Fan Mingzhu kept her head down, her eyes fixed on the ground. She dared only keep these thoughts to herself and didn't dare reveal them at all.

If the propaganda machine discovers this, the consequences will be unimaginable.

She was waiting for Shi Xuan to throw her out, just like when they threw Shi Xuan off the back mountain of the Divine Cauldron Sect.

However, it didn't happen.

Shi Xuan changed the subject, saying, "Personal grudges are settled, and I have nothing more to say to you. I will now hand you over to the sect for processing."

What?!

Hand it over to the sect leader for processing?!

What's the difference between that and letting her die?

These so-called righteous sects don't even hesitate to kill their own disciples who have fallen into demonic possession, let alone her!

Fan Mingzhu struggled to sit up, but failed.

"No...no..."

Shi Xuan continued her sentence: "Didn't you say the grudges were settled?"

Fan Mingzhu nodded with great difficulty.

She has already suffered such severe punishment, and Shi Xuan just said that their grudges are now wiped clean...

Shi Xuan gave him an innocent look, shrugged, and said, "The grudges are indeed settled, and I will never go looking for trouble with you again. But let's keep things separate. You are not my personal prisoner. If I release you, what difference would that make from betraying the sect?"

She stopped finding fault with herself, but someone else started finding fault with her!

"Pfft!" Fan Mingzhu spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot.

Before losing consciousness, she thought bitterly to herself, "If I had known this would happen, I would have just asked to die from the beginning. Why did I have to suffer this injustice?"

But by then it was too late to think about these things.

When Shi Xuan saw that she had fainted, he put her back into the living space and went to Shi Mingxiu's place. Shi Mingxiu was a living, breathing demonic cultivator in the Void Refinement stage. She had no grudge against him and it was just right to hand him over to the sect to deal with.

Shi Mingxiu had already spotted her from afar and was sitting in the main seat waiting for her.

After entering the main hall, Shi Xuan went straight to the point: "Sect Master, the demonic cultivator Fan Mingzhu, who was captured last time, will now be handed over to the sect for processing. Please follow the rules."

As she spoke, she took Fan Mingzhu out of her living space ring and threw her onto the floor of the main hall.

Shi Mingxiu raised an eyebrow in surprise. He thought that Shi Xuan wanted to deal with Fan Mingzhu, his enemy, himself.

Shi Xuan said, "The grudges are settled. Now let's treat him as an ordinary demonic cultivator."

That's to be expected, since normally, if such a demonic cultivator is caught, he should be placed under the jurisdiction of the sect.

However, Fan Mingzhu was captured by Shi Xuan after going to cause trouble for him alone. Since the sect trusted Shi Xuan a lot, they did not mention the issue of what to do with Fan Mingzhu.

At this point, handing it over to the sect is considered a return to the normal procedure.

After thinking for a moment, Shi Mingxiu also took out a person from his own space and threw him next to Fan Mingzhu. It was Pang Jiaxiang, who had been captured earlier.

“Perfect, one for another. I promised Pang Jiaxiang before that I would spare his life and not cripple his cultivation, so you can have him and do whatever you want with him.”

Pang Jiaxiang, now bound and thrown to the ground, stared at Shi Mingxiu with wide, round eyes, and roared, "You promised to let me go after this is all over!"

Shi Mingxiu said casually, "Where did I say I would let you go? I only said I would spare your life and not cripple your cultivation. Haven't I done both?"

Pang Jiaxiang...

This was so different from what he understood that he couldn't accept it!

But Shi Xuan had already agreed with a smile.

"Alright! Thank you for the reward, Sect Master. I'll accept this person."

Shi Mingxiu roughly knew that Shi Xuan had some connections to deal with these high-level cultivators, but those were the disciples' personal secrets, and he didn't want to ask any more questions.

Unusually, when Shi Xuan arrived at Shi Mingxiu's place, he didn't ask for anything, but happily left with Pang Jiaxiang in his arms.

Shi Mingxiu was greatly shocked. Before Shi Xuan arrived, he had already been thinking quickly about what reward he should give her.

It has to be said that after being exploited for so long, it has become a conditioned reflex.

What he didn't know was that for Shi Xuan, this Pang Jiaxiang was the best reward.

Without harming lives, without ruining cultivation, and without wanting to release them to wreak havoc, wouldn't it be perfect for them to work in the Silver Frost and keep Zeng Mo and the others company?

Moreover, Pang Jiaxiang is not just a Void Refinement cultivator. As the former peak master of the Luoyin Sect, his expertise in talisman arrays is among the top in the entire cultivation world.

What could be more fitting for him than silver frost?

Shi Xuan returned to his own courtyard and threw Pang Jiaxiang into a special courtyard in Yinshuang.

Pang Jiaxiang was surprised to find that it seemed as if he had entered a different world. The courtyard with its blue bricks and red tiles was clean and tidy, and exuded a sense of life.

After a while, everyone in the compound came out to see him.

Pang Jiaxiang was surprised to find that he recognized several of the people who came out from inside!

The two guys who went with him to chase Yan Lingyi were also there!

And then there's that unknown kid who was captured from the Dragon Vein a long time ago. He seems to be doing quite well, with ruddy complexions and a brisk walk.

They ended up here after they went missing!

Pang Jiaxiang immediately realized that this was Shi Xuan's private space!

What does personal space mean? It means she is now your master, holding the power of life and death over you. Does it mean he will become someone else's slave?!

He doesn't want to!

At this moment, Shi Xuan had already freed his spirit-binding rope. Pang Jiaxiang, who was just able to mobilize his spiritual power, immediately attacked Shi Xuan, attempting to kill him by surprise and escape from this space.

But as soon as the idea came to him, his move was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, failing to make a ripple at all, let alone hit Shi Xuan.

Instead, after he made his move, Shi Xuan slapped him to the ground without any mercy.

By this point, he was absolutely certain that this was Shi Xuan's private property, and he feared he would never have another chance to escape.

But he wouldn't want to kill himself here either.

If Shi Xuan were to encounter misfortune outside and die prematurely, wouldn't he then have a chance to get out?

Shi Xuan gestured with his chin toward Zeng Mo and said, "We have a new member. We'll explain our rules to him in a bit."

"Alright!" Zeng Mo said happily. More and more people were coming here, and it had become a small world. Because of his seniority, he had become like a "village chief".

“Master,” Zeng Mo said, “the job types here are a bit unbalanced. Could we catch a few alchemists and weapon builders next time? There are too many talisman arrays right now.”

It was obvious that Zeng Mo also knew Pang Jiaxiang; back in the day, Pang was a big boss.

But now... all I can say is that fortunes change.