The female Evil Venerable was driven back into the passage to the Wuwang Ruins. None of the high-level evil cultivators or evil creatures dared provoke Yunxi, the newly ascended Mahayana True Venerable, and they too retreated in a rustling wave. The conflict that day ended in this manner.
Yunxi recalled Ziyan and the Seven-Star Deadly Staff, then flashed back to the courtyard of her Dharma House and told She Baihui and Master Bukou about her discovery.
She Baihui reclined bonelessly against the back of her chair. After hearing Yunxi out, her thin lips curled slightly as she said:
"Ranxi, your former life-risking style of fighting has finally paid off."
After pouring herself a cup of spirit wine, Yunxi asked:
"Demon King She, do you mean that newly ascended Evil Venerable is afraid of me? But she didn't look afraid of me. She looked like she wanted to kill me and salvage her own face."
She Baihui swirled the wine in her cup and said:
"Not so. The black hand in the Wuwang Ruins has appeared twice, and it has already stirred that power within the Ancient Battlefield. After the female Evil Venerable appeared again, that power emerged. Though very faint, it has already suppressed the female Evil Venerable. That is why you felt that she had weakened.
"Besides, have you forgotten? You yourself broke through to the Mahayana stage, so you have grown stronger as well. As one side waxes and the other wanes, that is why you have this impression."
Master Bukou, seated beside them, pressed his palms together and said:
"Amitabha! Fellow Daoist She is right. This humble monk sensed it as well. Although the fluctuations are not obvious, there is indeed a force surrounding the female Evil Venerable, suppressing her."
After hearing their analysis, Yunxi gave a