Dou Shen comforted them, saying, "Since those two also come from the realm of gods, I believe they will have no problems with their abilities."
"I'll go back to the Ink Pavilion first to retrieve the twin lotus and return it to you," Dou Shen said to the Flower Goddess after calculating the time and estimating that the patrol team had already gone far away.
The Flower Goddess nodded and said, "Okay."
That's true. Now that the clues have been cut off, the most important thing right now is to retrieve the twin lotus flowers.
Dou Shen left first to sneak back to the Ink Pavilion to retrieve the Twin Lotus, while the Flower Goddess waited for them at their agreed meeting place.
However, when Dou Shen cautiously sneaked back into the Ink Pavilion, something unexpected happened...
The twin lotus flowers that were originally hidden in the secret compartment of the room have disappeared!
That's right. After stealing the twin lotus flowers, he hid them in a secret compartment in an underground chamber. This chamber was extremely well-hidden, and only he knew about it. Not to mention, it was a secret compartment within a chamber... That's why he was so surprised when the twin lotus flowers went missing this time.
Does anyone still know the location of the secret room?
As I was thinking this, I heard footsteps behind me.
"Elder Chi, it's been a long time." A soft, charming voice rang out.
Dou Shen turned around upon hearing the sound and saw a woman with a seductive figure and a charming face standing behind him.
"Elder Mei, what are you doing here?" Dou Shen couldn't help but wonder if Elder Mei had taken the twin lotus...
Xuan Mei chuckled and asked, "Elder Chi, are you looking for twin lotus blossoms?"
Dou Shen was slightly startled, but he remained outwardly calm, feigning surprise as he asked, "The twin lotus flowers are lost?"
Xuan Mei scoffed and said, "Dou Shen, stop pretending. Who in the demon realm doesn't know you stole the Twin Lotus?"
She paused, then chuckled and said, "Oh, right, you're not wrong, since the twin lotus is indeed not in your hands now."
Sure enough, someone had been to this secret room. Dou Shen inwardly cursed.
Xuan Mei continued, "Speaking of which, Dou Shen, you must be wondering how we found the twin lotus flowers, right..."
"To be honest, your secret room is indeed excellent; in fact, you could say that no one but you knows about it. However, you've overlooked one crucial point..."
Dou Shen suddenly had a thought and said, "Is there something wrong with the twin lotus flowers?"
Xuan Mei chuckled and said, "Hmm... that's not wrong either. I did something to the twin lotus flowers..."
Seemingly wanting Dou Shen to understand, or perhaps wanting to show off, Xuan Mei explained, "Don't you think about how important the twin lotus flowers are? Although they are entrusted to our Mo Pavilion for protection, how could we not take any precautions?" As she spoke, she summoned a black butterfly from her right hand and gently stroked its wings with her left hand.
Dou Shen understood everything the moment the black butterfly appeared.
The black butterfly was raised by Xuanmei and only summoned by her. Usually, another flower that accompanies the black butterfly is the black kite.
The scent of this powdered black iris is only recognizable to black butterflies. Since the twin lotus blossoms were coated with this black iris powder, they naturally couldn't escape the black butterflies' pursuit.
However, Dou Shen still had a question: now that they had found the twin lotus blossoms, why did they still make those kinds of statements outside...?
Seemingly sensing Dou Shen's thoughts, Xuan Mei retracted the black butterfly, played with her fingernails, and said, "You must be very curious as to why I asked you for twin lotus flowers when we were out, right? Actually, it's very simple..."
"We suspect that the reason you're still wandering around outside is to use the 'twin lotus on you' as bait to draw our attention to you instead of other things. But there are many limitations outside, making it difficult to catch you. And you certainly haven't realized the twin lotus isn't where you hid, otherwise you wouldn't have let us chase you..."
"What we didn't expect today is that the Flower Goddess from the realm of gods has also come and taken you away."
“We received a signal that you would definitely give the twin lotus to the Flower Goddess, so the place you need to go is the place where the twin lotus was originally hidden, which is here. I waited for you here, and you came as expected…” Xuanmei chuckled.
No wonder……
He had been wondering how he had entered the Ink Pavilion so easily, with no defenses at all. He had assumed that soldiers were searching for him outside...
Unexpectedly, they were waiting for him to fall into the trap so they could catch him like a turtle in a jar...
"What a brilliant plan!" Dou Shen said angrily.
This time, he miscalculated.
"Elder Chi, you're not bad either. We've planned everything, but we never expected that the twin lotuses would be stolen by 'our own people'."
"To be honest, you weren't originally one of us in the Ink Pavilion. The former Demon Lord promoted you to the Ink Pavilion and even made you the head of the Four Elders. I've disliked you for a long time!" Xuan Mei's voice rose. "Now that you've betrayed the Ink Pavilion and walked right into our trap, then leave your life behind!"
She suddenly made her move, her ten fingers instantly lengthening and seemingly gleaming with a metallic sheen within the secluded room…
Just as she flew towards Dou Shen, a powerful voice rang out: "Stop!"
Xuan Mei looked at the person who had stopped her and said angrily, "Elder Wang, what are you doing!"
She was so close... to killing Dou Shen...
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