"Azure-Eyed Evil Lord? It seems he has mastered the Kui Water Profound Scripture, and even set foot on the path Master least wanted him to take."
At this, Zhu Songyu gave another cold laugh.
"Fairy Songyu, you probably don't quite understand. Not only is the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord extremely difficult to meet now, but he is also capricious and murderous by nature."
"Leaving aside whether my disciple Taiping can meet him, even if he does, how would placing a divine weapon like the Kunwu Sword in his hands be any different from aiding a tyrant in his atrocities?"
Fairy Lingyue asked with a frown.
Like that old Daoist One-Leaf Book, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord counted as one of her contemporaries after she came to the Shangqing Realm, so even though they had little contact, she still knew something of their deeds.
"Please rest assured, Fairy."
Zhu Songyu shook her head with a smile, then pointed at the Jade Slip in Xu Taiping's hand and said:
"In this Jade Slip, I left three sentences for Li Daoyan. Once he hears them, he will go with you to slay the Demon Seed."
Zhu Songyu looked utterly confident as she spoke.
Then her gaze fell on the jade bracelet in Xu Taiping's hand, and she continued:
"As for the Kunwu Sword, you can wait until he fights the Demon Seed before deciding whether to give it to him."
Only after hearing Zhu Songyu's arrangements did the tension ease from Fairy Lingyue's face.
If they followed what Zhu Songyu had just said, Xu Taiping would face far less risk.
"Rumble...!"
Just then, the ruins of the Heaven-Demon Battlefield around them suddenly began to shake violently.
Immediately afterward, red light suddenly flashed in unison in the eye sockets of the demon skeletons.
"Boom!"
With another