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I held the ninth-level Demon Cultivator core in my hand and swallowed it without hesitation. Then, without waiting for Shi Yunxian to explain, I spoke first: "Just now, two cultivators were preparing to take me away for questioning. I refused, so they tried to forcefully abduct me. They were only caught and thrown out when Senior Shi arrived. She then used a powerful secret art to kill those two ninth-level Immortals in one strike, which led to the scene you see now. I've also eaten both Demon Cultivator cores to fill my stomach. It would have been a waste not to eat them, right, Miss Yun?"
Yun Bingxin frowned at me, then looked toward Shi Yunxian. Shi Yunxian had failed to embrace Yun Bingxin and wore a disappointed expression as she said, "Drawing one's sword to help when seeing injustice—that isn't precisely the duty of someone from Immortal Sword Valley like me? Who told me to see this little friend in trouble? But speaking of which, how did this fellow, a mere eighth-level Immortal, attract two ninth-level Immortals to abduct him? Little Yun, do you know what happened?"
"I don't know. However, from Fellow Daoist Xia's account, these two ninth-level Immortals were trying to abduct him. I suspect today's events may have alarmed Young Master Fu, who wanted to summon Fellow Daoist Xia for questioning... However, Fellow Daoist Xia's strength is no small matter, and an ordinary ninth-level Immortal wouldn't be able to take him down. That's why there were two of them. But Fellow Daoist Shi, how could you kill them outright? Ninth-level Immortals are precious resources to every faction. Destroying them so casually may provoke the hostility of the Phoenix Clan." Yun Bingxin seemed completely unimpressed by Shi Yunxian, who was in the Transformation Realm, and