Since Lu Dongbin's tribulation lay with Peony Fairy, if Canglingzi wanted to lure him into demonic corruption, he naturally had to work on Peony Fairy.
But now that the two lived together, he first needed to lure Lu Dongbin away.
That night, Lu Dongbin was playing the qin in the loft. White Peony had given him this instrument, and he was playing it deep into the night because his heart was troubled.
Suddenly, waves of drumming sounded beside his ears, disturbing his mind.
He immediately answered with the sound of his qin. Sensing his response, the drums changed their rhythm and tangled with his music.
The drumbeats twisted through rise after rise, forcing him to resist with all his strength.
Thump, thump, thump! Clang, clang, clang! The sounds rang without end.
At the final moment, the drums abruptly stopped. When he came back to himself, he discovered that he had been led to an altar ground.
Several great drums stood arrayed around him, while a figure sat in the seat of honor upon the altar.
"Tongtian Cult Leader?!" Lu Dongbin recognized the figure at first glance.
"Ha ha ha~"
Canglingzi looked at him and praised, "What a Lu Dongbin. As expected of Donghua's reincarnation—before this Cult Leader, you are neither servile nor overbearing."
Lu Dongbin stepped forward two paces, clasped his hands behind his back, and asked, "Cult Leader, you went to such great lengths to bring me here. What is it you want? Do you want me to join your demonic cult and toil for you like an ox or a horse? Or do you wish for me to reform you, so that you may cultivate righteous fruition anew?"
Canglingzi burst into laughter, then his expression changed. "You and Lu Daoqing truly are worthy of being brothers—both equally arrogant