Xiao Bai's heart jolted, and his feet nearly slipped out from under him, sending him tumbling down the mountain.
What is this demoness up to again?
Couldn't she wait until I got up the mountain?
Can Remote Sensing record broadcasts?
After thinking it over, Xiao Bai decided to see what this demoness was plotting.
He immediately closed his eyes and focused. Xiao Bai opened the Modifier login panel and entered Remote Sensing.
In an instant, his sea of consciousness turned into a vast expanse of white. Illusions drifted like clouds, thin as mist, hazy and indistinct.
His divine sense became a long mirror. From above the nine heavens, Xiao Bai looked down, parted layer upon layer of fog, and swiftly locked onto Elder Yuhu's location—
True Origin Continent, Monster Beast Mountain Range, Snow Flame Sect, Hundred Herbs Peak, Medicine Garden.
At the center of a flowerbed streaked purple and crimson, an elegant figure in a Blue-White Overcoat bent over to inspect a medicinal plant with black leaves and red flowers.
Xiao Bai did not recognize this herb.
He only felt that the dense black ring patterns on its petals looked rather unsettling, like enlarged pupils at the moment of death...
"The freshly harvested herbs are quite beautiful."
Yuhu said with a smile.
You call that beautiful? Wife, your heart is pretty dark!
Nearby.
A dainty young girl in a Water-Green Mist Robe held a half-eaten Rabbit Spine Bone.
The Contract Seal on the spine ignited without flame, slowly burning the bone into ash that fell onto the soil beside the herb's roots.
"What a pity Xiao Bai is dead."
Xiao Bai nearly burst into tears at the sight, sighing inwardly that rabbit bones were not heartless things; transformed into spring mud, they would protect the flowers all the more.
Then he let out a full belch...
Come to think of it, Senior Sister Mu Yun appearing in the Remote Sensing image basically confirmed that she was a villain.
Yuhu rose to her feet, grasped Mu Yun's slender, pale wrist and closed her eyes to take her pulse.
It made Xiao Bai tense up. He had thought Senior Sister was pregnant.
"Your condition is not good. If this continues, it will be difficult for you to maintain a normal body. There are plenty of medicinal substitutes for Xiao Bai now that he is dead. Don't go out recently."
After taking her pulse, Yuhu said this.
Xiao Bai thought:
Difficult to maintain a normal body?
I could tell at a glance that you aren't human!
The romance and pride vanished from the girl's eyes, leaving only bone-piercing coldness.
"I heard the Demon Alliance is about to act. Though our goals differ, the Devil Race will not stand idly by."
Devils... the Devil Race...
Xiao Bai shuddered in fright. A fragment of stone slipped from beneath his feet and fell down the mountain without making another sound.
Good heavens!
Senior Sister Mu Yun, that adorable little princess-syndrome patient, was actually from the Devil Race?
He could not accept this!
The Devil Race of the True Origin Continent differed somewhat from the devils in the films and novels Xiao Bai had seen in his previous life, who cultivated Demonic Cultivation Techniques only to suffer backlash upon themselves.
In this world, the Devil Race consisted of cultivators from the Era of Dharma Decline who had been infected by the demonic affliction of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, barely able to retain their sanity and human forms.
The demonic affliction could not be cured. Thus, the Devil Race's ultimate fate was to become indescribable Humanoid Heavenly Demons, whose destructive power far surpassed that of the Demon Race.
Fortunately, the Devil Race was few in number. Only genius cultivators with weak wills were easily infected by the demonic affliction.
More precisely, the Devil Race had already departed from the category of humanity.
Thinking back to his Dual Rest with the half-fox the night before, Xiao Bai still found it quite wonderful...
But if he were to engage in Dual Rest with a Devil Race member like Senior Sister, Xiao Bai could not imagine it.
Do not let her petite frame fool you—she would definitely swallow him whole.
At that thought, Xiao Bai felt he could never look Senior Sister Mu Yun in the eye again.
Yuhu had no interest in the Devil Race's actions.
"Whatever. As long as they do not cause trouble."
Xiao Bai looked around. The two of them were loudly conspiring in broad daylight. Were they not afraid of being overheard?
It seemed they were very confident in their Breath Concealment Technique or Soundproofing Illusion Technique.
Mu Yun said:
"The Demon Alliance and the Devil Race have never been enemies. Ten years ago, I entered this sect to demonize you, yet I never expected you to be a demon. And you kept me by your side because you wanted to fuse demon and devil. Once demons and devils merge perfectly, humanity's era will end."
Xiao Bai, who had been transported to the True Origin Continent for five years, understood this common knowledge as well.
Demons, including all beasts, could not be infected by demonic affliction and could not become devils.
The reason was unknown.
This was also one of the reasons humanity had ultimately defeated the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons during the Era of Dharma Decline.
Unfortunately, after the war, the Demon Race somehow became enemy of humanity, frequently attacking sects and towns.
Humanity had also proven through research that demons were the chief culprits behind the Era of Dharma Decline.
The conflict between humans and demons, and between humans and devils, became the main theme of war in the Tian Yuan Era.
Thankfully, demons and devils found it difficult to cooperate.
Thus, the Cultivation World had a saying: once the Demon Race could merge with the Devil Race, it would be humanity's hell.
At that thought, Xiao Bai sucked in a sharp breath. Master Yuhu truly wanted to destroy humanity!
Fortunately, with the Modifier at his side, he was about to become a superhero who would save humanity!
Still, Mu Yun's account of the past was rather interesting.
She had entered the sect to demonize Yuhu, only for an undercover agent to meet another undercover agent. They had lurked together ever since.
Worthy indeed of All Villains!
Facing the topic of demon-devil fusion, Yuhu did not elaborate. Instead, she changed the subject to Xiao Bai.
"Did you see Martial Granduncle today?"
The icy girl's eyes shifted. Anger surfaced in her gaze, mixed with an inexplicable, complicated emotion.
She took out two sets of Elder's Robes she had personally made, cast a fire spell, and reduced them directly to ash.
"He is human scum."
Xiao Bai froze. You're an evil Devil Race member who broke her word, and you still have the nerve to call me human scum?
Yuhu smiled.
"Why not give him the clothes and let Martial Granduncle have a taste of your schemes to harm others?"
Mu Yun's face reddened. The tense chill around her abruptly deflated, and she hurriedly changed the subject.
"Who exactly is this Xiao Bai? Aren't you afraid the other peaks will cause trouble at the upcoming Sect Tour Ceremony? The Sect Overseer has coveted you for a long time. How could he possibly let Xiao Bai go?"
Good heavens!
So she had broken her promise and not given him the clothes because they contained tricks meant to harm him...
Xiao Bai thought, It's over. This demoness really has fallen for me.
And there was even going to be a Sect Tour Ceremony.
A Sect Tour Ceremony was required whenever a sect newly appointed an elder or Core Disciple, or when an elder or Core Disciple took a partner. They had to parade through the entire sect so the elders, instructors, and disciples of every peak could get to know them—and give gifts as well.
Xiao Bai had thought that, as a mortal, he could skip this Sect Tour Ceremony. He had not expected it would still be held.
Someone would definitely make trouble then!
After all, relations between Snow Flame Sect's various peaks were not exactly harmonious.
The disciples of Hundred Herbs Peak might give him face and call him Martial Granduncle.
Disciples from other peaks might mock him, give him insulting gifts, or ask him to instruct them in cultivation techniques...
He had to reach Qi Refining as soon as possible!
The more troublesome issue came from the Sect Overseer.
The Dao Alliance established a Dao Supervision Pavilion in every country to oversee the enforcement of the Heavenly Origin Dao Laws.
The Dao Supervision Envoy held the greatest authority in the Dao Supervision Pavilion.
Below the Dao Supervision Envoy, the Sect Overseer and State Overseer held equal authority.
And although the Sect Overseer of the Dao Supervision Pavilion in the Cambrian Kingdom was only a tiny bit less handsome, he was a sinister man who had coveted Elder Yuhu for a long time.
At that thought, Xiao Bai's head swelled with pain.
At the center of his vision, Yuhu said:
"No need to worry. I will handle these matters myself."
She did not answer where Xiao Bai had come from.
Mu Yun asked directly:
"You taught him the Butcher's Sword Technique long ago?"
Considering his own mastery of the Butcher's Sword Technique, Xiao Bai felt it was perfectly normal for her to think so.
Yet Yuhu began practicing tai chi again and merely said,
"I heard you lost to him in a sword match."
Mu Yun was still somewhat unconvinced.
"Speaking only of the Butcher's Sword Technique, I surpass you, while this menial disciple surpasses even me. If he is not someone you know, would taking him as your partner not be too hasty?"
Xiao Bai was dumbfounded. Senior Sister Mu Yun was actually stronger than the elder?
No wonder she was so young yet spoke without regard for seniority.
The purple-red sea of flowers swayed in the wind, each rolling wave fragrant.
Yuhu smiled gently and said calmly:
"Some people are fated from the start."
Mu Yun glanced sidelong at Yuhu and smiled.
"Who would have thought that Elder Yuhu, so virtuous and respected, would also be trapped by love?"
Yet when she recalled Xiao Bai's shoulder-touch kill, her heart inexplicably trembled.
"This man is very strange. His cultivation and sword technique may well be connected to a lost Demonic Cultivation Technique. You had better not conceal any information about him."
Xiao Bai was utterly confused.
First I was a Monkey Demon, and now I have become a devil?
I think you're just lusting after my body!
"One more thing: not only his sword technique—perhaps his Charm Arts surpass yours as well."
Mu Yun added.
With one enchanting smile, a hundred charms came to life. Yuhu glanced toward the Snow Curtain Sea of Clouds, the rippling color in her eyes breathtaking beyond compare.
"Only that is impossible."
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