From Yuanshi Tianzun's eyes, Lust Divine General caught fear and despair, which widened the smile on his lips into a gloating smirk. Without wasting words, he pushed off, shattering the concrete beneath his feet with a loud crack, and lunged forward near the speed of sound. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Yuanshi Tianzun, whipping his right leg around like kicking a soccer ball straight at his enemy's head.
Given Yuanshi Tianzun's near-death state, Lust Divine General was certain he could instantly dispatch this top prodigy of the Five Elements Alliance in close quarters.
*Crack!*
The air seemed to detonate, snapping like firecrackers.
Zhang Yuanqing's figure shattered like a reflection in water, vanishing into nothing.
Star Phantasm Technique!
Lust Divine General looked around. Yuanshi Tianzun seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
With a cold snort, he opened his mouth and spat out a thick plume of ash-gray mist. The heavy fog expanded and swept across the surroundings, cloaking the reservoir and the agritainment farm, curdling in the air like stagnant clouds.
Near the reservoir, a distinct ripple stirred the dense mist.
Lust Divine General's form instantly vanished. The next second, he materialized within the fog and cracked a whip kick toward the disturbance.
*Pop!*
The kick landed with the sound of splashing water. A great spray of clear liquid burst outward, exposing Yuanshi Tianzun's form as he was forced out of Night Roaming.
Over his clothes draped an exquisite robe with a black base embroidered with silver waves and flame motifs.
The Water Ghost passive had saved him from a fatal blow.
"Tricks!"
Seeing his attack fail, Lust Divine General retracted his leg and grabbed a handful of glistening, translucent yellow sand from his inventory, tossing it over the clear water.
The instant the sand touched the liquid, it soaked it up rapidly.
This was an ingenious counter to the Water Ghost passive. By impeding the water's return and preventing them from reconstructing their physical bodies, Water Ghosts would die swiftly.
Having run rampant across the north for years, the divine general had witnessed such petty parlor tricks countless times.
Seeing half his body firmly bound by the sand and unable to reform, Zhang Yuanqing cast Star Escape Technique again, hurtling toward the reservoir while drawing on the Yin-Yang Robe to execute its water-controlling skill.
*Splash!*
Waves detonated across the tranquil reservoir, churning white foam and sending dense drops pelting down like rain.
Using this water, Zhang Yuanqing reformed his body and plunged into the reservoir with a heavy splash.
The depths were dark and quiet, acting like a barrier that shut out every disturbance from the outside world. All that lingered in his ears was the faint hum of surging undercurrents.
Zhang Yuanqing "breathed" heavily beneath the water, adrenaline spiking as he suppressed all panic, forcing himself to calm down and devise a countermeasure.
Underwater was home turf for a Water Ghost. Though the capabilities granted by the Yin-Yang Robe were capped at the Transcendent stage, free breathing, water control, and unrestricted movement underwater were enough for him to stall for a while against Lust Divine General, who was not adept at swimming.
Yet this was merely a temporary expedient. Relying on this trick alone to escape danger was clearly impossible; otherwise, a divine general would hardly be so formidable.
*The next teleportation jade talisman won't be ready for half a month, and my phone is waterlogged and useless. I have no way of contacting the outside world...*
*Lust Divine General is a peak Level 6 Saint, and that woman's background is unclear. She's likely a Witch Doctor. Since she's allied with Lust, she must be at least Level 5. Taking on either of them alone would be overwhelming, not to mention I'm heavily injured and severely weakened...*
Thoughts racing, a plan formed in his mind.
He would lurk at the bottom of the water, rely on the water manipulation of the Yin-Yang Robe, equip the Houtu Boots, and refine the reservoir to become its master.
Moreover, the Houtu Boots bolstered endurance, which was just what this badly battered frame needed for prolonged combat.
If Lust Divine General wanted to kill him, he would have to dive in. With the tables turned, even if Zhang Yuanqing couldn't defeat Lust, he would at least secure the means to survive. As for what to do after that, he had no further plan and could only take things one step at a time.
He promptly summoned the Houtu Boots and slipped them on.
The boots' trait activated immediately: unable to leap!
His body sank rapidly to the muddy floor.
"Quite a few tricks up your sleeve, aren't there?"
Lust Divine General sneered. Inhaling sharply, he sucked the mist blanketing the mountains back into his gut.
The middle-aged woman ambled unhurriedly over to the edge of the reservoir, pulled out a blood-red bamboo flute, and smiled.
"On my turf, does he really think he can get away?"
A weeping, mournful flute melody resonated through the mountains and echoed over the reservoir.
Zhang Yuanqing had just touched bottom, his feet pressing into the soft, rotting silt. He was about to activate the item's skill to slowly refine the water.
Suddenly, his ears twitched. The perception granted by the Yin-Yang Robe allowed him to pick up a violent undercurrent in the distance. Something colossal was approaching.
At blistering speed!
The next instant, he saw two golden-red lanterns ignite in the murky depths ahead.
The night vision of a Night Walker revealed the shadow behind the lanterns: a salamander-like monstrosity with a flattened head, a wide maw, golden-red eyes, and black vertical pupils.
Nearly ten meters long, it was covered in black scales from head to tail. A solitary horn jutted from its flat forehead, and four stout limbs paddled beneath its belly, churning up massive clouds of bubbles.
*What is that?!*
Zhang Yuanqing froze for a split second before realization struck—a gu beast!
Witch Doctors in the Transcendent stage could transform themselves into gu beasts, while at the Saint stage, they could breed and command different species of gu beasts to fight for them.
That middle-aged woman had reared a gu beast in this reservoir.
*With my current physical state, there's no way I can fight a monster like that.* Without hesitation, Zhang Yuanqing kicked off the Houtu Boots, abandoning his attempt to refine the reservoir. He thrust his feet against the soft silt of the bed and surged upward with the current toward the surface.
As he ascended, he cast Star Phantasm Technique, projecting a dozen phantom figures swimming in different directions.
Sure enough, the giant salamander froze in place, looking left and right, entirely at a loss as to which one to pursue.
*Crash!*
Water sprayed in all directions. Just as Zhang Yuanqing breached the surface, the buzzing of wings filled the air as a dark, murky swarm descended like a storm cloud.
Gu insects!
*Whoosh.* He swung his arm violently, unleashing a sheet of fire that lit up the pitch-black water and engulfed the onrushing swarm.
The insects tumbled down like sparkling embers, the stench of singed flesh sharp in the air.
At that moment, Lust Divine General on the shore pulled out a black bead, popped it into his mouth, and sprinted across the surface of the water as though it were flat ground, charging straight for Yuanshi Tianzun.
Concentric ripples shot across the water in a straight line toward Zhang Yuanqing.
*He really does have Water Ghost items. A figure of his caliber has deep resources...* Hearing the howling wind, Zhang Yuanqing mobilized the astral power within him, dissolving into specks of glimmering starlight that coalesced a dozen-odd meters away.
The moment his form solidified, he shaped another fireball and hurled it toward the mountain ridge opposite the reservoir.
By leveraging the class abilities of an Astromancer along with the skills of a Water Ghost and a Fire Specialist, he had averted one danger after another.
Having tossed the fireball, he was just about to use Fire Traveling when the middle-aged woman on the shore suddenly bowed toward him, muttering an incantation under her breath.
The next second, black mist rose from Zhang Yuanqing's body, radiating a foul, defiling aura that snuffed out the flames that had just ignited along his skin.
Fire Traveling had failed!
*Damn it!* His heart sank. He summoned the Red Dancing Shoes while seizing the Demon-Subduing Pestle and plunging it viciously into his thigh.
A glorious, pure golden radiance erupted, resembling a brilliant little sun rising from the water.
Simultaneously, the Ghost Bride, Bai Lan, emerged behind Lust Divine General as he skittered across the water.
"Ah—"
The moment the Ghost Bride attached herself to Lust Divine General's back, she shrieked and was violently rebounded, spectral black smoke rising from her form. Her aura plunged drastically, teetering on the brink of soul dispersal.
With the spiritual resilience of a peak Saint who was also a Bewitching Demon, he didn't even need to use an active skill to grievously wound a weak Level 4 spirit.
The Ghost Bride turned into a wisp of blue smoke and retreated into her husband's body.
Unhindered in the slightest, Lust Divine General closed the distance and launched a punch at Zhang Yuanqing.
Wind and thunder crashed as the air split with a piercing sonic boom.
That withered frame harbored terrifying, savage strength.
The Red Dancing Shoes were a beat too slow to react; dodging an attack from a foe of this caliber was simply beyond them.
In that split second, Zhang Yuanqing could only throw back his head and let out a long howl.
A shaft of moonlight descended from the dark sky, striking him like a spotlight. His muscles swelled, and his aura surged.
Moon Howl!
With a heavy *thud*, Zhang Yuanqing's chest caved in. The punch shattered his sternum and organs, sending him skimming across the water like a skipped stone.
Having landed the blow, Lust Divine General sped across the surface and caught up with the skipping Yuanshi Tianzun in an instant. Yet a second later, Zhang Yuanqing's body dissolved into phantasmic starlight.
This time, the middle-aged woman's Fortune Diminishment had failed to take effect.
The starlight reconvened on the opposite shore of the reservoir, reforming into Zhang Yuanqing. Under the effects of Moon Howl, he temporarily suppressed his physical injuries, holding his breath as he pulled a staff woven from vines and topped with a brilliant green gem from his inventory.
The moment the staff touched his palm, Zhang Yuanqing triggered its healing ability without hesitation.
A soft halo bloomed from the green gem, washing over his frame like a spring breeze, soothing his agony and mending the cracks along his flesh.
*Wuuu—*
On the shore, the middle-aged woman played her flute. Leaves rustled violently through the mountains as vast, dark clouds of insects took flight. At the same time, vibrant venomous bugs and serpents crawled from beneath the soil, swarming over the ground in dense numbers.
By then, Lust Divine General had crossed the reservoir, reached the shore, and lunged ferociously.
Having stabilized his wounds, Zhang Yuanqing cast Star Escape Technique again to pull away, then slammed the Mountain God Staff onto the ground.
A powerful ring of green light radiated outward, sweeping through the forest, the swarms in the sky, and the venomous insects and snakes on the ground.
The trees came alive, flailing like monstrous limbs, while the venomous bugs and serpents mutated, their colors turning even more vivid as their bodies swelled in size.
*Buzz—*
The storm cloud of flying insects turned traitor, swarming Lust Divine General from all sides. Serpents snapped up, bugs leapt into the air, biting the enemy with reckless abandon.
Vines and branches whipped down with abandon.
Lust Divine General stood motionless, enduring the barrage. Neither venomous fangs, hideous mandibles, nor violent lashes could breach his bronze skin and iron bones.
Zhang Yuanqing tapped his staff again, commanding roots to tear through the earth and coil around Lust Divine General to buy time.
Suddenly, a crimson gleam flared in Lust Divine General's eyes, solidifying into twisted, sinister runes.
The teeming serpents and insects across the mountains froze for a second, then rebelled once more, turning around to lunge back at Zhang Yuanqing.
The plants turned traitor as well, their vines and branches whistling through the air with lethal shrieks.
They had all been bewitched.
Zhang Yuanqing's face fell. Reflected in his pupils were Lust Divine General's face and a butterfly fluttering through the sky—the transformed middle-aged woman.
Seeing that Fortune Diminishment had failed, she had decisively shifted into a gu beast to join Lust Divine General in taking down their enemy in melee.
Before the pincer movement could close, Zhang Yuanqing shook open the Yin-Yang Robe, activating the Yin-Yang formation.
Though Star Escape Technique and Fire Traveling were superb escape tools, their range was too short, and he couldn't chain them indefinitely; otherwise, his spiritual energy would run dry in no time, making it impossible to shake off an aerial Witch Doctor.
His only remaining option was to deploy the Yin-Yang formation to buy himself a few more moments.
Moreover, in the dry summer heat, the flame formation would ignite the woods and spark a forest fire. As long as this mountainside went up in flames, mediums for Fire Traveling would be everywhere, securing his escape.
Phantasmic water and roaring flames descended as a massive formation spanning thirty meters materialized.
Zhang Yuanqing's true body vanished, replaced by avatars of flame and water that rose into view.
The fire avatar roared in fury, "You son of a bitch, Lust! You actually drove me this far! Fuck your whole family!"
Before the words had finished ringing out, Lust Divine General pulled out a yellow screeching rubber chicken with an icy expression and squeezed it hard.
*Screeech—*
The rubber chicken let out a shrill, piercing wail.
The butterfly hovering in the sky wobbled as if bludgeoned by a club and tumbled toward the dense forest.
The water and fire avatars collapsed instantly.
The Yin-Yang Robe drifted down from midair, wrapping itself around Zhang Yuanqing's body on its own.
Clutching his head, he stumbled backward, blood seeping from his nostrils, eye sockets, lips, and ears. His sea of consciousness was in chaos, his spirit body feeling as though it were being torn apart.
His head pounded so fiercely it threatened to burst. He couldn't muster his will, and his very thoughts were scattering.
The screech of that toy chicken was an exceptionally terrifying spirit attack.
It was a high-grade Illusionist item!
Despair welled up in Zhang Yuanqing's chest. Relying on terrain, items, and skills, he had neutralized his foes' attacks time and again like walking a razor-thin tightrope.
Yet the gap between them was simply too vast. The inventory of items he was so proud of offered no real advantage before a divine general.
Worse still, even though he had strained his limits to keep the fellow Saint-stage Witch Doctor from exerting her full might, he was now spent.
Surviving a joint assault from two masters was impossible.
Right then, just as despair overtook him, another gu beast appeared against the clear night sky. Her figure was slender and graceful, patterned all over with black and yellow stripes. Her eyes were dark like gems, her face delicately alluring, and two curved antennae rose from her brow.
Though she had a humanoid torso and limbs, her abdomen was that of a plump, voluptuous bee, tipped with a pitch-black venomous stinger.
The thin wings on the bee woman's back vibrated at high frequency, generating a sound like helicopter rotors.
Her voluptuous abdomen swelled slightly as the tail curled inward.
*Whoosh!*
Amid a piercing shriek of displaced air, the black stinger shot out, striking Lust Divine General's back at a speed so high that even a Saint could barely react.
"Ah—"
Lust Divine General stumbled, letting out a wretched cry as his face twisted in agony.
With her ambush successful, the bee woman swooped down, seized Zhang Yuanqing by the shoulders, and carried him in a rapid flight toward the agritainment farm.
Behind them came Lust Divine General's roar of pain.
The butterfly transformed from the middle-aged woman flapped her wings in pursuit, but the bee woman was evidently an agility-type gu beast and moved far faster.
"X-Xiao Yuan?" Zhang Yuanqing looked up at that familiar, exquisitely enchanting face and exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "How did you know I was here?"
Xiao Yuan cast him a cool glance, her expression aloof. "When Beiyue left the killing trial, I was worried he might end up on a wanted list, so I installed a tracking app on his phone without his knowledge."
Not seeing him home in the dead of night, she had known something was amiss. Opening the tracking app, she had traced Kou Beiyue's location to the Shijing Village Agritainment.
Xiao Yuan had recognized immediately that trouble was brewing. She had calmly called Kou Beiyue to ask when he would return to the inn, merely to test whether he was still alive.
After hanging up, she had set out without delay, arriving just in time to witness Yuanshi Tianzun being cornered.
*So she came looking for her kid...* Zhang Yuanqing looked back. Behind them, the butterfly was giving chase alongside Lust Divine General, who was sprinting across the water.
The latter's furious bellow was deafening:
"Xiao Yuan, how dare you ruin my plans! I'll never let you off!"
By this point, Xiao Yuan had cleared the reservoir and landed on the open ground outside the agritainment farm.
"Xiao Yuan..."
Kou Beiyue approached in surprise and delight, only to see her holding Yuanshi Tianzun. His face instantly twisted in rage.
"You can't save him! He'll lure you away, and he'll kill my whole family!"
Xiao Yuan dropped Yuanshi Tianzun. Her face flushed with fury, she stepped forward and swung a vicious slap across Kou Beiyue's face.
*Slap!*
Not daring to resist, Kou Beiyue spun like a top before collapsing to the ground with a thud, knocked cold.
Having knocked him out, she held out her palm. Dark light flickered, revealing a pitch-black jade talisman.
Xiao Yuan squeezed her hand shut. With a sharp pop, the dream-entering jade talisman shattered, releasing a wave of gray-white energy. Wherever it washed, color bled from the world, reducing everything to stark black and white.
Zhang Yuanqing found himself immobilized. In the distance, Lust Divine General, running across the waves in a frenzy, and the butterfly, just passing over the reservoir, were instantly frozen in midair by the gray-white ripple.
The next second, the scenery shifted abruptly. A coffered ceiling painted with images of Buddhas replaced the night sky, and the concrete gave way to hard bluestone slabs.
After so many days, he found himself once more within this antique, elegant hall. Before him stood a golden Buddha several meters tall, its narrow eyes half-closed, gazing downward with an expression both merciful and fierce.
On the prayer mat before the statue sat a figure in blue monk robes, facing away from them.
*Saved...* Zhang Yuanqing let out a breath of relief. The taut tension inside snapped, and his knees buckled, nearly sending him sprawling.
Straining his exhausted frame, he bowed.
"Thank you for the rescue, Master."
Master Wuhen's voice echoed through the hall, carrying the strain of bearing intense pain:
"Lust has set his sights on you. Be careful."
*Master, couldn't you just step in and kill Lust for me?* Zhang Yuanqing muttered inwardly, though he knew this Dominator could not intervene. He sighed.
"This junior understands."
Xiao Yuan spoke up at once. "Master, Beiyue has been bewitched. Do you have a way to undo it?"
"The divine power of the sun can resolve it. You may leave," Master Wuhen said slowly.
*Is he telling me to help?* Zhang Yuanqing exchanged a glance with Xiao Yuan and led the way out.
Supporting Kou Beiyue, Xiao Yuan followed close behind.
The moment they stepped out of the Buddha hall, the scenery warped back into the familiar inn corridor, with Room 404 behind them.
"Go to the second floor first," Xiao Yuan said coldly.
The two took the elevator down to the second floor and, under Xiao Yuan's lead, entered Room 203.
She tossed Kou Beiyue onto the bed, her gem-black eyes fixing upon Zhang Yuanqing.
"Rest for a moment. I'll change."
She was still in her gu-transformed state. While most Witch Doctors didn't rip their clothes when transforming, a small minority whose transformations were especially dramatic were exceptions.
Xiao Yuan belonged to the latter.
Of course, she possessed special armor that covered her body, so transforming wasn't always this awkward; however, seeing Yuanshi Tianzun on the brink of death, she hadn't had the time to equip it.
Once Xiao Yuan shut the door and left, Zhang Yuanqing collapsed onto the floor, panting heavily as his lungs wheezed like a ragged pair of bellows.
At this moment, the backlash of Moon Howl kicked in. His limbs went limp, weakness overwhelmed his frame, and his damaged internal organs ached faintly—and that was with the Mountain God Staff having already mended the worst of the trauma.
The most fatal damage was to his spirit body, which could only heal on its own.
On top of that, the toll of using the Mountain God Staff asserted itself—a tent pitched in his crotch.
Zhang Yuanqing's reproductive urges flared with intense force.
Xiao Yuan, now clad in a white dress shirt and a tailored suit jacket, pushed open the door to Room 203, only to find Yuanshi Tianzun gripping the brass pestle, stabbing Kou Beiyue's thigh over and over.
Blood was spurting everywhere, leaving a mess of bloody holes.
Miraculously, Kou Beiyue remained unconscious, letting Yuanshi Tianzun mistreat him.
"What are you doing?!"
Xiao Yuan's brows shot up in anger.
"He stabbed me earlier. I'm taking the chance during purification to get even," Zhang Yuanqing admitted honestly.
Catching himself, he hurriedly corrected, "No, I mean, I'm purifying him of Lust Divine General's bewitchment."
Xiao Yuan walked over to the bed with a frown, checked Kou Beiyue's pulse and breathing, and said, "Why hasn't he woken up yet?"
"Oh, I knocked him out again just now."
The two stared at each other in silence.
*Damn it, the toll of the Houtu Boots kicked in too...* Zhang Yuanqing felt thoroughly awkward.
Xiao Yuan drew a deep breath, shoved Zhang Yuanqing aside, and bent down to pull the blanket over Kou Beiyue. "Fine. Today's mess is his fault. I'll discipline him. Do you need anything else? If not, leave..."
She issued a cold eviction order, though she couldn't help adding, "Be careful from now on. Lust Divine General will likely orchestrate another hunt against you. I blew my cover today, so it'll be hard for me to visit the Soldier Master sect's black market to gather intel. I won't be able to help you anymore..."
Still bent over, her round, alluring eyes suddenly went wide with disbelief, her slender frame freezing stiff.
Zhang Yuanqing had cupped her rear from behind, his scalding "Demon-Subduing Pestle" pressing against the cleft of her buttocks. Dry-mouthed, the honest man spoke his honest thoughts:
"Auntie Xiao Yuan, I want to sleep with you..."
Right then, Kou Beiyue groggily came to, grumbling, "My thighs hurt like hell..."
Before he could finish, the bent-over Xiao Yuan snapped a hand-blade strike backward. Kou Beiyue's legs gave a twitch, and he passed out once more.
Zhang Yuanqing sat in a chair, his face bruised and swollen, looking at the stone-faced Xiao Yuan by the bed. "U-Um, if I said it was entirely the item's fault, would you believe me?"
Xiao Yuan rose silently, looking at him without expression.
"Rest first. Once the item's toll passes, I'll come back to see you."
A trace of blush still lingered on her cheeks.
Without waiting for Zhang Yuanqing's reply, she hoisted Kou Beiyue off the bed and left the room.
Utterly spent in mind and body, Zhang Yuanqing collapsed onto the bed, pulled the blood-stained blanket over himself, and sank into a deep slumber.
When he woke, day had broken.
On the nightstand sat a bowl of steaming white congee and several side dishes. Beside the desk opposite the bed lay a neat set of clean clothes, which looked to be Kou Beiyue's size and style.
*Now it's going to be even harder to interact with Xiao Yuan. I need to consult my life mentor...* Zhang Yuanqing sighed inwardly, finished the breakfast, showered in the bathroom, and slipped into Kou Beiyue's clothes.
Kou Beiyue had barely reached adulthood and had not fully developed physically. He was a head shorter than Zhang Yuanqing; the pants fit well enough, but the short-sleeved shirt was rather tight.
Zhang Yuanqing walked over to the nightstand, dialed the front desk, and said, "I'm awake!"
A brief "mm" came from Xiao Yuan before she hung up.
A few minutes later, Xiao Yuan, dressed in her front desk uniform, knocked and entered the room. Sitting on the chair by the desk, she asked, "Does the organization have any plans?"
Her demeanor was entirely normal, as though she had forgotten the awkward scene from the previous night.
Zhang Yuanqing shook his head. "There's no way for me to know what the elders are planning. But after what happened last night, Lust Divine General is likely to go completely underground, or even leave Songhai for the time being.
"If a peak Saint is bent on hiding, I doubt the elders can smoke him out. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many fugitives."
If Lust left Songhai, then no matter how bitter Zhang Yuanqing was, he would have no way to retaliate.
Bitter. He was truly bitter.
Xiao Yuan nodded. "Be careful on your own from now on."
The atmosphere in the room grew quiet for a moment.
Xiao Yuan asked in a low voice, "Is Songhai really that busy?"
"Yeah, pretty busy..." Zhang Yuanqing replied instinctively, only to regret it immediately.
Just as he was about to say something to smooth things over, Xiao Yuan smoothly changed the subject:
"The Shijing Village Agritainment was a black market operated by my former superior. I originally planned to gather intel there, but by now it's probably been abandoned. In the end, I'm not on the same path as those people, and my channels are limited. Moving forward, I'll likely be placed on the evil organizations' wanted lists, so it will be difficult for you to obtain information through the evil classes.
"Catching rats in the gutter is tough through official channels. Lust Divine General's desires are bottomless; even in hiding, he'll still gather beautiful women. If the officials control any Bewitching Demons from the Soldier Master sect, you could start from that angle. That's my suggestion."
"The officials are hunting down Soldier Master sect members hiding in Songhai, but given their low status, I doubt they know where Lust Divine General is holed up..."
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly froze as a spark of inspiration flashed through his mind.
A channel connected to the high ranks of the Soldier Master sect—he had one!
Wasn't Demonic Eye locked up in the Zoo?
Granted, Demonic Eye was imprisoned and couldn't possibly know Lust Divine General's current whereabouts, but he certainly knew secret contact methods within the Soldier Master sect.
*No, that won't work!*
With Lust stirring up such a massive fuss in Songhai, the sect's Bewitching Demons would definitely lie low. Given the vigilance of evil organizations, the contact methods Demonic Eye once knew had likely been changed.
Unless a high-ranking member of the Soldier Master sect was willing to help—which was impossible.
*Wait!*
Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up as a figure sprang to mind—Wrath Divine General!
In the audio recording from the Elvis speaker, the Demon Lord had once mocked Wrath Divine General: *Wrath's wife was Lust's sex slave.*
Could he exploit that conflict?
Did Wrath Divine General know about his wife's history with Lust? Probably not; otherwise, given Wrath's temper, Lust Divine General wouldn't be living so comfortably.
*Still, Wrath is one of the Eight Divine Generals and operates in the northwest. Finding Wrath is even harder than finding Lust... Right, I can ask Demonic Eye. Maybe he knows how to contact Wrath...*
A rough plan formed in Zhang Yuanqing's mind. He stood up excitedly and said eagerly:
"Auntie Xiao Yuan, I've got an idea. I need to head back to Songhai first."
Chapter 310