Seeing Su Li’s expression that spoke volus of unspeakable frustration, Xiao Bai tugged at his long ears and tilted his head innocently, "Sister is here."
Su Li turned her face expressionlessly and scread in her heart: Act cute is shaful...
A sweep of Divine Sense made the scene at the foot of the mountain crystal clear.
About a dozen Taoists dressed in Daoist robes, wearing Daoist Crowns, and embroidered with the Ziwei Star at the collar, assembled at the foot of the mountain.
So held swords, so held horsetail whisks, and so held compasses, standing solemnly at the ready under the organization of a small elder leading them.
Aside from the Taoists, a few robust n in unpretentious clothing stood scattered nearby.
Just by seeing how they faced up to the small elder without falling short, it was clear that the status of these n was not much different from that of the small elder.
After a quick look, Su Li noted that the cultivation of the small elder was about the sa as the original owner’s. Adding in those few n, if Su Li were to face them as the original owner, the outco would only be one.
Defeat at their hands.
But things were different now. Su Li, who had transford into a Jiao, was not only unafraid of facing them, but even if several more ca, she would remain fearless.
As she withdrew her Divine Sense, Su Li noticed a secretive spot at the foot of the mountain where a streak of green snake tail swiftly slithered away.
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At the foot of Lian Mountain
The wiry, small elder leading, known far and wide as Yun Lingzi of the Ziwei Temple, was speaking with his eldest disciple, Chang Daizi.
"After you set up the grand formation with your fellow disciples at the foot of the mountain, I will et Black Lady with the other two masters."
Chang Daizi expressed his concern, "Black Lady’s strength has reached that of a Great Demon, and, moreover, demons have many tricks. Master, you must be extrely cautious."
Yun Lingzi laughed heartily, "It’s just a Black Snake demon. If I were alone, maybe I’d have to be careful, but with Master Cao and Xu Shi with , there’s no need to fear."
"After we capture the demon, we’ll burn incense and pray to heaven—it will be another act of rit in removing a hazard for the people."
Standing aside, holding a liquor jug and taking big swigs, Master Cao imdiately chid in, "Exactly, today even a Great Demon like her cannot escape her fate."
"After we capture Black Lady, the little demons on Lian Mountain will be left for our Daoist Temple’s brothers to practice on."
The Bald man, his head marked with scars from his vows, but dressed in plain coarse clothes, chuckled coldly, "Black Lady allows her underlings to harm the Mortal World; thus, she shares the guilt."
Although Su Li was far away on the mountain cliffs, the events unfolding at the foot of the mountain were crystal clear to her, and she heard every word of their conversation without missing a syllable.
She found it laughable.
These people, righteous and valiant on the surface, had found a very good excuse for their selfish desires.
The hypocrisy...
The troubles Cuicui caused in the Mortal World were just the beginning; the real target they wanted to deal with was her.
This life, without the original owner avenging Cuicui by killing Chang Daizi, the people from Ziwei Temple still sought her out.
Speaking of righteousness, in reality, it was nothing more than selfish desires at play.
Having just arrived in this world, Su Li had learned everything about the situation from the original owner’s mories, and after noticing the increasingly dense impure energy on Lian Mountain, she had her suspicions.
Even if Cuicui hadn’t stirred trouble in the Mortal World, the mortal Daoists and Mages would have co looking sooner or later.
Although Black Lady, the original owner, was a Great Demon, she was the weakest among all the Great Demons in the Demon Realm.
Moreover, she disliked conflict, and the little demons who took refuge with her were also averse to fighting.
Therefore, if the Cultivators in the Mortal World were to choose soone to strike at, Black Lady was the easiest target.
The entire Lower Realm is currently witnessing a growing scarcity of Spiritual Energy, and with limited resources for cultivation, one naturally has to set their sights on the Alien Clan to strengthen themselves.
However, a thousand years ago, the Demon Clan of the Ninth Layer Heaven had an agreent with the Human Race, mutually pledging not to engage in the unwarranted slaughter of one another.
Although killings have occurred ti and again, those were rely minor skirmishes between little demons and Little Taoists.
There had yet been a case involving Great Demons.
Now, it seed that those minor skirmishes were no longer satisfying these cultivators.
Yun Lingzi channeled Spiritual Power to his throat and called out loudly, "Black Lady, we have arrived; do you not co down the mountain to receive your guests?"
The sound waves pierced through the Barrier and headed straight to the very top.
The little demons in the mountains, frightened, covered their ears and scurried about chaotically.
If they were scared when the Black Lady was angry, then now they were utterly terror-stricken.
Master Cao swallowed a mouthful of wine and flung the wine pot outward. Much of the wine poured out in an arc and descended.
At a certain point in mid-air, it touched an invisible Barrier.
Then, a puff of white smoke rose, and the wine actually corroded a hole in the Barrier set up by Su Li, becoming bigger and more severe with ti.
"Trifling tricks, nothing more..."
A gust of black wind blew, and Su Li appeared before everyone.
She glanced at the damaged Barrier, her eyebrows raised, thinking to herself: This person has so skill.
The Barrier was sothing she had set up on a whim, yet to be destroyed so effortlessly was quite impressive...
In fact, Su Li misjudged, for she did not see Master Cao’s fingers trembling behind his back.
Damn it, it’s just a Barrier, yet the backlash is so severe.
If he hadn’t been forcefully holding on, suppressing the surging blood in his body, he would have likely spat out a mouthful of blood.
If a simple Barrier was this formidable, then the Black Lady...
Regret began to simr in Master Cao’s heart, thinking that he had been too hasty in following Yun Lingzi’s provocation.
After all, the Black Lady was a Great Demon with a long-standing reputation.
While Master Cao showed no outward signs of distress, Xu Shi, who was perceptive, cast several cautious glances his way.
"The Daoist from Ziwei Temple cos to visit my Lian Mountain, yet you seem insincere, not only damaging the Barrier of my Lian Mountain but also arriving empty-handed..."
"Don’t your people always speak of propriety? What manners are these, to co as a guest without gifts?"
Su Li said with a pleasantly relaxed smile, "Are you perhaps hoping for to co and fetch them personally?"
Master Cao, Xu Shi, and the Daoists from Ziwei Temple then saw a beautiful young lady, with each step causing a lotus to bloom, approaching them.
With grace and elegance, she resembled a pampered young lady reared in the wealthy household of a noble.
Her pace seed slow, yet in reality, it was extrely fast. Before the crowd could react, she was already a re few ters away from them.
"Since that is the case, I shall not stand on ceremony."
As her words fell, Chang Daizi and the others felt a lightness on their bodies, uncontrollably flying backward and then crashing into trees, spewing blood from their mouths.
The quickest to respond, Yun Lingzi, Master Cao, and Xu Shi dodged Su Li’s palm wind, but the Mustard Bags they carried ended up in her hands.
Within a single exchange, the newcors were nearly incapacitated.
Yun Lingzi was so furious he almost vomited blood. After landing and dodging the attack, he didn’t care about the Mustard Bags taken by the opponent and quickly ran to his favorite disciple, Chang Daizi, to examine his injuries.
Turning around, his eyes bloodshot with hatred, he declared, "This is too much..."
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