Can't a girl be a traitor like Cao Cao?

The elders within the sect usually turn a blind eye to this, since it's good for the sect's commercial circulation if the disciples have money to buy things.

However, Xiao Yu did not expect that the goods that the people of the Joyful Sect wanted to transport through the Corpse-Driving Sect's caravan were actually a group of children stolen from outside.

This is one of the goods that Bian Renyao personally ordered to be prohibited from being traded and transported within the sect's trade routes.

After discovering this, Xiaoyu initially wanted to refuse.

But unfortunately, the Joyful Sect gave out too much money!

Furthermore, Bian Renyao has recently been in seclusion and is now under the jurisdiction of the Corpse-Driving Sect.

Under the pressure of being bribed with large sums of money, even the disciples of the merchants and the chief elders of the caravans chose to keep quiet and accept the money silently.

But seeing the female elder who questioned him today, Xiao Yu knew that the Corpse Driving Sect had investigated the matter!

According to the coffin shop owner, this elder seems to have had a conflict with the Joyful Sect.

Clearly, he was injured while investigating this matter.

This caused Xiaoyu to panic instantly, feeling like he was doomed.

However, Feng Lingqiu still didn't ask about the caravan. Instead, he led him on a walk, gradually leading him to a secluded spot.

Then, she smiled gently at him and said, "Your name is Xiaoyu, right?"

Xiao Yu nodded quickly and replied, "Yes."

"You look so young, did you grow up in the Underworld?"

"Yes, Elder. I was an orphan since I was a child. When I was very young, Elder Xue took me to the Underworld and I joined my Corpse-Driving Sect."

"Which Elder Xue is it?"

"It is... Elder Xue Jinbao, the chief steward of the caravan."

"Hmm... so it's Elder Xue. You seem to be doing quite well these days, right? The shopkeeper seems to know you well too."

"This……"

Xiao Yu broke out in a cold sweat, sensing that the other party was implying something.

After all, a young inner disciple like him often has to spend a lot of money to buy Gu insect materials and raise and refine corpses in order to create a natal corpse puppet. So he doesn't have much spare money.

How could someone possibly stay at the Coffin Inn so often?

As Feng Lingqiu spoke, he looked at the female zombie who was following behind him, hopping and skipping.

Then she added, "Judging from how you treat her... you must care about her quite a bit. I've seen those Corpse-Driving Sect disciples on the road, and the corpse puppets following behind them are all rather sloppy, dry and thin. Unlike you, who take such meticulous care of her."

You must have put a lot of effort into her, right?

Xiao Yu's face became even more tense upon hearing this.

Feng Lingqiu, still somewhat curious, continued, "There's something I find strange. You said that when we members of the Corpse Driving Sect go out, we often fight to the death with the righteous path."

If something unexpected happens to the person, what should be done with the corpse puppet that accompanied them?

I don't know much about this matter. Could you tell me about it?

Feng Lingqiu's seemingly casual question appeared to have pierced through Xiaoyu's psychological defenses.

His legs immediately gave way, and he knelt down before Feng Lingqiu, pleading, "Elder! I know I was wrong! Please spare my life! I was only involved in the child trafficking! I wasn't the mastermind!"

I genuinely didn't know beforehand that the goods were all children, and I only refrained from reporting it because I was coerced by the disciples of the Joyful Sect!

There was absolutely no collusion with outsiders! Absolutely not!

Feng Lingqiu was slightly surprised to see the disciple's terrified expression.

Just now, she was simply asking a couple of questions to test the waters, based on her past experience dealing with disciples who had made mistakes.

But before they could even get started, the other side exposed everything they had done.

However, upon hearing the other party mention children, she was secretly pleased. She thought to herself that the matter Lin Jun had entrusted to her was finally showing some progress.

He feigned nonchalance and said, "It seems you were indeed involved in this matter?"

The disciple, Xiaoyu, looked flustered, but still gritted his teeth and nodded.

Feng Lingqiu then asked, "How many children were there, and where have they been sent?"

When Feng Lingqiu asked, Xiaoyu thought for a moment, and then his teacher replied, "I may have handled fifty or sixty of them. But I heard that the disciples in charge of other trade routes were also involved. All in all, it may exceed a thousand."

What other trade routes are there?

"Dongting, Nandu, Xiangbei, possibly all of them."

"Um……"

Feng Lingqiu pondered for a moment. He had originally thought that the disappearance of children only involved the Xiangnan area, but he did not expect that there were so many in other places.

But they didn't know what the Joyful Sect wanted to do with so many children.

After thinking for a moment, Feng Lingqiu said to Xiaoyu, "You are still salvageable because you took the initiative to admit your mistake. However, it is impossible to let you off the hook just like that."

Xiao Yu looked up in alarm, not knowing what was going to happen to him.

"How about this."

Feng Lingqiu pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Since things have come to this, I will give you a chance to make amends."

First, take me to the location where the Joyful Sect is hiding the children.

We need to figure out what they want with so many children.

That way I can inform the other elders in the sect and let them discuss how to deal with it.

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, seemingly knowing that regardless of whether he could gain the elders' understanding, he would definitely offend the Joyful Sect to the death.

If things go wrong, you might uncover secrets you shouldn't know, and you could even be hunted down and silenced by the Joyful Sect.

But when he looked at his beloved Corpse Princess standing quietly behind him, he felt that he had no other choice at this moment.

So he gritted his teeth and nodded to Feng Lingqiu.

"Elder, I will take you to the place where they are hiding the children."

Chapter 348 Yin Yang Two Demon Palaces

The order of Zizai Tianxia (自在天下令) allowed the Huanxi Sect to secretly steal a group of children from outside and send them back to Yindu (阴都), which was extremely well-kept secret.

Even Yu Luosha, an inner disciple of the Pleasure Cave, was unaware of this matter, let alone the Yindu Demon Sect outside of the Pleasure Sect.

It is possible that only a very small number of core elders who were involved in this matter had some understanding of it because they personally went to work for the Heavenly Court.

So, even after so much time had passed since Chi Jun arrived in Yindu, he still hadn't been able to find out any specific information.

However, the relocation of nearly a thousand children is still a relatively large-scale operation.

In the end, Feng Lingqiu still managed to find clues about this matter through the words of the disciples of the Corpse Driving Sect's merchant caravan.

Feng Lingqiu had not come with Chi Junlin and the others. Although he did not know the full details of the child theft incident, he had heard Chi Junlin briefly explain the situation.

Naturally, they were also extremely indignant about the Demonic Sect's act of stealing children.

However, these emotions were not fully revealed to Xiao Yu, a disciple of the Corpse Driving Sect.

Xiaoyu wasn't thinking too much at the time; he was only focused on making amends.

So they quickly contacted other caravan disciples and secretly found out where the children who had been sent to the underworld had ended up.

At this moment, it was near the palace of Zizaitian at the edge of the Black Cliff of Yindu.

The two men concealed themselves in a nearby patch of grass.

The palace in front of us is located in the dark part of the mountain, but the palace buildings are made of white marble, which makes it look solemn and majestic.

Although Feng Lingqiu had never been to this place, he knew that this palace did not belong to Zizaitian.

It was built by successive demon lords of the Xiangxi Demonic Sect at great expense.

Because this white magical palace is so famous.

Anyone with a basic understanding of the history of the Demonic Sect knows that Yin Capital has two forbidden areas: Black Cliff and Snow Peak.

The place called Black Cliff is dark and gloomy, surrounded by rocky cliffs. Because it is located in a place where sunlight never reaches, the environment is so dark that it resembles a palace in the underworld. Therefore, it is called the Underground Palace.

Correspondingly, at the top of the Bashan Mountains, which are shaded from the sun, there is a snowfield that is always sunny but whose snow never melts, called Snow Peak.

Opposite to the underground palace, atop the snow-capped peak, stands another palace, both crafted from ebony wood.

It was built by Lan Gexing, who commanded many disciples of the Demonic Sect.

These two palaces, Heaven and Earth, are situated at opposite extremes in terms of terrain and environment—one high and one low, one bright and one dark, one black and one white, one cold and one hot. Thus, in the north and south directions of Yindu, this place is transformed into a "Yin-Yang Life and Death Point" in Feng Shui.

If you look down from a high place, at noon, the shadow of the Bashan Mountains covers the entire Yindu, and you can see that the whole mountain city seems to be cut into a huge Tai Chi shape.

The Heavenly Palace and the Earthly Palace are just like two fish eyes, one black and one white.

Although no one knows why Lan Gexing built the palace in such a location, legend has it that these two palaces gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and cultivation within them can achieve twice the results with half the effort.

However, apart from the Demon Lord who occupied the palace, no one could verify this claim.

As for Zizaitian, although he never actually obtained the position of Demon Lord, he defeated Oni-mahime back then and forced her into seclusion to recuperate.

Bian Renyao gradually withdrew from worldly affairs.

Therefore, both palaces did indeed fall under the control of the Joyful Sect.

Because Zizaitian is elusive and rarely seen, others are unaware whether this top-ranked demon on the list of a hundred demons frequently resides and cultivates in his palace.

However, his beloved disciple Hu Shengyi would occasionally run into the palace, as if he were the crown prince of the demonic sect, enjoying the offerings from many sect disciples disguised as palace maids.

However, these matters are currently unrelated to the theft of children by the Joyful Sect, so we will leave them aside for now.

At this moment, Feng Lingqiu, led by Xiao Yu, arrived at this place.

They then roughly confirmed that the children brought back by the Corpse-Driving Sect caravan had indeed entered this place.

According to the testimonies of other caravan members, they had personally witnessed several disciples of the Joyful Sect entering the area after receiving the children in the pottery jars they had been given.

However, knowing these things alone is still not enough.

Feng Lingqiu frowned as he looked at the heavily guarded Demon Palace ahead.

Just knowing that a child has entered this place, how can we be sure that the other children are still there?

If they were to tell Lin Jun the location of the children, and the two managed to break in, only to discover that Zizaitian was actually practicing some evil art and had already killed all the children...

Wouldn't they have ended up with nothing?

Therefore, it is still necessary to confirm in advance whether the more than one thousand children are still alive and the specific location where they are being stored.

While they were pondering these things, Xiao Yu, who was standing to the side, said to Feng Lingqiu with trepidation, "Elder... since we have already found this place, why don't we stop here and leave?"

You see, the palace in front is mostly guarded by disciples of the Joyful Sect, and the defenses are very tight.

We can't get in even if we wanted to."

Upon hearing this, Feng Lingqiu gave him a displeased look.

He continued, "You just glanced at it and went back? How am I supposed to explain this to the other elders when I get back?"

Do you think this matter is over just by punishing a few of you caravan disciples who broke the rules?

"How can my Corpse-Driving Sect members be at ease if we don't find out exactly what Zizaitian is secretly up to?"

What Feng Lingqiu said was not only what he thought, but also, in a sense, the current predicament of the Corpse Driving Sect.

The Joyful Sect is now very powerful, and the Free Heaven Sect is far stronger than Bian the Demon.

If the Corpse Driving Sect and the Xuan Yin Sect hadn't joined forces to resist them, Zizaitian would probably have unified the Demonic Sect long ago.

How could the disciples not worry about their future situation?

Xiaoyu was probably hesitating, unsure how to respond.

But then a carriage suddenly appeared not far behind them.

The two disciples of the Demonic Sect sitting in the car, a man and a woman, were both handsome.

Four jars were also placed on the carriage frame.

They looked like they were there to transport children.

Feng Lingqiu had an idea and signaled to Xiaoyu.

The two then quietly made their way to the front of the road.