Bai Di instantly froze in place.
He was no fool. Once he confirmed why the two Demon Cultivators had come, he immediately recalled the reason Chu Ping'an had been imprisoned.
Then a trace of despair flashed through his eyes as he said:
"Elder Chu Qiuyai was killed by your Nine Abysses, and now you've come to kill Chu Ping'an to make it look as though the Nine Prefectures killed him by mistake, stirring up... stirring up conflict between Rogue Cultivators and sect cultivators!"
Beside him, Qian Xiaofu finally understood after hearing Bai Di's words and immediately cursed:
"Your Nine Abysses really is shameless!"
When the young Demon Cultivator heard them, she gave a faint smile and waved a hand.
"Miss Xiaofu, you're mistaken."
The girl stepped forward and continued:
"Nothing could be more ordinary than Demon Cultivators killing human cultivators."
"But you, fellow human cultivators, threw stones at someone down a well and took advantage of his peril. That's what shameless means."
Her words left Qian Xiaofu speechless.
Meanwhile, as Bai Di watched the girl and Stone Demon draw closer, with the power of Return to Dust growing denser around them, he finally made a decision.
He lowered his sword hand and dropped to his knees before the young Demon Cultivator. "I, Bai Di, a Rogue Cultivator of Carp-Willow Manor, am willing to submit to the Nine Abysses. From this day forward, I shall serve the Nine Abysses alone!"
Beside him, Qian Xiaofu stared in disbelief.
"Brother Bai Di, what are you doing? They're from the Nine Abysses! They're Demonic Beasts!"
Although Qian Xiaofu was by no means pure of heart, as someone from the Pure Yang Sword Sect, she felt an instinctive aversion toward the Nine Abysses and Demon Cultivators.
Bai Di immediately snapped:
"Shut your mouth!"
As Bai