"Zhou Xuan is already such an extraordinary person. Just how powerful must our Blood Well Society’s High Priest be?"
A very unfamiliar voice rang out.
He had just finished speaking when Zhimajiang chuckled and said, "Ah Niu, no one knows just how powerful the High Priest is, but you only need to know that behind him is the Heavenly Venerate! The Blood Well Venerable!
The Heavenly Venerate is omnipotent, and so is the High Priest."
Hearing this, everyone almost simultaneously said with utmost reverence, "Praise the Heavenly Venerate, praise the High Priest."
Zhou Xuan got goosebumps upon hearing this and imdiately coughed before saying, "Everyone, how have you been recently?"
This clearly "affable" remark caused everyone in the network to fall silent, like when a class teacher suddenly walks into a noisy classroom.
After a while, Zhimajiang quickly replied, "High Priest, have you arrived?"
"I ca to check on you all and also to et the newcors of the Blood Well Society."
Zhou Xuan maintained a gentle deanor, and everyone slightly relaxed. Then they jokingly said to the newcor, "Ah Niu, you’re really lucky to et the High Priest as soon as you arrive."
"Why are you still standing there? If you have anything to say, speak openly to the High Priest."
Ah Niu, a hunter from the mountains of Yellow Field Prefecture, was an honest man.
Unlike the other Spiritualists who were worldly and sharp, he hadn’t even thought of the basic tactic of "using a pseudonym."
"High Priest, my na is Zhao Aniu. I’m a hunter from the mountains of Yellow Field Prefecture. Recently, my insanity has gotten worse, and I have co to seek your help to save my life."
Zhao Aniu?
Zhou Xuan listened and instantly guessed that this na was likely his real na.
"Is there still such a simple-minded Spiritualist in the world?"
Zhou Xuan thought to himself and then said, "Zhao Aniu, saving your life is really easy, but I heard from Si Yuer that you know the secret to the rger of Yellow Field and Jingchuan Prefectures?"
"Yes! It’s related to the ’Life and Death Cliff Cave’."
"Tell about it in detail."
Zhou Xuan’s perception instantly wanted to form a barrier to encase Zhao Aniu, providing a private, secure space where only he could hear Aniu’s voice,
which wasn’t difficult for Zhou Xuan, who had reached a higher level of perception.
However, before his perception activated, everyone at the gathering, led by Zhimajiang, one by one severed their connections and logged off voluntarily... So sensible that Zhou Xuan was surprised.
"Wow, these mbers are quite clever, aren’t they?"
Zhou Xuan smiled; within the perception network, only he and Zhao Aniu remained.
"Go ahead, everyone else has left, and there’s no need to worry about eavesdropping."
Zhou Xuan encouraged.
"Ah," Zhao Aniu quickly said, "The Life and Death Cliff Cave is a place I stumbled into when I was young, with twelve stone monunts inside, worn and old, inscribed with prophecies."
"Those prophecies change constantly, but I don’t recognize most of them as they’re written in the ’Bashu script.’
"Bashu script? The script of the Bashu people?" Zhou Xuan asked.
Coincidentally, the two leaders of the Bashu people—Wanguiyi and Wancangshan—though not killed by Zhou Xuan, died because of him.
"Yes,"
Zhao Aniu honestly replied, "My family’s ancestral ho is Dongba County of Yellow Field Prefecture, and I am also of the Bashu people, but my family moved out generations ago and barely know the Bashu script,
making those prophecies incredibly difficult to understand, and I certainly couldn’t decipher them."
Then Zhao Aniu added, "When I was six, during a hill-climbing trip, I fell into the Life and Death Cliff Cave and only recognized the two words ’Life and Death’ engraved at the cave entrance, knowing nothing else."
"What happened later?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"Later... I always felt there was a voice from inside the cave calling back, so I visited three or four tis more, but was caught once by my grandfather who scolded , saying the cave was the abode of ’Heavenly Lord,’ warning not to go there unnecessarily."
Zhao Aniu explained honestly.
Zhou Xuan listened and asked, "What is Heavenly Lord?"
"It’s how we Bashu people refer to our God."
Zhou Xuan asked further, "And how is this Life and Death Cliff Cave related to the rger of Yellow Field and Jingchuan Prefectures?"
"The day after the rger of Yellow Field and Jingchuan Prefectures, I visited the Life and Death Cliff Cave again..."
"You’re lying. You haven’t visited the cave in years, so why did you suddenly go this ti?" Zhou Xuan accused.
"High Priest, I wouldn’t dare lie. I truly went because so outsiders ca into the mountains a few days earlier. I was hunting, hiding in a tree waiting for prey to enter my trap,
when I overheard them talking about looking for the Life and Death Cliff Cave."
"They didn’t spot you?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"Sir, I am a Blood Well Spirit Communicator; my ears and eyes are exceptionally sharp. I could hear them, but they might not have heard ."
Zhao Aniu added, "I heard those people looking for the cave and thought... I could perhaps guide them to the Life and Death Cliff Cave and earn so silver taels,
so I went to the cave to ensure I could find the way,
and upon arrival, I noticed the twelve stone monunts’ prophecies had turned as red as blood,
of the hundreds of Bashu characters, I only recognized four."
"Which four?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"Yellow Field, Jingchuan," Zhao Aniu replied.
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