Although Dongfang Wunian felt this was sudden, it seemed a bit strange. According to Xiaoyao's personality, he shouldn't bid farewell to her. Could it be that she was thinking wrong, and she actually held quite a position in his heart?
"It's also to bid farewell. Originally I wanted to leave a note..." Xiaoyao's words confirmed Dongfang Wunian's thoughts - he had indeed thought about leaving without saying goodbye.
"However, before leaving, I want to remind you of something." Xiaoyao looked at Dongfang Wunian and said.
"What is it?" Dongfang Wunian asked.
"You might have some trouble here, because there's a female demon head here." Xiaoyao said.
"Female demon head?" Dongfang Wunian was even more confused. What was this all about?
"Yes, a female demon head. There might be another female demon head with her. I don't know if they want to rescue people from the Heavenly Prison or attack you all. Either way, I don't want to be caught in the crossfire. I'd better leave first," Xiaoyao nodded and said.
"??" Dongfang Wunian was even more confused. She completely didn't understand what Xiaoyao was talking about, but it sounded like it should be very serious.
"Alright, I'm leaving first. Just be careful," Xiaoyao didn't explain further. His so-called reminder ended there - he didn't want Dongfang Wunian to completely understand.
"...You're just leaving like that? At least explain clearly first! At the very least, you should tell me where that female demon head is!" Dongfang Wunian felt somewhat helpless and grabbed Xiaoyao who was about to leave.
"Oh, I almost forgot. She's at..." When Xiaoyao was about to speak, he suddenly discovered something that made him temporarily choke on his words.
"What's wrong?" Dongfang Wunian was a bit puzzled, then looked in the direction Xiaoyao's eyes were gazing. She saw a very beautiful young lady whose beauty even made her feel envious.
Could it be that she was the female demon head Xiaoyao mentioned? It didn't seem like it.
But this young lady was someone she had never seen before. With such beautiful looks, if she were from Heavenly Gate, she would definitely have seen her. It was impossible to have no impression at all.
This meant this young lady had appeared suddenly and didn't belong to Heavenly Gate. In that case, it matched what Xiaoyao said - she should be that female demon head.
But how did she get in?
How could Heavenly Gate allow a stranger to enter without being discovered, coming to this place? This was the heart of Heavenly Gate. For someone to just enter like this seemed too unimaginable.
"You... how are you here?" Xiaoyao stared blankly at that young lady.
"Of course this female demon head came to find you," The young lady smiled, looking at Xiaoyao with very special and complex eyes. There seemed to be surprise, resentment, helplessness...
Damn, why look at me with that kind of gaze? People will misunderstand.
"You two..." Dongfang Wunian looked at the young lady, then at Xiaoyao, her expression as if asking whether they had some special relationship.
"Don't look at me like that. I have no relationship with her. She's a female demon head, I'm just passing by," Xiaoyao seemed to read Dongfang Wunian's thoughts and immediately jumped away to explain, drawing a clear line between himself and the young lady.
"You're just passing by? You'd better be just passing by, then we won't have any conflict." The young lady smiled and said.
"That's it then. You continue, I'll take my leave first," Xiaoyao smiled, then waved his hand, preparing to leave directly.
"..." Dongfang Wunian really wanted to knock Xiaoyao on the head. At this moment, with everything unclear, you're abandoning me to face off with a female demon head?
This was too heartless!!
"Don't rush to leave. You'd better stay," The young lady didn't let Xiaoyao have his way, appearing in front of Xiaoyao to prevent him from leaving. This made Dongfang Wunian feel an impulse to thank her.
"It's not good for me to stay. If you fight, it might harm the innocent! I'd better leave first and not obstruct you," Xiaoyao said with a smile.
"To prevent you from obstructing us, the best way is to keep you by my side, behaving obediently, not saying things you shouldn't say," The young lady said softly to Xiaoyao, her tone very gentle, as if instructing a lover.
"??" Dongfang Wunian's head was now full of question marks, not knowing what relationship Xiaoyao and this young lady had. It seemed like this young lady had special feelings for Xiaoyao, but Xiaoyao said she was a female demon head. Why was it so strange?
Moreover, Dongfang Wunian still didn't understand what this young lady had come to do. It seemed like a very big plan.
What was strange was why she would risk appearing before her for such a big plan, just to control Xiaoyao. Was Xiaoyao that important?
Was he important to her, or important to that plan?
At this moment, Dongfang Wunian felt it should be more of the former, because the way this young lady looked at Xiaoyao was very different.
"Don't! Why? Why make me stay? I really want to leave, far away!" Xiaoyao said to the young lady, speaking very reluctantly.
"You should know that you've already disrupted one of our plans. This time, we won't allow such a thing to happen again. Also, about last time, we need to settle accounts. You should think about how to compensate me." The young lady said with a smile.
"Last time? What last time? What are you talking about? I completely don't understand." Xiaoyao began pretending not to know.
"Keep pretending. Even if you pretend, it's still the same! Alright, I haven't asked you yet - how are you here? Could it be that you already know the secret of this place?" The young lady looked at Xiaoyao.
"..." Xiaoyao fell silent. This seemed to be the news he least wanted to hear. This was undoubtedly telling him that this female demon head's purpose for coming here was for the secret of this place.
What was the secret of this place? Wasn't it that underground palace?
For now, not mentioning why it was them coming here instead of people from the Great Tang Empire - those who could know about this should be Ning Zhiyuan. Why didn't he send people, but instead this group came?
This group definitely wouldn't be Ning Zhiyuan's people, because they were enemies. Even if forced to cooperate, Ning Zhiyuan shouldn't cooperate with this group on this matter.
However, if it wasn't news leaked by Ning Zhiyuan, then why would this group know? Could there be more than one treasure map?
No matter what, Xiaoyao could now be certain that this group would definitely engage in battle here, and the scale of this battle would be very large. The entire Heavenly Gate would need to fight, and they might be annihilated at any time, or at least be driven from this place.
Why?
This was simple - this group came for the underground palace, and Heavenly Gate happened to be above it. They couldn't possibly let Heavenly Gate's people continue staying above, so they definitely had to occupy it.
Cooperate with Heavenly Gate? This was impossible. When these two forces met, they would definitely fight to the death, because they were from two opposing sides.
Now Xiaoyao didn't need to say anything to know that the people who came were definitely not just the female demon head and a few others in front of him. It would definitely be a large group, and a large group capable of devouring the entire Heavenly Gate.
Xiaoyao now seemed to understand why no one had come to explore the underground palace for so long. With the Great Tang Empire's capabilities, people should have come half a year ago.
Now it seemed the people had been changed, and these new people had also planned and prepared for a long time. It seemed they were preparing to launch their plan in the next few days.
"Xiaoyao, who exactly is this lady? Why do you say she's a female demon head?" Dongfang Wunian couldn't take it anymore. She still hadn't figured out the current situation, not even knowing who this young lady was.
"Right, why call me a female demon head? I'm so beautiful and gentle - where do I look like a female demon head," The young lady smiled, looking at Xiaoyao's eyes with what seemed like the resentment of a little wife.
Xiaoyao felt a chill and immediately said, "Don't look at me with that kind of gaze. I know you have grievances against me, but I had no choice! Who told you to come as an assassin back then, and I happened to be on the opposite side? It was just different positions! But there shouldn't be any hatred or conflict between us, even though you're from the Demon Cult!"
Demon Cult? The young lady in front of them was from the Demon Cult?
Among the Demon Cult young ladies Xiaoyao knew, there seemed to be only one. The other was already a mature woman. But why would she be here?
This was Heavenly Gate - Heavenly Gate was a righteous sect, they were on opposite sides. Even if they weren't opposing, how could one sect allow another sect to suddenly appear on their territory? This would definitely trigger a war.
"What?! Someone from the Demon Cult!!" Dongfang Wunian was shocked and immediately took a defensive posture. She was from the number one righteous sect, and if the Demon Cult came here, they definitely had some conspiracy.
At this moment, Dongfang Wunian was angry at Xiaoyao - why didn't he say earlier that the other party was from the Demon Cult? And knowing this, he should have notified others earlier instead of just telling her.
Dongfang Wunian looked at Xiaoyao. She wasn't suspecting Xiaoyao of anything. If Xiaoyao were a Demon Cult spy, there wouldn't have been those previous conversations.
Seeing Dongfang Wunian looking at him, Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Right, she's from the Demon Cult, and she's also a leader of the Demon Cult - a demon head, a female demon head!!"
"So that's what you meant. I can accept that!" The young lady said with a smile, feeling that Xiaoyao's "female demon head" wasn't anything significant - very normal.
Then, the young lady suddenly said to Dongfang Wunian, "As long as you stay quiet, for this kid's sake, I'll spare you. Don't try to notify others or think about attacking me..."
Dongfang Wunian frowned. She had originally wanted to attack to test the other party while notifying others. She hadn't expected to be seen through.
However, even so, she couldn't give up that idea, because she felt that even if the young lady before her could take her down, she couldn't stop her from notifying others. As long as she notified others, her purpose would be achieved.
(End of Chapter)