Just as Dongfang Wunian was preparing to take action, Xiaoyao suddenly spoke—
"Second Miss, you'd better be obedient! Since she said that, she must have ways to stop you, or perhaps she doesn't need to stop you at all. Their attack may have already begun."
"As expected, keeping an eye on you was right. You're very smart. That's correct, we've already taken action. The people in this vicinity have all been cleared out! How did you discover this?" The young lady said with a smile.
Cleared out? What did that mean? Dongfang Wunian actually understood this answer, but was afraid to accept it, because this answer would make her feel it was unbelievable.
"Your being here already explains the problem. If the people outside hadn't all been cleared out, if there were people nearby providing escort for you, how could they let someone as noble as you make contact with enemies?" Xiaoyao said lightly.
"That's true. I am the answer!" The young lady smiled. "Since I, this female demon head, am here, there are definitely quite a few little demon heads nearby, and beside the little demon heads are many demon disciples."
"Impossible!!" Dongfang Wunian shook her head. "This is where Heavenly Gate is located. How could so many people enter silently? This is absolutely impossible!!"
"Others might not be able to, but they, the Demon Cult, have ways to do this. They know some very special skills that catch people off guard. The person in front of you has a skill that can control people and confuse everyone," Xiaoyao said.
"Who is she?" Dongfang Wunian frowned. Since Xiaoyao said this, it must be true. She had also heard about the Demon Cult - there were some people with strange abilities who knew various bizarre powers.
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"She should be called Hei Xue." Xiaoyao answered somewhat uncertainly.
Hei Xue, that's right. This young lady was Hei Xue whom Xiaoyao had met before - Hei Xue from Immortal Sound Valley, one of the Demon Cult's thirty-six branches, the Hei Xue who could use Heavenly Demon Sound.
"Why do you say 'should be'?" Dongfang Wunian was a bit puzzled.
"Because I don't know if this is her real name either. Originally she didn't meet me using her Demon Cult identity, but as a courtesan singer." Xiaoyao said.
"My name is Hei Xue. I've never lied to you. I only concealed my Demon Cult identity. Other identities are also identities, and my name is also real." Hei Xue looked at Xiaoyao and said.
"Hei Xue..." Dongfang Wunian pondered, wanting to find this keyword from her memories, but obviously couldn't.
Although Hei Xue's identity was quite high-profile, what everyone knew was just her courtesan singer identity. Very few people knew her Demon Cult identity - it was only revealed once in the Great Tang Empire, but most people who knew about that kept quiet. Therefore, among most people, she was still a famous courtesan singer.
Demon Cult? How was that possible!
"Don't think too much. Let's go see the situation outside and see exactly how many people the Demon Cult brought and what they want to do," Xiaoyao walked toward the outside.
"Outside has already been controlled by us. For today, we spent a full four months. More than half of the Demon Cult's thirty-six branches came. We can completely take down Heavenly Gate in one fell swoop!" Hei Xue slowly followed Xiaoyao, not anxious at all. The more she was like this, the more afraid Dongfang Wunian felt.
Hei Xue's composure - wasn't this telling her that everything had been controlled by the Demon Cult?
"The Demon Cult's thirty-six branches... do you need such a big scene?" Xiaoyao said somewhat helplessly.
The Demon Cult's thirty-six branches - this was an absolutely powerful force on the continent, enough to destroy an empire. Even if the ten great sects were combined, it was uncertain who would win or lose. Just dealing with one of them, even the strongest among them, would be an easy matter.
Even if not all of them came, more than half was enough to completely defeat Heavenly Gate in a direct confrontation, not to mention they had arranged and planned this, launching a surprise attack when Heavenly Gate was completely unprepared. As long as this was executed perfectly, they could even take this place without losing a single soldier.
"Do you think I wanted to? If possible, I really wanted to monopolize this place, but to destroy Heavenly Gate, Immortal Sound Valley alone doesn't have this ability - at the very least we'd pay a great price! Plus, our Immortal Sound Valley can't swallow what's here. Originally it belongs to all of us in the Demon Cult anyway. Cooperation is the best choice." Hei Xue said. By this time, the group had arrived at the training grounds outside.
When Xiaoyao had entered just now, it was still a lively place. Now it had become completely desolate. One group of people surrounded another group in the middle, and those in the middle seemed to have their power restricted - perhaps by drugs, perhaps by special techniques. In any case, the people inside couldn't resist anymore.
The group outside seemed to be wearing the same Heavenly Gate clothes, as if they were people from within Heavenly Gate!
"Why? Why did you betray Heavenly Gate?" Just as Xiaoyao appeared, he heard people inside asking those people. They were obviously unwilling, because they had been ambushed. They felt that if they had faced each other directly, they definitely wouldn't have lost.
Besides unwillingness, there was also hatred in their eyes. Xiaoyao could understand this hatred, because there were many bloody scenes nearby with quite a few casualties.
"You must be very confused why these people would betray. Actually it's very simple - these people didn't betray at all. They were originally our people." Hei Xue said at this moment. She wasn't answering those people's questions, but just wanted to tell Xiaoyao.
"They're all spies?" Dongfang Wunian said through gritted teeth.
"To you they're spies, to us they're undercover agents! For the world's number one righteous sect, even if it wasn't because of today's matter, we couldn't possibly not place some people inside." Hei Xue smiled. "Some people have been in your Heavenly Gate for decades. It's really a pity - if it weren't for this matter being so important, we wouldn't waste such precious chess pieces."
"You... are too despicable," Dongfang Wunian said hatefully. She somewhat hated these spies, and what she couldn't have imagined was that among them were quite a few people she thought were very good.
At this moment, she didn't know that this was just a part. There were even more unimaginable ones - among the Demon Cult's undercover agents, the one with the highest position in Heavenly Gate was at the elder level.
"What's despicable about this? Undercover agents like this exist everywhere. Our Demon Cult also has them, they just haven't been dug out yet!" Hei Xue said very indifferently, and what she said was an undisputable fact.
In any sect, any power, there would be undercover agents of various kinds. Some kept lurking and might never be used until the end, but once needed, they could have miraculous effects.
Such chess pieces - anyone would place a few in powers that might potentially oppose them. The Demon Cult was recognized as an enemy by the world, and conversely, the entire world was also the Demon Cult's enemy. It could be said that among all the world's powers, more or less all would have Demon Cult undercover agents lurking.
Heavenly Gate was a relatively prominent power, so naturally many would be arranged.
Actually at this moment, Hei Xue still felt a bit regretful. If not for that underground palace, she wouldn't use these chess pieces that had been lurking for so long. These might be very useful in the future, but now there was no choice - she had to take this place.
"Why? Why did you come to our place?" Dongfang Wunian said.
"Why? I don't want to explain this to you temporarily. I can only say, if you want to blame someone, blame the person who originally chose this place as Heavenly Gate's location," Hei Xue said with a smile.
"Are you joking? If you don't want to say, then don't say. Don't use such excuses to deceive me! Our Heavenly Gate has been here for over two thousand years. How have we hindered you?"
This sentence didn't come from Dongfang Wunian, but from the controlled Dongfang Wuqing. At this moment, she was looking at Xiaoyao with somewhat hateful eyes.
Obviously, at this time, Xiaoyao had been identified as a Demon Cult undercover agent - a spy.
"Sister!!" Dongfang Wunian shouted and then ran over, because Dongfang Wuqing was injured at this time and looked very worrying.
No one stopped Dongfang Wunian's behavior, because it would be even better if she went inside - they could control her together.
"Hehe, how nice, you sisters are reunited!! I'll give you a chance to talk properly! Also, the reason I gave isn't deceiving you. I don't have the energy to lie to you - you're just fish on the chopping board now!"
"Two thousand years - speaking of it makes me feel lucky. It's been two thousand years and you actually never discovered the secret of this place. Hehe, this is understandable though - you didn't have this fate!" Hei Xue said with a smile. "Let's go. There are a few people who miss you very much and want to see you!"
"Can I stay here? You can have them watch me." Xiaoyao frowned, somewhat resistant. He felt that the people Hei Xue wanted him to meet would be very troublesome.
"No, I want to watch you every step of the way. Who knows what you might do? Even a few words from you could change the entire situation. I don't want to see that! Also, there might be some things that need your help!" Hei Xue rejected Xiaoyao's words, directly grabbing Xiaoyao's hand without any hesitation, walking toward the mountain. That seemed to be Heavenly Gate's Assembly Hall, one of Heavenly Gate's most important places.
Generally speaking, the sect master should be in that place.
"What are you planning to do? The battle above is at Emperor Level and higher. It's very dangerous for us to go there. Both you and I need protection - don't go join the excitement." Xiaoyao didn't want to go up. As mentioned above, where the sect master was located would definitely be where the strongest battles were.
Xiaoyao could feel that there were several auras of peerless experts fighting above, and any one of these auras was not something the current him could oppose. What was strangest was that among them was actually one he was familiar with.
Strange, when did I meet such strong people!
(End of Chapter)