After saying his goodbyes, Lin Yuan left. Murong Zhi composed himself, then slowly walked to the altar not far away, raised his hand and injured himself with a palm strike. He then put Bai Yao down, cast a spell to release the restrictions on Bai Yao, and woke her up.

"Senior sister? Senior sister? Wake up!"

Bai Yao awoke from her deep sleep. In her dazed state, she saw the dark red lines on her arms, and her expression changed drastically. But the moment she saw Murong Zhi, her expression turned extremely angry. With a swift movement, a celestial sword appeared out of thin air. "You're not A-Zhi! Tell me! Who are you? What did you do to A-Zhi?"

At this moment, Murong Zhi's face was pale, and she was spitting blood. "Senior sister, I am Zhi! The person who impersonated me has been driven away by Master. We are saved, but... Master..."

At this point, a trace of sadness appeared in Murong Zhi's eyes. Only then did Bai Yao notice Xiao Yuhan not far away. She froze, looking at Xiao Yuhan's white hair, her heart clenched. She stepped forward and carefully nudged Xiao Yuhan's shoulder, tears immediately welling up in her eyes. "Master... what's wrong..."

Xiao Yuhan smiled foolishly, her eyes lifeless, completely unconscious.

Bai Yao used her internal energy to examine Xiao Yuhan's body and found that he had no injuries whatsoever, and his breathing was perfectly normal. With Bai Yao's medical skills, she couldn't find the problem at all. However, she immediately realized what was going on, gripped her sword, and pointed it directly at Murong Zhi. "Don't lie to me! Master said that A-Zhi has very likely been possessed. Su Li! How long are you going to keep up this act? Tell me! What did you do to my master?"

Murong Zhi still looked aggrieved and hurriedly explained, "Senior Sister Yao Yao, I really am A-Zhi! I didn't hurt Master. Besides, how could I possibly be Master's opponent? That's right! It must be the Nanmen family! The Nanmen family has joined forces with Tianmojian! They joined forces with Tianmojian in order to control Beiyuan. Master was lured here by them!"

"Then tell me! Why did they capture us and lure Master here?" Bai Yao still didn't believe him.

"I don't know... I really don't know... All I know is that when I was about to return to Lingsu City, I was attacked on the way and then I was kidnapped. I don't know why I was brought here, but not long ago I saw that you, Senior Sister, were also kidnapped here!"

This vague explanation left Bai Yao skeptical. If Murong Zhi had given a reasonable and well-founded explanation, she wouldn't have believed him. After all, he was just someone who had been kidnapped, so he probably wouldn't have much useful information to say. It was already rare for him to be able to tell the whole story.

Bai Yao remained highly suspicious. She didn't trust anyone and stood guard in front of Xiao Yuhan with only her sword.

Murong Zhi was also somewhat surprised to see this, thinking that this little girl was far more cautious than he had imagined. So he changed his strategy again, showing an even more aggrieved expression and said, "If you don't want to believe me, then so be it, but those people from the Heavenly Demon Valley said before they left that they had loosened some kind of seal on you. You should be able to feel your extraordinary power now!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yao looked at the crimson lines crawling all over her arms, which resembled a spider web, intricate and complex. At that moment, she felt a little worried. Then, she took out a bronze mirror from her storage artifact. Only then did she realize that not only her arms, but also her neck and face had some crimson lines. Fortunately, they had only spread to her cheeks and ears. If she covered her neck with something, they would not be easily noticed unless she looked closely.

She panicked a little and checked her body, but she was surprised to find that she seemed to be stronger than before. It was as if a continuous power was surging out of her body. When she looked again, she saw that her left eye had turned red, while her right eye was still a black pupil.

After breaking through to the Core Formation realm, her pupils turned golden, but now she has no way to access the power that originally belonged to her. "What did they do to me? What kind of seal?"

"They say, Senior Sister... Senior Sister, you are a demon..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yao flew into a rage and slashed out with her sword, leaving a deep gash in front of Murong Zhi's toe. "Nonsense! I don't care if you're really A-Zhi or not, but right now... don't come near me or Master!"

Upon hearing this, Murong Zhi quickly reassured her, "Senior Sister Yao Yao, I won't go near! But... before they left, they said that Beiyuan is in chaos, and Junior Uncle and the others will definitely be in danger! Why don't you take Master to Junior Uncle first? Perhaps Junior Uncle can save Master?"

Hearing this, Bai Yao realized that the only person she could turn to for help right now was her junior uncle, so she immediately warned again, "A-Zhi, I'll say it again, I don't trust you now! Whether you go back to Ling Su City or return to Xue Han Blade Sect to reunite with your junior uncle, don't follow me!"

After saying that, Bai Yao picked up Xiao Yuhan, and with a powerful leap, she jumped directly into the clouds. She was quite surprised that she could do such a thing with just her physical strength.

After seeing Bai Yao take Xiao Yuhan away, Lin Yuan suddenly appeared behind Murong Zhi.

Murong Zhi frowned. "You haven't left yet?"

“Her power has awakened, and I’m still a little uneasy, so I’ll stay here and keep an eye on things first.”

Murong Zhi shook his head. "Don't worry, even if she can use 30% of Jun Tan's power now, she is still Bai Yao. Moreover... this is the limit. I'm also afraid that Jun Tan will wake up and kill me again, so I added another layer of seal. 30% of Jun Tan's demon power is enough for her to quell the chaos in the Northern Plains."

"Oh? I'm actually a little confused. Why did you go through all that trouble to capture them and then release them? And... are we really not going to get involved in the affairs of Beiyuan anymore? Those vengeful spirits are natural fighting forces. When we, the Heavenly Demon Abyss, take over the Central Plains in the future, they will all be our helpers..."

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