Xia Xing stared at the old woman, his gaze narrowing. "Grandma Dou?"
The old woman's smile grew even more sinister. "I never expected anyone to still recognize me."
Xia Xing's expression darkened. "How could you have appeared in this era?"
In the distance, Kui Luo stared in shock. "It's really her? I never thought she'd appear in this era. Looks like she was frozen. Wujie is quite capable. Everyone underestimated them back then. They'd already been laying plans in an era long ago."
"Who is that old woman?" Lu Yin asked.
Kui Luo replied solemnly, "Grandma Dou, an old monster even older than me. She used to commit all kinds of atrocities. Her favorite trick was turning beans into soldiers."
"Turning beans into soldiers? What does that mean?" Lu Yin asked, puzzled.
"Each bean represents a person she's parasitized. Her innate ability lets her create beans that can parasitize human bodies. Anyone parasitized by one becomes sluggish and will only obey her orders, because the bean eats their brain."
Lu Yin frowned and looked at the short Grandma Dou in the distance. "So that's why they call it turning beans into soldiers?"
"It's not surprising that Xia Xing recognized her. Grandma Dou was never confirmed dead. Cultivators can freeze themselves and survive for ages, so anyone who hasn't been confirmed dead might still reappear. But this old woman isn't all that powerful. Even now, she hasn't reached the Half-Ancestor level," Kui Luo said.
As they spoke, Grandma Dou and Xia Xing had already clashed in the distance.
Grandma Dou had the cultivation of a Seven Origin Tribulation, surpassing Xia Xing. However, Xia Xing was the master of Divine Martial Heaven. He had cultivated Divine Martial Qi to the point of achieving Divine Martial Transformation, and possessed secret techniques and rare