High in the sky, waves of force churned.
Azure-blue Sword Qi and vast purple mist tore savagely at each other. Every collision shook the space for a hundred li around, thunder rumbling in its wake.
True Lord Linghan stood above the Sword Mound's Central Palace with his hands behind his back, looking down.
The sect had ordered the three of them to come to Guanlan Island to offer birthday congratulations. Naturally, this involved certain shady dealings between the Jieqing Sect's higher-ups and the Southern Immortal Palace.
But compared with the payment promised by the Southern Immortal Palace, this fresh blood before him was undoubtedly more important to the Jieqing Sect as it stood now.
"..."
His eyes were deep as he silently weighed his options.
Forget it.
I'll save this promising seedling first.
The so-called deal can wait.
With that thought,
True Lord Linghan held nothing back.
His broad sleeve swept fiercely outward.
Sword Qi pierced the sun like a long rainbow, forcibly pressing the roiling purple mist down.
Azure Sea Fairy's expression changed, and she was driven back step after step.
True Lord Linghan seized the opening, his rolling voice plunging straight toward the estate below.
"Wuya, Wanyin, leave that beast for now. Go save her."
He Wuya and Tang Wanyin, who were fighting Guanlan Immortal Lord and the other Demons, both froze at his words.
Then,
Tang Wanyin drew a deep breath.
She had long since had enough of swallowing this bitter anger.
Even knowing this was a scheme laid by the sect's elders, how could a sword cultivator's sword heart endure such groveling?
She had already felt guilty and stifled after standing by earlier and leaving the girl in black to die.
Now that she had Deacon Linghan's command,
what was there left to hesitate over?
"Senior