"It's ok. I know. There is no going back. I choose to believe in him." You Ye said without looking back, her eyes tearing up.

"Brother Ye will be ok, he's a monster after all. Let's go!" Chu Xian said, laughing afterwards.

"I just hope Xiao Wu didn't turn the situation for the worse. Otherwise, I'm afraid Brother Ye will be hunted by his own country." Li Qi warned both of them. They needed to understand the situation accurately.

"Then..." You Ye seemed to get the message Li Qi wanted to transmit.

"Xiao Wu didn't see what happened to us after all. We will fabricate a story just in case Xiao Wu made things difficult for Brother Ye, we will maintain our relationship secret." Li Qi explained his plan to them.

"Bu.."

"Drop it, Sister You. Li Qi is right. We can't help Brother Ye if they associate Brother Ye with us. We don't have high support within the Sects, so we need to get stronger for his sake if something goes wrong. I doubt your mother's influence could cover us, Sister You. The only problem is them." Chu Xian waved towards Shu Er and Shu Yi.

Li Qi gritted his teeth "I don't have any idea for them..."

Biting her lips, You Ye made her mind. Two tokens appeared on her hands.

"Enslave!" She shouted.

The two tokens radiated a red light, flying towards Shu Er and Shu Yi. Both tokens placed themselves at their hearts' position, their shining red light stopped suddenly and several seconds later, both tokens turned into dust.

This was not the first time the three of them had seen how people got enslaved. They had also seen what happened when the process failed. But that was a first. Never had the Enslaving Tokens turned into dust. The tokens You Ye used were enough to enslave a Core Foundation cultivator, and both girls on the floor couldn't defend themselves. There was no Qi fluctuation, the tokens could be destroyed with Qi, it was quite easy. That's why people needed to be unconscious to be enslaved. What exactly happened?

You Ye turned to look at Li Qi with pleading eyes.

"I don't know Sister You..." Li Qi said, lowering his head.

"This is troublesome... Perhaps nothing will happen to them?" Chu Xian said.

The three of them discussed about what to do with Ye Bai's maids. You Ye was getting crazier with each moment, none of the solutions they found had a good ending for Shu Er and Shu Yi. After so much time spent talking, they understood the chances for Xiao Wu to tell everything about Ye Bai were too high. If they failed to protect his maids, how would they dare look again into his eyes?

Both women were resting soundless on the floor, if one didn't focus, they wouldn't even know they were still breathing and alive. No one noticed a small part of the space tearing up, forming a small black hole which was growing with each passing second. By the time Li Qi turned his head to check on both women, it was too late. The black hole was big enough to engulf them and it's exactly what happened. Before anyone could react, the black hole closed.

You Ye stared at the black with her mouth agape as she lost consciousness. Her slender body slowly falling the brown floor. You Ye had fainted...

"Li Qi... what was that?" Chu Xian said in a shivering voice, his bloodline had activated. He was trying hard to suppress it. The dark presence he felt when looking inside the black hole was threatening enough for his bloodline to awaken on its own.

Li Qi's body was trembling, half kneeled on the floor with his face as white as paper. Cold sweat ran down his spine, he couldn't find the words to describe what happened, the presence inside that black hole was way too terrifying, if it didn't show mercy... Li Qi was absolutely sure they would have died.

...

Shu Yi and Shu Er bodies layed in a dark and desolate land, it did not harbour any kind of life. All of their surroundings were dark and cold, nothing around them could be seen. If it wasn't for the slight colour difference on the floor anyone there would think they were blind. Despite being engulfed by a terrifying black hole, both women were still holding each other's hands while unconscious.

..

"Look! They are out!" Someone within the crowd looking at the immense portal shouted.

Everyone focused on the three new figures who just appeared. Two young men and a beautiful woman, her beauty was not enough to overshadow Wei Beiyu, but it was still a beauty which could be adored. Her long golden hair dancing with the wind, made her gorgeous face truly shine.

Within the crowd, Wei Beiyu's face twitched, she didn't like losing her spotlight. When the three of them appeared, she was happily being flattered by the newcomers of the sect and some new senior brother she met.

"Mother!" You Ye shouted as she spotted her mother talking with Xiao Wu.

Li Qi frowned, this wasn't good news, he could see that there were way too many people waiting at the portal, especially the three Nascent Soul cultivators besides You Ye's mother, he recognized them. The four of them were in charge of the inner disciple test this year. Worst of all... the DarkWood Sect elder. Every disciple under the DarkWood Sect was killed. Li Qi's eyes rested on Xiao Wu, and they made eye contact. Xiao Wu trembled.

Chu Xian and You Ye understood the meaning behind Li Qi's look and Xiao Wu's reaction, Brother Ye had been exposed.

"Ye'er" You Ye's mother shouted, her eyes slightly watering.

She reached over and embraced her daughter. It was a strange sight to see this mother and daughter pair, they looked so similar that they could pass as sisters. You Jin's age didn't match her appearance at all.

Some youths in the crowd gulped when seeing this embrace, a young woman's bosom pressing against a bigger and more mature one, many dirty thoughts forming in their minds.