Fang Ruotang was still preoccupied with the matter of the Si family's demon child and had little interest in helping others seek revenge.
She encountered a person with a naturally demonic body, and instead of killing him with a single sword strike, she felt a greater responsibility; at the very least, she couldn't let him harm innocent people.
"Sect Master Fang, my cultivation is too low and I am truly powerless. That is why I am begging you. My younger brother was captured by the Human-Faced Demon Spider while protecting me. I beg you to help me kill him."
"ah?"
Fang Ruotang was stunned. Putting these words together, she couldn't quite understand them.
The female cultivator, kneeling on the ground, said with tears streaming down her face, "Those who are captured by the human-faced spiders and used to reproduce will eventually become their kind."
Fang Ruotang's clever mind worked for a moment, and she asked in horror, "You mean, that's how their human faces came about?"
"Yes!" The female cultivator choked up. "I know my brother. He definitely doesn't want to live like this. So I beg you, please kill him for me. I can't offer a decent reward now, but I will definitely repay you in the future. I can swear an oath to the demons of my heart here and now."
After the female cultivator finished speaking, she immediately made a vow.
Fang Ruotang was a little dumbfounded. Although she knew that the female cultivator was like this, she was desperate and had no other choice. She was being forced, but she didn't feel too much resentment.
To put it simply, this matter was too intriguing, and she wanted to see what exactly happened.
"Okay! I'll help you solve it."
[Is the reproduction of the Human-Faced Spider really that terrifying? It eats people and then grows a human face? Does the person it eats have any memories of their previous life?]
She wasn't lying. After being eaten, one loses all memories of their previous life. The spiders are just wearing human faces, so they usually choose the good-looking ones to eat.
Fang Ruotang: ...
How terrifying! As food, everything has to look good.
But then she thought about it and it made sense. After all, when she eats fruit, she likes to pick the ones that look good. She subconsciously thinks that ugly fruit won't taste sweet.
"Thank you, Sect Master Fang! Thank you, Sect Master Fang!" The female cultivator kowtowed repeatedly.
Fang Ruotang gently raised her hand, and a burst of spiritual energy helped the female cultivator up. She then used the little mirror to guide them, and soon the group found the female cultivator's younger brother.
When I arrived, he was eating.
It's clearly a human face, but its mouth can open to a bizarre degree, capable of biting a person's head into its mouth.
"Zhuo Yang!"
The female cultivator let out an incredulous scream.
The human-faced spider called Zhuo Yang suddenly dropped the food in its hand, and its huge spider legs quickly crawled towards the female cultivator, who looked on with surprise.
"Zhuo Yang, you still recognize your sister, right?"
Before she could finish speaking, the human-faced demon spider had already opened its blood-red maw, ready to devour the female cultivator.
Fang Ruotang shook her head helplessly, raised her hand and unleashed a burst of spiritual energy, knocking Zhuo Yang to the ground.
The female cultivator's face was pale, and her expression was blank.
"how so?"
"Why not? Didn't you already know? He was bred by the demon spider, he's no longer Zhuo Yang, he has no memories of being Zhuo Yang."
“I...I thought he was different.”
The female cultivator stammered, her expression blank.
Fang Ruotang didn't say anything; after all, everyone has a younger brother.
She didn't even dare to think about what she would do if her younger brother turned out like this!
Anyway, she definitely wouldn't be able to kill him, but she also wouldn't just stand by and watch him commit murder. So, most likely, she would keep him by her side and treat him like a pet.
However, the female cultivator in front of him clearly did not have that ability.
With her companion's comfort, she quickly suppressed her grief and looked at Zhuo Yang, who was completely suppressed by Fang Ruotang but was still unwilling to give up, spitting out silk as he tried to take them all down.
She finally accepted reality.
"Please, Sect Leader Fang, send him on his way!"
After the female cultivator finished speaking, she turned her head away, unable to bear watching any longer.
Without hesitation, Fang Ruotang used her spiritual power to destroy Zhuo Yang's head.
Then Da Mei set it on fire, burning it to ashes.
"Alright, stop crying. This is fine too. I'm sure he didn't want to be left behind either."
"Yes! Thank you, Sect Master Fang. After we leave, I will definitely inform my master and have the sect send a generous gift. I will repay you in the future."
"Okay, it's nothing."
Fang Ruotang didn't care much and didn't take these few coins seriously.
However, the proliferation and expansion of these human-faced spiders was truly disgusting. Since Fang Ruotang had already arrived at this cave, she would not allow them to have any further opportunities to develop.
“Brother Yan, go and find all these human-faced spiders and wipe them out. Such disgusting creatures should not exist.”
"Okay! Shall we leave one person to stay with you?"
"No need. With Fan and Da Mei here, no one can hurt me. You two go and come back quickly! I'm going to check on that girl from the Si family."
Fang Ruotang said, waving her hand.
Gu Yanjin and the other five looked rather grim, as if they had swallowed a fly, but no one said anything.
"You two can go with them to train, so that you won't be completely helpless when you encounter the Human-Faced Spider again."
Fang Ruotang was speaking to Qingyu and Fuyu, who had already recovered.
The two blushed, but they knew this was a rare opportunity. Although they had never seen the six men around the sect leader make a move, the sect leader trusted them so much that he let them deal with the human-faced spider on their own, so their strength must be considerable.
They would be more than happy to have the opportunity to gain experience by following the experts.
The three people who were rescued were too embarrassed to follow Fang Ruotang around and pick up any more scraps. They each repeatedly expressed that the secret realm sect would give them a generous reward before leaving.
As soon as they left, Fan transformed into a human and walked beside Fang Ruotang.
Fang Ruotang turned her head to look, and Fan smiled gently.
She was unaware of Fan's ulterior motives.
Fan Neng could sense the six men's aversion to him, so when he was of low status, he tried his best not to get in their way.
Little did this perpetually single man know that his very existence was already an eyesore, and his oblivious behavior of transforming into a little green dragon and wrapping around Fang Ruotang's wrist only made them want to tear him apart.
When Fang Ruotang returned to the stone chamber, there were several more blood-soaked figures on the ground.
The demon child was as excited as if he had finally obtained a toy he had been longing for. He hummed an unknown tune as he busied himself among the blood-soaked figures.
Fang Ruotang's appearance shattered the 'beautiful' atmosphere of the stone chamber.
The little tune the demon boy was humming stopped. He gave her a cold look, but there was no other expression on his face, since this person had just passed by once.
"Save me, senior, save me! I am the Holy Maiden of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect. If you are willing to save me, our Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect will reward you handsomely."
"Are you the Holy Maiden of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect?"
Fang Ruotang was speechless.
She hadn't asked, so she had no idea that the person who stole the sacred bone was actually a disciple of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect. This... such evil methods, how could she be worthy of being a disciple of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, or a noble and holy saintess?
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