Old Man Withered Bamboo sensed that something was wrong. Anxious to hurry on, he wanted to reach White Yang Mountain as quickly as possible and find out what was happening.
He had not expected Shi Longgu to attack him. A shower of flying needles glittering with silver stars came shooting toward him.
Old Man Withered Bamboo pointed his bamboo staff through the air. Sparks flared from the needles, and, like pig bristles singed by fire, they instantly went up in smoke, scattering as flecks of iron slag.
Shi Longgu was greatly startled. Turning both hands over, she sent a flying sword stabbing toward Old Man Withered Bamboo's chest with her left hand and unleashed another shower of yellow flying needles with her right.
Old Man Withered Bamboo tapped his bamboo staff twice more. Her flying sword immediately snapped apart inch by inch with a series of cracks, while sparks flared from the yellow needles and burned them into iron slag as well.
Only then did Shi Longgu realize that this youth possessed not only peerless beauty but also exceptionally powerful magic.
She shouted, "Try this, then!"
This time, she released the Mysterious Maiden Needles.
Her mother had refined this set of Mysterious Maiden Needles using an ancient method. With them, she had swept across the world, invincible wherever she went, earning herself the title of Holy Mother Golden Needle.
Later, she had borne nine Demon Mothers for Shi Feiyang.
Strictly speaking, she was the Great Demon Ancestress, grandmother to the nine Demon Sons...
Giving birth to demons was an enormous sin in itself. Every evil deed the Demon Mothers and Demon Sons committed when they went out into the world would be charged to her and Shi Feiyang.
For that reason, Shi Feiyang had looked after her a great deal