Xiaoyaozi smiled. "I've been idle for so long. It's about time I got some exercise."
"It couldn't be better to have Fellow Daoist Xiaoyaozi come along," Ximen Yao said.
Situ Yue nodded as well. Her gaze shifted to Shi Yue, and she asked, "Fellow Daoist Shi, can you tell me what we're going to do now? Are there no other fellow daoists?"
"If Fellow Daoist Shi hasn't invited anyone else, then it'll just be the three of us: you, me, and Fellow Daoist Xiaoyaozi," Ximen Yao said evenly.
"Madam Ximen, Yue'er told me what happened, but he wasn't very thorough. Tell me the whole story," Xiaoyaozi said.
Situ Yue was just as curious. Shi Yue hadn't explained things clearly to her.
"Not long ago, I used the Immortal Seeking Mirror to discover Shi Lang's whereabouts. I planned to invite Fellow Daoist Shi to join me in killing him, and Fellow Daoist Shi called Madam Situ along," Ximen Yao explained.
"Kill Shi Lang? Why would he leave his stronghold? Could he be with Mo Yunzi? Or is this a scheme—a ploy to lure us away from our base?" Situ Yue asked with a frown, her face full of suspicion.
They had already fallen for that trick once. Nangong Feng and the other Mahayana cultivators had kept them tied up in the Tianxu Star Domain while Mo Yunzi took the opportunity to attack the Gongsun and Situ Families, dealing both a devastating blow. The Gongsun Family might well be repeating the same trick, luring a large number of Mahayana cultivators away before seizing the chance to attack their strongholds.
The Ye, Gongsun, and Situ Families had all seen their strongholds fall to the Devil Race in succession. Their elite forces had suffered heavy casualties, leaving them badly weakened. They would struggle to