"You remembered it wrong?"

Upon hearing this, the blue-robed leader, holding his hands covered in mud and sand, stared blankly for a moment, but quickly shook his head and said, "No, I'm not mistaken, it's right here. Look, those pits are still there."

"Why don't you try summoning them? Maybe they came out early and ran away on their own?"

Upon hearing this, the subordinate thought for a moment and said again, "After all, there is no one in charge of this place. Perhaps some creature passed by, or perhaps a sandstorm or something else broke the seal."

"What you're saying is very likely true; they probably ran away on their own."

Thinking of this, the blue-robed leader gradually calmed down, but he soon frowned in distress again, "When I controlled these zombies, I used the blood essence given to me by the prince. Only the prince could command them."

"Then there's even less to worry about."

Upon hearing this, the subordinate breathed a sigh of relief and comforted him, "If what you said is true, and only Your Highness can summon these zombies, then it's not a big deal if they run away. They've probably gone off to find food on their own. All we need to do is have Your Highness come over."

"Yes, you're right."

The blue-robed leader had now completely calmed down and said gratefully to his subordinate, "Now that you mention it, I just remembered that Miss has the Prince's bloodline. If we bring Miss here, it will also be of the same use. Let's go find Miss first."

"Indeed, if the Prince finds out about this, although it's not a big deal, you will definitely be blamed."

The subordinate nodded in agreement and went with the blue-robed leader to search for the girl, saying, "However, the young lady is currently being held captive in a Buddhist temple. We don't know if she has come out yet, so it will be quite troublesome to see her."

"What? A Buddhist temple?"

The blue-robed leader, being a zombie transformed from a demon, knew nothing about Buddhism and asked with great doubt, "With Miss's current strength, what could possibly trap her?"

"This Buddhism is a very special entity; it has the ability to capture us zombies."

The subordinate explained, "Otherwise, His Highness wouldn't have attached such importance to it and ordered us to destroy all the Buddhist temples in the world immediately."

"So that's how it is."

After hearing the explanation, the blue-robed leader nodded in understanding, but then said, "But since Miss was trapped in that Buddhist temple, why didn't you tell the Prince about such an important matter before?"

The blue-robed leader thought that if they had told the Night King about the girl earlier, he wouldn't have had to make so many trips and waste so much time.

"Tenth Elder, you're afraid of being blamed by the Prince, but aren't we afraid too?"

Upon hearing this, the subordinate looked at the blue-robed leader with a half-smile and said, "Besides, Miss is not in any immediate danger. If it's not a big deal, it's best not to alarm the Prince too much, don't you think?"

"Ah, yes, yes, you're right."

After hearing his subordinate's words, the blue-robed leader finally realized what had happened and understood why his subordinate had been willing to keep his secret.

It turns out this was a collaboration, a mutually beneficial one.

"It's good that the Tenth Elder understands; this is the best for both of us."

Compared to the blue-robed leader, who evolved from a originally mindless demon, the subordinate was clearly much smarter.