Elder Meng and Elder Liu

The two below were Elder Meng, Foundation Establishment, Fourth Layer, and Elder Liu, Foundation Establishment, Fifth Layer.

Elder Meng stroked his highly distinctive red goatee with one hand and smiled. When he looked at the somewhat effeminate Elder Liu, he subconsciously shifted his gaze away.

Elder Liu, male in body but feminine in manner, held a cup of hot tea in one hand with his little finger raised. Looking at Zhang Ziling, he asked, "Elder Zhang, Ye Zhirou is already at Foundation Establishment, Eighth Layer. Do you have a good strategy to take her down?"

"She is Foundation Establishment Late Stage, after all. Though we outnumber her, if that woman goes mad and breaks through our defenses, the consequences will be unthinkable..."

Zhang Ziling's brows and eyes were gentle, her expression respectful. "When the time comes, I will first activate the Lost Trail Formation. At the very least, it can trap her for half an hour!"

"Then I will use my Heavenly Fragrance Physique to throw her mind into confusion. At that time, the two elders may join me in a pincer attack from front and rear!"

"Even if Ye Zhirou possesses abilities that reach the heavens, she will absolutely be unable to escape!"

After Zhang Ziling finished speaking, she hurriedly cupped her fists and raised both hands above her head. "I beg the two of you to lend me a hand. Of the magic artifacts and treasures obtained from killing Ye Zhirou, I will take not a single piece. All of them will be gifted to you two!"

Elder Meng stroked his red goatee with an amused expression and smiled. "Helping the sect eliminate its enemies is naturally our duty. Ye Zhirou's treasures and magic artifacts should naturally be handed over to our sect as well. The two of us are merely handling the task on its behalf, merely handling the task~"

Elder Liu lifted the lid of his teacup with his raised little finger. After exchanging a look with Elder Meng, he said with a smile that was not quite a smile, "When shall we set out?"

Zhang Ziling checked the time, a trace of resolve flashing through her eyes. "Half an hour from now!"

The night was dark and the wind was fierce.

The biting cold wind howled.

Xiao Yu was currently using Ye Zimei to raise his cultivation in the alchemy room.

A great battle was imminent. He had to be fast.

If it had been before, he definitely would have advanced steadily and fought securely, but Ye Zhirou was outside right now.

He had to increase his cultivation speed without stopping for even a moment.

When he came back to his senses, his cultivation had already reached Qi Refining, Seventh Layer with Ye Zimei's help!

Left Protector Wang Mei's cultivation had also reached Qi Refining, Sixth Layer.

Right Protector Hua Lian's cultivation had likewise been inexplicably dragged up to Qi Refining, Sixth Layer.

Xiao Yu lit a pipe, his face full of agitation.

His master would probably make a move against Ye Zhirou tonight.

But his cultivation was only Qi Refining, Seventh Layer.

Just then, Li Qingyun cautiously walked over.

She held two bowls of soup in her hands.

Xiao Yu picked up the old duck soup in his left hand and gulped it down, then grabbed the ginseng soup and took several fierce swallows.

After finishing the soup, he took out three golden pills and popped them into his mouth.

He sat down where he was and circulated his qi through a heavenly cycle.

Li Qingyun spoke softly. "Master... Mother asked me to call you. She said it was time for her treatment..."

Beads of sweat the size of soybeans slid down Xiao Yu's face, drop by drop.

This was bad.

Han Qiushui's illness had yet to be treated.

Bai Yue had not eaten yet either!

Xiao Yu first glanced at Bai Yue in the Judgment Room. She had already willingly accepted judgment.

No, he had only painted her a rosy picture yesterday. Starving her today would definitely backfire!

With that thought, Xiao Yu directly took out three bottles of Hehuan Pills and handed them to Wang Mei. "Take these to Bai Yue for her meal!"

Wang Mei immediately shrank her neck. Three bottles???

Xiao Yu's gaze was resolute. "You must know that Hehuan Pills are also refined from spirit herbs. They can fill one's stomach in the first place! Go!"

After saying that, he sent Wang Mei into the Judgment Room.

Just then, Li Qingyun at the side came over again. "Master, should you hide Miss A Xiang's gravestone and the others'... Ye Zhirou is definitely here for you! We must guard against her..."

Xiao Yu smiled softly. "Mm, I hid them long ago. You are truly thoughtful! Tell your mother later that something major will happen in the sect tonight. Treating her illness cannot be done in one stroke. Once I am finished, I will definitely treat her properly!"

"If it is only to put on a show and go through the motions, then her illness will never get better!"

Li Qingyun nodded faintly. "Mm... I have really troubled you, Master. I will go tell Mother now..."

No sooner had Li Qingyun left than a tremendous boom rang out from the Hehuan Sect Branch.

It sounded like muffled thunder. A "Rumble~!" echoed between heaven and earth.

Xiao Yu instinctively looked up.

The previously dark sky instantly turned azure-blue.

At first, he thought dawn had broken, but when he saw the blue formation that had suddenly risen all around them, he immediately gathered everyone into the gourd.

He had not expected the fight to begin so soon!

At this moment, the sky was also filled with Hehuan Sect cultivators.

Zhang Ziling stood at their head.

Elder Meng stood on the left, stroking his red beard with an amused expression, while Elder Liu swayed a fan with feminine airs.

Several hundred Hehuan Sect disciples stood behind them.

Before them stood three women.

At their head was Ye Zhirou, Foundation Establishment, Eighth Layer.

Zhang Ziling smiled softly. "Who would have thought that Fellow Daoist Ye, the dignified personal disciple of the Jade Maiden Sect, would lower herself to visit our little place? We have failed to welcome you from afar, failed to welcome you from afar~"