed away back then."
"Muyun Prefecture can truly be said to stand on the eve of a storm! With the slightest misstep, the crisis we face may far surpass the Demonic Calamity of old! Alas..."
By the end, Li Piaoyue could not help letting out a long sigh.
Standing to one side, Su Shi'er silently committed this information to memory. Then two sharp glints flashed through his eyes.
If he had not understood before why Xu Santong had been targeting him in secret,
then now, everything was crystal clear in his heart.
Clearly, Xu Santong had reached some sort of deal with the Lord of the Sinful Path, trading for its power and acting to overturn the balance of Muyun Prefecture.
And the object of that deal was, nine times out of ten, himself.
Only if he encountered danger and died would the Lord of the Sinful Path have a chance to use the power of the contract to obtain his heart.
However, the other side certainly had not expected him to possess Spirit Gathering Body Condensation, nor that his true body would regain its vitality under the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. It would have expected even less that Demon Shadow Palace had a hidden trump card like that mysterious Man in Black.
As for the information Li Piaoyue had revealed, it offered him no direct help at present.
Yet the more he knew, the more chances