That night, the crimson and purple haze resembled lotus blossoms in a pond, swaying in the wind.
Under the cool moonlight, Xuanfeng walked briskly through the glittering lanterns of the Tushita Palace.
"Who goes there, daring to trespass into the forbidden area of the immortal sect?"
Just as she was about to leap onto the Xuan Dian Platform, the Crimson Flame Green Ox roared and suddenly blocked her way.
Xuan Fengqian originally intended to sneak into the Doushuai Palace to examine the corpses of the ten immortals, but unexpectedly, the Crimson Flame Green Ox was stationed in front of the Xuandian Platform.
"Please inform the Venerable One that Xuanfeng Qian of Qingfeng Palace has important business to discuss."
"The night was shrouded in thick haze, and I failed to recognize Princess Xiantian. I apologize for any offense I may have caused," the Crimson Flame Green Ox said with a slight bow.
"Venerable Green Ox, would you do me the favor and allow me to ascend the Mysterious Scripture Platform to investigate?"
"The Emperor has decreed that no one is allowed to approach the Xuan Dian Platform."
Upon hearing what the Crimson Flame Green Ox said, Xuan Fengqian knew that these ten murder cases were definitely not simple.
Otherwise, the White Emperor wouldn't have gone to such lengths to issue this ban.
Moreover, she had a vague feeling that Bai Di seemed to have already discovered the real culprit and was intentionally concealing the truth.
She was genuinely curious about who this person was that could make the upright and incorruptible White Emperor, who cared deeply for the world, want to protect.
"Princess Xiantian, it's late and the dew is heavy. You should go back and rest." The Crimson Flame Green Ox advised in a deep voice when it saw that Xuan Fengqian was reluctant to leave.
"I apologize for any inconvenience caused."
Xuanfeng smiled faintly, intending to feign leaving and wait for the Crimson Flame Green Ox to lower its guard before taking the opportunity to climb onto the Xuandian Platform.
Unexpectedly, just as she turned around, the Crimson Flame Ox suddenly collapsed to the ground without warning.
"The Azure Ox Venerable?"
Xuanfeng frowned slightly, quickly squatted down, checked the Crimson Flame Green Ox's breath with one hand and felt its pulse with the other, anxiously calling out, "Venerable One, wake up quickly!"
For a full quarter of an hour, Xuan Fengqian was trying to awaken the Crimson Flame Green Ox.
However, the Crimson Flame Green Ox seemed to be in a deep hibernation due to serious injury. No matter how she shook its body, it remained motionless on the glazed steps below the Xuan Dian Platform.
Chirp—
A moment later, a thunderous snore suddenly rang out below the Xuandian Terrace.
Xuan Fengqian's body trembled, and his sharp eyes fell on the Crimson Flame Green Ox, which was blowing snorts and snoring.
"Asleep?"
She stared blankly at the crimson-flamed blue ox lying on its back, snoring loudly, and muttered to herself, "Strange, how can it fall asleep so suddenly?"
Alarm bells rang in Xuan Fengqian's heart, and she had a feeling that there was a big hand controlling everything from the shadows.
She looked wary and nervously glanced around.
After a moment, seeing that there was still no movement around her, she quickly jumped onto the Xuan Dian Platform and headed straight for the morgue covered with a white sheet.
As I lifted the white cloth, a sour, rotten smell mixed with a strong stench of blood assaulted my nostrils.
Xuan Fengqian held his breath, bent down slightly, and carefully searched through the pile of severed limbs.
Thump—
Suddenly, a round head rolled from the shelf to Xuanfeng's feet.
Xuan Fengqian slowly lowered her head and saw a pair of round, bulging, and lifeless eyes staring intently at her, or perhaps staring into the distance.
She clutched her pounding heart with both hands, and slowly reached out a hand, trying to close those eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.
"I apologize for disturbing you."
Filled with remorse, Xuan Fengqian carried the blood-stained head back onto the shelf.
Crackling sound
Just then, the head in her hand suddenly opened its mouth, and the tongue in its throat stretched out wide, hanging listlessly on the cracked lips.
Xuan Fengqian gasped, hurriedly put down the strange head, and ran down the Xuan Dian Platform.
But after running two steps, she stopped and turned around abruptly, focusing intently on piecing together the shattered corpse on the morgue.
Her grandmother once said that every ghost in the world is someone that others wanted to see in this life but could never see again.
With this thought, the fear in her heart slowly subsided.
Half an hour later, just as she finished piecing together the last corpse and was about to cover it with a white cloth, she unexpectedly discovered a small amount of blood and a tuft of blood-red downy hair hidden under the fingernails of one of the immortals.
Xuan Fengqian looked slightly taken aback, as if he had realized something, and hurriedly began searching through the other corpses.
Before long, she found a few blood-stained downy hairs on the fingernails or clothes of the other murdered immortals.
"Indeed, the perpetrator was someone else!"
Xuanfeng gently twirled the blood-red down in his hand, muttering to himself.
She carefully placed the blood-red down into the brocade pouch at her waist, and was about to leave when dark, icy blood suddenly flowed from the half-rotten corpse on the shelf, spreading out in a short while.
"Who's behind this?"
Xuanfeng thought to himself that the corpse on the shelf had run out of life force. Even if it harbored deep resentment, it was impossible for it to suddenly turn into a corpse on the Xuan Dian Platform, which was surrounded by immortal energy.
Therefore, there seems to be only one possibility.
That means someone is sabotaging things in the dark.
call--
Suddenly, a chilling wind arose.
The glazed lamps in front of the Xuan Dian Terrace went out one by one, and apart from the dimly lit full moon in the sky, there was no other light source.
Xuan Fengqian was about to teleport out of the Doushuai Palace when he felt as if his immortal power was bound by shackles and he couldn't use it.
"Who on earth dares to play tricks in front of the Xuan Dian Platform?"
"Hehehehe... Princess Xiantian, your death is near." A chilling and eerie female voice suddenly echoed from the void.
Xuan Fengqian remained silent, slowly drawing the sword he had taken from a guard in Qingfeng Palace. With lightning speed, he slashed several times in the direction from which the eerie female voice came.
"You overestimating yourself! Do you think you can hurt me with your mediocre skills?" The eerie female voice was slightly out of breath, as if she was dodging Xuan Fengqian's swords aimed at her.
"Your target is me?"
Xuan Fengqian forced himself to remain calm, gripping the sword hilt tightly with both hands, still trying to pinpoint the location of the eerie sound.
"That's right."
"With your abilities, killing me should be more than enough. Why did you have to lure me to the Xuan Dian Platform?"
"Trying to get information out of me?" The enigmatic female voice raised slightly, clearly unwilling to elaborate to Xuan Fengqian.
The next instant, a fierce wind suddenly arose in front of the Xuan Dian Platform.
Countless crimson streaks of light, like sharp swords, hurtled toward Xuan Fengqian's chest.
Whoosh—
The next instant, a strand of hair at Xuanfeng's temple was cut off by a crimson stream of light.
"Hehehehe... If you're willing to kneel down and kowtow to me three times, I might grant you permission to leave your body intact."
"You... are the woman who granted me the power of the gods in the Nine Nether Demon Prison?" Xuan Fengqian stalled for time while keeping her eyes tightly closed, focusing intently on pinpointing the direction from which the eerie female voice came.
In fact, this sinister female voice was quite different from the voice of the mysterious woman in the Nine Nether Demon Prison.
However, Xuan Fengqian still keenly noticed their unusually consistent tone of voice.
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