"Hunyuan?"
Hanxian True Person frowned slightly.
"What are those furred and horned beasts from Spirit Mountain doing at Formless Mountain?"
The disciple lowered his head and replied respectfully, "Demon Emperor Hunyuan said he had a precious treasure to offer you, Elder."
"A precious treasure?"
A strange gleam flashed through Hanxian True Person's eyes.
At his level, ordinary treasures of heaven and earth had long ceased to catch his eye.
Anything a Demon Emperor called a precious treasure was surely no ordinary object.
"Let him in."
"Yes."
The disciple withdrew to carry out his orders.
Before long.
Accompanied by a series of heavy footsteps.
A hunched figure clad in black robes entered the hall.
The moment he entered.
Demon Emperor Hunyuan dropped to his knees and prostrated himself with practiced ease.
"This lowly demon, Hunyuan, pays his respects to Hanxian True Person."
He humbled himself to the utmost.
Not a trace remained of a Spirit Mountain Demon Emperor's imposing presence.
Hanxian True Person leaned back in his chair, looking down at him from above.
"Hunyuan, instead of staying at Spirit Mountain, you've come here claiming to have a treasure to offer me?"
"If you've brought some scrap metal to amuse yourself at my expense..."
Hanxian True Person's voice turned icy. "I happen to need a foot mat. That dog hide of yours will do nicely."
Demon Emperor Hunyuan trembled all over.
He hurriedly knocked his forehead against the floor.
"Please see the truth, True Person. Even with ten thousand times the courage, this lowly demon would never dare act insolently before you."
As he spoke.
Demon Emperor Hunyuan swept his broad sleeve.
Light flashed across an empty patch of floor in the hall.
A figure tightly bound in thick chains slammed heavily onto the ground.
It was a woman.
She wore