"I knew my little darling loved me the most! They were all just passersby, I'm the true love." Huo Zhige hugged Fang Ruotang affectionately.

Seeing that he was about to go crazy, Fang Ruotang pushed him away in annoyance.

Why study Nan Cheng?

"I didn't copy him."

So you mean you're just as childish as him?

Huo Zhige gritted his teeth, “...No.”

"Behave yourself! We're doing serious business here!"

"My main business is to win favor."

Huo Zhige murmured softly, but Fang Ruotang pretended not to hear him and asked in return, feigning ignorance, "What did you say? It was too soft, I didn't hear you clearly."

"Heh! Keep acting, keep acting!"

With her current cultivation level, if she wanted, she could even project her divine sense ten miles away to hear people whispering. If he were standing right in front of her and speaking, how could she not hear him?

Fang Ruotang smiled and ignored Huo Zhige's words.

These men are all the same; if she gives in even slightly, they'll start taking advantage and making all sorts of demands.

Therefore, when Fang Ruotang could be indifferent, she would always refuse. It wasn't that she didn't care about these six people; she wasn't a cold-blooded or heartless person. She had seen their efforts over the years.

There are some things you can't break the ice on. If you promise one person, the other five will complain. For example, if you go to see the stars with one person, they'll want to see them for the next five days too.

Although she wouldn't be stunned by the cold wind, she still felt like an idiot standing on the roof, so she wouldn't agree to this request that was clearly digging a hole for herself.

They could either gather together, the seven of them around the stove to admire the moon, or they could each return to their own rooms.

Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage, Huo Zhige calmed down and became serious.

“Currently, both sides are engaged in combat and have suffered casualties, but overall, our side has a slightly better chance of winning.” Huo Zhige said, handing the Emperor’s Banner to Fang Ruotang.

The moment the Emperor's Banner was in Fang Ruotang's hands, it became lively. The billowing black smoke seemed to come alive, constantly flowing and appearing quite intimidating.

Fang Ruotang took out a talisman and threw the evil spirit inside into the Emperor's Banner.

It was too fast; Huo Zhige didn't even see it clearly.

What is it?

"A clueless nobody."

Fang Ruotang casually agreed, and seeing that Huo Zhige was still frowning, she told him about what happened in the magic mine.

"Are you alright?"

"No, it's easy to handle. My cultivation is much higher now, so dealing with them is a piece of cake. The reason I came here is to tell you that the demonic sects from the Northern Territory have all come here."

"The Cloud Deep Continent has been peaceful for so many years. Why did the Demon Sect suddenly break the balance? Is it because the Western Region is in chaos and they want to get a share of the spoils?"

"That's normal! The essence of cultivation is plunder. Now that the Western Region is in chaos, the Northern Region wants to get a share of the pie, seize territory, grab resources, and take the opportunity to expand its power."

Fang Ruotang shrugged. She had pretty much figured it out when she learned about this.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you.

That's about it!

"The invasion of the Demonic Sect's Great Rules is not a good thing for us. When the three parties fight, although we will not be defeated with the help of the Netherworld, we will probably not be able to keep our involvement a secret."

"And you are at a critical juncture right now. We are using the excuse of Heaven's destruction and our own survival to incite a war between the two realms and cause the deaths of many lives. We should not expose this in the open."

Huo Zhige was a military general who had been well-versed in various military strategies since childhood.

He couldn't possibly be a reckless fool who knew nothing.

Fang Ruotang nodded in agreement, "That's what I meant too, which is why I came to you. But with such a good opportunity, we can take advantage of it and pick up the scraps later."

"good!"

Huo Zhige saw that the area ahead had been cleared and gestured for Fang Ruotang to take charge.

She waved the Emperor's Banner, and all the banner spirits returned to the banner.

Then she used the Netherworld Jade to contact the spirits in the Netherworld. Those spirits, like the Banner Ghost in her hand, were all under her control. With a single thought, she could banish them all from this realm.

But Fang Ruotang wasn't that domineering; she simply summoned Pianpian and explained the current situation.

Pianpian's eyes flickered. "Could we eat them?"

Fang Ruotang was taken aback, then raised an eyebrow, "If you can eat it."

She doesn't care about the law of the jungle.

Besides, since the Netherworld Jade is under her control, she doesn't care if the spirits in the Netherworld become stronger, just like the Banner Ghost, they are all her Yin soldiers.

"Hehe! Then we won't leave, we'll stay here!"

So what if there are evil spirits and demonic cultivators here? Are they any good?

It's too early to say who devours whom, or who nourishes whom!

Anyway, as long as Fang Ruotang doesn't forcibly send her back with the Netherworld Jade, she won't want to leave. There's delicious food everywhere right now, and she hasn't even had enough to eat.

"Fine! Do whatever you want. I'll come back to you in a while."

Fang Ruotang waved her hand, and Pianpian couldn't wait to float away.

"Actually, this is for the best. Whether they are spirits or demonic cultivators, they are not inherently rule-abiding. It would be difficult to make them obey us properly."

"Yes! If you're not a traitor, who would choose to become a demonic cultivator?"

At least that's how Fang Ruotang sees it.

Although demonic cultivators can cultivate faster than spiritual cultivators, the tribulations they face are much more difficult, and not just a little bit more difficult.

There are pros and cons to both!

But generally speaking, the righteous path of cultivating immortality is definitely easier to be recognized by the Heavenly Dao.

Fang Ruotang pulled Huo Zhige to find the other five people one by one. They threw the talismans they had obtained into the Emperor's Banner, and then the Emperor's Banner started bubbling.

The black bubbles were like glue being boiled; they were very sticky.

Moreover, Fang Ruotang has refined the Human Emperor Banner, so she can not only control it, but also sense its emotions, and it is currently very happy.

Fang Ruotang used her divine sense to look inside the banner.

Goodness.

The cultivation levels of everything inside increased dramatically, including the souls of ordinary people she had collected last time.

It turned out that this excitement came not only from the Emperor's Banner, but also from all the living beings within it, which left Fang Ruotang somewhat amused and exasperated.

"You're in luck this time, I'll feed you all at once."

Fang Ruotang patted the Human Emperor Banner. Perhaps because she had seen it so many times, she no longer thought the Human Emperor Banner was ugly. After all, it was already a powerful item. It would be presumptuous for her to only focus on its appearance!

The Emperor's Banner seemed to have sensed Fang Ruotang's fondness, and it bubbled even more enthusiastically.

Fang Ruotang paused while patting its hand, then casually withdrew it.

He even secretly glanced at her hand.

Still fair-skinned, not stained black.

very good!

The demonic sects in the Northern Territory likely also had individuals who had mastered the laws of space. Their vanguard arrived very quickly, and the slaughter began almost instantly.

In this battle, it's hard to say who the hunter and who the prey are, since it's all for their own interests.

The biggest beneficiaries were probably Fang Ruotang and her group.

They hid in the shadows and used moon-shadow veils to make their movements undetectable.