Somewhat depressed, I explained to Zen Master Baimei that I got hypnotized.

After Zen Master Baimei heard my story, his eyebrows arched. “It seems that she came for the Night Dragon Bait!”

“The Night Dragon Bait?” I was startled, unsure as to why the woman was looking for it.

In a concerned voice, Zen Master Baimei said, “In the past few days, a strange woman kept lingering outside Dabei Temple. She even attempted to hypnotize me, but I saw through her tricks and forced her to flee. I vaguely felt the aura of the Night Dragon Bait from her. I guess she’s related to it in some way or the other.”

I was shocked. “She hypnotized us to find the Night Dragon Bait? Damn, I might have told her where it is while I was hypnotized...”

“Who is she, and why does she want the Night Dragon Bait?” Li Mazi asked, his face dark.

Zen Master Baimei said, “I’m not sure, but the force behind her is very powerful. We can’t face them directly. We must outsmart them.”

“What...