At this moment, though the Fox Gate Lord's hatred surged like towering waves, there was also an intense sense of pleasure within her...
The pleasure of executing Sikong Buwang, who had dared defy and resist her—and, of course, the pleasure of forcing Everlasting Love Venerable to kill him herself.
Martial Aunt Chu's gaze froze at those words as she exchanged looks with several Everlasting Love elders around her.
Not only had she not come bearing Sikong Buwang's head, but, even more bizarrely, that little menial had killed Yin Shi.
Everlasting Love Venerable's eyes brightened faintly. Then she said softly, "Fox Gate Lord, I thought you had brought the head of my Everlasting Love menial disciple. So you haven't got it yet."
The moment those words fell, the Fox Gate Lord's expression darkened sharply, and the pleasure in her heart instantly turned into rolling chills.
"From the sound of it, you suffered quite a crushing defeat at the hands of my Everlasting Love menial disciple?"
"Haha, how did things become so interesting?"
"Quick, tell me all about it."
"How did our little menial disciple force the mighty Fox Gate Lord to come running back, crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself?"
As Everlasting Love Venerable's crisp, cheerful voice rang out—
The Fox Gate Lord's face went black at once, and her originally cold features twisted into extreme fury.
Everlasting Love Venerable had actually said she had cried, made a scene, and threatened to hang herself... The implication could not have been clearer: she was mocking the Fox Gate Lord for being unable to kill that little menial, forcing her to come back weeping to ask the sect master for permission.
Though the words were somewhat exaggerated, Everlasting Love Venerable was deliberately ridiculing her.
The next moment, an old crone-like