But after learning all this...
New doubts surfaced in Jiang Yuechu's eyes. "So what do you hope to gain by telling me all this?"
The other woman knew so much... how could she still fail to guess her identity?
In all likelihood, she was the Supreme Seat of the Self-Growing Earth Lineage.
But as one of the twenty-five Supreme Seats, this old woman should also have been hoping someone would stretch open the painting scroll, giving her a chance to escape to the Cloud-Dream Realm.
Why would she be kind enough to tell her all this?
At her question, the old woman gently shook her gray-haired head and parted her shriveled lips. "You're a bloodthirsty girl, but you do see things clearly... Still, you should know that among the Eastern Region's twenty-five lineages, none stands apart quite like my Self-Growing Earth Lineage."
"From our elders down to our Dao Orthodoxy disciples, eight or nine out of ten are demons. Rumor has it that the current Supreme Seat of the Self-Growing Earth Lineage has a demon's body as well... have you heard that?"
Jiang Yuechu nodded.
No kidding.
She was playing the role of a Demon Emperor right now.
Even if she had never heard of it...
She had experienced it firsthand.
The old woman looked straight at Jiang Yuechu. "There's nothing particularly strange about it, really. But since you asked, I'll say a little more... Even in the Cloud-Dream Realm, with its nine great human Dao Sects, demons still reign supreme, with the Cloud-Dream Palace at their head."
"To tell you the truth, I came from the Cloud-Dream Palace... But while traveling outside to temper myself in my younger years, a twist of fate led me here by mistake. From then on, I was trapped in this incomplete painting scroll,