Chu Zhiyuan studied the jade pendant curiously.
Worthy of the Evil Extermination Department—there was no shortage of good things.
This jade pendant was certainly not merely for calming the mind and steadying the spirit. It likely had some special function that allowed it to pull the two elders' minds out directly.
Their faces were gloomy, and they did not dare look at the statue again.
"Elder Yu, Elder Guo, what happened?" Huang Zhengyang asked.
The two elders exchanged a look.
The round-faced Elder Yu shook his head. "This Evil Venerable was skilled in illusion arts. It dragged me into my past, and before I knew it, I had fallen into its trap."
"Same here." Elder Guo shook his head. "I was completely unprepared and couldn't pull myself free."
Huang Zhengyang asked, "What would have happened if I hadn't intervened?"
"Qi Deviation, most likely." Elder Yu shook his head. "Even now, something feels wrong."
"Exactly." Elder Guo said, "My True Essence began circulating without my noticing, as though it were some self-destruction method."
"Killing yourself with your own hands." Huang Zhengyang said. "That really is vicious!"
He turned to look at the white bones. "These people died to this method as well, didn't they?"
"Most likely." Elder Yu and Elder Guo agreed.
They had personally experienced its danger. Had it been a little later, after their True Essence circulated a few more cycles, it likely would have completed the cycle of Mutual Destruction.
Then not only would the two of them have died, but Huang Zhengyang and Chu Zhiyuan would have found it hard to escape death as well.
How malicious!
They raised their heads to glare at the statue, then immediately withdrew their gazes.
Chu Zhiyuan focused and looked over.
"Mr. Chu," Huang Zhengyang reminded him.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Division