A Living Yang Spirit and a Heaven-Veiling Object-Female-One's Handiwork? The Heavenly Mechanism Diviner?

Beside the mountain pool, the Female-One Patriarch still sat quietly on the lowest step.

His withered lips moved slightly.

He seemed to utter two words.

"Heavenly Mechanism."

Quite a few people had gathered in Upper Clarity Hall. Everyone was already seated in their respective places. They only needed Luo Bin and the married couple, Xu Lu and Bai Xian, before they could begin their discussion.

Luo Bin had yet to arrive, but outside, the wind rose and rain threatened to fall.

He Youtian, Luo Xianshen, and the others all looked reverent and devout.

Only Qin Tianqing seemed unsettled. The Female-One Patriarch had possessed him before, so he recognized this feeling. The Female-One Patriarch had manifested.

Why had the Female-One Patriarch manifested again?

Was it really normal for a Yang Spirit to interfere in the mortal world so frequently?

Qin Tianqing stood and walked to the entrance of Upper Clarity Hall.

At that moment, the wind died and the clouds cleared. The rain never fell.

Qin Tianqing raised a hand to his chest. His heartbeat was wildly erratic.

He faintly seemed to hear two words beside his ear.

"Heavenly Mechanism..."

Those words were laden with a sigh.

"Don't follow me."

Qin Tianqing spoke abruptly, his voice slightly hoarse.

Only he had heard those two words.

Before he spoke, no one else had reacted at all.

Qin Tianqing stepped out of Upper Clarity Hall and hurried toward the steps leading down the mountain.

"Every time Luo Bin comes, the Female-One Patriarch reacts in some way. I wonder whether it bodes well or ill." He Youtian suddenly spoke, a trace of apprehension appearing in his eyes. Then his voice lowered slightly. "An outside evil..."

"Abbey Master, you're worrying too much. Wu Ling, that outside evil, was dealt with long ago." The speaker was