The courtyard was serene.
The stone table and stools had all been carved from fine jade.
"The Lu Family has made you their talisman."
The Young Disciple stopped and turned his head toward the girl leaning against the doorway with her eyes closed, resting.
"Given your circumstances, if you simply explained things to the Lu Clan, they might not dare resent you... They would probably still give you the Golden Body Method, too. Why take the trouble to shield them?"
For no reason at all, she would have to face any number of powerful enemies lurking in the shadows.
If they were cultivators, that would be one thing.
But what if another demon like Demon Emperor Chixiao showed up...
At the same cultivation level, demons were already more troublesome than human cultivators, with their strange innate abilities.
And besides...
Even if she won...
Aside from a corpse's bones and flesh, what could she gain? Killing someone and looting their belongings was far more profitable.
Not every demon carried several magic treasures around like Demon Emperor Chixiao...
Jiang Yuechu slowly opened her eyes, her expression calm.
"Why shouldn't I shield them?"
To others, slaying demons was all effort and no reward.
But for Jiang Yuechu...
Demons had long lifespans, and their Dao Cultivation far surpassed that of human cultivators.
What was more, she could confine their demon souls within her body and refine them with the Great Black Heaven Body-Forging Scripture, then absorb their demonic power and essence with the Ten Thousand Demon Heaven-Swallowing Method.
She wished every one of her opponents were demons.
As for human cultivators...
Even if she killed them, a Tower-Ascending Realm cultivator would only be worth a thousand years of Dao Cultivation... That was nowhere near as profitable as a demon at the Ink-Dotting Realm.
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