Lan Yue had just finished enjoying the latest gossip when she noticed the elders getting busy again.
They had discovered signs of the same problem in the Southern Spirit Sect: a senior brother's fiancée might also be practicing this cultivation manual.
This now involved an inner sect disciple of the Southern Spirit Sect, so the elders took it very seriously. One even accompanied that senior brother back to his Lineage to investigate thoroughly.
"So it's already infiltrated the Southern Spirit Sect. Who knows how many victims there are in the other sects?" Lan Yue found it terrifying.
After all, the Wife-Killing Path to Immortality was actually considered fairly normal in the Cultivation World. Even if others knew someone's Dao companion had been killed, they could hardly meddle.
Only the victims' closest relatives, friends, and loved ones were left hurting.
The Devil Race had probably spotted this loophole, which was why they had deliberately laid a hidden web, intending to throw the Cultivation World into chaos.
"The original novel never mentioned this either. So this much happened before the Devil Race fully invaded?" Lan Yue pondered.
She felt she needed to hurry up and consume more gossip to keep raising her cultivation. In the past, she had skipped gossip that didn't seem particularly juicy.
Now she had to go through all of it. Points were points, after all!
Just as Lan Yue was about to begin, a familiar figure flew toward Spirit Moon Peak.
Elder Duanmu flew over in dark green robes, his expression grave.
Everyone on Spirit Moon Peak brightened. They hadn't seen Elder Duanmu in ages and had no idea what exactly had happened at the Greenstone Sect.
"Sect Master, I'm back," Elder Duanmu said wearily.
Yun Chong was studying the demonic cultivation manual with several elders. When he