Coercion

Mi He's slender figure appeared beside Lei Yue.

She wore a dark-blue robe, her long hair simply pinned up with a wooden hairpin, revealing an elegant, refined face.

"Fellow Daoist Mi He, you came at just the right time. Please lend me a hand and kill the man in the lake," Lei Yue called out.

Mi He swept her gaze over the crimson lake but did not immediately attack. Instead, she asked with a puzzled expression.

"A demonic cultivator? I have not heard of any newly advanced Nascent Soul Cultivator in the demonic path."

"He should be a Rogue Cultivator," Lei Yue said.

"A Rogue Cultivator can advance to the Nascent Soul Realm?" Mi He asked in some surprise.

She feared that Song Wen might hail from some major demonic sect and was unwilling to rashly make an enemy of him.

"What sect would gain a new Nascent Soul Cultivator without holding an Ascension Assembly to bolster its reputation? This man is unfamiliar; I have never seen him before. If he is not a Rogue Cultivator, what else could he be?" Lei Yue said.

Even after hearing this, Mi He still did not act rashly.

She raised her voice toward the lake.

"Fellow Daoist in the lake below, I am Mi He, a Nascent Soul Cultivator of the Beast Taming Sect. Would you be willing to show yourself?"

The crimson lake water parted, and Song Wen appeared upon its surface.

Seeing that Song Wen had truly revealed himself, a faint smile appeared on Mi He's cool, aloof face.

"May I know how to address you, Fellow Daoist?"

"Cui Huo," Song Wen said.

"Cui Huo...?" Mi He frowned and pondered for a moment. "Forgive my ignorance, but I have never heard this name before. Could it be that you truly cultivated