Yan Ze's demeanor was consistently aloof, and a tense and chilling atmosphere permeated the two of them.
Looking at Wen Zhaobai, who was bound and gagged with a silencing spell, Luo Jiu frowned almost imperceptibly and said:
"Untie him."
Wen Zhaobai woke up early in the morning and saw the two facing off. Anger filled his eyes, which turned red.
As Luo Jiu untied him, the two men over there had already started fighting.
She became more nimble, thinking that if she could help Wen Zhaobai untie the knot, the process would be even faster with more people helping Yan Ze.
He was told that the female demon had given him a pill, and now he had no magic power left in his body.
Not far away, two people were fighting, with colorful light overflowing from them, and a rumbling sound echoing from the valley, resounding through the eardrums.
Luo Jiu wasn't worried at all about their battle; after all, the title of the number one cultivator in the cultivation world wasn't given lightly. However, the more she watched, the more something seemed amiss.
"this……"
"Master, be careful! She has a Soul-Collecting Sail!"
When Wen Zhaobai was untied, the first words he shouted towards the distance made Yan Ze frown.
Suddenly, the fox demon pulled out a small flag from somewhere. It was completely black and had a faint black mist around it. The flag floated above the fox demon's head.
The strange, incomprehensible incantations emanating from the woman echoed through the tranquil cave. With a wicked smile from her, an indescribable sense of unease rose in Luo Jiu's heart.
"Bang!"
A tall, slender figure was knocked down against a stone wall not far away, his blood mixed with the white icicles, making him stand out starkly.
Yan Ze felt as if his internal organs were all jumbled together, and he was in excruciating pain from the impact. To make matters worse, the things trapped inside his body kept causing trouble...
That was all of Yan Ze's remaining magical power. With his power sealed, he was now just like a mortal. He couldn't even defeat Luo Jiu, let alone a fox demon.
Today... am I going to lose my life here?
Although he knew things were not going well, Yan Ze remained calm and composed, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. Even while kneeling, he commanded respect.
"Master? You're from the Cloud Immortal Sect?"
The fox-spirit woman walked barefoot slowly towards Yan Ze. A faint black tinge had appeared at the corners of her slender eyes, making her look even more like a man-eating monster.
She looked at Luo Jiu and her group with suspicion, and after a moment a mocking smile appeared on her lips.
"You are Yan Ze? Is the legendary immortal so easily defeated?"
"Was it you who took the demon clan's treasure that day, causing my Xue Lang to fall into this deep sleep?"
"Ha, if that's the case, then you may die!"
Having said that, the fox demon's slender fingers swiftly attacked Yan Ze, but unexpectedly, they were burned by a yellow talisman halfway there.
Her eyes narrowed, and before she could even utter a cry of surprise, she saw someone standing beside the ice coffin that she had been protecting so carefully.
"Miss Zizhi, how about we make a deal?"
Luo Jiu smiled, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the rampaging fox demon not far away.
"You are threatening me."
Luo Jiu didn't answer her question; instead, she reached into the ice coffin.
The man in the ice coffin was protected by something, and his appearance showed no signs of decay. If it weren't for the terrifying coldness around him, one would think he was just asleep.
Luo Jiu's hands were searching for something on his body. 007 said he had a face-protecting bead on him...
Hey, I found it.
She looked down and saw the tail behind her trying to strangle her. She smiled faintly.
"Miss Zizhi, tell me, what would happen if I took away the beauty-protecting bead that your lover spoke of?"
"No...don't touch him!"
The woman's eyes were bloodshot, almost bulging out of their sockets, and her tail retracted because of Luo Jiu's intimidation.
"You and your lover have a very good relationship, which is why you betrayed the fox clan for him and killed people for him."
“You did all sorts of heinous things for him, and you went to great lengths to find this ice coffin so that his body would not decay. Am I right?”
What do you want to say?
The fox demon looked at the beautiful woman before him. What was the point of saying all this? Did he want to awaken her conscience, which she had long since lost?
It's ridiculous. Once she decided to do whatever it takes for Xue Lang, there was no turning back.
"You kept him in an ice coffin, used the Beauty-Preserving Pearl to keep his body from decaying, and used the Soul-Collecting Sail to gather his soul... You've done everything, so why hasn't he woken up yet? Don't you know?"
"It's just that there isn't enough essence. Once I absorb your essence, my Xue Lang will wake up! It's just that there isn't enough essence... Yes..."
Looking at the fox-woman in front of her who was on the verge of collapse, Luo Jiu's eyes shone brightly, but her words were full of malice.
"That's because he doesn't want to wake up, you already know that, right?"
"Shut up! Who said my Xue Lang doesn't want to wake up? It's just that I didn't give him enough vital essence."
“He told me that as long as I did this, my Xue Lang would wake up, and he wouldn’t lie to me…”
Zizhi could no longer hear what others were saying; she was only repeating this one sentence, as if she had fallen into madness.
"You're just fooling yourself. You don't want to believe it, you don't want to believe he doesn't want to see you. He doesn't want to see you looking like this."
"Even if he were to wake up, would you dare say that his life was saved by the life essence of countless young women?"
"He's a scholar, isn't he? He's very particular about etiquette. Do you think... he'll forgive you?"
Luo Jiu was stalling for time. She had heard that Yan Ze was not only highly skilled in magic, but also had an extremely deep understanding of formations.
"No, you're lying to me!"
The woman, who had been in a frenzy, suddenly regained her composure and rushed towards Luo without regard for anything else. Her long fingernails reflected the white light in the moonlight, making her look like a female ghost coming to claim a life.
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Luo Jiu's forehead. She formed a hand seal in front of her chest, trying to summon something that could at least provide temporary relief.
Green vines sprouted from the cold stone cave, the vines, only a few centimeters wide, converged into a single strand and rushed towards the purple branch in mid-air.
Originally, they thought they could hold out for a while, but unexpectedly, Zizhi summoned the Soul-Gathering Sail. Before the green vines even got close, they automatically retreated upon touching the black mist.
"Today, I will make you lose your life here!"
However, things did not go as she had expected.
A golden halo appeared out of nowhere and completely surrounded her. She couldn't break free at all.
Luo Jiu, standing beside the ice coffin, finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. Thankfully, it was a close call.
Deceiving people requires so much acting skill; it's something you can't learn.
She climbed down from the ice coffin and slowly walked towards the two of them. Just then, something unexpected happened.
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