"Lu Ye, I was wrong before, I... I apologize to you."

In the room, Jiang Qingge, dressed in a white dress, slightly bit her lip and spoke towards an empty chair.

If there were others here at the moment, they might think that the Eldest Miss Jiang had gone mad.

Speaking to an empty chair about what she did wrong, out of nowhere.

Could she be possessed?

After speaking, Jiang Qingge felt a bit troubled. Facing an empty chair, she found it easy to speak, but when really facing that person...

She felt that she might not be able to speak as easily as she did now.

Moreover, he would probably look at her with strange eyes and say if she's sick, she should take her medicine.

"Huh, this person didn't even fold the blanket before leaving?"

Jiang Qingge inadvertently glanced at the wooden bed in the room. Her attention hadn't been on it before, and now she noticed the blanket on the bed was a bit wrinkled.

Getting up and walking to the wooden bed, Jiang Qingge reached out, intending to fold the blanket neatly.

"Why is there a long hair here?"

As soon as Jiang Qingge extended her hand, she keenly noticed that there was a long hair scattered on the creases of the blanket.

At this length, it was obvious it didn't belong to Lu Ye; it must be from a woman.

"Could it be Qing Yu's?"

Thinking for a moment, Jiang Qingge thought it was possible.

Qing Yu was that person's personal maid and often came in to help Lu Ye clean the room.

Occasionally leaving a hair while folding the blanket without noticing was quite normal.

Jiang Qingge was unconcerned and brushed the hair aside, folding the blanket neatly.

...

On the other side.

The Red Cloud Mountain Range, this place was where the Northern Great Sect, the Red Cloud Sect, was located. Exquisite buildings stood atop the several main peaks.

In front of the mountain gate, two ninth-layer Condensing Origin Realm disciples guarding the gate were extremely bored.

The left guard disciple glanced around at the empty surroundings, then whispered, "Did you hear about it? Half a day ago, a massive surge of black energy suddenly erupted in the Black Stone Wilderness, and many martial artists who went exploring were infected by the black energy, lost their sanity, and became crazed, killing whoever they saw."

The right disciple nodded and said, "I've heard about it, too. The news has been sent back through the Communication Jade Token long ago. Quite a few of our sect's brothers who went exploring also got infected, and it seems like they've become possessed, really terrifying. Thankfully, I didn't go to the wilderness."

Although exploration involves great risks but also opportunities for rewards, many are still fearful at heart.

After all, for them, who are generally only Condensing Origin or Postnatal Realm disciples, even a slight contamination could result in death.

The right disciple paused for a moment, then sighed with some pity, "It's a shame about Senior Brother Wu De. Originally, he was well on his way to breaking through to the Postnatal Realm within the sect. Now he's encountered such trouble in the Black Stone Wilderness, who knows how he is now."

Regarding this matter, the left gatekeeper disciple was not as sympathetic.

Wu De's comments undoubtedly brought trouble upon the servant disciple sent to the Jiang Family for marriage alliances.

Words bring disaster; after drinking a bit, his mouth ran unguarded. The punishment he received has nothing much to discuss.

Just as the left disciple was about to speak a rebuttal, he caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye of a blazing red figure rapidly landing in front of the Red Cloud Sect's mountain gate.

Immediately, a chill ran down his spine, and he quickly chose to remain silent.

The figure landing in front of the mountain gate was none other than the Red Cloud Sect Leader, the current holder of power, Red Cloud Fairy!

Regarding Red Cloud Fairy, all disciples of the sect were not only awed but also highly respectful.

After all, it was she who led the sect to its current flourishing state, overpowering Cyan Thunder Sect and securing its place as the second major sect.

Red Cloud Fairy's expression was indifferent. She had already heard the conversation of the two gate disciples upon landing.

The reason she rushed back from near Yinmang Mountain and did not continue to seek traces of the mysterious Martial Arts Grandmaster was precisely because she received a transmission regarding this event.

In the depths of the Black Stone Wilderness, a shocking black energy erupted, spreading for several miles!

Many martial artists deep in the wilderness were caught off guard and enveloped by the black energy.

Some martial artists, lucky enough not to be affected by the energy, never suspected their former friends or brothers would suddenly attack them.

And once they did, it was a deadly strike!

For a moment, chaos reigned over the wilderness, with sudden battles erupting everywhere, leading to heavy casualties among the explorers.

By the time several Innate Realm cultivators stationed in the wilderness arrived, the martial artists affected by the black energy seemed to have regained their senses, retreating quickly and leaving the place in chaos.

Sect Hall.

Having just rushed back, Red Cloud Fairy stepped into the main hall, surrounded by incense burners emitting a pleasing scent that refreshed one's mind.

At this time, figures were seated on both sides within the hall, all of whom were sect elders.

"Let's hear it, what happened." Sitting at the head seat, Red Cloud Fairy swept her gaze over them.

"A massive surge of black energy suddenly erupted in the Black Stone Wilderness," an elder stated. "According to preliminary reports, it's been assessed that someone accidentally unearthed a sealing array deep in the wilderness, causing the seal to loosen at the array flag's location."

Seal...

Red Cloud Fairy's delicate brow furrowed slightly. The scale of black energy erupting suggested that what had been sealed was no trivial matter.

Now released, infecting a group of martial artists who then vanished, it was not a good omen for the Northern Territory, which was gradually descending into chaos.

What a troublesome time...

Red Cloud Fairy pondered deeply, ever since the emergence of both the Five Poison Sect and Three Yin Sect, she had felt something odd.

Now, with malevolent forces springing up all over the Northern Territory, Red Cloud Fairy could surmise that it could not be unrelated to these two sects.

It's a pity that the Three Great Sects of the Northern were never of one mind, each having their own plans and intentions.

And even if one sect faced these two sects alone, it wouldn't yield many benefits.

So, even if she suspected that the forces rising in the Northern Territory were most likely being maneuvered by these two sects, all Red Cloud Fairy could do was watch.

To demand her Red Cloud Sect use all its might to resist these two sects, facing mutual destruction...

While the other two great sects would reap the benefits from behind, no one would engage in such a losing deal.

"Oh, by the way, Sect Leader, this is the list sent back by the Wilderness Station Elders after counting the sect disciples. Over a dozen were infected and have disappeared."

Red Cloud Fairy took the list and glanced at the names, which included disciples ranging from the Condensing Origin Realm to the Postnatal Realm.

A moment later, Red Cloud Fairy recognized a somewhat familiar name.

"Wu De?"

After a brief moment of thought, she remembered.

This seemed to be the person who, due to his reckless mouth at the Jiang Family's marriage banquet, brought trouble upon the servant disciple Lu Ye sent to the Jiang Family.

In the end, it was under her order that he was sent to the wilderness as an inner sect disciple to mine.

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