After careful consideration, Lu Xingzhou finally understood the reason.

The **Tianyao Jianzong** had sent their most elite members from the original **Fenxiang Ge** to attack the mountain. No matter who was in charge, they wouldn’t leave these people behind to handle the subsequent work; that would be akin to shooting themselves in the foot.

Therefore, **Shen Tang** had taken them back for a meeting to arrange for others to be stationed here. In this short one or two-day gap, the mountain was temporarily unoccupied.

And the **zhenmusi** and army in the county were currently preoccupied with a demonic case, so for a while, this place was left unmanaged.

With residual resources, useful cultivator corpses, the **Yin Corpse Sect** had sniffed out the opportunity and came to collect whatever they could before leaving, hoping no one would notice.

As a result, a large number of ordinary cultivators from nearby came to pick up scraps, which led to the conflict.

Lu Xingzhou frowned, a bit hesitant. If there were no such conflict and slaughter, he would definitely not interfere, but this conflict wasn’t originally related to him. In the past, he wouldn’t have bothered; there was no need to get involved in conflicts between outsiders and fellow daoists.

But now, for some reason, he felt a bit inclined to intervene.

He didn’t know if it was because he now consciously didn’t belong to the demonic path, or because someone’s gentle gaze had melted his heart, but at this moment, he particularly couldn’t stand to see such things.

Moreover, if he just sat and watched, what was the point of the hardship he suffered as a child? Was he going to let others experience it too?

He only hesitated for a second before flying his wheelchair out.

Behind him, **Dugu Qingli** opened her eyes, a slight smile in her eyes: “Master is right, whether one has a demonic heart is not seen from the body.”

Within the ruins, a disciple of the **Yin Corpse Sect** was chasing a cultivator from **Dongjiang** County, laughing ferociously and about to deliver the killing blow. Suddenly, his whole body went numb, a surge of immense power arrived, and he was grabbed back by empty space.

Turning his head, he saw a man in a wheelchair take him aside and then transmit his voice across the entire field: “Everyone, stop.”

The people from the **Yin Corpse Sect** were startled for a moment, then quickly surrounded him. A person who seemed to be the leader pushed through the crowd and laughed coldly: “Setting the scene? Who are you?”

Lu Xingzhou said indifferently: “**Lu Xingzhou** of the **Tianyao Jianzong**. This is the territory of my **Tianyao Jianzong**. Aren’t you all overstepping?”

The **Tianyao Jianzong** now held some prestige, so the leader of the **Yin Corpse Sect** was a bit apprehensive for a moment. Their **Yin Corpse Sect** was a second-grade sect, but the **Tianyao Jianzong** could exterminate a third-grade sect like **Fenxiang Ge**, so they weren’t easy to provoke.

However, the demonic path was the demonic path after all. If they were truly to be defeated and leave just by one person’s words, how could they continue to exist later?

That person quickly laughed coldly: “The **Yin Corpse Sect** handles affairs, sir, it’s better to avoid getting involved. Seeing as you are the master of this place, we won’t touch you. The others may have nothing to do with you, so don’t meddle, lest you invite disaster upon yourself.”

“Doing things in my territory and telling me to avoid it?” Lu Xingzhou couldn’t help but laugh: “So this is… The demonic path has its own rules, very simple. You and I will fight one on one. If you lose, take your people and leave, and this matter will be over.”

The rules of the demonic path were very simple, relying on strength. When there was a conflict between two sides, the stronger one had the final say. Especially between two demonic paths, sectarian conflicts were even less likely to arise. Everyone knew they were like rats in the gutter, already struggling to cope with the encirclement of the righteous path. There was even less reason to fight fellow daoists to the death. A one-on-one duel to decide the outcome was a common situation.

That person looked Lu Xingzhou up and down in surprise: “You are young, and you’ve interacted with the demonic path before?”

Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly and didn’t answer.

That person laughed coldly: “What if you lose?”

Lu Xingzhou said as if it were nothing: “If I lose, this place will naturally be at your disposal, sir.”

That person sized up Lu Xingzhou and laughed heartily: “Then you just roll!”

Before the words could finish, a surge of yin energy had already swept towards Lu Xingzhou.

Although he was only a small leader, he was still at the fifth-grade. This person was only at the sixth-grade and was even lame, yet he dared to propose a single challenge. It was simply laughable…

The thought hadn’t even finished flashing when that mass of yin energy was already pinched in Lu Xingzhou’s hand, rubbed and rubbed into a ball, and then scattered with a whoosh.

That person stared blankly.

Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly: “My turn?”

A white banner rose up, and that person’s soul scattered: “Ten Thousand Souls Banner! Damn it, are you the demonic path or am I the demonic path!”

The degree to which evil demons and outsiders were detested or feared also varied. The **Yin Corpse Sect**, which played with corpses, was detested by both gods and ghosts, while the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which played with souls, was even more disgusting than playing with corpses. That was truly leaving people unable to transcend after death, their souls eternally tormented.

Resentful souls howled, and that person scrambled away.

However, Lu Xingzhou’s resentful souls didn’t press towards him. The sound of ghostly cries and fierce howls rose, rushing towards a slender figure on the side who seemed like a nobody.

That small fry’s face was covered by a hood, making her appearance unclear. In fact, she had already secretly condensed a technique in her hand, intending to launch a sneak attack. Seeing that Lu Xingzhou seemed to be prepared early on, she couldn’t help but let out an “eh” and giggled.

With a light wave of her right hand, the condensed technique suddenly burst, and she easily scattered the resentful souls: “Interesting… The judge in front of the **Yanluo Hall**, truly interesting.”

Her voice was charming and enchanting, as if scratching at people’s hearts.

The people from the **Yin Corpse Sect** were all stunned: “Who taught you that you can secretly use sneak attacks during a demonic path duel? If this gets out, how will my **Yin Corpse Sect** stand among fellow daoists… No, who are you? Which woman from my sect are you under?”

“That’s because you’re stupid,” the small fry giggled. “He’s also just one person. If he dies here, who would know what happened… Am I right, Judge Lu?”

Along with her words, a strange, seductive aura spread, causing everyone in the field to be momentarily dazed, their bodies feeling a bit dry and hot.

“Damn it! Jade Woman Hehuan Sect!” The leader of the **Yin Corpse Sect** was simply infuriated: “Let’s go!”

In the blink of an eye, the people from the **Yin Corpse Sect** were actually scared away by this woman, whose face wasn’t even visible under the hood. They ran faster than wheels.

If playing with corpses was detested by gods and ghosts, and playing with souls made people fear and hate, then the **Jade Woman Hehuan Sect** made people both love and hate them.

Turning living people into their dogs was hateful; squeezing people dry and sucking them to death while alive was hateful… But how could a fish know the joy of a fish? How many people actively wanted to kneel on the ground and lick their feet, to be their dogs?

Regardless, the **Yin Corpse Sect**, which dealt with corpses, had absolutely no interest in this. It was better to go home and accompany their corpses.

“Judge adult, they fear me,” that figure laughed lightly. “What about you?”

Lu Xingzhou didn’t speak, just controlled the soul banner.

This person had definitely intended to launch a sneak attack on him earlier. Why would he exchange pleasantries with her? And the most annoying thing about interacting with the demonic path was this kind of two-faced troublemaker. It was better than the straightforward people of the **Yin Corpse Sect**, who were bad but just bad. This woman was not only bad, but she also wanted to let the **Yin Corpse Sect** take the blame.

Black flames silently invaded, and at first, the woman didn’t take it seriously, waving her hand casually. But as soon as she made contact, she immediately realized something was wrong and retreated in a panic with a “boom,” her hood completely burned away.

Exposing a face of unparalleled, utterly enchanting beauty.

“When did the **Jade Woman Hehuan Sect** produce another direct descendant this fierce?” Lu Xingzhou acted as if he didn’t see anything, not moving, and continued to control the soul banner.

“The judge truly doesn’t understand romance…” The woman’s figure flashed, and she was already behind the wheelchair, her slender hand reaching towards the back of his head.

If she touched him, at best he would become an idiot, and at worst his sea of consciousness would be invaded, and he would become a puppet.

Just at this moment, a large sword light rose from behind, and **Dugu Qingli**, person and sword as one, shot towards her back like lightning.

“You fell into my trap, Saintess Tianyao… I’ve been waiting for you…” The woman laughed sweetly, brushing her slender hand towards her back, and pink fog instantly spread: “I really didn’t expect that someone cultivating like a cold river would actively strike because a man is in danger… Ha…”

The sword light and the fog mingled and instantly scattered into pieces. But **Dugu Qingli**’s heart thumped, and she secretly cursed.

Before this, this woman had been hiding her strength. She looked like she was only at the fifth or sixth grade, but this strike revealed that she was actually also at the fourth grade!

She was indeed deliberately waiting for her!

Since she was deliberately waiting for her, this fog must be targeted… **Dugu Qingli** instantly sealed all her pores, but a little had already seeped in.

In an instant, her whole body felt dry and hot, and her deep blue eyes were a bit hazy.

This state felt somewhat familiar… The secret hidden technique of the **Jade Woman Hehuan Sect**, wasn’t it almost the same as flipping Lu Xingzhou’s wheelchair?

“Frost Heaven Freezing Moon, staining the dust… If this ice river melts, I wonder if spring water will flood… Hehehe…” The woman’s slender hand pointed, poking straight towards the center of **Dugu Qingli**’s brow.

She wanted to completely cripple this direct descendant of **Tianyao Holy Land**! Even if she couldn’t kill her, she had to make her cultivation stained with dust, unable to make any further progress.

**Dugu Qingli**’s seemingly hazy blue eyes suddenly changed.

That deep blue seemed to spread, even turning the whites of her eyes a piece of blue light. Her whole person looked like ten thousand years of profound ice, without any human warmth.

“Whoosh!” The Frost Heaven Sword came out, and blood splattered.

The woman obviously didn’t expect that the seemingly affected **Dugu Qingli** would not only not weaken, but instead become three points stronger. This sword strike was unavoidable, and a streak of blood flowered from her shoulder.

She covered her shoulder and retreated a step, as if enlightened: “Heh, sealing the spirit platform, like reflecting a cold river… Your state cannot last, how many breaths can you support?”

She spun her body and grabbed Lu Xingzhou’s throat: “If you want him to die, just continue.”

In the blink of an eye, the entire situation changed rapidly. Lu Xingzhou had just turned his wheelchair when his throat was touched by a slender hand.

He didn’t say a word, pushing his palms flat, aiming straight for the opponent’s lower abdomen.

Even if he were strangled to death, this strike could still shatter the opponent’s dantian.

The woman pressed with her left hand, blocking Lu Xingzhou’s palms, and they collided with a bang.

Her left shoulder was injured, and at this time her strength was insufficient. She didn’t expect Lu Xingzhou’s yin and yang wheel to turn, and his spiraling, tricky qi energy could actually contend with her hold.

No matter how many preconditions there were, this was a sixth-grade fighting a fourth-grade! The woman’s eyes flashed with incredible surprise, and behind her, **Dugu Qingli**’s sword had already attacked again.

Just as the woman was about to flash her body, Lu Xingzhou’s seemingly useless legs, which had always been in the wheelchair, suddenly kicked up from below, kicking into her legs without any hint of warning.

The woman’s eyeballs bulged, and her body instinctively bent. Lu Xingzhou’s palms pushing flat towards her lower abdomen seemed to touch something, and she trembled.

Before she could react, **Dugu Qingli**’s sword had already silently stabbed into her back.

The woman barely managed to flash her body to avoid the vital point and disappeared without a trace using some method. A cluster of blood fell from the air, blooming like a flower within the falling snow.

“Lu Xingzhou… I remember you… One day, sooner or later, I will make you wish you were dead…” The coughing sounds gradually faded into the distance, already gone to who knew where.

**Dugu Qingli** suddenly went limp and fell downwards. Lu Xingzhou quickly hugged her and was about to speak when the voice of the **Yin Corpse Sect** once again came from afar: “Haha… The stinky woman is gone, it should be our turn to pick up the scraps, right?”

Lu Xingzhou swallowed back the words he wanted to say, hugged **Dugu Qingli**, and with a burst, jumped directly back into the magnetic earth vein, sealing the cave entrance once again.