Before Ji Yuan and Gui Shoushou could act, the two presences outside the mountain had already moved.
Only then did Ji Yuan become certain why those presences felt somewhat familiar.
It was because the newcomers were not merely Nine-Tailed Celestial Foxes-one of them was someone Ji Yuan had met.
The cave was neither particularly short nor particularly long.
Moreover, Ji Yuan and Gui Shoushou had been transported here by the Demon Deity Palace, and their bodies needed time to materialize.
Thus, by the time they had fully materialized, the two outside the cave had already arrived before them.
With a single glance, Ji Yuan spotted an "acquaintance" among them.
Someone who could barely be called an acquaintance, yet whose appearance here was entirely beyond Ji Yuan's expectations.
Who was it?
It was Tushan Xue, the Heavenly Fox Clan's princess whom he had met in Kunxi.
Once he recognized her, Ji Yuan immediately narrowed his eyes at her-when enemies met, their eyes truly blazed red.
Even after decades, perhaps a century, Ji Yuan had never forgotten.
It was the person before him who had caused Dong Qian's death back then.
Afterward, she had even pretended to be a victim and brazenly left Kunxi right before Ji Yuan and Partridge Whistle.
Ji Yuan had thought he would never see her again-no, even if they did meet again, he would first have to use the Star-Gazing Tower's divination abilities to discover her whereabouts.
Yet who would have thought? The road truly was narrow for enemies.
Or rather, there was a road to heaven she would not take, yet she had barged into a hell with no gate.
In any case, the two had met in the Kun Ruins today.
But after that brief surprise, something else puzzled Ji Yuan even more-how could he