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Why are you so sure?

"At first, my master and I met this man in Heavenly Secrets City. He was selling fake Saint Pill Saint Pill and even revealed some information about them to us. He really acted like a dim-witted swindler. To play this role well, he even identified Ning Xuan... But he had a fatal flaw," Qiaoqiao said.

"What vulnerability?" everyone asked.

"I saw this person in my dream. First, his ears were eaten by the Ear-Eating Beast in the Glazed Sea. Later, he joined the Profound Heaven Sect, and then his left arm was eaten by Ning Xuan's Gray Wolf--"

"The Demon God only has one ear and one arm left!" Xiao Tingyu said.

"That's not all. The person whose ears were eaten by the Ear-Eating Beast has no hearing, yet his hearing remains completely intact," Qiaoqiao said. "That's his biggest weakness."

"So it's highly likely that he was possessed by a demonic bone, which is why he regained his hearing?" Everyone suddenly realized.

"Let's go find this person right away!"

Fu Fengyuan stood up in a panic, just as Elder Wu stepped in from outside. "I'm so angry! I'm furious!!"

"Elder, what's wrong?"

"After Song Wuya died, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was in complete chaos. Suddenly, a disciple Aqi appeared, claiming that he had received a dream-like enlightenment from the real Pavilion Master Song and knew the second half of the divine oracle, which he was going to announce on the Stargazing Platform!"

Everyone exclaimed, "Good heavens! We were just looking for someone, and this person suddenly appeared! Has the Demon God finally had enough?"

"Everyone watched as Song Wuya turned into a puddle of Devil Qi and disappeared. How can anyone still believe his lousy divine decree? Have these people lost their minds? Enlightenment? I'd give them a good beating with a feather duster!"

Elder Wu unleashed his tirade, everyone exclaimed, "Well done! That felt good!"

However, they speculated that these people's blind faith in Song Wuya, and now their faith in Aqi, might be inseparable from the Demon God's abilities; he might have a certain degree of influence over people's hearts.

"Let's go to the Stargazing Platform right now!"

"Wait a minute." Wen Zhi was a thoughtful person. She thought for a moment, "This Aqi has been hiding all this time, why is he suddenly showing up so ostentatiously now, announcing some divine decree..."

"What's an oracle again?" Xiao Tingyu asked.

"I remember it was about some central pillar..."

"Time," Shen Ji said, "He's waiting for time."

"He didn't appear before because the time hadn't come; he was waiting. Now that he's suddenly appeared, it means the time has come, it means that the central divine pillar—"

"It's about to appear!" everyone exclaimed in unison.

Wen Zhi looked at her junior sister with concern. If that were the case, the Demon God would surely reveal the contents of the mural, and perhaps he was the one who painted it!

It seems the Demon God's goal is to send his junior sister into the divine pillar, but Wen Zhi can't figure out why he would do that.

"I wonder what he's plotting this time. How should we deal with him?" Ning Shuang asked worriedly.

"I have a way to deal with him." Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up. "There's someone who can be of use."

Everyone was looking at her.

Qiaoqiao smiled sweetly at Xiao Tingyu, "Second Senior Sister, it's time for you to step in."

Xiao Tingyu:?

"The night before last, I dreamt that Pavilion Master Song came riding on a cloud, and he said some things to me."

On the Stargazing Platform, Aqi, missing an ear and an arm, stood tall, surrounded by cultivators from all over the Central Province. Although the person on the platform was unremarkable in appearance, he seemed to possess some kind of magic, drawing them closer.

"Didn't Pavilion Master Song become possessed by a demon?"

"How can someone appear in a dream after they're already dead?"

What did he say?

"Please be patient, everyone, and let me explain slowly," Aqi said, his eyes deep and meaningful. "Pavilion Master Song said he died unjustly because he heard the true divine oracle, but the Goddess forbids the oracle from being passed on..."

"What?"

Why did the goddess prevent the prophecy from being spread?

The cultivators below seemed to erupt in uproar, raising a series of questions.

"Because--"

"The eldest daughter of the Xiao Household has arrived!"

Just as Aqi was about to continue, a loud shout interrupted him.

Following the sound, everyone looked and saw a large group of people ostentatiously making their way through the crowd towards the Stargazing Platform. They were escorted by guards at the front and back, with an extremely luxurious float in the middle. The martial artists leading the way were all Nascent Soul level cultivators, and some people were even throwing flower petals in front of the float. It was incredibly high-profile.

"It's Miss Xiao from the Xiao Household!"

"That Xiao Household?"

What's she doing here?

The crowd murmured amongst themselves, but no one dared to stop the Xiao Household's group. They couldn't defeat them, and no one wanted to offend Lineage with countless treasures and businesses that spanned the Cultivation World.

As the float traveled to the foot of the Stargazing Platform, Xiao Tingyu gracefully waved, and the Xiao Household elders gathered around. They saw a blindingly bright light flashing continuously, and the float transformed into a platform, lifting Xiao Tingyu higher and higher until it reached the same height as the Stargazing Platform, at which point it finally stopped.

This "flower platform" rising abruptly from the ground was even more luxurious and dazzling than the Stargazing Platform. It was covered with magical treasures of the Xiao Household family. Just the spiritual light emanating from the Heaven Grade and Earthly defensive magical treasures around Xiao Tingyu was enough to dazzle everyone.

I've seen people flaunt their magical artifacts, but I've never seen anything as flashy as building a platform and hanging it all over!

This is absolutely outrageous!

Beneath the flower platform, the elders of the Xiao Household formed a magic array, protecting the entire platform. Those cultivators with shifty eyes became obedient; in this situation, they feared they would be riddled with holes by those magical treasures before they even had a chance to rush up.

Although tempted by the magical treasure, I'd better consider whether I have the life to take it.