As dusk fell, Cao Xiaosi hummed a little tune and circled around the Sixth Peak before quietly returning to the Divine Cauldron Peak.

Just then, Ji Fengyao finished refining two batches of highly nourishing pills and came out.

Upon seeing Cao Xiaosi, she casually tossed him two bottles of pills, saying, "Don't just focus on your work; you also need to improve your cultivation. These pills are extremely nourishing; just dissolve half of one in water each time."

Cao Xiaosi slightly opened the bottle and peered into the wide opening at the pills, each as big as a longan. He subconsciously remarked, "I don't think these pills are meant to be eaten. They're so big; eating them whole would definitely be a bit choking."

"Yes, this tonic pill was indeed specially made for Ghost Face," Ji Fengyao said truthfully.

Cao Xiaosi: "..."

Although demonic beasts eventually transform into human form, this...

An Zijin covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.

The magpie teased, "Ghost Face is a divine beast. Our young lady sharing his things with you shows she has high hopes for you!"

Cao Xiaosi: "...!"

He really wanted to say "What the hell are your high hopes for me?", but the other party was the Ninth Prince's wife, whom he greatly admired and respected.

Even if the Ninth Prince's wife abuses him a thousand times, under the Ninth Prince's tyranny, he still has to treat her as his first love, or rather, as if they were meeting for the first time.

"Ghost Face is just temporarily out of form; his taste is even more discerning than ours," Ji Fengyao said with a smile, then asked, "How did your talk with Zhao Yang go? Did you gain anything?"

Cao Xiaosi finally recovered and said excitedly, "It's not just that I've gained something. I now know everything about the outer sect of the Dan Sect. I think that apart from Chen Li, there's no one else I can think of. He must be that big devil's demon shell."

"How do you know?" Ji Fengyao turned her head and glanced at him.

"According to Zhao Yang and the Grand Elder, Chen Li and Yang Suzhi were indeed Daoist partners. Yang Suzhi had even stood up for Chen Li and reprimanded Zhao Yang several times. Moreover, the night before Yang Suzhi disappeared, Zhao Yang personally witnessed Chen Li and Yang Suzhi leaving together. Later, when Chen Li returned, his personality changed drastically; he became a completely different person and almost beat Zhao Yang to death on the spot," Cao Xiaosi recounted the last words he had gleaned from Zhao Yang.

"So, Zhao Yang suddenly changed his attitude towards Chen Li because he couldn't beat him anymore," An Zijin analyzed.

"If you can't beat them, just admit defeat. Zhao Yang deserves to be just an outer disciple after being in the Pill Sect for so many years," Xi Que said disdainfully.

Cao Xiaosi shook his head: "That's really not true. According to Zhao Yang, the current Chen Li is not the real Chen Li."

Chen Li himself admitted to him that he was only temporarily residing in Chen Li's body to nourish his soul, and would leave once his spirit was fully restored.

"What? Then he's Demon Lord Jiu Yue?"

"Zhao Yang didn't even question the origin of the guy inside Chen Li, and he was still extremely respectful to him?"

An Zijin and Xi Que stared in astonishment, feeling that Zhao Yang's brain was probably full of weeds.

"So, because of Zhao Yang's casual remark, Demon Lord Jiu Yue helped Chen Li build a foundation in order to prove his innocence. As a result, Zhao Yang trusted Demon Lord Jiu Yue completely, thinking that he was the soul of some powerful being who had been lost and wandered away, without considering any other possibilities," Cao Xiaosi added.

Upon hearing this, Ji Fengyao, Xi Que, and An Zijin were all stunned, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

It seems the Demon Lord is in a rather tragic situation.

I just got hit in the butt by the masked guy.

Later, he was forced by a minor character like Zhao Yang to build a foundation for Chen Li. It was truly a tragic situation!