The Outer Demon Raised Within the City

"Whew..."

The tension Su Xinghe had been holding quietly eased.

He took a deep breath, cupped his fists, and bowed.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness. I will cultivate diligently!"

They had not said what he had to cultivate, anyway. He would agree first and deal with it later.

The truth was, he could not afford to delay any longer.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if that madman Li gave Zhou Yingjun a palm strike too. Though they had all once been Head-Chopping Bandits, that old man had already gone mad over Mental Secret Arts.

Princess Red Lotus gave him a deep look, then swept her sleeve.

"No need for formalities. Let us return together, then."

Li Shunjun, his face twisted in a savage grin, flashed forward.

Amid a burst of clattering sounds, Su Xinghe was stripped clean. Not only were the Treasure Notes and pills in his robes taken, even his token and saber sheath were not spared.

That was more than thirty thousand taels' worth of Treasure Notes. He had painstakingly saved them during these past few days of head-chopping operations, intending to buy Treasure Medicines for Elder Xie.

There was also the "Yi Thirteen" token.

Fortunately, that token required spiritual will to inspect, and the other party apparently did not possess such a thing.

When one stood beneath another's eaves,

one could only jot this grudge into a little ledger for now, then reclaim it with interest someday.

Su Xinghe had thought he would be taken out of Lin County,

imprisoned in some Peaceful Heaven Sect lair on Scarlet Cloud Mountain.

Yet after following the three of them for only a few steps, just as they neared an elegant scenic estate, the ground vanished beneath his feet and the world suddenly spun around him.

When he regained consciousness,