"Six-Souls Banner!"
Qiong Xiao ground out those three words through clenched teeth. The fury in her heart nearly took tangible form, bursting from her eyes. She looked like a torch standing amid raging flames, burning without end.
Highest Purity qi churned as layers upon layers of dreamlike aura surfaced around Qiong Xiao.
"Qiong Xiao! What are you trying to do?"
Seeing that something was wrong with Qiong Xiao's state, Yun Xiao hurriedly rebuked her. The Clear-Heart Soul-Calming Dao Sound echoed through the surroundings, like countless great bells and bronze chimes ringing at once. The reverberating sound jolted Qiong Xiao's mind.
But in the next moment, the sight of Zhao Gongming's miserable state reignited Qiong Xiao's rage. She roared, "Big Sister, Big Brother was cursed to death—cursed to death with the Six-Souls Banner! How could that bastard Qing Ling possibly not know about this?"
As she spoke, the dreamlike aura emerged once more. Clearly, Qiong Xiao intended to tear open the gate between reality and dreams and seek out Qing Ling to demand an explanation.
"Insolence! Fellow Daoist Qing Ling is an enlightened Immortal True Person who has cultivated for far longer than you. Even Teachers Tongtian and Yu Chen only accepted half a teacher's rites from him. How dare you spout such wild words over something uncertain?"
Yun Xiao rose and loudly reprimanded Qiong Xiao. Her aura surged, Highest Purity qi rolling about her. Within the precious radiance of her celebration cloud, a golden basin spun round and round, shedding thousands of streams of clear brilliance. It forced Qiong Xiao back again and again, and the dreamlike aura around them gradually settled.
Qiong Xiao remained unconvinced and was about to say something when motley mist suddenly poured forth around them. A thread of moonlight descended and condensed into Qing Ling's