Originally, Ji Yunmeng thought she was psychologically prepared, so no matter how Lu Chen treated her or toyed with her body, she wouldn’t care.

Moreover, she was now a Spirit Realm Spirit Warrior with excellent physical fitness.

Lu Chen was just someone who had started practicing martial arts; with his limited physique, he wouldn’t affect her.

However, to her surprise, with Lu Chen’s passionate kiss, she gradually felt the spiritual evil inside her becoming more restless, her whole body heated up.

For a moment, she felt like her mind was losing control.

Ji Yunmeng tried hard to remain calm, repeatedly reminding herself that she and Lu Chen were just playing roles, and she must not become engrossed in male-female affairs.

Yet, Lu Chen’s methods for dealing with women were extremely clever; in just a short time, Ji Yunmeng’s cool jade-like face turned scarlet, unable to suppress her desires.

At this moment, a breeze blew into the room from outside the window, and Ji Yunmeng suddenly felt a chill, only then realizing her clothes had disappeared.

At this moment, Ji Yunmeng couldn’t help but let out a few muffled groans from her throat.

"Mmm mmm..."

...

In the Heavenly Fate Sect’s main hall, black mist swirled, with Dark Blood Stone crystals laid on the ground, emitting a faint cold light.

Dozens of ancient lamps formed from yin fire hung in the hall, their flames interweaving a ghostly green and dark red, casting the hall into a bizarre array of light and shadow.

At this moment, Yun Yudie sat on the White Bone Chair, gazing coldly at the disciples kneeling in the hall, and she asked in a cold voice, "Are you saying the Right Protector entered Zhen Nan Prince Manor and then went missing?"

As her words fell, streams of Black Evil emanated from Yun Yudie’s body, making the entire hall’s atmosphere even more oppressive.

The Heavenly Fate Sect disciple kneeling in the hall began to tremble even more, hurriedly saying, "Yes, yes, Sect Hierarch. Ever since the Right Protector went to Zhen Nan Prince Manor, no news has come forth."

Saying this, large beads of sweat dropped from the disciple’s forehead onto the floor.

After his voice fell, Yun Yudie didn’t speak, falling into silence.

Clearly, Zhou Xiaoxiao and Zhou Youyou, like the others, were trapped in Zhen Nan Prince Manor.

Yun Yudie remembered the information sent back by the spies in the Capital City some time ago.

At that time, the message mentioned that Zhou Youyou had left Zhen Nan Prince Manor and returned to the house bought by the Heavenly Fate Sect in the Capital City.

But afterward, she and Zhou Xiaoxiao went to the Hundred Flowers Tower, and soon after, Lu Chen also went to the Hundred Flowers Tower.

After spending a night in the Hundred Flowers Tower, Lu Chen took Zhou Xiaoxiao back to Zhen Nan Prince Manor.

From that intelligence, Zhou Xiaoxiao first met Zhou Youyou, probably learning some things about Zhen Nan Prince Manor from Zhou Youyou and then went to the Hundred Flowers Tower to meet Lu Chen.

Yun Yudie thought, could it be that Zhou Youyou had already betrayed the Heavenly Fate Sect when she went to meet Zhou Xiaoxiao, tricking her sister into going to the Hundred Flowers Tower?

How could that be possible? How could something mysterious betray something mysterious?

Zhou Youyou was essentially an immortal entity, at worst being sealed, so normally, high-realm mysterious beings wouldn’t betray their kind due to human threats, not to mention Zhou Youyou was a protector of the Heavenly Fate Sect, holding such a high position; how could she side with humans? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Something she didn’t know must have happened.

Yun Yudie’s mood at this time was very bad.

Both the Left and Right Protectors of the Heavenly Fate Sect were dispatched to the Capital City, but both lost contact.

If they haven’t reported back for so long, they must have either been sealed or betrayed the Heavenly Fate Sect.

Just what confused Yun Yudie was, if Zhou Youyou and Zhou Xiaoxiao had indeed betrayed the Heavenly Fate Sect, Lu Chen would probably know about the sect’s locations in the Capital City, and those locations should no longer exist.

Yet, up to now, those locations remain intact.

This indicates that Zhou Youyou and Zhou Xiaoxiao haven’t betrayed the Heavenly Fate Sect yet.

Of course, it might be that Zhen Nan Prince Manor wants to cast a long line to catch a big fish, intentionally leaving the locations untouched to lure her, the sect hierarch, to the Capital City.

Yun Yudie now wants to know what Zhou Youyou and Zhou Xiaoxiao said that led Zhou Xiaoxiao to follow them to the Hundred Flowers Tower to meet Lu Chen.

At this moment, the Heavenly Fate Sect disciple kneeling in the hall was barely able to breathe under the pressure Yun Yudie released.

He hurriedly said, "Sect Hierarch, what should we do now?"

Upon hearing the disciple’s voice, Yun Yudie finally came back to her senses, retracting the pressure, and spoke coldly, "Summon the Saintess to the hall."

The disciple hurriedly replied, "Yes, I will call the Saintess right away."

As he spoke, he quickly got up from the floor and walked out of the hall, trembling.

A while later, a woman in a red dress entered the hall.

Her eyebrows were slender and slightly arched, exuding a bit of pride, with eyes slightly deep, her gaze clear yet aloof.

Her nose was shapely and straight, lips naturally tinged with light red, the corners curved subtly with an almost imperceptible smile.

Her long hair was loosely tied at the back, a few strands falling along her cheeks and neck, adding a touch of lazy allure, bright but not vulgar, seductive yet prickly, like a red rose.

Upon entering the hall, Xu Jingshu first saluted Yun Yudie before saying, "May I ask what the Sect Hierarch needs from me?"

Yun Yudie didn’t answer immediately; she sat on the White Bone Chair, tapping lightly on the armrest with her slender jade fingers.

Seeing Yun Yudie silent, Xu Jingshu closed her mouth, waiting for her to speak.

After an unknown amount of time, Yun Yudie finally said, "I plan to send you to the Capital City."

Truthfully, Yun Yudie didn’t want Xu Jingshu to go to the Capital City at this time.

She sensed that Lu Chen could undoubtedly identify the mysterious; given the unclear situation in the Capital City, sending Xu Jingshu there could mean falling into Zhen Nan Prince Manor’s trap.

But precisely because the situation was unclear, she must understand what happened with Zhou Youyou and Zhou Xiaoxiao, and what Zhen Nan Prince Manor was plotting.

Of course, most importantly, they needed to determine if Lu Chen could truly identify the mysterious ones’ identities.

If Lu Chen could indeed identify the mysterious, they must eliminate him at all costs.

Hearing Yun Yudie’s words, Xu Jingshu was slightly stunned, "To the Capital City?"

If she remembered correctly, their sect hierarch just sent Zhou Xiaoxiao to the Capital City recently.

As the Saintess of the Heavenly Fate Sect, she generally wouldn’t leave the sect.

For the sect hierarch to send her to the Capital City, it indicated the situation had turned against the Heavenly Fate Sect.

Xu Jingshu then asked, "Sect Hierarch, has something happened in the Capital City?"

Yun Yudie didn’t conceal anything, directly saying, "After Zhou Xiaoxiao went to the Capital City, she was deceived into Zhen Nan Prince Manor, and since then, there’s been no word from her."

"This..."

Xu Jingshu thought of Zhou Youyou; she was the same, having gone to Zhen Nan Prince Manor and then never heard from again.

Logically, Zhou Xiaoxiao should know about Zhou Youyou’s situation and wouldn’t easily go to Zhen Nan Prince Manor; how was she tricked into going there?

Xu Jingshu was about to ask further when Yun Yudie said lightly, "You go to the Capital City first; someone will inform you of what’s happening there."

Xu Jingshu ceased asking more and replied, "Yes, Sect Hierarch."

Yun Yudie then remembered something and added, "By the way, once you’re in the Capital City, don’t go to our previous sect locations."