Why had Senior Brother chosen the answer she gave?
In a corner of the Cloud-Stopping Room within the Eight Treasures Cloud Light Cave on Kunlun Mountains, Ling'e hugged her slender arms and pondered this deeply philosophical question of life.
She felt it necessary to figure out exactly what place she held in Senior Brother's heart.
Looking up, beneath the circling Taiji Diagram, that middle-aged Daoist was tightly bound by Yin and Yang Qi, tied from his ankles to his wrists, with even his mouth gagged...
The Great Mage said, "Junior Brother, wouldn't it be somewhat wasteful to simply kill Bai Ze? Why not bring him into our Human Teaching? Isn't he a Demon Commander? His cultivation realm is decent enough. He could guard the house and courtyard."
The middle-aged Daoist could only move his neck, and he hurriedly nodded.
Li Changshou pondered for a moment before saying, "Senior Brother, that would not be ideal. This fellow Daoist is, after all, one of the Ten Great Demon Commanders of Antiquity, a Great Power of Antiquity who once sat at the same table as the Demon Emperor and Kunpeng... Having a Demon Commander guard our home would not reflect well on our Human Teaching. Others would think us excessively arrogant."
The Great Mage nodded solemnly. "That is a sound consideration. Though the Demon Emperor has fallen, the respect due to the strong should still be given. How about asking him? Perhaps he would be willing."
Li Changshou smiled. "Bai Ze is one of the rare elegant gentlemen of the Primordial Wilderness. He would surely rather die than submit; there is no need to ask. Better kill him and fulfill his reputation for living and dying alongside the Ancient Demon Court. We could leave half his Primordial Spirit behind, seal it into a