"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Han to still dare show his face here. I must say, I'm somewhat impressed." The young man surnamed Xu sneered and raised his hand, launching a streak of silver light that shattered a stone golem facing him into pieces. He was the first to speak.
"Why wouldn't I dare? With the spirit treasure right before us, would Fellow Daoist really have the mind to cause me trouble?"
He watched as, under a flash of white light from the altar, the shattered remains of the stone golem reconstituted themselves as good as new. The creature continued swinging the golden blade in its hands, sending arcs of blade-light striking toward the sky. He felt a measure of surprise.
Hearing
"Have you perhaps forgotten the grudge between us? Though the treasure lies before us, I wouldn't mind settling some personal scores first."
No sooner had these words fallen than the lion-qin beast at his side let out a low growl, its threat unmistakable.
"Is that so?" Hearing this,
This sight caused a subtle shift in the silver-winged Yaksha's expression.
"Fellow Daoist Gui, what is the meaning of this? Why are you standing with this human cultivator?"
"What do you mean, what do I mean? Are you truly ignorant, or just playing dumb? You two used me thoroughly — caring only about your own life tablets while completely disregarding my fate. Now my life tablet has fallen into someone else's hands. If I don't want my soul scattered to nothing, I have no choice but to obey orders."
This spectacle left every cultivator in the area dumbfounded.
The silver-winged Yaksha, for his part, showed a trace of embarrassment, and the growling lion-qin beast at his side promptly shut its mouth.
As it happened, these three demons shared deep connections from years past and naturally had their own bonds. If it had been possible, the two demons would have been willing to help the ugly woman reclaim her life tablet as well. But the circumstances at the time had been truly exceptional — managing to seize their own life tablets had been a stroke of incredible luck. They simply had no way to look after
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Gui. We will help you reclaim your life tablet." The silver-winged Yaksha's composure returned to normal in an instant as he fixed
"At this point, what good are words? I'm forced to follow orders now, and if it comes to blows between us, don't blame me for showing no mercy."
The silver-winged Yaksha gave a bitter smile at these words and said nothing more, though he shot
"Fellow Daoist Han, I wonder how your battle with Old
The content of her words startled all the other cultivators.
"So it really was you, Madam, who was spying on our battle through the Northern Origin Light. I don't believe I've caught your name." Hearing the woman's clearly ill-intentioned question,
"I suppose Brother Han is probably the only one here who doesn't know the two of us. This concubine hails from the Transformed Immortal Sect of the Southern Border — one might call me half a hostess in these parts. But Brother Han's face seems quite unfamiliar. Could it be that you're not one of our
"My background doesn't seem particularly relevant to the matter at hand. That said, when I was in the Kunwu Hall, I did receive quite the 'consideration' from you two fellow daoists. As for Brother Qian, he and I merely exchanged a few friendly blows before going our separate ways, as one does. What — hasn't Fellow Daoist Qian arrived yet? I assumed he'd have gotten here first."
Although Madam Mu had her suspicions, the notion that
Several other cultivators with unfamiliar faces, seeing how many people were paying close attention to the newly arrived
Among them, a white-robed scholar at the Late Nascent Soul stage flicked his gaze and, with barely perceptible movement of his lips, sent a voice transmission to
"Fellow Daoist, it seems you have grievances with everyone else here. I am the Grand Elder of the Ye Family, presiding over the imperial bloodline of