Su Shuanghe nodded slowly, sighing with emotion. "Ah, if we are speaking of paying homage to the past, the Taixiao Divine Court at the bottom of Xi Yu Lake is a place one cannot afford to miss."
"Indeed. Once matters here are concluded, I shall pass through Five Chain Lake and head to Xi Yu Lake."
"With a great calamity looming and demonic atrocities running rampant, one cannot be too cautious."
"Naturally, I shall cut down demons and eliminate devils, never failing the aspirations of our predecessors."
Up until now, Yu Ci's demeanor had been cultured and polite, with any barbs hidden very deep. Suddenly, he threw down his words like a heavy stone, carving out this sentence. Though rigid, it inexplicably carried a frigid, forest-like chill, ringing out like a sharp blade unsheathed.
Su Shuanghe involuntarily jerked his neck. To outsiders, it looked as though he viewed the junior's sharp or stiff attitude with a degree of disapproval. In truth, Su Shuanghe himself could not quite make out what he was feeling, only finding it something he had not encountered in many years—bizarrely eccentric, yet somewhat novel.
Next, he and Yu Ci touched upon several other topics, mostly probing for bottom lines, though the vast majority merely skimmed the surface without delving deep. Instead, the conversation was steered astray, leaving the surrounding cultivators utterly lost in the mist, unable to fathom what it was all about.
Meanwhile, Yu Ci's mind was crystal clear.
While casually responding to Su Shuanghe, he kept his attention on those starry "targets." Just as the background manifestation of the sorcery curses at the banquet showed, most of these "targets" were smeared with a layer of bloody light, but there were also a few exceptions. There were those who had not made a sound earlier,