At that moment, in a private chamber of a pleasure house, Black Calamity froze for a moment. Li Su's counterattack had truly left her at a loss.
Born of the demonic path, what absurdity had she not seen? Yet Li Su's particular brand of absurdity was something she had no experience with.
A nine-year-old child was actually at the Golden Core realm. If word got out, all Nine Provinces would be shaken, wouldn't they?
Calling other prodigies "young patriarchs" was praise—a hope for their future, a statement of the heights they might one day reach. But this one before her? Damn it, he was practically about to become a patriarch for real.
"Enough. I'm not talking nonsense with you anymore. Let's cooperate."
"What does Senior Sister wish to do?"
"Since you're in Ageless Town, you should have noticed some things already, right?"
"You mean Demon Refining Palace's Wei Qingqiong, and how his clansmen are excavating spirit veins here?"
"That's right!"
"I do know about that. But this spirit vein is merely one among countless veins in Ageless Forest. It isn't even a main vein. There may be some spiritual energy within it, and for Foundation Establishment cultivators it might be worthwhile—but what use is it to you, Senior Sister? Could there be something else beneath this spirit vein?"
"What if I told you Demon Refining Palace is developing more than just this one spirit vein? That all the spirit veins throughout Ageless Forest are being developed—and that this has already continued for ten years?"
"Oh? There's such a thing? Senior Sister, please explain."
Li Su's eyes flickered. Sure enough, she knew about Demon Refining Palace's activities, and she had come precisely because of this massive ten-year plan.
However, Demon Refining Palace had kept this matter extremely secret. Even the Wei