"Yuezhu, before I answer that question, could you answer one of mine?"
"What question?"
"What exactly happened to make you disappear for so many years, Yuezhu?"
Inside the Abyssal Palace, Cangzhu leaned forward, his gaze deep as he stared at Fairy Lingyue, who had already reached the chair of the Second Seat.
"Do you really want to know?"
Fairy Lingyue sat down in the Second Seat and met Cangzhu's gaze with eyes as still as an ancient well.
"I do."
Cangzhu nodded emphatically.
He made no attempt to hide the curiosity and bewilderment in his eyes.
Yunhua, sitting in the Third Seat, also pricked up his ears.
In fact, it was not just them. Even Xu Taiping, standing beside Fairy Lingyue, was deeply curious about this.
Hearing this, Fairy Lingyue stared back at Cangzhu without expression for a long while before finally speaking:
"That day, I happened upon an enormous female corpse floating in the void. She wore iron armor and held a battle saber, and she was almost as large as an entire True Martial Heaven. Looking closely, I discovered that every strand of her hair was tainted with countless vicious curses. If I'm not mistaken, she must have been..."
"Wait!"
At this point, Cangzhu abruptly sprang to his feet and interrupted Fairy Lingyue with something close to a roar.
Crack, crack, crack...
No sooner had his words fallen than a rapid series of shattering sounds suddenly exploded throughout the world surrounding the Abyssal Pavilion.
"Within the Abyssal Pavilion, All Dharmas Forbidden!"
At this, Cangzhu formed a hand seal and shouted sharply.
As soon as he spoke, Xu Taiping saw the once-bright world outside the window suddenly darken. Masses of black mist shrouded the Abyssal Pavilion, leaving only the differently shaped golden mist phantoms above everyone's heads faintly visible.