Silver Bone Demon Venerable remained lazily reclined upon the soft couch.
Her slender fingers gently twirled a strand of black hair.
Her ruby-like eyes looked indifferently at the three great demons below, who were weeping and sniveling.
The corners of her mouth...
Slowly curved into a slight arc.
Zheng—!!!
A sharp, vibrating chime suddenly echoed within the dark Immortal Cave.
Silver Bone Demon Venerable's right hand, which had been playing with her hair, suddenly lifted.
Her five fingers spread slightly.
Xiu—!!!
Five extremely thin silver rays shot out from her fingertips.
These silver rays were as thin as gossamer; in the dim firelight, they were nearly impossible to detect unless one focused intently.
Puchi—
The Green Snake Demon, who was speaking animatedly, suddenly froze.
Immediately after.
Kacha!
Kacha!
Kacha!
The Green Snake Demon's Physical Body was now like dough, being forcibly squeezed and sliced into by the five threads.
"Ugh... Heh..."
The Green Snake Demon's eyes bulged, his vertical pupils filled with utter disbelief.
In the blink of an eye.
This Ink Dot Realm great demon, who had been a terror outside Changsha Commandery with his sinister methods...
Had his entire skeleton crushed by those five Zither strings, folded into a ball of flesh!
Silver Bone Demon Venerable slowly withdrew her hand.
The five silver threads vanished instantly.
She took a silk handkerchief from a maid and gently wiped her fingers.
"What I hate most..."
"Is when someone tries to play petty, low-class tricks in front of me."
"..."
The air fell silent for a moment.
To the side, Golden Lion Demon King and the Black Panther Demon were scared until their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.
After a brief hesitation.
The two demons hurriedly said, "A good kill! My Lady, you killed him well!"
"This worm was always full of bad intentions, a master of feigning compliance!"
"I've disliked him for a long time!"
"If not for the sake of working in the same place, I would have slapped this fellow to death long ago, without needing My Lady to lift a finger!"
The Black Panther Demon beside him was also quick to react, immediately echoing the sentiment.
"Big brother is right!"
"This fellow was usually all talk; whenever a battle came, he'd make excuses about preserving strength."
"I see clearly that he had ulterior motives and wanted to ruin the Old Demon Saint's grand plan!"
The two demons went back and forth.
They exhausted their vocabulary cursing the mass of flesh that was no longer recognizable.
However.
As they cursed.
Their voices gradually grew quieter.
Cold sweat dripped from Golden Lion Demon King's forehead.
It suddenly realized something.
Their impatient attempts to distance themselves from the snake and throw dirt on a dead demon to please the Demon Venerable...
Was this... not also playing petty tricks?
"Heh..."
A light chuckle drifted down from above.
Silver Bone Demon Venerable leaned on the couch, resting her chin on one hand, her blood-red eyes narrowing slightly.
She looked down with a half-smile.
"Enough."
"I heard that four Demon Venerables have already arrived near Luling. They have impatient tempers and are likely watching the movements in Luling right now."
"However..."
She paused and stretched, her graceful figure exuding an enchanting allure.
"I am in no hurry."
"After staying on that overseas deserted island for centuries, it wasn't easy to return. I must stretch my limbs first."
As she spoke.
She turned her head and glanced in the direction of Changsha Commandery.
"Perfect."
"Then I'll just... kill a Human Race Prodigy while I'm at it..."
...Ten thousand feet in the air.
A golden rainbow tore through the sea of clouds.
As Jiang Yuechu flew through the sky, she silently opened her system panel.
"Allocate points."
[Consumed five thousand two hundred years of Dao Cultivation. 'Perfect and Unbreakable Method' has been elevated to the supreme level.]
As this Seed Lotus External Martial Art reached the Transcendent stage.
Deep within her Sea of Consciousness, the Celestial Demon Martial Practice stage finally showed movement.
Jiang Yuechu sent a wisp of her mind inside to investigate.
She saw the Black Mountain Bear Lord, who had been scratching his head and fidgeting restlessly, suddenly stand up.
A burst of sharp light exploded from those simple, foolish bear eyes.
He was no longer confused or hesitant.
The Black Bear took a step with his thick, short legs and struck a pose on the martial stage.
His already thick-skinned bear body now faintly shimmered with a lustrous glow, identical to Jiang Yuechu's.
With this Cultivation Technique as a foundation, this simple-minded bear encountered no more obstacles in deducing martial arts.
Jiang Yuechu watched for a moment and nodded slightly.
Those thousands of years of Dao Cultivation were not spent in vain.
However... her gaze shifted.
It fell upon the edge of the martial stage.
A snow-White Flood Dragon was coiled there, boredly dozing off.
Ever since being recorded into the hundred demons compendium, this White Flood Dragon had remained this lazy.
It wasn't that it was unwilling to move.
It was truly because... the martial arts Jiang Yuechu currently practiced were all incompatible with this dragon.
Without a corresponding Cultivation Technique, this White Flood Dragon possessed a world of talent but couldn't deduce anything useful.
"Whew..."
Jiang Yuechu withdrew her gaze.
Although she had spent a significant amount of Dao Cultivation, seeing the Black Bear working hard at the martial practice and her own tangible improvements...
It was worth it.
As for this White Flood Dragon... it would surely be useful in the future.
She dismissed the system panel.
She no longer held back her True Essence.
Boom—!!!
The golden light suddenly surged.
She transformed into a meteor, her speed becoming thirty percent faster than before.
In just the time it takes to burn an incense stick.
The mist ahead began to dissipate.
A majestic city gradually revealed its silhouette on the banks of the Xiang River.
Changsha Commandery.
This was a famous city of the Chu and Han dynasties, the Homeland of Qu Yuan and Jia Yi.
The Xiang River flowed through the city from south to north.
In the middle of the river lay a long, narrow sandbar called Orange Isle.
Unlike Hengyang before.
Although Changsha Commandery was also somewhat desolate due to the demon infestation...
The crisscrossing streets were filled with figures in black robes with red patterns, as well as soldiers in heavy armor.
Countless laborers, under the direction of the Demon Suppression Guards, were moving logs and defensive structures to reinforce the city's fortifications.
Clearly.
The defensive forces here were much stronger than those in Hengyang.
With the recent arrival of You Wujiang, a powerful reinforcement at Lotus Seed Perfection...
Changsha Commandery should be impregnable for the time being... Atop the city walls.
A slender figure stood with a hand on his sword.
You Wujiang's face looked somewhat haggard.
"Sigh..."
He had just arrived in Changsha when the demon infestation broke out.
Relying on his Lotus Seed Perfection methods, he had caused the Golden Lion Demon King to suffer a minor setback.
But who would have thought?
These beasts immediately learned their lesson.
Since they couldn't bite through the hard bone of Changsha, they simply stopped trying.
They broke into smaller groups and scattered.
They specifically targeted the surrounding villages where defenses were weak.
You Wujiang, despite his high cultivation, felt like a monkey being toyed with.
Often, he would just receive an urgent report and rush there in a frenzy.
By the time he reached the location.
Aside from severed limbs and broken bodies all over the ground...
Where was there even a shadow of a demon?
In just half a day.
Two villages in the surrounding area had already met with disaster.
"Dammit!"
"If only..."
He looked up at the horizon, a flash of unmistakable longing in his eyes.
"If only I also had Your Highness's ability to travel a thousand miles in an instant..."
"How could I let these beasts run so rampant?!"
Just as he was wallowing in self-pity.
Weng—!!!
From the southern horizon, there was a sudden clap of thunder.
You Wujiang's body jolted, and he snapped his head up.
The originally gloomy clouds were suddenly torn apart by a brilliant golden rainbow.
The golden light was like a dragon, spanning across the vast sky.