Chapter 80: Methods
The red-clad bride dropped a bombshell with her words, “Lady Qingyi has fallen into demonic corruption.”
“What?!” Bai Hongtu exclaimed in shock.
“What exactly happened?” Li Yanchu asked in a deep voice.
The bride answered calmly, “As for the cause of her corruption, I do not know. But Lady Qingyi has indeed developed demonic thoughts. Her divine consciousness is now entangled with those demonic thoughts, locked in a constant struggle for dominance.
“If the paper effigy woman and the others had succeeded in blowing up Lady Qingyi's temple, damaging her statue and breaking the spiritual structure of the temple, then her demonic side would have taken complete control. At that point, the entire city of Wei City would likely have become a land of ghosts and monsters.”
She recounted the matter slowly and solemnly.
Li Yanchu and Bai Hongtu exchanged a glance, both seeing the same look of shock in the other’s eyes. The revered Lady Qingyi Temple was Wei City’s greatest spiritual sanctuary, yet the deity worshipped there had been corrupted?!
If that was truly the case, then the paper effigy woman and her kind were utterly deserving of condemnation. They were willing to plunge an entire city into horror and death for their own selfish ends.
“So the Elixir of Immortality... it really is beneath Lady Qingyi’s temple?” Li Yanchu asked.
Though her face was veiled beneath a red bridal veil, Li Yanchu could still feel the weight of her gaze.
“The matter of the Elixir of Immortality is too illusory, too unclear,” she replied calmly, “Even I do not know the truth of it.”
At this time, Li Yanchu’s voice grew sharper. “Miss Simu, who exactly are you? Why do you know so many secrets? You won’t show your true face. You won’t reveal your background or identity. How are we supposed to trust you?”