Inner Demons

Although the old man's words were arrogant and divine, the logic was clear. Since he mentioned the word "this"—

Ying Jueran cast aside all other concerns and only asked one question first—if anyone had come from outside during these days.

Both Old Daoist Liu and Yu Meng looked surprised by the question. Then they truthfully told him that someone had indeed come.

The day after they arrived here, a Taoist priest came. And he came flying—at least someone of the Manifestation Realm. But a Manifestation Realm Taoist priest, while able to fly, still found it strenuous. This suggested the Taoist priest's realm should be even higher. Naturally, they could not see in the fog, but the Rat Demon and Rabbit Demon outside the fog could. The Taoist priest seemed to be blind, ignoring such a large patch of mist in the forest and clumsily stumbling around. After stumbling about for a while, he left, as if searching but unable to find something.

Ying Jueran then remembered what the old man had told him during the night—that he feared they were bait released by the Daoist Orthodoxy to lure Li Yunxin into opening the restrictions. Confining them here now could save Li Yunxin a lot of trouble.

Now that he knew this, he realized that the extraordinary person who possessed Old Daoist Liu had spoken the truth.

The extraordinary person said he had no ill will. Judging by this, it was probably true. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he had helped Li Yunxin somewhat.

Ying Jueran then looked into the room again. The remains on the west side were gone, but "Lingkongzi" on the east side was still there. He pointed at Lingkongzi's body and asked the others if they knew who it was.

At this point, anyone could see that he was not quite right. But they still answered his question—saying they did not know when it appeared in the room, and no one knew who it was. However, although it looked hideous and terrifying, it did not harm anyone after all. And strange things often happened here, so they just let it be.