Wang Butcher's expression changed drastically as she turned her head to look in my direction.

She couldn't see me or Wang Xiaohuan, but she could see Cang Tianji shaking her head slightly at her.

Wang Butcher instantly flew into a rage. The cleaver in her hand transformed into a cold gleam, and she herself, like a streak of flowing fire, attacked her opponent.

The wizard, however, revealed a cold smile towards Wang Butcher.

As Wang Butcher's blade flashed and the wizard's gaze collided, a furious roar suddenly erupted from my direction: "Insolent!"

It was clearly my voice, but the majesty it carried was like the descent of a king, inviolable.

The wizard abruptly looked up, and her head exploded from the inside out. A burst of green fire spewed from her skull.

The wizard's soul was hidden within the corpse she controlled. Cang Tianji hadn't miscalculated; it was just that Cang Jian hadn't had time to detect the location of the opponent's spirit before being blocked.

Wang Butcher didn't have time to check on the wizard's condition and rushed towards me: "Li Po, Huanzi, you..."

Before Wang Butcher could finish speaking, the knife in her hand was aimed at the center of my brow!

Wang Butcher could sense that my body was sitting still, but my soul was no longer me.

At the same time, Cang Tianji and Wang Xiaohuan surrounded me.

They didn't attack, because they still held a glimmer of hope—hope that my soul was still there.

As I looked up at Wang Butcher, I slowly said, "Don't be nervous, I didn't devour Li Po's soul. We're just forming a contract. Just wait a moment."

Wang Butcher and Cang Tianji exchanged glances, and the latter nodded slightly.

Soon after, the aura around me slowly began to recover. When I opened my eyes again, Wang Xiaohuan grabbed my wrist: "Don't move! I want to see who you are!"

At the same time, Wang Butcher's cleaver was placed on my neck.

After the two of them examined me from head to toe several times, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Butcher slapped the cleaver on my head: "What the hell are you doing? You almost scared me to death!"

I rubbed the bump on my head: "Couldn't you have been a little gentler? Are you tenderizing cucumbers?"

"Speak properly!" Wang Butcher directly pulled me up: "What exactly happened just now?"

I recounted my encounter with the Yan Yu Lou Zhu (Rain Mist Tower Master). Wang Butcher instantly flew into a rage: "Are you stupid? I used to think you were only stupid when you weren't on a mission. Now it seems like you're stupid all the time?"

"Who is the Yan Yu Lou Zhu?"

"At the very least, he's a ghost deity between two realms. Otherwise, how could he suppress the entire Miao Jiang?"

"Someone like that could perceive thousands of miles away with a single thought. If his bride was always in the Yan Yu Lou, would he not be able to find her?"

"You formed a contract with him? He's clearly playing you!"

I shook my head slightly and said, "I don't think so."

"The person who built the Yan Yu Lou was Di Xiansheng (Earth Master)."

"Maybe there's something in the Yan Yu Lou that prevents him from searching."

"Besides, I've already opened up my divine sense. If he wanted to kill me, would he need to go to so much trouble?"

As I spoke, I tapped my head and said, "Just like just now, he could have taken my life with a single thought. Why bother going to such lengths?"

Wang Butcher said, "I still feel like something's not right."

"Tell me, could the Yan Yu Lou Zhu be Zhu Zining in disguise, trying to trick you into opening the Yan Yu Lou?"

I denied it again: "That possibility is also unlikely."

"If Zhu Zining went to form a contract with the Yan Yu Lou Zhu like I did, she would already be within the Yan Yu Lou's range. I didn't see Zhu Zining just now."

"Moreover, if Zhu Zining wants to impersonate the Yan Yu Lou Zhu, there must be a prerequisite: the Yan Yu Lou Zhu is not in the city."

"That possibility is also unlikely!"

Only then did Wang Butcher hesitate and say, "Alright then! What are you planning to do next?"

"Enter the city!" I walked towards the Yan Yu Lou.

When I saw the gate of the Yan Yu Lou, I couldn't help but mutter to myself, "We should have brought Leng Gou (Cold Dog) over."

"He's proficient in Feng Shui and mechanisms. I can't see anything here!"

It wouldn't be right to say that none of us knew anything about Feng Shui. Fortune-telling, divination, and Feng Shui are the basic skills of a Taoist. Any Taoist can understand some of it.

However, the little bit we've learned is enough for ordinary people to look at Yin and Yang dwellings, but we can't handle real Feng Shui formations.

Di Xiansheng's position in Taoism is a bit higher than that of a Feng Shui master.

We can only explore what they cultivated bit by bit.

Since we're already here, there's no turning back.

I could only lead Wang Butcher and the others up to the city wall and look down.

I said in a deep voice, "What I see will be shared with you. Help me take a careful look at the welcoming process."

I made two agreements with the Yan Yu Lou Zhu:

He let me see the welcoming process of that year, which goes without saying.

Our other agreement was that he would let me use the ghosts and monsters in the Yan Yu Lou to kill Zhu Zining.

The Yan Yu Lou Zhu initially disagreed with this request. Later, when forming the contract, he was persuaded by me, but he himself would not help me.

I climbed the city wall to let Zhu Zining see me, and also to see how the welcoming team entered the Yan Yu Lou back then.