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"The Evil Spirit Elder warns you: Do not trust pretty women, they only want to lure you out of the Evil Spirit's nest to kill you and exchange your deaths for money. If you're tired of wandering outside, come back and sit in the nest, this place will always be your home."
Jiuyue felt she was being targeted.
As she followed the route through the sewer mentioned by the little mirror, she came to a passage and saw these words written on a wall full of cracks.
Before she could take a closer look, several sinister apprentices emerged from the shadows, brandishing blades fashioned from broken building materials, their eyes full of hostility.
The creatures from the Imperial Court differed markedly from those in Yunlong City; they were thin, frail, and short, barely reaching a height of 1.3 meters. They feared the light, and their bodies, constructed from shadows, swayed ceaselessly as if they might extinguish at any moment.
