Just as she had back then, Xue Qingluan agreed to it, and from then on, she formally began living together with Yue Shuwang.
For the first month, neither of them mentioned anything related to the struggle for the Dao, as though neither knew such a thing existed.
A month later, Demon Beasts invaded villages under the Lanyue Sect's jurisdiction.
The sect had originally intended to send more experienced cultivators down the mountain to handle the matter, but during the discussion, Yue Shuwang proposed that Xue Qingluan be sent to eliminate the demons.
At that time, Xue Qingluan had only reached the Second Level of Qi Gathering.
Though her strength was already quite outstanding among cultivators of the same realm, her lack of actual combat experience still made facing vicious, cunning Demon Beasts highly dangerous.
Yet under Yue Shuwang's emphatic recommendation, the sect finalized the decision and sent Xue Qingluan down the mountain.
Three disciples at the Qi Gathering Mid-stage accompanied her.
After a brief exchange with the three before descending the mountain, Xue Qingluan had already noticed that they were all Yue Shuwang's people.
They had most likely come down the mountain with her to eliminate demons in order to trip her up in secret.
You hypocritical thing, you really have retained a few traces of Yue Shuwang's shadow. This truly is the sort of thing she would do.
Xue Qingluan thought to herself, but did not expose the matter. She simply descended the mountain with the three of them.
Two months later, the Demon Beast calamity in those villages had been swept away.
Yet only Xue Qingluan returned to the Lanyue Sect's mountain gate.
The Life Tablets of the other three had shattered one after another over the past two months.
Xue Qingluan gave reasonable explanations for all of