Bai Xiaoruo spat out the tea she was drinking, turning it into a small, hazy mist. Her beautiful peach blossom eyes widened in disbelief.

In response, Tang Xi, on the other side, was also startled upon hearing this. The teacup she was holding slipped from her hand and overturned, spilling warm tea onto the table and dripping down the edge.

The entire banquet hall of Tianyue Tower became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

A few seconds later, Bai Xiaoruo took a deep breath, and her already large chest bulged out in an exaggerated arc, which showed how much air the little fox was holding in.

She slowly turned her head, her pink eyes almost spitting fire, staring at Shen Yunhao, gritting her teeth, and said, word by word:

"Say it again! Who! Is! Your! Sister!"

Looking at the other person's eyes, which seemed to want to devour him alive, Shen Yunhao felt a chill run down his spine. His previous smugness vanished instantly, and his momentum immediately weakened.

He shrank back, hesitatingly asking, "Then... who do you think I am?"

Everyone: "???"

Huh? You have to ask someone else about this?

"Of course..."

Bai Xiaoruo blurted it out, but the sound caught in her throat halfway through.

She froze abruptly, her pretty face turning bright red.

What could she say? Was she supposed to admit in front of so many people that this was her kept man? As for more intimate relationships like boyfriend and girlfriend, or Daoist partners... how could a young woman like her possibly bring that up?

After standing there in a stalemate for a while, Bai Xiaoruo could only lower her head angrily, her voice filled with resentment and grievance, and said in a muffled voice, "I...I am the elder sister! Don't you dare to defy the heavens here!"

Everyone: "..."

Alright! I can see that the relationship between these two is anything but simple.

But Shen Yunhao couldn't help but laugh at the little fox's embarrassed yet stubborn appearance.

I thought it would be some kind of world-destroying killer move, but after all that, this is all it is...

He sat back down next to the girl and generously admitted in a coaxing tone, "Okay, okay, you can be the older sister for a day!"

"What do you mean 'let me be one day'? It's already been done, okay!"

"Yes, yes, whatever you say goes." Shen Yunhao nodded readily, but the smile in his eyes became even more obvious.

"You!" Seeing that she couldn't win the argument, the girl got angry and grabbed Shen Yunhao's arm. Without thinking, she opened her mouth and bit his forearm hard.

"Awooo—!"

Caught off guard, Shen Yunhao cried out in pain, "Are you a dog? Why do you bite people?!"

I'll bite you to death!

"..."

Seeing that the two were about to continue their bickering without end, Tang Xi finally couldn't stand it anymore. She coughed twice and interrupted the childish squabble: "Alright, alright! You two should go down and discuss who is the older brother and who is the older sister! Yucheng," she turned to the person in the head seat, "Now that the identities are clear, we are all on the same side, so let's talk about whatever it is as soon as possible."

Lei Yucheng, standing above, gave Shen Yunhao a deep look, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes. He then nodded and said solemnly, "Sister Xi is right. Besides getting to know each other, there are indeed two important matters I would like to discuss with you all today."

He paused here, his gaze sweeping over the servants standing around him with their hands at their sides.

The young demon princes present were all quick-witted and immediately understood. They waved to their servants to retreat outside and wait.

A moment later, only ten core members, including Shen Yunhao, remained in the room.

Lei Yucheng then continued in a deep voice: "The first thing, as you all probably know, is that the Blood Sect has been causing trouble for our Lizhou demon race recently, especially with that evil soul blood energy, which is a considerable disaster for all of our demon races!"

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the room immediately became tense and oppressive.

Even Bai Xiaoruo, who was secretly reaching out to pinch Shen Yunhao's soft flesh at the waist, stopped instantly, frowned and looked at Lei Yucheng in the head seat, all the playful look on her face disappearing.

Shen Yunhao then took the opportunity to tightly grasp her restless little hand in his palm, preventing her from causing any more trouble.

Li Ye frowned, habitually straightening his sleeves which had not materialized, and said, "We are naturally aware of this matter, and all the clans have taken strict precautions. Yu Cheng suddenly brought this up, could it be... that he has discovered something else?"

Lei Yucheng sighed heavily: "Everyone! To be honest, I have a close friend who was unfortunately tricked by the Blood Sect. Now... he is afflicted with evil soul blood energy and is on the verge of death! Today, I would like to ask you all if you have any good ways to break free from this evil soul blood energy? Especially Brother Ye, you are knowledgeable and know what this evil soul blood energy is all about?"

"What?!"

These words struck like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, startling everyone present.

Bai Xiaoruo immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "Yaqiong Mountain is located directly north of Lizhou, which is more than 100,000 miles away from Huanzhou! How could the Blood Sect's hands and feet reach your Wolf Clan so quietly? Why didn't you tell me earlier when we met a few days ago?"

What she said was true. The three continents of Li, Lei, and Huan are located on the west side of the Dark Abyss. Li is in the north, Lei is in the middle, and Huan is in the south.

The Moon Devourer Clan resides in the Fangqiong Mountain, located in the northern part of Lizhou, which is theoretically one of the tribes most distant from the Blood Sect's stronghold, Huanzhou.

Even they were not spared, which can only mean that the Blood Sect's henchmen have completely infiltrated the interior of Lizhou, far more seriously than they had previously imagined!

Lei Yucheng gave a bitter smile, filled with helplessness. "It is precisely because this matter is too important that if it were to spread, it might cause panic and shake the morale of the army. That's why my great-grandfather ordered a strict news blackout. Currently, this matter has only been reported to the Demon Emperor alone."

But the person possessed by the evil spirit's blood is someone I've been through thick and thin with; I simply can't bear to watch him die… That's why I've come up with this desperate measure—to use this gathering to ask all my brothers and sisters for help, to brainstorm and see if there's any way to save his life!

The group exchanged bewildered glances, their faces turning grim.

Finally, Li Ye spoke after a moment of contemplation, breaking the silence: "The Evil Soul Blood Qi is a strange and evil object recently developed by the Blood Sect. It is extremely insidious and poisonous. There is no clear record of this object in the ancient books I have read."

However, based on my current understanding, once a demon is tainted by this blood energy, their mind gradually becomes clouded, turning them into a bloodthirsty and frenzied individual, with almost no cure. Usually, the only solution is to imprison them and wait for the blood energy within their bodies to naturally dissipate.

If the poisoning is too severe, or if one devours other demons during the period of blood infection, it may cause irreversible damage to the foundation of cultivation, and from then on... the Great Dao will be severed, making further progress extremely difficult!

"hiss--"

Many people gasped upon hearing this.

They only knew that evil spirits and blood energy were like poison to demons, causing them to go mad upon contact, but they never expected the consequences to be so severe, almost incurable, and even capable of destroying the future of a demon!