Lu Ye vouched for her, and Nian Yuexian finally withdrew her killing intent, lightly uttering a single word: "Scram!"
Yu Daiwei felt as though she had been pardoned. She immediately turned and flew away, only her voice drifting back from afar once she had gone a great distance. "Lu Yiye, don't forget your promise!"
The smell of blood hung in the air. Yu Huajin's corpse lay sprawled across the ground, while Lin Yue still guarded Li Taibai tensely behind her, her gaze fixed unblinkingly on Nian Yuexian.
Compared to the old and frail Yu Huajin, Nian Yuexian's sudden appearance undoubtedly made Lin Yue far more nervous.
She had allowed Lu Ye to freely enter and leave Dark Moon Forest Pass because the two sides had a basis for cooperation. Besides, no matter what, Li Taibai and Lu Yiye did have some connection.
But that did not mean just anyone could trespass into the pass she guarded, especially a powerful Ghost Cultivator like Nian Yuexian.
Yu Huajin had been killed by a single strike. If Nian Yuexian wished it, Lin Yue could not be certain of preserving herself either. For a moment, a sense of crisis welled up within her.
Fortunately, she also knew that Nian Yuexian most likely would not start another massacre. Just as Myriad Demon Ridge wished to maintain the current fragile peace between the two great camps, Vast Sky Alliance felt the same.
"Why did Senior Sister Nian come?" Lu Ye asked.
Nian Yuexian had a good relationship with Shui Yuan and had once been Eldest Senior Brother's capable assistant. Though there was some difference in their ages, calling her Senior Sister was no problem, especially since Lu Ye had long since reached Divine Sea.
Still, he could vaguely guess that Nian Yuexian's appearance here was no