Holy Maiden, wait a minute. Why are you asking me to cultivate again?

Inside the demon cave.

"I won't get down! I won't get down!"

After being transformed by demons, the incredibly alluring Lin Shuangwan clung to Song Zhao, shaking her head like a rattle drum.

"Didn't you just yell that you wanted to come down?"

Song Zhao mischievously pinched Lin Shuangwan's waist, causing her to let out a soft moan.

"What's down there is too scary, I'm too scared..."

On the cave floor, the path was paved with bones, and wisps of demonic energy rose continuously, swirling into patches of mist at knee height.

"Where is this place? Why did you bring me here?"

Lin Shuangwan blushed, her tone full of anger.

You'll find out soon enough.

Although the demonic aura on the ground could not break through his physical defenses for the time being, it could eventually erode his skin over time.

"Ugh... Can we go out later?" Lin Shuangwan asked anxiously, glancing down at her feet every now and then.

For her, who had grown up by the side of the elders of the Tianwu Sect and had little experience of the world, the scene before her was truly terrifying.

Not only were there white bones scattered all over the ground, but from above, out of sight, it seemed as if some evil being was casting its gaze upon them.

The surroundings were damp and sticky, and strange low moans could be heard occasionally.

This is definitely a place of heresy!

Song Zhao did not respond; his silence was his deafening response.

a long time.

"Phew~"

Song Zhao slowly exhaled a breath of white air, absorbing all the Yin and Yang energy surrounding him.

"A few more times and I'll reach the perfect first level of the Dao Body!"

Lin Shuangwan rubbed her flushed face, her feet floating in the air.

"Let's go outside and treat me. I have a bad feeling about this place."

"I have a feeling there's some terrifying presence here."

She took Song Zhao's hand, and they prepared to leave together.

Unexpectedly, Song Zhao held Lin Shuangwan's small hand without moving, and instead slowly floated from the ground into the air: "There is an opportunity here, don't rush to leave."

Opportunity?

Lin Shuangwan scanned the area roughly with her divine sense, her eyes showing surprise and doubt.

What kind of opportunity could there be here?

If there is any opportunity, it must be an opportunity of demonic influence, which is absolutely unacceptable!

"Song Zhao, this place is filled with the aura of heretics, I'm afraid..."

"Heretical path" is another name for "demonic path".

Lin Shuangwan's words were already a warning to Song Zhao.

The Heavenly Martial Sect and the Demonic Path are incompatible.

Song Zhao nodded: "That's right, this place is full of heretical energy, it's probably a demon's cave."

"As righteous people, how can we allow this demonic abode to persist and continue to wreak havoc on the world?"

"I think we should immediately destroy this opportunity for demonic cultivation to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from obtaining it!"

He had long known that Lin Shuangwan would not be involved with demonic opportunities.

If that's the case, why not just say it another way?

Anyway, Lin Shuangwan is a demon, so getting involved with demonic opportunities is not harming her, but helping her.

Lin Shuangwan's foxy eyes, which were filled with peach blossoms, lit up slightly, and she nodded her chin emphatically.

She felt ashamed and thought, "I never expected Song Zhao to be so righteous. It was my narrow-mindedness that led me to misunderstand him..."

"You go over there, I'll go over here."

Song Zhao first identified a direction and flew towards the depths of the cave.

"Okay, be careful. If you encounter any danger, get out immediately."

Following Song Zhao's direction, Lin Shuangwan flew towards another direction of the cave.

These two directions had actually been seen through by Song Zhao's Golden Core Eye long ago.

The external aura that Lin Shuangwan flew towards would gradually diminish until it led her to another exit, out of Zhou Huan Mountain.

The place he went to was the location of the Demon Cave, where the opportunity lay.

Not long after, a crimson stone gate appeared before them.

The stone gate has a hip roof structure, and the four characters "Dongtian Fudi" are written on it.

On the left is inscribed "The Mysterious Pass Contains True Breath," and on the right is written "The Purple Palace and Three Fields Nourish the Dao Embryo."

"Hehe, if it weren't for the surrounding white bones and evil aura, people would really think you were a celestial being."

Song Zhao carefully observed the crimson stone gate and discovered that it should originally have been bluish-gray, but had turned this color because it had absorbed enough blood.

The stone door was pushed open a bit, which must have been a sign that the wolf had been there.

"Let's see what's inside."

Song Zhao dared not be careless. He took more than ten steps back, then pushed his palms forward with great force. His powerful magic combined with the air to forcefully push the stone door open.

He dared not venture inside rashly.

bang bang!

The stone door was pushed open, and the scene inside instantly came into view.

In the center of several ever-burning lamps, a corpse still exuding demonic pressure sat cross-legged on a futon.

"Damn, is that thing dead or not?"

Song Zhao felt a chill run down his spine and dared not even breathe.

"They should be dead, right? Otherwise, how could the wolf demon have obtained this opportunity?"

"What if he's faking his death? Just waiting for a human to arrive so he can continue his cycle of possession and rebirth?"

"How could a powerful figure of the demonic path have passed away in such a small place as Zhou Huan Mountain?"

After much deliberation, Song Zhao decided to ask the witch in the Heavenly Demon Pearl.

"Senior, can you tell whether that corpse is dead or alive?"

The witch yawned: "He's dead. That little devil finally died of old age. You can rest assured."

Having received the witch's reply, Song Zhao cautiously walked towards the stone gate.

......

......

In the same late night, within the Tianwu Sect, Su Fangyue used her demonic aura to probe the compass, aimlessly searching the sect.

The master's words about having her find out the source of the demonic aura within the sect within a month were no exaggeration.

The master is a person of her word. If she fails to find the demonic aura within the time limit, she will be punished to some extent.

She didn't want anything to happen at this crucial juncture when she was about to enter the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Hmm? Is something fishy going on over there?"

Riding on the light of her sword, Su Fangyue arrived at the mountainside of Tianwu Peak like a fairy under the moon.

"How dare the demonic path extend its reach to Tianwu Peak!"

The compass is pointing directly to the location of the No. 52 courtyard on Tianwu Peak.

call out--

The sword light landed in front of the villa, and the compass reacted even more violently.

Su Fangyue carefully recalled whose cave dwelling was No. 52.

"It seems to be a girl that Master picked up back then, named Lin Shuangwan."

"How could she have gotten involved with the demonic path?"

Su Fangyue used her divine sense, but was blocked by the array in the courtyard, so she knew that Lin Shuangwan was not in the courtyard at the moment.

"The compass has never made a mistake."

After thinking for a moment, she went to the Foreign Affairs Office and retrieved Lin Shuangwan's recent whereabouts.

"After completing the mission at Zhou Huanshan, you took a menial servant named Song Zhao with you?"

"Yes, Your Holiness, may I ask what has happened?"

The foreign affairs deacon smiled obsequiously, not understanding why the saintess would come to this place.

Su Fangyue hesitated for a moment: "It's nothing. Just don't tell anyone I've been here, or you'll understand."

"Yes, yes, I understand." The steward was sweating profusely, never expecting that a single piece of information would bring him so much trouble.

After returning to her cave atop the sword light, Su Fangyue let out a soft sigh.

"Old handyman, how did you get involved with Lin Shuangwan?"

"This puts me in a difficult position."

The mere thought of that old handyman made Su Fangyue's legs tremble uncontrollably, and her fingers reached down to her lower abdomen...

"No, how could I fall so low!"

She stared silently at the red cinnabar mark on her forehead in the mirror and endured it with great willpower.