Su Yiren Makes Her Move

"There are others?!" The prefect, the head of the Mo family, and the members of the Nine Nether Sect were all shocked. They prided themselves on secretly controlling everything, acting as the pawns, so how come they were now being controlled by others?

Who's in the shadows?

They used all sorts of methods.

The prefect tried to move the chains hidden on his back, but no matter how hard he tried, the chains seemed to be nailed to the space on his back and did not move at all.

The head of the Mo family has tattoos of eighteen kinds of weapons on both arms. These are actually eighteen weapons that he personally crafted. In the past, these weapons were invincible, but now, they have all fallen silent and none of them can be mobilized.

The followers of the Nine Nether Sect attempted to summon the ghostly shadows hidden within their bodies. These ghostly shadows appeared to have encountered something terrifying and were hiding inside them, trembling with fear.

All three realized that the person who made the move was no ordinary individual. This ability to disregard reality and casually alter local rules... was it the Body Integration Realm?!

Are all disciples of the Ask Dao Sect this extravagant when they go out, always accompanied by a Nascent Body Integration Realm expert?

The prefect and the head of the Mo family were filled with regret. They had only stolen a Phoenix Blood Stone, but how had it caused so much trouble, involving the Nine Nether Sect and cultivators at the Body Integration Realm?

Seeing that Su Yiren had finally made a move, Meng Jingzhou was so frightened that he immediately got up and ran away, begging Su Yiren for protection.

He was the only person in the room who could move.

Lu Yang whispered to Li Haoran, "If they try to force you, you seem powerless to resist. Just give in to them."

"That way she can only have my body, not my heart!" Li Haoran responded righteously, though inwardly he was also feeling uneasy.

Su Yiren is gentle and generous, like a considerate older sister. It doesn't seem like it would be a bad idea to just go along with her.

Su Yiren pushed open the door and looked at the three people who were frozen in place by her. Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Li Haoran followed behind Su Yiren, feeling extremely safe.

"I never expected this, Prefect Shi! You not only colluded with the Phoenix Clan, but also with the Nine Nether Sect. Your crimes are heinous, and I've recorded them all with my image-recording ball!" Lu Yang immediately launched a false accusation.

"Hey, hey, hey, you can't just say things like that." The prefect's expression changed.

"Ah, yes, yes, he colluded with the Phoenix Clan and the Nine Nether Sect, I can testify to that." The head of the Mo family seized every opportunity to kick someone when they were down.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Lu Yang, a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect."

"Meng Jingzhou, a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect."

"Li Haoran, a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect."

Su Yiren didn't speak. She was easy to talk to in front of Li Haoran, but not in front of outsiders.

"I originally wanted to see what secrets this Phoenix Blood Stone held, but I never expected to reel in such a big fish."

Lu Yang removed the mask from the Nine Nether Sect member; the other person looked quite ordinary.

"You just said you wanted to refine the phoenix into a corpse puppet. Tell me what happened, and I might spare your life." This is no small matter. The corpse of a phoenix at the Body Integration Realm is right under our feet. Let alone refining it into a corpse puppet, even if the phoenix were to turn over, it would be a catastrophe for Luofeng County.

The prefect's face was also very grim. If the Nine Nether Sect succeeded, his term as prefect would be over.

The Nine Netherworld Cult members laughed loudly, "Having been discovered by you, you think you can still live?"

"Senior Su, let's search her soul." Seeing that the other party had no intention of speaking, Lu Yang directly asked Su Yiren to take action.

Su Yiren stepped forward, pressed her hand against the brow of the Nine Nether Sect member, and frowned. "He's not human, he's a corpse!"

The Nine Netherworld Cult members had lifeless eyes, and their bodies rapidly decayed, leaving only a pile of bones.

This is a common tactic used by the Nine Nether Sect: making the corpse move while the main body controls it from behind the scenes. Once discovered, the connection with the corpse is severed, and the corpse quickly decomposes, leaving no clues and making it extremely difficult to catch. However, those present did not know much about the Nine Nether Sect.

"Trying to run?"

Su Yiren made her move again, using her Body Integration Realm power to envelop the entire Luofeng County in rules, preventing insects from entering and birds from leaving, determined to find the people of the Nine Nether Sect.

There's a limit to how much you can control a corpse; the other party can't possibly escape Luofeng County.

Being two major realms apart and letting the other escape would be incredibly shameful.

It doesn't matter if I lose face myself, but I can't lose face in front of Li Haoran!

She opened her Divine Sense and scanned every inch of Luofeng County.

Logically speaking, it would be a provocation for the Great Xia Dynasty for a rogue Rogue Cultivator the Body Integration Realm to casually scan a city with his Divine Sense, but there was a reason for it, and no one would hold Su Yiren responsible.

"Found it!"

Su Yiren quickly used her Divine Sense to lock onto several suspicious cultivators. These suspicious cultivators were bound by some kind of restriction, and once Su Yiren immobilized them, they immediately died.

"So ruthless?"

The prefect's face turned ashen. "I've heard that the Nine Nether Sect believes in the existence of the Nine Netherworlds, and that death is just a cycle of reincarnation for them, nothing to fear. Therefore, the Nine Nether Sect is full of desperados, extremely dangerous!"

Su Yiren used her Divine Sense to discover that many wealthy families had hidden formations in their dry wells. These formations were interlocking, extremely tight, and covered the entire area. They should be the formations used to refine the phoenix.

"No, none of the Nine Nether Sect members who died suddenly were at the Spirit Transformation stage. The real manipulator hasn't been found yet!" Su Yiren realized that those who died suddenly were all subordinates of the person behind the scenes.

"Down there, inside the phoenix's corpse!" Lu Yang thought for the first time. The old phoenix was at the Body Integration Realm in life, and the corpse of someone at the Body Integration Realm could block Divine Sense scans of the same level.

Su Yiren had also thought of this, but she didn't do anything about it.

"Senior Su, what's wrong?" Lu Yang asked, puzzled. Burrowing into the ground shouldn't be difficult for someone at the Body Integration Realm, right? Surely someone at the Body Integration Realm knows a few simple burrowing Law Technique?

"That's right, Senior Su, hurry up and go down! If the Nine Nether Sect refines the phoenix, Luofeng County will be in danger," Li Haoran urged.

Su Yiren considered her words for a moment and said, "My methods... might be a little different from what you think."

Su Yiren took a deep breath to calm herself down. Things had come to this point, and she couldn't pretend to be a refined lady any longer.

She clenched her fist, slammed it into the ground, creating a hole as wide as a person, then jumped down and burrowed underground.

Lu Yang and the other two stared wide-eyed, swallowing hard. Senior Su Yiren's methods... seemed inconsistent with her delicate appearance.

They suddenly remembered a problem that had been previously overlooked.

What aspect of cultivation does she excel at?

Meng Jingzhou found the large hole very familiar; how come this method was similar to his master's?

The three exchanged a glance, an absurd guess forming in their minds. "Su Yiren... could she be a body cultivator?"

A phoenix with bright red feathers lay quietly on the ground, as if it had just died. Suddenly, the array left by the Nine Nether Sect on the ground was activated one after another. The phoenix's eyes shone with green light, like jade, and phoenix true flames burned around it, turning the entire underground into a hollow.

"Since you've discovered us, let's just fight to the death!" Phoenix rang out the voice of the Nine Nether Sect member, hoarse and crazed.

That's what they said, but the followers of the Nine Nether Sect were filled with immense regret.

Setting up an array, stealing a Phoenix Blood Stone, reviving the Phoenix, and overthrowing Fallen Phoenix County—what a perfect plan! Simple, easy to execute, flawless, and undetectable.

How could stealing a Phoenix Bloodstone require guarding it by Integrated Body Realm Cultivator?

Is your Phoenix Bloodstone really that valuable? Huh?

"Although we can't revive the Phoenix in its full glory in such a hasty manner, it's more than enough to overthrow Luofeng County!" Now that things have come to this, the Nine Nether Sect members can't care about anything else.

"I know you're at the Body Integration Realm, but so what? Are you an array cultivator or a talisman cultivator? It doesn't matter. Before you completely stop the Phoenix's activities, I'll have enough time to destroy Fallen Phoenix County several times over!"

The phoenix, enveloped in true flames, cried out in the underground cavern. It spread its wings, carrying boundless destructive power, as if reborn from the ashes.

The followers of the Nine Nether Sect were about to control the phoenix to soar into the sky when they discovered that the phoenix simply couldn't take flight.

"What's going on?"

He used his Divine Sense to explore the outside world and discovered that Su Yiren was holding the phoenix's beak with one hand, preventing the phoenix from flying even an inch no matter how much it flapped its wings.

"Fly?" A cold smile appeared on Su Yiren's pretty face. She pinched the phoenix's beak with one hand and slammed it down hard, throwing the phoenix to the ground.

The prefect and the head of the Mo family led Lu Yang and the other two down through the tunnel, just in time to witness Su Yiren throwing the phoenix away—a scene both beautiful and violent.

Li Haoran swallowed hard. If he got married, would he even have a chance to survive?