Jiang Li'an is very afraid of death.

According to her, ever since she was pulled out of the sea by the Colorful Moth Fairy, she has lived in fear every day in the Heavenly Demon Road, and finally awakened a strange ability:

Whenever she was about to encounter deadly danger, she would have an instinctive fear in advance.

Whether in the sect or outside, Jiang Li'an has relied on this intuition to avoid danger many times.

But now, she has roughly realized the true nature of this ability. It is not aimed at external dangers, but at the malice in people's hearts.

Most of the dangers encountered by the monks of the Demon Sect come from the malicious intentions of other monks, and Jiang Li'an is extremely sensitive to this kind of malicious intentions. If someone has strong murderous intentions towards her, although it is not 100% certain, she has a high probability of noticing it in advance.

However, Wei Dongliu was one of the few, or even the only one, who had never harbored any ill will towards her.

(As for Luo Yan... who is Luo Yan?)

Although Witch Jiang is a witch, she is also a witch who knows how to seek benefits and avoid harm.

With such a Demon Lord Wei, if she doesn't hold on to him tightly, it would be a shame for all her years of experience in the way of magic.

"We don't know much about the Baiyujing Competition at the moment." Jiang Li'an answered softly on the way to Mount Wutai. "We only know that the Baiyujing Competition was initiated by Mount Shu, aiming to gain more prestige through the results of the competition, and even to readjust the ranking of the Three Pure Ones of the Orthodox Church."

"In addition, there is a rumor that the secret realm of Baiyujing is not just Baiyujing, and there are more secret realms deep inside it."

"Oh, what does this mean?" Wei Dongliu raised his eyebrows.

"Has Lord Wei ever heard of these four words?" Jiang Li'an said crisply, "White Jade Capital, Golden Palace, Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden, Great Light Palace."

"According to the Taoists, the White Jade Palace refers to the body, the Golden Palace refers to the spirit, the Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden refers to the soul, and the Great Light Palace is the origin."

"Therefore, deep in the Baiyujing Secret Realm, there is likely an entrance to the Huangjinque Secret Realm."

"How sure are you about this statement?" Wei Dongliu asked calmly.

"About 30 to 40 percent." Jiang Li'an said awkwardly, "If not, even if Shushan took the initiative to hold the competition, Kunlun and Penglai might not give it face."

"How do we open Baiyujing?" Wei Dongliu asked for confirmation.

"It's hard to say at the moment." Jiang Li'an pondered for a moment and said, "But the first step is definitely to select twelve strong enough orthodox monks through the Orthodox Competition, and occupy the twelve cities of Baiyujing respectively."

"As for what to do next, I don't know. The Orthodox Church hasn't revealed anything."

"What about Liudao?" Wei Dongliu asked calmly, "Are you not going to interfere?"

"The top management doesn't seem to have this plan at the moment." Jiang Li'an said with a wry smile, "First, after the long tug-of-war, everyone feels that they have gained enough benefits. Continuing to fight with the Three Purities will do more harm than good."

"The second reason is that we can't sneak into the Baiyujing secret realm."

"oh?"

"Since the Baiyujing Secret Realm was discovered, not many cultivators have entered it, including our people." Jiang Li'an explained, "So from the perspective of the higher-ups, there is a possibility that it is a trap."

"For example, they might release the news of the Baiyujing competition to lure our demon sect monks over to rob the venue, and then set up an ambush in the secret realm to catch the turtle in the jar..."

Wei Dongliu was silent for a moment and ruled out this possibility.

The reason is simple: Master Ziwei has issued a death order that Qiu Changtian must get first place in the competition, so how could it be an ambush?

Then what's the point of me taking first place? I'm just a backdrop and smokescreen for you guys to ambush the demon sect, right?

I think the Demon Cult has backed off and doesn't dare to go to the Baiyujing Secret Realm to deal with the three major sects at the same time, so they are talking nonsense about the possibility of an ambush.

"However, I did hear that there is some secret information in Hell." Jiang Li'an suddenly said.

Wei Dongliu's ears immediately pricked up.

"Speaking of traitors, the number of spies planted by the Hell Path in the Three Pure Ones is probably more than that of the other five paths combined." Witch Jiang said casually, "They must have obtained some accurate and powerful intelligence, so they did not advocate searching or even attacking the Baiyujing Secret Realm."

"Tell me in detail." Wei Dongliu said indifferently.

"That's all?" Witch Jiang said in astonishment, "That's all I know. I can't go into more detail."

"After all, the Hell Realm only interacts with the higher-ups of the other realms. For small pawns like us, at best we can get some clues from the words of our fellow disciples, but it's hard to say what the details are."

"You are useless!" Fei Tian Yasha said in disgust. "The master asked you to explain in detail because it is a chance for you to show off! If you really don't know, you should apologize sincerely, promise to try your best to get information, and finally sign a military order to report back within a few days... Just saying 'that's all I know', are you reporting or just chatting? How can you be so shameless?"

Witch Jiang was so shocked by the shameless remarks of the bootlicker that she couldn't say anything for a moment.

"Okay." Wei Dongliu waved his hand casually to help her out. "There's no need to force this."

"Why don't you say thank you now!" Flying Yaksha shouted.

Jiang Li'an was silent for a long time and could only whisper:

"Okay, I'll go ask around later."

When they arrived at the market place in Mount Wutai, Witch Jiang left first to gather information.

Wei Dongliu, on the other hand, was wandering around the market town with a flying yaksha wearing a black robe and mask.

According to the routine of ordinary fantasy novels, a villain should appear at this time, provoke himself for some reason, and then be uncovered and beaten up by the Flying Yaksha, and then flee and find a more powerful villain to help.

However, Wei Dongliu wandered around the market town for a long time but did not encounter any villains who came to provoke him.

Well, it must be my mysterious personality that is working. Passersby around me can't see the depth of my strength, so they can only stay away from me... Huh?

He suddenly saw Gu Lie mixed in with a group of bald monks, wearing a red robe, with his hands clasped together, chanting scriptures, and walking towards a pagoda in the distance.

"What a bunch of bald donkeys." Feitian Yaksha sighed, "Their foreheads are really bright, they can even be used as mirrors."

"Where are they going and what are they doing?" Wei Dongliu asked with a frown.

"Master wants to know?" Feitian Yaksha volunteered, "Why don't I go find out for you?"

"No, don't create unnecessary trouble." Wei Dongliu said coldly.

He was still a little uneasy about letting the Flying Yaksha go to the Buddhist territory.

"Okay." Flying Yaksha looked at the pagoda in the distance and suppressed the impulse in his heart.

Of course it had already seen that Wei Dongliu knew one of the monks.

It also knew from its past memories that these monks were evil monks and their red robes were blood-stained.

After all, "wearing blood and sleeping on leather" is one of the necessary conditions for practicing "Blood-Drinking Angry Lord".

Another necessary condition is to "drown in rage."

Once these evil monks start chanting, it means they are going to kill people. Unfortunately, the Demon Lord doesn't like trivial matters and doesn't allow me to join in the fun...

Thinking of this, Feitian Yaksha felt a little regretful and continued to suppress the murderous impulse in the zombie's heart.

When he looked up again, he saw Jiang Li'an holding up her skirt, running quickly across the mountain road towards Wei Dongliu excitedly.

On her face was an innocent smile filled with happiness, which made Fei Tian Yasha hate it so much.