The prophecy bird, now reduced to just one head, was startled. It flapped its wings frantically, trying to escape.
But for the prophecy bird, the two heads were co - existent. When the black head met its death, only death awaited the white one.
In a moment, the white bird that had just taken to the air turned to ashes with the wind and vanished without a trace.
Ning Yitao frowned in confusion, knowing that a disaster was looming.
"All things will perish?"
Ning Yitao repeated this sentence over and over. The black bird could have told her the answer just now.
But someone had struck first, and the black bird was dead.
The answer was naturally gone with the wind.
However, there were still clues to be found from the white bird's words.
"All things will perish?"
Ning Yitao smelled the lingering spiritual energy in the air.
It matched.
It was the black - cloaked man.
It was the same spiritual energy smell as when they confronted each other in Liu Qiaozhi's illusion last time.
Ning Yitao's frown deepened.
This was Ji Wangqiu's home. Why did the black - cloaked man build such a large illusion behind Ji Wangqiu's house to hide himself?
Ning Yitao also knew at this moment that the black - cloaked man was now watching her from the void.
Ning Yitao looked around the sky and said to the air,
"Always hiding in the dark. Do you want to be a maggot in the ditch? Coward! You only know how to hide."
Although Ning Yitao's words were harsh, the black - cloaked man held his ground and didn't show up.
"Coward."
Ning Yitao spat out these two words one by one.
If so, did it mean that he was allowing her to move around freely and wouldn't show up?
Ning Yitao didn't care.
She simply put the existence of the black - cloaked man out of her mind and started chatting with Liu Qiaozhi.
Liu Qiaozhi pointed out the places she felt were strange, and Ning Yitao would go and investigate them one by one. She was determined to find the person hiding behind.
Ning Yitao wandered around.
"I'd like to see where you'll show your true face."
Ning Yitao deliberately said this to provoke the black - cloaked man to show up.
But the black - cloaked man still chose to hide in a place he thought was safe.
At first, Ning Yitao walked slowly, trying to wear down the black - cloaked man's patience.
Later, to save time, she started tearing the illusion with her bare hands.
This operation made Zhaocai in the storage bag keep sighing,
"Sure enough, you can't mess with women. When they get angry, they can tear anything."
Liu Qiaozhi watched Ning Yitao's operation with great interest, observing carefully. She wanted to learn how Ning Yitao controlled her spiritual energy.
Ning Yitao casually scratched a few times in the void, and the black - cloaked man's "home" was torn to pieces.
At this moment, the black - cloaked man behind the scenes was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out, but he couldn't show up. He had more important things to do.
The black - cloaked man took a few deep breaths to calm down.
This was unexpected for Ning Yitao. The black - cloaked man actually managed to hold back and didn't come out.
What was even more unexpected was that an unexpected person jumped out to confront her later.
At this moment, Ning Yitao had just torn open an illusion leading to the dungeon.
This was the place where Ji Wangqiu was locked up last time.
In that dark corridor, the sound of dripping water echoed.
The corridor seemed to have no end in sight, only endless darkness.
There was only a simple hole on each iron gate for delivering food.
Ning Yitao passed by each iron window, paying attention to the movement inside, but there was no one locked up.
However, the fresh smell of blood still lingered in the air.
The thing hiding there couldn't have gone far.
Ning Yitao continued her search.
The only sound in the entire corridor was Ning Yitao's footsteps.
As her footsteps got closer, the person hiding in the shadows finally showed a flaw.
At the end of the corridor, there was a very faint sound of collision.
Ning Yitao's ears twitched, and she heard the sound.
"Want to run?"
The next second, Ning Yitao was at the place where the sound came from.
The person had hidden behind several illusions, but Ning Yitao tore them all down one by one.
Now the place she was in was a separate illusion house.
It was extremely large and empty.
It seemed that the person was well - hidden.
Ning Yitao squinted her eyes and looked around, trying to find the hiding place of the person just now.
The smell of blood here was much lighter, almost gone. Compared with the outside just now, it was very difficult to judge the direction.
This ancient castle was full of mystery, yet at the same time, it felt familiar.
This feeling made Ning Yitao uncomfortable.
This ancient castle was like a dark side.
All the things inside liked to hide, lurking in the shadows, just like flies and insects, bothering people.
You couldn't get rid of them, but you couldn't ignore their existence either.
Ning Yitao rubbed her temples in annoyance.
"Clang."
Another sound, the sound of iron chains colliding.
This time, the sound wasn't blocked by many layers of illusions. It clearly reached Ning Yitao's ears.
Now, no matter who was hiding in the shadows, they couldn't escape.
Ning Yitao's eyes instantly locked onto a certain position.
The next moment, she threw out a spirit - capturing net with her other hand and rushed in that direction quickly.
The spirit - capturing net lurked in the darkness and silently but quickly pounced on the place Ning Yitao had discovered.
Then came the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, followed by a series of clanging sounds of iron chains hitting the ground.
It was caught.
Just as Ning Yitao was about to step forward, there was a loud noise at the place where the spirit - capturing net was.
It was the sound of iron chains being torn apart.
By the time Ning Yitao realized something was wrong and rushed there, only the torn spirit - capturing net was left on the ground.
And two familiar figures were standing beside the spirit - capturing net.
Ning Yitao found the situation more and more interesting.
Unexpectedly, she met Ye Jin and A Lai here.
These two people were supposed to have left this world long ago.
Ye Jin had changed greatly. She had shed Ye Zheng's old and sickly body.
She had taken over a young woman's body from somewhere. Elegant and charming, she was wearing a close - fitting cheongsam. Her hair, originally neatly coiled, had become a bit messy after helping A Lai break free from the spirit - capturing net.
Ye Jin gasped slightly and looked up to see Ning Yitao, an "old acquaintance".
It had to be said that fate was really wonderful.
People you thought you'd never see again met in the most unexpected place.
Ning Yitao looked at A Lai, who was lying on the ground with interest. He had actually broken the iron chains on his body in order to break free from the spirit - capturing net.
Those iron chains were embedded in his body.
To escape, he was even willing to hurt himself. A Lai had really grown up.
Meeting old acquaintances in a foreign land, there was no scene of old friends seeing each other with tears in their eyes.
When Ning Yitao saw it was them, her tense nerves relaxed.
"Are you that reluctant to see me?"
Ning Yitao said slowly.
She quietly approached A Lai.
"This isn't what a good boy should do."
What Ning Yitao didn't expect was that the look of terror on A Lai's face after seeing her didn't seem to be fake.
He seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying.
Ning Yitao couldn't help but touch her face.
What did it mean? Was she that scary?
Even Ye Jin was looking at Ning Yitao warily.
Ning Yitao looked at Ye Jin and asked,
"Don't you think you should explain to me? Why are you here with A Lai, and why have you become like this?"
Ning Yitao thought that having dealt with them before would make communication easier.
But Ye Jin didn't think so. She had her own plans.
She knew she couldn't escape from Ning Yitao's hands, but she still stubbornly refused to say a word in response to Ning Yitao's questions.
Ning Yitao looked at A Lai on the ground and then at Ye Jin, who was standing beside A Lai with a stubborn and unyielding expression.
Ning Yitao was a bit confused. This scene seemed like she was forcing and threatening others.
"I gave you the chance only because you promised to bear Ye Zheng's body. Don't wear out my patience, Ye Jin."
Ning Yitao reminded her.