Chapter 387

"Fine! I will tell you where the entrance and exit are!" the official-robed man shouted suddenly.

Both Liber and the elder froze, caught off guard by his sudden concession.

"No, my Lord!" the elder yelled frantically.

"Silence!"

The Book Saint released two more words.

"Hush!"

"Seal!"

The white-haired elder found himself completely unable to open his mouth.

"I will tell you where it is, but release him!" Ebon took a deep breath and looked at the Book Saint.

He knew Elder Malrik was no match for Liber, if this continued, they would both die here, then all their years of planning would be for naught, moreover, inside this painting scroll, it was entirely the opponent’s home ground.

"Don’t lie now, my great City Lord Ebon!" The Book Saint smiled faintly, the book in his hand, radiating supreme Dao light, flipped open, the word Truth slowly drifted out and landed on Ebon.

For some unknown reason, Ebon found that only one thought remained in his heart, to tell the truth.

"The only way to leave this world is through the Heavenly Gate!"

The Book Saint frowned, he didn’t go through all this trouble just to hear this answer.

"But we have a way to alter the entry and exit points of the Heavenly Gate’s teleportation so that the Heavenly Court won’t notice!"

"What way?" he immediately asked.

A look of intense struggle suddenly appeared on Ebon’s face, traces of black energy began to spread within his pupils.

"Can’t say, I can’t say..." His voice became low and hoarse, as if a mysterious power was sealing his lips.

The Book Saint frowned slightly, sensing the struggle and resistance within Ebon, to think there was such a divine ability in this world.

Curiously observing him, the Book Saint slowly manifested another word.

"Bind!"

As the word landed on Ebon, his violent struggling began to stabilize, but Liber knew there was definitely something terribly wrong with this person.

"What happened to you? Why do you have such an evil aura?"

"Hehe, Evil... Evil God, only by making a deal with the Evil God can we... pfft!" Ebon suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, shockingly, it wasn’t red, but an eerie, pitch black.

That malevolent aura emanated from his body once again, Ebon’s already weather-beaten skin suddenly began to age rapidly.

"My Lord!" The white-haired elder rushed to Ebon’s side in a panic, he took out a delicate porcelain bottle from his robes, poured out a pill, and quickly fed it into his mouth.

Only then did Ebon’s complexion improve slightly, and the rapid aging of his skin finally halted.

"You’ve absorbed Source too?" The Book Saint looked at the two with a solemn expression, rapid skin aging was a distinct characteristic of lacking Source after having previously absorbed it.

Neither Ebon nor the elder answered, but the Book Saint could already see the affirmative answer written plainly on their faces.

His expression grew even heavier, it seemed the situation in this world was much more complicated than he had imagined.

Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Court strictly forbade the leakage of any Source, not a single drop was allowed to be absorbed by anyone outside the Heavenly Court, although Ebon was the City Lord of North City, he was merely a subordinate and was equally forbidden from absorbing Source.

He looked at Ebon again. "I don’t care about that right now, tell me, how did you make a deal with the Evil God? And why did you end up like this?"

Ebon took a deep breath, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but he answered. "The first time, the Evil God approached us on his own initiative, I was on the brink of death and couldn’t break through, so I set my sights on the Source, but the Heavenly Court’s control over it is too strict!"

"Even I had no opportunity to use it!"

"I was consumed by hatred, why should the people of the Heavenly Court be allowed to enjoy such a miraculous thing, while I could only wait to die of old age?"

"Then suddenly, one night, an evil voice rang out in my mind, he said he could help me break through my current realm and simultaneously help me hide it from the Heavenly Court’s investigations."

"But, I..."

As Ebon spoke, the evil aura on his body began to violently fluctuate again, his expression twisted into a grotesque mask.

"My Lord!" The white-haired elder panicked and reached for his pills.

"Bind!" A radiant word slowly drifted down onto Ebon.

"Barrier!" Then another word fell to the ground, raising an invisible barrier that enveloped the three of them, it completely severed the faint, lingering connection of evil thoughts in the void.

The Book Saint’s brows were tightly knitted, one must remember, this was inside his painting scroll, in his painting scroll world, he had already isolated the auras of the outside world, yet at this moment, he could actually feel an evil power from the outside interfering with his absolute control.

"This power can actually penetrate my painting scroll world?" The Book Saint’s tone carried genuine surprise, he had always held immense confidence in his painting scroll world, but now, he had to admit that this Evil God’s power seemed to far exceed his estimations.

Under the suppression of the Bind word, Ebon temporarily regained his calm, but the terror in his eyes became even more pronounced, he knew full well that his deal with the Evil God had pushed him into an inescapable abyss.

"But I must help him descend into the Mysterious Yellow Great World. I had no choice at the time, I could only choose to betray the Heavenly Court!" Ebon took a deep breath and continued.

"In order for us to leave here, as long as we pray for the Evil God’s protection before passing through the Heavenly Gate, we won’t enter the Heavenly Court, we will be redirected to the Mysterious Yellow Great World instead!"

The Book Saint frowned, praying to an Evil God for protection didn’t sound like a good idea at all.

"At the time, I thought the Evil God’s conditions were so simple that it was an absolute steal, but later I discovered that as long as you make a deal with the Evil God even once, the seed of evil thoughts is planted and will continuously grow, regardless of whether you make any further trades!"

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