Liuli kept her appointment, a scheme took shape in secret [Double monthly votes requested]

"Senior Brother, my Dharma Eye could not have been mistaken. Though his Divine Sense is powerful, his cultivation definitely has not reached the Spirit Transformation Late Stage."

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After the Vajra Temple party left Blazing Snow City, the monk with the Dharma Eye solemnly reported what he had discovered.

After hearing his junior brother confirm it repeatedly, the Golden Child Saint smiled.

"Naturally, I trust your Dharma Eye, Junior Brother. But Rogue Cultivators have always been cunning, especially someone who fought his way up from the barren Lower Realm.

"Look at everything he has done to climb higher, shamelessly making connections wherever he can. Not only is he entangled with the Demon Race, but now he has set his sights on Junior Sister Liuli's resources. Is that the conduct of a Righteous Path cultivator?"

The other two nodded in agreement at the Golden Child Saint's assessment.

What decent man singled out noble female cultivators to befriend?

One might be a kindred spirit, but could two or three all be kindred spirits?

Why did he never seem to find kindred spirits among male cultivators?

"These Lower Realm cultivators would probably do anything to ascend. Their minds have long since twisted, making them even more sinister than those on the Demonic Path."

The Golden Child Saint loathed such conduct. As for the fact that he, too, sought resources, he was different from those outsiders.

They were all members of the same sect.

"After taking that pill, he would need tremendous good fortune just to reach the Spirit Transformation Late Stage in this lifetime. As for his earlier murder of our senior brother-"

After a moment's thought, the Golden Child Saint shook his head. "He is, after all, a Guest Elder of the Ice God Palace. We cannot go too far."

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