A great melee had broken out in the Arhat Hall of the Great Stone Temple.
Of course, the ones fighting now weren't Xu Ziling, Wanwan, Anlong, Yang Xuyan, Hou Xibai, and Shi Feixuan, who had been there earlier. They were battling one of the Eight Great Masters of the Demonic School, the one who had jumped in at the very end to steal the spoils, only to take a terrible fall: the "Heavenly Lord," Xi Ying, ranked just below the "Yin Queen" Zhu Yuyan, the "Evil King" Shi Zhixuan, and the "Demonic Marshal" Zhao Deyan!
"..."
???
At that moment, Shi Qingxuan stood before the offering table at the far end of the Arhat Hall, completely focused on using the "sound-slaying" art taught to her by a certain troublesome little girl. She paired her inner energy with the melody and sound waves she sent out, making them vibrate and resonate with a kind of energy in the surrounding air called "spiritual power." This let her control people's senses, heartbeats, and inner energy—and even manipulate physical objects.
Shi Qingxuan, whose mastery of music was nearly at the level of the Dao, had always been able to control people's emotions and senses. But to control objects, she needed the miraculous cultivation method Annie had taught her.
And the reason she had chosen the Arhat Hall of the Great Stone Temple was clearly because she had planned this all along!
Unlike when she had killed the four disciples of the Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian—the "Perverse Heretic" You Niaojian, the "Great Emperor" Ding Jiuzhong, Zhou Laotan, and the "Charming Lady" Jin Huan Zhen—or when she had helped Wanwan and Kou Zhong using leaves, river water, and other easily shaped materials, here she had five hundred lifelike stone Arhats and a massive bronze statue of