Seeing that the young girl still didn't speak, she suddenly didn't know what topic to find.
Glancing at the corpse on the ground, she added, "Actually... he didn't lie to you."
Jiang Yuechu was slightly stunned.
"Hmm?"
Great Sage Yunling sighed, her tone eerie: "This person is the Former Emperor of Great Tang, Li Qianyuan. Since you are the Grand Princess of Great Tang... then he is indeed your father."
A flash of bewilderment crossed Jiang Yuechu's face.
"Huh?"
Regarding the previous emperor, she had heard her cheap older brother mention him when she was in Chang'an.
It was said that he was terminally ill and had long since passed away.
If those words were true, he should be dead.
How did he come back to life?
Furthermore, as the monarch of Great Tang, why was he colluding with the demons of Spirit Mountain?
And after dying, he provided such a massive amount of Dao Cultivation... Could it be... that this biological father of hers was a demon all along?
Seeing her expression shifting, Great Sage Yunling thought she was still nursing a grudge and quickly explained: "Young lady, do not blame me. I didn't know at first that you were part of my Jade Carving Lineage. Hearing news of my son's death, I was consumed by rage and came solely for revenge..."
"But this Li Qianyuan found me through the Western Regions Demon Court, saying he had a foolproof plan to allow my Spirit Mountain demon horde to bypass the border pass and enter the heart of Great Tang... and he claimed with absolute certainty that by doing so, he could force you to appear."
"At that time, I was indignant over my son's death and only wanted to enter the pass for revenge, so I believed him."
Jiang Yuechu's eyes flickered slightly: "And the conditions?"
Since it was a trade, there naturally had to be bargaining chips.
The other party was the Former Emperor of Great Tang.
Even if he had abdicated or faked his death to escape, this was still the Li family's empire.
Inviting wolves into the house to slaughter his subjects.
Was he insane?
Great Sage Yunling gave a strange laugh and pointed at Jiang Yuechu: "Naturally, he was after your body."
Jiang Yuechu's eyelids lifted slightly, her gaze suddenly turning cold.
Great Sage Yunling hurriedly waved her hands to explain: "Young lady, do not misunderstand! It wasn't that kind of filthy intention!"
"He required that your corpse be left intact during the ambush. Once the deed was done, he would take your body away."
To want her corpse... Jiang Yuechu frowned in deep thought.
What was there in this body of hers that the other party needed?
Could it be... he wanted to perform a Possession?
Seeing the young girl's uncertain expression, Great Sage Yunling felt apprehensive in her heart.
She gave a dry laugh, trying to ease the atmosphere: "Since the misunderstanding has been cleared, then this matter is settled."
"Though my son is dead, to die at your hands can be considered his fortune. His skills were inferior to others, so no one else can be blamed..."
This old bird certainly knew how to climb up the ladder offered to her.
Just like that, they were family?
And he died for nothing?
If that Golden-Winged Little Peng Wang knew in the underworld, he would probably be so angry he'd die a second time.
Jiang Yuechu did not respond.
She only gave her a faint glance.
"Stay here and don't move."
"Ah?" Great Sage Yunling was stunned.
Jiang Yuechu didn't care how the Demon Sage reacted.
Boom—!!!
Her entire being transformed into a golden rainbow, soaring into the sky.
Great Sage Yunling stood where she was, unsure whether to leave or stay.
Watching that receding figure, she finally gritted her teeth and didn't dare move a step.
As members of the same Jade Carving Lineage, this girl's talent was truly too terrifying.
If she left now, she would likely offend the other party... High above in the sky.
Jiang Yuechu looked down at the devastated city beneath her feet.
Yizhou Prefecture was very large.
There were many demon corpses she had not yet absorbed.
Jiang Yuechu took a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes.
She spread her arms.
Rumble—!!!
Between heaven and earth, a wild wind suddenly blew.
Countless strands of essence drifted out from the demon corpses in the city.
Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, like ten thousand birds returning to the forest.
They converged frantically toward that black-clad figure in the sky.
As the massive amount of essence entered her body.
Deep within her Qi Sea.
The waters were already churning, and the earth was shaking.
The two towering mountains, one Yin and one Yang, had long reached the Realm of Perfection, with no further room for progress.
Since it had come to this, why wait any longer?
Jiang Yuechu sat cross-legged in the air.
Her mind sank into her Qi Sea.
"Light the Lamp!"
Boom—!!!
At this moment.
Inside the young girl's body, it was as if heaven and earth were being created.
The Qi Sea boiled, and ten-thousand-foot waves rolled up thousands of piles of snow.
The originally towering Yang Mountain suddenly collapsed.
Rocks crumbled, turning into surging golden liquid.
The Four Perils roared, transforming into four pillars of fire that propped up the sky.
In just a few moments.
An ancient and vast lamp stand, made of pure red-gold and carved with beast heads, slowly took shape in the center of the Qi Sea.
Upon the lamp stand, a fire ignited without being lit.
At the same time.
The Yin Mountain, standing far opposite it, also underwent earth-shaking changes.
Clouds and mist dissipated, and thunder and fire were restrained.
Three flood dragons bit each other's tails, spiraling upward to form the body of the lamp.
Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning served as the oil, and the Origin Qi of heaven and earth served as the wick.
A crystal-clear, radiant glazed lamp stand appeared out of thin air.
At the wick, a speck of eerie blue fire quietly blossomed.
One gold and one blue.
Two heart lamps hung above the Qi Sea.
Reflecting each other, they illuminated this world.
In the outside world.
The originally gloomy and dark sky was suddenly torn apart by two-colored light.
On one side was a sky full of golden clouds, like a scorching sun hanging in the sky, overbearingly peerless.
On the other side was an eerie blue aurora, like a deep-sea abyss, mysterious and unpredictable.
Rumble—!!!
A terrifying pressure, centered on the young girl, swept frantically in all directions.
Until the time it took for a stick of incense to burn had passed.
Jiang Yuechu slowly opened her eyes.
Her left eye shone with brilliant golden fire, as if a fierce demon was roaring.
Her right eye was a deep blue fire, with the faint sight of flood dragons churning.
[Host: Jiang Yuechu]
[Realm: Initial Lamp Lighting Realm]
She gently exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
"So this is..."
Jiang Yuechu clenched her fist.
"Lamp Lighting."
She lowered her head.
Great Sage Yunling's body stiffened.
"Uh..."
She was just about to speak.
But she saw the young girl's figure flicker.
She instantly disappeared from where she stood.
The next moment.
A fair and slender palm pressed onto the top of her head without any warning.
A cold and indifferent voice rang softly in her ear.
"Since we are family."
"Then borrowing something from you shouldn't be too much, right?"
As those hands slowly exerted force.
Boom—!!!
In the young girl's left eye, golden fire flared up.
A terrifying pressure scattered outward, and the remaining houses in the vicinity could no longer withstand it, collapsing inward all at once.
Terrified, Great Sage Yunling quickly shrieked: "Since you are a person of my Jade Carving Lineage, you should know the precepts of our orthodoxy! Killing one's own kin will result in having your Dao foundation stripped and being crippled..."
Before her voice could fall.
She saw a sneer curl on the young girl's lips.
Boom—
A muffled sound.
Great Sage Yunling's head suddenly exploded.
In the next instant.
A speck of brilliant lamp fire flashed out of thin air.
Golden light circulated, and flesh and blood grew.
A new head reformed in an instant.
Great Sage Yunling staggered back several steps, her face full of shock and anger.
With just one move.
She had actually been forced to use up one of her chances for Lamp Lighting!
Such terrifying strength... she feared that even in her Lamp Lighting state, she might not be her current opponent.
But... compared to the lingering fear of narrowly escaping death and the humiliation of being crushed by a fellow disciple.
Her heart was filled more with grief and regret.
If this girl truly killed her, her death and the dissipation of her Dao would be one thing.
But if she violated the iron laws of the orthodoxy because of this, was expelled from the sect, and reduced to a rootless rogue cultivator... wouldn't that be a waste of the Jade Carving Lineage?!