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"Master, there is no one named Fang Baoer in the disciple courtyard." The thin middle-aged man next to him said to the man. "Just drive out a crazy woman."

After saying this, the thin middle-aged man waved his hand, and a disciple came out and pulled the woman up.

The woman struggled, "My daughter Bao'er was taken away by the immortal master of your Qianmen Sect. The immortal master said that my daughter Bao'er had a destiny to be an immortal, and gave my family ten gold coins, saying that money would be sent to us every month in the future. Many families in the village sent their daughters to the immortal master, and the immortal master gave them money and took them away."

The thin middle-aged man snorted coldly: "Nonsense, our Qianmen Sect is the number one sword sect in the Great Wilderness, how can you enter it so casually."

The woman was thrown out and the cat in her hand was taken away by the disciple.

Zhou Xueru huddled beside Rong Chen and said, "They are fake, pretending to be disciples of Qianmen Sect."

Rong Chen looked solemnly at the man who was called the head of the first seat. He flicked his long sleeves and the long sword beside him flew towards the man sitting in the first seat.

A white light flashed, and the scene in front of him returned to the dilapidated courtyard, but the woman was no longer there.

Zhou Xueru was at a loss for a moment, then quickly turned around and saw that the door to the courtyard was closed. She asked in confusion, "The door is closed, what's going on, Immortal Lord?"

The stone lion in Jimo Yanzhou's hand outside the door fell back to its original place. The wind stopped and the dark clouds dispersed. He was slightly startled and picked up the palm-sized stone lion again.

The wind was howling and dark clouds were gathering.

In the courtyard, before Zhou Xueru could finish her words, she heard a series of screams in her ears, the sound was extremely miserable.

The empty lobby was brightly lit. There were many metal cages hanging in the lobby, with various types of spiritual beasts locked in the cages. All of the spiritual beasts had wounds on their bodies, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Suddenly, a golden kitten jumped out from the corner, ran to Rong Chen, stood there, looked up at Rong Chen, and meowed. Rong Chen noticed that the golden kitten had a black patch of hair on its left leg, just like the one the woman was holding.

"Meow~" the kitten called again.

Rong Chen suddenly asked: "Are you Fang Baoer?"

When the kitten heard him calling its name, it cried out with joy, ran to Rong Chen's feet, and rubbed its head gently.

Zhou Xueru was surprised and asked, "It can actually understand?"

The kitten looked at Zhou Xueru, tilted its head, and suddenly bared its teeth at her.

Rong Chen lowered his eyes, looked at the cat at his feet, and said in a cold voice: "Did you come to Jiuyun Mountain with the immortal master of Qianmen Sect?"

The kitten meowed.

"Is this the Qianmen Sect?" Zhou Xueru was shocked.

Rong Chen glanced at the cages. There were seals on the cages to prevent the animals from escaping. However, he was very curious about how this kitten could run away. The spirit animals struggled to get out of the cages, but they were injured by the seals on the cages. They were covered with scars and some even made sounds similar to human crying.

Zhou Xueru thought she had heard it wrong and quickly called her system: System, the animals in the cages are making strange noises.

Tips from the strategy system: They are all the girls that the Immortal Master tricked back to the sect from the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Xueru's eyes were filled with shock: How come all the girls down the mountain turned into spirit beasts?

Strategy system: They are using witchcraft to raise spirit beasts.

"My Lord, the people in the cages are..." Zhou Xueru wanted to increase her sensitivity in front of Rong Chen, so when she found out that these animals were the girls who had been deceived at the foot of the mountain, she was about to tell him what she knew, but they ended up returning to the same courtyard as before.

Outside the door, Jimo Yanzhou bent over and picked up the other stone lion. He held the stone lion in front of Zhou Yun and said, "Yun'er, the carving skills of these two stone lions are too poor. They don't even have eyes."

Zhou Yun's fingertips were touching the spider web that she had just touched on the door. This courtyard had not been inhabited for a long time, and there was dust and spider webs everywhere.

"Let's go to the village and take a look." Zhou Yun looked up at the dark clouds rolling in the sky.

Jimo Yanzhou then released the little stone lion.

The dark clouds dispersed and the sky returned to its previous twilight, but the whole village seemed too quiet, making it feel eerie.

Zhou Xueru returned to the courtyard halfway through her words. The strong wind blew up the fallen leaves on the ground, and the two Chinese quince trees in the courtyard were blown to and fro by the strong wind.

Rong Chen already had his weapon in his hand, a Qingshuang sword that was shining with a cold light. He raised the sword and chopped towards the tightly closed courtyard door. After a burst of gray fog, when they opened their eyes again, they saw a gloomy underground stone chamber.

Dozens of girls in their teens were imprisoned in the stone chamber. The girls were tied to pillars one by one, their wrists were cut, and the blood flowed along a stone trough into the blood pool in the middle.

Zhou Xueru exclaimed, are these the girls who were tricked into going up the mountain?

There are countless cages containing animals hanging above the blood pool, including little lions, tigers, deer, monkeys... and some more advanced spiritual beasts.

Rong Chen looked at the scene in front of him and immediately understood what was going on. He said, "They extracted the human souls and put them into the bodies of animals."

Zhou Xueru asked in confusion: "Why would they do this? Besides, they are all ordinary people. Even if they are transformed into spirit beasts, they are still considered human or spirit beasts."

Rong Chen said in a calm voice: "It takes a certain amount of time for a spirit beast to develop its intelligence. Even for a high-level spirit beast, it needs a lot of spiritual power and spiritual stone resources to develop its intelligence. If a human soul is transferred into the body of a spirit beast, it is equivalent to them already having intelligence, and it is much easier to tame them."

"How could someone do such a cruel thing?" Zhou Xueru covered her lips, as if she was frightened, with panic and disbelief in her eyes.

"Meow~" The kitten had come to Rong Chen's side without him noticing.

Rong Chen glanced at the cat calmly and said, "Fang Baoer, the reason why we can see these scenes is because of you."

Fang Baoer meowed, raised her front legs, and knelt down to Rong Chen.

Zhou Xueru gently pulled Rong Chen's sleeve and said, "My Lord, is this cat alive or dead?"

"Dead." Rong Chenyan said.

The kitten meowed at Rong Chen, then headed towards the exit of the stone chamber.

Rong Chen and Zhou Xueru followed the kitten out of the underground stone chamber and came to a cliff. The kitten circled around and led them to the bottom of the cliff. There was a foul stench and flies were flying at the bottom of the cliff.

Zhou Xueru covered her mouth and nose and exclaimed: "These corpses are from animals and humans."

Rong Chen said in a light voice: "These are the failed products of evil magic. We must go to Jiuyun Mountain."

Zhou Xueru said, "If the evil sect in Jiuyun Mountain really harms people in the name of Qianmen Sect, then more innocent people will be harmed. Immortal Lord, if you go to Jiuyun Mountain, I will go too. I am willing to share your worries."

Rong Chen looked at her, his eyes calm.