That's how it's written in the book.
Before she came into this world, Chu Hongluan believed the same thing.
But after getting involved herself, she realized that this whole thing was utter... complete bullshit!
Liu Jinghong came to the Phoenix Clan's territory in order to obtain Phoenix Blood, but this was misinterpreted as her following Mo Yu.
He must have discovered that Mo Yu was lying in ambush outside, which is why he had no choice but to obtain the Phoenix Blood and then take all five medicines directly within the Phoenix Clan's territory to repair his spiritual palace in one fell swoop.
He had planned everything, but he hadn't anticipated that the phoenix blood would cause problems, nor that the spiritual mansion he had spent half his life repairing would be a stepping stone for the Demon Lord.
His repeated mistakes in battle with Mo Yu were most likely due to the mark of that damned Demon Lord interfering with his consciousness.
The Demon Lord certainly wanted him to get hurt.
When you are injured, a gap appears in your self-awareness.
This gap will become his best opportunity to seize control of his body.
The so-called trace of demonic energy that was leaked in the heat of the moment was nothing more than the energy fluctuations of the Demon Lord when he was catalyzing the branding.
But in Mo Yu's eyes, this was evidence that Liu Jinghong was jealous of him, so jealous that her inner demons had become incurable.
What the truth is, perhaps he doesn't care.
He just wanted a legitimate excuse to kill Liu Jinghong.
The Demon Lord subtly controlled Liu Jinghong's movements during the battle, causing him to unknowingly arrive near the Ten Thousand Demon Cave.
With the perfect angle and the perfect timing of the strike, the Demon Lord only needed to make a symbolic disturbance, causing Liu Jinghong to lose his focus for a moment, just like when he lost his focus at the edge of the cliff today. Even if it was only for a moment, it would be enough to be fatal.
And so, Liu Jinghong was banished to the Demon Cave.
The body that the Demon Lord had longed for was personally delivered to him by this so-called leader of the righteous path, helping him to achieve the Heavenly Demon Body and break through the seal in one fell swoop.
Thinking of this, Chu Hongluan's face grew even more unpleasant.
What a trashy author and what a trashy male protagonist!
It's disgusting.
"Ah Luan, Ah Luan?"
Chu Hongluan came to her senses.
Yunzhu's anger had not subsided, but she tried to soften her expression when facing Chu Hongluan.
"What are you thinking about?"
Chu Hongluan shook her head, "I zoned out for a while."
Yunzhu remained silent, knowing that Chu Hongluan did not wish to elaborate, and did not press further. Instead, she relayed the results of her discussion with the other sect leaders regarding the Beast Taming Sect to Chu Hongluan:
"I, along with the other sect leaders and elders, have reviewed the contents of the image-recording pearl. You did a great job. None of us present could have done better in that situation."
"The best way to deal with this group of unscrupulous troublemakers is to wipe them out with one click. But those old fogies are full of benevolence and morality. It's all thanks to you. If you hadn't been so decisive and cut off their path to appeasement, this matter would have dragged on for hundreds of rounds of discussion and we might not have been able to reach a decision."
"Anyway, you've almost wiped out the core members of the Beast Taming Sect. What difference does it make if you kill a few more or a few less? So, those old fogies, though unwilling in their hearts, could only agree to stop the killing with killing: to wipe out the remnants of the Beast Taming Sect to prevent future troubles."
Chu Hongluan was naturally satisfied with this result.
At least a major problem has been solved.
Snap snap—
Two crisp claps.
"Quiet."
The one who spoke was the Sword Pavilion Master.
He stood on a giant rock, with the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons behind him.
"In recent years, the Ten Thousand Demon Cave has been frequently disturbed, and the demons have awakened one after another. Through some unknown means, they have made contact with demon cultivators outside the cave, causing countless disturbances of all sizes."
"This is a sign that the seal is loosening. But the seal of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave was set up by the gods. It contains two arrays, one inner and one outer, with 998 points on each, which are interlocked and complement each other. If any of the array points has a problem, it will weaken the seal's effect."
“Just now, the elders from various sects and I inspected the outer array points and found no signs of damage. This means the problem lies within the inner array, which means—we need someone to personally enter the Ten Thousand Demon Cave to verify the internal array points!”
These words immediately caused a huge uproar among the crowd.
"Hiss—personally entering the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons!?"
"The demons inside are all awake! What's the difference between this and suicide?"
"quiet!!!"
The Sword Pavilion Master's overwhelming aura, emanating from the peak of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, silenced the entire arena.
"As you all have said, the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons is dangerous and rampant with demons. To step into the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons is like a lamb entering a tiger's den, courting certain death."
"Therefore, we must leave at least half of our cultivators outside the Ten Thousand Demon Cave to continuously inject spiritual energy into the outer array points, catalyze the array points, temporarily enhance the sealing efficiency, suppress the demons, and buy time for our companions who are entering the Ten Thousand Demon Cave."
"Therefore, the higher the cultivation level and the deeper the spiritual power of the cultivators who remain outside, the more time they can gain. Their companions responsible for checking the internal array points will also have more time and be safer."
After he finished speaking, people were filled with fear and unease, even more so than when he first said that someone needed to go down into the Demon Cave.
At first, they always harbored a sense of wishful thinking: with so many sect leaders and elders here, how could it be their turn to show up? Even if the sky were to fall, there would still be tall people to hold it up.
But reality has slapped them hard in the face, telling them that the tall ones have to stay outside and do logistics, while the shorter ones have to charge into battle.
......
The loosening of the seal on the Demon Cave was such a momentous event that those summoned were naturally the elite of the elite from all the major sects.
Even the weakest among them are at the Nascent Soul stage.
The highest level is that the Sword Sect has an ancestor who reached the Mahayana stage. The Penglai Sect also has an ancestor who reached the Mahayana stage.
Secondly, there are those like Chu Hongluan, whose combat power is incredibly strong during the Tribulation Transcending stage.
In the end, hundreds of early and mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators huddled together, trembling with fear.
They thought they were just there to make up the numbers.
The result was that they came to be "sacrifices" to the demons.
Seeing how useless these people were, the sect leaders and elders were so angry that they sighed and lamented.
What should we do?
Most of them are weaklings; would they really be able to properly check the array points once they go down? They'd probably be trembling and struggling to even walk. If things drag on too long, even the God of Heaven can't save them.
For practical reasons, the sect leaders and elders had to redivide the factions.
"Alas! Useless! Useless! All my years of painstaking cultivation have been in vain!"
"I think we should at least let some reliable people in. Otherwise, what if they're in a hurry to get out and just do a shoddy job?"
“That makes sense. In my opinion, it would be best to have an elder-level leader who is highly skilled and has strong combat capabilities to stabilize morale.”
Chu Hongluan: ?
Why don't you just give me your ID number?
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