Longyue ultimately softened.
After all, the reason she had been able to act so forcefully before Lu Yang was ultimately because of her status as a Great True Person, which gave her absolute suppression over him.
But things were different now.
Though it had only lasted an instant, Lu Yang had nevertheless displayed the aura of a Great True Person. That placed him in the same realm as her, and matters were entirely different between cultivators of the same realm.
Sword Cultivators were almost invincible among those of the same realm!
At least, against a small sect like the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, they were certainly invincible. Even if Longyue considered her cultivation deeper, she only had a few chances of preserving her own life.
"Please, fellow Daoist."
Longyue took the initiative to move aside and dispersed the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's Mountain-Protecting Array, allowing Lu Yang to ride a streak of Sword Light straight into its depths.
The instant he entered the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Lu Yang released his Divine Sense, brazenly sweeping across every inch of the sect grounds. The faces of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect elders darkened to the extreme, as though their beloved goddess had been defiled. They itched to charge forward and fight Lu Yang to the death.
"What is it that fellow Daoist seeks?"
Longyue flew over on escaping light, her expression composed. There was one thing Lu Yang had not actually been wrong about: the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had indeed sent people to abduct commoners from Jiangnan.
However, they had not acted on their own initiative.
Someone within Sword Pavilion had invited them to do so, using those commoners as materials for testing Gu insects in exchange for spiritual materials and spirit medicines unique to the Southern Border.
This business