Knowing There Are Tigers on the Mountain, Yet Heading for Tiger Mountain

Before dawn, Dongfang Jintang prepared to leave, but Jiang Ping'an called out to her. "Fairy Dongfang, you warned me once, so I'll warn you once as well. Be careful of Shui Muhua."

Dongfang Jintang halted and turned to look at Jiang Ping'an. "I warned you only because I wanted to kill you with my own hands."

"Haha, of course I know." Jiang Ping'an said unconcernedly, "I just don't want to owe you. If you come after me again someday, I can kill you in return without the slightest hesitation."

Dongfang Jintang asked, "Did Shui Muhua seduce you in private?"

Jiang Ping'an applauded and laughed. "You truly are ice-and-snow clever."

"Heh." Dongfang Jintang sneered. "I've long known that fool secretly resents me. Why would I need your reminder?"

With that, she turned and departed.

Jiang Ping'an could not help feeling surprised, but then he understood the crux of it.

Within the Azure Origin Sect of the Demonic Path, it was not that there were no good people; rather, good people had basically all been harmed to death. Yet humans were social creatures. They needed contact with others, even affection. Dongfang Jintang was clearly a lonely person, so she needed Shui Muhua to put on an act of sisterly devotion with her, even though she knew Shui Muhua could stab her in the back at any time.

Furthermore, he had vaguely sensed that Dongfang Jintang had sought him out not truly to honor a promise worth a thousand gold, but for physical pleasure and release. But that did not affect her desire to kill him.

Jiang Ping'an stopped thinking about Dongfang Jintang. He walked over to the jade-green table and sat down, pondering whether he should fight for first place among the Menial Disciples.

"Dongfang Jintang's warning is logically sound."

"The Azure