Nightfall

The Blooming Tree By The Corner

Although Taoism was already suspicious of Ye Hongyu, she was after all the Great Divine Priest of Judgment. She helped Mo Shanshan secretly stay on Peach Mountain while Mo Shanshan devoutly worked on how to break through the arrays among the cliffs.

They mutually benefited tremendously during the process.

Mo Shanshan acquired much better understanding of the Bulking Array. Ye Hongyu watched her practice and comprehend other skills by analogy. Tonight when she was fighting against the Hierarch, Xiong Chumo’s Tianqi, she restrained her energy into a rock and accelerated tremendously. That was exactly her application of the intent of Bulking Array.

But there was still not enough time for Mo Shanshan to break through the Array of Clear Light in the front yard of Peach Mountain. Therefore Ye Hongyu had to take the back route as her escape.

Apart from that, they had also made several plans for the escape tonight. But the Abbey Dean’s decision was so ruthless that the other better options were made impossible.

Some ten days ago, Mo Shanshan had gotten the route ready. When they heard about the unusual actions in the Divine Halls, Ye Hongyu’s and her subordinates started the preparations. They waited patiently and then succeeded.

There used to be three Fanatics in Taoism: the Tao Fanatic, the Calligraphy Fanatic, and the Flower Fanatic. They were the most gifted and powerful female cultivators. The Flower Fanatic Lu Chenjia had retired from worldly matters and cultivated secludedly in Yuelun Kingdom. Ye Hongyu had become the Great Divine Priest of Judgment and Mo Shanshan the empress of Great River Kingdom. They both had made extraordinary achievements.

No one would ever expect these two women to join hands and cooperate flawlessly in such a secret manner. After all, they barely shared any experiences previously throughout their cultivation career, not to mention an intimate friendship.

Ye Hongyu was putting her life into Mo Shanshan’s hands when she sent out the letter. Being the cold-blooded Great Divine Priest of Judgment, she never trusted anyone, not even the Academy. Yet she chose to trust Mo Shanshan. Mo Shanshan, being the empress of a kingdom, did not even give a second thought upon receiving that letter. She left her kingdom immediately and risked her own life to come all the way to the Divine Halls of West-Hill.

Where did this mutual trust derive from? Later on it was told as a legend by the New Stream. People asked that question constantly but no one could find an answer.

Probably Ning Que was the only one who understood why because they were together many years ago in the basket down the iron cable, as well as in front of the mountain of human skeletons at the Front Gate of Devil’s Doctrine. He saw them fighting brutally against each other as well as fighting together through life and death. They used to be each other’s companion in their youths. They used to … chat like two ordinary girls.

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Down in the abyss, there was the dense foul fog. They still felt dizzy despite the antidotes given by the Judicial Department. Even the strong horses seemed exhausted and pulled the carriages forward extremely slowly. But fortunately those sent by the Divine Halls would come any sooner.

After a long while they finally saw some light penetrating the fog and shed into the dark forest. Yet they had no idea whether it was dawn or noon. Even though there was no path down the abyss, they were able to make their way out under the guidance of Mo Shanshan, the enigmatic array master and with the help of those black-robed deacons from the Divine Hall of Judgement who were best at chasing and killing.

There was finally a second group of people who conquered the abyss after Sangsang and Ning Que.

The wheels rolled over the layers of rotten leaves. It was so soft that people sitting in the carriages felt like they traveling on the sea. Some found it enjoyable while the others got sick.