The woman stared at Li Xingtian, only to find his gaze wary, with a faint trace of killing intent.
"I spoke to you first, so naturally I have no intention of being your enemy. There's no need to look as though you want to kill me. Don't you know you already look pretty fierce?"
Her tone softened slightly. Then she sat down directly opposite Li Xingtian and resumed her enthusiastic tone:
"I discovered that secret realm first. Strictly speaking, you're the latecomer. You don't look like an unaffiliated cultivator to me. Those clothes are awfully expensive. Have you reported this secret realm to your sect?"
Li Xingtian struggled to restrain his emotions.
Although he had encountered this damned Demoness much earlier, his cultivation was far deeper than before, and he also had divine abilities and top-tier spirit treasures.
But that did not mean that his current Nascent Soul Realm self could really defeat this Demoness.
Back then, his Nascent Soul cultivation could hardly have been called particularly flimsy, yet this Demoness had drained him dry using some unknown method.
This Demoness ought to have been at least at Body Integration or above. Encountering her a hundred years earlier now... did not mean she had not broken through to the Body Integration Realm.
The main problem was that this Demoness had cast a considerable shadow over Li Xingtian, and lingering fear still gripped his heart.
Turning hostile outright clearly would not be rational enough.
With matters having come to this, the safe approach was naturally to placate this damned Demoness first, then summon his master, who knew the whole story.
And have this Demoness crushed to death on the spot!
To avenge the blood-deep grudge against his innocent heart back then!
Li Xingtian kept his tone as calm as possible:
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