"I wanted to ask when you were going to let them out," Yan Ruyu said.
She had wanted to ask that for a long time.
Luo Yue slapped her forehead in sudden realization. She had spent the past ten-odd days tutoring those two poor students and completely forgotten the old demons trapped in her formation.
"Looks like they're all dead-"
Luo Yue opened the Lesser Reversal Five Elements Formation.
Nothing remained inside but ashes scattered across the ground. She looked at Yan Ruyu with innocent, wide eyes.
Every extra moment spent inside Luo Yue's formation was fraught with deadly danger. Once those demons exhausted their demonic power, they naturally ended up dead beyond all hope of recovery.
"Hey, don't look at me. I never intended to kill them. They were the ones who couldn't hold out," Luo Yue argued.
After all, she was no devil. How could she possibly have done it on purpose?
"I-I'm not dead yet-"
A faint, trembling voice came from a corner.
Luo Yue and Yan Ruyu both turned toward it. The old demon, withered as firewood and reduced to skin and bones, was still sitting cross-legged in the corner. Though he was not dead, he was close enough.
But-
If you hadn't spoken up, I really wouldn't have noticed!
Bang!
Luo Yue brought her palm down, instantly smashing him into oblivion, soul and all.
"See? I let him out, but then he died on his own. You can't blame me for that," Luo Yue said earnestly.
"You-"
Yan Ruyu's red lips parted slightly. She was at a loss for words.
"What about me?"
With perfect conviction, Luo Yue continued, "You just saw me take the formation down."
"Besides, I've been giving Crow Daoist pointers these past few days, and you got some along the way