The boy, Lu Baili, was completely distraught and struggled even more violently.

Shu Jianyue couldn't help but exclaim, "You're really young and energetic!"

"Knowing you can't escape, you still struggle so actively. I have to give you a thumbs up."

Lu Baili seemed to have lost all her strength all at once, and she hung there in a suspended position.

"Speak. It has nothing to do with me what you killed, and I can ignore it. But you must tell me what you did in Hongtuan City today, because it concerns my little disciple." Shu Jianyue said, taking a step forward.

If one hadn't sensed any evil aura before, then upon getting closer, one felt a sense of oppression.

Shu Jianyue glanced sideways at Chong Jiu, "This evil energy?"

This is quite different from what she experienced in the Ten Realms.

Chong Jiu nodded and said, "The difference between them is that the evil spirits in the Ten Domains are not as strong and malevolent as his, so the feeling is different."

"His violent nature is too strong, and coupled with his high cultivation level, his evil aura is even stronger."

Shu Jianyue nodded and looked at Lu Baili, saying, "Speak, or I'll peel off a piece of your skin every incense stick's time. I've never skinned a person before, so my technique might be clumsy and painful."

As he spoke, he pulled out a dagger and brandished it.

Lu Baili looked at the swaying dagger and couldn't help but swallow. He liked peeling people's skin, but he didn't like being skinned.

"Today I captured a few reckless people from Hong Tun City, and they didn't even get a chance to fight back."

“They all deserved to die. If I don’t kill them, someone else will kill them sooner or later, so I might as well let them play with me.”

"You really didn't do anything? You didn't use your evil aura to tempt other people's desires?" Shu Jianyue narrowed her eyes.

Lu Baili tilted his chin up and said, "That's because they inherently have those kinds of thoughts they shouldn't have. Otherwise, how could they have been so easily lured out by my evil aura?"

Shu Jianyue raised her hand and slapped him across the face, saying, "You've got a lot of ancestors to rely on."

“No matter how stupid you are, a heretical cultivator, you must know that under the invasion of evil energy, even without evil thoughts, evil thoughts will arise.”

"You're just bored out of your mind, so all you can do is make things up."

Chong Jiu frowned. "So bored you're bored out of your mind? What kind of boredom?"

Shu Jianyue was speechless for a moment, then glared at him and said, "If you don't know, don't ask."

Chong Jiu's eyelid twitched, and he shut his mouth and stepped aside.

Don't mess with an angry ancestor.

Shu Jianyue snorted, then glared at Lu Baili, "Damn it, you almost killed my little disciple."

Lu Baili had no idea who the little apprentice she was talking about was, but she did remember a child who had overreacted today.

If it weren't for the people following him, he would have looked like he was going to kill everyone on the street.

He was in the mood to watch a show, so he even considered killing the man to see just how vicious the child could be.

Lu Baili glanced at the fierce-looking woman in front of him and couldn't help but feel fortunate that she hadn't killed him, otherwise he would probably be dead by now.

Shu Jianyue suppressed her anger and looked at him, asking, "Who is your master?"

"Master? What is that?" Lu Baili turned his head away with a look of disdain.

Shu Jianyue slapped him again, this time hitting him on the head. "Who are you implying?"

Lu Baili glared at her, "That's enough. You hit me once and then hit me again. I didn't kill your disciple, is it really necessary?"

Shu Jianyue slapped him again, "Your evil aura made him lose control, is there any difference between that and killing him?"

“Since you don’t have a master, what did you do in the Ten Domains a few years ago? Tell me the truth, or I’ll start by shaving your head and then skinning you alive.”

Lu Baili glared at him. "How do you know I went to the Ten Domains a few years ago?"

"You're so amazing! You even managed to find this out?"

"Heh, there's nothing I can't do, only things you can't imagine. Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and say it." Shu Jianyue raised her hand, ready to attack again.

Lu Baili's eyes lit up as he looked at her. "Then you should be able to take me to the Buddhist temple, right?"

Shu Jianyue sized him up and said, "You, wanting to go to a sacred place like a Buddhist temple? Aren't you afraid of soiling their floor tiles?"

Lu Baili's lips twitched. "Was it really necessary to be so ruthless?"

"I'm not going there to kill anyone, I'm going there to find peace of mind. I heard that their chanting can calm the mind, that's why I want to go."

"Then did you have to be so cruel? If you're going to kill someone, why skin them alive? And why be calm and collected..." Shu Jianyue was talking when she realized that this kid had changed the subject.

So he slapped her again, "Tell me quickly, a few years ago when you went to the Ten Domains, didn't you save a woman named Li Fu and then teach her evil cultivation techniques?"

Lu Baili lay down and said indifferently, "So what if it is? Are you going to use the banner of justice to eliminate us?"

Shu Jianyue squinted at him and continued to ask, "Do you have a grudge against the Guihai family? Otherwise, why would you lie and say you are from the Guihai family?"

Lu Baili paused. Yes, he had clearly said that he was a member of the Guihai family, and no one except that woman had ever seen him. So how did she find out?

Lu Baili's gaze towards Shu Jianyue changed again. "Great power, big shot, please take me in."

Shu Jianyue's lips twitched. "Heh, so I took you in so you could bring my sect into the stronghold of evil cultivators?"

"How could that be?" Lu Baili almost forgot that he was a heretical cultivator.

"So, you're not from the Guihai family, just a rogue cultivator?" After all this time, it was all just a coincidence?

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