I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

Yin Yue did not respond immediately.

She stood at the entrance of the passage, her silver veil gleaming coldly in the light of the luminous pearl. After a moment, she spoke, her voice carrying outwards through the sound transmission array at the cave entrance: "What spy?"

The voice outside the cave was silent for a moment before replying, "Li Hanshan, a core disciple of the Hehuan Sect, has been identified by the Enforcement Hall. We request Your Excellency's cooperation in the search."

Yin Yue's gaze lingered on Li Hanshan for a moment.

Li Hanshan stood in the center of the stone chamber, his face expressionless, but his fingers inside his sleeve had already quietly gripped the dark silver unsealing jade slip in his storage ring.

Yin Yue withdrew her gaze, not turning back to the depths of the cave, but instead walking towards the cave entrance. Her steps were neither fast nor slow, the hem of her silver robe silently brushing the ground. After taking a few steps, she turned her head and spoke towards the stone chamber: "Stay inside, don't come out."

Li Hanshan nodded slightly.

Yin Yue left the cave alone and came to the platform outside the cave.

Five figures stood on the platform. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a dark red robe. He had a square face, sharp eyes, and a steady and heavy aura of demonic energy flowing around him. His cultivation level was at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.

Judging from his robes, he was clearly an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall.

He was followed by four disciples, three of whom were wearing the standard robes of the Enforcement Hall. Each of them had a stern expression and a restrained aura, clearly indicating that they were well-trained elites from the Enforcement Hall.

After the cave's restrictions were lifted, the elder of the Enforcement Hall clasped his hands slightly in a salute, his tone more polite than before: "Your Excellency, the Enforcement Hall has received a secret report that Li Hanshan, a core disciple of the Joyful Union Sect, has been taken in as a demon slave by you. This matter involves the relationship between the two sects and must be investigated."

Yinyue stood at the edge of the stone platform, her silver veil gleaming coldly in the twilight. She tilted her head slightly, a chill surging within her calm eyes.

Yin Yue said calmly, "Elder Xu, who reported this?"

Elder Xu said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, I'm sorry, we cannot reveal the identity of the whistleblower."

Yin Yue snorted coldly and glanced at the one standing on the far right among the four disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall.

He was a handsome young man, but he wasn't wearing the standard robes of the Enforcement Hall. The moment Yin Yue's gaze met his, he slightly averted his eyes, as if he was hesitant to meet her gaze.

Yin Yue said coldly, "It's you, isn't it?"

The young man's body stiffened slightly for a moment, clearly not expecting that Yin Yue had recognized him.

He opened his mouth, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Elder Xu and Yin Yue, before finally bowing his head and saying, "This subordinate...this subordinate has seen this person in the Myriad Spirits Secret Realm."

Yin Yue nodded slightly, her tone remaining calm: "I see."

The next second, Yin Yue moved without warning.

She didn't leave her spot, but simply raised her right hand, condensing a silvery-white spiritual energy at her fingertips, and precisely shot it into the young man's brow.

The beam of light was so fast it seemed to grow out of the void, and the moment it touched the skin between his eyebrows, it pierced through his entire sea of ​​consciousness.

The young man's body stiffened abruptly, his mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't utter a single word. His eyes lost focus for a moment, like two lamps that had been blown out at the same time.

Then he collapsed.

The body landed on the stone surface at the edge of the platform with a dull thud. The bronze token at the waist bounced off the ground and rolled to the middle-aged man's feet.

Elder Xu's face turned ashen in that instant. The three disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall behind him took a half step back at the same time, their hands on their sword hilts, and their spiritual energy rapidly condensed in their meridians.

Elder Xu took a deep breath, suppressing his surging anger, his voice trembling with rage: "Yin Yue! What do you mean by this? A witness brought by the Enforcement Hall, you just kill him like that?"