Meanwhile, in Rock Village, Antonio had the villagers bury the bodies of those who had been killed by Francois earlier. Emily came running and frantically searched for Ira.
“Where’s my grandma, Mr. Antonio? Where is she?” she asked while grabbing Antonio by the arm. Unsure of what to say, Antonio simply kept quiet.
I can’t tell her that her grandma, who has been looking after her all this while, is a Demonic Cultivator, nor can I tell her that she’s been captured.
Emily knew something bad had happened when she saw Antonio remain silent. “Grandma! Where are you, Grandma?” Emily shouted at the top of her voice, but no one responded. Eventually, Emily had no choice but to go home. She felt extremely helpless without Ira around.
In an attempt to seek some comfort, she rested her head against Jared’s chest as she wailed, “Wake up, Jared! My grandma is gone!”
However, Jared remained unresponsive and simply lay there with his face all pale. He could not hear Emily no matter how loudly she screamed.
Emily eventually got tired from crying and dozed off on Jared’s chest. Meanwhile, Infinides and his two followers had returned to Pentagon Monastery.
“Hand me the nephrite bottle,” he said to the monk. The monk retrieved the nephrite bottle containing Ira and handed it to Infinides. “Watch the entrance, you two. Do not let anyone in here!” Infinides instructed.
Both disciples nodded in unison. “Understood!” With the nephrite bottle in his hand, Infinides slowly made his way to the mountain behind the monastery. There was a carving of eight immortals on the stone wall, which looked incredibly lifelike.
Infinides chanted a spell while tracing some lines with his fingers. A golden light flashed around him as he shouted, “Open!”
The stone wall slowly moved aside, forming an entrance to a dark cave. Infinides made his way into the cave, and the entrance closed behind him.
A faint wall of light appeared shortly after Infinides entered the cave, which he walked right through without any hesitation.
The environment around him changed the moment he passed through the wall of light. The rocky cave he was in had been replaced by grassy plains with mountains and rivers in the distance as well as all sorts of wildlife. There were also lots of people living there in villages of various sizes.
“Abbot Infinides!” Someone ran up to Infinides. and greeted him respectfully the moment he showed up.
Infinides nodded slightly before pulling the cork off the mouth of the nephrite bottle. A black mist came surging out of the bottle, and Ira appeared in front of them seconds later.
Ira’s face went pale with fear and anxiety when she saw Infinides standing before her. “You can just kill me if you want to. Why did you bring me here?” Ira asked while glancing about. She had no idea where she was, let alone what Infinides was going to do to her.
However, she knew for a fact that nothing good ever happened to Demonic Cultivators who were captured. In fact, the Demonic Cultivators were often killed with extremely cruel methods.
Some of them were even sold on the black market in exchange for all sorts of resources. Demonic Cultivators would rather kill themselves once they were exposed.
“Calm down. I’m not going to kill you! I only sealed you in that bottle to save your life,” Infinides replied with a smile.
“Save my life?” Ira had confusion written all over her face. “You were exposed as a Demonic Cultivator, so it would only be a matter of time before someone caught you. I brought you here to save your life. Go ahead and take a good look at the people around you,” Infinides explained.
