(Third update! 4,000 words!)
(Finally finished writing-four thousand words for the third update! More extra updates tomorrow. I hope everyone will support me with monthly votes. Tomorrow will still bring ten thousand words.
At those words, realization dawned on everyone's faces. They stared straight at Black Old Devil, making him look furious as the pressure on him mounted, leaving him somewhat speechless. None of them were fools, after all. Black Old Devil and the Three Grand Elders had sneaked off to capture Li Xiaoya. It would have been strange if there were nothing fishy about it.
The other Three Grand Elders exchanged glances before turning to look at Black Old Devil together. Black Old Devil sighed and was just about to speak when Black Skeleton suddenly stood up.
"At this point, there's no reason to keep hiding it." Black Skeleton swept a glance over everyone and said coldly, "The Grand Elder and the others were acting on my orders when they went to capture Li Xiaoya."
Everyone's expression changed drastically. Although Black Old Devil and the others were nascent soul late stage cultivators, the gap between them and the others was still limited. Black Skeleton was another matter entirely. He was a Spirit Communion Stage Great Cultivator, one of fewer than ten on the entire Origin Continent. His authority within the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect went without saying.
"Then why didn't you inform us that you wanted to capture Li Xiaoya, Supreme Elder? If we'd all known, capturing someone merely at the Golden Core Stage would have been as easy as reaching out and taking him!" the Bald Elder said hastily, gritting his teeth.
"Naturally." Black Skeleton nodded expressionlessly. "If all of you had acted, it would indeed have been as easy as reaching out and taking him. But this