After her Junior Granduncle left, she fell unconscious and only awoke five years later.
Yet while five years had passed for her, fifty years had gone by in the Azure Realm.
Even someone as unflappable as Su Jiu was shaken by this revelation.
She suddenly recalled a saying: Looking back once more, a hundred years have already passed...
Su Jiu let out a helpless chuckle. With the concentration of spiritual qi rising and another fifty years gone by, her former companions had probably all surpassed her in cultivation.
Her feelings were complicated, yet she also felt that nothing could be more natural.
Fifty years. There were probably few people left in the Azure Realm who remembered who she was.
Su Jiu shook her head, cleared the stray thoughts from her mind, and returned home with the husband and wife.
No matter how many emotions stirred within her, she had to deal with the immediate problem first.
At midnight, it would be the fifteenth-the time when that demonic beast emerged to wreak havoc.
For now, she would wait until nightfall, then seize her chance to act.
Before midnight arrived, Su Jiu learned a little more from the couple.
But they were only ordinary people, after all, and their knowledge was limited. Eventually, even Su Jiu's quick mind could glean nothing more of use.
As time passed, the sky grew darker and darker.
Su Jiu could feel the demonic qi around her growing increasingly dense.
At the same time, a faint, elusive fragrance appeared in the air. It was so light that even she could barely smell it.
Mortals' five senses were all inferior to cultivators', so the couple certainly could not smell anything.
Thus, when the fragrance reached their noses, both fell into a deep sleep.
Immediately afterward, Su Jiu