Chapter 57
The feud between immortals and demons has been going on for a long time, and they have always been as hostile as water and fire.
What's more, the demon sects are cruel and vicious. Most of the demon cultivators use the lives of innocent mortals as nourishment for their cultivation, causing harm to one side and causing the battle between immortals and demons to never stop.
Ever since the Demon Lord of the Demon Clan came out of nowhere and unified the Demon Realm, those extremely cruel demon cultivators who used to roam the world of immortal cultivation have gradually disappeared, and even the disciples of the Demon Sect rarely step out of the Demon Realm.
However, the people in the immortal sect had never actually seen the white-haired Shura who unified the demon sect. They only heard about him from the demon cultivators and slowly pieced together the image of the bloodthirsty and brutal Demon Lord.
Although the Demon Realm has been peaceful on the surface in recent years and has not caused any disturbances in the world of immortal cultivation, it can be said that the world of immortal cultivation has ushered in a rare period of calm, but the immortal sects have never let down their guard. On the contrary, they feel that this is an illusion created by the demon cultivators to confuse them.
People in the immortal sect are well aware of the lawless nature of the demon cultivators. Moreover, after the Demon Lord unified the demon sect, he sent spies to the major immortal sects in a big way to secretly spy on the secrets of the immortal sects.
Especially after learning that except for the five demon kings who eliminated the evil demon, the other four all submitted to the Demon Lord, the fact that he could make these unruly demon giants bow down to him showed how ruthless this Demon Lord was, how powerful he was, and how far-reaching his plans were.
The Seven Sects were extremely wary of this, and were also resentful of the Demon Sect's silence over the years. They believed that the Demon Sect was merely lying dormant, secretly plotting a bigger conspiracy.
Therefore, even though Zhao Yu said so much, the elders of the Immortal Sect present only focused on one point, which was "the only one who was abducted by a succubus and taken to the Demon Realm and returned to the Immortal Sect unharmed."
Everyone knows that the succubus, one of the Five Demon Lords, has a unique skill that is famous throughout the world of immortal cultivation.
Didn't she say that she had never been affected by the succubus? Even those who have practiced for many years and have overcome the tribulation cannot escape the charm of the succubus? Although what Zhao Yu said was unpleasant, it made sense.
How can a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator escape unscathed from the succubus's clutches?
The expressions of the seven sect elders were extremely solemn.
"People who are controlled by the succubus don't even know that they are being controlled..." said Elder Zhu Sheng of the Dianxing Sect.
It was obvious that they had agreed with Zhao Yu's words, and there were many people who shared the same attitude as him.
Everyone suspected that Jiang Wan had been bewitched by the succubus without realizing it.
At this time, Lin Xubai stepped forward and stood in front of Jiang Wan, saying in a deep voice, "Junior Sister Jiang Wan narrowly escaped danger that day because the Demon Lord personally took action to suppress the succubus. The elders have misunderstood. The succubus disappeared not because she was taken under the command of the Demon Lord, but because she was completely shattered in the battle with the Demon Lord. Without thousands of years of cultivation, it is unlikely that she will ever appear again."
"Everyone, think about this. If the succubus truly submitted to the Demon Lord, given her style, how could she have vanished without a trace in both the Immortal and Demon Realms?"
"This disciple has a point," the sect leader was the first to agree. "In fact, our Guiyuan Sect already knew about the succubus's disintegration several years ago. When our disciples rushed to the sect to seek help, our senior who went to rescue them brought back this news. However, that senior didn't want to let outsiders know, and we couldn't disclose it. As a result, we forgot to tell you about this."
Several elders of Guiyuan Sect nodded repeatedly, indicating that they had known about this matter for a long time.
Even Elder Xiong, who was singled out by Zhao Yu, came out with a ferocious face to defend Jiang Wan.
"Although I've always suspected her, aside from being a bit of a troublemaker, she's been under my watch and has never done anything out of the ordinary." Elder Xiong said with a somewhat depressed tone, "My innate magical power, 'Exorcising Evil', has never detected any demonic energy in her."
"This girl is really a troublemaker. She's often in the Law Enforcement Hall! If she were a spy sent by the demons, why would she expose herself to public scrutiny and let everyone know?"
"Master Xiao, is it true?" asked the leader of the Qiyao Sect.
The leader of Guiyuan Sect stroked his beard and nodded.
Many people felt relieved, as if they had no major worries left.
Thinking about the meaning revealed by Guiyuan Sect's headmaster Xiao Xin's words just now, this female disciple was rescued by Guiyuan Sect's master who lived in seclusion. It seems that the rumor that she colluded with the evil cultivators is pure nonsense.
Seeing that everyone's doubts were dispelled by Lin Xubai's words, Zhao Yu became anxious.
"Even so, can it cover up the many abnormalities in her body? Elder Xiong, your innate magical powers are powerful, but there are tens of thousands of spiritual weapons in this world, and countless magical weapons with strange abilities. If she uses a magical weapon that can conceal the demonic energy and change the secrets of heaven to disguise herself, how can you detect it?
Unfortunately, no matter how much disguise you have, it will never be perfect, and there will always be some flaws that will be exposed.
On the first day of the competition, her flaws were already exposed. I believe that all of you immortals have not forgotten how she defeated everyone on that day! Even the Divine Transformation Medical Cultivator from Xuanyun Valley mistook her for an Ice Spiritual Root, but she is not.
"A mere five spiritual roots, yet he only needed five years to go from Qi Refining to Golden Core. How absurd!"
"That's true..."
"That makes sense. How can an ordinary five-spiritual root advance faster than a single-spiritual root?"
Those who agreed were all cultivators from the Wuxiang League. After all, she was the daughter of the Zhao family from the Wuxiang League, so they had to help her.
"Junior Sister Jiang was born with sword bones. Her talent in swordsmanship far exceeds ours. She can learn any moves just by watching them once. With such talent, it doesn't matter if she has been a golden elixir for five years!" Tu Changxing said loudly.
"Ms. Zhao, I don't know what's wrong with what you said, but from your words, I can only hear your pure jealousy towards Fellow Daoist Jiang." Wen Renze's face also turned cold.
"From the first day of joining the sect, Miss Zhao has always disliked me. It's because her talent is not as good as mine, so she feels helpless and angry." Jiang Wan pulled Lin Xubai's sleeve with her small hand and shook it slightly, then walked onto the stage and walked towards Zhao Yu step by step.
"you--"
Zhao Yu was furious and raised her hand to whip Jiang Wan, but just as she pulled out the whip, its light dimmed. She seemed to be reminded of something, and her eyes filled with anger swept over all the immortal giants above her unwillingly, and she gave up this plan.
"Alas..." Jiang Wan let out a fake sigh, then calmly bowed to the stage, "Disciple Jiang Wan greets all the seniors."
Jiang Wan felt quite emotional. After all these years in Guiyuan Sect, this was the first time she had saluted so properly. She didn't know if her movements were correct.
Then he turned to Zhao Yu and said, "Miss Zhao, if a person has a prejudice in their heart, then no matter what others do, in her eyes it will be evidence to prove the prejudice.
You are now obsessed with the idea that I am a demon, so no matter what I do, you will think there is something wrong. I guess even if I drink a sip of water now, you will think that the water is full of demonic energy.
Why do you keep talking about demons? You're even more enthusiastic than the demons themselves. You're really seeing enemies everywhere..."
Jiang Wan spread his hands and curled his lips helplessly.
"Oh, I understand Miss Zhao's logic. Miss Zhao believes that the demons are more powerful than us humans, and that Junior Sister Jiang Wan's cultivation is more advanced than that of ordinary people, so she must be a demon." Lin Xubai waved his fan. "If we follow Miss Zhao's logic, then the brilliant young cultivators in this world of immortal cultivation...are they all demons?
After all, according to what Miss Zhao said, the demons have higher cultivation talents than us humans."
As soon as Lin Xubai finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter at the scene.
Zhao Yu's eyes turned red with anger and she stomped her feet.
"Don't throw dirty water on me! That's not what I meant at all. I meant that she disguised her identity and lowered her cultivation level, so her cultivation level revealed to the outside world could advance so quickly!" Zhao Yu said this, suddenly feeling confident. "Senior Sister Chu and Senior Brother Tu should be clear about this!"
"Back then, Jiang Wan single-handedly fought against Yong Shu Xiang, a powerful warrior who was no less powerful than a Spiritual Transformation Realm expert. Later, he went to Ta Hua He City, which is now controlled by the demons, and took away the Immortal Ruler that was suppressing the city.
Even Brother Baili, who has reached the state of incarnation, no, it should be said that even the great tribulation masters cannot do it, but you can do it easily, and without paying any price!
I also ask all the seniors of the immortal sect to think carefully about this. The incident at Tahuahe City is still fresh in our minds. This is a lesson for us!"
The Tahua River City... is a truly earth-shattering event in the world of immortal cultivation over the past century. Using immortal artifacts to shield the secrets of heaven...
In response to Zhao Yu's accusation, Jiang Wan said calmly: "No, can this be linked to me? The incident in Tahuahe City was not done by me. In terms of age, I am not even as old as this incident...
Besides, this magical weapon is not yours. The original owner of the magical weapon didn’t object to me taking it. Why are you singing and dancing here?..."
Jiang Wan looked Zhao Yu up and down with disdain and rolled her eyes, "Who do you think you are?"
"If Miss Zhao truly has the heart to fight demons and defend the Way, she might as well go down the mountain gate more often and stop accusing her fellow disciples of demons all day long." Lin Xubai said, "If someone didn't know, they might think Miss Zhao was seeking the power of the Guiyuan Sect's leader~"
Zhao Yu looked at the two people singing the same tune and sneered, "You are not innocent either. You are speaking up for her because you have been bewitched by the beauty of this witch for a long time and have been dazzled by it!"
"Everyone knows that you two are very close and inseparable. I think you are in cahoots with each other and are all in the same gang!" Even Lin Xubai was beaten by Zhao Yu as part of Jiang Wan's gang.
The reasons are also surprisingly similar, all of unknown origin.
"If you insist on thinking so..." Jiang Wan shrugged and spread his hands, "Then I can't help it..."
"I'm so sorry, three brothers. Today was supposed to be the day you won the championship, but..." Lin Xubai smiled apologetically at the three cultivators standing nearby. "Well, now that we've made things clear, we'll go back."
"Master, Elder..." Lin Xubai said hello to Jiang Wan and the Guiyuan Sect masters above with a smile, then led his men downstairs.
"Wait—"
Zhao Yu snorted coldly and took out a gem that looked like an eyeball. "This is the 'Red Bright Pupil', which can discern the true form of everything in the world. Jiang Wan, you said you're not a demon, but do you have the courage to give it a try?"
Looking at the mirror held by Zhao Yu, Lin Xubai's eyes suddenly became cold, and then returned to normal in an instant, so fast that no one noticed. However, Sect Leader Xiao on the stage caught a trace of Lin Xubai's leaked emotions and felt that something was wrong.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
