The moon was already high in the sky when Su Jiu flew straight out of her inn's second-floor window on her sword.
As soon as she approached the Zhao Household, she sensed an array. Thin spiritual energy flowed slowly around it. Su Jiu identified it as a first-tier Concealment Array.
Breaking a first-tier array was easy for her. Her hands sped through the spell gestures, though a faint unease stirred in her heart.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, she broke the array.
The instant the array broke, Su Jiu's expression turned utterly grim. But it was already too late. An enormous golden net dropped from above, trapping her beneath it.
It was a Spirit-Binding Net. Cultivators caught in it could not use their spiritual energy. And now, overwhelming demonic qi filled her surroundings.
No wonder they set up a Concealment Array. With demonic qi this dense, even cultivators in the Qi Refining Period would notice it easily. To think the Zhao Household has already gotten into bed with demonic cultivators.
"Hahaha, what did I tell you? This little Foundation Establishment girl was bound to come." The speaker was none other than Zhao Yanhe, whom Su Jiu had seen that day.
A demonic cultivator wearing a bamboo hat approached Su Jiu alongside Zhao Yanhe.
The demonic cultivator's gaze was vicious, as though he wanted to skin her, tear her bones apart, and swallow her whole.
As the demonic cultivator sized Su Jiu up, she studied him in turn. He wore a pitch-black cloak, which she immediately recognized as a middle-grade treasure artifact. He also leaned on a walking stick made of white bone. Most conspicuous of all was the gourd at his waist. Su Jiu felt that it looked somewhat familiar, and it was also where the