Fang Qianyuan stepped out of the carriage and saw everyone still pressing onward, utterly unaware that they had entered a Great Demon's territory. He could not help sighing inwardly.
Fortune and calamity had no gate; people invited them upon themselves. If these suffering mortals knew they were walking toward their deaths, how could they possibly keep going?
Yet they had no ability to foresee danger. The limits of their cultivation made them seem ignorant and foolish.
"Everyone, stop! Don't go any farther!" Gushe Qingyao stepped down from the carriage and called to the crowd.
Baili Hongyan emerged at her words and asked in puzzlement, "Sister Qingyao, what's wrong?"
Gushe Qingyao said, "I've sensed danger. This place seems to be a Great Demon's territory."
"A Great Demon? How is that possible?" Commander Huang was startled. "Merchants and travelers use this route all the time. There shouldn't be any Great Demons entrenched within a thousand miles along the way. Farther out, there do seem to be some..."
"Immortal Maiden Qingyao, I'm not questioning your judgment, but this information..."
What Commander Huang said was common knowledge. If a Great Demon had taken up residence here, it could leave at dawn and cover ten thousand miles by dusk. The common people would suffer terribly at its hands; there was no way its presence would not be widely known.
Gushe Qingyao ignored him. She summoned her Seven-Colored Rainbow Bird and flew into the sky, simultaneously circulating her spirit essence. A strange light shone in her eyes as she surveyed the area above and below.
She was using a secret art to search the nearby mountain forests carefully.
Seeing her actions, everyone began to grow nervous as well.
Suddenly, Gushe Qingyao's expression shifted slightly, as though she had discovered something. She hurriedly called to everyone, "This